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Canada given failing grade in innovationCAUT director hoping feds will follow Obamas lead, increase fundsBy Kaleigh RogersGazette Staff

Schools fear all the bulldozers andcranes may have been in vain if thenext years federal budget does notallow for research money.

Last year, the budget set aside $2billion for campus infrastructuredevelopments and improvements.This sum was put into action immedi-ately, spurring 536 projects to build orimprove research and teaching facili-ties at campuses across Canada,according to the Globe and Mail.

Now, in the face of a record deficit,the concern is these new and

improved buildings will go unusedwithout the support of research fund-ing in the federal budget.

The last budget [] actually cutthe funding for the three grantingcouncils by $147.9 million, JamesTurk, executive director for the Cana-dian Association of University Teach-ers, explained. The councils are theprinciple sources of money for univer-sity research.

According to Turk, CAUT is con-cerned further funding cuts toresearch will be made in order to meetthe budget goals set out by finance

minister Jim Flaherty.In 2008, Canadian universities

spent over $10 billion on research, butwith last years budget cuts, the coun-cils have been forced to turn downabout 80 per cent of grant applica-tions, Turk explained.

They have to tell the researcher,were sorry, your grant went throughall the approval processes, its clearlysomething invaluable to do, but regret-tably, we simply do not have themoney to fund you.

The Association of Universities andColleges of Canada has also beenpressing the federal government tocontinue investing in research, Alison

Hebbs, assistant director of communi-cations for AUCC, said.

We also believe that investing ininnovation and research can help usemerge even stronger from the currenteconomic difficulties, Hebbsexplained, adding research is part ofthe solution.

Both the AUCC and the CAUTbelieve a focus on funding education,research and innovation will ultimate-ly aid in a recovery from the recession.

In their annual report card onCanadian quality of life as it compareswith its peer countries, the Conference

Board of Canada rated the nationsinnovation performance at a D.

Almost all countries leading the[] innovation scores have govern-ment programs that encourage inno-vation in the national interest, theboard explained in the report, where12 of the 17 countries ranked higherthan Canada in innovation.

Canadian companies are []rarely at the leading edge of new tech-nology and too often find themselvesa generation or more behind the pro-ductivity growth achieved by globalindustry leaders, the report said.

Turk also expressed concern overother countries leaving Canada in the

dust in terms of support for researchand innovation.

The current budget that [Presi-dent] Obama has tabled in the Ameri-can congress proposes a six per centincrease to the funding of the two American granting councils, Turksaid. This financial bump is followingan increase in funding from Obamasstimulus plan in 2009.

The councils and schools will haveto hold their breath until Thursday,when the federal government plans toreveal the details of their budget in Par-liament.

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UMMM WHATS THE FIRE CODE CAPACITY FOR THIS PLACE AGAIN? Student reaction to Sundays goldmedal mens ice hockey game, shown here at the Spoke, varied from shock fol lowing team U.S.A.s game tyinggoal, to elation after Sidney Crosby netted the game winner in overtime.

Research is part of the solution.Alison Hebbs,

Assistant director of communications for AUCC

Canadian companies are [] rarely at

the leading edge of new technology. Conference Board of Canadas

annual report card on quality of life

They have to tell the researcher, were

sorry, your grant went through all the

approval processes, its clearly something

invaluable to do, but regrettably, we sim-

ply do not have the money to fund you. James Turk,

Executive director for the Canadian Association of University Teachers

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Dont bash the stache

Yesterday marked the start of theannual Mustache March a char-itable event where men growmoustaches over the course of themonth.

The movement is picking upsteam people are starting tocome out of their shells andembrace the moustache, Pat Dun-can, co-organizer of the event, saidin a press release. He expectedmoustache fashion to be fully revi-talized in the next few years.

The Sigma Chi fraternity hasunofficially hosted the Mustache

March for eight years, but this yearthey are kicking it up a notch byjoining with Ivey Cup to make theevent bigger and better than everbefore.

In previous years, it was terriblyhard to get people on board withstache growing, Nicholas McDon-ald, another co-organizer, said.However, according to McDonald,growing a moustache is more pop-ular this year than any other.

Men are asked to sign up and bea part of this fashionable event.There is an entrance fee of $5 and allproceeds raised will go directly tothe Childrens Health Foundation inLondon. According to McDonald,the event hopes to raise over $2,000.

There will be a final march heldin the University Community Cen-tre on Mar. 31, featuring all of thecontestants as well as a final awardceremony. A panel of judges will bewaiting to award prizes to the mostcreative moustaches.

For more information on rules,dates and how to get involved, visitwww.mustachemarch.ca.

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Ears are like feet?

The potential risks of hands-freedevices are severely underestimat-ed, according to the National Cen-tre for Audiology.

Some users can experience paincaused by earpieces, as somedesigns do not fit well and result inmajor discomfort in or behind theear.

A group of audiologists at West-ern have collaborated to create acomfortable solution. On Feb. 23,the NCA hosted a clinic where staffand students made ear impressionsto create custom-moulded Blue-tooth headsets. The cost for a cus-tomized earpiece was $175.

We know that the standardheadsets used by many drivers canprovide poor sound quality,uncomfortable wearing and can gettangled with glasses or sunglasses.We can use our expertise to over-

come these issues, Susan Scollie,assistant professor of audiology,explained.

Scollie added audiologists wantpeople to value the well-being oftheir hearing, as well as the comfortof the devices they wear in theirears, and the sound quality of com-munication gadgets.

Ears are like feet. You dont liketo wear something on them if theyhurt you. Often, a custom-mould-ed option takes care of a wholerange of problems, Scollie said.

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Brescias Farmers MarketWhen: 9 a.m. 5 p.m.Where: Brescia University College,Library FoyerWhat: Faculty, staff and studentsare invited to come to Brescia tobuy locally grown produce, home-made baked goods and preserves.

Faculty of Educations VisitingScholar 2010

When: 3 p.m. 4 p.m.Where: Faculty of Education Build-ing, Room 1139What: Robert Lingard, a professorat the University of Queensland,Australia, will perform a lecture enti-tled, Policy borrowing, policy learn-ing: testing times in Australianschooling.

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Lunch and Learn Trade Show2010When: 11 a.m. 2:30 p.m.Where: Somerville House, the GreatHallWhat: Attend the show to find outabout the latest in technology andoffice supplies. Hosted by the Cam-

pus Computer Store and the BookStore, the trade show is an opportu-nity to find out whats new in prod-ucts from iPods to paper shredders.

Working in Canada InformationSessionWhen: 11:30 a.m. 1:30 p.m.Where: Western Student Services,Room 3134What: Find out about immigration reg-ulations and work permits for interna-tional students, eligibility require-ments, how and when to apply andthe rules for maintaining permits.

Faculty of Health Sciences Aborigi-nal Speaker SeriesWhen: 7 p.m. 9 p.m.Where: Health Sciences Building,Room 9What: Three aboriginal speakerswill offer their insights at the HealthSciences speak series. The eventis free and all are welcome.

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Book Sale at Huron University Col-lege LibraryWhen: 10 a.m. 5 p.m.Where: Huron University College,Library

What: Hundreds of ex-libris artbooks will be available for studentpurchase.

Curating the Curatorial ExhibitionWhen: 5 p.m.Where: Visual Arts CentreWhat: Several ambitious curatorialprojects have divided the floor-space of the Artlab to create indi-vidual gallery sites.

Ethnic Dinner Outing

When: 6 p.m.Where: Los Comales, 346 Rich-mond St.What: Come enjoy a taste of LatinAmerican cuisine. The StudentDevelopment Centres Internationaland Exchange Student Centre willbe hosting the annual Ethnic DinnerOuting.

Chomedy!When: 9:30 p.m.Where: The WaveWhat: A night of charitable comedy,hosted by the UWO Comedy Cluband Western Microcredit Society.

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Western boosts aid to international studentsMoulton: other Ontarioschools not as supportiveBy Gloria DickieGazette Staff

Could international students be thesolution to financial woes at Cana-dian universities?

Attempts at herding as manystudents as possible to campuseshas increased, spurring interna-tional enrollment to reach roughly178,000 students across Canada in2008.

In his Presidents PrioritiesReport for fall 2009, Western presi-dent and vice-chancellor AmitChakma reiterated the Universitysinterest in bolstering international-ization by setting targets for enroll-ment. There are currently 600 to700 undergraduate studentsattending Western who pay

upwards of $16,000 a year in tuitionfees, due to provincial deregulation.

John Doerksen, vice-provostacademic programs and students,noted Western would like toincrease this by an incremental 100students yearly.

International students bring agreat deal of enrichment to ourcampus community. One of themain considerations that Westernneeds to make in regards to thesupport of international students isto ensure that we provide sufficientsupport services, such as the Inter-national Exchange Student Centre,Doerksen said.

Additionally, high tuition feescreate a sizeable hurdle forprospective students looking atOntario schools.

Were fortunate at Western tohave an administration thats beensupportive of affordable interna-tional student tuition, Dan Moul-ton, University Students Councilvice-president university affairs,said. But thats not the case acrossOntario a lot of institutions useinternational students as a costcentre to subsidize domestictuition.

Doerksen acknowledged whilethe revenue from internationaltuition plays a factor in recruit-ment, the broader goal is theenrichment of the campus, both

cultural and academic.Tristan Cartwright, a second-

year science student fromBahamas, expressed his frustrationat having to pay almost three timesthe Canadian tuition fee.

I think it is ridiculously unfairthat international students have topay so much more to receive thesame education as everyone else.The price alone is a large hindrancefor many people who wish to studyabroad, but simply cant due tofinancial problems.

Cartwright remarked Canadawas a very popular destination withstudents from his high school, aswell as across the Caribbean.

The reason I didnt go to uni-versity in Bahamas is because theeducation system at home is unfor-

tunately inferior to universitiesabroad. Despite the increased cost,the education received is overallsimply better so its worth it in thatsense, Cartwright said.

While Canadian universitiesinvest extensively in foreign recruit-ment and the promotion of Cana-dian campuses, many students areleft floundering when it comes tofinancial aid.

However, major financial adjust-ments are underway at Western.Doerksen announced that as of fall2010, admissions scholarships willbe available to international stu-dents:

They dont have to apply for it its based on their average, Healso explained grades would beconverted to the Western scale toensure equivalency.

Doerksen expressed hopessome of the revenue generatedfrom international students wouldbe re-invested into support servicesand other forms of financial aid.

Moulton believes diversificationis a good investment for Canada.

Students who attend fromabroad to learn and to live, by-and-large end up staying in Ontario andcontributing to the economy. Itsimportant that we look at new waysto further internationalize ourprovince as we move towards aglobal economy.

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International students in Canada

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When the closing ceremonies of the 21st Winter Olympicsended with an eruption of fireworks from the roof of Van-couvers BC Place, emotions across the country ran high.In wake of all the excitement and anxiety, the highs andthe lows, Canada as a whole seems to be at a loss as howto describe the past two weeks. While its arguablewhether the Games were a success, along the way wevelearned a few things about the Olympics, our country andthe shifting cultural fabric that make us Canadians.

As with any Olympics, the first thing weve been taughtis how woefully out of shape we all are. To see a mass ofpeople several years younger than us accomplishing morethan we or our peers ever will is humbling and, lets faceit, a little depressing.

Then again, these athletes should be congratulated especially those athletes who participated in events wherethe difference between a gold and fourth place was a fewblinks of the eye. It is unlikely any of us will forget Sud-burys Devon Kershaw, who teared up as he tried toexplain how it felt to be a mere half-second away from amedal after a 50 km cross-country race.

These Olympics had an excess of outstanding narra-tives. Although the sob story remains a tried-and-true ele-ment of virtually every Olympic Games, these storiesrarely find their way onto the podium. This year, heart- warming tales could be found behind virtually everyCanadian medal win from Alexandre Bilodeaus broth-er to Tessa Virtue and Scott Moirs triumphant victory.

Even the epic ending of Canadas victory over Americain the mens ice hockey final could not have had a betterending if it were scripted by Hollywood not only was itan overtime winner, but it was also the medal thatclinched Canadas place in history as the most golden ever.

Thats not to say it was all fun. These Games alsoshowed how willing Canadians are to jump on and off thebandwagon, be it bashing the aforementioned hockeyteam, or the Own the Podium program.

Though its true OTP didnt achieve their goal of 30-plus medals and better than third place, it will be hard forcritics to argue the program was a complete failure in theface of all the golden hardware Canadian athletes arewearing.

We also cant help but point out the dreadful selectionof music groups at the closing ceremonies. While weresure theres a lesson to be found in selecting musical actslike Nickelback or Simple Plan over bands as varied asthe Tragically Hip or Arcade Fire, were not quite surewhat it is.

But perhaps it is better this way our games are bothflawed and fantastic, much like the inhabitants of thisgreat country. With the end of the Games pulling everypossible Canadian stereotype out of a gigantic Mountiehat, we took the opportunity to put ourselves on the worldstage warts and all and showed how passionate weall are for the country we call home.

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Hey, Chile. Thanks a lot. You couldnt have picked a more

inconvenient time to have a natural dis-aster.

Come on, who decides to get hit by aquake during the Olympics? TheOlympics! Didnt you know the wholeworld would be distracted? Not to men-tion youve copied Haiti, minus the mas-sive death toll. Thats a disaster faux pas,Chile, in case you didnt get the memo.

In light of your colossal screw-up,please take note of the following guide-lines for future reference. (Other coun-tries feel free to listen up, too. Im suresome of you African states are just dyingto have anotherdrought.)

First and foremost, dont have a nat-ural disaster during other major events.The Olympics were a no-no for obviousreasons. But interrupting a finale ofDancing with the Starsor The Bachelorwith breaking coverage of your tragedywouldnt be any better. With one excep-

tion: should you have an environmentalcatastrophe while being the country fea-

tured in an upcoming season of Sur-vivor, that is just good TV for us here inNorth America all the drama, none ofthe nagging sense of obligation.

Second, dont rip off other disasters.The earthquake thing, with its shock-ing death toll and widespread devasta-tion, was hip the first time around.Kind of like that 2012 movie youdont make a sequel for something likethat. And guess what, Chile: right now,youre the sequel that nobodys goingto watch.

Third, give us a breather! There areonly so many disasters our poor heartscan handle. Haiti took a huge toll on ouremotional well-being, not to mentionour wallets. We threw fundraisers, raisedthe cash, and were feeling pretty darngood about ourselves. Couldnt you havegiven us a bit more time to bask in ourphilanthropic successes before ploppinganother tragedy in our laps?

Overall, Chile, your timing couldnthave been worse. Maybe next time youcan have a natural disaster at a moreconvenient point in the year. The off-season for hockey, perhaps. Or at leastgive us a little variation to spice thingsup why not a volcano or a monsoon? At the rate youre going, you wont becapturing the international spotlight any

time soon.Better luck next time, Chile.

Re: Shoulda stuck with badminton Feb.24, 2010

To the editor:I have spent many an hour enjoying thein-depth journalism offered by theGazette and by that, I mean doing thecrossword. However, what I saw todayappalled me.

Normally when an athlete bringshome an Ontario University Athletics sil-ver medal, it is something to be celebrat-ed by the school. Instead, I saw the cap-tion Shoulda stuck with badminton,beneath a photo of one of the finest ath-letes representing the Mustang name.

Sure, lets ignore the fact she hasbeen a dominant force, with her fewlosses coming against fellow nationalchampions. Lets ignore the fact she hasrepresented Canada at the World Cham-pionships.

Clearly, the best option is to ridiculeher performance in your publication,stripping the Gazette of any form ofintegrity it may have had. If only those atthe Gazettespent as much time improv-ing their so-called journalism as they docoming up with offensive captionsmocking others.

By all means, if you think bringing

home OUA wrestling medals is easy, feelfree to give it a shot.Andrew Ross

Social Science and Education Alumnus

Ed. Note:We agree Andrew. Characterizing Jen-nifers stellar OUA wrestling careerwith a single caption making a joke ata precarious situation she found her-self in during a match would be wrong.Thats why her accomplishments havebeen recorded in no fewer than 20 arti-cles in the Gazette, including lastweeks piece. Congratulations on mak-ing it past p.2, focusing on five wordsand making a generalization of fouryears of wrestling coverage. Good luckwith todays crossword.

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Chileans forgotten amidstHaitian aid, Olympic craze Shoulda stuckwith crosswords

One of the characters developed Wonder Vag was

saving herself for marriage and her power was to detecta liar. So we did take that into consideration.

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Mustangs Take Home Bronze

The Womens volleyball team came home from McMaster with

an OUA bronze medal. At the final four tournament hosted by

the Marauders, the Mustangs had a semifinal date with the

Toronto Varsity Blues on Friday. Unfortunately, the eventual

champions knocked off Western after a thrilling five-set match.

The Mustangs responded well in the third place game, knock-

ing off the Queens Gaels in straight sets.

Mustangs out-paceLakehead in semisFocused team moveson to OUA West finalBy Arden ZwellingGazette Staff

When March rolls around, motiva-tion isnt hard to come by in a Mus-tangs locker room.

The season is over if you lose thats all the motivation we should

ever need, Mustangs womens bas-ketball head coach Stephan Barriesaid after watching his team cruiseto an 84-58 victory over the Lake-head Thunderwolves on Saturdayin the Ontario University AthleticsWest semifinal.

Despite that, the Mustangs didnot need much provocation againstroad-weary Lakehead at AlumniHall. The Thunderwolves neverfound their feet, shooting 37.5 percent from the field and converting just four of their 23 three-pointattempts.

I would characterize our teamtoday as unfocused, Thunder-wolves head coach Jon Kreiner said.Western took us out of the gameearly. Kudos to them; they werewaiting for us and they executed alot better than we did today.

The Mustangs dominatedaround the basket all afternoon,out-rebounding Windsor 39-24 andscoring 28 points in the paint. TheMustang bigs Rebecca Moss,Lauren Parkes and Katelyn Leddy were key contributors to thehome teams dominance down low,physically overwhelming the small-er Thunderwolves.

Weve been working over andover again in practice on boxing outdown low, Leddy said after thegame. Its been a weakness of ours,so weve been working hard at it. Its

definitely a focus.The Mustangs are on a roll, hav-ing now won eight of their last ninegames after dropping two straight inJanuary. One of the primary reasonsfor the Mustangs success in the lat-ter half of their season has been thestrong contribution from players

other than Amanda Anderson.The fifth-year guard is second in

OUA scoring and led the Mustangsin points in seven of the teams first10 games this season. But over thesubsequent 11 games, Andersonhas only outscored her teammatesfour times.

The Mustangs had five scorers indouble digits on Saturday, paced byLeddy who fell just short of a dou-ble-double with 17 points and nineassists in 26 minutes of work.

Thats what I see every day inpractice, so Im used to it, Barriesaid of his teams new scoring-by-commission policy. When our kidsplay to their potential, thats whatour scores will look like.

The Thunderwolves defensivestrategy was clear shut downAnderson and hope the rest of theMustangs miss their shots.

They certainly accomplished thefirst goal Anderson was held to just eight points and didnt eventake a shot until the second quarter but not so much the second. TheMustangs shot 51.8 per cent fromthe field and converted on five ofnine three point attempts.

We have lots of people who canput numbers up for us everyonecan score, Anderson said. Its a bigpart of our team. If other teams keyon one player theyre done. Wecan move the ball around and getopen looks.

Anderson who recently tookover second place in Mustangs all-time scoring was more valuableto her team defensively, tasked withshutting down Lakehead pointguard Tasia McKenna.

McKenna is the Thunderwolves

leading scorer and ranks fifth in theOUA with 15.7 points per game. Shetorched Western for 21 points in an84-51 thumping Lakehead handedthe Mustangs just a week ago.

But the five-foot-five guard wasfrustrated by Anderson in the OUAsemifinal, failing to record a single

point despite leading the Thunder-wolves with 34 minutes of play.

Amanda was our best defensiveplayer today she was integral toshutting down Tasia, Barrie said.We knew we had to do that. It wasthe game plan all week.

McKenna went 0 for 8 from thefield including five missed three-pointers and came within onepersonal foul of fouling out of thegame.

Tasia got shut down today,Krenier said of his fourth-year pointguard. Kudos to Western theycame out today and had a greatgame plan.

With the win, the Mustangsadvance to the OUA West finalsWednesday night against the Wind-sor Lancers, who have lost just onceall year. The Lancers swept the two-game season series with the Mus-tangs, winning 94-81 and 85-75.

Today was the best we playedall year focus-wise, Anderson said.But we had a little let down at theend of the fourth quarter and if we

do that against Windsor, theyregoing to punish us.Well have to be focused and

play solid defence [against Wind-sor.] If we have the same number ofpossessions as the other team weshould do really well.

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LAKEHEADS SMELLY ARMPIT DEFENCE WAS FORMIDABLE SATURDAY AFTERNOON. Rookie Mustangsforward Melissa Rondinelli posts up under the basket during the fourth quarter at the OUA West semifinal Sat-urday afternoon. The six-foot Sarnia native made the most of her nine minutes of action, scoring six points.

Scoring by Quarter

1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final

score

Western 21 20 32 11 84

Lakehead 16 14 11 17 58

Team Leaders

Western Points Lakehead

Katelyn Leddy 17 14 Sarah Gordon

Beckie Williams 14 12 Shannon Vellinga

Rebecca Moss 13 10 Lisa Styles

Western Rebounds Lakehead

Katelyn Leddy 9 7 Sarah Gordon

Rebecca Moss 7 4 Lindsay Druery

Jaclyn Selfe 6 3 Chelsea Nekuliak

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THIS ADDS A WHOLE NEW DEFINITION TO REACHING IN. Mustangs guard Katelyn Leddy tries to escape the graspof two Lakehead defenders during the OUA West semifinal at Alumni Hall on Saturday. Leddy paced all scorers with17 points and nine rebounds as the Mustangs thwarted the Thunderwolves to advance to the OUA West final.

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I CAN DO THIS WITH MY EYES CLOSED. Hipsters and folk fans gathered at Aeolian Hall Thursday night to soakin Owen Palletts anticipated show.

By Ed MurphyGazette Writer

Owen Pallett has shed hisvideogame-inspired moniker, Final

Fantasy. Fortunately, his signaturestyle and sound remain intact.

Thursday night, Londons Aeo-lian Hall was filled with hipsters ofall ages, anticipating the one-man-electro-orchestra that is Pallett.

Launching the evening was thefreak folk, boy-girl duo Snowblink.

The Toronto outfit offered thecrowd a brief set of quirky andquaint nature-inspired numbers,guilty of warming ones soul.

Plucking a guitar equipped with

deer antlers, lead singer DanielaGesundheit showcased her spar-rows trill while partner, Dan MishaGoldman, filled in the gaps. Theduos second song, Rut & Nuzzle,exhibited soft Feist-like vocal lines

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CONCERT REVIEWCONCERT REVIEWPerformance:Openers:Crowd:

Set List:Worth the $$$:

Owen Pallett fills Aeolian Hall with string wizardryMinor blips dont detract from musicians fantastic performance

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Olympics bring out best in Canadianathletes, but worst in Canadian music

I dont even know where tobegin with the nightmare that was the musical performancesat Sunday nights closing cere-monies. Ill start with Nickel-back, because it was mostlydownhill from there.

I dont think I have to bash theAlberta band, because accordingto the outbursts of frustration onTwitter and Facebook, its safe tosay many Canadians were out-raged and embarrassed to seeChad Kroegers artificial blondehighlights gleam on the Olympicstage.

Nickelback is one of the bestselling bands in Canada, but sowhat? Does that mean they shouldbe a guaranteed performance atthe Games? Recently, a pickle beatout Nickelback for more fans on

Facebook, with 1.4 million mem-bers if thats not an indicationof why a band shouldnt representa country at an Olympic ceremo-ny, I dont know what is.

I wasnt actually surprised tosee Nickelback perform. But I wassurprised to see the ensuing stringof pseudo-punk, under-talented,wannabe hipsters who followed. Itwas like a nightmare that got pro-gressively worse.

When we were still reelingfrom Nickelbacks set, Avril Lavi-gne, who hasnt done much latelyother than divorce that guy fromSum 41 and star in a few Canoncommercials, took to the spot-light and sang Girlfriend anold song with disgracefully super-ficial lyrics, especially for theOlympics.

After a slightly redeeming per-formance by Alanis Morissette,

who unfortunately didnt sing anyof her most popular material,things started to decline onceagain with performances by Hed-ley and Simple Plan.

Sure, these artists have

achieved commercial success andmaybe they have a couple ofcatchy songs but pre-teen idolslike Lavigne, Hedley and SimplePlan should not be our musical

representatives to the world. NeilYoung and Morrisettes subdued,simple performances easily stolethe show. Even Michael Bubl inhis rather risqu RCMP numberhad people laughing with him notat him.

My question is, where wereartists like Feist, The Tragically Hipor Our Lady Peace? I would haveeven rather seen Cline Dion upthere belting out My Heart WillGo On because at least shes anundeniable Canadian icon. Arentwe known for our indie, folk andauthentic acoustic music ratherthan the crass commercializedcrap that seems more Americanthan anything?

This Olympics was about the world taking us seriously on anathletic stage, and our athletes cer-tainly accomplished that goal but musically, we definitely didnot own the podium.

Pallett returns withnew name, new album

punctuated by a hooky bird-watch-ers call. Snowblink employed thefront row of the audience in ringinga long string of bells at the precise

moment.While at times Snowblinks show

echoed a Von Trapp family gathering one could not help but envisionthe musicians with birds andsquirrels gatheredaround them these avant-gardefolkies masterfullystaged a sophisti-cated and stylish-ly layered music,acting as a perfect accessory to Pal-letts bill.

After an intermission just longenough for an equipment change-over, Pallett waltzed through thecurtain with a massive grin and a

bottle of Newcastle in hand.Accompanying Pallett on stage wasmulti-instrumentalist and backingvocalist, Thomas Gill.

Pallett moved swiftly into mate-rial from his long-time-in-the-making, 2010 effort, Heart-land. Midnight Directives, with its

franticly plucked violin arpeggios,received great applause from thecaptivated listeners.

A miscommunication during thetempo count-in for He PoosClouds caused Pallett to stop the

song and jokingly chide Gill withYoure such an embarrassment.This was one of several playfulexchanges between the two. Palletts

few minor blipsdue to finickyequipment andthe difficulty of hisviolin loopingtechnique didntdetract from theperformance butbrought the audi-

ence closer to the making of the art.Palletts set was dynamic. Took

You Two Years to Win My Heartdemonstrated an artful pairing ofbeautifully melancholic violin tex-tures and sad words of heartbreak.

This is the Dream of Win andRegine housed optimistic lineslike, Montreal wont break usdown, and cheerful violin riffs.

Thus, the death of the monikerdid not result in the finality of anyfantasy the Owen Pallett show isevery bit as fantastic.

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Maddie LeznoffA&E Editor

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ON DISC

Various ArtistsSounds of Vancouver: Opening Cer-emony Commemorative AlbumEMI Music Canada

The Olympic Games are an excitingtime when countries come togeth-er to compete. The opening cere-monies are an anticipated event, asthey bring about a number of highquality performances through songand dance.

While the music in combinationwith the performances produced

inspirational scenes, the tracksalone were not as successful. Thealbum has a wide array of soundsand an upbeat tempo that beginswith the 2010 Vancouver OlympicOrchestra.

Nelly Furtados song with BryanAdams, Bang the Drum, providesthe most vibrant track of the album,with motivational words sung byboth. However, as the album con-tinues, the sounds blend togetherand become boring.

Though the album is missing anentertainment element, its notlacking in cultural composure. Thestar of the album is without a doubt16-year-old Nikki Yanofsky. Her del-icate voice brings a calming andpeaceful version of O Canada.The anthem, as well as the othertracks sung by Yanofsky during theOpening Ceremonies, highlights anew artist with a bright future inmusic.

Despite a few standout tracks,the rest of the album is disappoint-ing. However, Sounds of Vancouver2010is an interesting compilationthat brings about our multi-cultur-al heritage through song.

Asymina Kantorowicz

Meaghan SmithThe Crickets OrchestraSire Records

Inspired by music from the 1920s to1940s, singer/songwriter MeaghanSmith is breaking sound waves withher unique and sensuous style ofvintage pop. Originally from Lon-don, Ontario, Smith has a sophisti-cated girl-next-door style, whichshe is committed to preserving.

Signed with American label SireRecords, Smith recently released

her refreshing new album CricketsOrchestra. Working alongside pro-ducers, Les Cooper, Greg Kurstinand T-Bone Burnett, Smith was ableto complete an album with asmooth and bubbly flow, invitinglisteners to glide into a different era.

Tracks such as If You Asked Meand Take Me Dancing capturethe catchy and rhythmic characterof swing music. The album also hasa jazzy demeanour.

Smith has resurrected a genre ofmusic and makes it appealing withpiano, clarinet, base and acousticguitars and saxophone accompani-ments.

Smiths career is picking upmomentum in the United States asan excerpt of the song 5 MinutesMore has already been used in thepopular television series GreysAnatomy.

Each song has its own distinctpersonality, telling stories ofromance direct from Smiths inti-mate life experiences. Her uniquevoice projects every word gently,but the twist of vintage quirkinessthat jumps out during most choruslines is captivating.

Nicola-Martiza Coombs