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100, ISSUE 13 • THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2006
Toronto to dump garbage in London
Locals worried excess
waste will hurt tourism
By Cigdem Iltan
Gazette Staff
Joyce Wang/Gazette
HEY, OSCAR, YOU THINK YOU’RE GROUCHY? GET YOUR LAZY ASS OUT OF BED AND CLEAN THIS
MESS UP. Instead of relying on a television-show puppet that could devour all waste for free, Toronto is shipping its garbage to London.
One city’s trash is another city’s
source of discontent, as Toronto
City Council voted Tuesday
evening in favour of purchasing
Green Lane Landfill, located southwest of London in Southwold
Township.
Toronto’s solution to its heavilypublicized garbage crisis has
sparked displeasure in London City
Council and various environmental organizations in the city.
Toronto has to deal with its
garbage within its own boundaries,
said London-Fanshawe MPP Khalil
Ramal.
“Toronto should look after its
own waste,” Ramal said. “Why London?”
The disposal of Toronto’s
garbage on the boundaries of London will shed negative light on the
city, he added.
“The idea is to make London a
tourist attraction — an attractive
destination for people. Garbage is
not attractive,” he said. “What kind
of incentive does this provide for
people looking at London for a
place to pursue their education?
Who wants to go to school in a
region that is a dumping ground for
another community’s garbage?”
Londoners were not aware of
the pending deal between Toronto
and Green Lane Landfill, said
Diane Szoller, Thames Region Ecological Association.
“This is sort of a new development from Toronto to actually purchase a landfill,” she said. “It’s cer-
tainly an interesting thing for London to be having to deal with.”
Szoller echoed Ramal’s sentiments, arguing Toronto should be
responsible for maintaining its own
garbage.
“[TREA] is definitely feeling that
Toronto should look after its own
garbage, and that there should be
ways to avoid giving it to other
cities,” she said. “Toronto has one
of the largest ecological footprints
across Canada, and generally TREA
would be happier if Toronto looked
after its garbage within the parameters of its footprint of Toronto.”
In terms of the environmental
impact the newly-approved plan
will have on the city, Szoller cited
greater auto pollution as one of the
main effects that will result from
Toronto’s decision.
“These trucks are on the highway and then return to Toronto
empty — they do pollute, and it’s
not supporting the quality of life [in
London].”
EnviroWestern member Francisco Alas agreed, saying transporting Toronto’s garbage to London is
not conducive to Torontonians
paying more attention to their
recycling and waste habits.
“If you keep your garbage in
your own city where you create it,
it creates an atmosphere where
people will be more responsible in
taking care of their garbage and
they will be more likely to recycle,”
Alas said. “I think there’s a pretty big
downfall in sending your garbage
to other places.
“You can’t put your own problems in other people’s backyards.”
UWO student Joshua Business students are cheaters
Hurwitz to run for
London City Council
By Dave Ward
Gazette Staff
By Claire Neary
Gazette Staff
This November, Western students
will have the opportunity to vote
for one of their own in the London
municipal election.
Joshua Hurwitz, a third-year
philosophy and geography student, believes, at just 19-years-old,
he is ready to make and approve
plans for the future of the city as a
member of the board of control on
the London City Council.
Four candidates are elected to
the board of control. Like the
mayor, candidates are elected at
large by all eligible voters throughout the municipality.
Controllers prepare and submit
the operating and capital budgets
to city council and report to the
council on almost all other matters
pertaining to the running of the
city.
The only requirement is candidates are at least 18 years old. There
are no specific academic or experiential qualifications.
Hurwitz, who is taking the
semester off to campaign, believes
he is an ideal candidate because of
his interest in the ideological side
of running the city and his ability to
look to the future and see the bigger picture.
He also believes he’s in touch
with issues most important to students and the London community
at large.
“I believe there are three central
issues which are very important to
PLEASE SEE WESTERN STUDENT P3
A new study indicates graduate
business students are more likely
to cheat than non-business students.
In a study by management professors at Rutgers University,
Washington State University and
Pennsylvania State University, 56
per cent of graduate business students surveyed admitted to cheating in the last year, as opposed to
47 per cent of non-business graduate students.
“Business students reflect a
mentality of getting the job done
being more important than how,”
said Donald McCabe, lead
researcher for the study and a professor at Rutgers.
“Not to say that we don’t hear
[of cheating] from other students,
but it’s more frequent with business students,” McCabe said.
The study surveyed over 5,000
students at 11 graduate business
schools in Canada and 21 in the
United States. Those students represented 13 per cent of the students selected for the survey.
“The students who elected not
to respond probably would have
had a higher likelihood to cheat,”
McCabe said, adding that the percentage of cheaters is likely higher
than the study indicated.
McCabe said he has seen trends
pointing toward higher levels of
cheating in business students at
the undergraduate level, as well.
“I’m not surprised there’s
instances of cheating [but] I’m surprised there was a higher percentage among MBA students,” said
Larry Wynant, Associate Dean at
the Richard Ivey School of Business.
According to Wynant, most
business programs take measures
above and beyond normal graduate programs to prevent cheating.
Wynant cited initiatives like
screening program applicants for
ethics, ethics courses for incoming
students and continuing commu-
nity involvement programs to
enforce ethical conduct as measures to prevent cheating.
Still, Wynant acknowledged
pressure can push any student to
cheat.
“When students come into a
business program, whether undergraduate or MBA, there are a number of pressures that on the margins might cause students to
cheat.”
In, particular, Wynant cited a
high workload and competition for
access to the best jobs.
“The propensity to cheat would
be higher in an MBA program,”
said Rejini Ralemkunnapuzha, a
second-year MBA student. “We’re
in an environment where everyone
is trying to get out on top.”
“We’re less likely to cheat,” said
Elisa Robinson, a second-year HBA
student. “Credibility means so
much in business, once you’re
caught you’re finished,” she said.
“It’s not socially acceptable
because people know each other
so well [at Ivey].”
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students, whether they are in first
or fourth year,” Hurwitz explained.
“First, I want to make sure offcampus housing is affordable and
that landlords are keeping it [in
good condition]. It is important for
students to have good housing
options.
“The second issue is transportation. Most students take the bus to
school, and they take cabs especially on the weekends,” he continued. “The London Transit Commission is run by the city, and both
cabs and the LTC are regulated by
city policy. I certainly think there’s
room for improvement in these
services, especially with the LTC.
“Finally, it’s very important for
London to have good jobs that are
attractive to students after they
graduate. We need to offer a high
quality of life so students will want
to stay in London after they graduate.”
Hurwitz said many students
love the Western experience but
don’t want to stay in London once
they graduate. He believes this
mentality will change if problems
Jon Purdy/Gazette
SWINGING A MEAN STICK. A couple of students demonstrated their Kendo skills in the UCC atrium this week.
News Briefs
McIntosh calls for submissions
The McIntosh Gallery is
requesting photo submissions for
an exhibit running early next year.
MASS Culture and Society,
Exhibit 2a will display photobased art exploring society’s
impact on photography and photography’s role in shaping society.
The exhibition, proposed by
artist and curator Michael L. Mullan, will focus on issues including
urban sprawl, land planning, pop
culture, mass art, and the media.
There are three submission categories: built environment (the
populated Canadian landscape),
cultural images (the diversity of
existence found in built-up environments) and appropriated
images (photographs to create
content).
There is a $25 entry fee and a
four-piece limit per person. Submissions can be dropped off at the
McIntosh Gallery during open
hours from Nov. 14 to Nov. 18.
Catherine Elliot Shaw, curator
of the McIntosh Gallery, said the
criteria for inclusion in the exhibition include technical and aesthetic quality and the “innovative
nature of the work and relevance
to the exhibition.”
For more information contact
the McIntosh Gallery at 519-6613181.
—Mike Hayes
Students asked to get involved
ASAP with ASAP
Students wishing to give back
to the London community can
attend an Information Night for
the Academic, Sports, and Arts
Program on Wednesday, Sept. 27.
Originally part of Western’s
Rotaract Club, ASAP has grown
into a volunteer initiative, serving
over 40 staff members and 800 students at Wilfrid Jury Public School.
Western students can work as
teaching assistants or volunteers
inside and outside the classroom.
Past activities include offering free
piano lessons and hosting a
breakfast club to develop chil-
dren’s social skills.
“Volunteering is really important,” said Samantha Young, head
co-ordinator of ASAP and a fourthyear Western student.
“University is not just about
doing school stuff, but giving back
to the community your university
is in.
“Volunteering in London helps
me understand London better and
helps me connect with the community,” Young added.
A shuttle bus takes potential
volunteers to Wilfrid Jury Public
School for an information session
and a meet-and-greet at 3:40 p.m
on the 27.
For more information or to sign
up, contact ASAP at [email protected].
—Althea Manasan
happening at Western by downloading “Western in 5” podcasts.
Available on Western’s homepage, www.uwo.ca, the newscasts
provide a five-minute summary of
on-campus events. The podcasts
are run by journalism students.
“[The podcasts] give [journalism] students a chance to practise
their skills,” said Wendie Crouch, a
media specialist at the Faculty of
Information and Media Studies.
The weekly podcasts discuss
various campus-related topics. To
download the podcasts, go to
Western’s website and click on the
“Western in 5” link found on the
left-hand side. If you don’t have a
portable mp3 player, podcasts can
be downloaded onto your computer.
—Adam Kusinski
Courtroom drama
comes to Western
On Friday, criminal defence
attorney Jeffrey Manishen will present the lecture “The Depiction of
Criminal Lawyers in the Mass
Media.”
He’ll use scenes from wellknown courtroom dramas to differentiate fact from fiction, and
explain how to become a better
lawyer by emulating Hollywood’s
popular TV lawyers.
Dana Fisher, president of the
Criminal Law Students’ Association, said the event will be particularly interesting for those interested in litigation and advocacy, as
well as public speaking.
“Manishen is a big name from
an important law firm in Hamilton
and has been practising for 30
years,” Fisher said.
Manishen has also performed
in theatre, radio and television
since he was 10 years old. The
event, which is open to the public,
will take place at 12:30 p.m. in
Room 36 in the Faculty of Law
building. A reception will follow.
—Laura Harris
Props for profs
Have an outstanding professor?
Show your gratitude by nominating them for a teaching award.
Teaching awards recognize
“outstanding professors who make
learning more meaningful,” said
Paris Meilleur, University Students’ Council VP-education.
Students can nominate professors online at the USC website,
www.usc.uwo.ca. The deadline is
Friday, Oct. 27.
—Carly Seibel
Podcasts provided on
Western’s website
Get the lowdown on what’s
with housing and transportation
are addressed.
While Hurwitz acknowledges he
may not have as much life experience as some of the other nine candidates, he thinks his vision and
expertise in running a city make
him the best possible candidate.
Hurwitz has been a regular
observer and occasional participant at city council meetings for
the past five years. He has been
heavily involved with the Urban
League of London, an umbrella
organization for many community
associations.
Hurwitz was also involved in
Mainstreet London, the downtown
business association which aims to
revitalize the downtown core.
Other major issues Hurwitz
wants to tackle are the restructuring of London’s economic development corporation, addressing environmental issues so the Forest City
lives up to its nickname, and making sure taxes are fair and citizens
are getting the best value.
For more information on Hurwitz’s platform and campaign
events, visit his website at www.hurwitz.ca.
Photo by Matt Brown
I’M MORE THAN JUST GOOD LOOKS. Western student Josh Hurwitz is running for a board of control position on London City Council.
Local, campus celebrities raise
reading awareness in London
By Claire Neary
Gazette Staff
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The Western community is reading
— and it wants the entire London
community to read too.
“Alumni Western presents: London Reads” — formerly known as
“Western Reads” — runs from
November to March and aims to
raise awareness about reading and
Canadian literature.
“The program has been very
successful over the past four years,
but this year we decided to change
the name in an effort to attract a
greater involvement from the London community,” said Carolyn
Young, communications manager
for The BookStore at Western.
The program began in 2003 in
celebration of Western’s 125th
anniversary. Each year, 10 celebrity
panelists, five from Western and
five from the London community,
are paired together and asked to
read a Canadian book within the
community. Each pair reads its
selected text at monthly book club
meetings. The public is invited to
read along and share its opinions.
The program will end with a
debate scheduled for March 21,
when the celebrity panelists will
meet on campus to discuss the
merits of each of their selections. At
the end of the debate members of
the Western and London communities will have the opportunity cast
votes online for their favourite
book.
“The goal is to have the best title
win,” said Trista Walker, alumni and
development officer for special
events. On April 23 the winner will
be announced, and the program’s
organizers will rally to bring the
winning author to campus. Last
year, Douglas Coupland came to
read from his winning novel, Hey
Nostradamus!
This year’s Western celebrity
readers include David Bentley, a
professor in the English department; Larry Haylor, head coach of
the Western Mustangs football
team; and Paris Meilleur, VP-education of the University Students’
Council.
Representing the London community are Ian Gillespie, a columnist for the London Free Press; Joni
Baechler, a London city councillor
and returning panelist; and Bill
Bryce, director of education for the
Thames Valley District school
board.
“The choices are great this year,
the readers showed a real sense of
adventure and a willingness to take
risks,” Young said, adding for the
first time ever, two of the pairs
chose non-fiction books.
Paris Meilleur and her partner
Bill Bryce chose Stephen Lewis’
Race Against Time, an examination
of the AIDS crisis in Africa.
Meilleur said she’s extremely
excited for her selection because of
the potential to spread awareness
about the devastating effects of
AIDS and because of the chance to
bring Lewis to campus.
For more information on the
program check out www.londonreads.uwo.ca.
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A Campus Diary Study of Drinking Patterns,
Depressive Symptoms and Interpersonal Conflict
In September 2006, a group of researchers at the Centre for
Addiction and Mental Health and The University of Western Ontario
will begin a three-year project investigating the relations between
drinking patterns, depressive symptoms, interpersonal conflict and
academic achievement. This project will consist of three phases. In
Phase 1, all first year full time university students on main campus
at Western will be invited to take an online questionnaire.
Participants will be entered in a draw for cash prizes.
In October 2006, a random sample of 500 participants from Phase 1
will be invited to complete 26 online consecutive weekly reports
(Phase 2) followed by 24 consecutive monthly reports (Phase 3) of
their alcohol consumption, depressive symptoms, and interpersonal
conflicts. Participants will be compensated for each completed
report.
First year students, please watch for an invitation email or
contact [email protected] to request the website address.
This study is funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research
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Volume 100, Issue 13
“We’re convinced it’s not a matter of if —
the landfill will leak at some point of time.
We’ll pass the problem off to a later generation.”
—JOHN WALTNER
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Re:“Are men smarter than women?”
Sept. 15, 2006
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Worrying is a
waste of time
Toronto recently purchased a landfill in St. Thomas,
Ont., much to the outrage of many London citizens and
politicians, who claim the transaction will make London
“Dump City.” However, it’s debatable whether or not the
landfill will impact London’s image or ability to attract
students and residents.
The site is already a landfill. Although it must now
handle more trash, the decision won’t change the area’s
dynamic. The surrounding community has lived with
and adjusted to the landfill already, which can’t be said
for new dumping sites. If the site is already being used,
does it really matter whose waste goes there?
It seems what’s really bothering Londoners is the idea
of being labelled “Toronto’s toilet.” This is an unattractive perception and could cause problems for the city.
Politicians say the label could damage Western’s ability to attract students, just as Hamilton’s “dirty” image
has hindered McMaster’s recruitment capabilities.
But a landfill is not Stelco, and St. Thomas is not
downtown London. It is extremely unlikely the landfill
will affect London’s look and feel. The only way London
will earn a negative reputation is if its residents and
politicians perpetuate it through the media and daily
discourse.
Queen’s and Kingston must deal with the penitentiary located within the city limits; both have dealt with
its presence well. Indeed, few — if any — consider
Kingston a “the jail city.” Therefore, London must simply
reject the “dump city” label and outsiders will follow
suit. Will a landfill on the outskirts of town make London any less the “Forest City?”
So if the landfill can’t alter the physical attractiveness
or outside perception of London, why are residents so
upset with its purchase by Toronto?
One possibility is Londoners feel their area is being
hurt by the negligence of Toronto’s waste management.
Though Toronto has initiatives to reduce waste and scale
down garbage sent to Michigan, London, or wherever,
the city could still do more to reduce waste. Whether it
seriously affects London or not, improving Toronto’s
weak waste-management policy is prudent for anyone
involved.
On the other hand, we shouldn’t forget Toronto’s
waste management program is much more developed
than London’s, which has yet to implement an organic
waste disposal program. In addition, many Londoners
make frequent shopping trips to Toronto, benefiting
from the businesses sending their garbage down the 401.
Complaining about Toronto’s new landfill is hypocritical.
This isn’t to say Toronto doesn’t need to make a
stronger effort to reduce waste. Using the St. Thomas
landfill is a Band-Aid solution to a continuing problem.
However, it’s a viable temporary solution, and London
shouldn’t have trouble avoiding the negative connotations that could supposedly arise from the landfill.
It’s not easy being green
Straight
Up G
Georgia Tanner
Opinions Editor
I’m a closet environmentalist; I genuinely care about things like climate change,
deforestation, endangered species, and
recycling. Problem is, these issues are so
far from the general public’s daily discussion that if I bring them up, I’m one of
those weird, earthy, hippie nerds.
The environmental movement has
come a long way. Fifty years ago, few governments had ministries in place to
monitor environmental well-being. Now,
such government bodies are commonplace. In addition, the discussion on climate change is receiving far more media
attention than ever, and international
meetings on environmental issues are
growing in number, size, and political
clout.
Why, then, do I still feel like I’m one of
the few people who care about environmental issues?
The problem isn’t people not giving a
tion to change its habits because of a few
lame advertisements challenging us to a
“one-ton challenge.” While using the
media is important, it’s only effective
when coupled with effective environmental programs.
Even corporations are realizing the
benefits of being “green,” without significant government incentives. With larger
incentives, companies could improve
their public image and their profit margins while simultaneously offering consumers an environmentally-friendly
choice.
Our own university could easily do
more to help its student population stay
green. With all their readings, assignments, and tests, most students don’t
have time to find food that doesn’t come
in non-recyclable containers. While the
University Students’ Council is taking
steps to address this issue, more must be
done.
I realize placing the onus on the government and the university to encourage
a “greener” way is somewhat lazy. But the
truth is, until it’s easier to be green, most
environmentalists will remain in the
closet.
Mouthing off: UWO’s green policy
“I think [more environmental policies] should be implemented — why
not? Engineering is getting a “Green
Building” with solar panels and other
environmental features.”
—Curtis Henderson
Mechanical Engineering IV
“Campus itself is pretty green, one of
the best in Canada. If it starts to get
worse maybe they should change their
policy.”
—Abdul Faruqi
Economics III (Kings)
“Western should definitely be doing
more. As a supposedly educational body,
the environment should be very high on
its list of priorities. If anyone should
understand the importance of environ-
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• Please recycle this newspaper •
shit about our world; the problem is
there are so few opportunities to show
they care.
While it’s debatable whether home
recycling makes a difference, most people don’t mind sorting their garbage if
they’re provided the proper means to do
so. Last year, Toronto finally implemented organic waste disposal, giving its citizens another way to be “green.” London
is still waiting.
The whole situation is epitomized by
our government’s signing of and consequent lack of action on the Kyoto protocol. Sixty-seven per cent of Canadians
supported the ratification of the protocol, indicating the general population
has a keen interest in the issue. But while
most of us want change, the government
has provided few options.
There are few new incentives to carpool, drive less, or use less energy on
heating, cooling, and lighting homes.
Even worse, transit fares in Toronto have
risen, deterring people from choosing
the “greener” way. Even if people want to
reduce emissions, a lack of incentives
and green alternatives makes it difficult.
It’s naive to expect an entire popula-
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mental issues, a university should.”
—Dan Whistler
Political Science III
“The clubs are pretty responsible, but
other organizations should be environmentally responsible.”
—Zainab Noor
Engineering III
“It’s a great thing that these policies
are encouraged, but enforcing them
would probably cost the campus businesses a lot of money.”
—Tyne Baker
Science II
“I hate the environment so [a weak
environmental policy] is okay with me.”
—Graham Brown
Political Science IV
“I agree with the position that the university should be active in promoting
environmental policies. They should get
rid of Styrofoam and other nonbiodegradable materials [on campus].”
—Lina Wang-Fang
Science I
“I’m not a big green advocate, so the
weak policies don’t phase me.”
—Ashley Brunsek
Hons. Psychology IV
“The environment is like a garden.
Dig it.”
—Jordan Sim
Medical Science I
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To the Editor:
Professor Rushton’s recent study,
wherein he claimed men are, on
average, smarter than women, has
sparked great outrage. Though I
am not surprised by this, I can’t
help but wonder what the reaction
would have been if one of Western’s
faculty had published a study
wherein he or she claimed women
are smarter than men. Would it be
considered just as offensive? I
would have to say no — I imagine it
would have been met with much
greater apathy.
My aim is not to diminish the
offensiveness of Professor Rushton’s claims, but rather to question
the state of gender equality in our
society. While one man’s highly disputable claims of a possible difference in the intelligence of men and
women has incited a mass conniption, real and indisputable
research and statistics that say
women outnumber men by a ratio
of three to two in undergraduate
programs have failed to gain much
attention at all. Why? Because the
statistics say the inequality in postsecondary education is disadvantageous to men, not women.
I ask not for any special rights to
be awarded to my gender. I recognize the hurdles women have faced
in the past. Nevertheless, I implore
that in the battle for gender equality, one gender does not always try
to be “more equal” than the other.
In our world of ever-increasing
need for credentials, regardless of
how smart one may be to begin
with, a diploma carries the greatest
weight in finding employment.
Therefore, I beseech both men and
women to take a more holistic look
at gender issues, to make sure not
only women get the rights and
privileges they deserve, but men
do too.
—Tyler Totten
Social Justice and Peace I
Prof’s
methods
to blame
Re: editorial cartoon
Sept. 15, 2006
To the Editor:
I think that to characterize Professor Philippe Rushton’s work as
“pseudoscience,” as Friday’s cartoon caricatures did, is to miss an
important point. Rushton’s work
represents not pseudoscience but
rather the strict methodologies of
hard science. The proclivity for
numbering, measuring, and statistically analyzing — an obsession
not held solely by Professor Rushton or Western’s psychology
department — has always proved
highly adept at missing the subtleties and depths of the human
world. The qualitative complexities
of our world(s) are becoming
much better grasped since the linguistic, interdisciplinary, and postmodern turn in academia. Professor Rushton’s findings are no doubt
correct within their own frame of
reference, and thus are not wrong,
but simply the production of an
older, more scientific mind.
—Neil Blazevic
International Development III
(Huron)
Scoop
that poop
To the Editor:
While gallivanting around Western’s lovely campus, the Prada shoe
on my right foot met an unruly foe:
goose poop. What really irks me
about this is that, as an esteemed
member of London’s community, I
am required to scoop the poop of
Snuggles. Snuggles is a bull mastiff,
if you were wondering.
Now, since Snuggles is my chosen pet, it would only be fair that
Western complies with the by-laws
of London and scoops the poop of
Honkey, the 20-pound Canadian
Goose, along with the poop of his
flock since they appear to be Western’s pets of choice. Plus, this will
give particular members of Western’s custodial staff something to
do since cleaning the insides of
various buildings is decidedly low
on their to-do list.
Snuggles is rather fond of goose
liver paté and could leave plenty of
poop along the pathways of UC
Hill, if you get what I mean.
—Jason Smith
Philosophy IV
OSAP’s
grace
period
is a drag
To the Editor:
A lot of students have recently
received their yearly fill of OSAP
funding. What most students don’t
find out until after they graduate is
the government begins charging
interest at (prime + 2.5 per cent) on
the total loan amount. Most students think the government’s socalled “grace period” gives students
six months to find a job after graduating before attending to their
debt obligation. The “grace period”
isn’t so graceful when you consider
interest accrues during the period
even though payments on the loan
aren’t required until six months
after a student graduates.
For an undergraduate student
with a loan in Ontario, the average
debt upon completion of school is
$22,700. That means that, during
the government’s “grace period,” it
actually earns an average of about
$2,000 on each student who has
been conned into believing their
“grace period” is actually an interest-free period.
Go
to
www.ousa.on.ca/sef/page/id/41.h
tml.
—Joseph Figliomeni
Lecturer, Business 020
Richard Ivey School of Business
Screw
next, mullets? I hear they are all the
rage in Paris.
So I send this message out as a
plea. Men of Western, do not follow
in the footsteps of your female
classmates; I can assure you, if you
guys start wearing neon-coloured
muscle shirts and high tops, the
only attention you will get will be
from Jessie and Lisa. Well, even that
is still good... your best bet will be
Screech.
—Amy Leigh Orfanakos
Sociology III
We print
spandex! sexist
content
To the Editor:
When I admit one of my biggest
guilty pleasures is watching reruns
of Saved by the Bell, I know I’m not
alone in my confession.
Although Zack Morris was a
babe and Kelly Kapowski was the
envy of every young girl, I would
not fashion my wardrobe after
them. However, ever since we have
returned to Western, I feel as if I am
alone in that thinking.
Everywhere I walk on campus
all I see are girls wearing spandex.
It makes me wonder, are we in
grade school and is it recess? Or
maybe we are stuck in the land of
Saturday morning television programming again. I use the term
“again” loosely; but seriously, why
are we back there, here… I don’t
even know anymore.
Everything nowadays is nothing
more than a regurgitation of the
past; the latest trends aren’t original anymore. Simply put, the fashion world seems to have run out of
new, unique ideas. We have truly
been reduced to nothing more
than docile creatures, yielding ourselves to whatever is thrown our
way and obedient to what the
“gurus” of fashion say. Now, this
could just be the butt-that-doesnot-look-good-in-spandex talking,
but what the hell? Why spandex
and how come the ’80s? What’s
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Re: “Angry rant” and “Butt out!”
Sept. 15, 2006
To the Editor:
While letters deemed libelous, sexist or racist should not be published according to The Gazette’s
own terms and conditions, it
seems these convictions are often
forgotten. Two of the four letters
published in the Sept. 15 issue contained expressions —“bitch-slap”
opinions ➤ P5
and “bitch fit”— and descriptions
—“risk a…man…ripping [glasses]
off your face”— that are misogynist
and perpetuate sexist stereotypes
and violence against women. Yet
these and other derogatory phrases, images, and articles are common fare in many sections of most
issues.
Last April’s issue of The Gazebra,
for example, featured a photograph of a woman in a sexually
explicit and potentially dangerous
situation that was printed without
her permission. In fact, as a result
of The Gazette’s dismal record of
publishing offensive, sexist material, the on-campus awareness
group Media Watch is operating
once again.
Student-run and read publications are an invaluable resource for
educating and entertaining, and
Western is fortunate to be one of
the few North American universities with a daily campus newspaper. If The Gazette continues to
degrade the diverse population it
purports to represent, however,
students may find themselves
reaching for something else to read
between classes.
—Jessica Balmer
Women’s Studies & MIT IV
Women’s Issues Network Publications Manager
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NOT THAT DAMN BLAIR WITCH AGAIN! Paper Hearts, a film put together by Western students, won top prize in the Short Film Category.
Students win first prize in Microsoft
Imagine Cup film festival in India
By Tyler Kula
Gazette Staff
In August, a Canadian film team
travelled to Delhi, India to compete
in the Microsoft Imagine Cup in the
Short Film Category.
The Canadian team — consisting of Western students Sam Chow
and Nick Haffie-Emslie, Western
graduate Meg Majewski and Toronto Film School graduate Ryan Marr
— submitted its short film, Paper
Heart.
The film stars fourth-year Western student Sarah Shields and utilizes the competition’s themes of
technology and health.
“[Paper Heart is] a fairytaleesque kind of film that [shows] a
juxtaposition between fairytale and
reality,” Shields said.
Shields added the film is a dark
story about a girl’s discovery of “a
heart in the forest that symbolizes
the heart her boyfriend [needs] in
the real world.”
The group received first place in
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success to its teamwork: Majewski
created the storyline, Chow was
responsible for props and set
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effects and editing and Marr for
cinematography and lighting.
Chow said they relied heavily on
technology to co-ordinate the film’s
production, as the group didn’t
meet until just before the competition.
“We had a lot of MSN conversations, e-mails and four-way phone
calls,” he said. “This film would not
be done without all the technology
[society has] now.”
The group used a camera that
shot at five frames per second to
obtain what Chow called “a story
book kind of feel.”
Shields said the acting process
was very unique.
“We had to act in slow motion
so everything was completely exaggerated,” she said, resulting in over
7,000 different photos. “That was a
really cool experience for all of us;
we’d never really done anything like
that before.”
Filming Paper Heart was particularly strenuous on its student contributors.
“We had to shoot at the end of
April, right in the middle of exams
for all of us,” Shields said. “It was
insane.”
Time wasn’t the only problem.
On the last day of filming, the team
got caught in a thunderstorm, and
while in India, Chow became
extremely ill.
“I think I got some sort of weird
food poisoning thing at one of the
convention centres,” Chow said. “A
lot of people actually got sick but I
was one of the unfortunate ones
that couldn’t make it to the awards
ceremony.”
While in India, the filmmakers
also had the chance to experience
life on the other side of the camera
lens.
“One of the filmmakers did a
documentary on us,” said Chow. “It
was really cool to have someone
follow us around for the whole
experience. It felt like a reality show
at times.”
“I thought I wouldn’t be comfortable [with being filmed], but
after a while you really get used to
it,” Haffie-Emslie added. “You know
it’s there but you just don’t care anymore and you’re not so self-conscious about it.”
The group produced its own
documentary about the Imagine
Cup experience, The Trevor Watson
Story, as part of the 36-hour on-site
film challenge included in the competition.
“We were going for some sort of
emotional health [documentary]”
Haffie-Emslie said. “Trevor Watson
is the Canadian competitor in the
algorithm competition. He has a
condition where he needs additional help and [we documented]
how Microsoft didn’t provide that
very well for him.”
As for next year, Chow wasn’t
sure if the team would be allowed
to compete again.
“I really wanted to do it,” he
said. “But I think the rule is that if
you win first place you can’t apply
again for a year.”
Check out Paper Heart at
www.paperheartfilms.com.
Figurines to rock North America this fall
Danish band takes open-minded approach to the road
By Andrew Sullivan
Gazette Staff
The Figurines’ catchy independent
rock album, Skeleton, was one of
2006’s nicest surprises.
By playing mix-and-match with
genres and utilizing hand claps
and sing-along choruses, the Danish band’s sophomore CD took
many critics by surprise. Judging
by The Figurines pitch-perfect
brand of rock, it seems the Danes
know how to rock even the most
jaded critics.
The Figurines started when lead
singer Christian Hjelm and guitarists Andreas Toft and Claus
Johansen decided to create a band
in junior high.
According to Hjelm, the band
members initially tried balancing
their education with the band’s
success, but it became too burdensome.
“It was really just being on the
road all the time that did it to us,”
he says. “It just became too stressful. The more successful you get,
the more you are on the road, and
the less time you are going to have
for school, family, all those other
things.”
Despite hailing from Denmark,
the vocals on Skeleton are in English.
“It is very common for Danish
bands to sing in English,” Hjelm
says. “I guess it just seems like the
normal thing to do because English
is the second language here.
“I think most bands who sing
in their native tongue in Europe,
except England,
are content to just
stay and be successful
where
they are because
that’s
where
their audience
is,” Hjelm adds.
“But I think
that bands who
sing in English
have a better
opportunity
to reach other
countries —
North America, Canada,
Japan, Australia, etc.”
According to Hjelm, Skeleton
purposely contains numerous different instruments and styles.
“While recording Skeleton we
knew that we wanted
a variety of different instruments on the
album to get the
right feel,” he
says. “When we
play live we try our
best to incorporate
those instruments.
And for our own
sake we sometimes
rearrange the songs
a little bit just so that
we won’t get tired of
playing them.”
The band finds
it difficult to define
its sound.
“The album is really so varied,
since we experimented with so
much,” Hjelm says. “If people
wanted to get a feel for our sound,
they should probably take a listen
to ‘Rivalry,’ ‘Ambush,’ and ‘Back in
the Day.’ That would probably sum
everything up pretty well.”
The Figurines aren’t nervous
about their upcoming North American tour.
“When we tour we pretty much
know what to do and ‘how it is,’
since we’ve toured so much over
here in Europe. It’s part of the life,”
Hjelm says. “We just expect to give
the people who come out a good
time and enjoy ourselves. You can’t
really worry about anymore than
that.”
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A sustainable Western
Students, profs push
for sustainability policy
Are waste services
going to waste?
Enviro policy strong on
paper, lacks real teeth
By Sarvenaz Kermanshahi and Adam Mantha
By Lauren Pelley
By Allison Buchan-Terrell
Gazette Staff
Gazette Writer
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One hundred and twenty-five post-secondary institutions across the world — 19 of which are Canadian —
have established sustainability policies and offices to
implement them, as mandated by the 1990 Talloires Declaration on the responsibility of universities to create and
implement green policies.
Western, a signatory of the declaration, has yet to fulfill its commitment. In recent years, two separate proposals to establish a sustainability policy and office have
been submitted to the Western administration. Neither
has been adopted.
In late January, Tom Ewart, a graduate student and
research assistant at the Richard Ivey School of Business,
presented administration with a long-term, comprehensive plan to pursue sustainability in policy format.
In his presentation to the Strategic Planning Task
Force, Ewart proposed the creation of a sustainability policy and office. The committee heard financial, operational and ethical imperatives for adopting a green policy and office.
Ewart also presented a sample yearly budget of
approximately $200,000 for a sustainability office that
could co-ordinate and implement campus sustainability
initiatives, conduct a sustainability assessment, and raise
awareness in the campus community.
In June, the draft report of the Strategic Planning Task
Force was issued. The document did not deliver the commitment to sustainability policy Ewart and EnviroWestern hoped to see.
“What is important is that there be a commitment and
a vision, supported with money, from the top administrators at Western,” said Johanna Bradie, EnviroWestern
co-ordinator. “Such a vision would bring together all of
our fragmented activities so that they work together for
the maximum benefit.”
The administration hasn’t explained its decision. In an
e-mail response, however, Gitta Kulczycki, VP-operations
and resources, and Fred Longstaffe, VP-education, said
Western encourages and applauds the efforts of students
to propose and pursue sustainability measures.
“Not adopting a sustainability policy is also going to
hurt us in the medium-to-long-term,” Bradie said. “This
stuff gets noticed, and our main competitors have been
building their reputations on sustainability for some
time.”
Every week, Western generates nearly
12,000 pounds of waste — the equivalent of roughly 105 Mustangs cheerleaders, according to the 2005 Waste
Audit by Karen Thompson of EnviroWestern.
Of the waste audited last year, 61 per
cent was recyclable or compostable
material that ended up in the trash
and could have been recycled through
Western’s existing facilities.
These facilities, according to Jim
Galbraith, the manager of grounds
maintenance and waste management
for Physical Plant, are running
smoothly and are readily available for
use.
“[The residences] are all set up to
recycle,” Galbraith said. SaugeenMaitland Hall, for instance, has an
“all-inclusive program” to tackle the
magnitude of waste produced.
In addition, recycling bins exist
across campus, including newly
labeled bins for co-mingled beverage
containers. Major buildings like the
Natural Science Centre and the University Community Centre are
equipped with large bins, including
ones directly outside the buildings.
Surprisingly, such conveniently
located recycling facilities are not
used to their full potential, a fact frustrating the Physical Plant staff and the
EnviroWestern team.
“If you have a beverage container,
instead of dropping it in the garbage
can, walk; usually there’s [a recycling
container] 15 to 20 feet away,” Galbraith said.
Western’s waste management is
indeed challenging and labour-intensive. The volume of waste Physical
Plant handles includes 30 yard-long
boxes of disposed drink containers
shipped out every day. Numerous
In January 2005, The University Students’ Council
embraced environmentalism by adopting an Environmental Sustainability Policy in collaboration with EnviroWestern.
“When drafting the environmental policy, our primary
objective was to establish in many ways an environmental
philosophy for the USC,” said Eric Johanssen, a Western
graduate student and USC VP-campus issues 2004-2005.
“When the policy was created, we were hoping the
USC’s operations would change their practices willingly
over time... we didn’t want to cost the operations anything,
but if there was a way to do something in a more environmentally-friendly way at the same cost, we wanted to
encourage them to do this.”
The USC often serves as a lobbyist, bringing student
concerns before Western administration.
“We felt it was a good time to put some pressure on
[Western’s] administration to adopt a policy of their own,”
Johanssen said.
Pedro Lopes, current VP-campus issues, admitted it’s
sometimes difficult to get administration in line with the
USC.
“A lot of money needs to be put forth to make our
school truly environmentally sustainable, but hopefully
we can achieve this goal.”
While the three-page statement policy acknowledges
the USC’s environmental footprint and its link to students’
quality of life, Johanssen said it lacks enforcement measures for uncompliant operations.
“[The policy] was a stepping stone to a future policy
that we could add to over time, [a policy] that would hopefully have more ‘teeth,’” he said. “ I think it is important for
the policy to become a standing policy, so there are implications for violations.”
While the USC operations have guidelines for procurement, waste, and training and awareness, the policy only
ensures due diligence in research.
Kelly Wilson, a Western graduate and VP-campus issues
2005-2006, says she’s not a huge fan of creating policy for
the sake of creating policy.
“It’s a statement policy because the USC wants you to
know that it cares about the environment,” she said.
“When I first came into office, I looked into the possibility of having an environmental audit done on some of
the USC services. I contacted Physical Plant and learned
[it] performed waste audits on our buildings and that the
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Bradie said a number of Canadian institutions have reaped considerable savings from their sustainability initiatives. Since 1999,
the University of British Columbia
has saved $8.2 million through its
sustainability initiatives and has
gained an international reputation
for its efforts.
“As sustainability becomes
important to more people, these
schools are going to beat us out of
the top students and researchers,
the research money, not to mention the private philanthropy,”
Bradie said.
The second proposal for a sustainability office came from professors in Western’s Faculty of Science.
In November 2005, at the
request of the administration, the
Western Environmental Education
Working Group (EnvEdWG) submitted a proposal for an interdisciplinary program that would make
Western a leader in sustainability
and the environmental consciousness.
The Co-Chair of EnvEdWG,
Robert Bailey, was happy to take on
the task. Bailey said he’d wanted a
department devoted to environment and sustainability for years.
EnvEdWG began brainstro-
ming ideas in November 2005.
Bailey said he submitted a School
of Environmental & Sustainability
Proposal in August, which suggested the creation of a new
department.
The department would offer
minor, major, and specialization
modules focusing on practical
issues like farming and water treatment, and would provide the
opportunity for undergraduate
students to get involved in
research.
Bailey also suggested the
department assume management
of a new sustainability office in
charge of monitoring, assessing
and proposing plans to enhance
sustainability, as well as educating
and engaging the Western community.
Administration is currently
reviewing EnvEdWG’s proposals
for a sustainability department
and office. EnvEdWG hopes to
launch the department by July 1,
2008.
Bailey defended Western’s lack
of a sustainability office. He pointed out the university has tremendously reduced its physical waste,
power consumption, and emissions with an excellent recycling
program and modifications to the
university’s operations.
He did say, however, there is a
lack of community involvement.
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[University Community Centre]
ranked among the top buildings
on campus in environmental
conservation.”
Wilson said there were two
areas the UCC could improve on:
larger recycling bins outside
buildings and a co-mingled recycling system.
Rather than doubling its
efforts, the USC Board of Directors reinforced EnviroWestern’s
efforts to make Western sustainable.
According to Wilson, the policy’s weakness is its financial burden clause. She’s optimistic EnviroWestern can research and
implement creative and financially-feasible alternatives.
“I hope that EW can be a
major contributor to the renovating of the UCC. The timing is
very ripe for structural changes
within the UCC that can make a
lasting impact on our sustainability,” she said.
In March 2006, EnviroWestern
was given USC service status,
which grants it funding outside
membership fees.
“They are addressing all of
the needs to create a more ecofriendly campus,” Lopes said.
“[EnviroWestern is doing so]
through policy [and] ground
work, like campus clean-ups
and advocacy.
“We really have made huge
strides in the short time this club
has become a service.”
Lopes recently sent a letter to
student unions across Canada
encouraging them to join an environmental coalition and implement a similar policy.
The true test of the USC’s commitment will be the changes it
makes to its own practices and
whether Council holds the operations accountable, Johanssen
said.
While small steps are being
taken by Council members, they
all wondered why The Spoke and
The Wave are not on board.
Jeff Armour, manager of The
Wave, said the staff does what it
can, but unfortunately most of its
waste is food.
“You can’t just give that to a pig
farm or anything,” he said. “But
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other materials are collected —
cardboard, light fixtures, scrap
metal, batteries, and compost, to
name a few.
“Given the increasing student
body and the higher number of
campus buildings the Physical
Plant is required to maintain each
year, it’s surprising that [they] have
such consistent, positive results
every year,” Thompson said.
“[Physical Plant] is one of the
most under-appreciated groups on
campus, and do our student body
a service that we wouldn’t be able
to do without.”
The responsibility falls upon
Western’s huge student population
to use the services provided for
proper recycling and waste disposal. This would aid Physical Plant,
keep the campus free of garbage
and benefit the environment.
Thompson offered various ways
students can help.
“Check recycling labels on plastics, take that extra step and put
paper in the recycling bin, bring
home your lunch scraps to compost them, [and] don’t leave old
Gazettes lying around in lounges.”
Thompson also suggested
bringing reusable coffee mugs to
campus. Currently, roughly 1,500
pounds of waxy non-recyclable
cups per week are discarded at
Western. Many coffee shops on
campus offer discounts on coffee
purchases if you reuse a mug.
Overall, little lifestyle changes
are all it takes for individuals —
specifically students — to aid Western’s recycling efforts.
“If you wanted three things I
wish people would do, it’s to recycle [properly], use the waste containers, and just don’t throw the
garbage on the ground when going
between classes,” Galbraith said.
“If [students] did that, [they]
would likely save us $50,000 or
$60,000 a year.”
we’ve eliminated all Styrofoam —
our to-go coffee cups are all cardboard.”
Andrew Mes, manager of The
Spoke Lounge, said The Spoke has
also reduced its use of Styrofoam
as much as possible.
“Pizzas are in cardboard boxes,
we’ve moved away from Styrofoam cups, and we offer a discount on coffee for anyone who
brings their cups in,” he said.
The Wave and The Spoke have
also reduced their hydro and
water consumption.
“We also take empty cardboard boxes down to the recycling
docks. All of our dishwashers turn
off automatically, and some
[appliances] automatically turn
off after 15 seconds if not [in use],”
Armour said. “Part of our managing closing duties is to go around
and turn all the lighting off.”
Jason Hughes, a shift manager
at The Spoke, said recycling is
normally the goal, but admitted
when The Spoke is busy it’s hard
to guarantee. He said The Spoke
does recycle glass and tin.
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OUA Basketball
The end of an era: Craig Boydell Retires
Brad Campbell takes the reins from gutsy, long-tenured coach
By Stephanie Ramsay
Gazette Staff
Craig Boydell has been an institution at Western for as long as most
people can remember, but after 14
years helming the men’s basketball
team, the legendary coach is finally putting down his playbook.
After one of the most successful
tenures in Mustangs history, Boydell admits retirement is bittersweet.
“This is the time of year when
you’re going to miss it and I knew
that,” Boydell says. “The spring of a
coaching cycle is in the fall, when
all the players come in and you’ve
got guys coming back who have
worked hard at things. Everybody
is revitalized and looking forward
to the year.
“I certainly miss it. It’s sometimes hard to leave something you
love doing, but it’s good to leave
while you still love doing it.”
Boydell is no stranger to change;
coaching is just one of many
careers the dynamic and resilient
educator has had.
After receiving his PhD in sociology at the University of Massachusetts, Boydell came to London
in 1969 as part of a wave of academics recruited to Western to shape
graduate programs in the Faculty of
Social Science.
“I was part of the influx of people...who came up from the States,
Australia and England to try and
provide the basis to build to graduate programs,” Boydell says. “It was
a very interesting time.
“It was a controversial time in
some ways too, in terms of Canadian identity,” he adds. “One of the
thrusts was to try to build graduate
programs and also produce Canadian materials because textbooks
in social sciences were basically
American texts.”
After taking a sabbatical, Boydell
again faced the task of developing
new areas of study and was instrumental in creating the Administrative and Commercial Studies program (recently renamed Management and Organizational Studies).
Since its inception, MOS has
been one of the most popular programs at Western. Yet, despite his
success, Boydell found himself
missing athletics.
“I really got to missing sport
when I was sort of mid-way in that
part of my career,” Boydell says. “It
wasn’t long before I knew I wanted
to get fully immersed back in
sport.”
The administration’s loss was
the basketball program’s gain, as
Boydell established himself among
the elite university basketball
coaches in the country.
In addition to winning a national title, five conference championships and four Ontario University Athletics titles, Boydell set several Western coaching records,
including most wins, highest win
percentage and most wins in a season with 36.
He has been named Conference
Coach of the Year on four occasions, and in 2000 was Canadian
Interuniversity Sport Coach of the
Year.
With such a long list of accomplishments, Boydell is clearly wellsuited to handle the pressures of
coaching at the varsity level.
“I love the competitive arena,”
Boydell says. “Believe me, I’m comfortable with that kind of stress. I
love the last few minutes of games
— I love the rapid-fire decisions
you make.
“To me, that’s exhausting but
exhilarating. That’s the kind of
stress I love. I thrive on it.”
Despite being a self-admitted
competition junkie, Boydell maintains simply winning games was
never his focus.
“It always had to be about
something more than that,” Boydell says. “If you consider the
amount of time I’m spending with
people on campus, there’s got to be
some more learning going on.
“I feel comfortable in a university setting, but I’m only comfortable when I’m doing something to
make it better and my career has
been that. I am not comfortable
looking at the status quo and thinking that’s okay.”
To that end, Boydell has always
stressed the importance of giving
back to the community.
“I think there’s a lot of support
for that, getting students out in the
community,” Boydell says. “We’re
part of the community, but it’s not
just a trip down to The Ceeps.
There’s a community out there in
addition to that and we are a part
of it.”
Fitting 14 years of experiences in
one article was quite the challenge.
See Friday’s paper for more reflections on Boydell’s career.
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Inside the OUA
By Malcolm Aboud
Gazette Staff
On the coattails of an unprecedented Ontario University Athletics championship, the Western
Mustangs baseball team is rewarding itself generously.
This year, the team moves from
the decrepit diamonds at City Wide
Park, where it historically played,
to John Labatt Park, and it couldn’t
have made a better decision.
Western has to pony up $500
per game from its players’ own
pockets, but this is the best way the
money could be spent. Labatt Park
is one of the premier venues of the
Intercounty Baseball League, and,
more importantly, much closer to
campus.
The biggest task off the field for
lesser-known varsity teams is
drawing attendance, and the
chances of students hiking down
to Commissoners Rd. to catch a
ball game were next to none during the City Wide era.
The new diamond’s downtown
location allows students to hit a
game after class, so the baseball
team should succeed in drawing a
better crowd.
Better yet, students benefit —
especially those with friends on the
team — in that they can attend the
games. The players’ investment
thus helps not only the team itself
but the students in general.
Mustang Athletics should also
be pleased. One of the most daunting tasks it faces in running the
varsity athletics program is drawing attention to smaller-market
sports like baseball while still
maintaining larger programs like
hockey and football.
While Mustang Athletics often
faces criticism for the imbalance
between sports, it really isn’t real-
istic to fund programs like baseball
and lacrosse on the same level as
Mustangs football.
The athletics department
should be happy, then, to see
teams drawing attention to their
respective sports without relying
on the school. Any time a team
works on its own to draw fans, it
benefits both itself and the department.
Aside from simply drawing
attendance, the team should also
enjoy Labatt Park simply because
it’s an exceptional ballpark. Baseball really is a better game when
played at a good venue and John
Labatt is all but perfect.
I suggest the team enjoy its new
home, because it really is a beauty.
Any ballplayer will tell you there
are few better feelings than stepping onto a well-groomed mound
for the first time, or watching a
well-hit ball bounce off a real wall
rather than a chain-link fence.
Kudos to the baseball team for
achieving that.
By James Hayes
Gazette Staff
The Major League Baseball season
is winding to a close, and the
National League Wild Card race is
heating up like a bowl of Uncle Ferdinand’s jambalaya. Earlier this
week, Dodgers’ first baseman
Nomar Garciaparra hit a walk-off
home run which gave Dodgers the
lead in the ultra-tight NL West division. Garciaparra was happy about
the game-winning knock but even
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In NFL action this week, Peyton
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and multiple touchdowns in a
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he ever won an important game,
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nighter, the Steelers and Jags gave
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Jacksonville win, it was clear Steelers’ pivot Ben Roethlisberger
should work at a high school —
because he’s nothing more than a
caretaker.
Highly-publicized, uber-flamboyant Cowboys wideout Terrell
Owens broke his finger in this
week’s tilt against the Redskins. In
the game, T.O. was dropping pretty
much everything thrown his way. If
this guy isn’t snagging bushels of
touchdowns, he’s not worth the
headache. Note to Cowboys owner
Jerry Jones: shelf the ego and take
up another hobby. Yachting or golf
would be appropriate, but with the
decision to bring Owens on board,
maybe lion-taming would be more
fitting.
In hockey news, longtime
Toronto Maple Leafs tough guy Tie
Domi has retired. Nobody has really feared Domi since he was turning Bob Probert’s brains into Beefaroni, and last year he was slower on
the ice than my grandfather wearing Wellington boots. Let’s hope
Domi takes his money and his 11
brain cells to a nice home in the
suburbs. In Probert’s defence, he
might have given Domi a better
fight if his nose didn’t double for a
Shop-Vac.
In the topsy-turvy world of college football, there is outright
indignation in Sooner Nation, as a
blown onside-kick call resulted in
the Oklahoma Sooners losing to
the Oregon Ducks last week. The
officials were suspended for a
game, but who’s really surprised?
The Bowl Championship Series
system has as much credibility as
Kato Kaelin.
Golf’s Ryder Cup started yesterday in Ireland. The U.S. squad
will no doubt be convinced Guinness is nothing more than a
record book, while Team Europe’s
biggest worry is guzzling too
much Guinness before the opening round. Wouldn’t you want to
drink if you had to stomach a
weekend of Colin Montgomerie’s
scowl? On the American side,
here’s hoping Phil Mickelson’s lactating cans get stuck somewhere
in a peat bog.
IT’S PRONOUNCED NOMAR, YOU IDIOT! NOMAR! If you like
Botox, the South Beach diet and properly pronouced consonants,
you’ll be happy Los Angeles made the playoffs.
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