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Arden Zwelling GAZETTE

UWOMG SNOW! Some students made the best of the torrential snow squall that wrecked havoc on London and caused cancelled classes and exams yesterday. Sledding on cafeteria trays a favoured pas-

time of Western students for decades made a return to campus on Monday.

The first in four yearsWestern closes after immense snowfall

Kaleigh Rogers

NEWS EDITOR

If youre still used to the GTAs ver-sion of winter weather, the last cou-ple of days in London may havechilled your expectations.

Yesterday marked this seasonsbiggest snow squall and one of theheaviest in recent memory. Thestorm forced the closure of severaloperations and services aroundLondon.

After first deciding to keep cam-pus open yesterday, Westernabruptly cancelled classes andexams around 10:30 a.m.

After the announcement, ser-vices and facilities on campus,including libraries, The Spoke, TheWave, and the University Students

Council slowly started following suit.The decision to cancel classes

was the result of a long consultationprocess beginning in the earlymorning hours yesterday, accord-ing to Gitta Kulczycki, vice-presi-dent resources and operations forWestern.

At that point in time, the snow-fall wasnt quite as heavy as what iscoming down now. Since fiveoclock this morning, weve beencontinuing to consult as the snowgets heavier, and as we saw whatour own road conditions were, and

we then made the decision, shesaid yesterday.

Though classes and exams werecancelled, the school didnt official-ly close a call that hasnt beenmade since 2006, Kulczycki noted.

Back in 2006, we had 55 cm ofsnow and we closed early thatmorning, she explained. Its aquestion of the decision-making for[Tuesday], which is too early rightnow to make that call, obviously,but well be communicatingthrough the course of today andtonight and early into tomorrow asto what our situation is.

Kulczycki explained an impor-tant factor influencing the schoolsdecision to close is whether or notthe London Transit Commissioncontinues to run.

Yesterday, Larry Ducharme, gen-eral manager for the LTC, explainedthey work very hard to keep thebuses on the road.

We appreciate that peopledepend on us and thats why wehave very capable operators, andinspection and dispatching staff, heexplained, noting they experiencedsome setbacks due to the weather.

We have a number of buses thatare stuck and were trying to getthem unstuck. Were anywhere froma half-hour to forty-five minutesbehind schedule, but all the buses

are out there, he said, adding theLTCs online service Web Watch was

shut down due to volume overload,which crashed the system.Ducharme noted the LTC would

likely not pull buses from the road,unless they could no longer servicesafely.

On campus, The Wave and TheSpoke closed in the early afternoon,explained Jeff Armour, food andbeverage manager for the Universi-ty Students Council.

When that decision was made,instead of us bringing more staff infor our lunch rush, which is reallywhen the majority of our staff comein, we made the decision to notbring them in and to close.

He noted the safety of their stu-dent employees was their foremost

concern.I knew in my head, just looking

at the snow, when you have 30, 40-plus student employees that arecoming into work and trying tomake their way up there, its just notsafe, he said.

The whole focus is just on thesafety of the staff, not just in gettingto work, but also getting home. Ifthis snow continues, and we wereto stay open until two or until three,and then the roads got worse andsomebody got hurt, thats just notacceptable.

UWO snubs campus

Arden Zwelling

ASSOCIATE EDITOR

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Its Monday six oclock in themorning.

While most students were stilldreaming, second-year law studentStephanie Bishop was in Woodstockwarming up her Mazda Protg.

There was a 9 a.m. administra-tive law exam to write, after all.

I knew there was a blizzard inLondon but I just assumed the uni-versity would stay open. They have

stayed open on some pretty horrif-ic days, Bishop said.

After a nearly two-hour drivejust to get to campus, she was justable to write it as the universityslowly began to shut down.

Sabrina Van Damme, on theother hand, wasnt as lucky.

A first-year law student, VanDamme had a 2 p.m. exam and lefther house at 10:30 a.m., expecting alengthy, unpleasant commute.

Im upset because you get upand youre all ready to go write thisexam a lot of people were already

on campus studying, Van Dammesaid. We all just ended up goinghome.

Van Damme isnt unreasonable she understood the chilly cir-cumstances. What she did notunderstand was why it took so longto cancel classes.

Its a white-collar problem, sure.But students deserved better froma university that told them to go toclass Monday morning before flip-flopping a few hours later.

According to Western, the deci-sion to cancel classes was madesometime between 10 a.m. and10:30 a.m. But the first official wordof the cancellation from the univer-sity came over twitter at 10:52 a.m.,while their website wasnt updateduntil 11 a.m.

The worst part? There was never

a mass e-mail sent informing stu-dents of the cancellation. Studentsget campus-wide e-mails advertis-ing Westerns post-graduate pro-grams and speaker series all thetime. But when it comes to vitalnews like Mondays cancellation,inboxes stayed empty.

It was a communications failurefor the university who neglected theeasiest forms of correspondence ona day seemingly designed to exploittheir usefulness.

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like it is

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Monica BlaylockGAZETTE

THROUGH SNOW, SLEET, RAIN AND HAIL! Study plans couldnt be foiled despite

Western libraries closing their doors to students yesterday after campus was shut

down. The University Community Centre remained open, but several operations,

including Tim Hortons, also closed shop.

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News Briefs

Queens studentdies in fall

Months after a Queens Universitystudent was found dead outside auniversity residence, a second acci-dent has left first-year arts and sci-ence undergrad Habib Khan deadand fellow first-year engineeringand applied sciences student

Stephen Nagy in the hospital.Khan and Nagy fell 12 metres

through a library skylight at DuncanMcArthur Hall Thursday evening.

There was no indication why thestudents were on the roof of thelibrary, although they did not havepermission to be there.

Safiah Chowdhury, president ofthe Alma Mater Society at Queens,said police are doing an investiga-tion before much information canbe released.

It was entirely an accident,Chowdhury said.

The death comes less than threemonths after first-year engineeringstudent Cameron Bruces acciden-tal death on Sept. 13.

The two accidents are seen aspretty distinct from each other,both being exceptional cases.Theres just a lot of shock, Chowd-bury said.

With shock and grief high, theUniversity is ensuring students getthe support they need.

If any student requires any typeof support, thats the focus of boththe AMS as well as the university,Chowdhury said.

A memorial service is beingplanned for before winter holidays.

Cheryl Madliger

U of G strips downSome University of Guelph stu-dents took it all off two weeks agoon campus, filmed it, and put it onYouTube.

The students danced to musicand stripped down to their under-wear at a campus cafeteria in orderto raise awareness about the recentSenate decision to kill the ClimateChange Accountability Act, whichwas intended to help Canada builda plan for national climate change.

Yvonne Su, a fourth-year inter-national development student, par-ticipated in the demonstration. Sheexplained Guelph students hadstaged two previous strip mobs toraise awareness for climate change,but neither received the attentionthis recent demonstration has.

It definitely took us by surprise,because our first video got over2,000 [hits], because it was the firstone, and the second one got over6,000, and then this one just hit theroof, Su explained.

Su hoped the demonstrationand the buzz it has generated willencourage other students not onlyto get informed, but also to takeaction.

A lot of students were my fellowfriends who are aware but theyvenever taken any action. [...] Forthem to come out of it feelingempowered to take political action,I thought that was one of the bestthings that came out of this.

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Gitta Kulczyki, vice-presidentresources and operations, defend-ed the universitys actions.

Our communications folks gotout to the media. They also got thetweet out right away, Kulczyki said,

apparently unaware of the fact thetweet was sent more than 20 min-utes after the decision.

A tweet, all 140 characters of it,should not take 20 minutes.

Nevertheless, Kulzcyki is right the Gazette and other campusmedia were made aware of thedecision just after 10:30 a.m. andreported on it immediately.

But most students, wary of mis-information, wont make any plansuntil they see something officialfrom the university.

Prior to 10:52 a.m., the official word was that classes would goahead as scheduled. Many saw thatand headed into the snowy abyssthat was London on Monday in the

direction of campus.It was a nightmare of a commute

for classes that ended up being can-celled anyway.

Im sorry for their inconve-nience, Kulczyki said. We have todo the best we can in the circum-stances. Mother Nature isnt alwaysentirely reliable or predictable.

Of course, there are a few mete-orologists who would take issuewith Kulczykis assessment. Sure,

weve all seen days when the weath-er called for rain or snow that nevercame. But this flurry was widelyreported by every news outlet thisside of Lake Ontario. We knew thiswas going to happen.

The least Westerns administra-tion could have done is communi-cated their plans early or effective-

ly. Ideally they would do both buton Monday students got neither.

Today, the university might havelearned their lesson. They con-vened at four in the morning well after press time to make averdict on whether to hold classesor tell students to stay at home.

By four oclock [Tuesday]morning, well be able to make apretty good assessment about what were going to do, Kulczyki said.Turn your radio on.

Of course, thats what studentslike Bishop and Van Damme did onMonday. And they were left out inthe cold.

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still up for debateMonica Blaylock

NEWS EDITOR

Even after going 24-hours forexams, students want more from

Westerns libraries.After the success of Weldons 24-

hour schedule during last Aprilsexam period, students demanded arepeat for this Decembers finals and got it. But in an attempt to savemoney, Westerns libraries hadshorter hours of operation beforeThanksgiving this year, making stu-dents question whether the adjust-ed hours were effective.

I think that more students willstudy on weekends and eveningsthan use the 24/7 hours, Pat Sear-le, senator-at-large for the Univer-sity Students Council, said.

I study in the [University Com-munity Centre] regularly and see alarge increase of students at 5:30

p.m. on weekends coming into theUCC from Weldon. They were hap-pily studying and were asked toleave [Weldon], but they werentfinished. These are the students weshould not forget about in our pur-suit for 24/7 study space, Searlesaid.

Meaghan Coker, vice-presidentuniversity affairs for the USC, notedthe 24-hour study space being ren-ovated in the UCC should helphouse the influx of unhappy stu-dents.

Some people like studying at alibrary regardless. They need theaccess to books, to computers, toQuotes [Caf]. But some of themare going to be able to use the studyrooms, and thats what were hop-ing to provide, Coker said.

The new UCC study rooms areexpected to near completion inFebruary according to Ely Rygier,vice-president finance for the USC.However, he noted the USC has nocontrol over the schedule of thecontractors and no official comple-tion date can be set.

Whether students prefer longerhours before Thanksgiving or [the24-hour library], we philosophical-ly believe students should haveaccess to a 24-hour study space,Coker said.

While the libraries did not nec-

essarily cut funding from otherareas in order to provide 24-hourservices, the money used couldhave been allocated differently,according to Coker. She said the

cost of having a 24-hour library ismuch less than the cost of extend-ing hours for the rest of the semes-ter.

[If] youre going to change[library hours] before Thanksgiving,that would require more moneythan whats currently being invest-ed for 24-hour initiative, Cokerexplained.

She said Westerns librarians arefacing budget cuts. As a result, thelibraries have had to do a lot of cut-ting back this year.

But, Coker assured, the amountgranted for the 24-hour initiativewas taken from a separate pot offunds, and that it wasnt a choiceof reducing hours before Thanks-

giving or beefing them up forexams.

Regardless of student com-plaints about a lack of regularhours, the extended hours doeshave its advantages.

Im fully bringing a pillow anda blanket, especially with snow likethis. Im actually going to spendthe night [in Weldon]. Im justwondering if well get in trouble. Ifnot, Im sleeping there, StefanieFarrant, a third-year media, theo-ry and production student, said.

Farrant also noted she would betaking full advantage of the 24-hourstudy rooms to be opened in theUCC, but mentioned she was con-cerned they might not solve theproblem of over-crowded libraries.

I just hope its here before Igraduate. It would be great, but Ifeel like its just going to be high vol-ume, like the libraries, Farrantcontinued.

Coker noted the USC would belooking for student feedback overthe 24-hour library session to deter-mine whether or not the initiativewill be deemed a success.

Theres been a lot of movementaround 24/7 [libraries] and sincethe university is providing themoney were going to support theinitiative one more time and seewhat the feedback is like.

Western slip-up costs students>> continued from pg.1


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Student safety first When snowmageddon is trending on Twitter, youknow youre in for the storm of the year. Despite tem-peratures of -12 C, winds over 28 km an hour and over50 cm of anticipated snowfall, Western decided to stayopen on Monday.

It wasnt until around 10:30 a.m. that Westernreversed this decision. Some time later, an official pressrelease appeared on Westerns website telling studentsthat exams and classes would be cancelled for the day.

Unfortunately, this news came too late for manyWestern students who had exams and classes to attendearly Monday morning.

Snowstorms are a dangerous affair and cancellingclasses is a serious decision to make. Topping the list ofWesterns concerns should be the safety of students.Snowstorms are the root of countless motor vehicleaccidents that can jeopardize student safety. Whetherthose students are driving their cars, on the bus orwalking on the sidewalks, icy roads and whiteout con-ditions decrease reaction time and visibility.

With the storm raging Sunday night, delays to busservice were already apparent Monday morning, caus-ing unpredictable changes to student schedules. To adegree, the onus is on students to get to class on timedespite the weather, but a major storm causes severe

delays for everyone. Getting ready an hour early stilldoesnt guarantee making it to your exam on time something Western should have considered.

In the days of elementary school, bus closuresmeant school closures. Western relies heavily on theLondon Transit Commissions schedule to gauge whether school should close. But since the LTCremained operational in the morning, so did campus.

Westerns decision to keep campus open was sure-ly motivated by the time of year. Closing the universi-ty near exams would hurt students and faculty. With-out class time, students risk falling behind and beingill-prepared for their December finals. And closingother campus operations like The Spoke and TheWave translates to lost revenue for the University Stu-dents Council.

But such considerations must be balanced with stu-dent safety. No matter the time of year, Western shouldalways err on the side of caution when it comes to pro-tecting its students. Forcing them onto campus duringinclement weather is not acceptable. Whats worse,Westerns eventual flip-flop took well over half an hourbetween confirming it to the media and releasing anofficial statement. In the world of social media and withthe immediacy of the internet, there is no excuse forsuch a delay.

The tardiness of Westerns administration causedundue hassle and risk for students. The University

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Wheres the bus? whined oneWestern girl to another last night.Imfreezing.

I would be too, dear, if I waswearing nothing but leggings andUgg boots in 30 inches of snow which is, funny enough, the reasonwhy buses are late in the first place.

In our entitlement generation, weexpect buses to arrive right on time even in snowstorms. We complainabout the cold while bundled upin Canada Goose jackets. And wewhine about high student fees asif a university education completewith all the bells and whistles is somesort of universal right.

The sort of education we receivenowadays where much of it isoutside the classroom is a privi-lege. Yes, its pricey, and some argueits a slippery slope of adding onfees until the price tag becomes outof reach.

But for those taking issue with theextra dollars tacked onto our univer-sity bills every year, just stop andconsider where that money goes.

At Western, there are around26,500 undergrads involved in near-ly 200 clubs. We have the countrystop cheerleading team among ourlist of accredited groups. Plus, ourstudent council recently approved areferendum for a great initiative alevy of just $0.52 per student to givea refugee Canadian education.Thats just a few of the out-of-classroom experiences and initia-tives that we prize at Western.

But someones got to pay for it.Why doesnt Western pony up,then? Well, the answer is simple:Westerns priorities are far broaderthan our education. Universitiesrequire research and developmentto maintain their reputations and that requires money, too.

So when it comes to extracurric-ular student activities, of coursewere going to be footing the bill whether through student fees, clubmembership costs or through theUniversity Students Council.

If you think Western is toopricey, stop and consider all theopportunities we have here. If itdoesnt seem worth it to you, trans-fer to Brock. They probably have

less snow, too. Lauren Pelley

Allow me to slop a little gravy on myshirt and quote esteemed money-saver and Toronto mayor Rob Ford:

The gravy train has to stop.Todays students face a litany of

absurd and unnecessary expensesin a brazen attempt to fatten theuniversity experience to frivolouslevels on the backs of students.

The merits of individual groupsarent the issue here. Westernsrefugee program, which provides aCanadian education for refugees, isdownright heroic and deserveswhatevers in your wallet.

The problem is where themoney comes from.

Western has learned they canpass the buck onto students andthe University Students Councilwhen it comes to greater expenses.

In February, students approveda referendum to add $25 to theirannual student fees to create a newstudent lounge. Its a space Westernowns, operates and ultimately ben-efits from, since theyll use it torecruit even more students.

In 2006, students broke a Cana-dian record by donating $100 mil-lion to the university to build theWestern Student Recreation Centre.

Western should be paying for allof these expenses. And they shouldpay for the refugee program too.

Critics argue students areinevitably paying for these anywaythrough ancillary fees. But Westernalso gets operating grants and extragovernment funding.

A few years after the $100 mil-lion donation, Western got a gov-ernment grant for $50 million.What was it for? A new building.Western poured all of it into Iveysnew home.

The refugee program is askingstudents to pay $13,000 per year.The expense would go unnoticedamong Westerns many philan-thropic projects. Instead, Westernsspending $265,000 on a rebrandingstudy to help reach their $500 mil-lion fundraising goal.

As students continue to foot thebill for these expenses, the Univer-sity continues to look at us likeblank cheques. Its time we remindthem were students instead.

Stuart A. Thompson


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Arts&Life funfactKaty Perry made a guest appearance The Simpsons this pastSunday, featuring puppets of the characters. Ironic, givenSesame Streetrecently pulled Perrys duet because parentsthought she was too risqu.

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Plain White Ts release theirsixth album today titled Won-ders of the Younger. The bandhas said the album is intendedto evoke feelings of the yearningfor adventure remembered fromchildhood.

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Mix together Western studentsRyan Freeman and Grant Peters,add music, and youve got buddingelectro/house/rock act The DirtyTees. Peters took some time to chatabout the local band and theirmusical goals.

What makes your music unique?

Ryan and I were both broughtup listening to rock music andespecially liked the inspirationalsongs groups like U2 and Switch-foot. We want to take that samesound we know and love thathard-hitting driven rock andturn it into dance music, which is

very popular now.

Does your experience in film

affect your creative process in

making music?

Absolutely. I work as a freelancevideo artist, and Im heavily influ-enced by visual art. Its been a bigpart of my life. Seeing films andunderstanding how the technologyworks inspires me to write music.Were actually coming out with avideo in a couple weeks [] Michael Chiang is helping us in theproduction.

What would you like to accom-

plish as artists?

We really want to take what welove, everything about music, andbring back wholesomeness tohouse. We want to make music that

inspires and moves people, turning

house music into something youcan listen to all the time. Wed alsoreally like to help people, to giveback. From day one weve commit-ted 10 per cent of our earnings tocharity. Its all about recognizingpotential and helping others.

How did you find your sound?

We both had a bunch of ideas.We listened to a lot of electro andalso listened to some Dutch houseand 90s house this summer. Wereally liked that sound and startedto incorporate that into our music.A lot of it is basically trial and error we figured out what sounds weliked and made songs based onwhat we felt sounded right. By thetime we finished making our first

three remixes, we really started to

define our electro/rock style ofmusic. Once we started writing ourfirst single, we got a bit more emo-tional with the music and reallytried to make it more profound.

Whats in the future for The

Dirty Tees?

Were actually going to L.A. inJanuary to write and produce withNatasha Bedingfield, as well asmeeting with major labels. We sentsome of our work and they reallyliked it, so Im definitely excited forthat. Were also producing our lat-est single, Flashback, that well begiving away in a couple weeks onour site in addition to a Speed ofLights a video that we producedwith Michael Chiang.

Western duo The Dirty Tees head to Hollywood

Nicole Gibillini

ARTS & LIFE EDITOR

Engineers Without Borders wantsto change the way you think aboutAfrica through art.

Perspectives of Africa is beingheld at The Arts Project in attemptto raise money through an auctionto send a few volunteers from Engi-neers Without Borders to Africa.

EWB is a non-governmental,Canada-wide organization that

currently works on developmentprojects in four African countries.

We do work in four differentAfrican countries Burkina Faso,Ghana, Zambia, and Malawi, saysJessica Baker, a fourth-year civilengineering and internationaldevelopment student. We also dowork in Canada on educating peo-ple about advocacy.

Baker says the work EWB does inthese developing countries is notalways what people expect.

We are not going over there andbuilding actual bridges or roads. Itsnon-conventional engineeringwork [to do with] grassroots prob-lems and addressing rural liveli-hoods. In Ghana, for example, theywork with farmers and farming,Baker explains.

Baker says the idea for theexhibit was developed a year and ahalf ago, and if this years show issuccessful, it will become an annu-al event.

The art for the show comes froma wide variety of resources includ-ing professional local artists, West-ern arts students and even elemen-tary and high school students. Itfocuses on various peoples per-spectives of Africa to challengesome of the assumptions madeabout Africans.

Perspectives of Africa runs fromDec. 7 to Dec. 11 at The Arts Project,

which is located at 203 Dundas St.

London

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Christmas would just not be thesame without Do They Know ItsChristmas? playing on the airwaves.

This song, written by Bob Geld-of and Midge Ure, was produced toraise money for relief in Ethiopiaduring the 1984 famine and hassince become a Christmas hit.

Band Aid consists of a 45 Irishand British musicians. Phil Collins,Bono, Sting, David Bowie and PaulMcCartney are some of the mostnotable musicians on the track.

Since then two more versions ofthe song have been released, mostrecently being Band Aid 2.0 whichfeatures some more modern artists.

Unlike most holiday songs, DoThey Know Its Christmas is about what others do not have that wetake for granted. This is a must-lis-ten track for the holidays.

Amber Garratt

Shake Up Christmas Train

You might recognize Trains newChristmas song Shake Up Christ-mas from the latest Coca-Colacommercial.

The song, recorded this year, isabout spreading joy. Its catchy anduplifting, and is sure to get you inthe Christmas spirit or at leastmake you want to buy a can ofcoke.

Coca-Cola shifted their advertis-ing tactics this year with the song,as their campaigns are best knownfor their iconic polar bear. Thecompany plans to use the songthroughout their entire 2010 holi-day campaign.

Train is best known for the hits

Soul Sister and Drops of Jupitor.Shake Up Christmas can befound on The Golden Gate Editionof Trains fifth album Save Me, SanFrancisco.

Nicole Gibillini

O Come, O Come, Emmanuel

Maeve

O Come, O Come, Emmanuel isprobably the oldest Christmas carolstill sung today. Its origins areunclear, and the author of thewords and composer to the musicis unknown, but some say it datesas far back as the 8th century.

Maeves modern version of thesong showcases clear, beautifulharmonies and simple acousticstrumming, with the vocals beingthe main highlight of the tune.

Maeves version maintains thetraditional lyrics and musicality ofthe song, while giving it a fresh styleso that anyone who enjoys musiccan appreciate it.

The chorus Rejoice! Rejoice!Emmanuel. Shall come to thee, OIsrael is powerful, with the majorvocal emphasis on the first rejoicewhich drawing the attention of thelistener.

Maeve is an acoustic, folk-rockgroup based out of Boston and youcan download this song for free onnoisetrade.com

Grace Davis


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Burlesque

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A predictable storyline, some awfulacting, and painful on-screenchemistry makes Burlesquea toughfilm to sit through. But on the brightside, the plethora of musical num-bers and elaborate costume makethe film anything but boring.

The movie begins with smalltown girl, Ali (Christina Aguilera)moving from Iowa to make it in thebig city of L.A.

After seeing a burlesque loungeowned by Tess (Cher) and ex-hus-band Vince (Peter Gallagher), Alidoes everything she can to proveshe has what it takes to make it onstage.

In the meantime she meets bar-tender Jack (Cam Gigandet) wholater becomes her roommate andlove interest. Despite their utterlyawkward romance and lack ofchemistry, the two slowly fall in loveas Alis career begins to flourish.

With such a line-up of stars, itshard to believe the film is so disap-

pointing. But while Aguileras actingis sub-par, not all the actors arepainful to watch. Stanley Tucci,who plays Sean, Tess trusty bestfriend and wardrobe assistant, wasby far the most likeable character. Itwas also easy to fall for Eric Danescharm, despite his bad boy per-

sona.As for the vocal and dance per-

formances, Aguileras vocals wereon point, while Cher had one nice,but slightly bland solo. All of thedancers were fantastic, especiallyGeorgia (Julianne Hough) whoseemed to own the stage.

The set design was visuallyappealing with glitter and stagelights, but with the sets being sodark, the lighting in the daytimescenes seemed out of place. It madeit very hard to believe that the filmtook place in sunny L.A.

Overall, the film was cheesy andpredictable, but was still entertain-ing. Although the acting left some-thing to be desired, the song-and-

dance numbers were delivered andproduced well. But you wont find yourself with them stuck in yourhead after you leave the theatre.

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Sportsrundown >> The Mustangs cheerleaders won their 25th title at the National Cheerleading Championships this past weekend | First-year Mustang Dillon Mugridge wonthe mens solo tumbling title | The Mustangs womens hockey team fell to UOIT 4-3, but rebounded against Queens the next day, defeating them 3-2 in the shootout.

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Bizarre win good enoughBoth goalies pulled in high scoring game

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ITS JUST NOT COOL TO HIT A MAN IN HIS FIVE-HOLE. Mustang forward Steve Reese tried to poke the puck through Bad-

ger goalie Kurt Jorys legs. Though Jory would make the save, Reese would have the last laugh, scoring two goals and

assisting on one to lead the Mustangs to a 6-4 win.

Daniel Da Silva

SPORTS EDITOR

The Brock Badgers are a low-scor-ing team that traps well to keep thepuck off their net. Western is adefence-first team that scores inbunches.

So it was a surprise to everyonewhen the Mustangs took home thetwo points in a 6-4 victory onThursday night.

It was an uncharacteristic gamefor us. We started poorly in the firstperiod. But we showed a lot of heartand emotion, something we haventhad in a couple of weeks, so it wasgood to get that back, Mustanghead coach Clarke Singer said.

Uncharacteristic was the best

way to describe the first period.Western took three penalties andBrock easily converted all three ofthem. Brock would score four powerplay goals on six opportunities.

Our assistant coach spent a lotof time this week working on [thepower play]. We thought that wassomething that would have helpedus a lot this week and it would haveif we were better defensively, Brockhead coach Murray Nystrom said.

Unfortunately, the Badgers

werent able to keep Westerns for-ward lines at bay. Brock took multi-ple leads in the first, but Westernanswered back each time. Theteams went into the first intermis-sion tied at three. Mustang goalieJosh Unice was pulled for allowingthree goals on 13 shots. BackupAnthony Grieco stopped 11 of the12 shots he faced.

The line consisting of YasharFarmanara, Kevin Baker and SteveReese were crucial to Westerns suc-

cess, amassing three goals. Theywere especially important consid-ering the absence of all-star wingerAaron Snow. Baker now leads theteam with 24 points while Reesehas 11 goals.

Since weve put them together,they have been fabulous. Tonightwas a good indication of that. Weare looking forward to them pro-gressing as a line and getting bet-ter, Singer said.

With the game tied at four in thesecond period, defenceman Bran-don Greenside stepped up andscored the winner. After intercept-ing a brutal pass just inside theBadger blue line, Greenside took afew strides before ripping a slapshot top corner. The goal stood up

as the winner and chased Badgerstarting goalie Kurt Jory.I dont think we got it turned

around until the game was halfover. But we really showed a lot ofcharacter and heart in the last halfof the game and we finishedstrong, Singer said.

The Mustangs now get to enjoytheir holiday break before returningto action in January when they trav-el to St. Catharines for a rematchwith the Badgers.

It was anuncharacteristicgame for us. Westarted poorly inthe first period. Butwe showed a lot ofheart and emotion,something we

havent had in acouple of weeks, soit was good to getthat back.

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season with a bangRookie Diston breaks Westernpole vaulting record for gold

Melanie LuiGAZETTE STAFF

It should have been called MustangRookie Day.

This past Saturday the Mustangtrack and field team hosted the 36thannual Seasons Opener at Thomp-son Arena and the rookies had noproblem taking the lead.

Not only did rookie Matt Distongrab the gold medal with his out-standing pole vault of 4.86 m, buthe also secured a spot at the Cana-dian Interuniversity Sport champi-onships happening in March. Hebroke the school record for theevent in the process.

Im just thrilled about [achiev-

ing] CIS standard, Diston saidabout his performance. To set anew school record its a goodfeeling. Its great to know my namewill go down in history.

The previous pole vault record 4.85 m was set nine years agoby Mustang Brad Turner when heplaced first at a meet hosted by theUniversity of Findlay in Ohio.

Making the CIS standard wasone of Distons goals coming intothe season. He now plans to raisethe bar on his expectations for therest of the season.

I want to jump over andbeyond 5 m, like 5.10 m. Maybe Illbreak my record and set anotherone, Diston said.

Another new face at the trackwas Drew Welch. This world juniorshot-putter opened up his univer-sity competitive season with a firstplace finish thanks to a throw of14.89 m he beat the second placefinisher by over a metre

Were very excited to have him

on the team, Mustang throwscoach Sylvia Kontra said. He real-ized this summer at world [juniorchampionships] that hed like totake it a step further.

Welch has been working on adifferent technique since he start-ed training with Kontra.

Hes learning the spin, Kontracontinued. Were still putting thetechnique together, but I think hellbe a medal contender at CIS comeMarch.

Rookie Matt Muldoon alsoimpressed, winning the 600 m event.Fellow rookie Caroline Ehrhardt wonthe gold in the long jump competi-tion with a jump of 5.51 m. Ehrhardtwas one of Westerns prized recruits,

joining the team as Canadas bestjunior long and triple jumper.

Determined not to be upstaged,the veteran Mustangs showed theycould hold their own. Dan Goddardbroke records at the arena andintrasquad meets last week in the200 m won the 300 m in 36.13 sec-onds. He and teammate EliasGranillo led the 4x200 m relay teamto a gold medal finish. SophmoreMatthew Morden won the 60 mhurdles.

On the womens side, fourth-year Emily Coxhead defended her60 m hurdles title, winning the racewith a time of 9.00 seconds.

Now that the Mustang track andfield team has a set roster, they planto step up their training to preparefor the Ontario University Athleticsand CIS championships in the2011. The men hope to step up thetop of the podium from the bronzemedal position at the two champi-onships hosted by York and Sher-brooke respectively.

Nyssa Kuwahara GAZETTE

FORGETTING TO BREATHE IS THE NUMBER ONE CAUSE OF TRACK RELATED

DEATH. The Mustangs officially opened their season with an impressive perfor-

mance at Thompson Arena on Saturday. Pole vaulter Matt Diston and shot put-

ter Drew Welch were particularly impressive in winning gold.

Nyssa Kuwahara GAZETTE

LUCKILY NARCOLEPSY WASNT A DEALBREAKER FOR THESE RUNNERS. While the men dominated their competition, the

rebuilding womens team also impressed, particularly Emily Coxhead, who took gold in the 60m hrdles.

Anders Kravis GAZETTE

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