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$100,000 moustaches

Kaitlyn mcGrathAssoCiAte editor

Mo’ money, no problem. As of press time Thursday night, the West-ern University network had raised $102,299 for Movember, far sur-passing last year’s total of $60,343.

At the onset of the campaign, Brett Larson, a fourth-year BMOS student and the Western represen-tative for Movember, set a goal of $75,000. He was confident the goal would be met, but never projected Western would top it by as much as they did.

“It well exceeded my expecta-tions,” he said. “I didn’t expect it to be this big at all, and it’s something to really be proud of.”

And for yet another year, Can-ada is atop the worldwide leader-board, currently sitting at a total of $31,283,181, over 8 million ahead of the second-place United Kingdom.

“I think that’s just the Canadian nature,” Larson said about Canada once again leading the campaign. “Charity is really big in Canada.”

With each year, the Movember movement, which looks to raise money and awareness for men’s health, continues to grow. Larson explained that, along with a large social media campaign, Movem-ber had a more visible presence on campus this year, which led to the high totals.

However, Western still trails the University of Toronto in the race to be the top university in Canada.

Paolo Campisi, a third-year his-tory student, is a member of his fra-ternity, Delta Upsilon’s Movember team. This is the fourth time he’s participated in Movember, and has raised $753 for the cause this year.

Campisi explained he’s motivated because it helps shed light on im-portant men’s health issues.

“The community knows exactly what’s going on,” he said. “I can’t count the amount of times I’ve walked by a guy in the bar and been given the nod and heard them say, ‘nice Mo.’”

With today marking the final day of Movember, the University Stu-dents’ Council is hosting a free Mo-vember Party at the Spoke, which will feature a performance by Cana-dian musician Karl Wolf.

Tony Ayala, vice-president fi-nance for the USC, explained the idea for the event came straight from Spoke employees.

“The university’s campus is just a hub of student interests. When you have enough of them who share the same interests, they just naturally come together,” he ex-plained. “Western Movember is a purely student initiative.”

The USC has also supported the campaign by placing Movember change boxes at all the USC-run operations on campus.

Although the month of Movem-ber is nearly over, donations will still be accepted until the end of December.

As far as his own goals are con-cerned, Larson expects to raise $2,000 to support prostate can-cer and men’s health research. Al-though the campaigning may be coming to an end for Larson, the recent addition to his upper lip may live to see a few more days.

“I’m attached to it—I don’t want to shave it off,” he said with a grin. “I know a lot of people do, but I think a lot of the guys would love to keep it because they think it’s hilarious.”

Western surpasses 2011 Movember total

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1. Blakes Mos $8,723

2. Western University Mo’s $7,145

3. AePi $6,757

4. dr. Mo & the Mo-lars $4,780

5. schulich Homeo-staches $4,137

6. Mo’ dres $4,030

7. MoGeo $3,437

8. LHsC $2,923

9. University of Western ontario Frosh 2012 $2,691

10. Hillel: M-omer $2,476

11. York University security $2,374

12. FBU $2,146

13. Musical Moustaches $2,050

14. My Moustache Brings All the Girls to the Yard $2,034

15. team Mo Vaughn $1,946

16. the Harry M. ontopalip Gang $1,795

17. Brothers of the Mighty Mo Mo $1,713

18. UWMo Law $1,696

19. delta Upsilon - Western ontario $1,614

20. Western snow Federation $1,596

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Antidepressant use on the rise at universities

Cameron Wilson GAzette

Jacqueline tingGAzette stAFF

According to a recent report from CBC, antidepressants have now become the most prescribed med-ication in university students at many schools, beating birth con-trol pills, which have held the title for years.

Hayley Bell, director of sexual health education at Western’s Uni-versity Students’ Council Health and Wellness Support Service, ex-plained how these reports skew opinions to think this means an increase in depression, when this may not be the case.

According to Bell, the increase is caused by progressively elimi-nating the stigma that comes with mental health and antidepressants.

“It’s very possible that antide-pressant use has increased among students in recent years, however, I don’t think this necessarily indi-cates an increase in the prevalence of depression,” Bell said. “Rather, I believe that this increase is due to the fact that [...] people can now feel more comfortable talking about their experiences with men-tal health issues, [and that] people who wouldn’t have been comfort-able seeking treatment for their depression in past years can now do so.”

Bell explained how the increase in the use of antidepressants should not be seen as an issue, and the belief of it as such per-petuates this stigma. Rather, she explains the increase is a positive sign showing people are now tak-ing the necessary steps in treating

their mental health.“Antidepressant use is not a

problem—it’s crucial that we don’t perpetuate the idea of antidepres-sants as being dangerous or un-necessary. For the folks who need them, antidepressants can mean the difference between making it to therapy appointments and not being able to get out of bed,” Bell said.

Myuri Komaragiri, vice-presi-dent campus issues for the USC, said the USC is executing vast strategies to eliminate this nega-tive stigma toward mental health problems.

According to Komaragiri, the solution to this stigma is being able being able to create an environ-ment on campus that facilitates discussion.

“A lot of our role is to make sure students can share their stories. Things are stigmatized because we don’t talk about them,” Koma-ragiri said. “If we normalize talk-ing about our experiences with mental health, [students can] say, ‘You know what? My friend went through this, it’s not a big deal.’”

Komaragiri hopes to implement strategies that promote a more ho-listic approach to mental health and a balance of mental, spiritual and physical health.

“A lot of people just think that mental health means one thing, and that they need to go to see a counsellor, but it’s so much bigger than that. I think we need to get students to recognize that those different areas of life they need to get in balance is really important.”

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Caught on Camera

alex CarmonaNews editor

In response to a recent call for policy ideas to make the public university system in Ontario more efficient, University of Toronto professor Ian Clark recommended looking to our neighbour to the south for inspiration. And boy, did he go far—all the way to California.

Clark is urging the Ontario gov-ernment to take cues from the California education system’s al-

location of research funding. Over in the Golden State, a greater pro-portion of research dollars goes to university faculty who have proven themselves the most pro-ductive, while the less research-focused professors are encouraged to devote more time to teaching students.

Clark is arguing that even though less faculty members in total would be focusing on re-search, the increased efficiency gleaned by the most fruitful faculty

would actually increase research levels. Further, teaching quality would rise from the greater time put in by faculty more suited to teaching.

“For any given level of expen-diture on faculty salaries, it would increase the total research contri-bution by having the minority of professors who are the most pro-ductive researchers spend more time on research, and it would in-crease the total teaching output by having the rest of the professori-ate spend more time teaching,” he said.

Clark explained the most pro-ductive faculty members would be determined by a combination of publications, citations, research grants won and, where these met-rics are not appropriate, expert re-view of resumes or portfolios.

Alan Weedon, vice-provost aca-demic planning, policy and faculty for Western, was not fully enam-oured with the proposal.

“When you have data coming from different jurisdictions, you have to be really careful how you compare them, because there’s a danger of comparing apples and oranges, rather than a directly comparable situation. So, I would say that his conclusions need very close inspection—I’m not sure that I would get the same result if I were to look at the same sets of data,” he said.

Weedon noted Western has its own internal protocols that allow proven faculty to spend more time on their preference between re-searching and teaching.

“As faculty progress through their careers, we have flexibility that allows them to change the bal-ance, so that they might be doing more teaching if they’re really good at teaching, or they might be doing more research if they’re really good at research. I think, to some degree, we are already doing [what Clark is suggesting],” he said.

Weedon also stressed the im-portance of Western’s, and the rest of Ontario universities’, autonomy regarding the distribution of finan-cial decisions

“The Ontario government has entrusted the management, in-cluding fiscal resources, to the uni-versities. So they trust us to spend our money wisely.”

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Crickets predict impact on insects

Katie rosemanGAzette stAFF

Western biologists recently re-leased a study examining the “chill-coma,” which crickets ex-perience when exposed to cold temperatures.

During this process, sodium and water found in the cricket’s hemolymph, a blood-like sub-stance, move to the cricket’s stom-ach, leaving high levels of potas-sium in the insect’s muscles. This constricts their muscle movement and leads to a paralysis-like state.

“The longer they’re in the cold, the worse that situation gets and it can lead to them dying eventually. However, if they’re pulled out of the cold in a reasonable amount of time, they can recover from it,” Heath MacMillan, one of the re-searchers, explained.

The next step is to see whether the study’s results are translatable to other species of insects.

“[Cold tolerance study] has been used to try to understand what the differences are among the species in terms of what their susceptibility is to climate, and why we see certain patterns of dis-tribution,” MacMillan said.

The study will aid researchers in anticipating how insect popu-lations could redistribute due to climate change.

“What limits northward dis-tributions of insects, generally, is low temperature. If we under-stand how that limit is set in an individual organism, then we can start making predictions of how, when the climate changes, they might move more north, or spread into new environments,” MacMil-lan said.

The research could also be beneficial to the agricultural in-dustry. Being able to predict how long bug and pest populations are active, and where they are pres-ent, is helpful to those working in agribusiness, whose crops are af-fected by these insects.

“Now that we have a general idea of how it works, we can look for genetic correlates to allow us to pinpoint what species might be at risk, or what species might adapt to a changing climate. There are two reasons why that’s useful—to protect species that might be at risk, and to predict any invasive species that cause a risk to our own agriculture.”

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Homemade dining comes to the wave

There is something tasty brew-ing at one of Western’s campus eateries.

The Wave, operated by the Uni-versity Students’ Council, is of-fering an opportunity for Western students to share their culinary competence and recipe knowledge with the submission of a home-made recipe to be showcased in a featured menu for the month of February.

The Homemade Menu contest provides students with a chance to have an input in the food offered on campus, while simultaneously bringing the comforts of home to the Western community.

The Wave will review all sub-missions and select the top five to be uploaded to the Spoke and Wave’s Facebook page, where stu-dents can vote for their favourite menu item.

Vegetarian and other options

will also be available, for those less inclined to carnivorous fare.

“Our kitchen chef and Wave manager will consider diversity and a wide array of options,” Tony Ayala, vice-president finance for the USC, explained.

The winning student will have the chance to make a video teach-ing USC President Adam Fearnall how to make the dish. All top five recipes will create the Wave’s fea-ture menu.

“The idea came from Adam Fearnall’s presidential platform and was something he found really resonated with students,” Ayala explained.

All students are encouraged to dabble in the culinary arts for the benefit of the campus experience. Dishes of all kinds are encouraged. The contest is currently open and will run until December 19 at 10 p.m.

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Up-and-coming local hip hop artist set to open for musical idolyoung Stunna raps from the heart

Cam SmithNews editor

He walked into the English-themed pub, wearing loose athletic ap-parel and a broad grin. He shook my hand and introduced himself as Austin Brown. It was hard to be-lieve that this was, in fact, Young Stunna, one of London’s hottest hip hop artists.

After a few questions, it be-came clear this wasn’t your aver-age up-and-coming rapper. With a recently formed record label, 3rd Nation Records, a new album out called The Dark Age and an open-ing-act performance for 90s hip-hop legend Jadakiss, 22-year-old Stunna has certainly been keeping busy.

Getting the chance to open for Jadakiss, an inspiration of Stunna’s, was truly a dream come true. He was put in touch through a friend who knew one of the promoters of the show.

“My buddy called the promoter was like, ‘Hey, if you’re coming to London, you gotta holla’ at my boy Stunna. He’s holdin’ it down, down there,” Stunna explained. “Through two people, I got put on

the show, real respectably. [The show] is big. It’s a big deal for me.”

What defines Young Stunna as an artist is his uncompromising commitment to the lyrical merit of his songs, into which he instills a distinct amount of emotion.

“I really focus on my lyrics. I used all the anger and aggression toward what I went through, and I applied it to my hip hop. I wrote down the feelings I was going through,” he said. “I don’t want to be another rapper or artist that’s just like, ‘He was dope, but what happened to him?’”

One of Stunna’s main inspira-tions was, and remains, his father, who tragically passed away this past July.

“A month ago, I wasn’t sure what I was doing, now it’s like, I need to do this. He’d want me to push, and this is what I love,” he said. “My focus right now is music. One hun-dred per cent.”

Born in Guatemala, but ad-opted by a family in Orangeville, Ontario, much of Stunna’s inspira-tion comes from the idea of some-day tracing his roots and returning to his birth country.

“My hook is all about going

back to my home country,” he ex-plained. “‘I’m unique, and I stand by it—and I don’t care what any-body says.”

His favourite track on The Dark Ages was the angry and piano-dense “Diamond in the Dirt,” and I beseech the bartender to put it on. Being the only two in the pub, he willingly obliges.

“It’s got a lot of meaning. I put

everything I could into that track,” he explains, pausing to rap along with his signature deep, raspy voice.

According to Stunna, the rap game is no easy business. Endless recording sessions, tireless mar-keting and necessary cash-backing are required to be a serious con-tender. But for Young Stunna, it’s all about the music.

“This is what I love. I’ve been doing this since age 11,” he ex-plains. “If nothing comes of it then nothing comes of it. But until that day I need to push.”

Young Stunna is opening for Jadakiss at Up on Carling located at 153 Carling Street. The show is Thursday, December 6 and starts at 7 p.m. Tickets are $47. It’s an all-ages event with a 19+ VIP area.

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TAURUS – Apr 21/May 21 Family and romantic endeavors may have been put aside while work issues have been at the forefront. It is time to shift priorities.

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Editor’s Picks > the essentials for your week

oN tV

Dust Bowl—Season 1

As a documentary show, Dust Bowl utilizes images, narrations, interviews and the diaries of survivors to provide a vivid and accurate description of the 1930s disaster drought. While you might be busy watching holiday specials this season, it might not be a bad idea to watch Dust Bowl if you ever need a break from the cheer and good will. it’s your chance to learn about America’s worst man-made ecological disaster from the safety of your own couch.

oN dVd

Ice Age: Continental Drift

speaking of the biggest disasters of history, now you can bring the ice age back with the fourth Ice Age movie finally coming out on dVd. Like the previous Ice Age films, the idea of global warming, climate change and environmental issues are constant undertones of the movie. the icy graphic features will nicely contrast with the warm dialogue and touching family values of the film.

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Back to 1942

A well-crafted and expensive masterpiece by the renowned Chinese director Feng Xiaogang, Back to 1942 narrates the story of a rural village in the Henan province that’s amidst a famine and must deal with Japan’s invasion of China. the film aims to provide the most accurate visual experience of what the famine was actually like in 1942. in this way, the film definitely won’t be a pretty picture, but should make your thankful for what you have right now.

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Ke$ha—“die young”

though not quite number one on the charts, “die Young” is definitely a hit for the less packed club scene in the winter months. Ke$ha’s heavy beat and fast rhythm provides a perfect match for late-night partying, and will definitely pump you up. Also, the biggest message conveyed through this song is that we don’t know when we will die, so why not enjoy everything we have now? so, on Ke$ha’s demand, let’s make the most of the night and live like we’re going to die young.

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Glee: The Music, Season 4

the way that these teens pump out albums makes one wonder if child labour laws should be reviewed. the cast of Glee releases the first volume of their songs from the most recent season. Just like the episodes, the album will feature collaborations with the likes of Kate Hudson and sarah Jessica Parker. though the Glee gravy train has yet to show signs of slowing down, that doesn’t mean we can’t enjoy the songs from this group of talented young people.

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GGGGGSilver Linings PlaybookDirector: David O. RussellStarring: Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro, Jacki Weaver

It’s rare that a film can confront issues of mental health in such an honest and relatable way, but Silver Linings Playbook is a stir-ring example of doing just that. Throughout the film, Pat (Bradley Cooper) searches for “silver lin-ings” to the problems in his life—he would have found several silver linings if he was watching this film.

The audience is introduced to Pat after his mother (Jacki Weaver) discharges him from the mental rehabilitation facility he’s been in for the last eight months. Upon re-turning home, we meet his father (Robert De Niro) who is obsessed with the Philadelphia Eagles and happy to see his son home. Pat ends up meeting another person at a dinner party, Tiffany (Jennifer Lawrence), who has problems of her own, but might be the key to solving Pat’s.

The film is packaged together nicely, with a screenplay con-stantly moving forward. Just when the audience thinks it’s okay to calm down and relax, something else sends the characters into a frenzy. Sure, they might not be the most stable or reliable characters, but that’s likely what makes the film more compelling—the audi-ence desperately wants these char-acters to settle down and be happy.

Director David O. Russell is no stranger to directing films that cen-tre on the actors. His trust in his ac-tors is evident in this film, and he’s never afraid to focus on their inner motivations and let them drive the story. One of the most interesting aspects is the constant 360-camera work used when Pat is on screen—this method of filming flawlessly embodies the characters’ inner turmoil.

The two leads in the film have remarkable chemistry that radi-ates. Cooper delivers a career-high performance as a totally relatable man struggling with bipolar dis-order. Even in the times where he says inappropriate things that break social norms, the audience can sympathize with him. Law-rence also turns out a highly lay-

ered performance and it’s hard to believe she’s only 22. Her frequent outbursts make her a little diffi-cult to like at first, but she quickly morphs into someone to root for.

Pat’s parents deliver the emo-tional heart of the film. De Niro is fantastic. His obsession with the Philadelphia Eagles is sweet and will add a smile to your face. Weaver is also amazing, and it’s a little unfortunate she’s not better known. She desperately wants to hold her family together, and when things go wrong, she’s heartbreak-ing to watch.

Silver Linings Playbook is not afraid to go delve into cynical hu-mour and then move into heart-warming territory. Constructed with expert precision and ema-nating realness despite its seem-ingly unreachable topic, this film succeeds admirably. Led by two outstanding performances and anchored brilliantly by two sup-porting characters, the film is an acting tour-de-force.

Silver Linings Playbook is not a typical film by any means, but that’s not a bad thing at all. Its in-herent warmth makes it a notable and exuberant film that will be re-membered for years to come.

Strong performances tackle mental healtha film full of silver linings

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Opinionsdear Life

Your anonymous letters to life.

dear Life, Why is it that the worst singers sing the loudest and most frequently?

dear Life, What could be better than taking out the garbage in heels with your best friend at 3 a.m.? P.s. i’m a guy.

dear Life, “turning Point” by Lexi strate is the worst song i have ever heard.

dear Life, is it a backpack or a knapsack?

dear Life, When the bus starts to leave, but the bus driver stops and waits for your running ass, you should say “thank you.” on a related note, 10B bus drivers are the nicest.

dear Life, Group projects are the least productive form of assignment. it makes me understand why things take so long in Parliament.

dear Life, i wish i could nap and poop at the same time.

dear Life, Guest speaker in class today—such a liberating feeling to be walking around on campus without a knapsack.

Submit your letters to life at www.westerngazette.ca /dearlife.

ryan SternsPorts editor

Print media is on its dying breath and all we can do is ask for a last will and testament. I understand the irony of writing this on paper, but it isn’t the move towards online that bothers me.

This is not a new revelation, as this process has become fairly apparent over the last decade or so. With major daily newspapers shutting down all over North America, it is only a matter of time before we get all our news from a computer screen. With this in mind, many major newspapers have signalled a move in this direction by pay walling their websites.

I think I speak for many computer-savvy young adults when I say “LOL.”

This decision is not only a slap in the face to readers, in the long run it is also fiscally irresponsible—at least, that is what my impending degree in media, information and technoculture has taught me.

Yes, I understand newspapers have operational costs, but the $2.50 sub-scription charge isn’t paying the sala-ries of talented writers. Though news-papers do make a chunk of money from subscription prices, the majority of newspapers earnings come from ad-vertisement sales. By putting up a pay wall on their websites, newspapers are, in fact, alienating readers that have so much intrinsic value.

I can imagine my first encounter with the Toronto Star pay wall going as follows.

“Wow, that headline looks really in-triguing. I think I would enjoy reading that article. Oh wait, it’s behind a pay

wall, what am I going to do?! Excuse me, Mr. Google, if I provide you with the headline, will you link me to a similar article that I can access for free? Why, thank you!”

I get it—the money needs to come from somewhere. As a student journal-ist and an MIT student, I have been re-minded countless times that I should not give my work away for free, but in the end, a pay wall is not the right way to do it.

Unfortunately, for large daily news-papers, there will always be someone doing it for free. The quality of writing may not be as sharp, but free—espe-cially on a student budget—is free.

Hypothetically, if I were invited to a barbeque and I was asked if I would like the average steak that my friend was grilling up free of charge, or pay $10 for a steak that Iron Chef Bobby Flay was grilling, I would probably chose the free one.

That might be a stretch, but the dif-ference between the free writing cur-rently online and the news that sits behind pay walls is not as big as the difference between Bobby Flay and my sweaty neighbour. If the free news were passable and reliable, I would take it any day over the potentially better, but not free, news.

The day might come where every news source online charges to read their content, but until then, I will be the cheapskate reading CBC News over the National Post.

I can say with confidence that on-line readership will drop significantly the day a pay wall goes up anywhere. With a smaller readership to market to advertisers, the profit margins of news-papers may actually drop by introduc-ing a pay wall.

To the newspapers with this strat-egy, I say, enjoy your readership while you can, because the second pay walls go up, the exodus will begin.

Pay walls a barricade doomed to crumble

To the Editor:Re: Jerome a little less than spectacular, November 27, 2012I would like to express my severe disappointment with the review written about Theatre Western’s production of Jerome: The Historical Spectacle.

I went to see the show and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I thought that the characters were incredibly com-plex. The props and costumes were obviously selected with care, as they were perfectly time appropriate. All of the cast displayed incredible acting ability, espe-cially Madeline, the Doctor and Jerome. The show was emotionally beautiful, it had very sad moments, it had funny moments and it had incredibly real and relatable moments.

While I can agree that some moments of the plot were perhaps more difficult to understand, I do not feel the show deserved to receive such a poor review from you. Whoever reviewed the show clearly has no back-ground or understanding of abstract theatre. Jerome did not lay everything out on the table, it was not blunt and it did not make things crystal clear. Instead, it left you thinking, pondering and wondering. As the show ended, you were left to decide which thrilling tale was the truth, and which was just theory. The audience was brought into the gossip and intrigue the same way that the characters were. All in all, I think the show was quite successful and I personally would like to say job well done to the cast, crew and production team.

—Alexandra FlorenceArts and Humanities IV

the perfect lover is one who turns into a pizza at 4 a.m.

—Charles Pierce, American comedian

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Jerome deserved higher rating

To the Editor:Re: Pizza recipe “mainly fat,” November 29, 2012Natalie,

Thank you very much for asserting my faith in the foods and nutrition program. I am so glad you could lend your expertise in helping us decide that the morning pizza meal was “mainly fat” and was “just not right” for students.

I appreciate that you did not use your schooling to provide substitutions as to how this meal could be made more nutritional, or how to select a healthier breakfast choice altogether.

I, like you, also think it’s terrible that a meal that incor-porates fibre from grains, calcium and protein from dairy, vitamins A and C from tomatoes and oranges and omega 6 fatty acids from olive oil would even be considered for recommendation to health-conscious students.

I also love how you did not take the time to read the recipe properly and notice the ricotta cheese was ‘fat-free’ and the olive oil ‘optional.’ I love your outright condemna-tion of fat as a dangerous molecule with no quantifiable benefit to the body whatsoever. It’s not like calories from fat at breakfast encourage satiety and decrease the likeli-hood of binge eating later in the day.

I’m glad you chose to provide your excellent and de-tailed advice about what constitutes a “diverse and nutri-tionally dense breakfast”—I’ll go get one of those immedi-ately. Lastly, I’m glad you took the time out of studying for your nutrition finals and wrote this exquisite critique—clearly you know your subject well enough to afford the time. I’m not appalled at all that we have brilliant minds like yours seeking a career in dietetics.

—Kevin MilneArts and Humanities IV

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Sports gamedaythe Mustangs men’s and women’s hockey teams will look to go into the break on a winning note this sunday. the men’s team will host the Brock Badgers at 1 p.m., while the women’s team takes on the Queen’s Gaels at 4:30 p.m.

rundown >> Both the Mustangs men’s and women’s hockey teams improved on previous rankings in this week’s Cis top 10 > the men now sit at sixth—two better than their previous rank of eighth, while the women currently sit in eighth—also two better than their previous rank of tenth.

Win leaves Western at 6–4 to finish first half of the season

oxland and Kreuter lead mustangs over windsor

richard raycraftsPorts editor

The Mustangs women’s volleyball team came away with a win on the road Wednesday evening, beating the Windsor Lancers 3–2. The Mus-tangs managed to win the final set 15–13 to come away with a nar-row victory in their final contest of 2012.

“History shows that when we go down to Windsor, it’s always a tough match with them,” Dave Ed-wards, Mustang’s head coach, said. “For some reason, playing in their building is always more difficult than other places we play, and this year, they’ve beat us each time.”

The win was a reassuring one for the Mustangs, as they split a two-game series last weekend against the Lakehead Thunderwolves.

The Mustangs improve to 6–4 with the victory, which puts them in fifth place in the Ontario Uni-versity Athletics West division. The Lancers, meanwhile, fall to 2–7, putting them at the bottom of the OUA.

Rebecca Oxland and Stephanie Kreuter led the Mustangs. Kreuter had 18 kills and two aces, while Ox-land had 16 kills.

Despite a good start by the Lancers, the Mustangs were able to take a competitive first set 26–24. With the set on the line, Danielle Marshall served up her only ace of the match to give the Mustangs the early advantage.

Though the ‘Stangs were able to get out to an early lead in the sec-ond set, the Lancers would dem-onstrate impressive resiliency. Down 6–1, the Lancers would go on a hot streak and take the set convincingly by a score of 25–20 to even the match at one set apiece

The Mustangs would not let the loss get to them, however, as they dominated Windsor in the third set by a score of 25–17. The Mustangs never gave up the lead throughout the set.

“I think it’s the fact that [the Mustangs] believe in each other, they support each other so well,” Edwards said of the team’s per-formance. “The chemistry on this team is outstanding.”

The Mustangs faced some se-rious adversity in the fourth set, as the Lancers refused to go qui-etly. Windsor fought aggressively through an early stalemate and attack to come away with a 25–20 win. With the match tied at two sets apiece, the teams tensely en-tered the fifth and deciding set.

Western would find themselves down early in the final stanza by a score of 11–6. Sensing an opportu-nity to motivate the team, Coach Edwards called a timeout to try

and infuse some urgency into his young squad.

“I said to them at the timeout, ‘I want you to grow to the challenge that you’re presented with right now,’” he recalled. “They didn’t want to disappoint people.”

The Mustangs came out of the timeout looking like a different team, eventually winning the set 15–13 and thus taking the match 3–2.

“I think we could have had bet-ter back court work, defensive coverage, tip balls,” Edwards said. “They scored a lot of balls on tips.”

“Those little things that we saw, we wrote those down, we’ll have to improve on those for the second part of the season,” he continued.

The Mustangs are now two wins above even and have worked their way into the top half of the divi-sion with the win. After the vic-tory, Coach Edwards was pleased with his team’s ability to battle back in the final set. All through-out this season, he has expressed his optimism regarding the team’s direction.

“I’ve said from the beginning that I’m very quietly optimistic,” he said. “We’ve set a goal for ourselves to get back to the final four, it’s an obtainable goal for us.”

The Mustangs will return from the break on January 5, in a rematch against the Lancers at Alumni Hall.

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History shows that when we go down to Wind-sor it’s always a tough match with them. For some reason playing in their building is always more difficult than other places we play, and this year they’ve beat us each time.

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What do you make of Rajon Rondo starting a fight with Kris Humphries? Was it admi-rable that he was defending his teammate, or just plain stupid?

—Elise KovacHBA II

First, a little bit of context is needed. On Wednesday night, Kris Humphries of the Brook-lyn Nets hit Celtics centre Kevin Garnett. Garnett went down and, for his flagrant foul, Humphries was slapped with a technical. Rajon Rondo took offence to the hit and shoved Humphries—starting a brawl where Rondo threw at least one punch. Rondo and Humphries were both ejected from the game, Rondo received a two-game suspension and Humphries was fined $35,000.

This move on the part of Rondo was not called for at all. Although it is admirable that he wanted to have his teammate’s back, this was not the way to go about it. First of all, although Humphries’ hit was dirty, a closer look at the game tape shows that Garnett looked to be selling the injury. He ended up getting fined $25,000.

Secondly, and more im-portantly, Rondo has elevated himself to superstar status in the NBA this year. Despite Ray Allen’s departure to the Miami

Heat, the Celtics are still re-ferred to as having a “big three.” With super stardom comes the responsibility of becoming a role model for others, and his stupidity has sent the wrong message to others in the NBA and the fans.

I know the NFL still has a full month left to go in the sea-son, but who is in the lead for Offensive Rookie of the Year? RGIII or Luck?

—Paul OragamiPolitical Science II

Before I give my answer, I be-lieve an honourable mention should be given to Doug Martin for having a stellar season, but unless he somehow leads the NFL in rushing, the award will go to one of the two transcen-dent rookie quarterbacks.

In reality, this award has probably yet to be decided, but when it comes down to it, I be-lieve that Robert Griffin III will come home with the hardware. In the end, the debate boils down to individual statistics versus team success.

Griffin III certainly has better peripheral stats than Andrew Luck, but the argument can be made that Luck has propelled his team—which is probably worse overall than Griffin’s—to a better overall record.

Both players will invari-

ably be tied at the hip for years to come, but considering his flashy plays, gaudy statistics and more marketable personal-ity, I believe Griffin III is in line for the award.

Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ron-aldo and Andres Iniesta were recently named the finalists for FIFA’s world player of the year award. Is the award even close?

—Frederick Martin Science I

It would have been a safe bet to pencil Messi and Ronaldo into the finalist ballot at the begin-ning of the year, and in January of last year an argument could have been made for Ronaldo, but this year—along with many other years—is the year of the Messi.

He is on an otherworldly pace with 82 goals this year. Messi is the most talented and watchable player in the world, and with 82 goals this year—three short of the FIFA record—he is sure to secure the coveted award.

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Kaitlyn mcGrathAssoCiAte editor

Lindsey Vonn is the most domi-nant female downhill skier right now, and arguably one of the best ever. She has won four World Cup championships, two Olympic medals—including a gold from Vancouver—and 53 World Cup races. On the women’s end of the spectrum, she’s achieved almost all she can.

During training runs, Vonn has achieved speeds that would rival the men. She has beaten her male counterparts, but those are exactly that—training runs, prac-tices, rehearsals. Vonn wanted to prove herself when the perfor-mance mattered. The spotlight would shine on Vonn’s worldly tal-ent as she challenged her abilities against the opposite sex in a World Cup race. By merely participat-ing, she would steal the show. She likely wouldn’t win—a top 30 fin-ish would be a feat in itself—and she probably knew that. But she wanted a chance.

This year, Vonn has been pe-titioning to compete within the men’s side of the World Cup. Even after her request to race at the men’s World Cup race at Lake Lou-ise was denied, she has continued to pursue her goal of racing against men—even looking into taking legal action against the FIS ruling which stated “one gender is not entitled to participate in races of the other.”

This may seem archaic and, in a way, it is. Gender doesn’t—and shouldn’t—play a role in other av-enues of life. But sport differs. Hav-ing separate categories for genders actually benefits women. It gives them more attention, recognition and access to compete in sports. And also gives them more access to sponsorship.

Vonn claims this petitioning is meant to increase the recognition

of the sport, but it would really only raise her profile. People would tune in to watch her compete against men, but even if the event created a media circus, other than alpine skiing aficionados, no one would care who won the race. The spec-tacle would focus on Vonn’s result, and when she returns to the wom-en’s category—she’s not asking to switch sides, just a race when it’s convenient—alpine skiing crawls back into relative obscurity.

Plus, Vonn’s request suggests the women aren’t a challenge for her and to seek a competitive race she must cross the gender line. It attaches a stigma that indicates women are on a lower level. And it doesn’t at all serve female skiing favourably.

If Vonn competes, it would cer-tainly be exciting and would indeed be a major step for her. But what might be more commendable is if she encouraged the female side to better itself. If the women’s courses are not as challenging as the men’s, then petition to alter the women’s courses so they’re similar.

On the average Olympic-style course, the men’s course has a ver-tical drop of 800 to 1,100 metres, while the women’s course is 500 to 800 metres. Achieving more parity between the two would be a bigger step for women’s alpine skiing than having Vonn compete against men when it’s convenient for her.

If Vonn competes against men, that’s great for her. If Vonn chal-lenges FIS to better women’s ski-ing, then that’s great for current fe-male skiers, and more importantly, for generations to come.

In my eyes, Vonn, or any female athlete, shouldn’t need to legiti-mize her athletic ability based on whether it measures up to a man’s abilities—an elite female ath-lete should be proud to compete against other elite females.

Vonn wants the spotlight to shine on her as she cascades down the powdered trail. FIS denied her the chance, though she’ll likely pe-tition again. Vonn wants to illumi-nate her abilities, but if her light shines too bright, it leaves fellow female skiers in the dark.

Should Vonn stay put?

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