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In an environment where studentsare constantly texting, instant mes-saging or listening to their iPods,many university professors haveembraced new technology to keeptheir attention.

Apple has provided one way tofacilitate technology-focused pro-fessor-student relationships byadapting their products for acade-mic use. Universities across Cana-da, including Western, have invest-ed in a page on iTunes that allowsthem to post any content, frommusic to lectures.

“It’s a fairly new thing,” MatthewHoy, Western’s senior web designersaid. “But basically we sign up andpublish content to the site.”

Western has taken advantage ofthe new system by using it to postconvocation videos, and Hoy notedthe department of physics andastronomy was able to post videosof meteor showers for interestedstudents. Ivey also has an iTunespage where lecture excerpts areposted.

“It’s a really great thing that peo-ple can get on,” Hoy expressed. “It’snot just information from the topdown … it means professors fromall universities and faculties canshare content.”

While Hoy noted professorshave expressed a lot of interest inposting their full lectures online, itis not something that Western isready to do just yet.

“One of the reasons why nothinghas officially been posted is

because of concerns with intellec-tual property,” Hoy said. “We wantto make sure there are not discrep-ancies or misunderstandingsbefore we start posting things.”

Even without iTunes, professorsare finding other ways to recordand distribute their lectures. Somecourse recordings have been put onCDs and are available for purchaseat the beginning of the school year.

Kendall Sharp, a classical stud-ies professor at Western, decidedpodcasting was the best way tomake lectures available for his stu-dents.

“I get a lot of emails from stu-dents saying that they have a prob-lem knowing what to write down inmy lectures,” Sharp said. “So it givesthem the opportunity to listen tothem again.”

Sharp conceded the onlinemedia would be advantageous forstudents skipping class.

Increasing absenteeism is a ris-ing issue this year as the fear of theH1N1 pandemic looms over theuniversity, and online lectures canprove to be a good way for sick stu-dents to stay in the loop.

“When I got the memo sayingwe needed to prepare for massabsences, I wondered what wouldhappen to a student who misses asubstantial amount of class —they’d be behind in everything,”Sharp explained. “So facultiesacross campus had to come upwith some kind of response. Ithought if I’m already posting aslide show of my presentations, Icould see if podcasting wasdoable.”

H1N1 may be a good incentivefor professors to begin posting theircourse materials, but students con-cur posted lectures would be usedyear-round.

“I think it’s a fantastic ideabecause students get more out oflearning from hearing their profes-

sor speak than just reading theslides,” Sarah Judd, second-yearsocial science student, said.

Nathan Judd, also second-yearsocial science student, agreed thatvideos were an excellent alternativefor students who might not be ableto go onto campus for a lecture.

However, both students agreedthey would rather go to lecture thanspend 50 minutes watching anonline video.

“If I had a choice between lis-tening at home or going to class, I’dgo to class because it [forces] me topay attention,” Judd said.

iTunes helps profs prepare for ‘mass absences’Faculty use podcasts to upload and share lectures, extra content

Photo Illustration by Brett Higgs/Gazette

AND YOU THINK BIOMECHANICS MAKES YOU FEEL SICK. In preparation for H1N1 and potential studentabsences, professors are recording lectures in podcast form.

By Shreya TekriwalGazette Staff

A controversial conference on Israeland Palestine may have preventedan increase in funding for social sci-ence research.

The office of the Minister of Sci-ence and Technology — GaryGoodyear — may withhold anyincreases to the funding for theSocial Sciences and HumanitiesResearch Council, according to anemail obtained by the CanadianAssociation of University Teachersthrough Access to Information.

SSHRC is a federal agency,which supports university-basedresearch and training in thehumanities and social sciences. InJune 2009, the agency funded anacademic conference called“Israel/Palestine: Mapping Modelsof Statehood and Paths to Peace”organized by York and Queen’s Uni-versities.

According to James Turk, execu-tive director of CAUT, the proposedconvention went through a peer-review to determine whether or notit deserved to be funded by theSSHRC.

Turk also noted when it gotcloser to the conference, a num-ber of pro-Israeli lobby groups inCanada lobbied the governmentasking for [the conference] not tobe funded.

“Back in June, we learned thatMinister Goodyear called up thepresident of SSHRC and said ‘Iwant you to reconsider your deci-sion to fund this conference,’”Turk added.

CAUT recently obtained anemail dated June 5, 2009 andmarked “extremely urgent.” Theemail stated the seriousness of theissue [addressed at the conference]may make it difficult for the Minis-ter to increase funding for SSHRCin the next budget.

“We were so concerned withwhat happened with SSHRC, so wemade a request for documents thatSSHRC had in regards to the con-ference,” Turk explained.

By Shreya TekriwalGazette Staff

Memorial University’s greenprogramming has recycled morethan just paper by letting confi-dential information slip intopublic hands.

According to Ivan Muzychka,associate director of communi-cations at the institution, theBetter Side Recycling Programtransforms recycled paper intonotebooks, which are then soldto students.

“What happened was thatstudents were running a copycentre and post office andwhen they faxed information,a portion of the slip was copiedas a confirmation and then[the slip] was recycled. Thesedocuments were students’

loan applications,” Muzychkaexplained.

While the event represents abreach in privacy, Muzychkanoted the university did notbelieve a large number of thosenotebooks were distributed.

“We are only aware of four[such notebooks] at this time,”he said.

Inprint manager Gail DeSan-tis mentioned a similar incidenthad occurred at Western in thepast, resulting in a change ofpolicy.

“Once we had a big pile ofrecycled paper and had no wayto ensure everything was notconfidential,” DeSantis said.“We had departments bringingboxes of paper […] We even

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Federal academic research funding on brinkIsrael/Palestine conference provokes controversy

“All of us researchersare going to look overour shoulders andwonder if decisionsare being made toplease the govern-ment rather than foracademic merit.”

— James Turk, executive director of CAUT

CUPE negotiations reach agreement

Hungry Western students canbreathe a sigh of relief knowingWestern’s Board of Governors hasratified a two-year collective agree-ment with food services staff.

The Canadian Union of PublicEmployees represents the 275 hos-pitality services staff, whichincludes both 69 full-time mem-bers and 206 seasonal members.

The two-year contract, whichwill run from July 1, 2009 until June

30, 2010, will include a 1.5 per centsalary adjustment in each year ofthe contract.

The new agreement was wellreceived by members of the hospi-tality services, with 90 per cent vot-ing in favor of the contract.

“Overall our members are happywith the contract, especially con-sidering the recent environment ofthe economy,” Bob Graham, presi-dent of CUPE Local 2692,announced.

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Students want to take lawinto own hands

Recent incidents of crime at theUniversity of Prince Edward Islandhave raised concerns over the qual-ity of campus security.

The record high student popula-tion at UPEI has placed anincreased demand on the perma-nent police force, which currentlycomprises of only six officers.

“We feel that security serviceshave not grown as a departmentwith the university. We havereached a point where serviceshave been stretched far too thin,”Cullen Pinoth, president of the stu-dent union, said. “The studentunion at UPEI is concerned aboutthe lack of security on campus rightnow.”

The union has recommendedthe creation of an independent stu-dent police force to assist campuspolice during times of increasedsecurity need. This could reducethe strain on campus police.

According to Anne McCallum,media and communications officerat UPEI, the University had noplans to implement a student force,but is working with the StudentUnion in other areas.

Pinoth noted the union will beworking with the university to cre-ate an economical solution to theirconcerns.

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CLARIFICATIONA portion of the article “Chakma slip irkslibrarians” appearing in the Sept. 30 edi-tion of the Gazette that quoted WesternPresident and Vice-Chancellor AmitChakma should have read as follows.

“Our libraries, and how we use themhave changed, but the importance ofhigh quality professional librarians andarchivists has not. I place a high valueon the contributions made by these indi-viduals.”

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Email is ‘inaccurate’,says SSHRC

had the University Students’Council’s financial informationon the pads.”

According to Muzychka, a deci-sion to restart the program atMemorial University is yet to bemade.

“If we restart the program, wewill review how [it] is managedbefore we start it. [Similar] pro-grams seem to work quite well atother universities, but we doneed to review it [here],” headded.

DeSantis noted Western’s recy-cling program first shreds all per-sonal documents and only then arethey recycled and reused.

“The paper we purchase is recy-cled, but not 100 per cent […] andwe do not recycle anyone’s print,”

DeSantis said. She also noted it wasthe best way to stay environmen-tally friendly and maintain privacyat the same time.

Muzychka mentioned no pri-vate information from the universi-ty was made into the notebooks.

“We do not use private or sen-sitive information from the uni-versity for the notebook program.[So] the problem did not stemfrom those departments,” hesaid.

The program is based on volun-tary participation and all offices inthe university partaking are awarethe paper will be used for note-books.

Memorial University is workingtowards contacting individualswhose privacy may have been com-promised.

—With files from Tania Overholt

“Students were run-

ning a copy centre and

post office and when

they faxed informa-

tion, a portion of the

slip was copied as a

confirmation and then

[the slip] was recycled.

These documents

were students’ loan

applications,” — Ivan Muzychka,

Memorial University associate director of communications

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As well, Turk mentioned theinquiry started in mid-Septemberand caused CAUT to ask Goodyearfor a resignation.

While Goodyear was unable tocomment, he did speak on the issueduring Question Period on Sept. 29.

“The social sciences council hasclearly stated that email is inaccu-rate.” In addition, he mentioned,“the liberals had cut funding fromthe sciences and technology com-munity by over $400 million […]while this government hasincreased funding by $7 billion inthe last three years,” Goodyear saidduring Question Period.

SSHRC responded in a writtenstatement, which called the email’scomments regarding the Minister’sChief of Staff “inaccurate” and saidthe agency was “fully satisfied of its

handling of the matter.”“I think that is a sign of how

frightened [SSHRC is]. The email iscompletely unambiguous […] If theminister is going to threaten to cutoff their funding, the SSHRC aregoing to be nervous,” Turk said.

Turk noted this issue raisesquestions about the independenceand integrity of science andresearch in Canada.

“It creates a real chill. We havegranting councils to ensure publicmoney is well-spent by ensuringthat it is experts who decide whatshould be funded and what should-n’t be funded,” Turk said.

“What Goodyear has done isthreaten the granting council in away that all of us researchers aregoing to look over our shouldersand wonder if decisions are beingmade to please the governmentrather than for academic merit.”

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In March the Ontario government enacted legislation toallow for lawsuits against the tobacco industry. Now thegovernment is suing tobacco companies to the tune of $50billion in order to recover money the province has lost ontreating tobacco-related illnesses.

When Ontario opened the door for lawsuits againsttobacco companies, government action against themodern era’s biggest bad guy seemed inevitable. But italso leaves us wondering if anybody really cares any-more.

Nobody denies tobacco has been an incredibly evilcorporation. In the 1950s the companies used doctors topromote their products and heavily emphasized targetedyouth advertising. They aimed to hook more people byhiding the harmful side of cigarettes. Millions of peoplehave been affected both directly and indirectly by tobac-co’s toxic effects for a century.

That being said, one would be hard pressed to findanyone in North America over the last decade who was-n’t fully aware of the dangers of tobacco use. The gov-ernment’s claim this lawsuit is to recoup expenses alsorings hollow as Ontario already collects heavy taxes oncigarettes and smoking-related products. If anything, thisseems more like an opportunity to collect taxes twicefrom a popular political punching bag.

There’s always a possibility Ontario could lose this law-suit, potentially jeopardizing taxpayer money in theprocess. But in all honesty, with the public’s support ofsmoking continually dropping it seems unlikely tobaccowill win this case.

One also wonders where these lawsuits will end.Though society may currently love energy drinks, sugarysodas and fast food, there’s no guarantee they always will.These companies also engage in marketing towards chil-dren despite their harmful effects to the human body. Isthis lawsuit setting a precedent for future governmentsdecades down the line?

Furthermore, what happened to timely legal action?Beyond the issue of suing tobacco companies as soon ashealth concerns surfaced, why not bring action at thesame time as the American government 10 years ago?

Today, those who smoke can’t pretend they weren’tfully aware of tobacco’s effects, especially when cigarettepacks are slapped with a picture of a blackened lung. Onewould assume individuals should possess some person-al responsibility.

If anything, the motive for this lawsuit seems to be allabout symbolism — the government looking out for thesick while taking on big bad tobacco. It would have beena compelling narrative in the 1970s, but now it stinks of acash grab.

While a case could be made that late action is betterthan no action at all, the publicity gain from taking onsuch an easy target will be minimal. What’s more, with thecountry already in a recession is this really the best use oftaxpayer dollars when nobody really cares?

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Well it’s getting closer to that time of yearagain. Grad school application deadlinesare approaching and upper-year stu-dents are going grey with the stresses ofreference letters and personal essays.Through all of this is the constant refrain:“I have to get in, or I’ll get left behind.”

Perhaps an explanation is in order.Many of my friends have known for along time they wanted to go to gradschool, and have been planning for thisfor well over a decade. But when eventsbeyond these individuals’ control con-spire to change these plans, the paniccomes on immediately.

This is when the “left behind” mind-set arrives — the fear that making the“mistake” of taking a little more timewith undergraduate life or — horror ofhorrors — changing their life plans issomehow inconceivable.

Sure, there are basics to life that can-not be changed. You’ll go to school inyour early years, you’ll work and you’llage. Everything else is a variable. But todecide in Grade nine which universityyou will go to, what your entry averagewill be, how long you will spend at that

school and what grad school you willattend seems insane to me. Yet for many,this is the subconscious thought process,and it unfortunately prevents a lot of thepotential university experiences frombeing enjoyed.

For these poor souls, if the programthey chose years ago turns out to not bethe right fit, they’ll obsess over changingthe plan instead of doing the logicalthing by taking immediate action. If theopportunity to travel arises, they’ll passon it so as not to jeopardize their plan.

It’s almost an illness in some respects— “life-plan-itis.” Its symptoms includeinsomnia, irritability, irrational thoughtprocesses and sadly, in many cases,depression — all because of a belief thatplans must be set in stone.

How did we get here? Some claim it’sparental pressure, others say they feelthe need to keep pace with their friends’career paths. But let’s be serious. Gradschool applicants are adults and shouldknow by now they will never have com-plete control over their destinies.

Life doesn’t have a blueprint. There’sno right or wrong way, only your way. Sobefore pulling your hair out putting agrad school application together, askyourself deep down what the real rea-sons are for applying and what youmight want to do instead. The next stageof your life will happen whether youwant it or not, so why not enjoy this stagewhile you can?

To the editor:This is directed at all the Western stu-dents who regularly work out at the newcampus recreation centre, but areunaware of proper gym etiquette.

I am continually irked by the lack ofconsideration shown by other gym-goers at Western. As someone who hasworked in a gym before, I know howimportant it is for members to co-oper-ate and use common courtesy whileenjoying their workout.

It’s quite simple really. After you arefinished using a machine, wipe it down.And be courteous enough to let othersuse the machine between reps if youknow they are waiting for it.

When weight lifting, step away fromthe weights and stand far enough awayso others may access the weights too.And when you’re finished your set,return the weights to their proper place.

Furthermore, do not stand in front ofsomeone else’s mirror space when thereis an abundance of free space available.But at the same time, there is no reasonfor you to take up more mirror spacethan you need to. There is enough roomfor everyone and on busy days, it won’thurt you to share.

And on the topic of sharing, placingthings — sweaters, towels or whateveron a machine does not reserve that pieceof equipment for you when you are notusing it. In fact, it’s quite rude and incon-siderate to others who might want to usethe machine.

And finally, when finished with yourworkout don’t clutter around the equip-ment and socialize — leave.

The multi-million dollar facility wasintended for everyone to use, not a selectfew, selfish individuals. So please, showsome courtesy and use proper gym eti-quette.

—Amanda BarnesSocial Science IV

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Gymetiquette isessential

Life-plan-itis runsrampant among grads

Hayes’d &ConfusedMike HayesSenior Editor

The Gazette looks back to 1977 this week, when 42 per cent of first year-students fromtwo faculties at the University of Waterloo failed their compulsory literacy test.

The 40-minute exam was an early predecessor to the standardized test now givenin Ontario high schools and was made up of multiple-choice questions and a 500-word essay. However, 535 of the 1,259 students who wrote the test did not pass.

Ken Ledbetter, dean of arts and the author of the literacy test told the Gazette he wasnot surprised by the results, but the high number of failures was cause for concern.

“Generally a student who wrote one decent paragraph in his essay passed,” Led-better explained. “We defined a decent paragraph as a half a dozen or so sentences,generally free of grammatical flaws, put together in a reasonably coherent fashion.”

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By Jaymin ProulxGazette Writer

Do you prefer soul music infusedwith punk-rock? Or punk-rockinfused with soul? With Modern-boys Moderngirls, a little bit of bothis guaranteed.

This Saturday the Toronto bandis playing at the Black Shire Pub,where the audience will be intro-duced to music that can’t be cate-gorized.

Whether you call their soundsoul or punk, the band cites theirinfluences as Elvis Costello & TheAttractions, Otis Redding, BruceSpringsteen and the New YorkDolls.

MBMG have been featured atseveral large-scale music events,including Edgefest, CanadianMusic Week and S.C.E.N.E. MusicFestival in St. Catherines. They alsoreached number eight on theCBCRadio3 charts and earned a

CBCRadio3 Bucky Award nomina-tion.

Consisting of Brett Millius ondrums, Juan Carlos Rivas on bassand Akira Alemany as vocalist andguitarist, MBMG have just releasedtheir debut album earlier thismonth entitled I Might As WellBreak It.

MBMG began to take theirmusic more seriously last year afterEdgefest and NXNE. “People wereasking [us] to put something out,”Alemany said.

He went on to explain how theband got together. “Brett respond-ed to a newspaper ad and when heperformed with us, he listenedwell,” Alemany said. “He caredabout the band too. It’s importantthat bandmates work as a unit andthat personality shines through.”

Alemany is no stranger to hardwork and strong listening skillshimself. Lending his ear to the pro-duction of the album, he said

“being a musician and crossingover to producing is like an actordipping their toes into the waters ofdirecting.”

He’s enthusiastic about theresults. “I would do it again. It’s likedirecting and acting,” he explains.“I learned what to do or not to do.”

With the help of Ryan Mills, anengineer who has also worked withBorn Ruffians and The Most SereneRepublic, the album features threenew songs and has been re-mixedand re-mastered for the purpose ofan international release.

“It’s raw — no one would say it’soverproduced. It’s real,” Alemanysaid of the record’s quality. “Therole of a producer [lends] itself toworrying about how you’re going torecord the album and the workinvolved,” he adds.

Alemany noted the band hadspecific intentions for the listenerwith their new album.

“It’s meant to never let up, never

give you a chance to catch yourbreath,” he said. “I wanted to makea record about people and relation-ships falling apart not brick bybrick, but all at once.”

While their album has a specificgoal, performances are a differentstory — the unexpected is expect-ed. It’s not unusual for girls to jumpon stage and dance during a show.It’s these little eccentricities thatAlemany thinks puts the fun intobeing a musician, and it’s theirgroup camaraderie that allowsthem to succeed.

“[The three of us] get alongwell,” he said. “ I think it appears asthough we know each other welland get along. It’s important toenjoy doing what you do.”

According to Alemany, havingsimilar music tastes and beingeasygoing are qualities that solidifythe band, and as a result, lead toexcellent music.

What’s next for MBMG? Ale-many has a Spanish backgroundand says the band may record analbum that crosses the languagebarrier and lends itself to Spanishears. For now though, the band issticking to English and focusing ontouring.

Modernboys Moderngirls will beperforming at the Black Shire onOct. 3 for $3 cover. The Black ShirePub is located at 511 Talbot St.

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WELCOME TO OUR HUMBLE ABODE. Fresh off recording a new album, Modernboys Moderngirls bring theiract to the Black Shire Pub on Saturday.

By Jessie MasonGazette Writer

The free Friday concert seriesput on by the Don Wright fac-ulty of music continues tohighlight high quality musi-cal acts week after week.

Last Friday a crowd ofexcited music students andlocal London residents filledthe Paul Davenport Theatreto hear Ensemble Gombert, arenowned Australian a capel-la choir.

Davenport — after whomthe theatre was named —wasin attendance at last week’sconcert.

Under the directorship ofJohn O’Donnell, the Aus-tralian vocal ensemble wascomprised of six men andeight women whose vocalshave gained immense popu-larity in their hometown ofMelbourne.

The group was pleased tofinally be making their NorthAmerican debut and focusedon a cappella versions ofFranco-Flemish music of theHigh Renaissance.

Renowned for their classi-cally structured approach tomusical style, EnsembleGombert sang cohesivelywithout rupture — impres-sive to even the untrainedear. The performancebrought the audience back toa simpler time.

Tomorrow’s 12:30 p.m.concert features minimalistpiano and percussion musicby Steve Reich. The perfor-mance will be lead by musicprofessors John Hess and JillBall and will feature numer-ous pianists and percus-sionists.

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By Kaleigh BoydGazette Writer

FameDirected by: Kevin TancharoenStarring: Naturi Naughton, KayPanabaker, Anna Maria Perez deTagle

In an era where singing and danc-ing teens is a hot commodity, it wasonly a matter of time before some-one decided to resurrect 80s classic,Fame.

Directed by Tanchareon andwritten by Allison Burnett, thisupdated version is highly enter-taining but largely unoriginal. Withbig shoes to fill, the film introducesa brand new cast of characters as

they seek happiness, success and —you guessed it — fame.

Set once again at the New YorkHigh School of Performing Arts, thefilm follows the lives of several artis-tic teenagers from freshman year tograduation as they learn to becomebetter performers.

Opening with a collage of scenesfrom the rigorous audition process,these talented singers, actors,dancers, filmmakers and musiciansare quickly warned this is only thebeginning. They must give boththeir artistic training and the acad-emic studies all they’ve got — or it’sall over.

The film then moves through aseries of somewhat predictable storylines involving romance, friendship,struggles and fighting against the

restricting expectations of others.With resemblances to many

dance films of this decade — HighSchool Musical comes to mind —the film comes dangerously close tobeing merely a compilation of pastplotlines. However, it’s saved bysome surprising moments thatexpose the harsh realities of theentertainment industry and thedevastation that comes with therealization you may not be goodenough to reach your dreams.

Unfortunately the pace of thefilm leaves a lot to be desired. Weare given only glimpses into thecharacters’ lives as the film sacri-fices detail in order to fast-forwardthrough four years of high school.

However, where the film is lack-ing in originality and characterdevelopment it makes up for in itsshowcasing of genuine talent. Sev-eral of the most entertainingmoments are the interludes thatmix classical music with hip-hopand pop while showing off theremarkable talents of the film’sdancers and choreographers. Theperformance quality is high —there are few cheesy dance movesor inspirational songs.

Like all films of its genre, Fameends with the encouraging messageto be yourself and go after yourdreams. While it might not live up tothe original, it may still leave youwishing — talent or no talent — thatyou’d gone to a school just like theirs.

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Montréal wins onlast minute heroicsBy Margot SmithGazette Writer

Tennis just doesn’t get any betterthan this.

The top two women’s tennisteams in Ontario University Athlet-ics competition — the WesternMustangs and the Université deMontréal Carabins — battled it outat the Western Tennis Centre thispast weekend.

Unfortunately, the Mustangs fellto the defending OUA championsby a 4-3 score after an intensetiebreaker in the deciding match.

“Montréal is the strongest teamwe are going to be hitting,” West-ern’s Emma Lecavalier said after herdoubles victory with partner PaigeRobinson.

The doubles tandem of Lecava-lier and Robinson was an impor-tant part of Western’s impressiveperformance Saturday afternoon,winning their doubles match 8-7(7-5) and Lecavalier winning hersingles match 6-2, 6-4.

“We heard about Western. Theyare the team to beat,” Montréalassistant coach Samy Saad said.

Following a convincing 6-1 winover the York Lions on Friday, theMustangs came prepared to playthe best team in the league.

“We work on fitness especially.When you play a tough team youmight be in it for three sets ... we tryto stay focused and keep the energyup,” fourth-year Mustang ChantalForristal explained.

Western started off strong, win-ning all three matches in the dou-bles round to earn a one-point leadover Montréal.

“They are a tough team but weseemed to find their weaknessesand come out strong,” Robinson

said after defeating Montréal’s topseeded doubles team.

The Western squad was alsodrawing from the depth and expe-rience returning players offer.

“We haven’t lost anybody, onlygained people … we have comeback as returning members on theteam, and I think that is a big part ofour mental game and mentaltoughness,” Lecavalier said.

The Mustangs entered the sin-gles matches with a positive atti-tude, needing to split the six match-es to secure a win. Strong perfor-mances from Lecavalier and DianaPogorski in the singles round setthe score at 3-3 with the decidingmatch between the fourth seedsentering the third set.

Unfortunately for the Mustangs,Montréal’s Andrean Lussier defeat-ed Western’s Carolynna Gabriel bya score of 3-6, 7-5, 7-6 (7-5). In theend, the point was enough forMontréal to clinch the victory witha score of 4-3.

“We worked on our doubles andit obviously paid off today, but thesingles were so close. It was a bigfinish,” Western head coach MikeRichards said.

Despite the loss, Richards is pos-itive about the direction the team isheading and believes they cancome out on top the next time thetwo teams meet.

“It makes us better, makes usstronger [and] gives us a chance. Ithink if we continue to work we willhave a good chance to competewith these guys in the champi-onship,” Richards said.

The Mustangs now head toOshawa this Friday to play againstthe University of Ontario Instituteof Technology in their last OUAmatch of the regular season.

game, scoring from her ownrebound.

To top off the series of goals, thefirst goal scorer was also the last,with Grand putting away the fifthand final Mustang goal in the dyingminutes of the game.

Sunday’s victory for the Mus-tangs comes as a morale boosterfollowing Saturday’s disappointing2-0 defeat at the hands of the BrockBadgers.

“The score was not reflective ofhow we played at all yesterday, sothe girls really came out ready toplay today,” Regan said.

With the win, the Mustangsimprove their record to 3-3 and sitfourth in the Ontario UniversityAthletics West standings.

The women will be on the roadfor their next matches as they trav-el to Waterloo where they will takeon the last place Warriors (0-5-1)and the first place Wilfrid LaurierGolden Hawks (5-0-1).

translated over to success ingames. Despite losing three oftheir last four, fifth-year defenderMark Bennett believes the Mus-tangs will pick up their game.

“Western is known for having astrong team. We go into the seasonwith high hopes, thinking [of] our-selves as one of the front-runnersin the league. It has definitely been

disappointing thus far,” he said.“We know we have the players

to win, so we’re staying optimisticbut it is frustrating losing games.We are not in that bad of a situa-tion. We know we are one of thestrong teams.”

Coach Barnett feels his teamneeds to improve on their teamplay and intensity.

“We’ve got to get up with ourtechnique but also emotionally.

We’ve got to get fired up and playharder in the game,” he said. “Every-one is revving to play Western. If youdon’t match that intensity, then thisis what is going to happen.”

The Mustangs sit in fifth placein the Ontario University AthleticsWest division with seven points.They travel to Waterloo this week-end to take on the Wilfrid LaurierGolden Hawks and the WaterlooWarriors.

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MUSTANGS SOCCER VS. MCMASTER

Women step on the gas5-goal outburst propels Mustangs

Men still stuck in neutralTeam drops three of last four games

By Andrew WojcikGazette Writer

One thing is for certain about this year’s Mus-tangs women’s soccer team: they show nomercy.

The squad faced off against the McMasterMarauders on Sunday evening at TD Water-house Stadium, and despite a strongMarauder attack, the women in purple wereable to secure a decisive 5-0 victory.

“Our plan for today was not just to playfive minutes, but to play the full 90, tough andintense, and that’s exactly what we did,” Mus-tangs assistant coach Sarah Regan said afterpost-game team victory photos.

Western forward Erin Grand set the toneby scoring a goal within the first 10 minutesof the match. Midfielder Robyn Sudeyko’scurling corner kick found Grand, who head-ed the ball into the back of the net.

The play throughout most of the first halfwas characterized by strong competitionbetween the two teams, with the opponentssharing equal possession of the ball.

However, Western’s crew showed theywere capable of finishing off their chancesand put away two more goals before the firsthalf was over.

The second goal came after an error injudgment by Marauders keeper Michelle

Spadafora, allowing Mustang Jenna Schroed-er to evade her and score. The third was awell-executed drive into the far corner of thenet by second-year midfielder BrennaMcConnell.

“Sometimes, it’s just about getting the ballinto the back of the net. We had our opportu-nities and didn’t do it so Western came outand scored on their [opportunities],” McMas-ter coach Richie Barnett noted.

McMaster came out with a strong offenceduring the first minutes of the second half,but were repeatedly frustrated by Mustangkeeper Marissa Chinn. Despite holding themajority of possession, they could not makeit count, missing several corner kicks and apenalty shot by Marauder Samantha Batten.

“I feel like we just haven’t caught anybreaks,” third-year McMaster defender Eliza-beth Maffett said during the halftime break.“We’ve been playing pretty well. A lot of ourgames we’ve been outplaying our opponents… but we’re in a bit of a scoring drought.”

Throughout the rest of the second half thegame was a struggle, with Western makingadvances and McMaster quickly drivingthem back. That was until Mustang strikerSteph Pizzitelli managed to break throughthe defensive line in the 65th minute of the

By Paula MengGazette Writer

The Mustangs men’s soccer team just can’tseem to catch a break. After defeating Brock 2-1 on Saturday, the Mustangs went into Sun-day’s game against McMaster with high hopes.

Unfortunately, the men emerged on thewrong side of a 1-0 defeat to the sixth placeMarauders at TD Waterhouse Stadium.

“We dominated the game, we had most ofthe possession. They had one opportunityand scored one goal and we just weren’t ableto get one in,” Mustang assistant coach PacoBarnett said.

“We would like to be doing better, obvi-ously. We feel we have a strong group [and]if we can just get all the cylinder’s firing wecan compete with the best teams in thecountry.”

The Mustangs had most of the possessionand dictated the play for the first half of thegame. The Marauders, on the other hand,played defensively, mustering few chanceson the counter-attack.

“We didn’t take enough shots,” Barnettsaid.

Once the second half started, the Maraud-ers played more offensively, sharing the pos-session with Western equally.

In the 81st minute, McMaster finally man-

aged to break the scoring drought and tallythe winner. A corner kick into Western’s boxtook a few unlucky bounces before sittingperfectly for striker Pat Stewart, who knockedthe ball past Western keeper Kosta Viglatzis.

The Mustang offence created severalopportunities to score but McMaster’s backline held strong.

Marauder Anthony Costa noted his teamhas not been having the best season butplayed well enough to compete.

“It’s been more of a season based on luckthan anything,” he said. “However, they start-ed thinking they could take advantage ofopportunities and we defended well.”

McMaster head coach Dino Perri agreedwith his captain.

“Anybody can beat anybody on any givennight,” he added.

However, he felt that if the Mustangs hadcapitalized on their scoring chances, thegame could have ended very differently.

“They could have easily been ahead twoor three nothing on us,” Perri said. “But it’sone of those games where it’s very difficult toscore and when you get the opportunity youhave to make the most of it.”

Although the Mustangs have been work-ing hard in practice, their efforts haven’t

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A TALE OF TWO TEAMS. The Mustangs women’s soccer team improved to 3-3 with a dominating 5-0 win over the McMaster Marauders this past Sunday. Meanwhile, the men droppedto below .500 after a disappointing 1-0 loss to the Marauders. Both teams travel to Waterloo this weekend to face off against the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks.

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