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thegazettewww.westerngazette.ca WESTERN’S DAILY STUDENT NEWSPAPER • EST.1906 • VOLUME 103, ISSUE 97 FRIDAY, MARCH 26, 2010

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By Cheryl StoneGazette Staff

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., environmen-tal lawyer and activist, spoke to anearly full Alumni Hall on Wednes-day about economics, environmentand the connection they share.

“In 100 per cent of situations,good environmental policy is iden-tical to good economic policy,”Kennedy said.

Kennedy stressed policies thatput the immediate profits ahead ofconservation will both damage theplanet and pocketbooks in the longrun. He explained the United Statesis in debt due its dependence on oiland coal.

“We don’t need to abolish car-bon in the United States to under-stand how our economy is tied toit,” Kennedy said.

There are also health costs asso-ciated with the heavy use of coal

and oil, he explained.“Our children are going to pay

for our joy ride.”Caroline Lewis, a second-year

science student, watched the speechand said Kennedy’s message shouldresonate with her generation.

“I think that many studentsaren’t aware of it, or don’t have theresources, so I think events like thisare really important,” she said.

“I think that’s a message that willreally resonate with Western,” DanMoulton, University Students’Council vice-president universityaffairs, said after the event. “I thinktonight went fantastic.”

In an interview after the presen-tation, Kennedy said students coulddo more to support environmentalinitiatives — even politically.

“Run for office,” he suggested.“It’s more important to change yourpoliticians than your light bulbs.”

Kennedy became an environ-

mental activist at a very young agewith some help from then-presi-dent John F. Kennedy.

“When I was nine I wrote a let-ter to my uncle, president Kennedy,telling him I wanted to write a bookabout pollution,” he recalled. “Heinvited me to the White House — Iwas in the Oval Office talking aboutpollution — and he set me up withan interview with the secretary ofinterior, Stewart Udall.”

Kennedy suggested students getinvolved in local boards and munic-ipal governments in order to changepolicies that are normally controlledby more conservative interests.

His vision for the future of envi-ronmentalism and renewable ener-gy also includes strong supportfrom Canada.

“Canada’s going to be a hugepart of the new energy economy in

“Children will pay for our joy ride,” KennedyRFK praises environment and economy at presentation

Laura Barclay/Gazette

A VISION FOR THE FUTURE. Robert F. Kennedy, nephew of the late Unit-ed States President John F. Kennedy, visited Western on Wednesday totalk about improving society and the environment.

By Lauren Nisbet Gazette Staff

Western’s Sunstang team is hopingto win more than a competitionwith their latest project.

Every few years, engineersacross the world design solar-pow-ered vehicles to compete in inter-national solar races, such as theWorld Solar Challenge. This year,the students behind Western’s Sun-stang have shifted their focus awayfrom competition and decided todevelop a more feasible vehicle foruse in the real world.

“The project is a single passen-ger commuter vehicle designed tomeet the needs of 96 per cent ofpeople in North America,” projectmanager Geoff Gauthier said.

While the team has developedsuccessful cars in the past, the pro-totypes were never feasible for useoutside of the competition circuit.

“People kept asking, ‘When willwe see these cars on the road?’ Butit was like we were giving them falsehope because the cars weren’t actu-ally feasible,” Gauthier said.“There’s no point developing it if it’snot going anywhere. We might aswell take what we’ve learned andapply it to a more realistic situa-tion.”

The team plans to use solarpower in a way that allows for

home use, meaning exciting possi-bilities about the future of trans-portation.

“[The vehicle] employs solarpower through a home solarcharging system. Batteries areremovable, similar to a cordlesspower tool,” Gauthier explained.“Companies are actually lookinginto developing battery stationssimilar to gas stations where youcould pull in and swap your bat-tery out for a fee, which woulddecrease the cost of production by70 per cent.”

Interest in solar energy in Lon-don goes beyond the Sunstang.Western has incorporated solarpower into its energy grid as anoth-er environmental initiative.

“It’s important from an ethicalpoint of view,” said TarlochanSidhu, chair of the department ofelectrical and computer engineer-ing at Western. “We want [Western]to be a leader in being environ-mentally responsible.”

Sidhu is also responsible forintegrating green energy into theexisting grid and addressing theproblems encountered in thatprocess as chair of Power SystemsEngineering for Hydro One.

The Feed-in Tariff Program — aproject from the Ontario PowerAuthority — also provides opportu-nities for Western. The program

offers 80 cents per kilowatt to busi-nesses and individuals who feedsolar power into the grid.

The feed-in tariff is a way to con-tract for renewable energy gen-eration, according to theOntario Power Authority.The tariff is a specificprice paid to renewableenergy suppliers forthe electricity pro-duced by the generat-ing facility.

Solar power is alsobeing used off campus. RumblePower, a solar energy company, hassupplied panels for 20 rooftops inLondon and is also involved inmicrofit programs, which are small-er systems for residential buildings.

Kelly Rumble, president of Rum-ble Energy, cited the Feed-in TariffProgram as the basis of the solarindustry.

“Basically, you get paid by thegovernment based on the powerfrom the grid — every kilowatt pro-duced, they will buy from you,”Rumble said.

Gauthier added solar power is asignificant energy source with end-less potential.

“It’s one of the most constantthings we have. Almost all renew-able energy sources are solar —even wind and tidal are because ofthe sun.”

Solar PoweredWestern Engineers Taking a New Road

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• The Spirit of IndiaWhen: 7 p.m.Where: Wolf Performance Hall, 251Dundas St.What: An evening of live theatre fea-turing two short plays inspired by theclassics of modern Indian literature.

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• Film Series – Pride LibraryWhen: 4:30 p.m.Where: Pride LibraryWhat: Screening of The End of Sec-ond Class — an award-winning filmseries by director Nancy Nicol, por-traying 40 years of lesbian and gaymovement history in Canada from1969 to 2009.

• Planetary Science and Explo-ration Public LectureWhen: 7:00 p.m. — 9:00 p.m.Where: Somerville House, Room3345What: Lynn Rothschild, NASAAmes, will lecture on “Life inExtreme Environments.”

Sat, March 27• Dunks for DarfurWhen: 2:00 p.m. — 5:00 p.m.Where: Thames Hall GymWhat: A three-on-three, round robinbasketball tournament for teamsof three to five players. All pro-ceeds from the tournament willbenefit the future advocacy andoutreach initiatives of StudentsTaking Action Now: Darfur

• Exploring the StarsWhen: 7:00 p.m.Where: Cronyn ObservatoryWhat: An open house where you canview the skies through a telescopeand can pose your favorite ques-tions to the astronomer. Objectsviewed vary with the season.

Mon, March 29• John A. Schweitzer Gallery,Archives and Research CollectionsCentreWhen: 9:00 a.m.Where: Talbot StreetWhat: A walk down memory lane,Historic Homes of the TalbotStreet Area created by the gradu-ate students in Western’s publichistory program.

• Challenge rallies students todonate bloodWhen: 12:00 p.m. — 4:00 p.m.Where: Basement of the Universi-ty Community CentreWhat: Students at university, col-lege and technical campuses arerolling up their sleeves for theCanadian Blood Services Blood101 challenge.

• The Florence Buck Science PrizeLectureWhen: 7:30 p.m.Where: 3M building, Room 3250What: Dan Christensen of the depart-ment of mathematics will lecture on“A tour of topology: from counting tocurvature via bridges and islands.”

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By Meagan KashtyGazette Staff

The University of Ottawa has offi-cially shut-up Ann Coulter.

At 7:50 the night Coulter wasscheduled to speak the event wascancelled by the organizers them-selves.

Coulter, an author and politicalcommentator, has gained a reputa-tion for her outspoken conservativeviewpoints.

Ottawa was set to be Coulter’ssecond stop on her Canada tour,where she was speaking at threeuniversities, including Western,Ottawa and Calgary, discussingpolitical correctness, media biasand freedom of speech.

Coulter spoke at Western Mon-day, resulting in outcries from thepublic in the forms of hoax e-mailsas well as Twitter and Facebookupdates.

U of O’s official statement notedthey did not at any time opposeCoulter’s appearance and the uni-versity has always promoted anddefended freedom of expression.

“Freedom of expression is acore value that the University ofOttawa has always promoted,”Allan Rock, U of O president andvice-chancellor, said. “We have along history of hosting contentiousand controversial speakers on ourcampus. Last night was no excep-tion, as people gathered here to lis-ten to and debate Ann Coulter’sopinions.”

A press release from the U of Ostated that approximately onethousand people peacefully gath-ered at the event location.

“I encourage our students, fac-ulty and other members of ourcommunity to maintain our uni-versity as an open forum for diverseopinions. Ours is a safe and demo-cratic environment for the expres-sion of views, and we will keep itthat way,” Rock said.

Coulter’s website — Coulter inCanada — cited the cancellation asan example of “free speech sup-pressed.” U of O said they wouldissue no further comments on thesubject.

Controversial Coultercancelled at Ottawa

Jaela Bernstien/Gazette

REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE. Hip-hop group Rebel Diaz travelled from New York City to perform in the Univer-sity Community Centre yesterday. The event was hosted by SUR LA, a group promoting Latin American cul-ture on campus.

a very big way,” he explained,adding a lot of the technology andresearch fuelling the environmen-tal movement comes from Canada.

However, Kennedy explained hisoptimism isn’t restricted to the north.

“I have a very optimistic visionfor [the United States] and the peo-ple share it with me,” he said. “Wetend to see our country as an exem-plary nation, but I think Canada istaking that role.”

The presentation came on theheels of a controversial visit byAmerican political pundit andwriter Ann Coulter. Kennedy saidher views are not a fair image of the

United States.“The easiest thing for a political

leader to do is appeal to the dark-ness in humanity,” Kennedy said,citing racism and other forms ofhatred as the “darkness.”

“Ann Coulter really representsthe darkest side of the Americancharacter,” he added.

Despite the two high-profiletalks landing only days apart, Moul-ton explained he was not con-cerned about Coulter’s visit over-shadowing Kennedy’s talk.

“Someone like Mr. Kennedydraws positive excitement anddraws optimism and he reallyspeaks to a positive message aboutour future,” he said.

Canada to play large rolein “energy economy”CONTINUED FROM P1

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This Saturday a record number of more than one billionparticipants is anticipated to take part in Earth Hour. Theglobal event promotes shutting off all non-essential lightsand appliances with the hope of taking action against cli-mate change. While heightened awareness of an impor-tant issue is better than nothing, the climate change move-ment needs to be taken to the next level.

For the most part, we get it — we can’t continue todestroy the planet and not expect any negative conse-quences in return. So what’s an hour of sitting in ourhomes with the lights off really going to accomplish otherthan reinforce what we already know?

What needs to happen now is tangible, long-lastingchange, which will only come with a serious shift in theway people interact with the issue of climate change on adaily basis.

Remember when the government introduced warninglabels and increased taxes on cigarettes, as well as bannedthem in public spaces? Those wakeup calls forced a lot ofpeople to reconsider their views on smoking. Governmentson all levels need to implement a similar strategy shouldthey want the issue of climate change to be taken seriously.

Several cities across Ontario have already implement-ed bylaws that require retailers to charge customers fivecents per plastic bag and prohibit the sale of bottled waterin city buildings. These are steps in the right direction, butare not the significant changes necessary to fundamen-tally alter people’s attitudes on the environment. Insteadof charging five cents per plastic bag, why not a dollar? Ifconsumers’ carbon footprints are more closely tied totheir wallets, chances are they’ll take climate change intoconsideration more often.

Media campaigns dealing with the environment alsoneed to push their initiatives forward in terms of shockvalue and sense of urgency. Unlike certain MothersAgainst Drunk Driving commercials, there haven’t beenmany climate change advertisements that successfullyresonate with people on such an intense level.

While governments stepping in and media campaignsstepping it up will likely effect a more permanent changethan an hour in the dark, the concept of climate changeitself needs a rebranding.

For one, it shouldn’t be a polarizing political issue.While it might be unrealistic to expect the far left and farright to agree on anything, not much progress can bemade when conservative pundits call global warming afarce every time it snows.

Climate change also needs to be more than just a cur-rent trend and passing fad. While it’s great for people tobuy an organic cotton T-shirt and participate in a one-hour event with a billion other people, no one is reallyaccomplishing anything when that organic shirt wasshipped over from China and all the lights are left on thefollowing day.

Moving forward on the issue of climate change meansactually taking some action. One over-hyped hour once ayear no longer cuts it.

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Re: “Front page photo in bad taste” March23, 2010

To the editor:I saw the Gazette keg stand photo andthought to myself finally the Gazette isback. I’ve missed the days where thecampus paper I love and cherish didn’thide from the taboo and cover its eyesfrom what really happens here at West-ern. The real Western doesn’t live onConcrete Beach and doesn’t spend Mon-day-Friday on third floor Weldon. Themajority of students are out in the com-munity experiencing their education,making life long bonds with friends theywill never forget.

Hannah Authier says the keg stand isa juvenile and irresponsible way todrink. To perform a keg stand requiresteamwork, co-ordination, communica-tion and stamina. A keg pours a hell of alot slower than a person can drink —coming from a personal connoisseur ofthe chug — and being upside down doesnot increase alcohol content. A keg standbrings together a community of friends;it builds healthy competition andencourages us to strive for excellence.

On Hannah’s second point about thefuture of our generation — I am, as shesays, “shocked and appalled” that sheactually believes someone’s T-shirt inanyway correlates to the type of person

they are and what they can contribute tosociety. Where did we lose our sense ofhumour? Where is it written that becausewe are now university students we haveto stop having fun, stop celebrating ourbeloved holidays, stop participating infrivolity and become drones to the end-less cycle of exams and readings.

I understand that not everyoneenjoys getting hammered at 11 a.m. withthousands of their peers, but that’s notmy fault. What I don’t understand is whythe students who engage in drinkingactivities don’t ever accuse the rest of thepopulation of alienating us. Maybe it’sour carefree lifestyle that allows us notto be so narrow-minded and critical, butwhatever it is that makes me acceptingof the ridiculous attitudes put forth byHannah, I’m glad I have it.

I hold a vice-president position on myfaculty student council, have been a char-ity volunteer my entire life, work for theuniversity and I even pass all my courses.I have given more back to my communi-ty and my school than a large portion ofthe student body. I’ve managed to do thiswhile at the same time getting absolutelysmashed whenever possible. I only wish Icould have been the face on the frontpage. I would have framed the editionand sent a copy to mom.

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public.”

ON THE STATE OF NEWS IN THE U.S.

“I was one of the few Americans

cheering for Canada”

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“Ann coulter represents the darkest

side of the American character.”

ON ANN COULTER

“Our children will pay for our joy

ride.”

ON THE SHORTSIGHTEDNESS OF OUR

CURRENT ENVIRONMENTAL MENTALITY

“We call them ‘Biostitutes’.”

ON SCIENTISTS WHO SELL THEIR

RESEARCH TO CORPORATIONS

“And it’s a dirty lie when they say

that they’re cheap.”

ON COAL COMPANIES AND THE

HIDDEN SECONDARY COSTS

ASSOCIATED WITH THE PRODUCT

“I love Canada, I think of the U.S. as

a 14th province of Canada.”

ON HOW MUCH HE LOVES CANADA

“We don’t need to abolish carbon in

the U.S. to understand how our econ-

omy is tied to it.”

ON THE U.S.’S CARBON DEPENDENCE

“Every nation that has decarbonized

its society, experiences instanta-

neous wealth.”

ON CARBON DEPENDENCE

“I can almost make a bet that she

used the term ‘liberal media’.”

ON ANN COULTER

“We’re supposed to be leaders of

the free world, but we have no clue

about the rest of the world.”

ON AMERICAN IGNORANCE WHEN

IT COMES INTERNATIONAL NEWS

Keg stands for mom

The Gazette looks back this week to 1989, when a Western sociology professor,Paul Whitehead, came under fire for missing 17 classes in two of his courses. Theclasses, held twice a week, were often cancelled without notifying the department.

Needless to say, the University was not impressed.“This sounds to me like the students are not getting their money’s worth,” Carl

Grindstaff, sociology chairman at the time, said.However, the students did not seem to mind not having to attend weekly class-

es. “Who’s going to complain?” Karen Pratt, one of Whitehead’s students asked. Lucky for Whithead, he had an explanation for his absences, citing he had dif-

ficulty arranging guest speakers and explained he provided students with outsideassignments in lieu of class.

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Re: “Keeping an Open Mind” March24, 2010

To the editor:The claim made by the Gazette yes-terday in the editorial “Keeping anopen mind” that “...there’s no harmin listening to someone’s opinions”is absurd and utterly false. Clearly,by watching the many news seg-ments and interviews about the 17-year-old Muslim student, it wasplain to see that someone washarmed.

Different groups of people wereblatantly [attacked] by Ann Coulterwhether it was single-mothers,homosexuals and those of MiddleEastern descent, and this was justin Ann’s speech. This woman hasbeen spreading hate speech aboutvirtually everyone. Coulter success-fully went from talking about poli-tics, to spreading hate speech with-in the span of a sentence.

Our school should not be sup-porting such people to come ontoour campus. This goes beyond pol-itics, as politics require certaindecorum whilst in debate. AnnCoulter is unwelcome even in herown country due to her completelack of a moral compass. Conserva-tives themselves have vehementlysaid time and time again that Anndoes not and will not ever representthem.

She has had all of her bookscontradicted by fact and she isknown to twist and warp quotesand articles to mould and fit theminto her vague and watery argu-ments, which are found to behumorous at best.

How dare she come into Canada

and bash what Canada prides itselfon: diversity and multiculturalism.This is disrespectful not only to ourconstitution, but is disrespectful toour school as a centre of higherlearning, to the citizens of Canadaand to humanity. While I agree shehas the right to free speech, sinceshe decided to come to Canada, sheneeds to follow our laws.

—Nadine AbdulkarimScience I

To the editor:A heartfelt “bravo” to the Universi-ty of Western Ontario for bringinghealthy debate to campus by hav-ing Ann Coulter visit. Comparingthe ignorant rioting in Ottawa tothe calm, intellectual discussion atWestern truly underscores whatsets Western apart from otherschools in this country. I havenever been prouder of my almamater than when watching itthrive when tempted with anopportunity to quash a freeexchange of ideas and expression.Well done, Western.

—Samantha JonesSocial Science Alumni ‘08

To the editor:Coulter’s response to the Muslimstudent was completely unaccept-able. She used a stereotype to belit-tle a minority and to imply that theyare second-rate citizens.

Ann Coulter was an unaccept-able figure to let onto our campus,not because of her political views,but because she has often publiclyworked to incite hatred againstminorities of colour, race, ethnicorigin, religion and sexual orienta-

tion. Her claims that she is a targetof hate crimes are ludicrous andshe obviously has not done herresearch on Canadian hate laws.

The editorial, “Keeping an OpenMind,” trivializes student concernsby using the terminology “safe card”instead of safety concern. Everyonedeserves a right to be safe on cam-pus and these wishes and concernsshould not be taken lightly.

The solution also offered up inthe Gazette editorial, of bringing ina speaker of an opposing view-point, seems woefully inadequateto help any students concerned fortheir safety. It is not a matter ofbeing Conservative or Liberal oreven having an open mind to newideas, but of the propaganda andstereotypes that she uses againstminority groups.

Perhaps this is just an indicatorof larger problems in London andon campus. It is a very dark day forour community when messages ofhatred and discrimination are metwith a standing ovation.

—Erica McLachlinMusic III

To the editor:The issue of bringing Ann Coulterto campus transcends political affil-iation. Regardless of where thespeaker falls on the political spec-trum, I feel as though the majorityof the student body would be lessthan enthusiastic to invite anyspeaker who espouses hatred anddivisiveness so blatantly [...]whether they are liberal or conserv-ative. Political affiliation has noth-ing to do with human decency.

—Camilla StepniakMedical Science IV

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Give no consideration toCoulter’s crass character

“Why’d you have to be such abitch about it?”

This question was recentlyposed to Ann Coulter, controver-sial American speaker, after shegave her talk on “free speech” to acrowd of Western students.

Pushing aside her question-able politics for a moment, afterwitnessing her talk I was left won-dering the same thing. For a pro-ponent of free speech, regardlessof the legality of their words, whywould anyone want to accom-plish their goal in such an uglyfashion?

The conser-vative Coulterspent herevening atWestern mak-ing statementsshe knewwould be offen-sive, hidingbehind theguise of some-one noblydefending ourright to freespeech.

This is simply an illogical tac-tic. No rational being would con-sider repeatedly insulting the peo-ple they are trying to win over andhope to make any kind of positiveimpression for themselves or theirplight.

Things only make sense whenyou view Coulter for all that shereally is: outrage for hire.

She may call herself an advo-cate of free speech, and althoughthis isn’t necessarily false, she iscertainly not on any reasonablemission to abolish censorship.

The inadequacies of her dis-cussion became apparent duringthe question period following herlecture. At one point she wasasked to discuss the idea of apolitical spectrum, or the lackthereof in her mind. She claimedthat, although she was discussingand contrasting liberals and con-servatives, that these were not twoextremes of a political spectrum.

“Left foot or right foot,” sheadded in a condescending man-ner, “there is no middle foot.”

Cue the canned applause fromthe portion of the audience whoenjoy false dichotomies and non-sensical analogies.

An argument like that looksgood when a third of an auditori-um bursts forth from their seatsand cheers your efforts, but it isn’t

really making a legitimate point. Imagine her offering the simi-

lar idea of “Red light or green light.There is no yellow light.” The onlypeople that are going to applaudthat analogy are also going toapplaud race cars and nap time.

Yet, these tactics were com-monplace. If any of her offhandcomments were indefensible, itwould be brushed aside as ajoke. This would be followed by ajab at the “liberals” for havingtheir “sense of humour removedat birth.”

Her rhetoric consists of feeblearguments riddled with inten-tionally controversial comments.Her responses to questions oftencontain logical fallacies. She relieson cheap tactics and chargedemotions to accomplish hergoals. And she is damn good at it.

She is ane n t e r t a i n e r.There is nodenying peoplewant to seeAnn Coulterspeak. Theirreasons for see-ing her mayvary; somemay want tooffer zealoussupport whilesome maywant to expressv e h e m e n t

rage. Either way, her goal is stillachieved. She “stirs the pot” andearns more money in theprocess. Each bit of controversy isaccompanied by a bit more atten-tion, and accomplishes what sheset out to do.

There is nothing inherentlywrong with being an entertainer.If you are capable of putting on anact that people will pay money towitness, then by all means, profitfrom it. The problem with Coul-ter’s act lies in the audience.

Coulter herself is such an exag-gerated caricature of a conserva-tive American that it’s difficult notto see her as a parody. Difficult,but not impossible; she has a largefollowing of people who take herquite seriously.

The act of preaching hate andintolerance itself is harmless inthe same way that instructing achild to play in traffic is harmless:technically they’re only words, butrealistically these words causedamage.

The solution to all of this is tostop paying attention to peoplelike Coulter. Taking these charac-ters seriously only gives them aforum from which to spew theirjargon. The sooner people beginreacting with indifference to thehired outrage, the sooner they willjust disappear.

UncleJesseJesse TahiraliGraphics Editor

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tactics and charged

emotions to accom-

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Trying to make art can be a thank-less task. Honing a natural skill andmastering learned techniques aredifficult enough, but even afteryears of practice if one’s art is tohave any impact, it requires a venuefor it to be exposed. Students in thepracticum course of the bachelor offine arts program will, for the firsttime, have their art exposed in a for-mal exhibit.

Entitled this ________ maychange, the exhibit will feature workfrom 11 graduating students, allow-ing them a proper venue for the tal-ent they’ve been developing overthe past four years. While the exhib-it is a school assignment for thesestudents, the event offers a greateropportunity as they look forward tolife after university.

Thematically, this ________ maychange is far more ambiguous thanother exhibits produced by the fac-ulty. Unlike the ongoing museumstudies exhibit, Heart and $old,which highlights the connectionbetween material objects and nos-talgia, this ________ may change ismore open to meaning, and the

openness to interpretation is a pri-mary aim of the artists.

While the intentional evasive-ness of theme — or rather thetheme of evasiveness of theme —can be difficult to wrangle, it offersan opportunity for each of theartists to form their piece how theysee fit, rather than fight to conformto a specific style and form. Fur-thermore, it avails itself to broaderaudiences.

Although the challenge of find-ing venues, exhibits or other tem-porary homes for their art will beongoing for those successful in this

practicum, participants of this________ may change will be givingtheir work the first taste of expo-sure. The practicum presents anopportunity for both the artists toshed a light on their work and foraudiences to see what art is devel-oping in their community.

The openeing reception for this________ may change takes placeMarch 26 at 7:30 p.m. in the Artlabof the John Labatt Visual Arts Cen-tre on campus. The show runs untilApril 9. Admission and parking arefree and publications about the artand artists are available for $5.

By Nicole GibilliniGazette Staff

Choose “yo” flavour, select “yo” top-pings and eat healthy. This is theidea behind Yoyo’s — London’snewest frozen yogurt shop.

And it’s the only one of its kindin Canada.

Since the store’s opening sixweeks ago, people have beenbuzzing over the innovative self-serve concept behind Yoyo’s.Founder and owner Jan King saysthey have received an overwhelm-ing amount of support so far.

“It has absolutely exceeded ourwildest dreams,” she says.

Yoyo’s opening follows in thegrowing trend of hip frozen yogurtshops like Pinkberry and RedMango in the United States.

The shop, located at 515 Rich-mond St., has been compared toMarble Slab, but the store remainsinnovative by using probioticyogurt as the base ingredient of allof its products. Yoyo’s makes itsyogurt fresh, and doesn’t use thestandard powder substance manyice cream stores use to preservetheir product.

“The main difference is nutri-tional value — the presence of pro-biotic and taste,” King says.

“The idea was to bring in ahealthy concept,” she adds.

The shop works on a self-servebasis, where customers come in,dispense their choice of yogurt intoa cup and then add their desiredtoppings on top.

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King also points out the nutri-tional value of her product.

“The bottom line is that yogurtis healthy. Because it is such ahealthy product people have beencoming in [and] using it as a mealsupplement,” she says.

Conveniently, the self-servesetup ensures customers can fill uptheir cups themselves to avoidoverindulging.

Each cup of yogurt is weighedand priced accordingly. King saysthe average price for a cup of yogurt(with toppings) is around $5. Thereare currently over 50 toppings tochoose from.

With summer on its way, Yoyo’sis hoping to attract locals and visi-tors alike. But how will the storemaintain its success after the sum-mer months? By expanding theirmenu after the summer rush, King

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The early success of the storespeaks for itself — their productsare both tasty and good for you.Whether you’re in a rush and wanta healthy snack to satisfy yourhunger, or you’re strolling downRichmond Row and want to trysomething different, Yoyo’s will be“yo” newest go-to place.

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Have you ever wondered what itwould be like to take a course atHarvard? Ever wonder if the course-work at Yale is harder than the workyou’re dong at Western?

Studying at a big name universi-ty has never been easier thanks tothe World Wide Web. Knowledge-sharing websites offer free lecturesfrom top academics you can stream,download and upload to your iPod.These three sites offer alternativesand solutions to your universitycareer.

iTunes U — itunesu.comWith a simple search, users can

download a semester’s worth ofIvey League class lectures free ofcharge.

The feature allows you to streamthe audio or video on iTunes ordownload them. Not only doesiTunes U offer material from distin-guished universities like Yale orOxford, but it also has a variety ofeducational videos and short doc-umentaries. There’s also an exten-sive selection of conversational lan-guage material — picking up a newlanguage is as simple as a measlyclick of your mouse.

However, the service requires anupgraded version of iTunes to down-load the lectures, not to mention anewer generation iPod if you want tolisten to them on the go.

Academic Earth — academicearth.orgFor those without an iPod or accessto iTunes, there is an alternative.

Academic Earth offers much ofthe same university material iTunes

U does, only the site doesn’t allowyou to download lectures. Many ofthe videos are shot with stationarycameras and poor lighting, and arenot the most interesting to watch.

But there is an upside. The web-site lets you actually see the profes-sor and the slides he or she is pre-senting to the class. This makesabsorbing the material more effec-tive and gives the feeling you areactually attending the class. The sitealso allows users to grade the quali-ty of the material and the lecturer onan A to F scale, making it easier tobrowse for popular subject matter.

TED — ted.comTechnology, Entertainment, Design,or TED, is a non-profit groupfocused on “ideas worth spreading.”

TED does not broadcast otheruniversity’s lectures. Instead, thewebsite offers something referredto as a TED Talk — a short presen-tation given at one of the organiza-tion’s worldwide conferences.

These specialized lectures, given byinnovators from around the world,are geared towards sharing newideas. Professors share research,writers share insights and socialactivists ask big questions.

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Everyone’s favourite virtual bandhas returned with a third studioalbum —as expected, it’s a uniqueexperience.

Gorillaz was created by DamonAlbarn, formerly of Blur, and JamieHewlett, the artist behind thecomic-turned movie Tank Girl. Thiscombination adds to the visualaspect of each Gorillaz album.

Gorillaz’ latest, Plastic Beach,creates a new dimension for theaudience to be a part of. But theensemble of different guest artistsmakes it difficult to delve into thisnew world at first.

Once the listener gets past thefact they have to share their plas-tic beach with celebrities likeSnoop Dogg and Bruce Willis, thealbum proves itself to be in aclass above most pop albums oftoday.

The album opens strong with“Stylo,” featuring Mos Def andBobby Womack. It is the power-house of the album, complete witha driving beat and Willis featured inthe music video.

Songs like “Rhinestone Eyes” and“To Binge” tie the album together,each with the unique beats and off-pace vocals the duo is known for.

Overall, the album differs sig-nificantly from previous albums,which is a testament to the group’screativity and their ability toevolve.

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MGMTCongratulationsColumbia Records

MGMT have finally released theirsophomore album Congratulationsthis month. After raising the barwith 2007’s Oracular Spectacular,the group had to try to quench themusical thirst of an eager audience.

While the self-proclaimed shiftaway from the “pop” sound has leftcritics torn, the album will appealto a population of young, artsy

enthusiasts.The overall sound is mellow,

melodic and whimsical, and thequirky instrumental effects willleave listeners smiling in amuse-ment.

The lack of linguistic clarity mayleave listeners unsatisfied. Themuted speech and sleepy tone insongs such as “Siberian Breaks” res-onate vagueness, while other songslike “It’s Working” and “BrianEno” present a lively energy whichcross the line into frantic chasemusic.

The last track, which shares itsname with the album title, is mostimpressive — its playful introduc-tory chords are captivating anddreamlike. The applause incorpo-rated at the very end is a nice fin-ishing touch.

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SportsP10 FRIDAY, MARCH 26, 2010

Rookie Aarssen rewarded for great seasonAfter starring for the men’s hockey team all season,Mustangs defenceman Scott Aarssen was recognizedas one of the best rookies in the country when hewas named to the Canadian Interuniversity Sport all-rookie team on Wednesday. Aarssen finished secondin the country in scoring among rookie defencemenwith three goals and 17 assists.

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IF YOU’RE A VICTIM OF BULLYING, CALL 1-800-KIDS-HELP-PHONE. THAT IS WAY TOO LONG TO BE A PHONENUMBER… Thanks to the popularity of the Ultimate Fighting Championship in the past decade, Western’s Brazil-ian jiu-jitsu club has experienced a notable increase in interest.

By Elton HobsonGazette Staff

The mixed martial arts phenome-non has arrived at Western and ithas set up shop in Studio 2 of theWestern Student Recreation Centre,the home of Western Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.

The selection of martial artsclubs offered by Campus Recre-ation is extremely diverse. From taekwondo to fencing, students have amultitude of options.

Yet for the past few years, oneclub has steadily outdrawn all oth-ers to become the most popularmartial arts club offered at Western.Brazilian jiu-jitsu has seen its pop-ularity on campus explode over thelast few years. Vivek Nath, headinstructor and administrator of theWestern BJJ club, explains why thismight be.

“Before the first season of TheUltimate Fighter, you could ask 50people on the street and maybe ahandful of them would haveheard of BJJ. Whereas now, almosteveryone today knows somethingabout it.”

The boom in popularity of MMAhas also been a renaissance of sortsfor BJJ, which predates the modernversion of the sport by a century.

Known as the gentle art, BJJ hasits origins in late 20th centuryBrazil, when a visiting Japanesejudo master taught his art to alocal businessman’s son, CarlosGracie, who in turn taught it to hisbrothers.

Due to their small stature, thebrothers refined the art, moving thefocus to leverage, control and easeof movement. The Gracie’s workedon disadvantageous positions —tripped up, pinned on the ground,choked from behind — and drilledescapes, sweeps and counter-sub-missions.

Even the Ultimate FightingChampionship owes its origins toBJJ. The first UFC event in 1993 wasactually an extension of the GracieChallenge — where a BJJ master

would challenge a master in anoth-er style, to prove BJJ was more effec-tive. The first ever UFC was won byRoyce Gracie, and both BJJ andMMA have been on an upward tra-jectory since.

Today, BJJ is a central compo-nent of MMA’s “ground game” —the clinching, throwing, twistingand choking that takes place when-ever the two combatants aren’tstanding on their feet tradingpunches.

For this reason, it has enjoyed anincreased profile as the sport con-tinues to win new fans — some-thing that hasn’t escaped the cluborganizers.

In addition to the classic gi class-es, where students learn in tradi-tional BJJ, students can now takeno-gi classes that more closely sim-ulate MMA style grappling.

Once a week, the club evenoffers an MMA for self-defenceclass — applying MMA techniquesto real life self-defence situations astudent could find themselves in.

Still, the Western Brazilian jiu-jitsu club is not the UWO MMAclub, and it’s not just seeking to cap-italize on the MMA fad.

“We were actually the judo clubfirst, from 1993 to 1997,” Nathexplains. “I was an assistantinstructor in that club, helping thenew people. Then the headinstructor left, we formed the jiu-jitsu club and I’ve been running itsince 1998.”

And while both the club and theart of BJJ has seen newfound inter-est as a result of the MMA boom,both still enjoy healthy interest andcommitment outside of MMA fans.

“When people are asking aboutour club, they usually ask about theno-gi classes,” Nath continues. “It’sfunny because it’s the gi classes thatare the most popular and get themost commitment. The no-gi class-es are just for refining what welearned in the gi class.”

The first part of a typical BJJ

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club class is instructional. The classlearns a new technique, escape orchoke from the instructor, withhelp from student volunteers.Then, the class will work on drillingthe new move, practicing the prop-er steps with a live partner. Thefocus is on proper form in eachstep, and the drilling helps ingrainthese motions as muscle memory.

The last third of the classinvolves light sparring, or “rolling”as it is commonly known in BJJ,where students refine their overallgame against one another. Far fromcompetitive, rolling is never done at100 per cent strength and the pointis not to win or defeat your partner.Rather, its purpose is to refine tech-nique and to build social bondsamongst the students.

“When I first started watching

UFC, I didn’t know what it was,”Ahmen Seigu, a second-yearhealth sciences student, explains.“I just liked the sport and I wantedto learn the ground aspect of it. It’sonly once I got into learning BJJthat I found out why I love it —because it’s like a game of humanchess.”

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Mustangs win nationalsVeteran badminton squad conquersCanada, avenges bitter OUA lossBy Justin DuckettGazette Staff

After losing the Ontario UniversityAthletics title for the first time infour years, the Western badmintonteam travelled to the UniversitéLaval to take on the country’s bestat the Canadian University and Col-leges badminton championships.

The Mustangs succeeded inavenging their OUA defeat, knock-ing off the Université de Montréalto take the title.

Martin Giuffre led the way with agold in the men’s singles and silverin the men’s doubles, while JennLam won gold in women’s doublesand bronze in women’s singles andmixed doubles.

“Overall everyone played great,”Western head coach Rob Fowlersaid. “We really came togetherwhen it counted and that made ahuge difference.”

Giuffre was more than pleasedwith the results.

“This was for sure our best per-formance of the season,” he said.“This was a huge accomplishmentfor our team and is something we’reall very proud to be a part of.”

Western finished first in pool Ain the round robin. After a relative-ly easy quarter-final match, theMustangs took on the host team.

“It was difficult to play the hostin the semis of the team event,”Fowler said. “They had a large fanbase to cheer them on, but our play-ers went out and did exactly whatthey had to do, controlling the paceof the matches from the beginning.”

Despite having home-courtadvantage, the Rouge-et-Or couldnot compete against the Mustangs.Giuffre easily won his singles anddoubles matches, while Lam wonher doubles match with partnerAlexandra Bruce. The only hiccup

was Lam’s loss in her singles match.“The girl I lost to in the semis is

someone I’ve beaten before at a dif-ferent tournament in January, so Iwas a little upset with that perfor-mance,” she said.

The team then advanced to thefinals to face the experiencedMontreal squad. Though Giuffreand Peter Butler would fall to a tal-ented Montreal pair, the Mustangswould take the final match by ascore of 3-1.

“During the finals against Mon-treal, every match was intense andvery close,” Giuffre said. “Having notplayed them throughout the regularseason, it took the pressure off of usand allowed us to play our best.”

“We had a couple of rockygames here and there, but when itcame down to the games that mat-tered everyone played up to theirpotential to capture the goldmedal,” Lam added.

FYI from BJJ club, UFC,MMA not MIA at UWO

Men’s Singles – Gold Medal MatchMartin Giuffre def Philippe Charron

Men’s Doubles – Gold Medal MatchPhilippe Charron & Pieric Gagné def

Martin Giuffre & Peter Butler

Women’s Doubles – Gold Medal MatchAlex Bruce & Jenn Lam def Amelie Feix

& Roxanne Fraser

Women’s Singles – Bronze Medal MatchJenn Lam def. Caroline Vézina

Mixed Doubles – Bronze Medal MatchAllen Chee & Jenn Lam def MartinGiuffre & Alex Bruce

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