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Tania DaSilva is in her secondyear of Radio Broadcasting. “Iam the type of person who willsay anything when I want to sayit,” she said. “I’m probably oneof the most outgoing peopleyou’ll ever get to know and Ihave a great positive attitude forjust about everything!”1. Why are you here?I attend Fanshawe to prove tomyself I can succeed in life! 2. What was your life-changingmoment?When I used to walk by CFRL andrealized that should be me in there,

I switched programs and I’venever been happier! 3. What music are you currentlylistening to?“We Found Love” by Rihanna. 4. What is the best piece ofadvice you’ve ever received?The shadows of life are caused bystanding in our own sunshine.5. Who is your role model?My sister! She’s always here forme, and the only person I know Ican count on!6. Where in the world have youtravelled?Quebec City, New York City and

Portugal. 7. What was your first job?Fairweather at White Oaks Mall.8. What would your last mealbe?Definitely sushi! 9. What makes you uneasy?Blood!! Just seeing it makes mequeasy. 10. What is your passion?Radio. Radio. And more RADIO!!Do you want Fanshawe to know 10Things About You? Just head onover to fsu.ca/interrobang andclick on the 10 Things I KnowAbout You link at the top.

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First Run Film: The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn

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QUESTION OF THE WEEK

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE POTENTIAL BY-LAW THAT WOULD PROHIBIT SMOKING ON CAMPUS?

Kathleen Holtby“I’d like it. I don’t like standing outside when there are people smoking. Also, a lot of people who serve food on campus go outside a lot to smoke, and I don’t agree with that.”

Bryon Umbenhower“It would be good for the health of other students to make people smoke further away from doors. But the by-law might be too strict if it makes people go completely off campus to smoke - it would be like high school all over again.”

Kevin Pistchik“It wouldn’t really affect me. I guess it would be a good thing for non-smokers.”

Ian Doherty“More people should take up chew, haha.”


A new service is coming tocampus, and it’s aimed at stu-dents with an idea for a business– anything from a jewellery com-pany to a hotel to a constructionfirm and beyond.

Biz Inc. was launched earlierthis year at the University ofWestern Ontario, and now it’sfinally coming to Fanshawe.After David Belford, Dean ofFanshawe’s Lawrence KinlinSchool of Business, met with theGeneral Manager of the SmallBusiness Centre and the man whoran Biz Inc. at Western lastDecember, he saw what a boon itwould be for Fanshawe studentswith an entrepreneurial spirit.“We were just talking togetherabout how we can build studentand youth entrepreneurship inLondon … It just seemed like agreat idea to help the studentswho want to start businesses tobe able to access services andbecome more aware of how tostart a business in London,”Belford said.

He approached FanshaweCollege management and somemembers of the FanshaweStudent Union with the idea, andit was very well received. Thecollege and the Student Unionhave partnered together to bringthis service to students.

Fanshawe’s Biz Inc. is official-ly launching with the Start-Me-Up Mixer on November 22 at 5p.m. in the Alumni Lounge in theStudent Centre building. Comefor light snacks, refreshments

and a chance to speak withDaniel Ninclaus, a professor inthe LKSB and the StudentAdvisor for the Biz Inc. program.

Ninclaus holds a Master’sdegree in Business. He has been aprofessor at Fanshawe for a yearand has 35 years of experience inbusiness, which is why he wasbrought on as the StudentAdvisor. Prior to being a profes-sor, he worked with the BusinessDevelopment Bank of Canada,which operates under the primarymandate to help small and medi-um sized businesses be created orexpanded in Canada. He hasstarted a number of his own smallbusinesses and said he wouldhave appreciated something likeBiz Inc. when he was putting thebusinesses together. “I wouldhave saved a lot of money frommaking mistakes, a lot of frustra-tion, and I’d have a lot more hairon the top of my head,” he joked.

“It’s what you don’t know thatbites you in the butt,” he contin-ued. “The more you know, thefewer surprises you come upagainst and the more money staysin your company.”

The whole purpose of the serv-ice is to help students make theirbusiness idea a reality, from fig-uring out what’s best for theirbusiness – whether it’s gettingtheir product to market, selling apatent, opening a brick-and-mor-tar shop or selling things online –to navigating the many compli-cated aspects of starting and run-ning a business – from taxation tohiring employees to product cost-ing and much more – and

Ninclaus can be there every stepof the way. “You don’t do it all inone shot because it’s a little over-whelming, but as their projectunfolds, we’ll be able to coachthem and help them,” he said.

“The idea is to guide themthrough the process (of starting abusiness) and steer them in theright direction,” he continued.“We are an institution of higherlearning. Business also requiresgoing to the school of hardknocks. We’re here really to helpour students avoid some of thehard knocks.”

Both Belford and Ninclaus seeBiz Inc. as a great way studentscan help bolster the local econo-my, as well as influence the big-ger picture. “As a country, we’vecome on difficult economictimes. The government is provid-ing assistance to try to get peopleback, either back to work or re-orientated in work and so on,”said Ninclaus. “What we’re hop-ing is that our students will beable to not only employ them-selves and contribute to the taxbase but also employ others whomay be looking for work.”

“We may have the next BillGates here!” he added.

For more information aboutBiz Inc., check out the mixer onNovember 22. The Biz Inc. officeis located in the Student Unionoffice in SC2001. Get in touchwith Ninclaus to set up a time tochat about your business idea bysending him an email at [email protected]. For moreinformation visit bizinc.ca ortwitter.com/BizIncLondon.

Mind your own business with somehelp from a new service on campus

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The London Health SciencesCentre and London TransplantGift of Life Association hope toraise awareness about organdonation and transplantation. Thegroup hosted a cardiac transplantawareness event at WindermereManor earlier this month withdoctors and transplant receiversas guest speakers.

Jane Tucker, President of theLondon Transplant Gift of LifeAssociation, organized the eventto raise awareness among thepublic. She also hoped to attractthe attention of students andbusinesses that would be willingand able to provide future sup-port in fundraising and awarenesscampaigns.

While the audience was rela-tively small, the message wasimportant: London needs bettertransplant facilities. Doctors andcardiac transplant recipientstalked about the importance oforgan donation and cardiacdevices such as the Impella andHeartMate.

Cardiac devices like theImpella are little pumps that helpthe heart increase blood flow andcontinue to pump blood through-out the body, helping to preventmultiple organ failure. Thesedevices are considered standardcare for patients at the final stageof organ failure while waiting fora heart transplant.

The London CardiacTransplant program is looking toexpand their cardiac device pro-gram in order to save the lives ofthose on the heart transplantwaiting list. Currently, LHSC isthe only program in Canada with-out all the available devices. Theprogram only has access to onetype of cardiac device: theImpella.

Terry Elliott was theUniversity Campus CardiacTransplant program’s first

Impella recipient. Elliott’s heartcondition worsened over the peri-od of 10 years. He was consid-ered for a heart transplant, butwhen the organ wasn’t immedi-ately available, he received a car-diac device within a week ofbeing admitted to the hospital.Elliott quickly received a donorheart after using the cardiacdevice for only five days.

Elliott recalled his emotionalstory. “The stronger you can be(going into the transplant), theshorter the duration of recoverywill be.”

He also talked about the diffi-culties the donor family wentthrough, and he sent a thank-youout to all the families who sup-port organ donations and trans-plants.

Patients and their familiesaren’t the only people emotional-ly impacted by transplants.Doctors like Dr. Bob Kiaii andMac Quantz also shared theirpersonal experiences withpatients, the device, and cardiactransplants. Each doctor brieflyexplained the importance ofdonating and how many of thedevices work to save lives.

Kiaii explained that he wasinfluenced to work in the field ofcardiac transplants after his ownfather underwent a heart trans-plant procedure. Kiaii said thatknowing that he can help othersis the reason he goes to workwith a smile, despite all thestress.

Tucker encouraged students toget involved in raising awarenesson the importance of organ dona-tion by becoming an organ dona-tor, starting donation campaignsat school or simply by educatingthemselves.

For more information on organdonation and cardiac devicese m a i [email protected] orvisit beadonor.ca.

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The Impella device is the only cardiac device that London HealthSciences Centre has access to.

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With the New Year rapidlyapproaching, a lot of people arethinking about health. Some peoplemight be considering joining agym, while others are making vowsto strengthen their minds or workon their mental health.

The first-ever Sage Fair is com-ing to London, and creators ValNicholson and KrysiaKwiatkowski hope it will helpattendees focus on the health oftheir bodies, minds and spirits.

“It’s a bohemian marketplacewhere you can find a bunch ofresources – products and services –for the body, mind and spirit thatyou would never find just walkingaround on the street,” explainedNicholson.

After attending similar fairs inToronto, Nicholson andKwiatkowski saw the importanceof attracting a wide variety of ven-dors. “We worked really hard tokeep it really varied for ourexhibitors and for the people com-ing,” explained Nicholson. “That’sone of the things we found reallybad about the other body, mind andspirit (fairs in Toronto) – it was 10exhibitors all doing the same thingall in a row. It was boring, andyou’d pay $20 to get in.”

Nicholson and Kwiatkowskitook great care to ensure thatwouldn’t happen at the Sage Fair.“We have no overlap – we actuallyturn people down if we alreadyhave a vendor that covers what theyhave.”

After making the decision tohold a fair that focused on totalhealth, the friends realized some-thing else: “We wanted to make ourevent very eco(-friendly),” saidNicholson. “Then we started seeinghow closely intertwined the body,mind and spirit community is witheverything that’s eco and green.For us, those two communities kindof melded together.” The Sage Fairwill be entirely powered byBullfrog Power, a green energycompany. Bullfrog will cut off

energy to the Canada building atthe Wester Fair District where theFair will be held and will feed itsown wind and solar energy into it.

Along with over 50 vendors atthe Fair, there will be a number ofworkshops as well. At 8:15 p.m. onNovember 25 and 5:15 p.m. onNovember 26, Eco-ComedienneVictoria Stewart and her friend theMom-ic (Mom Comic), RoseGiles, will entertain audiences withtheir unique brand of eco-comedy.Local author Bethany Butzer willteach audiences about stress man-agement at 2 p.m. on November 26.There are 20 workshops throughoutthe three days of the Fair, rangingfrom free yoga classes to holistichealth to belly dance instructionand much more. Check the SageFair website for the full schedule.

The Fair begins on November25, running from 5 to 9 p.m. It con-tinues the next day from 10 a.m. to6 p.m. and then ends on November27, running from 12 to 5 p.m. Thefirst 300 or so visitors each day willreceive a swag bag full of goodiesfrom Fair sponsor Lush and variousvendors. It takes place in theCanada building of the WesternFair District (900 King St.).Admission for students is $5, or $8for adults. Kids 12 and under get infor free. For more information, goto sagefair.com.

A fair to care for yourbody, mind, spirit

ERIKA FAUSTINTERROBANG

November 23 might just seemlike any other day to you. You’llhave classes to attend, texts towrite, plans to keep. But this year,Transport Canada and the ArriveAlive organization are asking thatyou take some time to rememberthose who have been killed in caraccidents.

There are numerous programsout there to raise awareness aboutsafe driving in the hopes of makingthe roads safer for every driver.The National Day ofRemembrance for Road CrashVictims aims for something differ-ent: to remember the lives thathave already been lost to fatal acci-dents.

The idea of a National Day ofRemembrance for Road CrashVictims dates back to 1993 and aBritish charity called RoadPeace.The day grew so popular that in2005 the UN made it official, andnow each year, the Wednesday fol-lowing the third Sunday inNovember will be marked as theofficial day of remembrance.

According to Transport Canada,close to 2,200 people are killed incar accidents each year and anadditional 173,000 are injured.That number jumps to 1.2 millionkilled worldwide each year,according to the World HealthOrganization.

Anne Leonard, ExecutiveDirector of the Arrive Alive pro-gram, and Kim Benjamin, Directorof Road Safety Programs forTransport Canada, have initiatednot only a day of remembrance butan aggressive awareness campaignto make all those who are learningto drive much more aware of thenumber of fatal car accidents.

“By educating students early onin their driving experience aboutroad safety, this will result in moredisciplined drivers,” Leonard andBenjamin said about their hopesfor the program. Along with a newcurriculum for the driving schoolsin Canada, there is a short but pow-erful training and awareness videothat brings the dangers of car acci-dents to the forefront of drivers’

minds. According to the official website

run by Transport Canada in 2010,“One life was saved every daybecause Canada is increasingenforcement, introducing newpolicies, building safer vehicles,changing road behaviours andbuilding better roads.”

The website stresses that “roadsafety is a shared responsibilityand each of us can take action tomake our roads safer,” and holdsfast to the idea that safer driverscoupled with an annual day mark-ing those who have been killed willhelp to make Canada’s roads saferfor everyone.

So this year on November 23,take some time out of your day toreflect on those who have lost theirlives in car accidents. Even if youdon’t know someone who has beeninjured or killed in an accident, thisday of remembrance is importantfor everyone.

For more information visit,rememberroadcrashvictims.ca.


The Options Clinic will makegetting tested for HIV easy andconvenient on November 29. LynPierre Pitman, Coordinator for theOptions Clinic, a service of theLondon InterCommunity HealthCentre, will be stationed inSC1014, from 9 to 11:30 a.m. con-ducting HIV tests for all interestedstudents.

The testing is completely anony-mous, and no health card isrequired for the test. The blood testis quick and you’ll have yourresults within minutes. The testsare by appointment only, and youcan set that up with Pierre Pitmanby emailing her at [email protected].

She is bringing testing to cam-pus as part of AIDS AwarenessWeek, which takes place fromNovember 24 to December 1.“This year, during AIDSAwareness Week, what we’re try-ing to do is a number of outreachclinics throughout the city just toraise awareness,” she said. Along

with coming to Fanshawe’sLondon campus, the OptionsClinic will have testing and/orinformation booths at Central Spa,the North End library, the YouthAction Centre and more through-out the end of November – checklihc.on.ca/events for more infor-mation.

“I think AIDS Awareness Weekis important because it remindseveryone that this is a virus thatwe’re still dealing with,” saidPierre Pitman. “The first caseswere known in the early ’80s andhere we are in 2011, still becominginfected. I think if we could usethis week to raise awareness, toremind people that this virus reallyis preventable with safer sex andsafer needle use, then we can bringan end to new infections.”

She continued on to say that forstudents who have been consider-ing getting tested, the testing ses-sion on November 29 makes iteasy and convenient, putting HIVtesting at the forefront of theirminds. “It prevents the studentsfrom putting it off because they

have to go to their doctor or theclinic on Dundas Street; if we’reright there, hopefully some stu-dents will take advantage of that.”

If you can’t make it to the testingsession on November 29, there areother ways to get tested. TheOptions Clinic office is located at659 Dundas St., and they have alocation even closer to campus aswell. “We also have a health centrethat is part of the LondonInterCommunity Health Centre atHuron and Highbury at 1355Huron St.,” said Pierre Pitman. “Ifsomeone would call our mainnumber – 519-673-4427 – andrequest an appointment at Huron,we will meet them there. It makesit a bit more convenient for anyoneliving in the northeast.”

Book a time to get tested withPierre Pitman on November 29 byemailing her [email protected]. Formore information about theOptions Clinic and the LondonInterCommunity Health Centre,visit lihc.on.ca or call 519-673-4427.

Anonymous HIV testing day on campusERIKA FAUSTINTERROBANG

A group of second-year FashionMerchandising students are organ-izing a fashion show fundraiser forour furry friends. On November 25at the Highland Golf and CountryClub, the Fashion For Paws showwill raise awareness and money forCanFix and the Animal RescueFoundation.

The students have partnered upwith Sue Glass, Owner of three ofLondon’s most fashionable down-town stores: Frilly Lizard,Commander Salamander andLolita. The fashion show will bepresented in three sets, one foreach store, with clothes donated byeach. “We’re really trying to pro-mote downtown; we’re bringinglight to downtown and the fashion

there,” said Carlie Lammers, thePromotions CommitteeCoordinator.

The show will also include dogsand puppies on the runway thathave been rescued by CanFix andARF. “It will show how far (thesedogs) have come from being straysor unwanted to being in happyhomes,” said Marjorie McCallum,a Fashion Merchandising studentand Treasurer for the event.

The fashion show itself begins at8 p.m., but there will be waiter-passed hor d’oeuvres starting at 7p.m., as well as a cash bar featuringa signature cocktail. They will alsobe selling cookies and paw-printChristmas balls made by the stu-dents. The students have also gath-ered incredible items for theirsilent auction, including items

from various pet stores, Starbucks,Tim Horton’s, Bath and BodyWorks, London Knights ticketsand much more.

The Fashion Merchandising stu-dents are looking forward to run-ning an event for such an importantcause. “It’s nice to see somethingcome out of it in the end becauseyou know that your hard work hasa purpose,” said Lammers.

“I think it’s good to (help) ARFand CanFix because they help out-side of the city. In places wherethere wouldn’t usually be assis-tance, there is that availability,”said McCallum.

Tickets for the show are $25 andare available in room M3010, atthe Biz Booth, or at Frilly Lizard,Commander Salamander andLolita.

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Ethel Barrymore, of the “royally-”deemedacting clan, once said, “You grow up the dayyou have your first real laugh … at your-self.” While Ethel was no psychologist, herwords contain undeniable wisdom abouthuman nature and the road to maturity: theability to find humour within one’s ownaction(s) and/or reaction(s) is only possibleonce one is able to acknowledge his/her cho-sen behavioural responses as disproportion-ate (and ridiculous) to their impetus. In otherwords, as Spanish performer Diana RaquelSainz purported, you can only laugh at your-self once you’re able to admit your faultsand imperfections. In turn, this act promotesself-empowerment and growth. While theaforementioned is an important life lesson tolearn, so too is knowing when humour isappropriate, welcome and in “good taste.”Allow me to explain:

About a month or so ago, I was hired on asa subcontracted agent to assist a websitedesign firm with administrative, accountingand content updating duties. At first, I wascompletely stoked about the position, giventhat all of the staff members were within myage range, the hours were flexible, workdays didn’t typically start until noon and ontop of that, the pay was decent.

I’m not certain whether to conclude mymanager was sexist or just had some sort ofsuperiority complex, but what started out aswhat I just brushed off as harmless wise-cracking soon developed into constantassaults on my character for no reason Icould conceive of, considering he never indi-cated he was anything but satisfied with mywork. It became pretty evident to me that hisuse of thinly veiled insults passed off as“joking” at my expense was his means ofmaintaining control. I am, after all, moreacademically accredited than him, amongother things.

Beyond paving the road to personal psy-chological maturity, social science academ-ics have noted that humour serves manyimportant cognitive, affective, physiologicaland social functions: it’s a proven “pick-me-up,” a tension reliever, a means of forgingbonds with other individuals/groups, aneffective teaching strategy, a way to lessenhostilities or simmer debates when they getout of hand, a vehicle for broaching taboosubject matter, a form of arousal and there’seven evidence to support there’s some truthbehind the old adage that laughter is the bestmedicine.

Relevant to my recent job experience,however, is the anthropological finding thathumour in the form of “mockery,” “ridicule”and “belittlement” is frequently used as a

powerful symbolic weapon within pre-industrial Caribbean cultures to gain status,maintain the current pecking order and/orreaffirm social mores. The popularity ofracist jokes within North American adds cre-dence to this finding as their humour rests inpointing out widespread stereotypes of givenethnic groups, which only works to perpetu-ate said stereotypes. Moreover, it has beenproposed that jokes rooted in discriminationstem from the subconscious fear of the dom-inant class that one day they’ll be overtakenby those they oppress. Ironically, these typesof jokes are often “owned” by members ofthe minority groups they seek to insult;something that can be interpreted as an act ofsubversion/defence against ridicule OR theinternalization of beliefs about one’s groupheld by the dominant class.

Suffice it to say that for all of the joy thatincongruity, verbal wit, minor accidents,slips of the tongue and absurdity brings,humour can equally dampen your spirits, ifdone mindlessly or maliciously.

To elicit the former, psychotherapist andmirthologist Steven Sultanoff offers the fol-lowing five suggestions to ensure that one isusing humour correctly and appropriately:

1. Only use humour if the target/recipientof your humour has previously used humourwith you.

2. Only use humour when you have anestablished strong relationship with the tar-get/recipient.

3. Only use humour in socially appropri-ate and light-hearted situations. Althoughsome use humour to eliminate tension,Sultanoff suggests that this could lead topotentially undesirable reactions if taken toofar.

4. If ever in doubt about one’s relationshipwith a target/recipient, test the waters firstwith self-depreciating humour to gauge thetarget/recipient’s response.

5. And finally, humour is used most effec-tively when employed to poke fun at a situa-tion, NOT at another person or group of peo-ple.

To this, Hugh LaFollette and Niall Shanksof American Philosophical Quarterly addthat humour is context-dependent and relieslargely on a listener’s current state. Even if alistener has the cognitive capacity and nec-essary information to find a particular jokeor situation humourous, there are factors thatmay interfere with the processing of a funnystimulus, including one’s current psycholog-ical and cognitive/physiological state, theenvironment and one’s ability to detach fromone’s personal beliefs and see situationsfrom varying perspectives. Gender con-tributes even more complication to these the-ories seeing as guys can and do regularlytear each other ‘new ones’ without gettingoffended.

In conclusion, I’d like to leave you with afew final thoughts to mull over next timeyou’re contemplating adding some mirth tothe mix: 1) ALL jokes are based on somesense of truth (albeit often exaggerated), 2)know your audience before you engage indisplays of your wit, and finally 3) reserveyour hilarity for its true purpose (i.e.: to pro-duce happiness). If you’ve got nothing niceto say, don’t say it at all – coating it with the“Oh, I was just kidding” excuse is just aslousy as trying to convince someone that youonly slept with their significant otherbecause you were drunk. In two letters, it’sb.s.

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‘In jest,’ you say?

PSYCH YOUR MINDRose Cora Perry www.rosecoraperry.com

“I am tired of trying, sick of crying, Iknow I have been smiling, but inside I amdying.” If this quote describes what you arethinking, then you definitely need help. Notachieving your life goals doesn’t mean youshould give away your life. The prematureending of life is a failure and trying tochange your fails into success is the real vic-tory.

It’s difficult for college officials to spot aperson with depression. Many studentsdrink, and some are also controlled by drugs.In a of university or college environment,boozing is accepted as a normal behaviour.

Some of us are haunted by memories of crit-ical moments or prolonged periods of severedespair. Drugs and alcohol are considered tobe a solution for stress. But are these really asolution? Being addicted to substances candrive you into depression. Alcohol is not asource of self-medication. I understand thatalcohol supports some in their low mood,but the solution is not permanent. Your well-being is important to your family, yourteachers and us.

In my opinion, I think it is not pushy par-ents or the burden of assignments thatchange the focus from studies to ending yourlife. It is the overwhelming desire to achieve.Achieving is a “part of our life” not “our

life.” Is achieving that important? I amhappy that I have been fortunate to see somuch around the corner.

There is still a lot to look forward to.Suicide affects everyone. If you are facingany anxieties, and you don’t understand howto handle them, get in touch withCounselling and Accessibility in F2010 orby calling 519-452-4282. Online, you canreach to iCopeU, which can be found aticopeu.com/fanshawe. There you can findcoping tools and resources to help yourselfor help a friend. For someone to talk to, callthe London and District Distress Centre at519-667-6711.

Give your life a chance to live.

Help for people struggling withsuicidal thoughts

SHIVANI DHAMIJAINTERROBANG



Recently there has been a lot of upset inpolitics over the appointment of a newAuditor General who admits that he’s not flu-ent in French. The complaints have rangedfrom individuals who think he should takeFrench lessons to others who claim the gov-ernment wasted $150,000 on a candidate whoshould be declared ineligible. The situationall around seems to be an attempt to upsetpeople.

The candidate, Michael Ferguson, wasserving as the Auditor General for NewBrunswick before this appointment – one ofthe provinces in Canada with a substantialFrench-speaking population, yet his lack ofbilingualism never seemed to be an issue.The fact is that not one of the top three can-didates considered for this position was con-sidered fluent in both official languages.

After the “shocking” revelation thatFerguson wasn’t completely bilingual, itwasn’t long until the future Auditor Generaldeclared he’d be taking the necessary lessonsto ensure his fluidity in French. This stillwasn’t enough for some, though. Debaterages on about his suitability and where thesystem failed to allow a unilingual candidatethrough.

Aren’t we losing sight of the fact that only17 per cent of our population is bilingual?While I certainly support Mr. Ferguson’sdecision to take French lessons and agreewith the necessity of it, why is there so muchresidual hostility? Any individual can learn anew language, despite some arguments thathis age limits his ability, and if only 17 percent of Canadians are currently bilingual, 83per cent of Canadians are unable to representthemselves and their communities.

That doesn’t sound like the most demo-cratic way to govern. If these posts are opento all Canadians and the man chosen as bestfor the job doesn’t speak fluent French, whydemonize him instead of supporting hisefforts? Simply not speaking French doesn’tdisqualify a person from being able to makerational, informed decisions about budgets.As part of the 83 per cent, I certainly don’thave a personal issue with this appointment,as the individual in question was the AuditorGeneral for New Brunswick and was suc-cessful enough to land the big promotion, butI can see how it’s necessary to maintain cred-ibility as being officially bilingual.

That being said, I find it troubling that anarticle on the Canadian government’s web-site that I tried to use as resource materialwas only available in French. Furthermore,it’s interesting that the University of Ottawaprides itself on being Canada’s only official-ly bilingual university and yet offers its nutri-tion program in French only. A person cannotpublicly voice concern on these issues with-out infuriating the French-speaking commu-nity, but I’ve always felt bilingualism waswell represented in Canada. All ingredientlists and labels are in both languages andeven though that’s only taught me the Frenchword for peach, I can rest assured that the 23per cent of Canadians who speak Frenchknow that they’re buying pêche juice.Bottom line: anyone can learn French, butnot anyone can be the Auditor General ofCanada; let the best candidate get the job.

Bilingualismdebate re-sparkedby new AuditorGeneral

VICTOR DE JONGINTERROBANG

It would be interesting to look into thefuture. Unfortunately most of us can’t dowhat Reuben Tishkoff (Elliott Gould) doesin Oceans 12. He says, “I hire professionalsto (predict the future), and even they some-times get it wrong.” So we will have to waita bit longer to see what becomes of theOccupy movement.

From Vancouver to London to Halifax,police have been closing in on CanadianOccupiers. It’s been a few days since author-ities took down the tents in Halifax. Some ofthe tent owners were away when it hap-pened. One Occupy organizer, during aradio interview, said he felt very sorry for ahomeless person who would find all hisbelongings gone when he returned to his tentsite. The organizer said he saw a police offi-cer making fun of the tent before he took itaway.

The methods used in Halifax were similarto those used in London’s Victoria Park:solid cooperation between city hall and thepolice department; communications prior tothe raid letting Occupiers know that theywere violating their welcome; a late nightaction; plenty of police officers and policevehicles; and afterwards public statementsby the mayor defending the action (whilelawyers muse about the constitutionality ofthe police actions).

As we wait to see what will happen to themovement, some people are taking sides. Ioverheard one person comment to a friendthat he is glad to see the police take away thetents and disperse the people. Protesting stu-dents and homeless people as well asOccupy supporters have a different take.Some are phoning into radio stationsdenouncing the evictions as trickery.

What will become of the movement, noone knows. At the same time, it’s importantto understand the concerns the movement istrying to raise. There are too many peoplegetting extremely rich in their sleep whilemany millions of others toil away in the fac-tories that create wealth for the “one per-

cent.” Health care is not what it should be,especially for the poor. Trillions of dollarsare spent each year to bolster the institutionof war. The managers of our global economyare forcing everyone to compete with every-one, creating never-ending cycles of stress,dislocation and pollution. The world’s popu-lation appears to be dangerously high.Leaders of industry claim that the only wayforward is to engage in practices such as oilextraction (in Alberta) and the constructionof massive dams (in China) that seem to beextended – and far more lethal – versions ofthe “slash and burn” practices of aboriginalpeoples.

About a month ago, David Suzuki postedan article called “Occupy Wall Streetreflects increasing frustration.” He notedthat most of the problems of our modernworld are the result of fairly recent innova-tions. It has only been in the last 100 years,for example, that we have seen the rise ofcars and planes. At the beginning of the1900s, no one drove and even fewer flew.

Suzuki’s point in the article was thathumans are capable of innovation and thiscan be a source of hope. Who knows whattechnologies, what social movements, whatpolitical shifts may yet emerge that will get

us through these times to a place where thereare fewer threats to a good life for all peo-ple?

The article ends with a few lines that areworth noting. “The course of human historyis constantly changing. It’s up to all of us tojoin the conversation to help steer it to a bet-ter path than the one we are on. Maybe ourone demand should be of ourselves: careenough to do something” (emphasis added).

What can you and I do in the comingweeks and years to show that we care? It canbe something as simple as picking up a pieceof trash someone else threw on the sidewalk.It can be saving before we spend. It can bebuying a car that’s far smaller than we want.It can be planning a small home or giving anexisting one a new life rather than buyingthe biggest you can handle. It can be prayingfor our communities and for the planet. Itcan be vacationing locally instead of board-ing a plane. It can be supporting localemployers and enterprise rather than invest-ing in far-away companies that we don’tunderstand.

The Occupy movement may vanish. Butyou and I won’t. And there is some hope inthat. Absolutely.

NOTES FROM DAY SEVENMICHAEL VEENEMA

The Occupy movement may vanish

CREDIT: CTV.CA

Michael Ferguson tabbed as the new AuditorGeneral of Canada.

CREDIT: LONDON FREE PRESS

Occupy movements across Canada are finding that their time occupying parks is coming toan end. In London, occupiers were turfed from Victoria Park over a week ago, while tentscame down in Halifax shortly after.



Once you’ve been arrested for allegedlycommitting a crime, and the police have heldyou in custody temporarily, they have todecide what to do with you. Sometimes youwill be released almost immediately, andother times you will be spending much moretime behind bars. To clarify how this works,here are a few things you should know aboutrelease following arrest.

1. Quick Police Release

The police might release you after arrest-ing you, charging you and perhaps holdingyou in custody for a brief period of time.Usually, if the police have arrested you with-out a warrant for a non-serious crime, theywill release you unless they have reason notto. Such reasons include a likelihood that

you have not given the police your real nameor address, that you will not go to your courtdate, that you will commit another crime,that you will tamper with evidence or thatyou will threaten witnesses after beingreleased.

2. Method of Police Release

If the police release you, they will giveyou a piece of paper called a summons stat-ing when your court date is, or make yousign a promise that you will appear on yourcourt date. They may also make you depositmoney with the court up front, or assign anamount you will have to pay if you fail toshow up to court. The police may requireyou to comply with certain conditions uponyour release, such as refraining from drink-ing alcohol or contacting certain individualsif you’ve been arrested on a warrant.

3. Judicial Release

When you’ve been charged with a moreserious crime, or the police decide not torelease you based on one of the above-men-tioned reasons, you will have to appearbefore a Judge or Justice of the Peace to be

released. This is called a bail hearing. Youdo not have to state whether or not you arepleading guilty at this appearance, as it isonly to determine if you should be releasedbefore your next court date. The Judge orJustice of the Peace will look at the circum-stances, and must release you unless he orshe believes that you will not attend yournext court date, that you pose a public dan-ger, or that the circumstances surroundingthe nature of the offence require that youremain in custody.

4. Bail Conditions

If a Judge or Justice of the Peace releasesyou, you may have to comply with certainconditions. As with police release, you mayhave to pay money up front or pay uponmissing your next court appearance. A sure-ty may sometimes be required, another per-son who agrees to pay the court if you fail toshow up to your next appearance or breach acondition of your release. Conditions mayinclude anything the Judge or Justice of thePeace believes is warranted, such as abstain-ing from alcohol or undergoing counselling.

Breaching a condition is a criminal offence,and if you are charged with doing so, it maybe up to you to prove to the court that youshould be released into the public againbefore your next court date.

This column provides legal informationonly and is produced by the students ofCommunity Legal Services and Pro BonoStudents Canada (UWO). The information isaccurate as of the date of publication. Lawschange frequently so we caution readersfrom relying on this information if some timehas passed since publication. If you needlegal advice please contact a lawyer, com-munity legal clinic, Justice Net at 1-866-919-3219 or the Lawyer Referral Service at1-900-565-4LRS. You can contactCommunity Legal Services to book anappointment to discuss your legal issue ormediation services. Please call us at 519-661-3352 with any inquires or to book anappointment.

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On 11/11/11, a day when many peoplewere making wishes, one of mine came true:I saw the first snowfall of my life.

Since the day I landed in Canada, I hadalways wanted to see snow. As the Tropic ofCancer passes through the middle of India,the majority of the country can be observedas climatically tropical. I had never seensnow throughout my existence. All I hadseen in my entire life was sun and summers.Snow had become a dream for me, some-thing I had always wanted to see in reality.The only place I had ever seen snow was ontelevision and in Christmas movies, whichmade me wish that I could experience snowin real life.

As my daily routine, I got up checked thetemperature and it didn’t indicate it wouldsnow that day, so I got ready and caught thebus for school. But the moment I got off thebus, I had a big smile on my face. I could seewhite cotton balls falling down from the sky,proving Newton’s law of gravity. I couldn’tbelieve my eyes that snow looked so beauti-ful. Those were like tiny droplets of ice tome. I wanted to open my jacket and feelthem on my bare skin, and make me believe,that yes this is snow. I moved my facetowards the sky so that my face could feelwhat I had always dreamt of. And whenthose white droplets fell on my jacket, Iwould stare at them in disbelief that this washow they looked. I didn’t want my excite-ment to end so quickly, so I chose the long

way to reach my class as if I would never seesnow again in my life. But the only thing Iknew was I wanted to live every moment ofmy ever-wanted dream.

The snow lasted for a few minutes, and assoon as I reached my class I could hear arush of words from everywhere, “It snowedtoday.” I didn’t see a single face that lookedexcited about it. Seeing the excitement onmy face, everyone said, “Wait till the snowreaches to your height.” My answer was, “Iwant to experience that too; I am excitedabout it.”

India is a country of four seasons, wheresummer dominates all year. I come from theeast part of India: West Bengal. Decemberand January, though they are the coldestmonths, the minimum temperature is 10 to15°C. For Londoners, it would be the falltime, but for us it is chilly. I still rememberhow, during our winters, people take out alltheir woolen clothes to try to keep them-selves as covered as they can. In London, Ibarely see anyone so covered at this temper-ature. Even in our extreme winters in India,we get the pleasure to see the sun and feel itswarmth. I remember we used to sit outsideour houses enjoying the sun’s rays in theafternoon. Sometimes I used to sleep outsidewhile enjoying the warmness of the beautifulrays.

But all that fun back in India was nothingin comparison to what I had enjoyed thatFriday. I can’t wait for the next snow and Ihave already prepared a to-do list for thewinter: building a snowman, ice skating,

bundling up and playing in the snow. Whenthe snow flies, I won’t be the person who issitting inside and wasting time. Snow is a

miracle for me and it connects us to nature inglorious ways. I will be living up everymoment of snow in my life.

My first snow on 11/11/11SHIVANI DHAMIJA

INTERROBANG

CREDIT: HEALINGKEYS9.BLOGSPOT.COM

The beauty of the first snowfall of the year wasn’t lost on Shivani Dhamija, a newcomer toCanada from India. Dhamija had never experienced snow until November 11.

NANAIMO, B.C. (CUP) — Formulatingcohesive opinions can be a challenge. Ishould know, as I’ve spent days spewingforth useless 200-word paragraphs and try-ing to come up with an opinion worthy ofbeing an editorial. Most people believe youcan say anything and have it be a valid opin-ion. It’s true that I could say something like,“The Eiffel tower is purple!” It’s true that itwould be my opinion, but we all know thatfacts and science and about a trillion photo-graphs could prove me wrong. The point isthat having an opinion — one that you canback up — is a lost art. It seems that in manyconversations I have, people’s only defencefor their controversial opinions is to say,“Well, that’s my opinion.”

What kind of bullshit is that? What areyou, five?

It seems to be happening with every topic:politics, smoking, hockey teams and evenbooks. Argument and discourse are awe-some things. To say that something is “justyour opinion” and not have any facts to backit up is just weak. If someone disagrees withyou, you should be able to unleash a full-fledged truth whirlwind of almost religiousforce onto his or her head. You should beprepared to practically die for your opinion.You should back your opinion up with ques-tions that blow gaping holes in your oppo-nent’s argument. You should get passionate— even in the face of total unreason.Doesn’t matter how crazy, stupid, or illogi-cal your opinion is; if you want to voice it,back it up.

University and college campuses are fullof smart, well-spoken people — people whoget straight A’s and write brilliant essayswith thesis statements. Yet, when I’m talk-

ing to one of these students and say some-thing like, “Hey, I think the VancouverCanucks are the most useless hacks to evertouch a hockey puck, and I’m glad they lostto the infinitely better-looking, legendaryBoston Bruins,” I’m met with blank staresfollowed by the refrain that drives meinsane: “Well, that’s just your opinion.”

What? You wouldn’t shut up about theteam for six months, and now you won’teven bother explaining all their stupid statsto me?

Even if it has nothing to do with hockey,even if has nothing to do with politics, evenif it comes down to a discussion about whichcolour is better, red or blue, you should backyour opinion up — and not just onFacebook, either. Recently, especially in theaftermath of the ongoing Occupy protests, itseems everyone has a malformed opinion tospray all over the interwebs. But instead of

putting their opinions on the web in athoughtful manner, it seems most people arecontent to share single images with big textexplaining entire world problems in sixwords or less. All you need is a damning pic-ture and some size-90 impact font, and bam!You’ve convinced everyone you have anawesome social opinion. You’re up to dateon current events! You’re involved withthings! If you really want to go above andbeyond the call of duty, you’ll leave a shortsentence about how you feel! That’s not anopinion; that’s empty posturing.

The changes going on in the world todaycannot be boiled down to the pictures you“like” on Facebook. Do some research, formyour own opinions about things and don’tjust “baa” and follow the herd. If your opin-ion is controversial, defend it and defend itwell.

It’s a lot more than ‘just your opinion’BRADY TIGHE

THE NAVIGATOR

I write about random things alot. I write a lot about randomthings. Did you know that TheWho’s Pete Townsend first starteddoing his signature windmill moveon stage thinking he was stealing itfrom Keith Richards? Then calledThe Detours, The Who opened forthe Rolling Stones in late 1963.

A lot has changed in rock androll. “There’s never going to be aBeatles again, or a Rolling Stonesagain, because there’s just so muchmusic now,” posited Scott Stanton,of the band Current Swell, in con-versation by telephone from B.C.“My friend and I were talkingabout it the other day, thinking, ‘Iwonder what people are going tothink when they look back at the2010s.’ There’s just so much musicnow, there’s no ’80s sound any-more, no 2000s sound. Or maybeit’s auto–tune.”

Stanton jokes because CurrentSwell has been at the centre of anodd labelling conflict that beganwhen they formed. Rising out of alove of life and surf, Stantonformed the band with friend DaveLang roughly five years ago. Asimple, natural musical brother-hood followed, with friends eagerto round out the lineup.

The band — guitarists Stantonand Lang, drummer Chris “Crispy”Petersen and bassist Aaron“Ghosty” Wright — have beendodging labels ever since they firsttook the stage together, commonlychristened surf rock. Despite theirdiverse albums, featuring a rangeof blues, reggae, rock and countrysongs, the brand stuck with them.

“There was one point where weactually fought it,” Stantonrecalled, but pointed out that hisband has long learned to let the

music do the talking. “It’s just oneof those things we now accept. Ifyou want to call us surf rock, thenthat’s awesome. And if you want tocall us something else, that’s awe-some too.”

Current Swell is back on theroad again, travelling acrossCanada in support of their newalbum Long Time Ago, released onOctober 25. The album shines witha rootsy finish, one born of intro-spection and care, and they’rebringing it to London for a per-formance at London Music Hallwith Michou and The Ascot Royalson November 25.

But the album’s overall sound

and tone were no accident. “Whenwe started the record, we had a lotof really good reggae songs, and alot of heavy bluesy songs, butwhen we sat down we just reallywanted to make a cohesiverecord,” Stanton explained.

“We’ve found that our albums inthe past have jumped all over themap a little bit; I’m an album guy,I love listening to records fromfront to back, I always have. So werecorded 25 songs to demo, andwhen we sat and listened, therewere four or five that really stuckout, that everyone seemed to agreehad to be on the album. Then wepretty much based the feel of the

record off of those four songs.”“We’ve never put a direction in

front of our band,” Stanton statedproudly. “But we just realized overthe course of recording that thisalbum is very much about people— we nearly called the albumPeople Not Places instead of LongTime Ago.”

That conscious effort invested inthe album makes it feel very muchlike a triumph, a finished work asgood individually as the sum of itsparts, and makes for a great listen.

For more information on CurrentSwell, visit them online at cur-rentswell.com or follow them onTwitter @currentswell. Their gig

with Michou, The Ascot Royalsand Play Oliver is on November 25in the lounge at London MusicHall. Doors open at 8 p.m. andtickets are $10, available inadvance at D–Tox Clothing inWhite Oaks Mall, downtown atGrooves Records and Tequila Roseand online at ticketscene.ca.

And for more of the latest musicnews, views and more, considerfollowing this column on Twitter@fsu_bobbyisms or on Tumblr atbobbyisms.com. Don’t forgetabout the Music Recommendationsthread in our FSU social networkfor constant new suggestions. I’mout of words.

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CREDIT: SHANE DERINGER PHOTOGRAPHY

Current Swell hanging out in the dressing room.

Big night at APK Live features Cornfield and Caplan

November 23 is a night of cele-bration at APK Live because of thegood fortune that sees CharlotteCornfield and Ben Caplan stoptheir tour in London, and becauseof the releases that they themselvesare celebrating.

A citizen of Montréal, CharlotteCornfield is a songwriter quicklyclimbing the ranks of folkCanadiana. Her upbeat musicalstyle complements her rootsyvocals, and with her latest album— Two Horses, released October25 — she waxes musically nostal-gic to decades–old albums by thelikes of Carole King or JoniMitchell.

“I call it lyrical folk rock,”Cornfield said, describing heralbum this summer before itsrelease. “It’s a mix between lyricalacoustic tunes and some morefleshed out rock songs. I’m reallyinto lyrics, really into getting into atheme and really examining it.”

That lyrical consideration is evi-dent on Two Horses, whereCornfield’s commentary makes acompelling listen. With its naturalrise and fall, it plays like a stroll, asoundtrack to a conversation with afriend. Cornfield’s own experi-

ences have seen her travel from hernative Toronto across the continentagain and again for the past sever-al years.

“I’m kind of a romantic in thesense that I wait for inspiration tostrike me,” she said of her style ofstorytelling — encapsulatingthoughts and moments in time.“I’m an autobiographical writer,it’s interactions with people andplaces and getting inside the ideaof coming and going.”

Also appearing Wednesday areBen Caplan & The CasualSmokers, who just released In theTime of the Great Remembering onOctober 18. Bold, it’s a whimsicalalbum thickly fusing acoustic folkaccented with riffs on classicalinstruments like strings, clarinet,flute and more. The result is some-thing of a baroque folk — a jazzyfolk at times heartbreaking, at oth-ers dripping of ragtime.

A gifted multi–instrumentalist,Caplan has been a fixture on theHalifax scene and touring musicianfor several years. His band — cur-rently Matt Gallant (drums/percus-sion), Ron Hynes (upright bass),Donald MacLennan (violin) andDavid Christensen (reeds, windand keys) — has also been colour-fully graced over the years by

dozens of talented brass, wind andstringed instrumentalists.

Cornfield and Caplan will bejoined by Graham Nicholas atAPK Live on November 23. The

show begins at 10 p.m. Visitapklive.com or the APK LiveFacebook page for details.

For more on CharlotteCornfield, visit charlottecorn-

field.com or follow her on Twitter@cornfieldmusic. Ben Caplan andhis band can be found online atbencaplan.ca or by following onTwitter @bencaplanmusic.

BOBBY FOLEYINTERROBANG

CREDIT: COURTNEY LEE PHOTOGRAPHY

Charlotte Cornfield will be at APK Live on November 23 along with Ben Caplan.

BOBBYISMSBOBBY FOLEY

A swell of great music in London

LIFESTYLES10Volume 44 Issue No. 13 November 21, 2011 www.fsu.ca/interrobang/

What is math rock? What is the gist of a music

beginning from the undergroundculture of the 1980s and lendingitself to progressive acts such asKing Crimson or Frank Zappa?Not the music of seemingly elusiveactuaries, statisticians or account-ants (though they may appreciatethe name and timing). Accordingto Wikipedia, math rock is “char-acterized by complex, atypicalrhythmic structures (includingirregular stopping and starting),angular melodies, and dissonantchords.”

Huddle does this well. In thefirst listen of All These Fires, theToronto indie-pop quartet providesa bounce and step with the firstsong, “Islands,” but gives way tomore deeper and darker melodies.“Sleepwalker” is written about asleep disorder. Influences of TheSmiths come out in the third song,“Brow-line Pictures,” and thefourth track, “Dark Times,” is cou-pled with a haunting female vocal-ist.

Recorded at the Lincoln CountySocial Club and Angles Up Studioin Toronto, All These Fires wasproduced by Chris Stringer (frombands like Ohbijou, Timber

Timbre) and engineered byStringer and Josh Korody.

The band is made up of ClayJones (guitar) and MarkSatterthwaite (vocals/guitar) aswell as some musicians fromToronto: Teddy Wilson (drums)and Dave Lucas (bass). After sixyears of working together onaward-winning films and televi-sions scores for stations like CBC,MTV, The Movie Network andThe Comedy Network, Jones andSatterthwaite brought their poppysongwriting together but never letgo of the influences they enjoyed:there’s a hint of Bowie, TheNational, White Denim and theaforementioned Smiths.

The album clashes and tightens.There’s rhythm and clarity, com-plexity and calmness, and eerieand majestic chords playing whilethe vocals shine like a full mooncast on a still lake. You can’t mis-take the labour that was involvedwith the production of this album –you can tell this was no trivial cre-ation and one wonders whatHuddle brings to the table at a liveperformance.

Go and buy this album to get asample of what math-rock mixedwith poppy toe-tapping musicshould sound like!

For more information, visit hud-dlemusic.com or their CBC Radio 3page, radio3.cbc.ca/#/bands/Huddle.

JAYMIN PROULXINTERROBANG

Huddle’s elusive fires

Standing in line outside APKLive on November 11, fans anx-iously checked their watches as theminutes ticked down to midnight:the time Wild Domestic were totake the stage on the night of theirCD release party. Inside, fans andfriends cheered and danced in thelittle space available in the crowd-ed room, while the band serenadedthem with the tracks that werefinally published and printed aftera two-year effort by the WildDomestic boys.

When asked to describe thealbum in his own words, guitaristAndrew Lennox could onlyrespond with one word:“Finished.” He went on to describethe long awaited album as “anaccumulation of learning experi-ences, playing together, and livingtogether.” The band, also includingJoe Thorner, Ed Murphy, DevonMcCurry, Nathan Lamb and ZachHoffman, had begun the recordingprocess back in 2009 at the Co-Opin London, Ontario. “We hadmany, many nights where we didnot sleep at all. We recorded mostof the record in a room that had nonatural light. This is enough tomake a group of guys get kookytogether,” said Lennox.

He explained that at the begin-ning things did not work in theirfavour and were chaotic at first.“We had a few setbacks in thisrental space, one that involved usrecording six songs live off thefloor, only to find that we couldnot use any of it because the drumaudio was bleeding into the othermicrophones on the other instru-ments.” None of the audio waseditable.

The recording process finallyfinished in October of this year inthe home of close friend DrewSkitt in Alymer, Ontario. “He wasvery generous in welcoming usinto his home, feeding us and evengetting involved in some of therecording processes,” Lennox stat-

ed. “Overall, we will never forget

this experience; it is our passioncoming to life.”

Fans who were able to pick upcopies of the album, whether it wason CD or limited edition vinyl,soon discovered that the time, ded-ication and patience from WildDomestic was well worth it. Thefive-track self-titled full-lengthfrom the Sarnia boys (who nowreside in London) shows off exact-ly what they can do and the kind ofnoise they are capable of creating.Anyone who has seen the bandperform in the past knows that thepercussions includes two drum kitsthat work in unison together to cre-ate a powerful sound withoutwashing out the rest of the instru-ments. The band was able to carrythat sound on to the album withtheir symphonic sound in suchtracks as “UniversallyKnown/Already Forgotten,” aseven-minute long instrumentalmelody that does not need vocalsto keep the listener’s attention.Vocals do play a large part on var-

ious other tracks including “What

Once Ran Wild,” a track that per-fectly demonstrates the harmoniza-tion of the lead vocals fromLennox and Thorner, and“Cowboy Boots and Casual Suits,”with the contrast of its calm andsubtle beginning to loud and rockyend assisted by Thorner’s strongand raw voice.

Lennox credited WildDomestic’s ability to harmonizeand synchronize with each other asthe fact that they have been able toinfluence each other. “We had toconnect with each other in a differ-ent way in order to write andrecord this material,” he explained.“We had to prove to ourselves thatwe could communicate clearly andeffectively with each other. I thinkwe achieved that to some degree.”

The long-awaited and beautiful-ly crafted debut album from WildDomestic is now available fordownload atwilddomesticband.bandcamp.com.

CREDIT: COVER ART BY JENNA POWELL

CREDIT: HUDDLEMUSIC

MADISON FOSTERINTERROBANG

Wild Domestic’s debut wellworth the wait


Many talented and creative peo-ple have been passing through thehalls of Fanshawe College over thepast 40 or so years, so it’s no sur-prise that every once in a while,someone makes it big. People likeET Canada’s Cheryl Hickey,Survivorman Les Stroud, andAcademy Award winner PaulHaggis all attended Fanshawe.

Lately, there has been a buzzaround the college about anothername that will someday be addedto that list, and what a name it is.Eighteen-year-old Haviah Mightyis in her first year of the MusicIndustry Arts (MIA) program andis a Resident Advisor at KestralCourt. Upon meeting her, sheseems like a normal college stu-dent, but she’s anything but aver-age.

Mighty is a singer, rapper, writerand producer, and she is a serious-ly talented woman. If anything, shehas every right to brag about herskills, but she possesses a confi-dent modesty that makes herextremely charming.

Her music, which is often com-pared to that of Nicki Minaj, variesfrom rap and hip-hop to catchytop-40 music that makes you wantto dance. Mighty also has a senseof humour that can be seen in hermusic video and song “Look AtMy Hair,” a parody cover of ChrisBrown’s “Look At Me Now.”Mighty just released her five-songEP, Eighteen, this fall.

Mighty grew up in a musicalfamily; all her sisters play piano

and one is even a piano teacher.She began taking vocal trainingwhen she was four years old, andhas since made it to the final audi-tion of the Broadway show TheLion King in Toronto, and in 2009won a competition hosted by ChrisBrown Entertainment for creatingthe best remix of his song “I CanTransform Ya.” She has evenopened for big names like DannyFernandez, Shawn Desman andKarl Wolf.

In terms of lyrics, her songscover a wide variety of topics. “Itranges from being fun songs youcan dance at a club to, to importantissues teenagers face and that cer-tain groups face,” said Mighty. “Itdepends on the beat that either I’vecreated or that was given to me,and the feeling it has. What I feelthat an audience would gauge fromit is where the lyrical contentwould manifest, and then I writebased on what the beat makes mefeel,” she said of her creativeprocess.

Alex Foster-Roman, a fellowMIA student and Mighty’s hypeman, who gets the crowed pumpedup at her shows, is a definite fan.“She’s really versatile; she can doa lot of different things, like pro-duce a lot of her own stuff and singand rap at the same time. I kindahelp her out when she performs, soI know she’s a good performer,” hesaid. “She has an abundance ofswag.”

Swag aside, what makes Mightystand out from many other up-and-comers is her brain: she’s intelli-gent, grounded and has a firm

grasp on the reality of the musicindustry. “I’m (at Fanshawe) tolearn everything in terms of engi-neering and production. I don’twant anything to hold me back inthe sense that I won’t have theknowledge to do it myself … Iwant to be able to do everythingmyself so that when things holdyou back, which they often do inthe music industry, I’m not goingto be the artist that’s held back,”she said.

As for her future, Mighty planson moving to the United Stateswhere she can pursue her musiccareer as an artist and producer.“Producing for other people is def-initely an option, but I think being

an artist, vocals are more my focusat this time. I’m building more as aproducer, I know how to producefor myself very well, but I’m notsure if I can produce for other peo-ple. Eventually, one day, for sureI’ll be there, but it would be betterto collaborate with people forsongs … I think that’s more myfocus at this time.”

MIA student Paige LaButteknows that Mighty is someone towatch. “I think her music is real.She’s super talented, the fact thatshe can write, sing, rap, do it all.She’s got a big future. She’s got somany opportunities because there’sso many different roads that shecan go down, so many options.”

One thing is certain, no matterwhere Haviah Mighty ends up, shewill leave a lasting impression oneveryone she meets.

You can check out Mighty foryourself when she opens for MicLordz & Sauce Funky at the OutBack Shack on November 25 –tickets are available at the BizBooth.

For more information on HaviahMighty, find her on Facebook, fol-low her on Twitter @haviahmightyor visit her website haviah-mighty.com. She can also be foundon YouTube and her song “DrinksOn Go” can be downloaded oniTunes.

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Haviah Mighty recently released a five-song EP titled Eighteen. CREDIT: ANTHONY CHANG

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We’re nearing the end ofNovember, which has beenFinancial Literacy Month inCanada. The Financial LiteracyAction Group, a coalition of not-for-profit organizations, describesFinancial Literacy Month as“activities and events that highlightthe need for increased financial lit-eracy in Canada, as well as the pro-grams, services and tools that helpCanadians improve their knowl-edge, skills and confidence in mak-ing the best financial choices forthemselves.”

It’s difficult to understand howto manage your money if you don’thave a basic grip on personalfinance, as well as public finance.I’ve used this column in the past toimpart financial knowledge that Ithought would be useful to otherstudents. This week, I actuallywant to focus on another importantaspect of financial literacy: theability to read the financial newsand understand what is going on inthe economy. In other words, pub-lic finance. To do this, I’ll coversome very basic terms and exam-ples.

Here are a few key terms youmight see in newspaper articles onthe European debt crisis:

Central bank: A central bank is

the government organization thatsets monetary policy (describedbelow). In Canada, it’s called theBank of Canada. In the U.S., it’sthe Federal Reserve (commonlycalled “the Fed” in the financialmedia). In the European Union, it’sthe European Central Bank. Mostcountries have their own version ofa central bank.

Inflation: The rise in prices overa period of time. Inflation tends togo up over time, so that thingswere far cheaper years ago thanthey are now. Disinflation is wheninflation is still going up, but at aslower than normal rate. Deflationis when prices are actually decreas-ing. Inflation is something weshould be personally concernedwith because it erodes our savingsas well as our purchasing power.

Purchasing power: The amountyou can buy with your money.This goes down as inflation goesup (and vice versa), since inflationmakes it so that things cost morethan they once did.

Monetary Policy: This isdescribed by the Bank of Canadawebsite as being “concerned withhow much money circulates in theeconomy and what that money isworth.” Monetary policy is mainlyconcerned with inflation and, inCanada, the Bank of Canada con-trols inflation by changing interestrates it charges to lend money tobanks. The target is generally oneto three per cent inflation per year.

Fiscal Policy: This is about tax-ation and how government spend-ing affects the economy. Fiscal

policy is mainly set each yearwhen parliament passes its budget.The difference between monetarypolicy and fiscal policy (besidesthat the former is controlled by theBank of Canada the latter by par-liament) is that monetary policydeals largely with inflation and fis-cal policy largely with taxation.

I hope these definitions help younavigate some of what’s beingreported lately in the financialnews. This stuff is pretty complexand I’ve definitely only scratchedthe surface. However, publicfinance is an incredibly importantpart of our society, and it will bemuch better for your wallet if youeven just have a basic understand-ing of what’s going on in the finan-cial world.

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Jeremy Wall is studyingProfessional Financial Services atFanshawe College. He holds anHonour’s Bachelor of Arts fromthe University of Western Ontario.

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Convenience, comfort and caf-feine... what more could studentsask for? Thanks to the collectivedemand for such necessities, oneneed not walk farther than a blockor two in any direction in mosturban areas to locate at least oneshop that makes baked goods andhot beverages their business.

This coffee shop trend has beengoing on for decades, becomingespecially popular in the ’90s(think Central Perk from Friends).For the most part, there is nothingnegative about this recent develop-ment in coffee culture; coffeeshops provide us a place to meetup, catch up and, of course, perkup. However, as corporate caféestablishments continue to grow,their nutritional standards continueto fall.

Companies want to make the“big bucks,” and, unfortunately,it’s simpler to sell products that areloaded with unnecessary sugarsand additives. It’s easy for cus-tomers to get hooked on productsthat are convenient and tasty, espe-cially when they aren’t aware ofthe garbage they are really puttinginto their bodies. Luckily for thebusinesses, they are not legallyrequired to print their nutritionalfacts on their products. No, tolocate that kind of top-secretknowledge, you need initiative(and, quite frankly, bravery)!

These nutritional facts are hid-den for a reason. Nobody wants toface the hard truth that your seem-ingly innocent raisin bran muffinfrom Tim Horton’s packs a total of410 calories, including 13 grams offat and 40 grams of sugar. Muffinsare indeed the nutritional devils indisguise. To top it off, many fast-

food restaurants like Tim Hortonsuse deceptive words like “whole-grain,” “bran” and “low-fat” totrick you into thinking you are eat-ing something healthy. In reality,these supposed “diet” menu itemsare more often than not just as highin calories as the regular menuitems (and those at least havechocolate!). In fact, these mislead-ing muffins and pastries are ofteneven higher in sugar content fromthe companies attempting to com-pensate for the meagre amount ofquality nutrition they added todraw health-conscious customersin.

Designer café drinks are anothersilent but deadly killer for yourhealth. If you’re not careful, youcould be drinking up to 500 calo-ries with a “Venti” sized beverageat Starbucks… and that’s not evenincluding the whipped topping orchocolate shavings! In otherwords, people can unwittingly gulpdown the caloric equivalent of ameal. That’s not to say occasional-ly indulging in sweet treats iswrong; denying yourself too muchcan increase your chances of over-eating later. The key to maintain-ing a healthy diet is knowing whento say yes and when to say no.

If you’re hooked on the ‘Bucksor your tri-daily Timmies, there areways to spoil yourself withoutspoiling your health. Choosingskim milk, sugar-free options andskipping the whipped cream on topare options to significantly loweryour caloric intake. Ordering yourdrink a size smaller and conscious-ly sipping it slowly will not onlysave you precious cash, but it willalso increase your overall appreci-ation for it. Psychological studiesshow that focusing on the texturesand flavours of what you eat anddrink has a relaxing and rewardingeffect. Your wallet and waistlinewill thank you.

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VANCOUVER (CUP) — Oneof Kate Beaton’s first comics was acrudely drawn doodle done on MSPaint with a headline of, “WhoopsI am a lady on the internet,” featur-ing her as a stick figure in front ofa laptop reading, “hey I think ursexi I like ur comixs I think I amstalking u I hope that’s ok??” onthe screen of her computer.

Now, with her new book Hark!A Vagrant on the top of the NewYork Times bestseller list for hard-cover graphic novels, there’s no“whoops” about it. Combining art,wit, history, and eventually shed-ding MS Paint for hand-drawncomics, Kate Beaton has taken theInternet by storm. She most recent-ly made an appearance at theVancouver International WritersFestival, in conversation with radiohost Bill Richardson, where shewas unique as a graphic novelistamong many other authors of theconventional form.

Born in Cape Breton, NovaScotia, Beaton aspired to be an ani-mator as a child. She then got adegree in history and anthropologyat Mount Allison University inNew Brunswick, but it was in 2007when she first found her callingmaking comics. Beaton explainedthat it started out as a personalproject: “I had been doing themand putting them on Facebook forfriends to see, and then I got such agood response and encouragementfrom people to do my own website.So I just did, and never reallylooked back.”

Despite there being thousands ofweb comics, Hark! A Vagrant isone of the few to prove profitable.“I had no idea anything I madewould be so well-received,”Beatson said. “The thing is, Iwould have been doing this any-way. Maybe not so much on a largescale, but I would be makingcomics; I have been for a longtime.”

Beaton’s popularity is due notonly because of her art or writing,but also because she has struck a

nerve with a previously undiscov-ered niche. While most webcomics such as The Oatmeal andAmazing Super Powers are aboutvideo games or pop culture, Hark!A Vagrant is about history. Themajority of Beaton’s work consistsof comics about historical figuressuch as Napoleon, as well a fewforays into comics about mystery-solving teens and the adventures ofan overweight pony. Beatonexplained, “I chose to make comicsabout history because I think it’sinteresting and I like it.”

One of the most fascinatingthings about Hark! A Vagrant isthe art. In an industry ruled bycomics done on a computer, it issomewhat fitting that a comicabout history is done by hand. “Idraw it with pencils and then I usea pen on top; it is terribly simplis-tic. I use brush pens for lines and Iuse greyscale markers and water-colour to shade it.”

Beaton’s work shows great skillin both facial expressions and pac-ing. The dialogue Beaton writes isalso distinct compared to others inthe medium: most of the dialogueshe writes has no punctuation andis oddly phrased.

“This may sound strange, but Ithink part of that comes from theplace where I was raised. CapeBreton, like Newfoundland, isfamous for odd turns of phrase, andwhile you wouldn’t notice it if youwere speaking to me, I’ve retaineda lot of that different speech struc-ture — especially with myapproach to humour, which isdirectly related to the old Gaelic-style humour of Nova Scotia,” shesaid.

While some people prefer toplace importance on one overanother, Beaton believes that artand writing are equally important.

“People like to think of comicsin terms of a division of labourbecause some people are better atone aspect than the other, orbecause some people collaborate inthis way.” However, Beaton added,“When you are presenting a storyin words and pictures, there is no

way one can just carry the other,and I believe most comic artistsdon’t think of them separately.”

The web comic industry is abooming one. Despite providingtheir content for free, comics suchas Penny Arcade, xkcd andDinosaur Comics are able to makemoney through website advertise-ments and merchandising. PennyArcade even has its own gamerconvention, Penny Arcade Expo,and charity, Child’s Play, benefit-ing patients of children’s hospitals.

One benefit to having comicsonline, as opposed to on paper, isthe wealth of possibilities found ina digital medium: comics such as

Loldwell, for instance, adds smallanimations to their panels. Anotheradvantage is that web comics canbe accessed from just about any-where, and larger comic companiesare noticing. In order to find anissue of Spiderman, one used tohave to visit a store that specializedin comics; now these issues areeasily accessed on the internet.Marvel, DC and Viz, to name afew, all offer online content. It wasrecently announced that theAmerican manga magazine,Shonen Jump, will cease print byApril 2012 and become availableonly online.

As the print world fades, more

people are using the internet to dis-cover independent gems. Beaton’stalents and quirky sense of humourhave made her one of the mostpopular web comic artists online,with a website that gets 1.2 millionhits every month. What’s more,while other comics are movingfrom print to internet, Beaton’ssuccess has even transcended heronline roots with the book sales toback it up. This could be explainedby her love for what she does: bycombining her two passions, shehas created strips filled withhumour and insight.

Kate Beaton’s comics can beaccessed online at harkavagrant.com.

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I’ve never dated anyone. It’s aconfession I hate making becausepeople then think there is some-thing wrong with me. Well, thereisn’t, thank you very much. I amconstantly finding that being infashion, it is hard to be attracted toa man who cannot dress himself.I’m not asking for an Elmer Olsenmodel who can undress me withhis eyes, I’m just asking for some-one who knows how to dress them-selves stylishly and successfully.Every woman likes something dif-ferent, but these are the things Ihave encountered on my journeyand what should just become com-mon sense.

Who are you?This isn’t a rule; this is some-

thing you just need to know.Flamboyantly gay men can out-dress almost any straight man. I’mdead serious. Gay men, from myexperience, always look so sexy –they dress, they coordinate andthey pull it off without looking likethey try too hard. I’m not sure whythey all have this superpower, butthey do. The reason why I thinkgay men are so exceptional atdressing themselves is because gaymen have a task that straight menhave never had: coming out of thecloset. As a straight woman, I canonly imagine what this is like. Ifeel as though it requires a greatdeal of self-discovery and realiza-tion of who you are. In this realiza-tion, I feel as though a sense of selfemerges and you develop a style.Unless someone has to recognizewho they are and what type of per-son they are, it’s hard to develop aconcrete style. So step one is figureout what type of person you areand what you like.

Back to basicsWhen in doubt, stick to an origi-

nal look. Let me explain: womenlike dark jeans and a white t-shirt;we don’t know why, but there issomething sexy in simplicity.Sometimes the best outfit is some-thing that you didn’t think about.Most men try too hard in the wrong

way: they over-think. You don’thave to. The basics that YOU needinclude a pair of black jeans, darkwash jeans, an array of t-shirts (v-necks if you have chest hair) andsome sexy shoes. We like whenguys have some classic style. Itsays a lot about you, and also it’seasy to pull off; you don’t have toworry about colours, patterns andprints, you just need to make sureyour clothes are clean.

Think like a womanI know this rule is probably turn-

ing you off, but if you want toimpress a woman, think like one.Women put so much effort intohow they dress (well, most of thetime). We match our jewelry ortake fashion risks. We try new

things in the hopes of discovering agood look for ourselves or some-thing we like. Women pay atten-tion to the little things. We’llnotice if you smell good, if yourpants are clean, etc. Women areattentive and we want to know thatyou put effort into the small stuff;it also says a lot about your per-sonality. So take care of yourappearance, it’s sexy.

These are a few of the things Ihave noticed over the years. Icould keep going, but I feel asthough the rest are things we needto discover on our own. Fashion ismeant to be played with, but thereare also some ground rules that arereasonable and important to recog-nize. Go get your sexy on.

CHRISTINA KUBIWKALASHNIKFASHION WRITER

As the colder season starts to hitand the sun’s hours are quicklydwindling away, our tans and nat-ural glow begin to fade. Our com-plexions start to turn a ghostlywhite, so we usually resort to oneof two things: finding clothes thatcover as much skin as possible orlooking for ways to bring our tansback (some are healthier than oth-ers). There are a few healthy waysto keep that beautiful glowthroughout the dreaded winter sea-son.

Most men and women willresort to the most unsafe and riskyavenue of keeping a tan: going to atanning salon or parlour. Mostpeople think that tanning salonswill offer the best and longest-last-ing results, which is not necessari-ly true. Also, the UVA and UVBrays that these tanning beds emitcan cause detrimental effects to thetop and bottom layers of the skin.Too much exposure to these rayscan cause things such as prematureaging (age spots, wrinkles), skincancer and could potentially evenlead to eye cancer. There are manyother ways to keep that glow with-out having to put yourself in a haz-ardous situation.

The quickest way to add thatglow back to your complexion isby using a matte bronzer and afairly large kabuki brush. You canapply the bronzer to the face and

blend it down the neck so you getan even complexion. With thebronzer, you can also apply it tothe rest of the body (down yourarms and shoulders). However,this method is not permanent andwill come off with the slightest bitof water or sweat, so putting asealant over the bronzer is highlyrecommended.

The most effective way to keepthat bronzed glow throughout thewinter season is by using a self-tanning spray, lotion or cream. Alot of people have this idea thatself-tanners are streaky, leave youlooking orange and don’t last long,but with advanced cosmetic tech-nology, all these statements areuntrue. Self-tanners such asGuerlain’s Terracotta Self-Tanning Spray, L’Oreal SublimeGLOW and Clarins Self TanningInstant Gel provide that perfectbronzed look and dry extremelyquickly so you aren’t left with anystreaks.

While a lot of people are hesi-tant to pay for expensive cosmeticswhen there are cheaper alterna-tives, the more you pay for self-tanners, the higher the quality willbe. The more prestigious brandstend to dry a lot quicker, lastlonger and provide the best results.

Even though the dark, cold win-ter season is coming, there aremany products and techniques youcan follow to keep your beautifulcomplexion glowing. Avoid theharmful methods such as the UVAand UVB rays and stick to theproducts that will help nourish theskin as well as help you keep yourglow on all winter.

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The Fanshawe Student Union isholding its first-ever Trivia Night,and you’re invited!

The November 23 event at theOut Back Shack will be hosted bytrivia queen Emma Newman, VPEntertainment, who is pretty sureshe’d win if she didn’t have toread out the questions. The funstarts at 8 p.m. and runs till 10:30.

Team up with at least two (butno more than four) of yoursmartest friends and compete forthe $200 cash prize for the topteam. Cash prizes will be awardedto the teams that come in secondand third place as well.

Sign your team up at the BizBooth – the sign-up fee is $5 – andstart brushing up on topics fromsports to medicine to entertain-ment, but don’t worry, there won’tbe any chemistry or math ques-tions! Space is limited, so signyour team up today.

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It’s only mid-November, but theholiday music – and shoppingchaos that comes with it – hasseeped through retailers and con-sumers alike. Extended hours,frenzied gift-seekers and fear of alisted item being out of stock leadsto elbowing and hostility. Longlines of fidgety children waiting tosee Santa and live bands trumpet-ing carols can seriously lead to astressful (or at least a sensory over-loaded) shopping experience.

While the holidays are bound toevoke a sense of panic in shoppersfrom here to eternity, I dream ofholidays spent abroad and wonderwhy shopping in December is infi-nitely more enjoyable inAmsterdam or Tel Aviv. Yes, thebeach and warm temperatureshelp, but other frozen climates stillseem to offer a decidedly morerelaxing and enjoyable shoppingexperience than here in ourbeloved land.

Wondering exactly what essenceit is we’re missing here, I let mythoughts drift to holiday time spentin Euros or Australian dollars.Collections exclusively sold else-where are a start. The thrill of find-ing a piece you know will be 100per cent original back home cer-tainly gives a sense of accomplish-ment and gratification to everyshopper searching for the perfectChristmas gift (or a little holidaypersonal pick-me-up – hey, we’veall been there). But the more I

think about my most pleasing holi-day shopping experiences, they allhave one distinct similarity: theyare all a little fuzzy.

Thankfully, this isn’t becausemy memory is giving out. Havinga total ‘EUREKA!’ moment, Irealize the most pleasurable holi-day shopping jaunts literally havea glass half full. In the sparklingnew and luxurious shopping centreCrystals in Las Vegas, your glasswill be half full of the delightfullyfizzy Moët and Chandon.Browsing the boutiques in the his-torical and charming Le Maraisarea of Paris will surely lead you towander around with a cocktail,easily set upon a curio table whileyou shop. Looking for lingerie inthe sexy São Paulo? A sweet andauthentic caipirinha makes every-thing that much better. Perhaps it’sthe feeling of truly being ‘served’by the sales associates while shop-ping in a store that contributes toan overall five-star shopping trip,or maybe it’s the woozy haze ofthe alcohol that elicits feelings ofcheer (and not the holiday kind).

From a retailer’s perspective, aslightly buzzed shopper makes fora far superior experience on theirend as well. Forking over $700 fora cashmere sweater was a piece ofcake when I was easily swayed bythe champagne and sweet talkwhile once on a slightly intoxicat-ed shopping crusade. The sweaterin question, although still gorgeousand deeply admired, sits foldedperfectly in my “nice clothes”drawer because I’m terrified towear it in fear of spilling or, Godforbid, pulling. Maybe I just needto down a Ketel One and soda toget the same confidence to wear itas I did when I bought it.

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The Kiki De Montparnasse boutique in Los Angeles: where cashmeresweater purchases and favourite drunk shopping sprees occur.


We live in a world guided bydouble standards. Not only havewe all been victims of double stan-dards but we all have also beenguilty of holding others to them.Men and women are continuouslycasualties of society’s ridiculousnorms, most of which belittlewomen and revere men in relation-ships.

Men are admired, women arecougars. Men date youngerwomen all the time, and they arepraised by others for their ability tostill seduce gorgeous women whilein their 40s. Women, on the otherhand, date a younger man and thatis enough to turn heads from milesaround. Not only are they judged,society has named these womencougars! Cougars are predatorsthat pursue their prey (in this caseyoung men) and eat them to sur-vive. Not to mention cougarsaren’t even a dominant predatorlike jaguars or lions, they are basi-cally huge cats – talk about insult-ing. Why is it acceptable for mento want someone younger, whilewomen should feel ashamed, eventhough older women look youngerthan their male counterparts?

Let’s not forget the infamous“women are crazy.” It seems thatno matter what a girl does, most ofthe time her actions are consideredinsane. If she ever does somethingout of line, it’s attributed to the factthat all girls are “crazy” – but they

can’t help it, it’s genetic. On theother hand, a guy’s actions arealways justified as concern or thathe really loves you, and are some-times even deemed romantic. It’snever because he is out of hismind. For instance, a girl questionsa guy about what he is doing, she isseen as crazy, but a guy who doesthe same thing is looked at as a car-ing boyfriend. Not only do men seegirls as crazy, but it has gotten tothe point where we ourselves lookat our own actions as crazy, evenwhen they aren’t. We begin to sec-ond-guess ourselves because ofwhat men have put into our heads.Now that is insane.

Men are whipped, women areneedy. If a girl wants to spend a lotof time with her boyfriend, she isoften looked at as needy or clingy,neither of which are flatteringqualities. No girl wants to be called“clingy” because it scares men asmuch as the words “periods” and“tampons” do! The reason you arein a relationship is because youwant to spend time with them; thatshouldn’t have a negative connota-tion. However, if a guy wants tospend most of his time with hisgirlfriend, he is considered“whipped,” inevitably making itthe girl’s fault because she controlsthe guy, so he has no say in whathe does. It’s funny how he wouldnever be considered needy orclingy, though; if he wants tospend time with his girlfriend, it’sbecause he has no control over hisactions.

Men are praised, women areeasy. Guys who sleep around areglorified by other men. If a guymeets a girl at the bar and bringsher home, the next morning the

guy high-fives his friends and callsthe girl he just slept with a slut. Ican’t even remember how manytimes I have heard guys tell me sto-ries similar to that. How is it thatthe guy is “the man” but the girl iseasy? Guys are scared of girls whohave a lot of experience in the bed-room. I know guys who have beenwith over 20 girls, but have toldme they would never go for a girlwho has been with over 10 guysbecause that’s “dirty.” That does-n’t make any sense. How could shebe considered “dirty” when youhave been with more than twicethat amount? It’s plain and simple:guys get all the glory the more theyscore, and when girls do the same,they are considered whores.

It’s always the guy’s fault.There is one double standard thatdoesn’t glorify men, if anything itembarrasses men, and that is in thebedroom. If a guy has a difficulttime performing, we automaticallyblame him. He clearly has someissues in the bedroom, or somemedical problems and should con-sider something like Viagra. If agirl can’t “enjoy it,” it’s becausethe guy doesn’t know what he isdoing, or he isn’t that good. It’snever the girl’s fault, even thoughin reality it can be.

It’s hard to ignore these doublestandards along with the many oth-ers that are so prominent in oursociety. Unfortunately, this makesit hard for us to be consideredequals in a relationship. Until theworld finally understands thatrules of men and women shouldapply equally, guys will continueto get “gold stars” for their actions,while women will continue to beridiculed for theirs.

The one element that truly makes along distance relationship unlike anyother is the periods of separationfaced by you and your partner.

Some long distance couples livewithin a few hours of each other andare afforded the opportunity to seeeach other every weekend, whilesome live a more considerable dis-tance and can only get together everyonce in a while. No matter which ofthese two categories you find yourrelationship in, there will inevitablybe periods of separation between youand your significant other. I mean,that’s what long distance relation-ships are all about, right?

Some people are extremely inde-pendent and thrive during the periodsof separation, while others aren’tquite sure what to do to get through.The one thing that I’ve learnedthrough some very bumpy personalexperiences is that you have to dosomething to cope with the separa-tion; ignoring it or pretending that it’snot happening will only make thingsworse.

Here are this week’s tips for howto deal when your partner is far away:

- Make the most of your free time.Have a TV show that you love towatch but your partner can’t stand(Grey’s Anatomy, anyone?), or doyou have a hobby like knitting, scrap-

booking or gaming that you cannever seem to find the time to do?During times of separation, focus onall the things that you like to do thatyour partner doesn’t. This way, youwill feel like you are getting the mostout of your alone time.

- Get a new hobby. Try somethingnew like cooking, knitting, sewing –anything that you’ve never donebefore that you find interesting.Taking up a new hobby is a way topass the time while your significantother is away as well as a way to feelmore fulfilled personally.

- Make new friends. Maybe you’reone of those people who only has aclose, core group of friends and theyalways seem to be busy with theirboyfriends and girlfriends, leavingyou alone. Try branching out andfinding new people to spend timewith. Try people in your classes orpeople you work with. Or try getting

closer with those people that youwould only consider acquaintances.Spending more time with friends willhelp you feel like you still have a full,happy life, even when you can’t seeyour significant other.

- Say YES to invitations. Not thepartying type? That’s okay, but ifyour classmates are having a partyand they invite you, say yes! This isboth a great way to expand your cir-cle of friends, spend an evening sur-rounded by people having fun, and toenjoy yourself instead of sitting athome pining for your partner. Ifyou’re not a big partier, you don’thave to go crazy; it’s okay to say noto the drinks and to head home at areasonable time. But I promise you’llhave more fun out with friends thanyou’ll have sitting at home alone.

Stay tuned next week for tips onhow to keep the spark alive.

Long separationsFASHION WRITERAIMEE BROTHMAN

Love, Lust & LiesPatricia [email protected]

LONG DISTANCELOVEAlison [email protected]

Let’s talk double standards


Immortals (2011)

Imagine a movie where ancientwarriors battle for the power of thegods. Now, imagine that samemovie but in a much more intense,in your face, unavoidable kind ofway. That, ladies and gentlemen, isImmortals.

The plot of the latest action flickfrom director Tarsem Singh, a rel-ative newcomer to the directingscene but well known for his workdirecting 2000’s The Cell, is sim-ple almost to a fault. Greece isdivided between the HellenicGreeks and those who hail fromCrete. The two groups go to warwith one another over the mythicalEpirus Bow – the weapon said tohave the power to unleash an armyof immortal Titans. There are alsogods who struggle with whether ornot to interfere with the affairs of

mankind, mortals with the strengthof the gods, oracles, minotaurs andcountless other ancient icons pres-ent in Immortals. All things con-sidered, the plotline is tired andoverdone.

The cast of Immortals is surpris-ingly filled with some of arguablythe most talented actors of multiplegenerations. Henry Cavill stars asTheseus, the strong but reluctantsoldier who is destined to savemankind from utter destruction.Fans will remember Cavill best forhis long-surviving characterCharles Brandon in The Tudors.Cavill clearly put in hours uponhours of hard work to get in shapefor this physically demanding role,and his skills as an action star areimpressive to say the least.

Mickey Rourke takes on the roleof King Hyperion, the barbaricruler of the Cretan Greeks. Rourkeplays this nasty role with the sortof creepiness and brutality thatonly Rourke can give, and thus isperfectly cast.

Stephen Dorff brings to lifeTheseus’ right-hand man Stavrosand proves that he can hold hisown among such heavy-hittingaction stars as Cavill and Rourke.Freida Pinto, who played the

unforgettable role of Latika inSlumdog Millionaire, playsPhaedra, the “virgin oracle” whohas been blessed with the gift ofvisions. Pinto is, as always, beauti-ful, graceful and a joy to watchonscreen.

Rounding out the stunning talentof Immortals is the great JohnHurt, who brings to life the wiseand mysterious “Old Man.” Hurt isas strong as ever in this small butpowerful role.

Kellan Lutz, Isabel Lucas,Daniel Sherman, and Luke Evansround out the gods as Poseidon,Athena, Aries and Zeus, respec-tively.

It is a shame that the immenseacting talent present in Immortalsis overshadowed by what can onlybe called an attack on the senses.The 3D is overwhelming anddizzying and the soundtrack playsso loudly that you can’t hear your-self think.

All things considered, Immortalsis a bland story with over-the-topeffects and unfortunately no cast inthe world could make that enjoy-able. However if you thought that300 was the best thing since slicedbread, then Immortals is probablyexactly what you’re looking for.

Immortals an intense experience

REEL VIEWSAlison [email protected]

CREDIT: JAN THIJS

Mickey Rourke is one of the stars in Immortals.

Once upon a time, video gamesand movies mixed like oil andwater. No, on further reflection,they mixed like oil and a lit match.Anyone who watched theirfavourite films like Total Recalland Back to the Future turned intoabysmal messes on the oldNintendo Entertainment Systemwill confirm this, as will anyonewho sat through the motion pictureiterations of Double Dragon andSuper Mario Bros.

Thankfully, things haveimproved over the years. We havegotten some incredible Star Warsgames, and some very enjoyableResident Evil films. This week I’llbe taking a look at two recentlyreleased DVDs based on hot videogames.

Red vs. Blue Season 9 – Red vs.Blue is a long-running series basedon the very popular Xbox seriesHalo. Now by looking at the coverartwork and reading a brief synop-sis, you might be under the impres-sion that this disc would featureundistinguishable red soldiers andblue soldiers battling it out for twostraight hours. Thankfully, that isnot the case. For while the series isnot without its share of action, it isprimarily a comedy.

The series is an example ofmachinima, which refers to thetechnique of taking footage from avideo game and adding dialogue toit. In this case, the dialogue is pro-fanity-laced and very funny. Farfrom being a series about name-less, faceless soldiers as I hadfeared, we get to know the maincharacters very well, as this is avery dialogue heavy production.

Originally presented online as20 episodes, Red vs. Blue Season 9is now available on DVD as a one90-minute long production com-plete with director’s commentary,

deleted scenes and some humorouspublic service announcements.

Assassin’s Creed Lineage(2009) – If you haven’t heard ofAssassin’s Creed yet, I’m sure yousoon will. The latest video game inthe series, Assassin’s Creed:Revelations was just released onNovember 15, and will be undermany Christmas trees this year.

Ubisoft, the developer of theseries, made the leap into the film-making business back in 2009 withAssassin’s Creed: Lineage, a live-action prequel to the Assassin’sCreed II game. Unlike Red vs.Blue, this film does take itself seri-ously.

The short film takes place in14th century Italy and introducesus to the hooded assassin Giovanni(father of Ezio from the games). Aconspiracy is afoot to assassinate apowerful family, which will lead toa string of events that turn Italyupside down – who knows whatthat would do to the LeaningTower of Pisa. Luckily, Giovanniand his assortment of stabbingdevices are present to intervene.

This is a very well done produc-tion. The acting is quite good, andit is very well shot. I’m not surewhat the budget was, but it doesnot look like they scrimped at all. Iknew nothing of the Assassin’sCreed story going in, and afterwatching it, I wanted to knowmore.

Assassin’s Creed: Lineage isnow available on DVD. The filmitself is 35 minutes long, but thedisc contains 90 minutes of extras.

Red vs. Blue Season 9 andAssassin’s Creed: Lineage are twovery different productions. One isvery comical and breezy, whileone is dark and brooding. But theyare both thoroughly entertaining,and show that video games canindeed be turned into watchablefilms. Now will somebody pleaseget to work on a Tetris film?

Set down joysticks,grab some popcorn

BARON BLACKWELLINTERROBANG


The first impression you makemeeting a potential new employermay be vital to surviving the inter-view, so make it a favourable one.You may feel confident with yourcommunication style, firm hand-shake and direct eye contact, buthave you fallen short on your per-sonal grooming and attire? Afterall, people do judge a book by itscover. For men, dressing for aninterview is simple: a suit and tiewill work for any setting. Forwomen, knowing exactly how todress and what to wear can bemore complicated.

Today, the question of how todress for a job interview seemsharder to answer than ever before.Office dress codes vary dramati-cally from company to companyand industry to industry. The stan-dard of a conservative jacket andskirt for women has given way to amultitude of fashion ensembles.Many companies offer a businesscasual dress code while somemaintain a traditional businesscode and expect those interviewingfor jobs to at least be well dressed.

Rather than leaving it to chance,the first thing you should do isresearch and find out what theappropriate dress code is for thatcompany. Showing that you knowsomething about the office cultureis a signal to the interviewer thatyou take the job opportunity, thecompany and yourself seriously.So raise the bar on your interviewattire to be at least one notch high-er than what employees in thecompany would wear on a dailybasis.

Most human resources andcareer professionals say that if youare at all unsure of what to wear to

a job interview that you should erron the conservative side and wear asuit. This applies to both the gen-tlemen and the ladies. For the casu-al interview, guys can leave off thejacket, but make sure you weardress pants and a good shirt whichmay be paired with a sweater.Ladies, wear a nice knit top withthe suit pants or skirt; for anythingdressier, throw on the jacket.Although pants used to be consid-ered more casual by the businessworld, today a pant suit is seen asthe female equivalent to the man’straditional suit and tie. And,because pants are easier to pairwith other separates, you willprobably get more mileage out of apant suit than a skirt suit. The num-ber one rule is make sure you arecomfortable in whatever you wear!The interview process is nerve-racking enough without the addedstress created by selecting thewrong outfit.

Once you’ve selected the perfectinterview outfit, be sure to checkon your personal grooming anddon’t forget to minimize suchthings as jewellery, perfume orcologne and by all means leaveyour backpack at home. Look goodbut don’t overdo it. Just rememberto wear something you feel good inand upon reflection in a mirror areconfident that you’ve made a goodfirst impression.

Got questions or need help inyour job search? Drop by theCareer Services office located inRoom D1063. Career Services staffare available to assist you on anindividual basis. Visit the office inD1063 to arrange an appointmentwith the consultant responsible foryour program or call 519-452-4294. For Fanshawe student joblistings visit fanshaweonline.ca orwww.fanshawec.ca/careerservices.To join the Career ServicesFacebook group, visittinyurl.com/fanshawecareerservices.

CAREER CORNER Susan CoyneCareer ServicesConsultant Fanshawe Career Services

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HURON UNIVERSITY COLLEGEINFORMATION SESSION. Date:Tuesday, November 15, 12 - 1 p.m.in D1041; King’s University CollegeInformation Session, Tuesday,November 22, 12 - 1 p.m. in AlumniLecture Theatre, D1060; MIAInformation Session, Tuesday,November 29, 12 - 1 p.m, D1041.For more information on post-sec-ondary Information Sessions listedabove, please contact Jan Robblee519-452-4176. For information onESL Information Sessions, pleasecontact Monica Venegas 519-452-4430 ext. 4426 or Corrine Marshall519-452-4430 ext. 4358.

IABC and Fanshawe College teamup to present Reaching YourAudience: What Works and WhatDoesn’t, on Thursday November 24from 7:30 a.m. - 9 a.m. at the BestWestern Lamplighter Inn at 591Wellington Road. Students $27,breakfast buffeet included.Advanced registration required. Visitthe IABC website to register atlondon.iabc.com/events/2011/10/24/

CAR POOLING - I am looking forany other students that live in the

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CIVIL ENGINEERING BOOKS -Microsoft word 2010 introductoryMicrosoft Excel 2010 completeConstruction Health and SafetyManual. Email Mitch [email protected]

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LEATHER CHAIR - Brown leatherchair with ottoman (Jysk) brand new$75. Email Tracey at [email protected]

FANSHAWE CULINARY CHEFCOURSE - Uniform for culinary chefcourse - black/white checked pantslike new, size med. Reduced to $10firm, call Jean at 519-657-8285.

CLOTHES - Pink hooded jacket forwinter, Skates, jeans, tops, hoodies,skirts, Fanshawe books, dresses,heels, boots like new, more, call Jeanat 519-657-8285.

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At Fanshawe’s Career Services’first-ever Employer AppreciationEvent on November 15. Employersfrom London and surrounding areamade the trip to Saffron’s to bepersonally thanked by the staff foremploying Fanshawe graduates.

Fanshawe’s Career Servicesstaff works with students in all ofFanshawe’s programs, assisting tofill over 5,000 jobs annually fromover 2,000 employers locally andprovincially.

According to Doug Millar,Manager of Career Services, one-third of Ontario workers – over 2.1million people – have a collegediploma. “Ontario college gradu-ates form the largest component ofthe six million strong labour forcein Ontario. Our former students aresuccessfully employed in all sec-tors and in all industries,” he said.

“What was a simple idea some45 years ago (when FanshaweCollege opened) has grown expo-nentially. It has supported a labourmarket that has broadened out intofields we couldn’t have imagined,”he continued. “It’s now into fields– and some of these fields are rep-resented (here tonight) – that didn’teven exist (at the time). The col-lege continues to evolve to support

a labour market that alwayschanges.”

“This day is about recognizingyou (the employers) and all thatyou do to create career opportuni-ties for our graduates and our co-op students,” Cathy Auger, Vice-President of Student Support, toldthe attendees. Some of the compa-nies and organizations representedat the event were the City ofLondon, the London Children’sConnection, EQ3, Sun LifeFinancial and more.

According to Key PerformanceIndicator surveys, Fanshawe stu-dents consistently rank highlyamong employers – a fact madeevident by some of the people inattendance. “I love Fanshawe stu-dents,” exclaimed Cindy Herbert, aBehavioural Therapist at Child andParent Resource Institute inLondon. She has been taking onFanshawe students from programssuch as the Autism andBehavioural Science graduatediploma program as co-op studentsfor years.

For more information aboutCareer Services, go to the office inD1063 or call 519 452-4294. Youcan also check out Fanshawe’sCareer Services Facebook page attinyurl.com/fanshawecareerservices.

Career Services thanks employersERIKA FAUSTINTERROBANG


THE TONIGHT SHOWwith Jay Leno

A huge 74-foot tall spruce is the

new Christmas tree at NBC’s

Rockefeller Center. And in typical

NBC fashion, the tree will be decorat-

ed, lit up for a few weeks, and then

canceled.

According to a U.N. Report out this

week, Iran tried to design a miniature

nuclear weapon. Investigators say this

plot was hatched by Iran’s miniature

president.

A guy named Reggie Love leaving

the White House to get a degree at the

Wharton School of Business. I guess

he realized you can’t learn anything

about economics in the Obama White

House.

You know what you call

a Democrat who makes as

many verbal gaffes as Rick

Perry? Vice president.

BEST IN LATE NIGHTCOMIC RELIEF

CONAN with Conan O’Brien

Over the weekend in New York, two

Occupy Wall Street protesters got mar-

ried at the protest. They are registered

at Bed, Bath, and Seriously, You Need

to Take a Bath.

Starbucks announced plans to open a

line of juice bars. They would have

done this years ago but it took them a

while to figure out how to burn orange

juice.

President Obama’s personal assis-

tant Reggie Love has announced he

will be leaving the White House.

Reggie Love plans to return to his pre-

vious job hosting a smooth jazz station.

A British rugby player says that hav-

ing a stroke made him gay. I

know it sounds crazy, but to

be really honest with you,

every time I catch a cold, I get

a little bi-curious.

LATE NIGHT with Jimmy Fallon

I heard about a new insulin device

for diabetics that could test tears

instead of blood. That’ll be weird

when you’re like, “Hey, I need to

test my blood sugar. Can you put on

Marley and Me?”

A man in Illinois was arrested for

calling the cops five times because

his iPhone wasn’t working. Yup,

someone was arrested for calling

someone five times in one day. Do

you hear that, Mom?

The Duggar family from the show

“19 Kids and Counting” said they’re

having a 20th child because they

quote “didn’t want to stop on

an odd number.” Yeah,

because when I hear some-

one has 20 kids, my first

thought is, “Not odd at all!”

THE LATE SHOW with David LettermanSilvio Berlusconi is stepping

down as prime minister of Italy.

He’s being replaced by Billy Crystal.

If we have to sit through any more

of these Republican debates, I'm

ready for a dictatorship.

I’m thinking Herman Cain doesn’t

get it. He brought a date to the

debate. Cain also says that he’s in

favour of waterboarding — as long

as it is consensual.

They had a midnight raid and they

cleaned out Zucotti Park where the

Occupy Wall Streeters were camped

out for about two months. So if

you're keeping score, here's

what the score is now:

Eighty down in Zucotti Park;

Wall Street executives arrest-

ed: Zero.

Heres

the coffee you

ordered.

Tha . . .

Thank you . . .

I . . . .

I love you

I . . .

I dont get paid

enough for this.

You may be able to change the settings, but it’s still annoying out of the box.

. . . Or felt free to express your opinions . . .

Madam, a systems update has become available. May I have

your permission to proceed with installation?

Madam, this could take a while. Why don’t you go

enjoy a cup coffee and I’ll finish this up for you.

OMG. There’s a update. OH NOES it’s a critical update. Omg. Omg. Can I install?

Please? Please?

Sure PC. I’ll be right back.Of course, Mac.

WAAAAAAAAAIIIIIIT! Where are you going?

To get a coffee . . .

Noooooo! You have to stay! I can’t install this myself, I

need you to approve each and every step!

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LIFESTYLESAcross1. Unable to walk

5. Fewer

9. Touch down on the ground (as a

airplane)

13. Healing plant

14. City in northern France

15. Bones forming the upper half

of human pelvises

16. Herb

17. Unsaturated monovalent radi-

cal

18. Produces a ringing sound

19. Meadowland

20. Birds of the paridae family

21. Prevaricate

23. Enrols in the armed forces

25. Sat in a lazy manner

28. Put down

29. The spiritual component of a

human being

30. Field temporarily under grass

32. Scissors, for one

35. Promiscuous women

36. Language spoken by residents

of Vietiane

37. Computer operating system

38. Singular of 39 Down

39. Easter flower

40. Popular sandwich

41. Tree

43. Cowboy’s rope

44. Be in pain

45. Sheltered sides

46. Hang limply

47. Bank employee

49. British counterpart of

Murphy’s Law

53. Statute

54. Hay unit

55. After the manner of

56. Margarine (informal)

59. Coral reef

61. Common adverbial suffix

62. Depend (on)

63. Bring together in support of

64. Wild animal

65. Courageous

66. 06-Jun-44

67. Tardy

Down

1. Scoop

2. Foreign

3. Consisting of a solution con-

taining one mole of solute per thou-

sand grams of solvent

4. Conger

5. Walks with a light springing

gait

6. Building additions

7. Cunning

8. "no tickets left"

9. Published slander

10. Alcoholic drink

11. Nothing

12. Hindi food dish

14. Non-clergy

20. Former title of Russian emper-

ors

22. Ailments

24. Shrub

25. Small magnifying glass

26. Immigrants’ island

27. Transactions

29. Certain Europeans

31. Child’s stringed toy

32. Castor’s country

33. Dark

34. Name

35. More Cunning

39. Plural of 39 Across

41. Earthenware pot

42. Toward the wind-sheltered

side

43. Miner’s goal

46. New Zealand candy

48. Masculine name

49. Feminine name

50. Lower lips of insects

51. Mete out

52. Gretzky of hockey fame

54. Rope used for catching cattle

56. Globe

57. Constellation

58. Building addition

60. Small amount

61. Every one

Solution on page 22

1. The fortune cookie wasinvented in 1916 by George Jung,a Los Angeles noodle maker.

2. If you eat an entire full bigbag of Lay’s Origional PotatoChips, which is 170 chips, you will

get your complete 100 per cent ofVitamin C for the

day.3. Food styl-

ists use KrazyGlue to keep food in

place during photogra-phy sessions for advertise-

ments, television commer-cials and motion pictures.

4. The term white chocolate is amisnomer. Under FedaralStandards of Identity, real choco-late must contain chocolate liquor.White chocolate contains nochocolate liquor.

5. The melting point of cocoabutter is just below the humanbody temperature – which is why itliterally melts in your mouth.

6. The botanical name of thechocolate plant is Theobrambacacao, which means “Food of theGods.”

7. Hawaii is the only U.S. statethat grows cacao beans to producechocolate.

8. German chocolate cake didnot originate in Germany. In 1852,Sam German developed a sweetbaking bar for Baker’s ChocolateCo. The product was named inhonour of him -- Baker’s German’sSweet Chocolate.

9. Chocolate containsphenylethylamine (PEA), a naturalsubstance that is reputed to stimu-late the same reaction in the bodyas falling in love.

10. American chocolate manu-facturers use about 1.5 billionpounds of milk, only surpassed bythe cheese and ice cream indus-tries.

11. Aztec emperor Montezumadrank 50 golden goblets of hotchocolate every day. It was thick,dyed red and flavoured with chilipeppers.

12. Dried and smoked jalapenosare chipotles, generally known in aclass of their own.

13. The Jalapeno pepper wasnamed after the town of Jalapa inMexico, but it is no longer com-mercially grown there.

14. The 57 on Heinz ketchupbottles represents the number ofvarieties of pickles the companyonce had.

15. A single rye plant can spreadup to 400 miles of roots under-ground.

16. More people are allergic tocow’s milk than any other food.

Aries (March 21 - April 19)An unresolved problem follows

you everywhere. If you let yourselfget angry, plan to stay that way fora while. Listen to rational peopleeven if you don’t agree with them.

Taurus (April 20 - May 20)You’re understood and accepted.

A soft touch in the right place is themost welcome form of diplomacy.Why can’t your life always be thiseasy? Don’t question, just enjoy.

Gemini (May 21 - June 20)You see patterns in apparently

random arrangements. More peoplethan you realize share this conditionwith you. The seasonal changesmotivates artists and planners tomake good use of their heightenedperceptions.

Cancer (June 21 - July 22)Your inner state reflects

favourably on the world that youmake. You can identify problemswithout being compelled to solvethem. Give your advice and assumethat others know how to use it.

Leo (July 23 - August 22)Take last week’s austerity theme

and put a happier spin on it. You’resaving your resources for the timeand place they’ll be most needed.Give an unwrapped gift and seeimmediate results.

Virgo (August 23 - Sept. 22)To be busy is to be happy. You’ll

talk to anyone, but you won’texplain yourself to someone whoshould know better. Virgo is cham-pion of the obvious truth, but for allof the most obscure reasons.

Libra (Sept. 23 - Oct. 22)Superficial action is a pale ges-

ture. If you won’t roll up yoursleeves and get your hands into theproblem, stand aside and let some-one else have a turn. Getting itdone is more important than whodoes it.

Scorpio (Oct. 23 - Nov. 21)Strangers will never know what

hit them, although friends havetheir suspicions. Your secret ismade of nothing more than luckyconnections and a good memory.You may be hard to know, butyou’re easy to like.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22 - Dec. 21)Sagittarius sees a rainbow world,

but then someone breaks it downinto many shades of gray. Submitto forces beyond your control orunderstanding. Trust the Stars togive you a happy ending.

Capricorn (Dec. 22 - Jan. 19)People are surprised by some-

thing that you consider ordinary.Friends flatter you by followingyour example. Face it, you’re spe-cial. Find some activity that’s noton your schedule and have fun withit.

Aquarius (Jan. 20 - Feb. 18)Escape sounds like a good idea,

but think again. Each step youmake might take two or three timesas many to retrace. Maybe there’ssomething else to learn here.Amazingly, you don’t know it all.

Pisces (Feb. 18 - March 20)Adventure leads you to a new

place. Instead of trying to read theguidebook now, plan to write onelater. Whether your beliefs arechallenged or confirmed, this issure to be a growing experience.

hardDaily Sudoku: Tue 25-Mar-2008

4 9 3 1

1 5 6 9 7

9 5

6 3

8 2

1 3

5 8

3 8 9 5 1

9 6 4 8

Fill in the grid so that every row, every column and every 3x3 grid con-tains the digits 1 through 9. That means no number is repeated in any col-umn, row or box. Solution can be found on page 22.

Sudoku Puzzle

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“Chuck”: Secret agent nerd(Words in parentheses not in puzzle)

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Underestimating their opponentsThe men’s basketball team is

starting off the season strong. Theteam holds a 2-2 and record rightnow and are playing some verygood basketball.

Hosting Humber at home onNovember 9, the team lookedstrong. “We played a really goodgame against Humber; we hadstrong offence from the team andthe crowd was giving us that extraboost,” said player Boyd Vassell.Coming out strong off the bat and

not letting up the whole game, theFalcons looked very strong on thecourt.

They then went on to playNiagara on November 12, wherethe team came out with the wrongfocus and mind frame for thegame. After a strong win againstHumber, the men let their confi-dence get the best of them. Thismindset led the boys to a bad loss.“We just didn’t have our heads inthe game. We thought it would bean easy win, and they proved uswrong” said Vassell.

The team’s inside presence is anissue that needs to be worked on asthey were giving up too manyrebounds and causing too manypoints.

All in all, the men have startedthe season strong with some focusissues that need to be fixed. With along season still ahead of them, theFalcons have time to sort out theseproblems and get on track.Remember to come support yourFalcons at home – check outtinyurl.com/mensbball201 for theirfull schedule.

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The men’s volleyball team isnow four games deep into the reg-ular season, holding a 2-2 record.They seem to be finding theirgroove.

The men played SheridanNovember 9, losing to the teamwith what player Andrew Joyceydescribed as a “flat” performance.“We did not come out strongagainst Sheridan at all, we playedvery flat game with poor executionby the whole the team. We played

with a bad attitude and really theonly plus was our passing,” headded.

The Falcons then went on toplay their first home game againstMohawk on November 11, where adifferent-minded team came out toplay. The Falcons won in whatJoycey described as a “bar-settinggame.” The men were fueled bythe home crowd and their new atti-tude, playing one of the strongestgames of the year so far.

“Mohawk was an awesomegame; it was our chance to bounce

back and we did. The passing wasbetter, as was the hitting. We justplayed better as a team; we wereway more focused and we wantedto win,” said Joycey.

Though the men still need towork on minor problems such asworking on their hitting plays andworking out some new team kinks,when they polish those areas, theywill be a very strong team. Comeout and support your Falcons athome – check the schedule onlineat tinyurl.com/mensvball2011.


Canadian Colleges Athletic Association2010-2011 National Scholar Award Recipients

The Scholar athlete award was implemented to recognize the outstanding academic accomplishments

of the CCAA student-athletes. Candidates must have achieved honours standing at their institution in their

current academic year. Congratulations to our 15 Falcon Athletes for accomplishing this feat!

Alyssa KiersBadminton

Nursing

Marina KiersBadminton

Pre-Health Science

Michael DroppoBadminton

Architectural Technology

Whitney HarrisWomen’s BasketballRespiratory Theory

Deb BuhlersCross Country RunningPharmacy Technician

Melissa LinkerCross Country Running

Dental Hygiene

Brittany HaanWomen’s Soccer

Nursing

Joshua Lumani Cross Country Running

Golf and Recreation Club Management

Liliane SparkesCross Country Running

Autism and Behavioral Science

Derrick WoodCross Country RunningAudio Post Production

Nicole CarriereWomen’s Soccer

Fitness and Health Promotion

Brittany RyanWomen’s Soccer


Manuel QuinonesMen’s Soccer


Ryan LutzMen’s Soccer

Business Marketing

Stephanie BignellWomen’s Volleyball

Broadcasting Television

Taylor Booth finishes T-6th at golf nationals

Nearly 60 golfers from 11 insti-tutions across the country took partin the Canadian Colleges AthleticAssociation Men’s GolfChampionships from October 19 to21. Fanshawe was well representedat the tournament, finishing eighthas a team, with two individuals fin-ishing in the top 10.

Fanshawe’s Ethan O’Meara wasnine over par for the tournament,which was good enough for a tiefor 10th. Three strokes ahead at sixover par was teammate TaylorBooth, who finished in a tie forsixth.

The tournament took place atBrundenell River Golf Course inRoseneath, PEI. “It was the bestexperience of my life so far; maybenot the nicest golf course I haveever played on, but by far thenicest resort,” said Booth. “It was areally nice course to play. I reallylike courses along the water, so Iwas a big fan of it.”

Earlier this season, Booth placedT-14th at the Niagara Invitationaland T-19th at the Ontario CollegesAthletic AssociationChampionship and had high expec-tations going into Nationals. “Iwanted to win, I came second at

the OCAA championship twoyears ago and I’ve wanted goldever since.”

He posted a first round 73, mak-ing him tied for fourth, two strokesout of third and five strokes behindthe leader. Nerves were not anissue, according to Booth. “I hadbeen in similar positions before, sothat experience really helped me.”

Due to rain, the second round ofthe tournament was cancelled,shortening the tournament from 54holes to 36. “It always sucks whena tournament gets shortened, espe-cially when you fly all the way outthere and only get to play tworounds, but the rain was reallyheavy so there wasn’t much wecould do.”

Booth shot 77 in the final roundfor a total of 150. He finished 10strokes back of the championAdrian Cord of Humber and justtwo strokes behind the bronze-medal finisher.

Booth is a London native whograduated from John Paul CatholicSecondary School and plays mostof his golf at Oxford Golf andCountry Club in Woodstock. He iscurrently studying business atFanshawe and is set to graduatethis December.

CHRIS LETHBRIDGEINTERROBANG

Attitude winning games


Communication is key

The women’s volleyball team isstarting to find its rhythm. Theyhave bounced back after a roughstart and are currently holding a 3-1 record.

The girls travelled to Sheridanon November 9, where they wontheir game in four sets. “We playeda good game with strong offence,but it gave us a good chance to seewhat we need to work on, like the

team communication,” said playerErin Byatt. The team playedstrong, and even with some prob-lems on defense and team commu-nication, they still managed to winthe game.

They then went on to playMohawk at home on November11. With the home crowd backingthem up for the first time this year,it helped to motivate the teamdefeat Mohawk in four sets.

Player Cassie Smith said, “The

home crowd definitely helped us.We played another strong offen-sive game, but we still need towork on our team communica-tion.”

With the women focusing ontheir team chemistry and commu-nication in practice, they couldbounce back and make this a verysuccessful season. Check outtinyurl.com/womensvball2011 forthe Falcons’ full schedule and sup-port your team at home games.


London Bodybuilding Championshipscoming to Centennial Hall

Many athletes choose to partici-pate in sports team or intramuralsat post-secondary schools to fur-ther their skills and enjoyment.Some continue with volleyball,basketball or hockey teams. Otherslearn how to golf, ski or snow-board. Some join gymnastics clubsin the city to keep up with theirtumbling and floor routines. Andsome choose the sport of weighttraining and bodybuilding: twosports that challenge you when youare hungry, sore, craving a pizza ora Big Mac and your eyes arefocused on a class win and chanceto be an International Federation ofBodyBuilders pro.

On November 26, feel the spiritof competition at Centennial Hall.It’s too late to compete (most ath-letes need between 10 and 20weeks to prepare), but there is agreat chance you will enjoy whatyou see and maybe pursue a sportthat is becoming more popular inCanada.

A while back, OPA figure ath-lete Emily Zelinka was featured inthe Interrobang as one to watch asshe set her sights on a Nationalwin, meaning that if she placedfirst, she would be honoured with aplacement with the best physiquesin the country and an IFBB pro sta-tus. There have been other athleteswith London connections who

have competed in the OntarioPhysique Association to win goldat Nationals and are bound towardsIFBB pro status in fitness:Stephanie Worsfold, a Fanshawegraduate, and Allison Ethier, a for-mer UWO graduate. Scott Milneand Ben Pulkulski have also com-peted in bodybuilding competi-tions.

The competition is being organ-ized by Jamor Enterprises, madeup of Jim Morris and Norm Jacobs.They have been running body-building events for about 24 yearsand will also promote the nextshow in April, 2012 in Stratford,The 24th Annual Festival CityChampionships. Jacobs and Morrishave been partners for the entiretime and the name Jamor is derivedfrom both their names.

“The OPA is the only sanction-ing body in Ontario offering thetiers system that leads to IFBB Prostatus—Mr. Olympia, ArnoldClassic,” stated Morris.

“The starting level is a regionalshow, like the one on November26, and it is open to all amateurathletes residing in Ontario. Byplacing in the top five in yourclass, you get to compete at theOntario Championships June 1,2012 held in conjunction with theToronto Pro Supershow. By plac-ing in the top five at the OntarioChampionships, you get to go tothe Canadian Bodybuilding

Championships. (Furthermore), ifyou win overall or second to over-all, you get your IFBB Pro Card.”

Morris himself competed forabout nine years, beginning whenhe was 31 years old. There arevideos of him on YouTube datingas far as 1984 doing his posingroutine. To this day, he still has apassion for the sport. He stillworks out a couple times a weekand at 64, he has just deadlifted405 pounds.

Morris cited the benefits of com-peting: “It motivates you to attain acondition you would not otherwiseattain without the stimulus of com-peting. If you compete solely forthe purpose of winning, you willjust be let down after the show.You should compete to win,absolutely, but mostly to be in yourpersonal best shape ever. If youcompete just to win a show, then itis over.”

“You have to love the journey aswell,” he continued. “You have tolove every day in the gym and havethat passion to work on your mas-terpiece. You are happy with yourprogress, but you are never fin-ished with your masterpiece!”

For more information, visitjamor.ca, cbbf.ca or The TorontoSupershow at torontoprosuper-show.com. Th cost is $80 for a VIPall day pass, $25 for pre-judging at11 a.m. and $45 for finals at 6:30p.m.

JAYMIN PROULXINTERROBANG

It is time for you to show yourinner HULK! This year’s StrengthChallenge promises to be one of thebest, if not THE best. Fitness 101’sStrength Challenge has been anongoing event since the late 90s.This time around, it has been com-pletely revamped into a new formatthat will attract more interest andallow individuals of varying weightand strength to be able to compete.

The biggest and best improve-ment we’ve made this year is theexercise tests themselves. We’veincorporated some moreendurance-based exercises that willbe sure to test each contestant’sgeneral ability in terms of resist-ance training. We now have atimed plank exercising combining

a stability ball and dumbbell hold:the longer the hold, the more pointsrewarded. There is now a push-uptest and in order to achieve 10points: males have to do 55 in oneminute, and females have to do 40(modified) in one minute. We havealso brought back the pull-ups –males performing 25 in 30 secondswill receive 10 points as willfemales performing five using theirown body weight. Females may useweight assistance as well but willnot receive full points.

But what is a Strength Challengewithout our trademark strengthtests? The bench press and legpress have returned with an update.Males will receive full points forbenching 1.6 times their bodyweight for five reps. Females willachieve the same treatment if theycan perform five reps at 1.2 timestheir body weight on the Smithmachine. The leg press willdemand 10 reps at four times theirbody weight for males and 10 reps

at 3.2 times their body weight forfemales.

Another very important changeis the method of categorizingweight classes. A middleweightdivision has been added to ensurethere is not a significant disparityamong the groups. Lightweightmen and women will be less than165 and 135 pounds, respectively.Middleweight men and women willbe between 166 and 195 and 136and 165 pounds, respectively. Andheavyweight men and women willbe greater than 195 and 166pounds, respectively.

The Strength Challenge will betaking place on November 24 and25. You simply pay $5 if you are amember, or $10 if you are a non-member and sign up for a time spotthat suits you. There will be plentyof prizes and giveaways from oursponsors including Dr. Dre head-phones. If you have any furtherquestions, just stop by the J build-ing front desk.

FUN AND FITNESSRICK [email protected]

Flex your muscles at the annualStrength Challenge

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The Fanshawe men’s hockey team won the Steve Blundy Invitationalhosted by Sheridan College for the second year in a row in dominatingfashion with 7-0, 4-0, and 3-0 wins over Seneca College, Trent Universityand MacMaster University respectively. Fanshawe stunned host Sheridanby beating them in a shoot-out.“This is another big win for our program and guarantees us a spot in thechampionships in March,” said Eric Collins, Fanshawe Hockey HeadCoach. “I’m really proud of the group we’ve put together this season.Our players and coaching staff are excited about this great start but thereis still plenty of work to be done.”

Over the years, I have testedthe Honda Accord many times,but apart from the one time whenI tested the Accord Crosstour(now just called Crosstour), allmy other tests have been of theAccord coupe.

The reason for that is simple: Ireally like the Accord coupe, andany time I was offered to haveone for a week, I’d gladly take it.However, that meant I have beenignoring the Accord sedan, thebest-selling member of the fami-ly.

So it’s time to put things right.This week, the test subject is theAccord sedan in its most humbleform, a basic four-cylindermodel. So how does it fare?

The Accord sedan has been onthe market for a few yearsalready, and not much haschanged over time. Styling-wise,it got a new tail-end treatment afew years ago, which makes itlook something like a BMW 7-series, which is not a bad thing.Otherwise, the Accord sedan isjust an okay-looking car; it’s notexciting, but not offensive,either.

Open the door and the interiortells a similar story. Not muchhas changed over the years, andwhile not exactly on the cuttingedge of design, it is very wellmade, very spacious and com-fortable, and it has plenty ofgadgets available (as options) tosatisfy most buyers.

Things I really like about thisinterior is its excellent drivingposition and great visibility all-around.

So it looks fine and has a verypleasant interior, what about theengines?

You get a choice of two: a 3.5-litre V6 that produces 271 hp orthe base 2.4-litre, four-cylinderas in my test car, which produces177 hp. The base engine can be

mated with either a five-speedmanual gearbox, or a five-speedautomatic as in my tester.

So it’s a fairly large car (mea-suring 16.17 feet long) with afour-cylinder engine and anauto-box! You must be thinkingit would hardly move, but you’dbe wrong.

The Accord, even in this spec,accelerates quite well. It isalways smooth and its 161 lb/ftof torque makes sure it has plen-ty of forward propulsion. Trustme, you’ll hardly ever comeacross a scenario where you’dwish the car had more grunt.

You will likely never com-plain about the handling,because this Accord sedan canreally go around corners. Yes,the Accord sedan might look likea boring family car, but I thinkthe people behind its chassisdevelopment were more intobuilding sports cars. I say thatbecause the way this car hangsthrough corners at eye-poppingspeeds is incredible. I have nevercome across a car in this segmentthat can even handle half as wellas this Accord does, I kid younot.

I never imagined I woulddeliberately choose a twistierroute home in a mid-size familysedan, but I did with the Accord.

Apart from the handling, thecar rides quite well, and my onlycomplaint is that the car coulduse an extra layer of soundproof-ing as there is a bit more tirenoise than I’d like. But you getused to that in a few days.

It’s frugal, too. My week’saverage was 9.0 litres/100km,which is pretty good, especiallyconsidering the amount of fun Ihad.

The Accord sedan starts at$24,790. Adding the automaticwill cost you an extra $1,200.

Is it worth it? Let’s do a recap:it looks fine, has a nice interior,good power-train, good fuel-economy and handling thatwould shame many sportycoupes! Yes, it’s totally worth it.

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As a Canadian national icon, noone quite compares to WayneGretzky. He’s the epitome of theultimate success of a stereotypicalworking Canadian family, a hock-ey prodigy who grew up to be thegreatest player of our country’smost popular sport. But who is theman behind the icon? Is WayneGretzky the person the same asWayne Gretzky the image, or isthe brand different from the man?

These are the questions thatStephen Brunt tries to answer inhis book Gretzky’s Tears: Hockey,Canada, and the Day EverythingChanged. Brunt, a sportswriterfrom Toronto, focuses his book onthe Gretzky trade to Los Angeleson August 9, 1988. The book’snarrative leads up to and awayfrom the trade and all of thebehind-the-scenes machinations ofthe various parties involved, fromGretzky himself to PeterPocklington to Bruce McNall,among others.

Brunt positions the Gretzkytrade as something of an end of anera not just for the NHL, but alsofor the country of Canada. Thebook acts as a deconstruction ofGretzky’s public image, analyzingthe difference between Gretzky’sbrand name and Gretzky’s person-al life. Brunt makes it clear howaware Gretzky is of his brand andhow controlling Gretzky is of hismarketing and public image. Partof the book’s focus is whatGretzky’s image as a national iconactually means to Canada and howmuch of it is savvy marketing onthe part of Gretzky and the variousbusinessmen that have hoveredaround him throughout his career.

The other aspect of the book is afocus on the change in the NHLbrought about by the trade.

Gretzky going to L.A. opened upthe hockey market to tons of newteams in the American south, cre-ating lots of extra revenue in theform of expansion fees the leaguecharged to all of these new owners.This didn’t last long, though, asonly so many new teams could beadmitted to the league, and thepopularity of hockey in the U.S.has greatly dwindled since its early’90s heyday. Brunt explores thistransition of the NHL and how theseeds of the NHL’s failure in theDeep South were planted all theway back to the day Gretzky wastraded to L.A., a day that shouldhave planted the seeds of long-term success for hockey in thesouth.

Brunt has quite a bit of experi-ence writing about hockey’schanging times. His previouseffort, Searching for Bobby Orr,explores Orr both as a nationalicon and as a herald of the widechanges brought to the NHL dur-ing the late ’60s expansion. Thatbook was also as much about AlanEagleson and Orr’s business rela-tionship with him, much in thesame way that Gretzky’s Tears isabout Gretzky’s business relation-ships with Pocklington andMcNall.

I’ve read both books and Ienjoyed Gretzky’s Tears more,mainly because I grew up watch-ing Gretzky play. I think for BabyBoomers who were in their youthwhen Orr was in his prime,Searching for Bobby Orr might bethe better option. They’re bothexcellent reads, though, for fans ofhockey history as both explore therealities of the public image of twoCanadian icons as well as thechanges these two players broughtto the national sport, changes thatare still felt quite deeply in theNHL today.

JEREMY WALLINTERROBANG

Gretzky’s Tears takesa look at the manbehind the icon

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As the playoff races heat up,there are about four spots in theNFC that are completely up forgrabs. The Green Bay Packers andSan Francisco 49ers will get in, butafter that, who knows? The AtlantaFalcons, Dallas Cowboys, ChicagoBears, New York Giants, NewOrleans Saints, Detroit Lions andpossibly even the PhiladelphiaEagles will be in the hunt for theremaining spots, so every game atthis point becomes even moreimportant.

With this much craziness likelyto occur over the last month and ahalf, the week 12 matchupbetween the New York Giants andthe New Orleans Saints looms asan extremely important game. The

Giants are in the brutal part of theirschedule, trying to keep up withthe rest of the pack and hang on totheir NFC East Division lead. TheSaints are in the same position, try-ing to keep ahead of the AtlantaFalcons.

Key Matchups

1. Eli Manning vs. EliteQuarterback Status: Is Eli elite?His Super Bowl ring and border-line MVP season this year sayYES. His constant inconsistencyprior to this year would lean metowards NO. Which Eli shows upfor this one? He needs his mainweapons (Ahmad Bradshaw andHakeem Nicks) back healthy andready to go to continue dominat-ing.

2. Drew Brees vs. Giants’ PassRush: The Giants (as I have notedseveral times this year) rush thepasser better than almost everyonein the NFL. On the other hand,Brees gets the ball out faster thanalmost everyone. Brees will have

to be on top of his game, but willhave his home crowd behind him.

3. New England vs.Philadelphia: By the way, thisgame should be pretty good too.The Pats got it figured out a coupleweeks ago, while the Eagles havestruggled to find any consistency.It will be interesting to see if theycan get anywhere close to a playoffspot.

The Rundown

Back to business. This gamelooks to me like it will be ashootout between two highlyeffective offences. However, if theaforementioned Nicks andBradshaw don’t play, it may be aSaints rout. I’ll say they play, andkeep it close. However, I’ll takethe Saints at home, 42-31.

For next week, the Falcons taketheir talents to Reliant Stadium totake on the AFC South leadingHouston Texans.

“Giant” matchup in the Deep South

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Western falls to McMaster in Yates Cup

The McMaster Marauders foot-ball team stunned the WesternMustangs in the 104th Yates Cup onNovember 12. The team fromHamilton did not just defeat theMustangs at TD WaterhouseStadium; they blew them out, win-ning by a final score of 41-19.

Although Western had home fieldadvantage, a large number of the6,500 fans in attendance were sup-porting the road team. McMaster’sdominance in the game gave theirfans much more to cheer about andas The Score’s Glenn Shiller saidduring the trophy presentation, “Attimes it was hard to tell if the gamewas being played in London orHamilton.”

Donnie Marshall made his returnas Western’s quarterback. Marshallhad been out since suffering a highankle sprain on October 1. It wasquite clear the Mustangs fourth-yearQB was still affected by the injury,rushing the ball for only 20 yards onsix carries. Before getting injured,Marshall was averaging 75 rushingyards per game. He added 187 yards

through the air, completing 14 of his27 passes, throwing one TD pass,along with one interception.

Once again, it was Tyler Vargaleading the UWO offence, rushingfor 154 yards on 30 carries, scoringone TD.

The MVP of the game wasMcMaster quarterback KyleQuinlan. Quinlan’s slow start hadhis team trailing 3-0 at the end of thefirst quarter. From the second quar-ter on, he led his team to score 34unanswered points. He completed16 of 24 passes for 275 yards, fourTDs and no interceptions. The MVPalso ran the ball for 103 yards on 10carries.

The story of the game wasWestern’s inability to capitalize ontheir first-half scoring chances.Western failed to convert two shortfield goals in the first quarter. Also,in the second, they were down 10-3and had two great chances to tie thegame. They had the ball on thethree-yard line but were stopped onall three attempts to run the ball intothe end zone and turned the ball overon downs. Just minutes later theyhad the ball on the 16-yard line

before turning the ball over again,this time by throwing an intercep-tion to Joey Cupido.

Western really struggled offen-sively and defensively in the secondhalf, getting outscored 31-7 beforeadding a meaningless touchdown atthe end of the game.

It was the final game of at leastsix Mustangs players’ careers, mostnotably punter Darryl Wheeler andformer Laurier standout QB IanNoble. Fourth-year players DonnieMarshall and Nathan Riva will havethe option to return for a final shot ata Vanier Cup.

Although Western may have notlived up to expectations this year,fans should be really excited aboutthe upcoming years and what willlikely be known as the Tyler Vargaera.

McMaster advanced to playAcadia in the Uteck Bowl, whichwas played on November 18 inMoncton, N.B. The winners of thatgame will play in the Vanier Cup onNovember 25, which will be playedat BC Place in Vancouver. Thegame will be broadcast live on TSNat 9 p.m.

CHRIS LETHBRIDGEINTERROBANG

An alarming trend has been occur-ring in both the WWE and TNA inrecent times, and it has to do with thechampionship belts of the two pro-motions being passed around withouta thought, sometimes week to week.

On November 14, Gail Kim wonthe Knockouts championship bydefeating Velvet Sky. Granted, Kimis no rookie. She has plenty of expe-rience and is one of the best femalewrestlers there is. The problem, how-ever, is that she only recentlyreturned to TNA after spending a fewyears over in the WWE. The properthing would be for the company torequire her to put some time in first.It hasn’t happened like that, though.In fact, as soon as Kim arrived, shewas heavily pushed. She’s alreadydemolished Tara and becomeKnockouts tag champ alongside

Madison Rayne. Throughout this,she has been helped in no small partby Karen Jarrett, who continues toshow majorly selective favouritismin her treatment of the girls.

Sky only just won the Knockoutsbelt for the first time ever a few shortweeks ago, after being loyal to TNAfor close to five years. She’s earnedthe privilege of being a champion,and to pull the rug out from under herlike that makes the championshipseem virtually worthless, especiallyconsidering that the ink on Kim’scontract has barely dried.

If you look back to the past of pro-fessional wrestling, championshipsactually used to be held by someonefor amazing lengths of time. TheFabulous Moolah’s five reigns aswomen’s champion lasted for a com-bined total of 30 years. BrunoSammartino held the WWFHeavyweight Championship foreight long years the first time around.Hulk Hogan and Bob Backlund alsohad similar lengthy reigns as the topdog in the WWF.

With the current generation’s short

attention span, a wrestler beingchamp that long might not go over sowell. But a middle ground must befound so that the HeavyweightChampionship that once meant somuch and carried immense prestigeis not carelessly passed around to adifferent superstar every single week.Traditionally the champ is supposedto be a guy that the companyrevolves around. He is the publicface, a leader of sorts that can helpyoung wrestlers succeed in the busi-ness.

Alberto Del Rio is WWE champi-on again right now, but is he reallymaking the impact he should at thetop? More attention is being paid towhat’s going on with John Cena atany given moment. And that is agrave mistake, as nobody shouldovershadow the guy who’s wearingthe belt. Both the two big promotionsare in dire need of changing how theyhandle business in this area, beforethe idea of a championship havingprestige becomes just a thing of thepast.

Thoughtless promotions cheapen the game

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The Sault Ste. MarieGreyhounds travelled to Londonto play the Knights at the JohnLabatt Centre on November 11.The final score of the game was4-3 for the Greyhounds, but thatwasn’t what people were talkingabout the next day.

At the final buzzer, an alterca-tion between Nick Cousins ofSault Ste. Marie and LondonKnights forward Ryan Rupert ledto a bench clearing brawl betweenthe ’Hounds and Knights.

Here’s what happened: As time was winding down

with the Knights trailing theGreyhounds, the Knights turnedthe puck over in the offensivezone. The puck landed on NickCousins’ stick, and he took astride with the puck and shot ittowards the Knights’ empty net.As the puck was travellingtowards the net, time expired andthe game was officially over. TheGreyhounds started to celebrateand headed on the ice to congrat-ulate their goaltender, JackCampbell, as the London benchstarted to head to their dressingroom. Mere seconds afterCousins shot the puck down theice, Rupert began to head towardsthe London bench. Cousins puthis hands to the air and startedskating towards Rupert and beganto celebrate, and Cousins tauntedRupert by bumping him whilecelebrating. Rupert took excep-tion to that and gave him a two-handed slash to the midsection.Cousins fell to the ice in visiblepain, then Rupert dropped hisgloves and jumped the defence-less Cousins and started to throwpunches.

Things got very ugly after that;roughly four Sault Ste. Marieplayers jumped Rupert as mem-bers from the Knights came to thehelp their teammate from themosh pit of Greyhounds. Multiplescrums broke out with helmets,gloves and sticks scatteredaround of the rink. Three fightsbroke out during the bench clear-ing: Scott Harrington vs. AlexMorgan, Jared Knight vs. ColinMiller and Matt Rupert vs. JoeRogalski.

Referees and linesmen eventu-ally restored order and escortedplayers from both teams off the

ice one at a time. Suspensions:Miller, Rogalski and Morgan of

Sue Ste. Marie have eachreceived two-game suspensionsas of November 12. All playersreceived game misconducts forfighting other than during theperiod of the game. LondonKnights Knight, Matt Rupert andHarrington received the samesuspension under the same rule.

Cousins received a two-gamesuspension for game misconductfor unsportsmanlike conduct at20:00 in the third period.According to the OHL RuleBook, “In general, participantsdisplaying this type of behaviourare assessed a minor penalty, thena misconduct penalty and then agame misconduct penalty if theypersist.”

Rupert of the Knights was sus-pended indefinitely for a gamemisconduct for slashing at 20:00in the third period. The RuleBook states that “a major penalty,at the discretion of the Refereebased on the severity of the con-tact, shall be imposed on a playerwho slashes an opponent. Wheninjury occurs, a major penaltymust be assessed under this rule(see 61.5).” Rule 61.5 states that“whenever a major penalty isassessed for slashing, a gamemisconduct penalty must also beimposed.”

Being suspended indefinitelymeans that a player will be sus-pended from league play until theleague reviews the incident andfinds an appropriate suspensionfor the player.

You can expect a wake-up callfor Ryan Rupert from the league.This will be his first suspensionand the league will keep that inmind when figuring out the sus-pension. Another thing to consid-er is the fact that Cousins, therecipient of the slash fromRupert, was smiling and lookedto be laughing at something as hewas skating off the ice, but eitherway, Rupert’s actions are goingto call for discipline from theleague. It doesn’t help Rupert’scase when the video of his actionsare being watched by peopleacross the nation; anyone whotuned in to any network sportschannel saw the slash and thebrawl. Now everyone is waitingto see how the OHL is going tohandle this incident. The OHLhas a history of cracking downhard on players who give theleague a black-eye. Ryan Rupertwas suspended for five games.


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basketball

open gym time available during the day. all you need is acampus card. see daily schedule.

The Men’s and Women’s Basketball Teams have a jammed packed week

ahead. They host the Sault Cougars on Fri. Nov. 25th, the Algoma

Thunderbirds on Sat. Nov. 26th and the Redeemer Royals on

Wed. Nov. 30th. The Women play at 6pm and the Men play at 8pm.

Both teams then travel to Windsor to play the

St. Clair Saints on Fri. Dec. 2nd.

INTRAMURAL SPORTSstill accepting women’s hockey individual entries.

Deadlines have been extended. See J0134 for more information.

volleyball

The Men’s and Women’s Volleyball Teams are on the road

this weekend, travelling to North Bay to face the Canadore Panthers

on Sat. Nov. 26th. The Women play at 6pm and the

Men play at 8pm. The next day, both teams face off against the

Nipissing Lakers. The Women will play at 12pm and the Men will

play at 2pm. On Thurs. Dec. 1st, both the Men’s and

Women’s teams travel to Niagara to play the Knights.

ice hockey

The Women’s Extramural Ice Hockey team will be travelling to Humber

College for a tournament on Fri. Nov. 25th. Good luck ladies!

Scott Parker impressed manylast week after an exciting per-formance against the world cham-pions Spain. Parker, the Englishinternational, did so well that hewas given the Man of the Matchaward for his performance in themidfield. It’s the English midfieldthat seems to contain the most con-troversy. Do you play Parker in thecurrent set-up, and if so, how?

Parker may very much be of thestarting quality for England. In thepreviously mentioned gameagainst Spain, he managed to keepcontrol of the ball and his style ofplay without too much Spanishintrusion, while his team couldbarely muster anything really wor-thy of a win. However, Englanddoes have one few thing going forthem at the moment: youth. Andthe Gerrard generation is prevent-ing the younger generation fromcoming of age in the national team.Players like Theo Walcott, TomCleverley, Aaron Lennon and evenAshley Young all deserve to getminutes now, for later.

Fabio Capello has adopted thesuddenly popular 4-3-3, whichleaves only three spots for mid-fielders. The Frank Lampard andGerrard lack of symmetry is welldocumented, but the three-manmidfield of Jones, Parker andLampard worked well enough,considering. Parker can play agood holding midfield role and is awork horse if you put him in cer-tain spots. That’s how Englandplayed him in early in the

European campaign and it wasincredibly successful. Thankfullyhis tools allow him to work as sucha force in the centre of the mid-field. His distribution skills areokay, but only so. A minute eater,Parker is known for his stamina upand down the pitch.

His problems still remain thatfirst limited him from amassingmore caps (he only has 10 caps forthe senior team, one appearanceless than what he had with theunder-21 team). His level of playcan come and go, which can be amajor issue for a national team. Byputting a player like Parker in thevery centre of the midfield, yourun the risk of him taking on toomuch of a playmaking responsibil-ity. He does a good job of distrib-uting out of the back, but at hisclub Tottenham he is still over-shadowed by Lennon, LukaModric and Gareth Bale for offen-

sive distribution. His work rate isovershadowing the fact he is in his30s, and all those extra kilometerswill certainly catch up to him.

Parker should not be inCapello’s plans because it’s simplytoo little too late. He is really not aplayer that England could afford toplay at this moment, just as thenational team is getting ready for atournament that holds a consider-able amount of importance to thisfootball association’s future. Ibelieve the perfect situation wouldbe to put him in a four- or five-band formation behind the advanc-ing midfielders. That way you getthat quick passing and defensivecoverage he has been known forand use it to the team’s full benefit.But even then the youth shouldstill be considered over a playerwho may have already peaked.

Parker should be benchedFANSHAWE FCMARTY [email protected]: @martythompson_

CREDIT: AFP

Scott Parker had an impressive showing against Spain, but did he showwhy he deserves to start?

AROUND THE OHLRYAN [email protected]: @Ryan_Springett

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Nick Cousins lies defenceless on the ice after London Knight Ryan Rupertslashed him across the midsection.

JLC Bench brawl

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