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100, ISSUE 51 • FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2006
By Claire Neary
Gazette Staff
Jason Lee was 23 years old when he learned he was HIVpositive.
Like many young people, Lee thought he was invincible. Today — two and-a-half years after his first sexual partner infected him — he works to educate youth
and teach them anyone can contract AIDS.
“Even though I was in a high-risk category, it was just
something we never talked about in school or at the
dinner table,” Lee says. “Parents don’t talk about sex or
STIs, and as a young person you think you’re invincible.
“You think ‘it’s not going to happen to me,’ and it’s
only in Africa or San Francisco and not in Ontario,
but it is.”
Lee was in a relationship with
his first boyfriend and
sexual partner
for almost three years. Two weeks after their relationship ended, Lee’s ex-partner contacted him and told
him to get tested for HIV.
When Lee’s ex-partner applied for life insurance and
took a mandatory blood test, doctors discovered he’d
been infected for years without knowing it.
“For him it was definitely a shock,” Lee says. “His
[CD4 cell counts] were low enough that we knew he had
HIV before I met him.”
Even before he saw the results, Lee says he
knew he was HIV-positive.
“I thought back over the
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AIDS AWARENESS. Science student Susheela Ramachandran prepares for World Aids Day in the
University Community Centre.
‘It doesn’t define who I am’
Lee spreads awareness on HIV
past two and-a-half years of our
relationship and thought about
how many times I put myself at
risk, how many times we didn’t
wear a condom and about the
high-risk activities.
“I prepared myself [for a positive
test], but when I went to get tested,
there was still a small part of me
that hoped it wouldn’t be true.”
Lee says he has never felt angry
toward his ex-partner because he
had a responsibility to protect himself.
“We both assumed we were safe,
which was wrong, and now we
have to live with the consequences.”
The two-week waiting period
for the results was difficult. Lee
hadn’t told some of his family and
friends he was gay and didn’t have a
support network in place. He
attempted suicide a couple of times
before deciding “it wasn’t the right
thing to do and there was a purpose
in life.”
Then, before receiving the test
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results, Lee confided in his mother,
telling her about both his homosexuality and HIV.
“It was pretty shocking for her
because I told her everything in one
shot,” Lee says. “But she said ‘I’ll
always love you, and everything’s
going to be okay.’”
While Lee and his mother have a
good relationship, he knows many
others in his position are less fortunate.
“If you’re diagnosed with cancer,
you go to your family for support,”
he says. “But if you have HIV, you
don’t; you isolate yourself because
of the discrimination that goes with
it.”
Lee says in his experience, most
people don’t turn to their families
first.
“[Families] want to know how
you got it, and sometimes the
answer might be it’s because you’re
an IV drug user or it’s from other
stuff [parents think] you’re not supposed to be doing.
“[That’s] just not true. Heterosexual people are [contracting
HIV], and 30 per cent [of infected
people] don’t know they have it.
That means that’s somebody’s husband who doesn’t even know he
has it.”
Not everyone has been as supportive as Lee’s mother. He says
many people react extremely negatively and don’t want anything to
do with him after he reveals he has
HIV.
“Disclosure means you’re forced
to tell someone about a part of your
life that you know they may not
accept,” he says. “It’s the hardest
thing to deal with because, more
often than not, you’re shut down.
“People won’t return your
phone calls or they blow you off
with a lame excuse and just never
call or message you again. Even
people I meet through Internet
chats just don’t want to be associated with it.
“That’s where we’re at in society
right now.”
Lee thinks the only way to end
discrimination and stigma associated with AIDS is promoting accurate information through education. He says he’s often surprised
how little people know about the
disease. He makes a concerted
effort to correct this misinformation.
He says until high schools open
discussions with real facts and statistics, young people will continue
thinking they’re unaffected.
“A lot of high schools aren’t comfortable with talking about
[HIV/AIDS] in general,” Lee says. “I
remember in gym class we spent
maybe two weeks on health, and it
was mentioned once. They never
say ‘every 4.6 seconds someone
gets HIV,’ and that needs to
change.”
Most importantly, Lee encourages people to get tested since
HIV/AIDS favours everyone equally.
“[AIDS] can affect anybody. It
doesn’t discriminate, and it’s not
just one social group [that’s affected] — it’s all of us.”
Though Lee’s been HIV-positive
for a few years, he feels healthy and
his CD4 and viral load counts are
still good. Doctors say he probably
won’t need medication for at least
five years, and he’s hopeful
improvements to current antiretroviral drugs will keep him
healthy for a long time.
“I plan on living a full life,” Lee
says. “And I’m really optimistic
there are good things to come.
“I tell people [my status] so they
know what to expect, and if they
don’t want to deal with that, they
don’t want to deal with me,” he
says. “[It’s] who I am. It doesn’t
define who I am, but I am HIV-positive, and if they can’t deal with that,
I don’t want to waste my time.”
For now, Lee wants to keep
speaking to as many people as possible about HIV/AIDS.
“I want to get out there and let it
be known and use my voice… if
you just stop one person and make
them think, that helps.
“If you save one person, you
never know how many more you’ve
saved.”
For more information about
HIV/AIDS,
visit
www.aidslondon.com.
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News Briefs
AIDS rally today in London
Today at noon, Jason Lee and the
Aids Committee of London invite
Western to join a rally at Campbell Memorial Park (380 Dundas
St.).
The rally calls for Prime Minister Stephen Harper to support
these steps: pay Canada’s fair
share of AIDS prevention and
treatment in developing countries; invest in developing countries’ public health-care systems;
cancel the debts of developing
countries to free up resources to
fight AIDS and poverty; and follow through on commitments to
make medicines affordable to
developing countries.
—Claire Neary
Jon Purdy/Gazette
IF THEY SERVE COFFEE AT ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS MEETINGS, DOES THAT MEAN THEY SERVE
BEER AT CAFFEINE SUPPORT GROUPS? A new study suggests young people increasingly abuse caffeine and use it as an alternative to illegal drugs.
A new study suggests youth
increasingly abuse caffeine
By Melissa Kim
Gazette Staff
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“I don’t think it’s surprising to
say that if you take a drug and it
produces a desirable outcome,
you are more likely to take it,” said
Riley Hinson, a Western psychology professor. “[Young people
choose] to use things which they
[believe] produce effects they
want.
“The media play a big role in
producing these high roles of
abuse,” he said. “What turns out
to be a fairly minor event gets
written up in the press and everybody decides they want to take
part in it or they’re going to be left
behind.”
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Researchers from Chicago’s Northwestern University have released a
study saying young people
increasingly abuse caffeine.
The researchers analyzed three
years of cases reported to their
local poison centre. The study said
the average caffeine abuser was 21
years old.
“One of the reasons we did [the
study] was because young people
are frequently seeking alternatives
to common illegal drugs,” said Dr.
Danielle McCarthy, the study’s
head researcher. “As means of
abusing drugs, they are looking to
legal alternatives.”
According to Health Canada, a
healthy adult should consume no
more than 400 to 450 milligrams of
caffeine per day, which is the
equivalent of three eight-ounce
cups of coffee.
Canadians intake 60 per cent of
their caffeine through coffee, 30
per cent through tea, and 10 per
cent through soft drinks, chocolate, and medicine.
“Caffeine is something that is
very widely used in the general
population,” said Chris Walsh,
health co-ordinator of Western’s
Student Health Services. “At Western, of course it’s used by students
with pressures and deadlines and
things like that, so it’s definitely a
widely used drug in terms of a lot
of cases.
“The fact that so many students
use it is definitely an issue. It’s
something that we would be available to help people with.”
Symptoms of abuse include
panic attacks, chest pains, vomiting, hallucinations and nausea.
The caffeine dosage considered
abusive varies by person but,
according to Walsh, anything over
the recommended dosage can be
abusive, especially if signs of withdrawal are observed.
There’s also a way to prevent
some of caffeine’s minor detriments.
“People who get an adequate
daily amount of calcium have
greater protection against the possible adverse affects of caffeine on
bone health,” said Paul Duchesne,
media relations officer of Health
Canada.
White Ribbon Campaign
presents: To Girls,
From Boys acoustic show
Monday, students can attend a
charity concert presented by the
White Ribbon Campaign, a group
of men working to end violence
against women.
The show takes place at the
London Taphouse. Doors open at
8 p.m. and the concert begins at
8:30 p.m. The show featured male
acoustic performers from Western.
For more information, contact
White Ribbon commissioner
James
Arthurs
at
[email protected].
—Claire Neary
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Volume 100, Issue 51
“The transmission of HIV/AIDS is preventable,
avoidable and inexcusable to not do something to stop it.”
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Time to
properly inform
our youth
Twenty-five years have passed since the first patient was
diagnosed with AIDS. Since then, the disease has
reached the public eye and generated numerous discourses, many of them fictitious and misleading.
Many consider the disease better understood and
more openly discussed than in its early days. Some
claim the notion that AIDS affects only homosexuals,
Africans and junkies is a stereotype forgone by most in
the 1980s.
But there’s reason to believe misconceptions and
risky behaviour persist, particularly among youth. How
is AIDS perceived among youth in Canada? Do our
actions reflect our alleged understanding of the disease?
Anecdotal evidence suggests many youth maintain
an “it-can’t-happen-to-me” attitude. We claim to understand the importance of safe sex (including but not limited to the use of condoms) and AIDS testing, but in the
heat of the moment, do youth walk the walk? Are youth
clear on what kinds of activities are “risky” and which
aren’t (hugging, kissing, sharing food, etc.)?
Whether it comes from feelings of invincibility, wishful thinking or ignorance, misinformation about AIDS
must be addressed particularly through the education
system.
Most sexual education classes involve some discussion of sexually transmitted infections, including AIDS.
But for most, sexual education stops in Grade 9, when
the information may not be relevant to students yet. The
education system should extend its discussion of AIDS
and STIs beyond gym class and, for that matter, high
school.
Moreover, teachers must be comfortable and open
with their students about issues like sexuality, STIs and
AIDS. Information about STIs and AIDS should be presented in an accessible way that speaks to students.
Guest speakers and real-life stories young people can
relate to have an impact that statistics lack.
In this sense, people like Jason Lee, a Londoner who
contracted HIV at age 23, are rare gems. These brave
people push past the stigma and expose the real face of
AIDS in Canada.
Education about AIDS and STIs should occur in religious schools, institutions and families. While everyone
is free to hold their religious convictions, these must not
impede or take priority over health and safety.
To this end, legislation could be useful in ensuring
curricula address issues like AIDS, STIs and sexuality
openly and honestly.
Also, focusing on the AIDS crisis in Africa, though by
no means an unworthy pursuit, often makes us forget
the disease is present in our population as well.
It’s time we assess our own behaviour and understanding of AIDS and its effects closer to home.
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Historic
flag has
new, racist
meaning
Re: “Flag sale concerns” & “German flag
feud”
Nov. 21, 2006, & Nov. 28, 2006
To the Editor:
People defending the display and sale of
the Reichskriegsflagge in the University
Community Centre are missing the
point. Yes, the flag has historical value
and was originally a German war flag
prior to WWII… sort of like how the
swastika was a Tibetan good-luck
charm.
Regardless of the flag’s previous
meaning, it clearly represents something
new to neo-Nazis worldwide. When they
can’t display the swastika, they display
this flag, banking on people’s ignorance
of its intended meaning (which, as
demonstrated by the permissive attitude
of its sale, clearly works). It has been coopted beyond its original meaning and
now stands for something some people
take great offence to.
To those who strongly support freedom of speech: how would you feel if the
vendor displayed the Nazi swastika?
Most likely, you’d call for the vendor to
be strung up on the nearest pole and
kicked off campus.
People who purchase this flag know
exactly what they’re getting. Very few
people buy these German flags thinking,
“Look, how pretty.” Certainly, everyone
has the right to buy and display what
they want, but it’s a far stretch for Western, a publicly funded institution, to
allow the Reichskriegsflagge sale on
these grounds. Doing so is horribly
insensitive and extremely hypocritical
on the university’s part.
Western has gone to extraordinary
lengths to curb anything perceivably
racist, yet it permits the sale of a flag
known as a neo-Nazi rallying banner?
Should we start selling KKK robes at
Mustang Alley? I’m sure they’d be a little
overpriced.
—Tim Richard
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Student problems
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voting
adventure
To the Editor:
Feeling privileged and excited to vote in
the byelection, I took time to review all
parties’ objectives and decide which
party suited me best.
A week before voting, I asked New
Democratic Party representatives in the
University Community Centre where I
could vote and they told me in any residence. On Election Day, I walked to
Saugeen during my break to “X” off my
ballot. No such luck. I provided my
address and was directed to London
Hall. A little steamed, I stopped at London Hall on my way home — only to be
told I was again in the wrong place.
Frustrated, I ventured to the next
point, Essex Hall. There, I was told I
couldn’t vote in ANY residence, but only
at a school on Oxford Street. Getting to
this school was an adventure in itself,
since there’s no direct bus route.
Leaving to vote at 10 a.m. and not
casting a ballot until 8 p.m. is extremely
frustrating. More accurate directions at
the polls would be thoroughly appreciated. I believe I’m one of the more
determined voters, and if all this happened to other students, many wouldn’t bother voting.
If London wants to increase the number of voters, it should invest in a more
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Medical Science III
To the Editor:
When the Green Party campaigned
on Concrete Beach for Elizabeth May, I
realized an ever-increasing amount of
students and Green Party volunteers
were carelessly hacking and trashing cigarette butts on the ground.
What really boggles my mind is Western students pretend to make a big deal
about the environment when nobody
gives a fuck about ashtrays. I’ve smoked
outside almost every one of campus’
fine buildings and the only one with an
ashtray is the D.B. Weldon Library — and
it’s cracked. Surely, you’ve all noticed the
piles of butts amassing near the libraries,
especially during exam periods. It’s
gross.
Moreover, if the Green Party cares so
much about the ozone and shit, why
aren’t they doing something about those
rotting butts that take years to seep back
into the earth?
And I understand Western administration wants to keep kids from smoking,
but installing ashtrays might be an efficient way to cut back labour costs
incurred by cleaning up these butt piles.
It might even curtail smoking; imagine
transparent Plexiglas ashtrays so kids
can see how nasty the butts are.
—Andrew Abony
Philosophy II
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To the Editor:
It seems Carleton University is
finally making a sensible name for
itself. I ask anyone who disagrees
to think for a moment. An abortion
is for one reason only: an
unplanned
pregnancy.
An
unplanned pregnancy may be a
university student’s drunken, condom-less choice.
But an unplanned pregnancy
may just as easily be from rape.
Can any Catholic look me in the
eyes and tell me a woman must
bring up a child who shares its
genome with the man who raped
her? And should a young girl who
has made a bad decision be condemned to face that decision every
day of her life?
Reflect on that — a child as a
burden. What should be a miracle
of nature and life is turned into a
constant reminder that you fucked
up.
Reminders that you fucked up
are scars or debt, not human life.
One may argue the child is a blessing, and maybe it is. Maybe many
happy children who aren’t planned
go on to live happy lives with loving parents. But not everyone is so
lucky. Not everyone has the money,
time, or brain capacity to raise a
child properly. And if a woman
decides she can’t do so, nobody
can say otherwise.
—Richard Gould
Biology II
Re: “Erotic Snowman Contest”
Nov. 29, 2006
To the Editor:
I don’t know about the rest of
Western, but my idea of a “winter
wonderland” definitely doesn’t
include the “sexiest, raunchiest
snowmen” in erotic pornographic
positions or in “preferable group
sex positions.”
Whoever created this idea is
either grasping for a pathetic contest idea or has some disturbing,
kinky fetish for “snowman erotica”
— if there is such a thing. The city
of London prides itself on being the
home of the University of Western
Ontario, so why not make obscene
pornographic snowmen on our
front lawns so families with their
young children can be disgusted,
embarrassed and insulted when
walking by?
Would you want your children
asking why a snowman is riding
another snowman’s back? I didn’t
think so. The Gazette should rewatch Frosty the Snowman to see
why snowmen aren’t perverse
and X-rated. People should keep
their snow-porn fetishes to themselves. Western, keep the holiday
spirit clean.
—Rachael Regier
Honours English IV
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campus,” as I don’t believe censorship is the answer. In large part, our
approach was a reaction to the failure of the student society and Elections Canada to get students voting.
Ultimately, the proof is in the
pudding. Most students who voted
on campus voted Green. I would
encourage student leadership on
campus to work with the parties
involved to facilitate a better
process on campus in the future.
One of our biggest goals was to
ensure informed decision-making.
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UWO Organizer
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Erotic snowman
contest in poor taste
weren’t trying to harass people; we
were trying to make a positive
impact.
I’m told students are apathetic.
I don’t believe it. We engaged in
thousands of interesting discussions with informed students.
Many thanked us for letting them
know the election was taking place
and were concerned Elections
Canada and their student council
had done nothing to spread awareness.
As an organizer, I tried to ensure
volunteers were respectful and
focused on discussing issues.
Unlike the writer of the editorial, it’s
not my desire to “regulate all of the
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Ed Note: CUSA has tabled a
motion to prevent anti-choice
groups from obtaining CUSA
resources and official club status.
The motion has yet to be passed by
council.
To the Editor:
I thank Western students for helping deliver the best electoral results
the Green Party has ever accomplished in Canadian federal politics. Western students’ overwhelming support played a role in putting
us ahead of the governing Conservative Party and doubling the New
Democratic Party vote.
Green Party scrutineers told us
our vote total was as much as 80
per cent of votes cast in some
polling stations around campus.
The other federal parties didn’t
seem to believe students would
vote and put little effort into getting
the student vote. The Green Party
respected students’ role in a
democracy and the voters respond-
ed with their support.
That said, I want to address the
criticism raised in the Nov. 30
Gazette. Firstly, there were both students frustrated by our presence
and students thanking us for it. This
wasn’t reflected in the editorial or
the news article.
As a group, we felt real urgency
about what was happening. We
believe electing Elizabeth May
would have drastically impacted
Canada and the ripples would be
felt elsewhere. We were clear about
the university policies and the student societies and the Elections
Canada regulations.
Yes, we had overzealous volunteers; yes, we pushed hard to reach
people. But we didn’t do it for
power’s sake. The students on campus were working for action on climate change and social justice. We
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The recent decision by the Carleton University Students’ Association, and a similar one by our own
University Students’ Council, have
made me angry and scared.
CUSA has banned pro-life clubs
and the USC has put roadblocks in
the pro-Palestinian groups’ way for
the same reason: the clubs make
people uncomfortable.
I’m sorry, but that’s pathetic. A
lot of things make me uncomfortable, but that’s the price you pay
for freedom of speech. I know
putting up with things that discomfort me and that I strongly disagree with ensures my right to say
things others disagree with and
that make them uncomfortable.
At least, that’s what I thought.
Now I’m not so sure. As students and citizens of our respective
nations, we have to make a choice:
we can be comfortable, knowing
our views can’t be contradicted,
and that we’ll never be inconvenienced by confronting alternate
points of view, or we can tolerate
each other’s views, knowing we’ll
always have the right to voice our
own opinions, even if they’re not
shared by most of our peers.
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but I also favour Israel in the Palestine-versus-Israel debate. I believe
everyone should have the right to
speak.
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more than 30 different artists
By Melissa Kim
Gazette Staff
A rabbit with horns? According to
Vancouver’s Jakalope, a horned
rabbit perfectly represents its sweet
but edgy industrial-pop sound.
Formed in 2003 by producer
Dave Ogilvie, Jakalope is an openconcept project featuring over 30
members, including lead singer
Katie B and Nine Inch Nails’ Trent
Reznor.
Jakalope debuted with 2004’s It
Dreams. Its latest album, Born 4,
was released in October.
“I think when we were doing It
Dreams, it was our first time; we
had a vision and we were starting
to see it through,” Katie B says.
“This time, with Born 4... it was a
matter of taking it to the next level.”
Katie B says when it comes to
music, she loves working hard.
“The fact that we were able to
achieve some sort of success right
out of the gate was great,” she says.
“I enjoyed going to the different
award shows, just to see other people, and doing music videos. It’s
also a lot of hard work and a lot of
long hours, and you need to give
your full attention all of the time. It
can be kind of exhausting, but I
love it.”
Katie B met Ogilvie while working at The Warehouse, a recording
studio. Shortly after meeting, he
asked her to join the band.
“[Ogilvie] wanted somebody
who hadn’t set their goal at being
the next Trent Reznor or the next
‘any’ of that [type of music],” Katie
B says. “I didn’t listen to that kind of
music and I wasn’t trying to imitate.
I was just doing what I do, and I
think that is what is needed to create a new sound.
“Everybody grew up listening to
something different and that’s what
makes it great because everybody
has got their own influences and
we all put in our own influences to
create something different.”
The band uses guest musicians
to add new spins to songs.
“The people we work with are
friends or [people] we admire,”
Katie B says. “It’s always great to
hear what they will do with [our
songs] because you’re so involved
with a song from the beginning
with the writing.
“It’s nice to have somebody in
there who didn’t hear it from its
very first stages and see what they
would do with it. I guess, in a sense,
it can be chaotic, but in an inspiring way.”
Katie B added Reznor in particular has been a huge asset.
Jakalope has a large fan base in
Japan; It Dreams was the country’s
second-highest selling Canadian
record in 2005.
“I don’t know if it’s a bit of the
cartoon-ish image with the Jakalope or what, but [Japan does]
seem to like [our music] — and we
like them.”
Jakalope performs with AntiHero Wednesday, Dec. 6 at the Salt
Lounge. The all-ages show starts at
7 p.m.
I LOOK REAL HARDCORE WITH MY CRIMPED HAIR. THEY SAY IT BRINGS OUT THE ANGST IN MY
SOUL. Jakalope lead singer Katie B rocks the Salt Lounge Dec. 6. No word yet on whether antlers
are mandatory.
Scenario is up for puns and sober songwriting
Local band appreciates its fans, prepared to run a Hooters
By Anna Coutts
Gazette Staff
REMEMBER THAT NIGHT WHEN WE ALL GOT HAMMERED AND DONALD TOUCHED THAT FROG
INAPPROPRIATELY? Local band Scenario plays Rum Runners Music Hall tonight with illScarlett.
What’s the best-case scenario for
a great night on the town?
If you love catchy, danceable
pop-rock and energetic concerts,
watching local act Scenario might
be the key to a fun-filled Friday.
“Although we draw from an
enormous range of influences, I
would say New Order and Jimmy
Eat World [have influenced us
most],” Scenario bassist Tyler
Avram says. “We are a rock band,
but we definitely have a dance
feel.”
The quartet formed in 2005,
when
vocalist
Mike
Lavs
answered an ad posted by Avram,
guitarist Ryan Lynch and drummer Matty Varey.
“Once we got all four of us
together, we knew we had the
right lineup for us, and we’ve
been working hard at it ever
since,” Varey says.
The band’s hard work is paying
off, as its catchy first single, “Keep
in Touch,” is receiving airplay on
stations like FM96. The band has
also played numerous shows with
bands like illScarlett and Social
Code and has over 3,000 friends
on
its
MySpace,
www.myspace.com/scenario1.
Having played in several
bands, Lynch has learned communication and dedication are
vital to a successful band.
“I think everyone needs to
know and love their own role in
the band,” Lynch says. “If everyone is doing the same job, things
get messy.
“If all bandmates are communicating properly, you should
have no problems — it’s really just
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yet often ignored band Rainer
Maria plays its last show before
breaking up.
Rainer Maria lasted an impressive 11 years and maybe could’ve
lasted 11 more. However, most
bands can’t still produce successful albums after over 20 years
together. Most bands lasting that
long are either washed up or their
music quality drastically deteriorates.
Rainer Maria’s breakup is
impeccably timed. As disappointed as I am, it’s better the band ends
now rather than staying together
producing sub-par releases.
When the band announced its
breakup, it dawned on me: I
would never see Rainer Maria live
again, unless I trek to Brooklyn,
New York for its final show. It
dawned on me I would never
hear new Rainer Maria material
again. And most importantly, it
dawned on me that losing my
favourite band was as heartbreaking as ending a long-term
relationship.
We’ve all been there. Girls shed
tears for N*Sync. Metalheads
mourned the loss of Pantera.
What’s a fan to do? You have the
band’s merch and memories galore
of concerts and experiences
accompanied by its music. The
void can’t be filled. It doesn’t feel
like the band is breaking up; it feels
like you’re breaking up with the
band.
“Fans are awesome in every
way,” Lavs says. “They support
the music and give us a reason to
continue making the music. I love
every fan we have and am very
grateful for all of them.”
No one can predict the future
but Varey hopes Scenario’s will
involve music.
“[In five years] hopefully we’ll
be making a living doing what we
love: writing and playing music,”
he says. “Worst case scenario —
pardon the pun — I’ll own a
Hooters.”
Scenario plays with illScarlett
at Rum Runners Music Hall
tonight. The show starts at 7 p.m.
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As you would at the end of a
long-term relationship, you’ll seek
substitutes, but they won’t be the
same. You’ll compromise on vocal
quality and catchy riffs just to hear
something reminiscent of your
beloved band’s tunes.
And how can you recover from
your band’s breakup when its
members keep toying with your
emotions?
Eric’s Trip, At The Drive-In, and
The Smashing Pumpkins have
split. The band members have new
projects — the quality of which I
won’t discuss.
However, Billy Corgan’s Zwan
never curbed cravings for The
Pumpkins’ sweet eeriness and The
Mars Volta will never perform At
The Drive-In’s “One Armed Scissor.” You might learn to love your
band members’ new music but
you’ll never stop missing your
band.
If a band breaks up, it should do
so on good terms. Trying to pretend
the band isn’t over by substituting
key members will make fans feel
cheated. I’d rather never hear about
an artist again than be embarrassed by their pathetic attempts to
salvage a dying band.
As for Rainer Maria, yes, I’m
upset to lose my favourite band.
But I also know Rainer Maria had a
good run and released some highly
influential material.
Breakups are hard, but sometimes they’re the best thing for
everyone. Though fans will be saddened by Rainer Maria’s breakup,
we’ll recover.
It’s consoling to know the band
quit at its peak and I never had to
bear witness to a crappy release.
Now I just have to save enough
money to get to that last show and
share one last moment with the
band I’ll love forever.
like having three girlfriends; if you
don’t talk and tell them how you
feel, you’re screwed!
“Scenario has always been
about having fun and shaking
your ass around blind drunk!,” he
adds. “We all get along great and
have no problem telling each
other off, and I think that’s important for me.”
Scenario doesn’t force its writing process.
“I think the main thing for us is
we don’t try and do something we
can’t pull off,” he says. “We wanna
make tunes for everybody to
dance and have a good time to.
“Being catchy is something
you have to work at. It can sometimes take quite a while to find
that hook to put into your next
song but, if you’re patient, it will
come — well, it has for us anyways!”
“My favourite Scenario song at
the moment is ‘Ocean Floor,’”
Avram says. “It’s an exciting, powerful song with a great groove and
amazing melody. I think it started
as an older song that we were
reworking and turned into a new
song.
“Lynchy and [Lavs] worked
together and came to jam with
guitar and vocals. The bass line
and drums came next and the
song seemed to write itself.”
Though some musicians need
substances to aid their writing
process, Avram prefers sobriety.
“[If you write sober] then
there’s nothing dulling or blocking your emotions,” he says.
“However, we’ve had some great
jams while drinking and/or
smoking.”
Though some artists find
overzealous fans annoying, Lavs
appreciates all Scenario’s fans.
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theGazette • FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2006
I’M HOPING MY TONGUE RING WILL ATTRACT SOME FLIES. I HAVEN’T EATEN DINNER. Although Vancouver’s Marianas Trench hates censorship and angst-ridden bands,
it’s loving enough to stop by the Salt Lounge on Dec. 16.
Marianas Trench not afraid to “Say Anything”
By Melissa Kim
Gazette Staff
Though its debut album is entitled
Fix Me, Vancouver’s Marianas
Trench doesn’t need fixing.
The band —singer Josh Ramsay,
drummer Ian Casselman, guitarist
Matt Webb and bassist Michael
Ayley — has two singles, “Say Anything” and “Decided to Break It,”
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However, to Ramsay’s dismay,
“Say Anything” was censored
because the lyrics “that little bitch
with her head held so high talking
shit,” were adjusted to “that little
thing with her head held so high
talking dirt.”
“I fucking hate [censorship],
man,” Ramsay says. “If you want to
write some song, and for whatever
reason it’s really important to you
and you said whatever, like, ‘Fuck
that guy in the ass’ and you have to
change it, within reason, it can feel
like it changes the whole thing.”
In many of the band’s songs,
there are references to self-mutilation. Ramsay says “Say Anything” is
metaphorical.
“Masochism is something that
unfortunately more girls than guys
deal with, certainly a lot of
teenagers,” Ramsay says. “I don’t
think that it reflects on society as
much as perhaps people are just
becoming more aware that it’s
going on now.
“It’s sad that someone can be in
a situation where they feel so
threatened or the textbook layout
would be that they ‘feel so numb so
that they’re cutting themselves so
that they can feel anything,’ and I
can definitely relate, because I
think that once you look at it, everyone has their own masochistic tendencies, regardless of whether
they’re physical or not.”
Marianas Trench’s latest single,
“Decided to Break It,” contains
some of the album’s main themes:
disappointment and self-loathing.
Ramsay says these themes
reflect the fact he’s a recovering
addict. As a result of his addiction,
he’s become an insomniac and
often writes at night while struggling to sleep.
“Basically [“Decided to Break
It”] was a stream of consciousness
sort of writing, because at that time
I was trying so hard to fall asleep
and I just couldn’t,” he says. “At the
end of it, when I say ‘I decided to
break it,’ I’m trying to refer to trying
to break this cycle of never sleeping, which is a bit of a silly line in
some respects because it’s kind of
not in your control anyway.”
Marianas Trench isn’t intimidated about writing a follow-up to its
successful debut.
“Let’s face it: you’ve had your
whole life to write your first album,
and realistically you have a year
and a half to write your second
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For Ramsay, being a musician is
about challenging yourself.
“You have to drive yourself,” he
says. “Especially when it’s things
that are artistic. If you’re doing an
artistic profession, fuck man, you
better hope that you’re getting better, because the thing is, it comes
down to a competition — there’s
always going to be someone who’s
better than you, so you want to be
the best that you possibly can.”
Ramsay finds bands who take
themselves too seriously frustrating.
“It’s like ‘dude, you’re not fucking curing cancer here’; it’s music,
and if you need to take your craft
seriously, it does not mean that you
have to take yourself so fucking
seriously,” he says.
“I’m sick of the whole angstridden, misunderstood poets and
all that shit. In some ways a lot of
people are responding to us
because we’re not like that; we’re
just a bunch of fucking jackasses.”
Bands who rarely conduct interviews also upset Ramsay. He
believes bands should give back to
their fans and reciprocate their
generosity.
“[Fans are] the most important
thing for any band; without [them]
you’ve got nothing. Without that
you’re fucking playing at an openmic night in a café somewhere.”
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boyfriend pummeled in the
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nonchalant quirks and cute British
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By Desiree Gamotin
Gazette Staff
Good female musicians are rare in
the music industry’s “Boys Only”
club. Sure, there’s lots of sleepy
Lilith Fair players and a slew of
pouty, angsty chick bands. However, the really talented, creative
females are often left in the dust.
The following musicians are not
only gorgeous but blunt, witty and
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can sing.
• “Smile” — Lily Allen
This song’s scathing humour is
as entertaining as it is unexpected.
A female version of The Streets’
Mike Skinner, this England native
seems small and innocent but her
ruthless lyrics and poppy instrumentation create hilarious sarcasm.
“At first when I see you cry/ It
• “War torn” — Nicole Atkins and
the Sea
This Jersey girl is completely
enchanting. Her psychedelic folkrock works well with her subtle
vibrato vocals. Rolling Stone listed
Atkins in “10 Artists to Watch,” calling her music “pretty folk-pop with
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“War torn” is dark and mysterious but Atkins’ mature sound could
upstage Rufus Wainwright’s.
• “Lovertits” — Peaches
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music would make a sexually frustrated virgin faint.
“Lovertits” is downright nasty,
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hear her other tunes, like “Suck and
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• “We R in Need of a Musical Revolution” — Esthero
Esthero’s trip-hop, jazz and electro-pop anthems combined with
her impressive vocal range are
slowly paving the way for a musical
revolution.
“I’m so sick and tired of the
shit on the radio/ and MTV, they
only play the same thing/ no
matter where I go/ I see Ashanti
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more.” The only reason people
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• “Mushaboom” — Feist
“Mushaboom” is light and
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Mailbag: Aboud’s
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Re: “Hot stove emphasis should be
on pitching”
Nov. 28, 2006
SWINGING AND MISSING LIKE ROB DEER. J.D. Drew (top left), Barry Zito (top right), Frank Thomas
(bottom left), and Manny Ramirez (bottom right) were some chaps we overlooked in Malcolm
Aboud’s hot stove column.
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To the Editor:
I read your article and wanted to
make a few points.
One, pitching is still the No. 1
option but, besides the market
being relatively poor, free-agent
pitchers are also waiting for the
market to take shape before signing. I believe this is because of
some rule changes. The December and January deadlines are no
longer there for arbitration-eligible agents. Still, it doesn’t explain
why teams are giving such hefty
contracts to Alfonso Soriano, etc.
Regarding Barry Zito, I’d pass
on him for Frank Thomas or Rod
Barajas (or Greg Zaun). Zito’s AL
East numbers aren’t as good as
Ted Lilly’s, and Zito is a flyball
pitcher. Oakland’s Coliseum is a
pitcher’s park; Toronto is more of
a hitter’s park and groundball
pitchers tend to have more success. Lilly will also command less
salary than Zito, so he seems like
the obvious choice.
—Raj Sareen
To the Editor:
Thanks for your article, “Hot stove
emphasis should be on pitching.”
However, Malcolm Aboud forgot
numerous points.
When Aboud wrote about
pitching, he totally forgot the new
arbitration rules (like Roger
Clemens’ case) and the winter
meetings next week in Orlando,
Florida.
Last year, the White Sox won
the World Series because they had
good pitching, so all clubs looked
for arms, especially relievers. This
year, the Cardinals won and
everyone talked about Albert
Pujols and slugging. It’s common
for teams to copy the most recent
World Series winner in the offseason.
The emphasis is on hitting this
year; the Cubs pulled the trigger
first with Alfonso Soriano, and
other teams have followed (the
Angels and Gary Matthews Jr., the
Dodgers and Juan Pierre, the
Astros and Carlos Lee, etc.). There
are also rumours of J.D. Drew
signing with the Sox and a Manny
Ramirez trade.
Aboud mentioned Boston’s
Daisuke Matsuzaka deal, but it’s
no sure thing. The two sides
haven’t closed a contract and if
Matsuzaka doesn’t sign, he’ll play
in Japan next season.
It’s just a few ideas, but you
missed a lot of things.
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Purple Pipe: Nadine Paron
Skilled ’baller makes opponents bawl
Men’s tennis,
women’s volleyball
grade well
Women’s rugby disappoints
CONTINUED FROM P12
Swimming
The swimming teams finished
the semester strongly, capping off
what some consider “the best
weekend in Western swimming
history” when they won back-toback meets in London and
Guelph, beating top-ranked
Toronto at home. Standouts
included Scott Kowalczewski,
David Barkley, Christina Melezis
and Lenore Chesworth.
Grade: A
Men’s Tennis
Anthony Glavanic’s team earns
a high grade for bouncing back
from last year’s OUA final loss to
York and winning provincial gold.
Western defeated the Lions 5-1 in
a championship rematch Sept. 30.
Grade: A+
Women’s Tennis
The women’s tennis squad is
punished here given its high
expectations at the beginning of
the season, but them’s the breaks
after Western’s 6-1 loss to York in
the OUA bronze medal match.
Mariam Al-Shikarchy deserves
credit for her OUA all-star selection, but until Western can bring
home hardware, it won’t enter any
honours programs.
Grade: C+
Jon Purdy/Gazette
I’VE GOT MORE GAME THAN MILTON BRADLEY. Chock-full of talent and definitely more intimidating than a game of Operation, basketball player Nadine Paron swipes the Pipe this week.
By James Hayes
Gazette Staff
This week, women’s hoopster
Nadine Paron scores our illustrious
Purple Pipe award. Paron led Western in a 78-51 victory over the Royal
Military College Paladins last Friday, pouring in 22 points and seven
rebounds.
Paron has been a vital cog for
the Mustangs, who are 6-2 this season. She teams with Amanda
Anderson and earlier Pipe winner
Bess Lennox to provide the lion’s
share of the team’s offence.
Varsity athletics is simply in
Paron’s bloodline; her brother Alan
is a veteran on Western’s men’s basketball team.
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What should be your team’s
main focus for the rest of the season?
I think we need to be more consistent in our game, play with
intensity and execute our plays
throughout the whole game on
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Growing up, were you competitive with your brother?
Yeah, we were, but he was older
and better than me. So we never
actually had to compete against
each other.
Who would win in a game of
one-on-one between you and
Alan?
I could give him a run for his
money, but he would probably
come out with the victory. I’m pretty sure about that. (laughs)
What’s your favourite food?
I love spaghetti with meat sauce.
Definitely.
If you had to give up spaghetti
with meat sauce or alcohol forever, which would it be?
(laughs) That’s a risky little question. Can I just keep them both?
Role models in pro sports?
I don’t know what to tell you...
can we skip to the next question?
(laughs)
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Men’s Volleyball
The men’s volleyball team
occupies the fifth spot in the OUA
standings with a 7-4 record
through 11 games. Chris Mokry is
15th with 97 kills and 11th with
103 points in the OUA. Libero
Chris Graham is fourth in the OUA
with 73 digs and leads the OUA in
digs per game. Veteran setter
Andrew Hinchey is fifth in the
OUA with 291 assists. Western’s
offence has suffered slightly after
losing second-team all-Canadian
Alex Jerome.
Grade: B+
Women’s Volleyball
With a 7-1 record thus far, the
women’s volleyball team is tied
with the McMaster Marauders for
first place in the OUA West. After
starters Ashley Jones, Lauren Consentino and Jori Hardin graduated, this relatively young team has
proven it’s still a force.
So far, Western’s offence has
been dominated by first-year
Mustang (but veteran OUA athlete) Julia Hall, who leads the
team with 93 kills and 106 points.
Although Western’s setting has
clearly suffered without Cosentino, this squad could contend for
another OUA title this year, especially if Melissa Mann excels
offensively.
Grade: A
Wrestling
Recently, Western’s women’s
wrestling team won the overall
team title with London-Western
wrestling club at the Ontario
Senior Wrestling Championships.
The ’Stangs placed fourth overall
with 10 points, well behind first
place Guelph (60 points), the
defending National Open Club
champions.
Grade: B-
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Sports
ON DECK:
Quit the hasslin’
about ’rasslin’
...Tuesday
Gazette Sports’ mid-year report card
Do you know which teams made the grade in first semester?
By Gazette Sports
At the end of first term, Gazette
Sports offers its assessment of the
past four months in Mustang Athletics. There was promise for many
of our varsity squads, many of
which fielded excellent starters
with a mix of rugged rookies and
steady seniors.
Badminton
The Mustangs won their fourth
Ontario University Athletics title in
five years with a victory over the
Waterloo Warriors. In the goldmedal match, Western defeated
Waterloo 7-6. The squad had four
OUA all-stars and Jenn Lam captured her fourth consecutive OUA
female MVP.
Grade: A+
Baseball
The baseball team proved last
year’s OUA championship win
over the Brock Badgers was no
fluke, defeating them again to capture a second provincial title.
Western had seven OUA all-stars,
including Ben Rich, Matt Bekar,
Kris Klassen, Andrew Mensink,
Sean Grimes, Matt Chisamore and
Clarke Markle.
Grade: A+
Men’s Basketball
Western’s offence is paced by
forward Andrew Wedemire, who is
among the OUA leaders with 15.7
points per game. Under new head
coach Brad Campbell, the squad is
3-3 and sits in the middle of the
OUA West division. In addition to
Wedemire, Jason Milliquet racks
up buckets like an avid sand-castle
builder.
Grade: BWomen’s Basketball
The women’s hoopsters are
stampeding through the regular
season, having lost only two of
their first eight games. Guards
Nadine Paron and Amanda Anderson lead the team with 13.5 and
13.3 points per game, respectively.
Grade: A
Cross Country
At the Canadian Interuniversity
Sport national cross country meet
at the Plains of Abraham, Western
finished in the top five in both the
men’s and women’s team events.
For the men’s team, James Gosselin finished third overall, while
the women’s team missed the
podium by two points, finishing
fourth behind Dalhousie.
Grade: A+
Jon Purdy & Joyce Wang/Gazette
BETTER GRADES THAN YOUR HIGH SCHOOL PHYSICS CLUB PRESIDENT. Western’s men’s baseball
squad earns an A+ for repeating as OUA champions, while the women’s basketballers are well on
their way to tasting glory of their own.
Football
Western’s purveyors of the
pigskin had an up-and-down season, but on the whole it was slightly disappointing. The team should
have had a bruising running game
with the talented backfield of
Randy McAuley, D.J. Bennett and
Jay Akindolire. They had a great
comeback win against McMaster
but crapped out in the playoffs.
Derek Schiavone’s amazing kick-
ing couldn’t lead the ’Stangs past
the OUA semifinal at Laurier.
Grade: BGolf
The men’s golf team won OUA
silver at the St. Catharines Golf
and Country Club. Kevin Bryce
was named a first-team all-star.
The powerhouse women’s golf
team won its second straight OUA
championship at the same event.
Grade: A+
Men’s Hockey
Western stumbled out of the
gate but heated up recently with a
six-game unbeaten streak in
November. Sal Peralta, Steve
Benedetti, Ryan Hare and Chris
Eade have beefed up the scoresheet, and the ’Stangs sit third in
their division at 6-3-2-2.
Grade: B
Women’s Hockey
The women have struggled
offensively this season, but stellar
goalie Danielle Le Ber keeps them
in most games. Still, the Purple
and Silver are a sluggish 3-6-1-1.
Grade: CLacrosse
The women’s lacrosse team
showed promise at the beginning
of the season. However, despite
the efforts of OUA first-team allstars Melissa Kandola, who placed
fourth in the league for scoring,
and Erin Abel, Western fell short of
expectations, missing the playoffs.
Grade: CRowing
Dominance was the name of
the game for the men’s and
women’s rowing teams, as they
each captured OUA title and won
the overall national team title. In
addition, the men’s rowing team
won gold and set a new course
record at the Head of the Charles
Regatta in Boston. Future programs will have difficulty living up
to the precedent set by both teams
this year.
Grade: A+
Men’s Rugby
The highly touted men’s rugby
squad boasted some of the fastest
wingers in the conference, an
asset head coach Scott Stewart
often utilized during the season.
Their defence also helped lead
them to an OUA final berth against
McMaster.
Grade: B+
Women’s Rugby
After Western steamrolled its
way to the OUA final versus
Guelph, its winning streak ended
at 29 games with a heartbreaking
loss in the dying seconds. At the
nationals, the Mustangs’ quest for
a three-peat ended against the
Lethbridge Pronghorns. The Mustangs finished fourth in the country.
Grade: B+
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