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CAMPUS CRIME
With more than 30,000 students, staff and faculty
occupying Western’s campus every year, ensuring campus
safety is a massive undertaking for campus police
Amber Garratt
ARTS & LIFE EDITOR
Western prides itself on being the
best student experience, but how
safe is this experience? Assaults,
criminal harassments, theft and
drugs are some of the criminal inci-
dents that occur on Western’s cam-
pus each year.
In 2010, there were 554 reported
criminal offences on campus. Of
that, 21 were assaults, six were crim-
inal harassments and four were sex-
ual assaults. Campus police consid-
er these the most serious offences
occurring on campus — numbers
that maintain nearly the same level
each year.
Jen — a fourth-year global studies
student whose name was changed to
protect her identity — was one of the
Charity Ball donates $12K, but
yearly revenue continues decline
Kaleigh Rogers
NEWS EDITOR
Remember that big party back in
January? Turns out it was a
fundraiser.
Yesterday, the University Stu-
dents’ Council and its Charity Ball
Committee presented a donation to
the Boys and Girls Club of London
in the form of a $12,000 novelty-
sized cheque.
While the amount was impres-
sive, the donation raised by Charity
Ball has been steadily dropping over
the past several years, raising as
much as $25,000 back in 2004.
“Charity ball is a 25 to 30-year-old
tradition with the USC and we’ve seen
a little bit of a dip,” Alicia DeBoer,
Charity Ball co-ordinator, said.
“We don’t really know [why]. It’s
hard to attribute it to something spe-
cific.”
Justin Mackie, vice-president stu-
dent events for the USC, noted they
didn’t have a specific monetary goal
in mind when planning the event.
“We just wanted to make it so it
was the largest Charity Ball in years,”
Mackie explained. “When we first
met in the summer, it wasn’t so much
a monetary goal, but it was definite-
ly surpassing the ticket sales.”
They met this goal, selling 800
more tickets to the event than last
year’s ball, hoping to reignite the
event’s popularity to increase the
amount they can donate in the future.
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victims. She was passing through
one of Western’s parking lots last
year when she was assaulted.
Areez Remtulla, a third-year Eng-
lish major, witnessed another assault
first-hand.
“[In first–year] I was present
while some friends were robbed and
assaulted at gunpoint behind Perth
Hall,” she recalled.
It’s an issue that may be out of
sight for much of the student popu-
lation, but students should be aware
campus isn’t always as safe as it
appears. Campus police are
adamant that students should take
necessary precautions.
Crimes on campus
Elgin Austen, director of Western’s
Campus Community Police Ser-
vices, explained mental health and
LIKE PUBLISHERS CLEARING HOUSE JR. Charity Ball organizers presented the Boys
and Girls Club of London with a comedically-oversized $20,000 cheque yesterday.
“That’s where we wanted to tar-
get our goal was just getting the sta-
tus of the event back up and getting
as many students as possible,”
DeBoer said.
“Eight hundred students, that’s
almost double what we had last
year.”
Mackie was proud of this
achievement, which he attributed to
the committee’s promotion strategy.
“We really promoted it, we [pro-
moted] a few weeks before [Charity
Ball], which seems to be a trend in
the last few years,” he explained.
The Canadian Asian Internation-
al Students’ Association’s annual
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charity fashion show has seen
greater success in the last few years.
This year, they raised $20,000 for the
Children’s Health Foundation,
adding to the approximately
$96,000 they’ve raised for the foun-
dation in the past few years.
“What I pushed really hard this
year is that we should never assume
we’ll sell out,” Daisy Sun, executive
director of the show, explained. While
sponsors help fund the production of
the show, most of their end donation
is made through ticket sales.
Charity Ball, however, raises
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personal safety are always going to
be a concern on campus. Campus
police work with the London Police
Service and track reported crimes
and assaults as they occur.
“The most serious [incidents
occur] around 30 times a year and
those are tracked to ensure that
they’re under good management,”
Austen said.
Student residences are the most
common place for incidents to
occur, with Saugeen-Maitland Hall
accounting for 25 per cent of all on-
campus criminal offences in 2009.
Per capita, Saugeen also recorded
the highest number of offences.
The most common crime was theft
— an unsurprising figure for campus
police, who routinely warn about
unattended laptops and unlocked
dorm rooms, which leave students
Federal > Budget
Federal budget
unlikely to pass
Alex Carmona
GAZETTE STAFF
Last Friday, the federal government
released the budget for the upcom-
ing year, which met swift disap-
proval from the official opposition.
The new budget included a number
of provisions related to post-sec-
ondary education.
These included an enhanced stu-
dent debt relief program, higher
income allowances for students on
financial aid programs, increased
loan eligibility for part-time stu-
dents, and more funding for large
university research councils. But
with such strong opposition, the
proposals are unlikely to see the
light of day.
“This budget is going to bring
down the government and that’s
going to affect everyone, including
university students, but in a very dif-
ferent way than the budget would
have, had it passed,” Zach Dayler,
national director of the Canadian
Alliance of Student Associations, said.
“The main effect it’s going to
have is that no one is going to know
what investments are going to be
made into post-secondary educa-
tion until a new budget tables, so
there is going to be a lot of uncer-
tainty,” he continued.
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vulnerable. The second-most com-
mon offence was for drug violations.
Residence was followed closely
by University Drive and Weldon
Library for highest number of inci-
dents.
A sense of security
Austen explained the presence of
crime prevention tools like emer-
gency phones and Western’s Foot
Patrol gives students a sense of safe-
ty. But it’s this perception of safety,
he said, that can also motivate stu-
dents to take risks.
He said students are also vulner-
able to crimes simply because
they’re unaware of their surround-
ings and have minimal experience
when it comes to living on their own.
“Students can be preoccupied
>> see CAMPUS pg.6
This budget is going to
bring down the
government and that’s
going to affect
everyone, including
university students.
Zach Dayler
National director of the
Canadian Alliance of Student Associations
Dayler went on to explain how
this uncertainty will negatively
impact students in the upcoming
months.
“In terms of summer employ-
ment opportunities and grants for
students, whenever there is an elec-
tion, these things are delayed. While
youth employment is currently
down, people should expect it to
continue to be down and stalled.”
This is not to say students and
student advocacy groups are up in
arms about the opposition’s rejection
>> see POST-SEC pg.3
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year, and having it on a Wednesday
night at 7 p.m. in a room already
filled makes it hard for people to feel
welcome in listening.”
“The USC doesn’t provide enough
opportunities for students to openly
question their president, and this is
holding myself accountable to being
able to directly represent the stu-
dents interests,” Tithecott explained.
He also noted events like this
kept the USC in touch with students
who may not be involved in council.
Tithecott also explained he was
hoping all interested students could
come to what is sometimes seen as a
dull event.
“My definition of a good turnout
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This Friday and Saturday, London-
ers will have the chance to show
their support for Japan relief efforts.
Orchestra London and the Lon-
don Multicultural Community will
be holding two events in support of
the Canadian Red Cross Japanese
relief efforts.
Orchestra London, in conjunc-
tion with the Home County Folk
Festival, will be holding a benefit
concert featuring performances by
pianist Kumi Miyagawa, London Pro
Musica Choir, and several other per-
formers today at 7 p.m. in Centenni-
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Tomorrow, the London Multicul-
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people of Japan, Abdi explained.
“There is no minimum donation,”
according to Abdi, but he said every-
one who plans to attend is encour-
aged to bring something to donate.
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More than just a ball
CAISA among other charities raising money
>> continued from pg.1
money through whatever is leftover
after the event.
“It’s not really a donation per
ticket. It’s once we cover our costs,
everything else after that — the gravy,
the icing on the cake — is what we
end up donating,” she said, noting
this factors into their careful bud-
geting to ensure no money is wasted.
DeBoer said they had concerns
about the event’s success, but felt the
team worked together towards the
same goals to increase awareness
for both the event and the charity.
“We had almost a fear of it not
doing well,” she said.
“I was really concerned with
awareness and promoting the fact
that this is a charity ball. This isn’t
just a party, this is a charity ball and
making sure people knew where
their money was going.”
The money raised will help sup-
port the My Action Plan for Educa-
tion program, which helps under-
privileged kids achieve their educa-
tional goals.
Now for something completely different
Eloquent graffiti found
Ryan Hurlbut
GAZETTE STAFF
It would seem people who scrawl
graffiti in Western bathrooms have
reached a new level of eloquence, as
vandalism in the Natural Science
building was found to discuss polit-
ical topics such as homosexuality
and acceptance.
Sarah Robinson, a second-year
science student, noticed the vandal-
ism. The graffiti stated everyone had
a right to their own opinion and they
have a right to say it, even if they are
wrong. This statement provoked
responses from other washroom-
dwellers, who responded by saying
there are some things you shouldn’t
say, and there’s a reason the term
“homophobia” exists.
This debate is a refreshing
change from the usual vandalism
that seems to accompany a trip to
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“It’s about helping dreams come
true,” Chris Harvey, director of oper-
ations for the Boys and Girls Club of
London, explained.
“It helps to break the cycle of
poverty, and education is a key com-
the bathroom, as graffiti is not an
uncommon sight in campus wash-
rooms.
Doug Rodwell, building supervi-
sor of caretaking operations for the
Western’s Physical Plant depart-
ment, said graffiti is a “normal day-
to-day occurrence occurring in
some places more than others.”
Apparently, intellectual graffiti is
not held in higher regard, as depart-
mental policy is to remove any graf-
fiti as soon as possible — regardless
of content.
Racist or hurtful graffiti is also
reported to the campus police. In
some cases, a picture is taken of the
graffiti as well, Rodwell explained.
The eloquent graffiti, which was
spotted around the beginning of the
month, has since been washed off.
Although it contained some contro-
versial and intellectual material,
vandalism isn’t the best way to
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budget are disputed
>> continued from pg.1
of the federal budget.
“Compared to what we asked the
government for, what university stu-
dents were given is small,” Meaghan
Coker, vice-president university At best, all it did was
affairs for the University Students’
Council, said.
tinker around the
“We’re not going to say we don’t edges of the real issues
like the budget at all, but there’s a lot and offer a bunch of lit-
more that would be needed to be
done within the federal loan system tle goodies instead.
to make it more accessible to full Jim Turk
and part-time students.” Executive director of the Canadian
Association of University Teachers
Jim Turk, executive director of
the Canadian Association of Univer-
sity Teachers, said students should
not be too distraught over the rejec-
tion of the budget.
“There wasn’t any major theme
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CRIME ON CAMPUS
Crime rate
unsurprising
They say cities are like apples. If the core is rotten,
the whole thing goes bad.
But while the core of London is arguably in need
of some repair, Western’s campus is a relatively
attractive, clean and safe place.
And while some students may see the number of
criminal offenses committed on campus and react
with shock, there’s no need to overreact. We have it
pretty good.
At the pit of this fruit is the simple fact that crime
is going to happen.
Crime is a natural byproduct of being such a
vast, populous city and it would be naïve to move
here without expecting it.
That’s why the 553 criminal offenses on West-
ern’s campus in 2010 is really not all that surprising.
And while the number in the 500’s stands out, it’s
important to realize the vast majority of those are
thefts — something that many students arguably invite
through negligence and general irresponsibility.
Not to mention a large number of driving offens-
es and drug charges, crimes that, while just, don’t
necessarily put Western students in peril.
Break the number down a bit further and we find
that there were just 21 assaults, six sexual harrass-
ments and four sexual assaults in the entire year.
Obviously a big zero across the board would be
preferable, but considering the toxic mix of youth,
hormones, substance abuse and widespread imma-
turity thrown into the pressure cooker of campus,
those numbers aren’t all that bad.
The numbers are actually more in line with what
one would expect to happen on a typical weekend —
not an entire calendar year — which means either the
vast majority of crimes are going unreported or the
university and campus police are doing a bang up job.
Regardless, it’s painfully easy for students to
make mountains out of molehills here at Western.
Remember, it was just last year when a student was
arrested at the Social Science Centre and the cam-
pus exploded in an unnecessary outburst of angst
and police brutality allegations against campus
police — allegations that were later dismissed fol-
lowing months of investigation and review.
Sure, the university could improve safety around
campus by installing some more lights or invest-
ing in another emergency blue light station, but
there’s no need for a dramatic overhaul of campus
security.
As Western students, staff and colleagues, it’s
everyone’s responsibility to prevent crime and look
out for one another. If something looks suspicious
don’t ignore it — report it. Take some pride in your
community and be a good person.
It’s a novel concept but it just might work.
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Students respond to referendum decision
To the Editor:
I am against the University Students’
Council’s decision to void the results
from the recent Student Refugee Pro-
gram referendum. My contention is
squarely faced on the elections policy,
and my argument is as follows.
Referendums differ from elections,
and should not be bound by the same
policies. They are direct democratic tools
used for citizens to express themselves
directly and explicitly in the context of
the referendum’s topic.
Elections and voting are tools for cit-
izens to express themselves through rep-
resentatives who campaign in order to be
granted access to democratic institutions.
This is a strong distinction. Representa-
tives are bound to policies that regulate
their actions with the intention of pro-
moting a fair and friendly campaign peri-
od. Candidates and their teams are thus
expected to abide by the policies set out.
Referendums are widely different.
Students or citizens who vote in a refer-
endum are not associated to the causes
in the same way that a candidate is asso-
ciated with their campaign team in times
of elections. While this is a grey area in
the case of the SRP club advocating in
support of a “yes” result, it is absolutely
the case with “arms length” supporters
that were the cause of some of the viola-
tions.
Therefore it is unreasonable to
assume that supporters of a particular
cause via referendum are bound to the
same policies that regulate campaign
teams.
So does this argument hold any
weight? I’m not sure. In the least, I believe
the USC needs to distinguish policies reg-
ulating referendums from elections.
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Re: “SRP wages protest in UCC” (March 24,
2011)
To the Editor:
David Basu Roy’s comments on the inval-
idation of the Student Refugee Program
referendum results being undemocratic
demonstrate the former presidential can-
didate’s surprising ignorance of the
meaning of democracy.
To note, I voted yes on SRP (undoubt-
edly a worthwhile cause), but did so
knowing that the University Students’
Council would invalidate the results in
the event of impropriety.
Now that it has been invalidated, Basu
Roy claims “[the Elections Committee]
clearly didn’t want the vote to go through
if they felt that over-exceeding the
demerit points is more important than
allowing the democratic process to go
through.”
The accusation is not only preposter-
ous but incredibly insulting to the com-
mittee, which acted purely in accordance
with Bylaw 2 (a.k.a. doing their job).
Said bylaw has been put in place to
protect the interests of all students — to
ensure the integrity of all elections and
referenda, not just this one.
Its purpose is to put all sides and can-
didates on level ground and ensure that
in the absence of confounding factors
(like SRP-branded voting booths), the
vote count accurately reflects the opin-
ions of the student body. Note that no
other candidate or cause has decried
Bylaw 2 — just one that failed to follow it
and suffered the consequences.
Basu Roy claims, “They could have
very easily committed to the 35 demerit
points,” which is laughable. To willfully
ignore a bylaw protecting 30,000 stu-
dents to protect a cause favoured by
5,000: now that, my friends, is undemo-
cratic.
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thegazette • Friday, March 25, 2011
To the Editor:
During an election, candidates will go to
great lengths in order to inform you
about their platforms. Extensive cam-
paigning and thorough debates are held
in order to shift through the irrelevant to
attain the relevant information. I was
expecting something along these lines to
occur during last week’s referendum but
what I got was something quite different.
Sure the referendum was not as
“important” or life altering — at least to
my life — as the University Students’
Council elections, but more information
should have been available to students
about the choices they were voting on.
The amount of information about the 12
month bus pass was acceptable, since
everything you needed to know was in its
name. The Student Refugee Program was
a little more elusive. Thankfully the USC
had a booth set up just for that purpose.
Unfortunately there was not a single
shred of concrete information about the
late-night bus service.
4,997 students voted for, while 3,578
voted against. My question is, voted for
what? So from the name we know it is a
bus system that runs late at night. Well,
do we know how late? At the beginning I
was told it would run until 1:30 a.m. After
the referendum I have been told it would
run until 2:30 a.m. How many busses
would be running? Well at least one… I
hope. How would security be handled?
By a security guard, or camera, or some-
thing. What route would the bus take?
Depends.
Why did we vote on something that is
so poorly understood? The USC repre-
sentative that I talked to was very helpful,
although all his answers were still cir-
cumstantial. Next time there is a referen-
dum, I really hope we get all the facts
before we vote.
—Scott R. Molley
Sci. II
Science II
Opinions
Jesse Tahirali
Photography
Corey Stanford
Nyssa Kuwahara
Editorial Cartoonist
Amani Elrofaie
Anna Paliy
Creative Director
Lauren Pelley
Gazette Creative
Sophia Lemon
Richard Goodine
Anders Kravis
thegazette • Friday, March 25, 2011 •5
Letters to the editor
Moderating inconsiderate commenters
Western internet
unacceptable
Re: “Failure to connect” (March 16, 2011)
To the Editor:
Failure to connect is right. This is out-
right unacceptable, as if this increase
Thom-
phoolery
to act however they like.
Newspapers, on the other hand,
have never allowed anonymous let-
ters to fill their opinions pages. It’s
an industry that balks at everything
anonymous, including sources. But
it’s also an industry that prides itself
ed 23 times this year spewing vitriol
at anyone who will read.
But since these are just opinions,
we leave them up.
I’ve mulled over the comment
policy constantly during two years
overseeing our website. At times, the
email and confronted her, she said:
“As an anonymous person, I could
represent any kind of individual:
male, female, old, young, etc. I prefer
it that way.”
She’s definitely on to something.
Because as just a student, she’s no
in internet usage by Western students Stuart A. Thompson on freedom of speech and positions discussion became vindictive and different than the other the people
was not to be anticipated. EDITOR-IN-CHIEF itself as something of a public forum. unproductive, so I changed the sys- producing the content — the student
I’ve been a student at this school stuart@westerngazette.ca So moderating comments becomes tem so commenters had to register volunteers who, despite becoming
for four years and I can guarantee a complicated tug-of-war between first. targets in the process, put their
usage has increased consistently Every now and then, I hear from policy and free speech. The discussion immediately died. name and identity out to the world
each year. This isn’t a random surge readers telling me how much I suck. At the Gazette, we have a cute lit- So I changed it back. for all time. By using a fake name,
of activity that internet use is up, it Sometimes this comes through tle policy allowing us to moderate On Wednesday, I changed the my friend became an entirely differ-
is a global trend, one that Western
has failed to recognize.
Initiating a four-year overhaul in
the middle of the school year goes to
email, sometimes it’s through com-
ments on our website. But more
often than not, online commenters
post anonymously, cracking our deft
comments for a number of reasons.
But we usually just remove them
when they’re obviously hateful.
Of all the controversial stories
system so users have to verify their
comment via email. They can still
post using a fake name, but have to
use their real email.
ent person: a professor, maybe, or
someone with authority who could
speak down to the petty contribu-
tions of simple students.
show how little prepared Western’s filtering system by mashing the key- we’ve published lately, nothing was Again, the discussion died. I’m not against these letters — if
Information Technology Services board instead of entering their email. apparently more controversial than So the tug-of-war becomes a university is good for anything, it’s a
was for the year. Why wasn’t the It’s a phenomenon of the internet the first-ever Style Issue, which was three-way between policy, free place to lob criticism from a safe
overhaul done this summer when no age. Web and anonymity have pretty much just about clothes. speech and promoting discussion — place to anyone within earshot. But
one was here? always made good bedfellows — it’s A list of “Eight simple ways to another newspaper mandate, at least since writers put names on their
I’m glad uwosecure-v2 was something internet advocates pride dress like man” was skillfully rela- at the campus level. If we make it too articles, the least I expect from crit-
upgraded so we have a second wire- themselves on. But anonymity also beled “eight simple ways to dress difficult to post a comment, readers — ics is the same courtesy.
less network over capacity that we coaxes out the worst in people. like a homosexual” by one anony- even the good ones — won’t bother Comments are sent to us because,
can also struggle to connect to. It’s Behind an anonymous disguise, mous fellow. Our most stylish pro- running through our little maze. after all, commenters want to share
just one more thing that leaves me readers feel brave enough to say fessor was called a litany of evil A friend of mine, using an anony- their opinion with the public. And if
asking questions as to why Western things their mothers wouldn’t like. things by faceless, nameless internet mous name, commented that our they intend to put their opinion in the
has such a high ranking every year Psychologists call it the “disinhibi- people. Our most dedicated com- Style Issue photo gallery was the public sphere, they can’t hide behind
for the “student experience” they tion effect” — the idea that, without menter, who often uses the clever stylistic equivalent of a 15-year-old’s anonymity. Even if “Iz The Megatron”
provide, or rather, fail to provide. an identity, people are emboldened handle “Iz The Megatron,” has post- birthday party. When I unearthed her is a pretty cool name.
—Jesse Munro
Sociology. 4th year
Xenophobia
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To the Editor:
95
I would like to let you know of the
$
horror and fear I experienced when
I reached out to grab the Gazette on
March 22.
As soon as I saw the front page,
my face recoiled in shock. Yes, there
was an alien on the front page.
Now you may not know this, but
many, many people, including
myself, are terrified of aliens, and
even the sight of the picture of an
alien from the horribly insensitive
movie “Paul” can send somebody
into post-traumatic shock.
—Sylvie Blatter
French IV
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>> continued from pg.1
with a lot of different things at one
time, which makes them less aware
of what’s going on around them,”
Austen said.
“So when situations seem to be
potentially escalating and being
unsafe around them, some will rec-
ognize that immediately and move
away from it and others don’t seem
to recognize it at all.”
Western’s crime prevention
The university and campus police
have taken measures to deter or pre-
vent crimes from occurring on cam-
pus. Access to emergency phones,
Foot Patrol and the redesign of path-
ways have all been implemented
over several years.
“The blue [emergency phones]
are more about creating a safe
atmosphere on campus and making
students know that they have the
ability to call if there is an emer-
gency,” Scott Kerr, vice-president
campus issues for the University
Students’ Council, said.
These phones have been installed
as an emergency lifeline for students
who encounter safety issues while
on campus. Campus police installs
one or two phones every year at a
cost of $30,000 each.
“At the beginning of this year, I
was contacted by Elgin [Austen] to
discuss where the next [emergency
phone] should go. We decided on
place it between Health Science and
Campus Rec,” Kerr added.
The lights are installed strategi-
cally throughout campus with the
goal of minimizing unprotected
space.
“We have tried to align them so
you can see from one to another as
best possible. So if something hap-
pens, we can see you moving from
one to another one that is not going
to be too far away,” Austen stated.
Another visible method of crime
prevention on campus is the pres-
ence of Western Foot Patrol. This
service was founded in 1989 as a
response to violent attacks against
women on campus, explained West-
ern Foot Patrol manager Samantha
Johnstone.
“I think the safety of campus has
come a very long way from when
Foot Patrol first started. In 1989
campus was a completely different
place,” Johnstone explained. “The
program has greatly evolved over
the last 21 years and is much safer
than it was then. Campus is like a
small city and things do happen.”
The numbers of students who
use Western Foot Patrol tends to
increase when incidents occur on
campus — a time when the percep-
tion of student safety is tarnished.
“We usually have about 2,000 to
3,000 escorts every year. That has
been a little on a decline over the
past few years,” Johnstone
explained. “People are still calling
thegazette • Friday, March 25, 2011 thegazette • Friday, March 25, 2011 •7
People are still calling
[Foot Patrol] but not as
much as they were a few
years ago. It’s good in a
sense because it means
people feel safe and we
are doing our job.
Samantha Johnstone
Western Foot Patrol manager
[for our services] but not as much as
they were a few years ago. It’s good
in a sense because it means people
feel safe and we are doing our job.”
But while this slight decline in use
could mean there are fewer incidents
on campus, it could also mean stu-
dents aren’t unaware of the service.
“Western [should make]
improvements or changes to [how
they] inform more students about
these services, and make it easier to
use them. For example, how many
people even know the Foot Patrol’s
number to call?” Bryan Strang, a sec-
ond-year psychology and philoso-
phy student, said.
Foot Patrol recently launched a
contest in a bid to encourage stu-
dents to use the service. Students get
a ballot for every 10 times they use
the service and the ultimate prize is
an iPad.
The USC and campus police
work closely to assess campus safe-
ty and brainstorm remedies for
unsafe areas.
“This year, something that [USC
president] Mike Tithecott worked
really hard on with [Austen] was the
lights along the Broughdale pathway
and Saugeen path,” Kerr explained.
“That was a common student con-
cern.”
Austen said the Saugeen walk-
way underwent a makeover, which
included improving and increasing
the lighting, redoing fencing and
cutting back trees and bushes.
Listening to students concerns
and recognizing that certain areas of
campus do not exemplify safety and
making changes is key to increasing
campus security. But also key for
police is minimizing fear so that stu-
dents feel comfortable and safe on
Western’s expansive campus at any
hour of the day.
While safety precautions may
make campus feel safe the majority
of the time, that doesn’t mean it
always is.
“Crimes do happen,” Austen said.
“Students need to have a reasonable
level of awareness of what is hap-
pening around them and using their
experience to stay safe.”
8•
Arts&Life
Photography exhibit in Weldon appeals to all
MJ Idzerda captures London and surrounding area on film
Laura Trabucco
GAZETTE STAFF
Customers of Forest City Image
Centre may have had the pleasure of
meeting MJ Idzerda, but now they
will have the opportunity to see his
art. Besides managing the Image
Centre and teaching photography
lessons, Idzerda is a talented and
passionate photographer.
Recently approached by Weldon
Library, his latest work is currently
on display in the library’s Spencer
Gallery. Idzerda has assembled a
striking collection of images that
can be appreciated by amateur
audiences and seasoned photogra-
phy connoisseurs alike. The pic-
tures were taken over the past few
years in London and its surround-
ing rural areas.
Idzerda’s exhibit is made up of a
series of prints, both black and white
and colour. They capture urban and
rural landscapes in varying degrees
of abstraction. The photographs
showcase a multitude of bridges,
picnics tables, silos, grain elevators
and more. Each photograph is rife
with emotion though the meanings
are very much open to interpreta-
tion. In many, the visual textures are
enticing, detailed and almost tangi-
ble. His work calls attention to tiny
details that would otherwise have
gone unnoticed.
“I’m interested in things people
go by everyday,” Idzerda explains.
“There are a lot of people who like
to photograph beautiful landscapes.
I do that as well, but these land-
scapes are cityscapes, structures
that are around us that we never
stop to look at.”
He insists there is no romanti-
cism attached to the places he pho-
tographs. Often times, when driving
around, he simply stops when he
sees a place he would like to capture.
“Photography is really a relation-
ship – there are two parts to pho-
tography — you and your subject
matter. And when you meet your
subject matter, the result is your
photograph,” he says.
Idzerda often goes out searching
in specific areas, or more often, an
area catches his eye and from there
starts hunting.
“You’re on a mission. You’re try-
ing to get something out of the sub-
ject,” he says. “You’re actively look-
ing, but it’s sort of a passive thing as
well — if a subject presents itself, you
know when to take the shot.”
“There is a tradition of this art
form in photography that goes back
to the 1920s in America,” Idzerda
explains, adding photographers
were hired to document new build-
ings for industries or for the city. In
his work, Idzerda has continued this
tradition while trying to go a bit fur-
ther by bringing an artistic edge.
All the prints are digital, with a
few exceptions. When asked about
his personal preferences for the dif-
ferent tools of his trade, he stresses
emphatically the kind of camera
used is relatively unimportant.
What is important is the end result.
Some photos were even shot on a
basic point-and-shoot camera. Idz-
erda explains that for black and
white prints he prefers to shoot in
black and white right on his camera.
To differentiate from the urban
landscapes, the rural scenes are
tinted yellow.
“I try to take as few images as
possible,” he says. “I’ll go out and
come home with maybe 30 pic-
tures.” He is a strong advocate for
quality over quantity. Clarifying,
Idzerda explains that for a photo to
be of good quality you have to learn
to see and capture, and that it’s
I’m interested in things
people go by everyday.
There are a lot of people
who like to photograph
beautiful landscapes. I
do that as well, but
these landscapes are
cityscapes, structures
that are around us that
we never stop to look at.
— MJ Idzerda
essential to understand how your
camera works.
“There is a visual language here,”
he explains, noting that this lan-
guage involves line, shape, per-
spective and contrast. “It’s about
finding these elements and paying
attention to them.” Visual repeti-
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tion, he adds, is also an important
part of the language.
The prints showcase only two
people, are faceless and at a consid-
erable distance. “I typically leave
people out,” Idzerda says, noting that
he tends to gravitate towards places
that are temporarily vacant.
thegazette • Friday, March 25, 2011
Review > CD
The Albertans
New Age
Ernest Jenning
Although their name suggests they
originate from a certain prairie
province, The Albertans are actually
based out of both Vancouver and
Brooklyn.
New Age, The Albertans’ second
album, showcases why they were
dubbed by an online magazine to be
one of “8 NYC Bands That You Need
To Hear.”
The album mixes upbeat pop and
indie-rock sounds generating an
overall feel-good album. The open-
ing track “Jackpot” immediately
catches your attention as instru-
ments are added in a build up to the
chorus. The same likeable vibe is
maintained in subsequent tracks
“The Wake” and “Mila.”
The album slows down with soft-
ly sung acoustic songs “May” and
“Mellow,” which add range and vari-
Photos courtesy of MJ Idzerda
ety to New Age’s repertoire. The
upbeat vibe that is carried through-
out New Age makes The Albertans
sound like a entertaining band to see
live.
Although New Age keeps you
engaged from start to finish, it also
“I find that people can be dis-
tracting.”
All the prints are for sale, with the
price on request. Idzerda’s work will be
on display in the Spencer Gallery,
located on the first floor of the Weldon
Library, until April 30.
Naira Ahmed GAZETTE
has you questioning their originality
– you might feel like you’ve heard
some of their music before. Howev-
er, as a fairly new band, New Age sug-
gests that The Albertans’ signature
sound could just be developing.
Despite these fleeting thoughts
about The Albertans’ uniqueness, New
Age is certainly worth a listen or two.
— Ashley Perl
Michael Rault
Ma-Me-O
Pirates Blend
Michael Rault’s latest album Ma-
Me-O sounds like it was pulled out
of a time capsule.
The listener may guess this
album was from the ‘60s or early
‘70s, rather than this year. This is
mostly because Rault’s songs are all
about trying to find the love of that
special girl, keeping lyrics short and
simple with background and rhyth-
mic clapping.
His style is all about relaxed
drumming and well-plucked guitar,
with maracas and tambourines con-
tributing as well. Although this album
is consistent with simplistic lyrics
about love, Ma-Me-O manages to
make each song unique while having
a coherent flow between tracks.
The beauty of this album is its
simplicity. Some songs have only
two or three quiet instruments,
allowing Rault’s voice to dominate
the album. He’s a talented singer, but
his skills are nowhere near sister
Emily Rault’s vocals in “Everybody
Knows,” probably the best song on
the album. Other standouts tracks
include “Let Me Go Out” and “It’ll
Hurt You Too.”
Overall, this album is reminiscent
of classic ‘60s R&B bands like The
Temptations. Michael Rault man-
ages to use this style to create a dif-
ferent sound for each song and the
instruments are played beautifully.
Ma-Me-O is perfect if you are look-
ing for some easy listening or some
nice music to slow dance to with that
special someone.
— Tom Dodge
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There are several cupcake boutiques
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Hey Cupcake!
Located on the corner of Oxford and
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On the shelf
Room
Maddie Leznoff
ARTS & LIFE EDITOR
Emma Donoghue
London-based novelist Emma
Donoghue’s book Room made best-
seller lists around the world this
year, was shortlisted for the Man
Booker Prize and was nominated for
the Governor General’s Awards. Her
story about love, family and one
extremely tough situation is defi-
nitely a unique read and deserves all
its praise and accolades.
The story is told from the point
of view of Jack, a curious, playful
five-year-old boy who lives in what
he calls “room” with his Ma. Jack
spends his days reading books,
watching TV and playing with Snake,
a creature made of eggshells who
lives under the bed. At night, he
sleeps in the wardrobe and isn’t
allowed to come out when Old Nick
comes to visit his Ma. Without giving
too much of the plot away, Jack and
his Ma are trapped in a room under
terrible, dire circumstances, and
much of the book focuses on their
unbreakable bond
It takes a bit of time to get used
to the narrative of such a young
child but Donoghue was able to per-
fect the art of writing like a five-
About the author
• Born in Dublin, Ireland and is the youngest of eight children
• Received her PhD from the University of Cambridge
• Settled in London, Ontario in 1998 where she lives now with her partner
and two children
• Her novels have been translated into 39 languages
• Room was shortlisted for the 2010 Governor General’s Awards in Canada, was
the winner of the Irish Book Award and was long-listed for the Orange Prize
• Novels include: Stir Fry, Hood, Slammerkin, Life Mask, Landing, The Sealed
Letter, and Room
year-old, with slang, mispronuncia-
tions and all. Ultimately though, it’s
endearing and highly original to see
the world through Jack’s eyes. He
has a naivety and innocence that
most of us have forgotten, and it’s
refreshing to see things his way. The
story wouldn’t have been as effec-
tive had it been told from a different
perspective.
Room is suspenseful, heart-
warming and above all, has an
extremely unique plot structure that
most readers probably haven’t
encountered before. It’s a must-read.
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thegazette • Friday, March 25, 2011
Websites for foodies
Nicole Gibillini
ARTS & LIFE EDITOR
It’s not easy living on your own and
cooking for yourself every day.
Chicken and pasta can get boring
pretty quickly. If you’re a foodie
who’s out of ideas, or just someone
looking to try something new, then
these websites are for you.
How Sweet It Is
How Sweet It Is is a food blog by a
former fitness instructor. She posts
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Gazette tested:
Perfect pesto
The student diet tends to consist of a
lot of pasta. Why not shake up your
dinner routine with an interesting
twist on pesto?
Dress up your pasta
Pesto works best served over penne
or rotini noodles. For extra flavour,
top with pine nuts and crumbled
goat cheese.
This recipe was adapted from a
Ingredients
Basil leaves
Pine nuts
Garlic
Parmesan cheese
Olive oil
Penne or rotini noodles
Goat cheese
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meal I had at a restaurant. The pesto
was pretty easy to make and better
tasting than packaged pesto. The
addition of pine nuts and crumbled
goat cheese gave the meal a bit
more flavour. Be careful not to add
too much goat cheese or it becomes
more of a combination of pasta and
goat cheese than perfect pesto.
— Amber Garratt
How to make pesto
1. Chop 2 cups of basil leaves
in a food processor
2. Slowly add 3 tablespoons
of pine nuts
3. Add 2 cloves of garlic
4. Add 1/4 cup of blended
Parmesan cheese
5. Add 1/2 cup of olive oil
6. Blend until smooth
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thegazette • Friday, March 25, 2011
Sports
rundown >> The Mustangs men’s hockey team will play their first University Cup game today against either the University of Calgary or host team the University of
New Brunswick > Several games from the championship will be broadcasting on Rogers Sportsnet, including the championship game on Sunday
Breaking down the Olympic bidding process
The 22nd Crocker Lecture welcomed at Western
Daniel Da Silva
SPORTS EDITOR
It’s been a long journey to get to this
point for the International Centre for
Olympic Studies. The idea popped
into Dr. Bob Barney’s head during the
summer of the 1984 Summer
Olympics in Los Angeles. The Centre
was the first of its kind on Earth, and
still the largest in North America.
“I was asked to teach a course
that summer because there was so
much interest in the 1984 Olympics
after the Eastern bloc countries
pulled out,” Barney said. “I realized
there wasn’t any research being
done in the field. We eventually got
the Centre up and running in 1989.”
With the advent of the Centre,
Barney and his colleagues created the
Crocker Lecture, named after John
Howard Crocker, the manager of
Canada’s first ever organized Olympic
team and one of the creators of what
is now the Department of Kinesiolo-
gy. The lecture is designed to bring
together the world’s foremost minds
on Olympic research.
“The purpose behind the lecture
is in tune with the purpose behind
the Centre, which is to encourage
and disseminate academic scholar-
ship focused on the socio-cultural
study of the Olympics,” Barney said.
“We have three lecture series a year,
with the Crocker lecture being the
oldest.”
Toronto: Where failure is still profitable
Zwellin’ it
like it is
Arden Zwelling
ASSOCIATE EDITOR
arden@westerngazette.ca
It’s not exactly a key to Fort Knox,
but buying the majority share of
Maple Leaf Sports and Entertain-
ment is about as close to a right to
print money as you’re going to find
on the open market.
That’s where the sports mega-con-
glomerate finds itself today, with the
Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan indi-
cating a desire to sell off their 66 per
cent share in the most lucrative sports
franchise north of the 49th parallel.
The price tag is a bit steep at $1.6
billion or so, which is reportedly
than what the property is actually
worth. But you couldn’t possibly find
a better way to spend your incon-
ceivable amounts of money.
And naturally the bidders are lin-
ing up. Rogers, Bell, Telus and even
minority shareholder Larry Tanen-
baum — who currently controls just
a 20.6 per cent stake — are all said to
be in on the auction.
The 22nd Crocker Lecture will
feature John MacAloon, a professor
and associate dean of social sciences
at the University of Chicago.
MacAloon was a member of the
International Relations Team for
Chicago’s 2016 Olympic bid and is
using that experience to shed light
on the Olympic bidding process.
While many people were shocked
two years ago when Chicago lost the
2016 bid to Rio de Janeiro, MacAloon
seemed confident he knew of the
problem the city faced.
“The difficulty of communicating
a vision to 115 voters with wide-
ranging backgrounds is a big part of
it,” he said. “We got a fair hearing as
did all the other bids, but it’s a very
complicated process.”
While the bid eventually lost, he
was very pleased with the innova-
tions the Chicago bidding commit-
tee brought to the table.
“The important thing is what you
contribute to the process,” he said.
“We had a lot of innovations that
other cities will likely use in the
future, particularly with our venue
plan.”
MacAloon was also one of a 50-
member reform commission who
revamped the bidding process after
the bidding scandal related to the
2002 Olympics when several high
ranking members of the Salt Lake
City bid committee bribed voting
members of the International
Of course no one really believes
that Tanenbaum will be able to find
the $1.6 billion under his mattress
and he’d need a team of investors to
help him make the purchase.
Which means that for Toronto
sports fans, the misery, woe and
soul-crushing despair shall contin-
ue, as their teams remain lacking the
one thing they truly need — an indi-
vidual majority owner.
For most Toronto sports fans, the
exit of the OTPP is a massive sigh of
relief.
They are, after all, the nameless,
faceless corporation that sat idly by
watching their pockets expand at
exponential rates while the on-ice,
on-court and on-pitch products
dwindled, never showing so much as
an ounce of bother.
As long as the cash continued to
Olympic Committee.
“We put in the commission to put
into place practices to ensure that
doesn’t happen again,” MacAloon
said. “I can testify as a member of the
International Relations Team [...] that
the bribery is gone.”
pile up and the platinum seats
remained reserved, everyone at
OTPP was more than willing to idly
watch the god-awful product they
offered most nights.
The games sold out, people con-
tinued to die on the waiting list for
Leafs season tickets and no matter
how much they raised ticket, conces-
sion and merchandising prices, the
stock continued to fly off the shelves.
It’s all well and good if you’re a
cynic and have accepted the
inevitable complete corporatization
of professional sports. But believe it
or not there’s still the vast majority
of credulous out there, all bright-
eyed and bushy–tailed, who want
their sports teams to actually win.
But for them, chances are any
kind of sustained success for a
sports franchise in Toronto won’t
saywhat?
“I told Kobe [Bryant] that playing three overtimes was the best
way we could promote the Pacquiao vs. Mayweather fight.”
>> Ron Artest after the Los Angeles Lakers’ triple overtime victory over
the Phoenix Suns on Tuesday night.
Despite the changes that came
from the reform commission,
MacAloon believes the IOC needs to
take it one step further.
“There are clearly some tensions
in the current arrangement. The rule
against IOC members visiting bid
come without smarter, more pas-
sionate ownership.
The Maple Leafs went with an
over-the-hill lineup for years before
realizing maybe this young and fast
trend isn’t going to fade away.
The Raptors refused to trade
Chris Bosh for draft picks and young
assets when it was entirely evident
he had no interest in remaining in
Toronto, much like the Utah Jazz did
with Deron Williams who had half
Bosh’s profile but still netted them
an impressive return.
It would be easier to swallow a
30-games-below-.500 season if
there were more than two examples
of bankable young talent on the
team.
And of course there’s Toronto FC
who can’t seem to wrap their heads
around the fact that no one wants to
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cities has to change,” he said. “It’s
unevenly enforced now and some
members make visits while most
cannot.”
The Crocker Lecture will be held
today at 3:30 p.m. in Room 236 of the
Health Sciences Building.
shave years off their careers with the
inevitable knee surgeries required
after playing on BMO Field’s
scorched-earth-like turf.
Not once, while these atrocities
of reason and assaults against for-
ward thinking were taking place did
an owner step in and say, “You know,
maybe this isn’t working.”
Because without any semblance
of public pressure or accountability,
why would you? And do you really
think Bell or Rogers will operate any
differently?
It’s clear that what MLSE needs is
a sole, individual owner whose pas-
sion and tenacity forces success.
Think Mark Cuban with the Dallas
Mavericks or Terry Pegula with the
Buffalo Sabres.
Those owners create success
because they are fans first and aston-
ishingly rich people second. Not to
mention innovative thinkers third.
They want their teams to win
more than anything under the sun
and don’t tolerate ignorance. They
are unflinchingly rigid on the ulti-
mate goal — numbers in the win col-
umn before the bottom line.
But in Toronto — where unlike
anywhere else in the world, losing
equals revenue — the corporate con-
trol is practically assured to continue.
There’s just too much money to
be made.
12 • thegazette • Friday, March 25, 2011

Fans finally given something to cheer about

Da Silva
Bullet
Daniel Da Silva
SPORTS EDITOR
dan@westerngazette.ca
For the first time in years, there is
actually legitimate hope for Canadi-
an soccer fans. Even when Canada
won the 2000 Gold Cup, or finished
a respectable third in 2007, there just
wasn’t the same promise for the
future as there is now.
The Canadian Soccer Association
is finally making an attempt to fix
the mess that is the Canadian Soc-
cer Association. They have a new jer-
sey – which isn’t entirely awful — and
Canada was just awarded the rights
to host the 2015 Women’s World
Cup. Not too shabby.
But the biggest boost to Canadian
soccer came to fruition last weekend.
For the first time in 25 years — back
when we had the old North American
Soccer League — Canada has two
teams in top flight North American
soccer. And it was the first time in
Major League Soccer play that two
Canadian teams — the Vancouver
Whitecaps and Toronto FC — faced
off against each other. With the Mon-
treal Impact joining the league next
year, we have a lot to look forward to.
This is only a good thing because
of the soccer academies all three
teams have in place. It’s now a legit-
imate dream for talented Canadian
soccer players to go into the profes-
sional ranks, whereas, back when I
was a kid playing, it just wasn’t real-
istic. With soccer gaining ground on
hockey in terms of youth registra-
tion, we could finally see a day
where Canada becomes legitimately
competitive in the sport.
TFC’s 2011 debut
So, I’m sure there were a lot of
Toronto FC fans who watched last
week’s game against Vancouver in
horror. How was this team, now in
its fifth year, getting outplayed by
a team in its first game in the
league?
Well, Vancouver was playing its
first MLS home game and they were
already an established team. Toron-
to, on the other hand, is entirely
rebuilding under a completely new
style of play that former Dutch
national player Aron Winter has put
into place.
The good news was they finally
seem to understand that they can
pass the ball around to create
chances, which will be way better to
watch. The bad news is they forgot
how to defend — more accurately,
they never really learned in five
years.
This team isn’t going to make
noise this year. They are kind of
where the Leafs have been in previ-
ous years. But there is hope for the
future. If the Leafs can finally make a
playoff push, then TFC should have
no problem turning things around in
the next year or two.

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dents only! $500/room. Castlegrovehouse@yahoo.ca
WALK TO UWO & Richmond Row! Unique 4 Bed-
room Townhouse features 5 appliances, 3 bath-
rooms, Eat-in Kitchen, Large Deck & Garage. Only
4-6 years old. Steps to amenities, nightlife and bus
routes. $500 per room, shared utilities. Group of 4
preferred. Won’t last, Call Sandra @ 226-919-6826
today!