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2006/04April/11

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VOLUME
99, ISSUE 101 • TUESDAY, APRIL 11, 2006
Course
wins award
By Claire Neary
Gazette Staff
Lindsay McNab/Gazette
WHAT A GOOD-LOOKING BUNCH. The staff of Volume 99 takes its final bow. Just because the photo was taken in a bowling alley
doesn’t make the ‘boy, they sure took The Gazette into the gutter’ jokes funny.
Gun-toting man arrested in Westmin
By Claire Neary
Gazette Staff
Westminster residence experienced a scare this past weekend
when a visitor was charged with
the possession of illicit drugs as
well as a concealed weapon.
John Moore, a 22-year-old male
who is not a Western student, was
legitimately signed into Westminster on Friday night when residence life staff called campus
police and reported that Moore
was causing problems.
“We believe that Moore was visiting a former girlfriend who is a
Western student, and that he was
also trying to contact another
friend at the residence,” said Campus Community Police Services
director Elgin Austen.
When the CCPS arrived,
Moore was initially arrested for
mischief. However, when Moore
was handcuffed, police found
that he had been concealing a
gun in his pants.
The search revealed that Moore
was also concealing drugs, and
that he may have been attempting
to sell the drugs on campus.
The investigation was immediately passed to the London Police
Service, who charged Moore with
possession of ecstasy for the purpose of trafficking, and possession
of crack-cocaine and marijuana,
along with several other charges
related to the unauthorized possession of a firearm.
Moore has been banned from
campus and is currently in jail,
awaiting sentencing.
According to LPS media rela-
tions officer Amanda Pfeffer,
Moore already had a criminal
record which prohibited him
from possessing any kind of
weapon.
“Although these are all extremely serious offences, Moore was not
charged with issuing any threats,
and at no time did he attempt to
use his gun,” Pfeffer said.
Susan Grindrod, associate vicepresident of housing and ancillary
services, said Western is always
reviewing its security policies in
order to ensure student safety.
“Although this is the last year we
will be using Westminster as a residence, we take security in all residences very seriously. It can be
hard to establish a balance
between living in an environment
that is both safe and feels like
home, but safety is our first priori-
ty,” Grindrod said.
“Despite this occurrence, Western is known to be a very safe campus,” Austen said.
“But it is important for everyone to work together to make sure
this reputation continues. For
example, students need to take
every measure to avoid attracting
drug dealers to campus, and they
can do this by monitoring their
own personal behaviour.
“Dealers would not be here
unless they thought that people
were willing to buy drugs… We rely
on honest individuals to help us
prevent these types of occurrences,” Austen added.
“If you have friends who are
having problems with drugs, Student Health Services should be
your first source for help,”
Austen said.
Honors English students have the
opportunity to take an award-winning seminar that is the first of its
kind in the field of Restoration and
18th-century drama.
Western English professor Lisa
Zeitz was honoured by The American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies with the 2005-06 award
for Innovative Course Design on
April 1.
Zeitz received the award for her
creation of a new course titled Performing the Past: Restoration and
18th-Century Dramas.
According to Zeitz, the course
brings together canonical plays
from the Restoration period and
the 18th century and contemporary plays from the 1980s to the
present that re-stage the drama and
the theatre history of that period.
“Unlike other survey courses,
my seminar brings the past and the
present into conversation with
each other, and asks big questions
about how we imagine historically
and how the past is re-figured and
interpreted and, most importantly,
why we should be interested in the
past in the first place,” Zeitz said.
Zeitz won the award along with
her former student Cameron
McFarlane, who now holds a
tenure-track teaching position at
Nipissing University.
“This course was a true seminar
because it was based on the
assumption that students were
prepared for each class and ready
for discussion,” Zeitz added.
“It was my favourite course
ever,” said Abbie Borland, a member of the seminar.
“Dr. Zeitz is really encouraging
of students’ ideas, and she pushes
you to get involved at a higher level
than most undergraduate courses,”
she added. “She makes you feel like
you’re contributing to academia.”
Last year the class was full within the first 24 hours of registration,
as enrolment is capped at 16 students.
Minn. challenges English-challenged profs
By Cigdem Iltan
Gazette Staff
Minnesota professors who have
difficulty lecturing clearly in English will soon face an examination
by a task force established last
Wednesday.
With the establishment of the
task force, the newly formed Minnesota Higher Education Committee will address a problem that
exists in the American college and
university system, said Bud Heidgerken, a member of Minnesota’s
House of Representatives.
“Once the bill was introduced
and the elements of what it entailed
were publicized, feedback from
students who could relate to the bill
poured in,” he said.
“I received e-mails of horror stories… students were avoiding certain universities and classes because
of the fear of not being able to
understand their professor’s English.
“We realize there’s a problem
out there, and we have to address
this issue — and address it fairly,”
Heidgerken said.
The task force will consist of students, state representatives, and
state secretaries. The goal will be to
establish one standard of English
language proficiency within the
state of Minnesota, Heidgerken said.
“We’re going to try to come up
with a standard for all professors in
a classroom. We have a lot of students with scholarships and financial aid… it has reached the point
where students are having to withdraw from courses, and lose their
financial aid,” he said.
Western does not have any formal tests to gauge the language
proficiency of its professors, but the
selection process is such that the
ability to communicate efficiently
is vital to a professor’s appointment, said Alan Weedon, vice-
provost of academic planning, policy, and faculty at Western.
“All of our faculty are appointed
to their positions through a specific process… this includes an interview, and also commonly includes
a professor giving a sample lecture,
or seminar to a panel. Part of our
decision to hire them is [based on]
the lecture,” he said.
Faculty members who teach a
course at Western also experience
course evaluations, Weedon added.
“That would be an opportunity
to hear about any problems regarding language proficiency,” he said.
Weedon also said he is not able
to recall any student complaints
regarding a particular faculty member’s English proficiency.
Third-year civil engineering student Stephen Black said he is content with the level of English proficiency among Western professors,
although some of his classmates
have expressed concerns regarding
certain classes.
“I think it is up to the students to
be able to adjust to the accents
[certain] professors may have,” he
said. “In the real world, not everyone you encounter will be able to
speak English perfectly, and you
have to be able to adjust.”
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theGazette • TUESDAY, APRIL 11, 2006
Student stocks
Einstein’s snacks
By Dave Joyce
Gazette Staff
Although final exams are an endless source of stress for students,
they also bring a few benefits —
like a great excuse for snacking.
This year, stressed-out students
looking for late-night treats can eat
happily, knowing their food is provided by a fellow undergrad.
Einstein’s Café, located in Taylor
Library, now stocks a range of treats
supplied by Circles & Squares, a
student-run bakery. The snacks
were brought to Western by
Andrew Hamer, a fourth-year business student, and the business
development manager for the
fledgling bakery.
According to Hamer, the bakery
is the brainchild of longtime friend
David Baxter, a student at Tyndale
College in Toronto.
“Around October or November,
we were talking — he was working
for another bakery, and saw an
opportunity. A lot of the bigger bakeries were starting to chase the big
grocery stores, forgetting about
their smaller clients in the process,”
Hamer said.
In December, Hamer joined Circles & Squares, working to expand
the bakery’s client base and providing creative input on Baxter’s ideas.
Circles & Squares’ main challenge is competing with larger bakeries. Hamer explained that flexibility is one of the only advantages
for a smaller company.
“Instead of trying to push a set
product line on the customer, we
ask what they need,” he said.
Einstein’s manager Denise
McPherson agreed, noting that
customer feedback is essential to
the café’s operations. “I don’t want
people just buying something
without any feedback,” she said.
According to McPherson,
Hamer is the first student to do
something like this, and the
response so far has been great. One
of the snacks’ selling points is the
packaging, as many packets are not
only re-sealable, but also noiseless.
What about the products themselves? Hamer said favourites
include the chocolate-covered
espresso beans and, for healthy
eaters, the fruit and nut square and
multigrain cookie.
“Personally, for taste alone, the
cheesecake brownie is just incredible,” Hamer said. “We all work hard
here at university, so we all deserve
to indulge once in awhile.”
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Review of
The Faculty of Information
and Media Studies
A Senate Decanal Selection Committee for the Faculty of Information and Media
Studies has been constituted and is now engaged in a review of the Faculty’s
operations in preparation for the selection of the next Dean. Input from faculty
members, staff, and students forms an important part of the assessment of the
Faculty’s scholarly and educational programs, its academic plans for the future,
and its administration. This input also will be most valuable as the Committee
develops a sense of the characteristics that are most important in the next Dean,
and in the selection process itself.
External Reviewers will visit the campus on April 25 and 26, 2006. They will meet
with members of the University and Faculty administrations and with
representatives of particular constituencies within the Faculty, including students,
to seek their views about the Faculty’s operations. The Reviewers’ itinerary also
will include an open meeting to which faculty members, staff and students will be
invited. The External Reviewers are:
Dr. Vincent Mosco,
CRC in Communication and Society, Department of Sociology,
Queen’s University
Dr. Edie Rasmussen, Professor and Director,
School of Library, Archival and Information Studies,
University of British Columbia
Dr. Leonard Ray Teel, Professor and Director,
Centre for International Media Education,
Department of Communication, Georgia State University
Faculty, staff, and students in the Faculty of Information and Media Studies are
encouraged to make written submissions regarding any aspect of the Faculty’s
operations, and the characteristics required to be a successful Dean in this Faculty
at this time. Submissions may be addressed directly to: “External Reviewers Faculty of Information and Media Studies, c/o The Office of the Provost”, prior to
Friday, April 21, 2006. Submissions addressed in this manner will be reviewed
only by the External Reviewers and will otherwise be held in strict confidence.
Those wishing to make comments directly to the Selection Committee may address
them to: Fred Longstaffe, Provost and Vice-President (Academic), and Chair of
the Decanal Selection Committee for the Faculty of Information and Media
Studies, Stevenson-Lawson Building, Room 115, The University of Western
Ontario, London, Ontario N6A 5B8. These submissions will be shared with
Committee members but otherwise kept in strict confidence.
99.91.C.02
Reality Check
Jen Johnston/Gazette
HIS GAME IS DUNN. USC President Ryan Dunn is
helped off the field after suffering a knee injury
in Sunday’s USC/Gazette football clash. The
extent of Dunn’s injury is unknown, but he owes
Gazette Editor-in-Chief Mark Polishuk $0.45 in
gas money for driving him to the hospital.
Gazette wins!
By Matt Larkin
Gazette Staff
Ninety-nine years of The Gazette may mean 99 problems, but a loss to the University Students’ Council
ain’t one.
The scrappy Gazette squad outhit and outhustled a
timid USC team for a 35-21 victory in Sunday’s annual Gazette-USC football game to continue its winning
streak against the politicians.
Led by news editor Mitch Tucker, whose outstanding play on both sides of the ball earned him game
MVP honours, the Gazetters relied on an explosive
ground game, some tricky passing plays, and a ravenous defence that left the USC bloodied and field general Ryan Dunn hospitalized.
The Gazette set the tone on the game’s opening
drive with a long completion from pivot Adam Gibson
to wideout Brad Yandon, followed by a Tucker touchdown run.
“[Tucker is] just a tank to take down,” said new
social science councillor Neil Duffy. “He is like Jamal
Lewis. You go at him, you can hit him, but he’s going to
break the first two or three or four tackles. No one is
going to take him down single-handedly.”
The USC’s first two possessions were downright disastrous. USC President Dunn, the team’s quarterback,
was picked off by Dan Dedic on his first pass of the day.
Yandon picked off Dunn’s next pass and went the distance for a return touchdown; worse yet, Dunn collapsed on the play after his knee buckled and was
helped off the field.
“It has to be a little demoralizing,” said Gazette
sports editor and incoming Editor-in-Chief Ian Van
Den Hurk. “That guy’s their leader. He’s the USC President, so I’m sure that was a bit of a downer for them.
When he went down it was pretty symbolic. I think the
game was over at that point.”
Led by outgoing Science Students’ Council President Tom Stevenson, the USC rallied for a quick score
after Dunn’s exit. The resilient Gazetters answered
right back with a Dedic touchdown catch and escaped
the first half with a 21-7 lead.
Early in the second half, graphics editor Brice Hall
made a nifty run after a catch for an early touchdown
to put The Gazette up 28-7. The game appeared out of
reach, but the USC capitalized on a fatigued Gazette
defence to score two straight touchdowns.
News editor Ian Denomme, however, broke the
USC’s collective heart late in the half. Left wide open,
he bolted for the end zone and caught a touchdown
pass from Gibson to put the nail in the coffin.
The Denomme score put the finishing touches on a
game in which the USC couldn’t stop the Gazetters’
smashmouth running game or match their defensive
grit.
“They just didn’t have the guys who were willing to
bang bodies,” Denomme said. “I think they lacked
heart and didn’t want to get hurt. They’re politicians,
you know, so they have to keep their faces pretty and
can’t afford to get banged up before they go in front of
the cameras.”
CORRECTION NOTICE
Friday’s paper reported the upcoming lecture from Canada’s Justice
Minister Vic Toews will take place in Room 36 of the law building at
1:30 p.m. on April 21. In fact, Toews will be speaking on Wednesday, April 12. The Gazette regrets the error and, frankly, we’re mad
that our last freakin’ issue had a correction notice.
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Volume 99’s head honchos get their last word
Shuk Shuk
Goose
Mark Polishuk
Editor-in-Chief
*cues up that Vitamin C song*
I hate starting off my last
Gazette column with a cliché, but
time really does fly when you’re
having fun.
It has been five years since I first
stepped through the doors of UCC
Room 263, a longer span of time
than it takes most people to get
their degrees. A lot of you reading
No guts,
No Lori
Lori Mastronardi
Deputy Editor
I took a deep breath when I woke
up this morning. And I’ll take several more before the day is through.
See, today is a big day. An emotional one. A memorable one, I’m
sure. It’s the last day I’ll be part of
The Gazette, a publication I’ve contributed to for the past four years.
I knew this day would come;
there were definitely warning signs
along the way. As this year’s Deputy
Goy meets
world
Aron Yeomanson
Managing Editor
Nobody deserves a bigger shoutout than this year’s editorial board.
The editors worked their tails off to
bring you an informative, entertaining and thought-provoking
newspaper every day. They were
dependable, talented and more
than capable of overcoming my
occasional Michael Scott-from-The
Office moments as their ‘boss.’ As
for my two front office mates Lori
and Aron, I couldn’t have asked for a
better duo to share the year with.
I’d also like to salute you, the
readers. The Gazette is many things
to many people, and we try to provide something for all of these
viewpoints with a happy medium
of hard news and wacky articles. I
can state with confidence that we
do this better than any student
newspaper I’m familiar with in
Canada.
I’m proud of our paper, and I’m
proud of Western’s pride in our
paper — it’s gratifying to overhear
people in The Spoke talking about
one of our articles, whether it’s positive or negative. Even the negative
comments are appreciated (well,
some of them), since it shows that
students care about their newspaper.
Some of you even show your
appreciation, like that one drunk
guy at the Ceeps who pointed at
me, shouted ‘SHUKVISION!” and
offered to buy me a beer. He then
waited 10 seconds and repeated the
entire routine again, apparently
having forgotten about the first
time. Ah, the trials of being a minor
campus celebrity.
I feel like I’ve graduated twice —
once getting the official piece of
paper in sweaty Alumni Hall, and
now today, with the last issue of my
Gazette career. I wish all the best to
Volume 100’s staff in finishing off
our first century with a bang, and to
all future Gazetters to keep the
paper strong.
Thanks for reading the newspaper.
Editor, I shared an office with Mark
Polishuk, Editor-in-Chief, and he
ensured I knew whenever a significant amount of time had passed.
“Lori, it’s Issue 25. Wow, we’re a
quarter of the way through.”
“Mark, shhh. We have lots of
time left.”
“Lori, it’s Issue 50 — you know
what that means. We’re halfway
there.”
“Mark! I don’t want to think
about it.”
“Lori…”
“Mark…”
“Lori…”
“MARK…”
I guess my rationale was just to
get through each day, enjoy each
day, and think about the future
when the future became the present.
Well, ready or not, here it is.
I’m sure many of you can relate
to how I’m feeling . Maybe you were
a varsity athlete. Maybe a Theatre
Western star. Or maybe a member
of the Improv Club. Whatever the
case, if you’re graduating and parting ways with something you
belonged to for so long, you’re
probably feeling quite nostalgic.
People keep reminding me that
everything I do today, no matter how
tedious, is the last time I’ll be doing
it. This Is It. Every song I hear sounds
a little bit different; every hello and
goodbye, more meaningful.
But today I’m thankful. I’m
thankful my roommate in first year
introduced me to The Gazette. I’m
thankful someone took a chance
on me and hired me on as an Arts &
Entertainment Editor. And, most
importantly, I’m thankful I had the
opportunity to work with some of
the greatest people I’ll ever meet.
I don’t think I could have asked
for more from my Western experience. I had the opportunity to work
for a publication I respect, one that
I am proud to have been a part of,
and one that, quite frankly,
changed the person I am today.
Well, this is it. As Mark so kindly
reminded me this morning, there’s
only one issue left of The Gazette’s
Volume 99 — and you’re reading it.
I am happy to be leaving Volume
100 in the hands of Ian Van Den
Hurk, Anna Coutts and Matt Larkin.
They have the passion and the talent to maintain The Gazette’s longstanding tradition of being the
nation’s leading student newspaper.
I’m excited to see what’s ahead.
I’ll be reading. I hope you will
be, too.
position.
The greatest thing about the
paper is the people who contribute
to it, and the greatest thing about
being Managing Editor is dealing
directly with those people. Every
contributor to this paper is talented, dedicated and has my utmost
respect. You made my university
experience.
To those of you reading this,
thinking The Gazette might be for
you, don’t hesitate to get involved.
It’ll be the best decision you make
— I’ll guarantee it. Whether you’re
into sports, news, entertainment,
photography, or are just looking for
a cool place to eat between classes,
UCC Room 263 will be your kind of
place. Volunteering is easy, fun, and,
in my opinion, way more valuable
than some $20,000 piece of paper.
And so, the time has come to
walk out the door. While I do, three
eager people will pass me by on
their way in. That’s The Gazette’s
greatest strength. People move on,
but the paper gets better volume
after volume. It’s an amazing cycle.
Every year, students become volunteers, volunteers become editors,
and a few lucky editors become
front office members. Next year’s
lucky few — Ian Van Den Hurk,
Anna Coutts, and Matt Larkin — are
some of the best people I have ever
known. Their editorial board looks
equally promising. Volume 100 will
undoubtedly be the best yet.
So, my final farewell: To all those
who came before, thanks for the
inspiration. To those who worked
with me, thanks for the memories
and so much more. Finally, to those
who come after, have fun.
Remember, this experience
comes once in a lifetime and,
before you know it, you’ll be sitting
at a desk, writing the only column
you won’t want to write.
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I don’t want to write this column.
Goodbyes, after all, are never
easy. While I couldn’t feel more
privileged to be in a position to
write these words, it seems like this
has come too soon.
Three years ago I never imagined
I’d be writing a year-end column as
the Managing Editor of Canada’s
finest student newspaper. Having
enjoyed The Gazette on a daily basis,
I knew the paper enhanced my life.
However, I never imagined it would
become my life. After two years of
university and several minutes pacing outside The Gazette’s door —
hellos, it seemed, weren’t that easy
either — I finally made the plunge.
Starting at the paper as a sports
writer, I didn’t know what I was getting myself into. Thanks to tutelage
from the likes of the extremely
‘sharp-looking’ Ian Denomme and
everybody’s favourite ‘Chinadian’
David Lee, I was deemed good
enough to become a Sports Editor,
which eventually led to my current
this weren’t even at Western when I
started volunteering at The Gazette,
which makes me feel older than
even my premature baldness indicates.
Working for this paper has not
just introduced me to some great
friends and been an incredibly creative experience, but it has also
given me a passion for journalism
that I hope to turn into a career. I
started university with the stereotypical English student goal of
“being a writer, or something,” but
I am now looking to become the
next Clark Kent, including the wirerimmed glasses and (if possible)
superpowers.
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Volume 99, Issue 101
“This is the end. My only friend, the end.”
— THE DOORS
Mark Polishuk
Lori Mastronardi
Aron Yeomanson
Editor-In-Chief
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Managing Editor
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Awareness
key to safety
A straw poll among The Gazette staff showed almost a 5050 split between those who feel safe on campus and those
who don’t.
With another frightening incident on campus last week,
some are questioning how safe our campus actually is.
On Friday, a 22-year-old, who is not a student, was
arrested in Westminster residence and charged on eight
different counts, including possession of a firearm. He was
also in possession of ecstasy and marijuana, which he was
attempting to sell within the residence. He was arrested
by London police and has since appeared in court.
But this incident, combined with last week’s armed
holdups, has some students understandably questioning
their safety. It is generally assumed that campus is very
safe. Most would agree that it is well lit, the blue-light safety poles are helpful as is Foot Patrol and, if you are familiar with campus, you feel safe walking across it.
Many people, however, feel less safe after dark on campus. Foot Patrol is not always available and some appear
hesitant to use the service, in fear of losing a sense of pride.
Even for those who do feel safe, it may just be a false
sense of security. The further from Concrete Beach one
endeavours, the less safe it generally becomes. There’s a
chance of letting your guard down when you think you’re
safe, but we must remember anything can happen on
campus.
Regardless of the measures in place, what can be
done to make campus safer? The suspect in the Westminster incident was signed into the building by a student who lives in the residence. Beyond installing
metal detectors into residences it would be difficult to
prevent a similar incident, and it is highly unlikely that
any student would want metal detectors in their home
away from home.
Event staff works at residences on weekends and for
special events, but maybe they should be present all the
time. It seems controlling, but if it prevents crime it
should be worth it.
While the media may sometimes overstate a crime
problem, such as the problems in London or Toronto last
summer, it only takes a couple of instances in close proximity to develop fears. An increase in crime doesn’t necessarily represent an outbreak in criminals, as isolated
incidents sometimes occur on a short timeline.
Students need to be somewhat responsible for their
own well-being. When there is an incident it is important
to learn from it.
It is also important not to get stuck in a bubble mentality, and to be aware of your surroundings. Western is
relatively safe, but it is not perfect.
Last week’s incidents prove we are not always safe on
campus and we need to take advantage of all available
services. We can, however, take solace in the fact that no
one was hurt in the incidents and the authorities acted
quickly to make campus more secure. There is no need
to be scared, but be aware and use your common sense.
Let’s drink
to Playboy
Re:“McGill makes Playboy,” April 7, 2006.
To the Editor:
I was distraught to see that Western was
left off Playboy’s list of the “Top 10 Party
Schools” in North America. Our Frosh
Week (excuse me, “Orientation Week”)
and Homecoming celebrations are
widely regarded as the best in the country, we have an extremely lively bar
scene and Saugeen’s reputation needs
no elaboration. Regardless of all these
things, we were still left off the list.
Therefore, I am challenging myself and
the rest of Western’s student body to
raise our alcoholism to new levels, in an
effort to get the international recognition we truly deserve, and have rightfully earned!
Ben Rich
Political Science II
sexual latitude of the women who
reject him, but I hope for everyone’s
sake he’s not representative of the
male geek population.
4. A daily dose of ‘smart’: Someday I’m
sure my tits will be saggy and my ass less
‘compact,’ as Mr. Ahmad predicts,
though I’m quite sure I’ll still be far from
requiring whatever wealth he imagines
he’ll have, much less his mediocre brand
of ‘smart.’
Finally, as a geek of the female persuasion, I’d just like to point out that
this entire article-letter series which
The Gazette elected to publish has
demonstrated a new low in sexist,
brainless, painful-to-read campus ‘literature.’ Did it occur to anyone at any
time that there are women on this
campus? And that we have to read this
crap, too? Here’s a startling revelation
for Mr. Ahmad and any so-called
‘geeks’ who share his opinions: women
don’t not dig you because you’re ‘too
smart,’ they don’t like you because
you’re an asshole.
Sarah Ghabrial
Like sex, sexism
always gets
people excited
Re:“I love gettin’ my whore on,” March 31,
2006.
To the Editor:
There are several matters on which I
doubt I will ever require Israr Ahmad’s
assistance:
1. Sudoku: I prefer the New York Times
Sunday Crossword.
2. Sexual theories: I get the feeling the
only sex Mr. Ahmad is familiar with
exists entirely in theory.
3. The hospitality of my (or any) vagina: Again, something I’m not surprised Mr. Ahmad has not had much
exposure to, considering his, oh I
dunno, deeply misogynist and borderline violent opinions on women. Not
sure how or when Mr. Ahmad decided
it was his right to call any woman a
‘dirty skank,’ or to speculate on the
International and Comparative Studies
and Political Science IV
grating the entire female gender when
I was merely offering a valid description for a specific group of women,
based on its actions and approach to
men, not the female gender; questioned my upbringing; and lastly,
assumed I was not dealt the “alpha
male” card.
Which brings me to the issue at hand.
Ms. Mohr: How did you come to the
conclusion that I had no success with
women? I thought that was awfully hurtful. Luckily, it’s also awfully untrue, so
I’m already over it.
Please do not deride the women’s
movement by assuming that my
incredibly hilarious, although politically incorrect, comments would weaken it. Women’s rights aren’t about simplistic political correctness but of political and social progress. Please be cautious in making weak references to
women’s rights. Also, it’s important that
when you profess your knowledge of
proper debating techniques that you
adhere to them.
Whores are whores, be they men or
women.
Israr Ahmad
Social Science II
Re:“‘Dirty skanks’ isn’t a typical rights slogan,” April 5, 2006.
To the Editor:
I am appalled that since Lisa Mohr doesn’t agree with Israr Ahmad‘s views she
thinks that his letter should not have
been printed. I applaud The Gazette for
upholding the doctrine of freedom of
speech, one of, if not the most important
freedoms. I hope Ms. Mohr will remember that “sticks and stones can break my
bones, but words can never hurt me”
and realize that everybody is entitled to
his or her opinion, regardless of how
ludicrous it is.
Thomas Armstrong
Medical Biophysics II
To the Editor:
Ms. Mohr, I was disappointed that
because of one letter, you fantastically
assumed that it jeopardized women’s
rights; questioned Western’s commitment to them; accused me of deni-
No ‘Panties
for Panama?’
To the Editor:
The e-mail promoting the “Negligee’s
For Niger” event boldly emphasized
“cheap drinks, sex toys and condoms
galore,” while the information about
donations was typed in a smaller font.
I know this was a good ploy from a
marketing perspective. However, by
leaving promotions to the Purple Spur,
too much emphasis was placed on the
party, rather than the actual cause.
If people got together to celebrate
because they contributed to something
positive, then the event was a success;
but if they went for more shallow reasons, then they abused the cause, and
that is sickening.
Dennis Sinanan
Political Science II
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Care for
a life with
your degree?
They perform tasks and possess
skills I could not possibly dream to
understand. But if you’re as smart
and educated as you say you are,
then perhaps you can recognize a
joke for what it is, not a personal
attack against your divinely
blessed studies.
Re: “Do you want a BA with your
Fries Supreme?” April 7, 2006.
To the Editor:
I was surprised to say the least at
Mark Bruder’s negative response to
my letter last week.
Mr. Bruder, I believe you took
my words the wrong way, as they
were not meant as a shot at your
faculty. I have nothing but the
utmost respect for engineers. You
take far more courses than I do,
your work is far more complex and
you do something I could never
hope to wrap my brain around.
In my letter I attempted to point
out the ridiculous research fetish
this school seems to have. I could
have easily said that the school
wastes money on the Canadian
Chair for the study of cell divisions
of ostrich eggs. I never once said
engineering was a waste of time or
that “sausage fest” scrawled on the
Engineering Building this week was
a hilarious truth. You made this personal and took it personally.
I would, however, like to thank
you for your point that a study in
the Arts is utterly useless. I have
never been able to grasp why some
engineers feel the need to point out
that English or film is useless. I take
it your life is completely devoid of
anything creative; you don’t watch
TV, movies, listen to music, read
books for recreation, or enjoy anything other than Engineering? If
that is the case, then it’s a shame
because an education in the arts
and humanities is about enriching
your life and exploring the nuances,
the beauty and sometimes the sadness that exist in this world.
As I said, I respect engineers.
Tim Lade
Honors Film IV
Re: “Care for a life with your
degree?” April 11, 2006.
To the Editor:
Your statement offended me
because it is easy for people to
make fun of what engineers do by
stringing together long and difficult
words. I agree some research is
fruitless in many faculties, but
because engineering research helps
save lives, I took it personally.
My wording was meant to mock
the standard relationship between
Arts students and engineers. It was
a joke, as was yours, and I hoped
that most engineers and Arts students would catch on.
I have no concern with anything you said. Just understand
that most engineers take their work
seriously.
would it mute the game if over 75
per cent of the people were there to
watch basketball? If The Spoke is
the only place on campus broadcasting the game, why couldn’t
these guys have played somewhere
else? Like the patio. Hell, considering it was only a couple of friends
there to watch them, they could’ve
played at home.
How are the college basketball
finals supposed to be taken seriously when a band that resembles Tenacious D is littering the
air with its awful acoustic
noise? This was one of the biggest
sporting events of the year; surely someone working at The Spoke
was aware of this.
Although the bar tried to save
face by giving us the volume back
for the last three minutes, by
then the game was a blowout and
the majority of people had
already left.
A little word of advice to The
Spoke: Next time, when there is a
championship game on, kindly ask
the corner peddling musicians to
stay outside where they belong.
Matt Demeo
Administrative and
Commercial Studies III
Mark Bruder
It’s called a
‘Talk about Spoof Issue
a buzzkill’
Civil Engineering III
Re:“April Fool’s Insert,” April 1, 2006.
To the Editor:
I would really like to know who the
scheduling genius was at The Spoke
Monday night (April 3). I mean, who
would hire an acoustic duo to interrupt the NCAA basketball championships? Talk about a buzzkill.
I understand that The Spoke
wants to attract more patrons by
having bands play, but why the hell
To the Editor:
When did Western’s Daily Student
Newsletter become such a filthy
tabloid? I think there’s a certain line
between what’s comedic and funny,
and what’s plain rude and demoralizing. Many others like myself feel
strongly that the line was crossed in
these past publications.
This makes me wonder what
our institution stands for: display-
ing such tasteless, borderline
pornographic pictures that humiliate not only us students but our
university’s core values.
The Gazette is funded by student fees and, as a student, I’m
ashamed to be a part of this morally depraved publication.
They want
our $? Hard
to believe...
Doreen Hsu
To the Editor:
Wow — pretty much that’s all I can
say after reading The Gazette last
Friday.
I was astonished as to how
much indecent material was present. To the editor: what were you
thinking?! How would this not
offend the general readership of
this newspaper?
Yes, we are university students,
and yes, we are open-minded, but
this goes beyond all that. How do
you justify putting soft-core
pornography in a daily university
newspaper? At least the editor had
the decency to cover the faces of
those on the cover-page picture.
But still, knowing all well the incident which tarnished our university’s reputation, do we really need to
start showing those images again
as a refresher?
Do show a bit more restraint the
next time you try to create a
“comedic” issue and consider
using taste and common sense. My
degree is a monetary investment
for me, and by destroying the
image of this institution, you are
decreasing its value, and frankly, I
will not tolerate that.
To the Editor:
Last summer I borrowed a book
from Taylor Library and returned
it a few days before it was due. A
few days later I received an e-mail
notifying me the book was one
day overdue. I walked over to Taylor, found the book on the
shelf and took it to the circulation
desk. They recorded it as
returned. On its own, this is not a
notable incident.
Then about one month ago, a
friend of mine was notified that he
owed a considerable replacement
fee for a book that he had
returned. He, too, found the book
on the library shelf.
Last week, a similar incident
occurred to another friend of mine;
she, too, found the allegedly missing book on the library shelf.
There are two possible explanations for all this: either simple
human error or the library is
deliberately scamming students. I
assume most people will believe
the former possibility is more
likely; however, in order to believe
these incidents were the result of
human error, you have to also
believe the process of removing a
book from the return bin, scanning its barcode and reshelving it
is such a complicated endeavour
that it is so frequently done erroneously.
I think the library is deliberately attempting to profit from students. Whether you buy into my
conspiracy theory or not, just be
aware that if the library says you
owe money, you’d better investigate!
Shahrukh Siddiqi
Jason Brown
Computer Science IV
M.Sc. Biology
Health Science IV
Editor’s note: We’re actually Western’s Daily Student Newspaper, not
a ‘Newsletter.’ A newsletter is usually 1 to 4 pages long, is printed on
regular 8 x 12 paper and is usually
boring as sin. Sheesh, at least give us
more credit than that.
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ArtsEntertainment
Movie preview: the good, bad and ugly
By Tyler Kula
Gazette Staff
Feel you need a little time away
from your textbooks and notepads?
Want to unwind between exams?
Heading out to the movies is likely
just the thing students need to relax.
To ensure you enjoy your muchneeded movie break, The Gazette
has helped you decide what’s worth
watching. Here’s the Good, the Bad
and the Ugly of films hitting theatres this month.
THE GOOD
Scary Movie 4
Directedy by: David Zucker
Starring: Anna Faris, Regina Hall,
Leslie Nielsen
Release Date: April 14
Faris and Hall return as Cindy
Campbell and Brenda in another
instalment of the Scary Movie franchise. Spoofing recent blockbuster
flicks such as War of the Worlds, The
Grudge, The Village, Million Dollar
Baby, Saw and Saw II, Scary Movie
4 promises to deliver a huge dose
of hilarity.
American Dreamz
Directed by: Paul Weitz
Starring: Hugh Grant, Dennis Quaid,
Mandy Moore, Chris Klein
In order to regain popularity, the
President (Quaid) agrees to be a
guest judge on American Dreamz,
the hot TV talent show hosted by the
boisterous Martin Tweed (Grant).
From talented director Paul
Weitz (American Pie, In Good Company), American Dreamz explores
the current atmosphere of popular
culture, twisting and satirizing it to
no end.
The film boasts strong performances from an A-list cast, and
promises to satisfy both young and
old.
The Da Vinci Code
Directed by: Ron Howard
Starring: Tom Hanks, Audrey Tautou
Release Date: May 19
OK, so exams are over by the
end of April, but come on — it’s The
Da Vinci Code, and it deserves
some attention.
For the few people who don’t
know the film’s plot, The Da Vinci
Code follows Harvard symbologist
Robert Langdon (Hanks), as he
attempts to solve a baffling cipher
left at the site of a murder at the
Louvre.
Langdon must work through
the clues with the help of Sophie
Neveu (Tautou) in order to unmask
a monumental truth, hidden by the
Priori of Sion for centuries. With all
the hype surrounding The Da Vinci
Code book over the past couple of
years, the movie had better be
damned good.
THE BAD
The Wild
Directed by: Steve “Spaz” Williams
Starring: Kiefer Sutherland, Jim
Belushi, William Shatner
An odd assortment of animals
from the New York Zoo set out to
rescue the son of their lion leader,
Samson (Sutherland), who has been
mistakenly relocated to the wild.
Clearly, this movie is basically a
remake of Madagascar, only with
less tact and humour. At least in
Madagascar, Chris Rock actually
made witty and wacky remarks.
The only humour The Wild seems
to offer is a koala bear spouting off
lame jokes about looking trashy
wearing a popcorn container skirt.
While there’s a small chance the
stuff in the previews is mediocre
compared to the rest of the movie,
it’s definitely a small, small chance.
RV
Directed by: Barry Sonnenfeld
Starring: Robin Williams, Kristin
Chenoweth, Jojo Levesque
In RV, a father (Williams)
decides to deal with the teenage
rebellion of his formerly affectionate daughter (Levesque) by renting
an RV. For some odd reason he
believes taking a family RV trip will
help him re-establish the lost bond
he once knew.
While it’s good to see Robin
Williams return to comedy after
starring in serious flicks such as
One Hour Photo, this film’s comedic
potential is dashed by Jojo
Levesque’s horrid acting.
RV’s success as a decent movie
will ultimately be determined by a
good versus bad acting tug-of-war
between Williams and Levesque.
Will funny trump nauseating?
Probably not.
Stick It
Directed by: Jessica Bendinger
Starring: Jeff Bridges, Missy Peregrym, Vanessa Lengies
From the people who made
Bring It On, “it” is once again being
“broughten” in Stick It. Haley Graham (Peregrym), a rebellious 17year-old, is punished for vandalism
and forced to re-join the same gymnastics team she walked out on at
the state championship years before.
By the end it all comes together
in a wonderful triumph of teamwork
and sport. The problem with this
movie, other than its shady acting,
poorly written dialogue and tired
premise, is that it tries to make gymnastics seem bad-ass. Enough said.
THE UGLY
Silent Hill
Directed by: Christophe Gans
Starring: Radha Mitchell, Sean
Bean, Laurie Holden
Rose (Mitchell) brings her daughter to the town of Silent Hill in order
to find a means to alleviate her psychiatric illness. When her daughter
disappears and strange occurrences
plague her every move, Rose begins
to frantically search for her, only to
realize things aren’t as they seem.
This film is sure to feature
grotesque creatures and disturbing
instances, firmly classifying it as
“ugly.” Still, beauty is in the eye of
the beholder, as critics say the
movie may actually deliver some
decent scares, despite its lame-ass
video game origins.
Then again, it is a video game
movie. Judging by how well Resident Evil and Doom turned out,
this movie never had a hope in hell
at being classified as “good.”
arts&entertainment ➤ P7
A&E farewell, Pt. 1
Anna says hello and goodbye
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Gazette Staff
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castically. “I’m really just excited to
see bands like the Go Team, My
Morning Jacket and Sigor Ros!”
Joking aside, the New Ams’
audience has grown with the
band’s increased exposure. Apart
from what people may expect, the
New Ams aren’t running on the
fame from Pryor’s former band.
“If we spun it as a connection to
the Get Up Kids, we’d get a lot of the
same fans, but I really feel like this
band has legs of its own. I really feel
like a lot of the fans are growing
with this band, plus there are a lot
of brand new fans who have only
heard this work and are getting into
it,” Pryor says.
As for fans wondering what
Pryor’s guilty iPod pleasure is, Pryor
says: “I have full disclosure of everything on my iPod! You can ask the
guys, I love my ’80s hair metal, and
I wear it like a badge of honour!”
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Although the beloved Get Up Kids
called it quits last summer, fans can
still rejoice as the indie band’s lead
singer-songwriter Matt Pryor is still
going strong.
After putting the Kids behind
him, Pryor invested his musical
energy into his longtime indie
roots-rock side project, the New
Amsterdams.
With the recent release of the
New Ams fifth full-length album,
Story Like a Scar, Pryor is excited to
give the project everything he’s got.
Despite Story’s breezy sound
and shimmering textures, accompanied by optimistic lyrics on
tracks such as “A Small Crusade,”
Pryor says the album’s fresh sound
came naturally.
“We didn’t really have a conscious idea in mind of how we
wanted it to sound,” Pryor says.
“When I wrote the songs I didn’t
really have a collective mindset;
however, there is kind of an overall
element of rebirth. It was pretty
accidental how it turned out.”
In the past, the New Ams was
basically Pryor’s solo project, featuring friends and former bandmates helping out on tour or in the
studio. On Story, however, Pryor
solidified a talented full-band lineup of Eric McCann (bass), Bill Belzer (drums) and Dustin Kinsey (guitar). Each member played a big role
in the album’s writing and recording process.
“Once I worked out the lineup,
we recorded 12 songs as a band and
really found each other,” Pryor says.
“There was a total burst of creativity between us. We’ve been working
so well together that we’ve already
recorded two new albums.”
The band has re-recorded last
year’s Internet-released LP Killed or
Cured, as well as the follow up to
Story, though Pryor doesn’t know
when they’ll be released.
Throughout his career in TGUK
and the New Ams, fans have gravitated towards Pryor’s painfully sincere and emotional lyrics. He
explains that the inspiration for his
lyrics has shifted over the past few
years.
“A lot of the early material with
the Get Up Kids dealt with the personal hard times that I was going
through.
“Now I’m really happy and no
one wants to hear about that, so I
write about other people or just
make things up,” Pryor laughs.
“Now I try to challenge myself, and
just try to do what sounds good.”
With the release of Story, a new
video for the album’s first single
“Turn Out the Light” and a current
tour of the United States and Canada, the New Ams’ popularity is
growing quickly. The band has been
invited to perform at three major
festivals, including a recent stop at
South by South West, and upcoming
spots at Cochella and Lollapalooza.
Despite the honour, Pryor
seems more excited to get a chance
to see the other bands perform. “At
festivals we usually go on at noon,
get 15 minutes of dressing room
before and after the set and only get
to play for 20 minutes,” he says sar-
Classes are ending and exams are
beginning… the end is in sight for
us fourth-year kids. Or is it? While
it’s a Gazette tradition for our
departing staff to fill the year’s
fantastic final issue with tender
reminiscences about Western, I’m
not going to.
After all, who’s to say graduating means our Western experience
is ending? To me, graduation is just
the beginning. The friends we’ve
made, the classes we’ve taken and,
of course, the articles we’ve written, will help shape our lives in the
coming years. We might be leaving
Western, but as cliché as it sounds,
Western won’t leave us.
So I say, let’s forget about reminiscing, regretting, or reflecting
on our time at Western. Instead,
let’s celebrate a new beginning —
and, of course, show off the drinking skills we’ve acquired over the
last few years. Then it will be time
for us grads to prove to the world
that Western students really are
better than everyone else.
As for returning Westerners, if
you want to have a fantabulous
2006-07 school year, I suggest you
follow your three R’s: Read,
w(R)ite for, and Respect The
Gazette!
Wondering what will happen
to my brilliant blonde self? It’s
time I say both hello and goodbye
to good old Western. For while
you may have been worried The
Gazette would lose my bitter sarcasm and my ridiculous rants,
really, there’s no need to cry.
That’s right, although I’ll no
longer be a part of it, next year’s
A&E section will rock. It’s been
placed into the extremely capable
hands of three witty, equally sarcastic and much hotter individuals: Brian Gasparek, Maggie
McCutcheon and Andrew Sullivan. If you’re a longtime Gazette
reader — which I assume you are
if you’re reading this self-indulgent column — you’ve surely seen
several samples of the talented
A&E crew.
In fact, I’ll take this moment to
brag about the talented staff of
Volume 100: be prepared to see us
kick some serious newspaper ass.
And, since I’ll be back as deputy
editor, it’s time to say... screw
goodbyes, I’m saying hello.
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A&E farewell, Pt. 2
Dallas gives shout-outs
After four years I’m officially a
Gazetteosaurus. I’ve been a part of
this paper since the moment I set
foot on campus, and have been
steeped in the student-journalist
lifestyle since.
I could make this a jaded farewell
of a veteran writer who longs for the
good old days, but I’ve loved my
time here and have only positive
things to say at this point. So, I’ve
decided to write an Oscar speechesque goodbye in order to thank
people who deserve a shout out.
I would like to thank the faculty
of information and media studies
for providing me and my colleagues with a solid education.
Thank you for encouraging us to be
curious, vigilant and rigorous, and
giving us the critical tools in order
to do so. Also, thanks to the faculty
members who have become role
models and mentors of mine.
Thanks to Medway-Sydenham
Hall for giving me a fabulous place
to live first year, and two subsequent years of unforgettable experiences as a Med-Syd soph.
Thanks to the staff of The Spoke,
Wave and Grad Club who have
offered great events, provided
cheap food and patiently hosted
thousands of raucous students
(especially during St. Patty’s day
and soph pubs).
Many thanks to the bus drivers
who let you on without your bus
pass when it’s raining at midnight,
the Teriyaki guy who is generous
with the sauce, and the CCPS officers who kindly gave my friend
Diana and I a lift home when we
were stuck in a rut.
Naturally, I have to give a shout
out to my housemates with whom
I’ve survived everything from raccoon attacks to being robbed, and
who have become my extended
family.
At this point, I have come to
think of my time at Western as such
a grand adventure. Each club I’ve
joined or avoided, each class I’ve
picked up or dropped, each person
I went for coffee with, each night
out, they’ve all combined to form a
constantly-changing, vibrant experience on campus.
For us graduating students, the
next steps are entirely uncertain. I
truly believe that lots of amazing
things will happen for all of us after
being at Western. Although I’m certain a career in journalism would
be challenging and rewarding, I
doubt anything would compare to
working alongside other students
each day. What other part-time job
would make posing in my underwear all in a day’s work? Well, probably one a great deal sketchier than
The Gazette.
So thank you to all my fellow
students who have read, contributed to, or even criticized this
beloved paper of mine. It’s been a
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DAMMIT, I PAID FOR BLOODY KILLING, NOT KISSY KISSY! Slevin (John Hartnett) and Lindsey (Lucy
Liu) become involved in Lucky Number Slevin.
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Lucky Number Slevin
Directed by: Paul McGuigan
Starring: Josh Hartnett, Bruce Willis,
Lucy Liu
Far away in Hollywood, studio
executives once had a conversation
about a script entitled Lucky Number Slevin. One executive said to the
group, “This script isn’t that good.
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It’s not funny, the plot is weak, and
the ending is horrible.”
The head executive took a drag
from a cigarette, paused, and
responded, “Yeah, but it’s close
enough, isn’t it? Just throw in a
bunch of big name talents and a
director who emphasizes style over
substance. It’ll look cool, so people
will think it’s cool.”
At which point the other executives began slapping high fives and,
subsequently, this two-hour timewaster was created.
The entire film is based around
the idea of mistaken identity. Slevin
(Hartnett) is mistaken for his friend
Nick while visiting New York. And,
unfortunately for Slevin, Nick owes
money to two rival gang bosses —
and both debts are being called in.
The first boss, simply known as
The Boss (Morgan Freeman), is
willing to forget the debt, but only if
Slevin is willing to kill his rival’s son.
However, the second boss, Rabbi
(Sir Ben Kingsley), just wants his
money.
Throw in a spunky neighbour/wannabe detective (Lui) who
wants to find Nick, and you’ve got
the set up for an ever-so-witty
movie full of chills, thrills and spills.
Oh wait... no you don’t.
Much of the film’s so-called
witty dialogue is just lame. Slevin is
supposed to be a guy who shoots
off his mouth at the wrong times,
but he doesn’t really do that — ever.
Unless you count “I’m not Nick Fischer” as shooting one’s mouth off.
Or then there’s banter like
“Why’s he called The Rabbi?”
“Because he’s a rabbi.” Unfortunately, the film repeats that about
five times and for half a dozen other
names.
However, there are a couple of
funny moments, like when Slevin is
picked up by the gangsters wearing
only a towel. Or when… sorry,
there’s only one funny moment. My
bad.
The film falls further apart when
the romance between Slevin and
Lindsey heats up and there’s an
attempt at sweet, funny, romantic
dialogue while the two lovebirds
discuss James Bond. Sadly, it just
comes across as laboured and
forced rather than sweet or funny.
The problem isn’t with the cast,
though. Everyone in the film does
the best job he or she can, but the
material just isn’t there to work
with. It’s frustrating to see these talented people give their all and fail.
The only weak actor is Bruce
Willis as the assassin Mr. Goodkat
— but that’s because he’s stuck
playing a role we’ve seen him play a
thousand times before. He does it
just as well, but it lacks any punch
this time.
Even the plot itself has potential,
but is presented and structured in
such a way that it falls flat on its
face. It relies too much on revealing
“shocking” pieces of information
that are completely surprising to
the point of not making sense.
The ending relies heavily on a
huge revelation that was obvious
halfway through the movie, and
thus causes the ending to drag on
slowly and painfully.
As well, McGuigan’s directing
has the feel of a Tarantino imitator
in all of the worst senses of that
label. With Tarantino, the film looks
good, but also serves a purpose
with each shot. Here, the goal is
obviously to look cool, but it lacks
substance.
Lucky Number Slevin looks like
a good movie, acts like a good
movie and comes so very close to
being a good movie — but is not a
good movie. Don’t be fooled by the
cool trailer and the hype promising
the next Pulp Fiction. The Usual
Suspects this ain’t.
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A&E farewell, Pt. 3 : Chad’s top five university albums
It’s Now
or Nevett
Chad Nevett
A&E Editor
Forget classes, friends and all of
that other usual “look back at my
university career” stuff. You know
what really mattered in my four
years at Western? Music.
If you’ve seen me around campus, on the bus, in a class or even in
the Gazette office, odds are very
good I was listening to music. I’m
that guy with the headphones in
the back of class who doesn’t really
talk to anyone. And, quite possibly,
my music was turned up a little too
loud — sorry about that.
With my four years almost up, it
only seems natural to reflect upon
the music that made my time here
so memorable. That can only mean
a top-five list. So, here are the top
five albums released during my
time at Western. In alphabetical
order, they are:
Ryan Adams — lloR N kcoR: Sur-
prising no one who knows me,
Ryan Adams made my list. Most
Adams fans will disagree with my
inclusion of this album but, to hell
with you, it’s my favourite.
If I were stranded on a desert
island with only one CD to listen to,
this would be it.
I got this album purely by
chance. I joined Columbia House’s
music club and needed to get, like,
15 CDs and lloR N kcoR’s cover
haunted me. It screamed out to me
that I must get it. So I did.
When I finally got around to listening to it, it dominated my summer, and I don’t think I go a month
without listening to it. It’s not a perfect album by any means, but it’s
just so good.
The Hives — Tyrannosaurus
Hives: The Hives make confidence
music. With their brash attitude
and cocky arrogance, one halfhour Hives album is the confidence-building equivalent to a
night of drinking.
The band’s latest release is its
tightest and most diverse yet. Kicking off with “Abra Cadaver” right
through to “B is for Brutus” and the
faux-strings screamer “Diabolic
Scheme,” Tyrannosaurus Hives
proves that these Swedish rockers
may be the best band in the world.
Sam Roberts — We were Born in a
Flame: Are you a guy in your late
teens/early twenties, unsuccessful
with women, and worried about
the future? Well then, this is the
album for you.
Somehow, it perfectly captures
those frustrations in 50 minutes of
rock. My favourite song, “Dead
End” especially captures these frustrations, and, sadly, every time I
hear it, I can’t help but think “Yeah,
I know all about that.”
I’ve also seen Sam Roberts in
concert more than any other artist
— including watching from backstage at this year’s Orientation Week
show before interviewing him.
Being an editor has its perks.
The White Stripes — Elephant: Do
I really need to explain this one? I
shouldn’t have to. You should
already know why Elephant is great.
And, if you don’t, there’s no hope for
you. So move on. Nothing to see
here.
Hawksley Workman — lover/fighter: There are many good reasons
why this album makes my top five,
but I’ll give you the main three:
1) The line “fighter soul alive in a
whiskey-fuelled rage” in “Anger as
Beauty.” Put simply, that may be the
single greatest line I’ve ever heard
in a song.
2) The song “Autumn’s
Here.” I’d heard
songs
capture
t h e
spirit
o
f
every
season
except
for fall —
until
I
heard this
song.
I
remember
waiting for the
bus near Talbot
on
a
windy fall day
with this song
playing and it
was a perfect
moment.
Every fall since then, lover/fighter
invariably gets played at some
point.
3) It starts with the line “Fuck
you, you’re drunk.” How can you
not love an album that begins like
that?
There you have it
folks;
my
favourite five
albums from
my four years
at Western. I
don’t have
m u c h
else to
say, I
guess.
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WHO FORGOT THE HORSE TRANQUILIZERS? IT’S A STAMPEDE! Women’s volleyball and men’s basketball look to build next year on disappointing seasons, while the
men’s ruggers came up just short in the OUA title game.
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combined for gold in the dance
variation.
Grade: B+
Scott Nason, J.J. Jones, Justin Anania and Derek Schiavone were
named second team all-stars.
Grade: B
—Ian Van Den Hurk
—Matt Larkin
MEN’S GOLF
FOOTBALL
Western’s gridiron stars showed
improvement this season, but
couldn’t get over the hump. Finishing in second place at 6-0-0-1, the
’Stangs managed a playoff win over
Ottawa before losing the Yates Cup
to Laurier.
The Purple and Silver’s offence
benefited from new pivot Michael
Faulds, but he was never 100 per
cent after returning from a midseason wrist injury. In an odd
twist, it was the Mustangs’ offence
that let the team down in the end,
not the ‘D.’
Individually, Andy Fantuz
cleaned up, earning multiple allstar selections, MVP awards, and
the Hec Crighton Trophy as the
nation’s most outstanding player.
Randy McAuley, Andreas Antoniou,
The men’s golf squad didn’t have a
great season in 2005.
Western finished fifth at the
OUA championships, trailing first
place Waterloo by 19 strokes. Geoff
McLeod was solid for the Mustangs,
however. He finished in a tie for
ninth at the individual OUAs with a
two-day score of 152 and fourth
overall at the Western Invitational.
The ’Stangs certainly have some
room to improve next season.
Grade: C
—Greg Gorman
WOMEN’S GOLF
Alan Edmunds must be smiling —
not only did he win Coach of the
Year in women’s golf’s first season
as an OUA-sanctioned sport, his
team also went undefeated and
won the OUA championship.
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MEN’S HOCKEY
The men’s hockey team couldn’t
ride the momentum of an impressive regular season, slumping badly
in postseason play.
In a huge upset, Western was
defeated by the rival Lakehead
Thunderwolves in the OUA quarter-final. Prior to the playoff round
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Gazette Staff
Over the past year, Gazette Sports
have run into some characters.
Some short, some tall, some big,
some small, some dingbats and
some aardvarks. The following is a
compilation of the best quotes we’ve
heard during Volume 99:
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WOMEN’S HOCKEY
With a 1-7-3 start, the ’Stangs
seemed destined to repeat their 211-8-1 performance of 2004-05.
This year’s hard working squad,
however, finished the season with a
7-12-4-1 record.
The surging Mustangs went 6-51-1 during an impressive push for
the playoffs, but came up two
points short. The slow start cost the
team, but the strong finish offered a
glimpse of what the future may
hold.
Western’s 11 rookies will have a
year’s experience next season, and
with only a few players leaving, the
Mustangs should be much
improved.
Grade: C+
—Conor Houlihan
LACROSSE
After a 3-6-1 regular season record,
the women’s lacrosse team qualified for the OUA championships.
The Mustangs just missed
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the fans can give it a hug.”
thing spectacular.”
—J.J. Jones
—Jason De Thomasis,
on a bobblehead in his likeness
Western men’s soccer star
“In the end, we’ve been to the
dance before, and we like going
home with the girl — anything else
just isn’t acceptable.”
“I don’t know which is harder to
swallow — the fact that you’re not
good enough, or the fact that you
screwed up.”
—Brock 2B Adam Vella
—Bob Vigars,
on the Mustangs before the OUA baseball final
Western’s cross-country coach
on the OUA track meet
“I bought my first house as a first year student –
and my second in 2nd Year!”
“I actually thought it was going to
be one of those plastic ones that
they give out at the baseball
games, but that thing is quality
handcrafted in Japan or China or
somewhere in the Orient. I better
get one, or somebody is going to
get hurt.”
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“The game was ours. We outplayed
York all three periods. We tried to
outplay the refs.”
—Amanda Somerville,
Mustang hockey player on questionable officiating after a 3-3 draw with York.
—Mustang DT J.J. Jones
“Honestly, I just think we’re going
to romp them.”
on the Andy Fantuz bobblehead
—Mustang DT Tom Dolezel
“The J.J. Jones doll would be more
of a teddy-bear style than a doll...
It would be big and fluffy but I’m
not soft or anything. It would be
like a nice teddy bear-style doll so
“I think if you cut her she would
bleed purple. That is how dedicated to the program and university
she is.”
—Dave Peak,
Mustang soccer coach on Cristina Bonasia
before a 62-10 romp over York at Homecoming.
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—Greg Gorman
against their hated Thunder Bay
opponents, the ’Stangs were 4-0
against Lakehead this season.
The team did compile a stellar
21-2-1 regular season record and
sat comfortably atop the OUA Far
West division rankings for most of
the season. High expectations
weren’t met in the OUA playoffs,
and the victorious Thunderwolves
went on to play in the Canadian
Interuniversity Sport’s Telus University Cup final against the Alberta Golden Bears.
Statistically, the team was
paced by Sal Peralta, who finished
13th in Canada and third in
Ontario with 34 points. Mike Rice
and Chris Rowan were also difference-makers, with 30 points and
29 points, respectively. Goaltender Scott Dickie was solid
between the pipes, and third-year
forward Jamie Chamberlain won
a Purple Blanket for his steady,
strong contributions throughout
his career.
Grade: C+
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Superstar sophomore Sue Gleeson earned OUA individual player
of the year honours and helped the
Mustangs win the OUA title by 20
strokes. Gleeson was joined by
sophomore OUA all-star in Christian Bosley.
The team also travelled south to
take on NCAA competition in
Michigan, where it placed third,
and to Pennsylvania, where Gleeson medalled.
The ’Stangs are now preparing
for national competition at Thornhill in Toronto this May. With plenty of youth and talent, they have a
bright future.
Grade: A+
“Tom Lee, the backup goalie for
Brock, mooned us. Section 105 got
a good look at his anal beard.”
—Nick Berardi,
“I didn’t play the best soccer. I
finished plays I guess, and had
three goals on three chances, but
other than that I didn’t do any-
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medalling in the finals. Losing to undefeated
Queens in the semifinal, Western faced off
against Toronto in the bronze medal game.
In a grueloling quadruple overtime game,
Toronto finally scored the winning goal,
defeating the Mustangs 7-6.
Western’s OUA first team all-stars included Melissa Kendola, Lisa Howe and rookie
goalie Lesley Suchter.
Grade: C
—Drew Clemenhagen
MEN’S ROWING
2005 was memorable for the male Mustang
rowers. At the OUA championships, Western
knocked off longtime rival Queen’s to capture
the overall team banner in a courageous
effort.
The triumphant weekend’s highlights
included Tim Colson’s gold title defence in the
heavyweight single, a dominant win in the
men’s heavyweight eight, and a massive upset
of the Golden Gaels in the lightweight four.
At the Canadian University Rowing championships, the men combined with the
women to give Western a first-place combined score. Their strong showing included
silver medals in the heavyweight pair, four,
and eight, and a silver in the lightweight four.
2005 marked a large leap forward for the
men’s rowers. Making Rumplestiltskin proud,
they weaved 2004 OUA bronze and CU fifth
place finishes into 2005 OUA gold and CU silver.
Grade: A+
—Matt Larkin
WOMEN’S ROWING
The superstar women’s rowers wouldn’t let
their male counterparts show them up. They
too took the overall team OUA title. Their
heavyweight rowers obliterated the competition, winning the single, double, four and
eight. Standout heavyweight rower Jane Rumball won gold in both the single and double.
The ’Stangs finished strongly at the
nationals as well. Rumball came home with
more gold than the Yukon Territory, winning
the heavyweight single, double and eight,
and earning the Canadian University Rowing
Association’s Female Athlete of the Year
award. As a team, Western was a close second to the University of Victoria and capped
off one of the strongest seasons in its history.
Grade: A+
—Matt Larkin
MEN’S RUGBY
Despite falling two points short of a repeat
OUA championship, the men’s rugby team
nonetheless had a high-calibre season.
Western lost the OUA title 15-13 against
McMaster, another OUA rugby powerhouse.
The championship loss was one of only two
suffered by the ’Stangs in 2005. Western finished 7-1 during the regular season and beat
its opponents by nearly 25 points per game.
Dan Polakoff had a big season; he was
named an OUA all-star and won won the Trillium Award for best all-around player. Other
all-stars include Sam Jenkins, Sean-Michael
Stephen, Chris Haban and Kevin Feheley.
Grade: B+
—Greg Gorman
WOMEN’S RUGBY
Running roughshod over the competition,
the women’s rugby team repeated as national champion, claiming the coveted Molinex
Trophy.
Capping off a perfect season, Western
shut out the Alberta Pandas in a 22-0 victory.
This was no easy feat, as Alberta had won the
Molinex five times since the trophy’s inception in 1997.
Western went undefeated during the regular season and outscored its opponents
349-5. Throughout the year, the ruggers were
led by CIS Player of the Year Barbara Mervin.
Mervin was supported by a powerful cast
that included fellow all-Canadians Jane
Cation and Jennifer Kryszak.
Grade: A+
—Greg Gorman
MEN’S SOCCER
The men’s soccer team won the OUA West
division with a solid 7-0-3 regular season
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record, but was dumped in the semifinal by
Toronto.
In the OUA bronze medal game, the Mustangs went head-to-head with the York Lions.
First-year forward Kyle Washington scored
the game’s lone goal to secure the ’Stangs a
bronze medal. The finish was disappointing
after the team earned OUA gold and national bronze last season.
The team’s six OUA all-stars included netminder Haidar Al-Shaibani, defenders John
Gallo and Steve Meagher, midfielders Paul
Speakman and Dante Biscaro and striker
Michel Daoust, who tied for fourth in Canada with nine goals.
Grade: C+
—Erin Baker
The women’s squash team maintained Western’s top-notch pedigree in the sport, winning an OUA championship. Seeded No. 1,
Western edged the No. 2 seed University of
Toronto, 4-2.
The win marked the eighth time Western
has won both the men’s and the women’s
squash titles, dating back to 1979.
The ’Stangs won the Lillian d’Urzo Plaque,
possibly the worst-named title in sports history, as OUA champs. Despite mixing in some
Colgate Total, the squad loaded up with determination and procured themselves the Plaque.
Heather Lamb and Stephanie Edmison
stood out as vital contributors, and Edminson joined Jessica Senior as a first-team OUA
all-star, while Lamb and Laura Savage were
named to the second team.
Grade: A+
WOMEN’S SOCCER
—James Hayes
The women’s soccer team had an impressive
8-2-1 regular season record, good for first
place in the Ontario University Athletics West
division.
Down by a goal in the divisional finals
against Queen’s, Jessica Tasios evened the
score late in the game. After two periods of
overtime, the Mustangs — the defending
OUA champions — lost the divisional final
on a penalty kick and were forced to make a
heartbreaking exit.
OUA all-stars included midfielders Cristina Bonasia and Kate Crowley, as well as
defenders Carmel Pringle and Tasios.
Grade: C+
—Erin Baker
SWIMMING
The 2005-06 season was solid if unspectacular for Mustangs swimming. The men took
OUA team silver and the women won bronze.
At the national championships, the men fell
just short of the podium with a fourth-place
finish, while the women placed 11th.
Powerhouse men’s swimmer Kurtis Miller
made more headlines than bird flu this season. He was named CIS Rookie of the Year
after winning four bronze medals at the
nationals. He was an all-encompassing force
at the OUA championships, snatching six
gold medals and breaking OUA records in the
100m freestyle and 4x50m relay.
Grade: B
MEN’S SQUASH
—Matt Larkin
A consistent reign of dominance continued
this season for the men’s squash team, as it
brought home a remarkable 23rd consecutive OUA title.
The team swept the No. 3-ranked McGill
Redmen in six matches in the final.
First-year standout Iain Crozier was
named OUA MVP for his efforts, and fellow ’Stangs Greg Hutner and Andrew Jones
joined Crozier on the OUA first all-star
team.
Coach Jack Fairs also finished in a tie with
Brock coach David Forgeron for Coach of the
Year honours. The award was Fairs’ third in
the past four years.
Grade: A+
Expectations were high after an OUA championship last year and a 6-1 regular season.
The men’s tennis team almost measured up.
After an impressive regular season, the
Mustangs advanced to the OUA finals but
failed to defend their championship, falling
to York 4-0. The dethroned Mustangs gave a
valiant effort, but will aim for another championship next season.
Andrew Nisker and Justin Kates were
named OUA all-stars.
Grade: B+
—James Hayes
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“We are the shit. The heart of this
team cannot be matched by any
other squad in the OUA.”
“I’ve gotten a few girls in the jugular before. It doesn’t happen very
often. I usually pretend like its no
big deal, but I’m laughing on the
inside. As long as they’re all right,
of course.”
—Erin Miller
on smoking opponents with volleyballs
“As athletes they all work really
hard and I am nothing but proud
of them. That being said, if someone ever asked me if I would consider transferring to Windsor, I
would laugh them out of my
house.”
—Alanna Boudreau
on the Windsor Lancers
“I obviously want to compete the
best I can. The starting gun is the
best pain killer.”
—Beth Janzen
on overcoming injury to compete
in the World Cross-Country Championships
“He’s a real gentleman. He has a
good personality and should be
able to keep the conversation
going. He just has to be a little civil
when he eats. It’s like shrapnel
“You don’t use 10-dollar moves
on 10-cent players.’”
—Randy McAuley,
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WOMEN’S TENNIS
The women’s tennis squad was favoured for
an OUA championship after its 4-0 start, but
slowed down near the end of the season.
After finishing the campaign 5-1, the Mustangs fell in the OUA semifinal and then
again in the bronze medal game, dropping
off the podium.
Top player Mariam Al-Shikarchy served as
the team’s lone representative as an OUA allstar.
Grade: B—Malcolm Aboud
TRACK AND FIELD
Western’s track and field team had some
impressive results this season. At the OUA
Championships, both the lads and the lasses
finished second overall in team standings.
The men brought home 14 medals (3 G, 7S,
4B) and recorded 17 top-eight finishes while
the women bagged 11 (3G, 4S, 3B) and had
15 top-eight finishes.
At the CIS Championships, male and
female teams both finished sixth in overall
team standings. The combined medal tally
was three gold, three silver and one bronze.
This season’s standouts included Jason Kerr,
Andrew Judge, Randy McAuley and Abdul
Zubair in the 4x200m relay, Jen Cotten in
pentathelon and Alanna Boudreau in triple
jump.
Grade: B+
—Maciek Pawlak
MEN’S VOLLEYBALL
Western’s men’s volleyball team had a solid
regular season, finishing fourth in the OUA
at 14-6. The team suffered a disappointing
exit in the playoffs, however, getting bounced
by the defending champion York Lions 3-1 in
the quarter-final. Western lost to York last
season in the OUA title match.
Alex Jerome earned individual honours as
an OUA first-team all-star. Jerome finished
seventh in the OUA with 204 kills.
Grade: B—Nina Janowski
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SLASHING AND DASHING THEIR WAY TO ANOTHER TITLE. Jayne Cation and the
women’s rugby team cemented their dynasty status this year with a second
straight national championship.
The Western women’s volleyball team had an
incredible regular season, finishing first in
the OUA standings with a 17-2 record.
The team suffered a crushing defeat in the
OUA quarter-final, however, after being
upset by massive underdog Windsor. Windsor went on to win the OUA title.
The Mustangs earned plenty of individual
accolades; Melissa Mann and Lauren
Cosentino were OUA first-team all-stars, Erin
Miller was a second team all-star, and Jori
Hardin won the Award of Merit. Still, the
playoff was a disaster, as the ’Stangs should
have been contenders for national gold.
Grade: C+
—Nina Janowski
WATER POLO
Sadly, the water polo team had a season
about as enjoyable as a prostate exam, as it
was winless.
It was a very tough season for the team, as
it finished 0-10. Ryan Pallett was fifth in the
OUA in goals, finishing with 17.
Grade: F
—James Hayes
MEN’S WRESTLING
The men’s wrestlers performed reasonably
well this year while overshadowed somewhat
by the women’s superstar Terri McNutt.
Keenan Miller, Jeff Werden and Vi
Nguyen-Huu were standouts on the men’s
team. Miller led the way, garnering a
respectable fourth-place finish at the CIS
championships, while Werden and NguyenHuu’s season culminated in a set of fifthplace finishes at the championship.
Wrestling coach Ray Takahashi must have
his men’s team poised to improve for next
season.
Grade: B
—James Hayes
WOMEN’S WRESTLING
The women’s wrestling team was highlighted this season by outstanding work from
Terri McNutt and Kirby Steinhoff.
This season, McNutt was awarded the
F.W.P. Jones Trophy for female Athlete of the
Year. Her accomplishments included a
fourth straight OUA title and a gold at the
CIS championships. First-year wrestler
Steinhoff won her first ever university
wrestling meet, and contributed with solid
results all season.
The team captured an overall silver at the
OUAs, and fifth place overall at the nationals.
Grade: B+
—James Hayes
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REVENGE IS A DISH BEST SERVED COLD. It took four years, but this season Western finally beat the McMaster Marauders on the gridiron, winning 55-31.
The 2005-2006 Mustangs year in review
Another year of Mustangs sports is
down the drain, and with it came
an avalanche of crazy promotions,
dominant individual and team performances, choke jobs, and hate
mail for The Gazette. Now it’s time
to assess the 2005-06 season; who
surprised, and who disappointed?
Check out our yearly awards, team
report cards, and quotes of the year.
Thanks for another great season,
’Stangs. And sorry for forgetting you
last year, track and field.
Note: Team grades are assigned
based on performance and team
expectations.
BADMINTON
The Western badminton team had
another great year, securing its fifth
Ontario University Athletics championship in seven seasons. After
beating McMaster in the OUA
semifinal, Western knocked off the
Waterloo Warriors 12-1 to capture
the title.
The team also received a number
of individual honours this season.
Toronto native Jenn Lam won her
third straight OUA MVP, going undefeated in 2005, while Caroline Chee
was awarded OUA Rookie of the Year
and was named to the all-star team,
along with teammates Cara Parkes,
Shauna Wong, Sen Hoong Phang
and Hollam Sutandar.
Grade: A+
—Stephanie Ramsay
BASEBALL
The Mustangs had a remarkable
year on the diamond, taking a 12-6
regular season record into the postseason. From there, they mauled
the competition on their way to an
OUA championship.
Catcher Ben Rich won the OUA
Most Valuable Hitter award and the
OUA first-team and second-team
all-star squads were smattered with
Western players.
Western coach Mike Lumley was
awarded OUA Coach of the Year
along with Brock’s Jeff Lounsbury.
Grade: A+
be competitive again next year;
Bess Lennox and Amanda Anderson made the West division rookie
team, and Anderson was the West
Rookie of the Year and a first-team
OUA all-star.
Grade: C+
—Ian Van Den Hurk
the Mustangs to sixth place, finishing fifth in her individual race and
earning a spot on the first team allCanadian squad.
Grade: B—Ian Van Den Hurk
MEN’S FENCING
The men’s fencing team had an
impressive season, qualifing six
CROSS-COUNTRY
MEN’S BASKETBALL
The ’Stangs had another solid sea- athletes for the OUAs; the foil, sabre
and epee teams each
Coming off a 5-17 seaqualified for the OUA
son, the men’s basketball
finals.
team struggled again,
MUSTANGS TEAM MEDAL WINNERS
The men showed
finishing last in the West
2005-06
their mettle, capturing
division with a 3-19
second place overall and
record. Western has finOntario University Athletics
going unbeaten in the
ished in the cellar for
Gold
Silver
Bronze
foil and sabre while
three consecutive seaBadminton
Fencing (M)
Cross Country (W)
snagging silver in the
sons and is a dismal 13Baseball
Football
Figure Skating
epee. MVP David Collins
53 in that span.
Golf (W)
Rugby (M)
Soccer (M)
brought home individThe team was marred
ual gold and won the
with injuries for most of
Rowing (M)
Swimming (M)
Swimming (W)
Charles Walter Trophy.
the season, though
Rowing (W)
Rugby(W)
Squash (M)
Jason Milliquet made
Grade:
B+
Track & Field (M) Track & Field (W)
the West all-rookie team.
—Drew
Clemenhagen
Squash (W)
Wrestling (W)
Most of the squad
remains intact next year,
WOMEN’S FENCING
Canadian national championships
leaving hope that the
The women’s team
Gold
Silver
Bronze
Mustangs can improve
looked promising to
Rugby (W)
Rowing (M)
None
and earn their first winstart the year. Six fencers
Rowing (W)
ning season since 2002qualified for the OUA
03.
championship by placing in the top eight in
Grade: D—Ian Van Den Hurk son under coach Bob Vigars. At the individual competition at the OUA
OUAs, the women earned team West qualifiers at Ryerson.
Susan Evans led her team,
bronze and the men finished
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
These ballers managed a 14-8 fourth. Bethany Janzen was her placing second in women’s foil.
record this year, good for fourth usual spectacular self, earning a She was followed by fellow teamplace in the OUA West division and bronze medal at the provincial mates Tandy Briggs (third, foil),
a playoff berth. But the squad’s championship. Rookie Stephanie Hollis Sinker (third, epee), Grace
disturbing trend of early postsea- Van Veen — who garnered OUA S. Lee (fifth, sabre), Amanda Marson exits continued; the women’s MVP honours — chipped in as tin (seventh, epee), and Grace F.
basketball team has been bounced well, finishing among the top 20 Lee (eighth, foil). Western qualifrom the quarter-final each of the runners. Fellow rookie Mike Del fied for the OUAs in all three
Monte was the men’s highest fin- events and the foil, and entered
past three seasons.
the competition ranked first in the
Though the ’Stangs lose a few isher at 23rd.
At the nationals, Janzen helped West division.
key cogs to graduation, they should
—James Hayes
However, the women fell short
of expectations in the OUA championships, placing second overall.
For her remarkable coaching
efforts, Christie earned OUA Coach
of the Year, a first for her and Western fencing.
Grade: B+
—Drew Clemenhagen
FIELD HOCKEY
There’s no beating around the bush
with the women’s field hockey
team; the 2005 season wasn’t pretty.
Western went the entire year
without a win and could only watch
as the Toronto Varsity Blues defended their OUA title. The only bright
side of an 0-14 season is knowing
that things can’t possibly get worse
next season.
Rookie Michelle Weber, however, gave the ’Stangs something to
smile about, as she was named an
OUA second-team all-star.
Grade: F
—Matt Larkin
FIGURE SKATING
The Mustang figure skating team
did its best Emanuel Sandhu
impression this season; in other
words, it didn’t win top honours,
but performed pretty well.
The 2006 squad left last year’s
team in the dust, capturing the
overall bronze medal at the OUA
championships after finishing fifth
last year. The Purple and Silver
clinched the medal with a win in
the synchro event. Aivory Ann Gaw
twirled her way to gold in the senior
silver freeskate and grabbed another with teammate Alyssa Trivelli in
the intermediate similar pairs.
Melissa Hill and Michelle Robinson
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