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ENGINEERS WITHOUT BORDERS PUMPKIN SMASH

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BUMPKINS WATCH PUMPKINS. Engineers Without Borders held their annual pumpkin drop yesterday on UC Hill in an effort to raise money to support poverty reduction efforts over-seas. One pumpkin and one squash — donated by local farmers Harry Willemse and Joel Jarvis — were dropped from 120 feet using a crane.

Cell phone companiesbenefiting from banBy Allie FonarevGazette Staff

Ontario’s new law banning the useof hand-held devices while drivingwill come into effect on Monday.

According to Hugh Smith, of theToronto police traffic services divi-sion, the fine for breaking this newlaw will be $500. However, the finewill not be fully applied until Feb. 1,2010.

“On the initial stage, eventhough it’s coming into law, it willbe aimed at warnings for the firstthree months,” Smith said. “It willbe a more educational period.”

Smith added police will still havethe ability to lay warrants underreckless driving and use their dis-cretion to lay a charge by way ofcourt summons if it seems appro-priate.

“The onus is now on the driverto explain why they were using adevice,” Smith said.

With the new bill coming intoeffect, consumers may have tobegin shopping for new hands-freedevices as part of their vehicleexpenditure.

“There has been more interestfrom customers about hands-freeproducts in general,” Elliott Chun,communications manager forFuture Shop’s national office, said.“Our customers want Bluetooth,hands-free devices and in-carspeaker devices.”

He added the demand for newdevices is being met by FutureShop, and the company is attempt-ing to work with customers to edu-cate them on in-car communica-

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Water fountains disappearingBy Meagan KashtyGazette Staff

Water fountains are few and farbetween on some university cam-puses according to a recent report.

The Polaris Institute, an advoca-cy group for social change, has pro-duced the report, “Campus WaterFountains: The Good, the Bad andthe Ugly,” on the grounds that fewerfountains lead to frequent waterbottle usage.

“The goal of the study is to getpeople to start talking about it, inlight of the University of Winnipegwhich went water bottle free and isactively promoting the use of tapwater,” Richard Girard, research co-ordinator with the Polaris Institute,said. “In a few cases we found thatthere were [some] campuses withno water fountains.”

The report suggested whilenewer buildings on university cam-puses are being built with fewer

water fountains, the fountains foundin older buildings are being decom-missioned, or left in disrepair.

Western is no stranger to waterfountain troubles, according toHolly Stover, EnviroWestern co-ordinator.

“We’ve seen an exponentialincrease in water bottle usage,” shesaid.

Cassandra Chiang, a first-yearsocial science student, noted waterfountains were not an issue for her.

“I use one of the Western Siggwater bottles,”Chiang said.

Girard also showed concern overthe possibility an increase in waterbottles among universities couldmean increased beverage exclusiv-ity contracts and privatized waterdelivery on campus.

Stover acknowledged the possi-bility of increased beverage con-tracts among universities, butmaintained a ban on water bottleswould be beneficial to students.

“We’re trying to combat thenegative impacts caused by [thesecontracts],” Stover said. “By ban-ning bottled water, you’re ensuringthere are a lot of resources on cam-pus, like tap water, and replacingunsustainable resources like bot-tled water.”

Despite water fountains beingavailable across Western’s campus,water bottles continue to be in stu-dent demand.

“At The Spoke, out of the coffeebar, a lot of people are grabbingthem and going — there are a lot ofsales there,” Jeff Armour, food andbeverage manager for The Waveand Spoke, said.

He added sales overall at the cof-fee bar and at The Spoke café haveincreased, so proportionally waterbottle sales have increased as well,but without the proper algorithmsit would be difficult to determine

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tions features.The new law may create

unwanted expenses for students.Many are accustomed to drivingwhile operating a hand-held deviceand are skeptical about the newlaw.

“I will not buy a Bluetoothdevice; I will go with the risk, sincenormally I don’t pick up the phonewhen I drive,” Andy Krystal, afourth-year student at Ivey, said.

Krystal suggested it might leadto more unsafe practices as peoplemight try to hide their devicesrather than complying with the law.

But Smith maintained the deter-rent is in place: “The priority of dri-ving has to be over the task priorityof using a cell phone. For most peo-ple the use of the device is notemergency but convenience. If youchoose to prioritize your deviceover the motor vehicle, then that’swhen we’ll fine you.”

Elizabeth Clark, a fourth-yearIvey student, accepted she would

likely have to buy a hands-freedevice and recognized it as anadded — but justified — expensefor drivers.

“I think it creates a great incon-venience, but in the end it willmake the road safer,” she said.

Smith said there are no currentstatistics on the correlationbetween cell phone usage and caraccidents alone because communi-cations usage has — in the past —been one of many variables in col-lisions.

“Over the education periodwe’re going to track those indepen-dently — and in February when itbecomes law, we may look at thestats […] and have searchable infor-mation,” Smith said.

He added there were stillexemptions for fire, emergency andpolice vehicles, as well as anexemption for the public for emer-gency situations when a drivermight need to call 911.

“We still want you to pick up thephone and call [in an emergency],”he said. But in regular situations, hemaintained using screen devicesare not the top priority and a drivermust pull off to the side of the roadsafely, park and then use it if neces-sary.

“If you’re alone, your priorityshould be driving.”

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how water bottle sales have risenexponentially.

Emily Sischek, a graduate stu-dent in health and rehabilitationscience, noticed a recent trend instudents favouring bottled water.

“There’s been a general trendover the last five or six years wherethe people that make bottled waterare promoting it for [the] health ben-efits [by advertising] where they’repurified, and [and the fact] your tapwater might not be,” Sischek said.“That’s kind of carried over to thementality of our age group.”

Girard noted the report demon-strated some building codes inCanada stipulate no water foun-tains are needed in buildings.

“I think [water fountains] are areally important symbol,” Stovermentioned. “Water resources are ahuman right, and they should befree for anyone, and shouldn’t beprivatized or commercialized.”

—With files from Stuart A. Thompson

Tricks are not for kidsRecent data from Statistics Canadasuggested this Halloween will see asizeable drop in the number oftrick-or-treaters.

A Statistics Canada brief showeda decrease in the number of chil-dren at the prime trick-or-treatingage for 2009, suggesting Halloweenturnouts this year may be the low-est since 1990.

The number of children at theprime trick-or-treating age — fiveto 14 — has dropped to about 3.8million in 2008 from nearly 3.9 mil-lion in 2007.

Charity programs such as trick-or-treat for UNICEF, which rely onchild participation, have not beenaffected by this drop.

“Our program is as strong as ithas been in the past few years,”Kathy Memah, manager of commu-nity involvement for UNICEF, said.

“The schools are the real run-ners of the campaign and we’re cer-tainly on par with the number ofschools you would normally see,”Memah added.

UNICEF will continue to raiseHalloween funds because of schoolparticipation despite such figures.

—Emily Kring

Living it up at the hotel Calgary

The University of Calgary hasopened the Hotel Alma, which isconveniently located on campus.

Elizabeth Horner, reservationsmanager for the hotel, said the innofficially opened on Oct. 1.

According to its website, HotelAlma offers 85 euro-style roomsand 15 one-bedroom suites. Guestswill have access to on-campusamenities and in-hotel services,including a daily maid service.There is an introductory rate of$109 per night until Dec. 30.

“Profits will go back into studenthousing so it will continually havemoney flowing in to maintain andimprove on student living,” Hornersaid.

“Everyone is really excited andsurprised about how much busi-ness we are generating so soon,”Horner said. She also mentionedthat the hotel is also practicinggreen initiatives and hopes it will berecognized for that.

— Teresa Arnone

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Emergency? Go aheadand use your cell

By Lauren PelleyGazette Staff

In the wake of last week’s violentincident in the Social Science Cen-tre, some have alleged the con-frontation was police brutality.

A Facebook group has recentlyformed in support of Irnes Zeljkovic,the fourth-year Western studentinvolved in the event in question.

Video footage of Zeljkovic force-fully held down by six campuspolice officers circulated onYouTube and mainstream media,drawing the ire of many students.To date, over 1,300 individuals havejoined the Facebook group entitled“Let Irnes Zeljkovic Be The Last -Stop Police Brutality.”

The group’s creator, King’s Uni-versity College student JasmerSamardzic, said a petition signingrelated to the incident is occurringthis Friday night at London’s Bosn-ian Club, but declined to commentfurther.

Elgin Austen, director of theCampus Community Police Ser-vice, said most animosity towardsthe officers’ actions last Wednesdaycomes from misinterpretation.

“This was not an adversarialkind of situation,” he explained.

“There was no anger –– it wasbusiness as required when an indi-vidual was found in medical dis-tress and crisis. But he had also anumber of criminal offences.”

Austen noted CCPS has alsoreceived a substantial amount ofpositive feedback. “People with alittle more experience in thesefields –– or maturity –– seem tounderstand it better.”

Don Dutton, a psychology pro-fessor at the University of BritishColumbia whose research interestsinclude police training and person-ality disorders, strongly disagreed.

“Given what I’ve seen lately,something’s going very wrong,” hesaid about the overall use of forceand lack of repercussions in police

work. He noted the YouTube video ofthe incident on Western’s campuslast week looked a little over-the-top.

Dutton also explains the aggres-sive use of force can be particularlyharmful when dealing with peoplein a state of crisis or under the influ-ence. “You can set them off […] Youwant to try and calm them downfirst,” he said.

The Facebook group’s descrip-tion echoes this claim.

“This group has been made tosupport Irnes Zeljkovic and hisfamily, as well as to show that theextreme measures used are notbeing tolerated,” it reads.

According to trained police offi-cer and PhD candidate MichaelArntfield, this sort of fallout is com-mon.

Having taught a media, infor-mation and technoculture courseon police in the media, Arntfieldwas not surprised to find studentspolarized over the incident.

“Not to minimize this case, but Idon’t think it’s unusual in that it wasrecorded, that it became a viralvideo and that there was fairly sig-nificant public backlash.”

While Arntfield added peopleare quick to use a blanket label ofbrutality, he sees discussion of theincident as a positive thing. “I thinksome good has come out of it inthat it’s brought some issues to thefore and encouraged this dialogue.”

However, Austen expressed con-

cern over the use of the Zeljkovic’sname in the Facebook group, bring-ing him potentially unwantedattention.

“From a university standpoint,we never did release the individ-ual’s identity,” he said. “I doubtwhether he or the family wouldhave wanted that part to occur.”

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Forced to reactPolice officers explain“Use of Force” continuum

By Lauren PelleyGazette Staff

Think fast: if you were faced with apotentially violent individual, howwould you react?

For police officers, the split-sec-ond decision of how to respond todangerous scenarios is based onmore than just instinct.

Officers across the provinceadhere to a “Use of Force” model setout in Regulation 926 of the PoliceServices Act as well as the Provin-cial Adequacy Standards and PoliceServices Board policy.

In light of last week’s altercationbetween a Western student andpolice officers, the Gazette askedpolice officers about their trainingand how exactly the “Use of Force”model, as seen above, functions.

“Most police forces have a Use ofForce continuum — that assistsofficers in their training toapproach a situation,” MarcLaPorte, media relations co-ordina-tor for the Royal Canadian Mount-ed Police in Ontario, explained.

Force ranges from police pres-ence and communication to softphysical control, hard physical con-trol, intermediate weapons –– suchas batons or tasers –– and finallylethal force.

Western’s Campus CommunityPolice Services director, ElginAusten, said while campus policedo not carry tasers or firearms, therest of the continuum applies.

“It’s the standard across theprovince of Ontario and all thetraining is the same,” he explained.“You’re able under the criminal

code to use the force necessary tomake the apprehension […] [offi-cers] always use one step of forceabove the person that’s resisting.”

LaPorte provided some exam-ples of the model’s application. Heexplained a co-operative individualwould merely require communica-tion, whereas a passively resistingindividual may necessitate hand-cuffs.

Intermediate weapons, he said,come into play when someonebecomes physically agressive.

However, LaPorte added thecontinuum does not have a strictmethodology.

“It all depends on the officer andthe perception of the officer,” hesaid.

“What I feel at six-foot, 200pounds is assault may differ fromsomeone who is smaller or who hasdifferent experience,” echoedMichael Arntfield, a lecturer onpolice in the media in Western’smedia, information and technocul-ture program, who also has eightyears of experience as a trainedpolice officer.

Arntfield said the circular designof the continuum means policemust continually reassess theirlevel of force in a given situation. Headded officers are trained rigorous-ly from day one and throughouttheir career as to how to follow themodel.

“A significant portion of policebudgets deal with standards andoversight,” confirmed Austen,adding CCPS officers are trainedregularly and receive weapon certi-fication annually.

‘Police brutality’: Facebookgroup denounces SSC arrest

More on last week’s arrest in SSC:ON-LINECheck out an interactive “Use ofForce” model to see how youmight react as a police officer

OPINIONSSports Editor Arden Zwelling andSenior Editor Lauren Pelley gohead-to-head on Western’s han-dling of the incident

With bus services currently reduced and a possible lockoutof London Transit Commission workers looming, studentsmay be wondering what their transportation options areand if the university ought to be providing alternatives.

If a lockout does occur and lasts for any extended peri-od of time, there’s no doubt some students will have dif-ficulty finding ways to get to class. This raises questions asto who is responsible for providing accommodations forstudents, who, unlike many permanent residents, mightnot have alternative transportation to campus andaround London.

As students pay a mandatory fee upfront that coversthe unlimited use of LTC throughout the academic year,it’s not surprising some may expect some form of finan-cial reimbursement or transit alternative. Many stu-dents select their off-campus housing with bus routesin mind. For a population so dependent on public tran-sit, it is expected many are upset at the potential ofbeing stranded.

In the event of a strike, Western would certainly feelpressure not only from current students, but also fromthe need to impress future recruits. It could look bad onthe University if they didn’t help out students, who alreadycarefully count their pennies.

However, it is ultimately up to the individual to dealwith finding alternative transportation in the case of alockout. A possible strike would inevitably lead to morecars on the road, more traffic, longer rush hours andmore pollution. Despite these many issues, for any per-manent resident of London there is no point in grip-ing. Their only solution is simply to find alternativetransportation — it’s time students realize they are nodifferent.

At the worst — especially if the lockout were to extendinto the winter — students could lobby Western to runshuttle buses to student central locations. Or, the Univer-sity could relax parking fees for the duration of the striketo accommodate carpooling groups. Western might evenconsider setting up accommodations such as online lec-tures, similar to the provisions in place for H1N1. How-ever, this is unlikely to happen.

Ultimately, Western can’t be blamed for events beyondits influence. It is not the University’s job to ensure stu-dents get to class, just as it is not the job of the Universityto wake students up or brush their teeth in the morning.

Perhaps complaints should be directed at LTC ratherthan at Western. Instead of ranting to powerless officials,students should speak with transit authorities if they hopeto see any change.

While a lockout might not be ideal, it is a part of lifeand everyone has to deal with it. It’s time to find a friendwith a car, carpool or put on those walking shoes.

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Should a Western studenthave been forced to theground, held down by sixofficers and punchedrepeatedly? When I putmyself in the shoes of apolice officer, I’m inclinedto say yes.

Campus police were called by students to deal with bizarrebehaviour in the Social Science Centre. We’re living in the wakeof school tragedies –– Virginia Tech comes to mind –– where allit took was one student to end the lives of many others. By nomeans did this seem to be the individual’s intent, but one cansee why police would react in a forceful fashion to eliminate apotential threat.

Watching video footage and reading articles after the fact,we all have the benefit of hindsight. We can dissect the officers’actions and devise a better plan. We also know now the suspectwas unarmed, and more of a nuisance than a danger.

But police were forced to react based on instinct, withoutthe benefit of time or background information. We can’t faultthem for that.

The officers made efforts to subdue the suspect with verbalwarnings and pepper spray before resorting to the force seen inthe infamous YouTube clips — actions based on procedure, notbrutality.

Imagine this incident had involved a more malicious indi-vidual. Imagine the barricading of offices had involved hostagetaking. And, imagine the student had a gun.

If the police had then allowed the situation to escalate intoa tragic school shooting, we’d be up in arms over poorly trainedpolice officers.

It’s unfortunate, of course, that the student landed in a situ-ation where several cops held him down. But let’s rememberthat he put likely himself in that situation with some rather sus-picious and alarming behaviour.

From the perspective of police, if it walks like a threat andtalks like a threat, it probably is a threat — and it’s better toassume the worst than waste time deciphering someone’sintentions.

It’s a shame some students have proceeded to disperse lit-erature on campus denouncing police officers as “pigs” whose“culture is one of macho bullshit and sadism”, when it is glar-ingly obvious these officers were simply doing their job.

In the end, I find it reassuring that our campus police provedcapable of keeping concerned students safe. Those of us whoheard of the incident later must attempt to see things from theofficers’ point of view, rather than jump to conclusions.

Maybe we’re missing thepoint.

When six of London’sfinest struggle to appre-hend one student, it saysmore about the inade-quacies of the officersthan it does about excessive violence. Are these really the uni-formed men and women tasked with protecting us? I’ll takecare of myself, thank you.

In the apprehension of the suspect — and its aftermath —the actions of the police and the university have been inappro-priate.

Some argue that based on the tragic events that transpiredon Virginia Tech’s campus and in the hallways of ColumbineHigh School, our police force should assume the worst of everysuspect when they are called to the scene.

That’s absurd.Entering every situation on edge and assuming the individ-

ual is a mass murderer only heightens the danger of the situa-tion, especially when the police are dealing with a potentiallydelirious or drug-induced person.

Making assumptions like these are bound to lead to a harm-less individual being critically injured or killed.

Clearly, the officers in the campus incident were follow-ing police procedure — their strikes specifically targeted thearms, legs and body of the individual in order to gain controlof his arms. However, these tactics must be reviewed andchanged.

When someone strikes you with a baton repeatedly, yourinstinct is going to be to struggle and twitch, which could bemisconstrued as resisting arrest.

This procedure is also ineffective against those withmental health issues and those who are confused orunaware of what is happening around them. These individ-uals are not necessarily resisting arrest because they don’tknow they are being arrested. Instinctive nature takes overwhen you’re being taken down by six people — the instinctis to resist or flee.

The University’s response to the incident has been vague atbest. Tell us what happened. Justify the force. Convince usyou’re not pulling the wool over our eyes.

In public statements and releases from administration, out-raged students have listened to statements justifying policeactions by citing a context students are all apparently missing.However, the appropriate steps have not been taken to explainthat context.

Please, prove us wrong.

Violence on campusBetter safe than sorry Police tactics are tactless

Folk-LaurLauren PelleySenior Editor

Zwellin’ itlike it isArden ZwellingSports Editor

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Local musical talent showcased on albumJRMA launches CD in style tomorrow night at Aeolian Hall

HAAS LOOKING SHARP. The Jack Richardson Music Awards CD launch party will take place tomorrow night at Aeolian Hall. The CD features winners from the 2009 awards that tookplace earlier this year.

By Maddie LeznoffGazette Staff

There has been a recent trend inwebsites that rely on user submis-sions, and allow glimpses into peo-ple’s everyday lives. Here are a fewwebsites that turn users’ submis-sions into entertainment. The fol-lowing sites are boredom killers, butthey can get addictive, so surf withcaution.

Texts From Last NightDrunk texting is the new drunk dial.While those embarrassing phoneconversations can be forgotten, textsare a bit more permanent. TextsFrom Last Night — textsfromlast-

night.com — is a collection of funny,embarrassing and mostly sexual textmessages submitted to the websitecreated last February by two friends.The texts are classified by area code,but are otherwise anonymous. Acouple of notable examples include“I was just told by a cop that myparty was the most epic party theyever crashed” and “Grinding on mygrade nine teacher. Dreams really docome true.”

My Life is…By now most people know what FMLstands for, but what about MLIA?While fmylife.com publishes peo-ple’s submissions about their suckysituations, MLIA — which stands forMy Life Is Average — focuses onmediocrity and pokes fun at thehype around FML. Found atmylifeisaverage.com, the site fea-tures examples including “today, Iwore Axe body spray. I wasn’t tackledby any women. MLIA.” There’s also

My Life Is Great —www.mylifeisg.com — if you’re in themood for reading about how awe-some other people’s lives are.Although some of the submissionsabout perfect relationships are gag-worthy, others like “the doctor toldme my special needs daughterwould probably never be able toread. Today, she quoted Shakespeare.MLIG” make the site worthwhile.

This Is Why You’re FatSubmissions on this website mayhelp to explain why obesity ratesare on the rise. People send in pic-tures of some of the most revolting,fattening and innovative food com-binations imaginable. Creationsinclude cheese-steak sushi, apeanut butter cup and marshmal-low grilled sandwich and baconchocolate peanut butter cups —you really have to see the picturesat thisiswhyyourefat.com to get thefull effect.

Websites rely on user content for entertainmentInternet trend spawns hours of mindless and addictive net surfing

By Maggie PajakGazette Writer

For the first time ever, the JackRichardson Music Awards — Lon-don’s only non-profit local musicrecognition organization — will bereleasing a full-length CD to cele-brate the diversity of music thatcame together at the 2009 awardshow earlier this year.

A CD launch party will take placetomorrow evening at Aeolian Hall.

The Jack Richardson MusicAwards, named after the celebratedCanadian music producer, has beenan integral part of London’s musiccommunity, promoting and recog-

nizing local artists. The album itselfwas created by Will Haas, the 2009JRMA winner of Best Recording Stu-dio, to raise more awareness of localtalent.

“I thought it would be a goodway to gain exposure for the JackRichardson awards and to raisemoney for them as well,” Haas, theowner and operator of WillyboyRecording, says. “All proceeds fromthe CD go directly to the awards tohelp with promotion and to fundfollowing years.”

Haas set out to produce thealbum in May of this year. Heworked with 44 musicians andartists at his studio until August.

“It is not-for-profit, so I washappy to donate my time and mystudio,” Haas says. “The musiciansalso donated their time and talents.”

There are 10 tracks on the CD, allfrom 10 distinctly different bands.Mixing such dissimilar soundscould have been a problem, butHaas managed to successfullyencompass the wide range ofsounds.

“It was definitely difficult toblend one track into another,” hesays. “It’s a balancing act trying tocreate a cohesive mix of musicwithout turning off the listener.”

The album celebrates the origi-nality of music that has been creat-

ed in London. “All of the songs are original. I

asked […] the musicians to donatea song to the CD that was not on aprevious record,” Haas explains.

The musicians include The Lon-don Blues Project, The Rizdales,Bobnoxious, FO, Shane Cook, TheHooDoo Bash and After Four. Haasworked individually with eachband to create their recording.

The CD release party hopes toincrease awareness of local talent.Admission to the event is free andCDs will be available at a pay-what-you-can price.

After the release party on Satur-day, 1,000 copies of the compilation

will be available at various localretailers. All proceeds from CD salesgo to the Jack Richardson MusicAwards to support the music edu-cation fund. The fund provides freemusic industry seminars, whichwill be held on April 10, 2010.

“We hope that everyone at theparty walks away with a CD,” Haassays. “London has a talented anddiverse musical community whichis worth recognizing.”

The Jack Richardson MusicAwards CD release party takes placeSaturday Oct. 24 at Aeolian Hall at 7p.m. Admission is free. Aeolian Hallis located at 795 Dundas St. Visitwww.jrma.ca for more information.

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By Paula MengGazette Staff

This Sunday the Paul DavenportTheatre Series kicks off with itsinaugural concert, Hommage àChopin. The series is a celebrationof the newly renovated theatre andthe former Western president with aprofound appreciation of Frenchculture.

Featuring four piano facultymembers — John Hess, Leslie Kin-ton, Stéphan Sylvestre and AllisonWiebe — performing two worksfor a piano quartet as well asselected solo pieces. The concertfeatures music by classic pianistand composer Frédéric Chopin aswell as composers who honour hiswork.

The inspiration for the serieswas the newly renovated theatre,which was completed in June. Hesswanted to do something that wouldbring celebration to the new space.

Hess initiated the idea to create

a concert series that would bringtogether faculty members to show-case the theatre, the wealth of tal-ent in the music faculty and Dav-enport’s passions.

“We have a superb faculty hereand I thought we could feature theirtalents in unusual ways,” heexplains.

Hess is excited about the uniquesetup of the concert — “we hard-ly ever find four pianos playing onstage.”

The Hommage à Chopin con-cert is also intended to explore andhighlight the effects of the theatre’senhanced acoustics.

“Because we have the resourcesin the faculty and the variety of per-formers, it allows us to do the kindof programming we don’t usuallydo — it is enriching to hear suchmusic.”

Hess notes the concert featuringfour pianos is made possiblebecause of the piano technicianprogram at Western.

The new theatre also boastsimprovements such as more seat-ing and improved lighting.

This series will focus on the“French Connection” as Davenport

has a well-known love forFrance. He has lived there sincehis retirement, and as Hess says,“he was very much a francophone.”

Davenport’s connection toFrance is something he has in com-mon with Chopin — although thefamed composer was Polish, heeventually settled in Paris.

The opening piece, to be per-formed by all four pianists, is enti-tled “Paris” by Darius Milhaud. Thedifferent movements are based onnotable places in Paris, such asMontmarte, Longchamp and theEiffel Tower, and the music is meantto reflect the feelings evoked by theFrench landmarks.

Wiebe will be performing a workwritten by Jack Behrens, a formerdean of the music faculty. Soloworks featured include Chopin’s“Nocturne in C minor” by Kintonand Rachmaninoff’s “ÉtudesTableaux” by Sylvestre. All four per-formers come together in the finaleto perform a piece composed forfour pianos by Rodion Shchedrin.

“This is a wonderful piece by aRussian composer, based on varia-tion on a prelude by Chopin forfour pianos,” Hess says. “It’s greatfun to do.”

Hommage à Chopin takes placethis Sunday at the Paul DavenportTheatre in Talbot College at 3 p.m.Tickets are $15, or $10 for studentsand seniors. Advance tickets are forsale through Orchestra London’s boxoffice by calling 519-679-8878 or canbe purchased with cash at the door.

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WAIT UNTIL THEY’RE IN FRONT OF A PIANO. John Hess (left) initiated a concert to show off the Davenport Theatre and to showcase faculty talent, like that of Stéphan Sylvestre (right).

Four pianist concert paystribute to DavenportHommage à Chopin features faculty members,enhanced acoustics and French influence

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Jean-Paul De RooverWindows and DoorsUnsigned

With a unique sense of musicalityand intricate instrumentals thatcaptivate listeners with a sense ofcalmness, Jean-Paul De Roover’snew album, Windows and Doors, isintriguing. The album does a goodjob of featuring a unique style ofsoft rock/alternative music.

The first song on the album,“I Need You,” is a perfect exam-ple of his use of various instru-ments — De Roover incorpo-rates brass with guitar anddrums. Sometimes, though, theinstrumental portion is draggedon too long, and it feels as if heshould just start singing already.

The lack of vocals is a notice-able characteristic of the album.The introductory music pre-pares listeners for dynamicsinging but often leads to DeRoover singing a couple of lyricsand repeating them over andover. Sometimes it feels asthough there are too manyempty spaces that need to befilled.

“Fix,” however, is a song thatstands out, featuring an acousticguitar solo and the most singingof any song on the album.

Overall, Windows and Doorsincludes a wide range of songs— some more instrumentalthan others. Despite an appreci-ation for the intricacy of theinstrumentals, more vocalswould enhance the album. Theone thing that is certain is DeRoover is an extremely talentedmusician.

—Ken Nakanishi

Parlour Steps The Hidden NamesNine Mile Records

Parlour Steps is a newwave/rock/progressive group withthree albums to date. Their latest isThe Hidden Names.

The album opens with the song“As the World Turned Out.” Thetrack has a nice feel to it with asmooth rhythm section and strongvocals. It gets the listener’s attentionand sets the bar high for theremaining tracks.

Compared to the opening song“Only Mystery” off their first albumAmbiguoso, “As the World TurnedOut” is much stronger. From thestart of the album the band soundsmore confident in their music.

Vocalist Caleb Stull’s lyrics areboth thought provoking andinsightful. The song “Miraculous” isabout God’s ability to forgive. “We’vebeen so reckless with our outsidechances. “If God had a sense ofhumour, she’s got a cruel temper,”Stull sings. The song is catchy andhas a respectable guitar solo thatlasts an impressive 30 seconds.

The band seems to lose theirsound in the track “Ring That Bell.”There are uncharacteristic synthe-sizers and buzzing noises that donot match Parlour Steps’ typicalstyle. However, the guitar is playedin a finger picking style, which issoothing to the ear.

The Hidden Names is a bettereffort than their prior two records.The album starts out with a couplegreat tracks that show ParlourSteps’ potential to become a tightand polished band. They seem ontheir way to finding their truesound, but still need to find itbefore they can climb the tall lad-der of the music industry to get tothe top.

—David Maisel

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ON DISC Zombieland brings comedy to lifeBy Ian SharpeGazette Writer

ZombielandDirected by: Ruben FleischerStarring: Jesse Eisenberg, WoodyHarrelson, Emma Stone

With Halloween only a week away,movie-goers can get their zombiefix with Fleischer’s latest film, Zom-bieland.

Unsuspecting audiences canexpect to erupt in laughter duringthe horror film — especially hilari-ous was Bill Murray’s cameo.

Apart from Murray’s appearanceand Harrelson’s role as Tallahasse,the over-zealous zombie killer, thecast was composed of talentedyoung actors, including 13-year-oldAbigail Breslin, who was nominat-ed for an Academy Award in 2007for her supporting role in Little MissSunshine.

Not heavy on plot, with intimatescenes few and far between, the

movie is nonetheless entertaining.The script was a riot with many ofthe laughs coming from the dis-gusting makeup and special effects.

Despite the light plot develop-ment, Zombieland does have a fewintrospective and romanticmoments. As it turns out, there issomething behind Harrelson’s gen-erally barbaric character. The sexu-al tension between Stone and Eisen-berg’s characters, although typicalof many Hollywood films today,adds another layer to the story.

Obviously meant to appeal to ateenage audience, the tensionbetween Columbus (Eisenberg)and Wichita (Stone) is painstaking-ly stretched throughout the filmuntil, given the right circum-stances, the two eventually real-ize how their romantic story-line should play out.

Eisenberg’s awkwardcharacter — the adorableloner — seems to be a lit-tle too reminiscent ofMichael Cera’s popular

George Michael character in Arrest-ed Development. The typecast isapparently a popular characteramongst Hollywood writers anddirectors, but is beginning to lose itsappeal.

Due to the film’s success at thebox office, there is a possible sequelin the works. With Murray’s shortbut sweet cameo, coupled withguns, zombies and a whole lot ofkills and thrills, this comedic thrilleris a must-see forthe fall season.

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By Lauren PelleyGazette Staff

Law Abiding CitizenDirected by: F. Gary GrayStarring: Jamie Foxx, Gerard Butler

The jury is in on Law Abiding Citi-zen, and the verdict is a 4.4 out of 10rating on Rottentomatoes.com.

With a murky message and a pre-posterous plotline, director F. GaryGray’s crime thriller is a ridiculousbloodbath not worthy of its talent-ed leading men, Gerard Butler andJamie Foxx.

Within minutes of Law AbidingCitizen’s opening credits, the wifeand daughter of suburban familyman, Clyde Shelton (Butler), arebrutally raped and murdered in ahome invasion.

A bungled forensic investigationthreatens to let the two thieves walkuntil Nick Rice (Foxx), a lawyer hell-bent on improving his 96 per centconviction rate, makes a deal withthe murderer in order to send hiscomparatively innocent accom-plice to death row.

Clyde’s reaction as his family’skiller walks free tugs on the heart-strings –– and provides biting com-mentary on the state of the Ameri-can justice system. Flawed investi-gations? Shady back-door deals?

Corrupt lawyers? In one swipe, thefilm deftly tackles them all.

Unfortunately, this scathingassessment of the justice process isquickly sidetracked when Clydebegins a vengeful killing spree of hisown a decade after his family’s mur-der.

At first, it’s easy to empathizewith Clyde’s desire for revenge ––until he drags his family’s killer toan abandoned warehouse. And tor-tures him with various chemicalsand weapons. And hacks off hislimbs with a chainsaw. And mails avideotape of the butchery to Nick’shouse.

Where, in that gore comparableto the Saw movies, is the film’s orig-inal thought-provoking message?

Clyde attempts to murder everyindividual involved in the trial, anda game of wits develops as Clydeplays cat-and-mouse with Nick andhis family. The film offers thrills a-plenty, keeping viewers on theedges of their seats waiting forClyde’s next kill –– which areincreasingly technologically-savvy,ranging from a killer cell phone totimed car bombs.

It turns out Clyde has past expe-rience making weaponry, so says arandomly introduced informanthalfway through the film. It lookslike screenwriter Kurt Wimmerneeded some explanation for thatfact, as Clyde spirals further intoinsanity, so does Law Abiding Citi-zen’s plot.

Despite the film’s increasinglyabsurd storyline, Butler is com-pelling as the tortured lead charac-ter, perhaps due to his past experi-ence playing a serial killer. The

Scottish-born actor balanced sev-eral killings in between the song-and-dance routines in Phantom ofthe Opera. Despite trading in hismask and noose for chemicalweapons and torture devices, But-ler seems equally at home in this farmore sinister and sadistic role.

Foxx’s performance, in compar-ison, is lack-luster and one-dimen-sional. Similarly, the supportingcast is forgettable –– both from anacting perspective, and becauseClyde kills most of them before thefilm is over.

Law Abiding Citizen will satisfythose who are seeking cheap thrillsand techno-gore. Unfortunately,the film falls short of its potential toprovoke thoughtful dialogue on thejustice system in the vein of The Lifeof David Gale or The Green Mile.

Part thriller, part moral treatise,Law Abiding Citizen amounts tonothing more than a bloody, con-voluted mess masquerading associal commentary.

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ON DECK:Women’s hockey... Tuesday

Townshend Hawk-blocks Laurier in shutoutPitcher setscareer bestnumbers in 152-pitch outing

By Daniel Da SilvaGazette Staff

Not only did Western Mustangsbaseball return to the top of theOntario University Athletics, theydid it in style. Leading the way forWestern was veteran pitcher JordanTownshend.

After sweeping the Toronto Var-sity Blues, the Mustangs defeatedthe Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks6-0 and 3-1.

This title is their fourth in thelast five years, and was redemptionfor the men after losing to McMas-ter in the OUA semifinal last year.

The Mustangs finished the sea-son on a tear, winning 13 of theirlast 14 games. While the wholeteam was impressive during thestretch, nobody was better thanstarting pitcher Townshend. He wasdominant all season, but saved hisbest performance for the finals.

In game one of the champi-onships, Townshend pitched acomplete game shutout, giving uponly two hits and striking out 15. Hemanaged to throw an unheard of152 pitches, 98 of which werestrikes.

The Gazette sat down withTownshend to talk about his phe-nomenal performance, his mostembarrassing baseball momentsand belting out “Barbie Girl” as arookie.

When did you start playing base-ball and why did you choose to be apitcher?

I have been playing since I havebeen able to walk. I was never just apitcher. I always hit and pitched,but I switched over to pitcher at theend of high school. It seemed towork out for me. I decided to be apitcher because I like to have con-trol over the game — I like to be atthe center of the action.

What was it like to play for coachMike Lumley?

I’ve known him for years, beingfrom London. He is sort of a bigLondon baseball guy. A lot of guysare very intimidated by him, butover the years you get to know himand realize he is a good guy to bearound.

What was it like winning this yearafter losing in the semifinal lastyear to McMaster?

Crazy redemption. We felt likewe should have won it last year, butwe didn’t do too well. This year, ifwe didn’t win, it would have been ahuge failure. But when the seasonstarted, I think we knew we weregoing to win.

How does this championship com-pare to the previous OUA champi-onships you have won?

This was the best one. I got tostart game one of both the semi-final and final. Two years ago, I gotto pitch game three of one of the

series. It was great to be at the fore-front this year.

Was your performance againstLaurier a career highlight for you?

It would be. I’ve probably hadgames like that in a summer league,but the calibre of this league is somuch higher. It was at Labatt [Park]where I’ve pitched a lot of timesbefore, so I was really comfortablethat day.

You pitched 152 pitches that night.How did you keep going?

At the time I thought that [this]was my last game as a Mustang. Ifigured I had nothing to save myarm for. If I need surgery or my armfalls off, that’s fine with me. I usual-ly throw more pitches than theaverage pitcher, so it was all right. Ijoked that I could have pitched withmy right arm in game two but myleft arm was pretty useless for a fewdays after.

How does it feel to go play at theNational Championships this year?

It’s a new opportunity for mostof us. We are going to try to take our

game to the next level, and I thinkif we do that, we can be successful.It’s something a lot of us have want-ed to do for a while. We have thechance so we need to make themost of it.

How did it feel to knock out arch-rival Brock before the playoffsbegan?

That was awesome. I hate Brockso it was pretty fun to knock themout. The joke is that they lose in thefinals every year, so for them to noteven make the playoffs is just funny.

What has been your most embar-rassing moment during a game?

We were playing against Water-loo at one game. In the middle ofmy wind-up, I dropped the ball,which is a balk. The other team wasmaking fun of me for the rest of thegame. Then later in the game thesprinklers went off while I waspitching, so it was a double wham-my of not-coolness.

When you guys are travelling, howdo you entertain yourselves?

We pack all the rookies on the

bus and we make them do karaokefor us. That’s always good for a fewlaughs. If they suck, we boo them.Then we usually watch a couplemovies.

Did you have to do that as a rookie?I did. I sang “Barbie Girl” and

ended up taking my clothes off. Ihad to make a good first impres-sion. [Laughs]

Who is the class clown on the team?I would have to say [pitcher]

Andrew Bergman. He is a goofball.He’s got Weird Al hair and a mous-tache. He’s a good guy to hang outwith.

Who’s the best hitter on the team?I don’t pitch against any of them,

but I would have to guess AndrewSalmon. He’s an amazing hitter. ButI haven’t pitched against them so Ithink I would probably strike themall out. [Laughs]

Who is the biggest prankster on theteam?

There are a lot of us I guess —probably our assistant coach

Lawrence. We look at him as anolder guy, but he acts like he is 15.He loosens us up in the dugout andmakes things fun.

What is the team’s favourite bar?I think we would probably say

Ceeps, but we all know it’s Jacks. Wemight say we are going somewhereelse, but it’s always Jacks. We alwaysgo there and end up losing the OUAbanner.

What happened to the banner andthe trophy?

We all signed it, despite themtelling us every year that we aren’tsupposed to, then we took it outwith us. The last time I saw it, [Car-los Cabrero] was wearing it as acape and running around. Then Igot a call the next morning saying“Where is the banner? What hap-pened to it?” So that’s all I knowabout that. We broke the trophy afew years ago drinking out of it, sowe taped the cup back onto thebase. Then last weekend we sawthat it was still taped together andwe were like “We did that threeyears ago,” and then it fell off again.

JORDAN TOWNSHENDCareer StatsInnings Pitched: 90ERA: 1.60Hits: 76Earned Runs: 22Strikeouts: 162Walks: 79

Playoff StatsInnings Pitched: 16ERA: 0.00Hits: 9Earned Runs: 0Strikeouts: 22

“We were beat today bya good pitcher, plain andsimple. He threw lots ofstrikes, got ahead in thecount and we couldn’tput the ball in play.”

—Scott BallantyneLaurier Head Coach

“The best thing aboutTownshend is he doesn’tget wrapped up in thedrama or pressure of thegame. Even when wedidn’t give him a largecushion, he still madepitches. He’s fun towatch and the mosthumble competitor.”

—Bryn McDonellMustangs relief pitcher

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The following are not sports

Let’s just get it out of the way early— cheerleading, figure skating anddance are not sports.

There, I said it.First and foremost I want to

make it clear I am writing this togenerate discussion. This is a jump-ing off point for a new definition ofsport. I am not arguing against anyparticular activity — I am just try-ing to set a standard.

Athleticism and sport are notinterchangeable. Figure skaters areathletes and their strength and con-ditioning regimen is on par withathletes from widely recognizedsports such as football and hockey.However, figure skating is not asport.

Don’t worry figure skaters, it’sokay to not be a sport. You are stillathletes and there is tremendousvalue to what you do. However,adjustments must be made — seeobjective scoring — before you canenter the realm of sport.

I think it’s time to make the cat-egory of sport exclusive to certainactivities that uphold the standardsand values that make sports great.If just any ordinary Joe — likemyself, for instance — can take anyactivity and claim it as a sport, thenwhat value does sport really have?

Sports are, by nature, exclusive.You have to try-out, you have to beskilled and you have to uphold a setof standards. This exclusivityshould be strengthened with a setof criteria designed to determinewhat is and is not a sport.

Furthermore, if we do not have

a set of criteria for what constitutesa sport, then where does one drawthe line? Without critera, why notdeem beer pong or flip cup assports? Why not bubble shooter orMonopoly or bridge?

A precedent has to be set tomaintain the value and prestige ofsports.

The following are my sugges-tions for criteria to define sport:

A sport must be inclusive. No activity or event can be

deemed a sport if it discriminatesagainst any human being on thegrounds of gender, race, or sexuali-ty. Intolerance and prejudice mayhave flown in the ancient Olympics,but not in the 21st century.

There must be a skill level requiredand a competitive standard.

Any sport has to involve somesort of skill or talent that can betrained and honed over time. Itcannot simply be based on a trait orattribute such as whitest teeth orlongest fingernails. Furthermore,there must be a standard for com-petition. There has to be a processof what determines who is the bestat the sport and how the sport isgoverned.

There must be direct competitionbetween at least two forces.

Whether individual or on a teambasis, there has to be some sort ofcontest between two or more ele-ments. A sport must involve a com-petition in which a winner is deter-mined.

There must be strategy involved.All sports have to be strategic.

There absolutely has to be a way tooutthink or outperform the oppo-sition. There must be differentapproaches and tactics with which

to achieve success.

There must be substantial levels ofboth physical and mental exertion.

A true sport must test one’s forti-tude in both cognitive and physicaleffort, not just one or the other.Chess, for instance, is not a sportbecause it only tests cognitive abil-ity. Rollerblading is also not a sport,because it only measures physicalattributes.

There must be fluidity.An individual or team within a

sport must be able to adapt andadjust their strategy accordinglyduring competition.

There can be no artistic elements.We must remember sport is

quantitative, not qualitative. Art isfar too subjective and vague to beproperly measured in a sport. Theaesthetic of an individual or team’smethods should not be scrutinized— simply the outcome should mat-ter. There is a place for art — butnot in sport.

A sport cannot be judged subjec-tively or by committee.

There must be a fair, objectivesystem for determining the winnerof the competition and there mustbe one impartial individual whoserole is to tally the score. Any activi-ty that relies on subjective judgingis far too vulnerable to bias andunscrupulous judgments. The his-tory of bribery and corruptionwithin judged competitions is richand including activities that oper-ate under these pretenses would bedetrimental to the legitimacy ofsport.

Think you play a sport? Run itagainst these criteria and find out.

Sorry figure skating. At least youstill have the Olympics.

Zwellin’ itlike it isArden ZwellingSports Editor

Women’s rugby moves on in playoffs

The Western Mustangs women’srugby team was able to get somerevenge after defeating the Water-loo Warriors 19-10 in the OntarioUniversity Athletics quarter-finals.

After coming into this seasonhighly regarded as a top 10 team inthe country, the Mustangs had arather disappointing regular season,losing to Waterloo and the GuelphGryphons. The Mustangs finishedthe season with a 3-2 record.

“[We have] a young team. Weknew going in that we would reallyhave to go back to basics,” Mus-tangs head coach Natascha Weschsaid. “We knew that if we followedthe game plan, and stuck to whatwe did best, we would eventuallyperform to our potential.”

While that meant a tough roadduring the season, it seems to havepaid off with a successful road tripin the playoffs.

“The first game [against Water-loo] we didn’t focus on the gameplan or stick to the process,” Weschsaid. “[The team] had something toprove this time around.”

The Mustangs were led by cap-tains Rebecca LeFevre, ElizabethWilson and Laurie Biewald, whoeach tallied a try during the quar-ter-final. Martha Goodrow addedtwo converts.

“Although we had moments inthe game where our performancewas not up to par, we did do enoughto get the win and that was what wewanted to accomplish facing Water-loo this time around,” Wesch said.

Western now faces the McMas-ter Marauders in Hamilton for theright to play in the OUA champi-onship this weekend.

“[The key to beating McMasteris] playing our game and playingwith intensity and aggression for afull 80 minutes,” Wesch said.

—Daniel Da Silva

Women’s tennis wins OUA silver

The Mustangs women’s tennis teamfell to powerhouse Université deMontreal in the Ontario UniversityAthletics championships on Oct. 18.

The women almost had a per-fect season, finishing at 5-1, losingtheir only match to Montreal.

“It’s been one of our best sea-sons. I think I’ve coached eightyears and as far as the competitiongoes, this was probably our bestseason ever,” head coach MikeRichards said.

Entering the OUA champi-onships the women were the num-ber two seed. In the semifinals, thewomen smashed York by animpressive 5-2 score.

In the finals the women werematched up against the undefeat-ed, defending OUA championsMontreal. Although the womenfought hard, ultimately Montrealwas the better team.

“I feel that the girls did the bestthat they could. The last time weplayed Montreal we won the dou-bles point, but this time we lost it, soobviously Montreal went andworked on their doubles,” Richardssaid. “It comes down to Montrealbeing just a little bit stronger thanus. We had six players at about thesame level, which is a good level,but stacked against Montreal theywere just a bit better.”

Richards was awarded coach ofthe year and Emma Lecavalier,Paige Robinson and Chantal For-ristal were all named OUA all-stars.

“We feel that we’re the best teamin Ontario. We beat all of the Ontarioteams and that is a good achieve-ment. It will be tough to beat Mon-treal over the years but I think we’regetting closer,” Richards said.

“Overall, it’s one of our betteryears. The girls really tried hard andit was a great team effort.”

—Grace Davis

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“YES, THIS THIN LAYER OF FOAM WILL PREVENT CONCUSSIONS.”Women’s rugby is heating up at the right time. After beating Waterloo 19-10 in the OUA quarter-finals last weekend, the women travel to HamiltonSaturday to play McMaster in the semifinals.

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Busy weekend for MustangsMen’s, women’s volleyball begin seasonsBy Bryn McDonell and Grace DavisGazette Staff

With the fall season winding downand the winter season starting up,many Mustangs teams will be inaction this weekend.

The men’s and women’s rowingteams are participating in theOntario University Athletics cham-pionships on Friday and Saturdayat Brock University. Both teamshave been very successful so farand will look to take the OUA ban-ner back from Queen’s, who wonboth the men’s and women’s titleslast year.

The men’s basketball team willopen the weekend athletics for theMustangs on Friday when theytravel to Laval to play another pre-season match. They currently sporta 3-1 pre-season record and hope toremain hot leading into the regularseason.

The women’s basketball teamalso travels to Laval to play in theLaval Invitational Tournamentstarting Friday. The women’s teamwill play three games against SaintMary’s, Queen’s and Laval.

The baseball team will take theirOUA championship to Nationalsthis weekend to play in the Canadi-an Intercollegiate Baseball Associa-tion National Tournament, which isbeing hosted at Durham College inOshawa. They open Friday againstSt. Clair College at 11 a.m. and willfinish the round robin against Con-cordia University and Cape BretonUniversity on Saturday.

Saturday will also see the foot-ball team (5-2) take on the strug-gling University of Toronto (1-6) at 1p.m. at T.D. Waterhouse stadium.The Mustangs will look to avengetheir loss against Queen’s last weekwith a big win over Toronto inhopes of solidifying a first roundbye and hosting the semi-finals.

The women’s soccer team (6-6-0) will host Guelph (1-8-3) at Fan-

shawe College for a 1 p.m. start. Thewomen will hope to jump into a tiewith Brock for third place in theWestern conference standings witha win over the eighth placeGryphons. The women also playYork University (9-2-1) on Sundayat 1 p.m. at T.D. Waterhouse.

The men’s soccer team will alsohost Guelph at Fanshawe followingthe conclusion of the women’sgame. The game will have a starttime of 3:15 p.m. and will see West-ern make a modest attempt tojump into fifth place in the confer-ence as they take their (3-5-4)record against the tough Gryphons(6-5-1) in what will likely be a tightbattle. The men follow up on Sun-day with a game against York Uni-versity (8-2-2) at 3:15 p.m. at T.D.Waterhouse.

The women’s hockey team willlace them up against Toronto (1-1)at home in hopes of putting a winon the board this season. Thewomen are currently 0-4 and sit inthe cellar of the OUA. A win couldput them into the middle of thepack. The women also take on YorkUniversity (1-1) on Sunday at 1 p.m.at Thompson arena.

The Mustangs women’s lacrosseteam also plays a crop of games onthe road starting Saturday that seesthe Mustangs (7-3) go up againstthe Queen’s Gaels (6-3) for whatpromises to be a great match. Thegame starts at 9 a.m. on Saturday atQueen’s and will be an opportunityfor the Mustangs to put a strangle-hold on 2nd place in the confer-ence. The women are also matchedup against Guelph (0-7-1) inKingston on Sunday at 1 p.m.

The Mustangs badminton teamwill take their 1-0 record to McMas-ter for a 10 a.m. match. The seasonis fresh and the Mustangs look toput some distance between themand rival McMaster (0-1) as the his-torically strong Mustangs look toget off to a hot start.

The field hockey team travels

east to McGill for a tournament thisweekend. On Saturday the womenwill participate in a match-up thatshowcases a weak McGill (2-6-3)team taking on a much strongerMustangs (6-3-2) squad who lookto make a push for the top of theleader board. First thing Sundaymorning, the women will face astrong University of Toronto team(7-1-3) before finishing the week-end against Queen’s (2-9-2).

Western’s water polo team goesto Queen’s this weekend to start theseason. On Saturday, the ‘Stangsface off against the winless Gaels (0-1). The team will get an evening ofrest and then take on York (0-0) andCarleton (2-1) on Sunday.

After a successful pre-season,the men’s volleyball team will lookto start the regular season on theright foot. Playing at Ryerson, themen will hit the first serve of the2009 season at 8 p.m. Saturdaynight, followed by a match againstthe University of Toronto on Sun-day.

After a solid pre-season recordof 2-1, and a win against Laurier toopen the season, the women’s vol-leyball team will host the TorontoVarsity Blues on Sunday at AlumniHall. The match starts at 1 p.m.

The women’s rugby team is trav-elling to McMaster this Saturday forthe OUA semifinals. Western’swomen’s rugby has won three of thelast five OUA Championships, andwill be looking to redeem them-selves after losing to Guelph in lastyear’s gold medal match. A winagainst Mac on Saturday will sendthem to the championships onceagain.

The Mustang wrestling teamsopened the season at a tournamenthosted by the University of TorontoOpen on Oct. 18. The women’steam finished first and the mencame in third. Both groups will lookto continue their strong form thisSunday as the wrestling team trav-els to Concordia to compete.

Shaun Ding/Gazette

P12 ➤ sports theGazette • FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2009

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“THIS IS SO ROMANTIC. YOU REALLY KNOW HOW TO SHOW A GUY A GOOD TIME.” Six days a week the men’s and women’s rowing teams wake up at the crack of dawn — or earlier— to practice on Fanshawe Lake. The practice seems to be working, considering that both teams have won several races this year and are strong contenders for the Ontario UniversityAthletics championship. The men and women are traveling to St. Catherines this weekend to compete for the OUA title on Friday and Saturday.