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Second wave renovationsAs the gym renovations continue, USC movesforward with other transformations in the UCC

Monica Blaylock

NEWS EDITOR

As renovations to the UniversityCommunity Centre gyms continue,a second group of constructionworkers are busy transforming otherspaces in the building.

Last year, the University StudentsCouncil posed a referendum askingstudents to add an additional $25annually to cover the cost of reno-vations and maintenance to theUCC. The referendum was passedand construction soon began.

But more renovations to the sec-ond floor of the UCC includingPurple Door Promotions weremade possible by a different fundentirely. Two years ago, the USC gavespace in the UCC back to Westernbut still collected fees for it, accord-ing to USC president Mike Tithecott.

We put [the revenue from thosefees] under a special capital renew-al fund. It was something around$10-15 per student, Tithecott said.

Using the leftover funds, the USChas since tried to save money on theproject, according to Jeff Armour,

manager of food and beverages forthe USC and contractor on theseprojects.

He said doing the renovationsnow instead of the summer let themuse Westerns Physical Plant depart-ment, which includes carpenters andconstruction workers. He said thisin-house labour is significantlycheaper than using contractors likethose renovating the gyms.

To handle these projects, Armouralso assumed contractor responsibil-ity on top of managing the Spoke andthe Wave, which also saved money.

I used to do construction I wasa general contractor for years. Run-ning an event in food services like Ido is very similar to construction,

Armour said, adding hes alsoinvolved in overseeing the largergym renovations.

This is much cheaper because

weve been working with [Westerns]Physical Plant. Were using West-erns labour, between myself runningthe project and giving me [PhysicalPlants] carpenters to work with. Wedont pay a contractor thatll mark itup all the way, he added.

Armour said these aesthetic andorganizational renovations werenecessary.

The building is literally fallingdown around us, he joked. Myinput is that you could update andfix things now, but once we go fur-ther down the road youre literallygoing to be looking at rebuildingthese spaces, Armour said.

My dad always said he couldnever afford to buy cheap, cause youwould constantly have to fix this andthat wed be spending a lot ofmoney putting Band-Aids on things.

Armour also noted the USC orig-inally needed to consolidate spaceon the second floor in order to bringthe floor up to fire-code standards.

He explained the construction of themezzanine inside the gyms requireda second exit point from the studyspace, which forced Purple Door out

of their existing space.Their new space, located in the

former USC Marketing and Adver-tising Office, is more than twice thesize and includes new flooring, light-ing and furniture.

The USCs marketing officemoved across the hall and consoli-dated with the Gazettecomposing

office. The Gazette editorial officewill also be renovated to convertunused darkroom space into officespace.

Cam Parkes GAZETTE

THE PURPLE STORE IS SO 2010. Renovations in the University Community Cen-

tre continued this month with an upgrade to Purple Door Promotions, a retail

store owned by the University Students Council on the second floor of the UCC.

Cheryl Madliger

GAZETTE STAFF

Microbreweries and the BrewersAssociation of Canada are upsetover proposed Health Canada regu-lations calling for a mandatory aller-gy alert on their bottles and cans.

The alert, which would also berequired on food products and nat-ural health products, would notifyconsumers of the presence of barleyor wheat in a product.

Although the warning, whichwould read Allergy and intoleranceinformation: Contains barley, is tar-geted to help sufferers of celiac dis-ease, the proposed regulations arepart of a broader program intendedto make it easy for consumers toidentify products containing priori-ty allergens, explained JimMcCarthy, executive director for theCanadian Celiac Association.

McCarthy explained these prior-ity allergens include things like milk,soy, and egg products, as well asnewly added gluten, sulfites andmustard. Its a revision to thelabelling regulations regarding pri-ority allergens on all foods, he elab-orated.

For celiac sufferers, identifyinggluten sources like wheat and barleycan be difficult, but is essential to

avoid serious health consequences.Celiac disease is a hereditary,autoimmune genetic disease,McCarthy explained. With celiacdisease, when gluten is present inthe small intestine, the intestine lin-ing is destroyed by the immune sys-tem and as a result, typical malnu-trition disorders arise.

McCarthy went on to sayalthough celiac disease is easilytreated by avoiding gluten, identify-ing sources can sometimes be diffi-cult. This, he said, is what makesbetter labelling so important.

The Health Canada regulations,which currently await final approval,would call for labelling changeswithin 18 months.

Paul Buttery, brewer at BarriesFlying Monkey Craft Brewery, said hecould see where some of the concernamong the beer industry comes from.

We dont order [labels] thatoften, he said, although he also indi-cated 18 months would be a reason-able time frame to make necessarychanges.

Andre Fortin, director of publicaffairs for the Brewers Associationof Canada, raised another concern.For small breweries or those whouse specialized printed bottles, thecost could be significant.

Its pretty much impossible toadd any writing, he said. Theyreworried they would have to replacetheir entire bottle float and usually abeer bottle you can use between 18and 20 times through the bottledeposit system, he elaborated,explaining that the implications ofneeding a whole new bottle floatwould be major in terms of a brew-erys bottom line.

Another issue is how the labelmight change the appearance of thebottles. [We] concentrate a lot onthe artwork and to add somethingonto a label could detract from it,Buttery said.

Fortin noted the Brewers Associ-ation of Canada is not only con-cerned over the cost of implement-ing the labelling, but also over theireffectiveness and strictness.

When youre diagnosed withceliac disease, typically, youre a very

educated population, so you knowwhat you can and cannot consume,he said, pointing out the CanadianCeliac Association website listsbread and beer as the top two foodsfor celiac sufferers to avoid.

He also said, unlike Europeanregulations that allow a certain levelof gluten content to go unlabelled,Canadian standards will requirecompanies to bear the warning labelregardless of the amount of glutenactually present in a product.

McCarthy understood these con-cerns, but said the labelling is nec-essary.

The brewing industry has a rea-sonable position here, but those withallergies or who have celiac disease

have been waiting for 10 years forimproved labelling, he said. Thetarget wasnt to create some uniquewarning labels for beer.

You could update andfix things now, but

once we go furtherdown the road youreliterally going to belooking at rebuildingthese spaces.

Jeff ArmourFood and beverage manager for the USC


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Sports fans get drunk,

water is wetThe way Toronto sports teams areplaying right now may lead somefans to drown their sorrows inalcohol.

A new study has shown abouteight per cent of people who attendsporting events leave the stadiumwith a blood alcohol content classi-fying them as legally drunk.

Jamie Crowley, concessionsmanager at the John Labatt Centre,emphasized regulating alcohol con-sumption at games was a majorfocus of their security.

Such regulations include allservers being certified under SmartServe, security guards patrolling thearea, and expelling any excessivelydrunk people from the premises.

According to Crowley, although

drinks are served at sporting events,they are not the main reason thatpeople show up.

People generally dont come tothe arena to get intoxicated, he said.

Ryan Hurlbut

Need funding? Theresan app for that

The Ontario Student Assistance Pro-gram just launched a new applica-tion for smartphones that will allowstudents to check the status of theirfunding applications from theiriPhone or Blackberry.

Along with the new app, OSAPhas redesigned their website andmade applications for funding avail-able earlier in the year in an attemptto make it easier for students toapply for and receive funding.

This new OSAP mobile app,along with recent OSAP enhance-ments and our new website, givesstudents the support they need topursue their passion and achievethe career of their dreams, JohnMilloy, minister of training, colleges,and universities, explained in apress release.

The app and website are part ofthe provinces Open Ontario plan, afive-year project aimed at improv-ing the economy through various

efforts, including investing in post-

secondary education. Kaleigh Rogers

Take a seat foraccessibility

Those new blue chairs in Westernshallways arent for sitting. Theyrepart of the Ontario UndergraduteStudents Alliance annual campaignto bring attention to accessibilityissues at universities.

This campaign will provide stu-dents and community memberswith the opportunity to becomedirectly involved in our advocacyand awareness activities, MeaghanCoker, OUSA president, explained ina press release. Our aim is to callattention to the need for increasedsuccess, and expanded accessibility,for students who face barriers tohigher education.

Each empty blue chair is meantto represent a student who cannotattend university, according toOUSA.

Current statistics place Ontarioscurrent participation rate of 18 to 24-

year-olds at 40 per cent, with only33 per cent of students from thelowest income quartile and 28 percent of Aboriginal students continu-ing to higher education, directlyfrom high school.

This is the fourth year of cam-paign has occurred.

Cheryl Stone

Used med suppliesare green

Medical students at Schulich Schoolof Medicine and Dentistry havestarted an initiative called OperationGreen.

For many surgical procedures,there are a number of items that areprepared for surgery but never used.These items become waste, and thiswaste is hurting the environment,according to the group.

At Operation Green, we collectthese overage items that go unused,and partnered with an organizationcalled Globus Relief, we will be send-ing those items overseas to differentareas in need, Yoan Kagoma, one of

the co-founders, said of the project.The initiative came to be after theresults of a second-year ethics pro-

ject were paired with inspiration bya similar project from Yale Universi-ty called the Remedy Project.

Originally, we completed theethics project, and it was astoundingto us. We took that data and extrap-olated it into Ontario levels, and itturns out that for just knee replace-ment surgeries alone, there were 350garbage trucks of waste per year.

Jason Sinukoff

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Lexus of London and PG reveal the2011 Lexus IS 350

Where: Moxies Classic GrillTime: 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.To benefit the London Food Bankand prostate cancer research, theYoung Professionals Group andLexus of London demonstrate thenew Lexus IS 350. Wine tasting

and hors doeuvres provided. Par-ticipants encouraged to bring gro-ceries for the food bank.

Thursday, Jan. 27

Student-2-Business NetworkingAdvantage

Where: London Convention CentreTime: 1 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.Gain access to Londons businesscommunity, get insider informa-tion on industries in London, andlearn how to pitch your skills andexperience to Londons employers.Student-2-Business gives you

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CAISA Fashion Show ChampagneParty

Where: Club Rouge (Piccadilly St.)Ever $10 wristband will support theChildrens Health Foundation. Theevent is part of the annual fashionshow by the Canadian Asian Inter-national Students Association.The fashion show will take placeon March 19 at Centennial Hall.More information at caisafashion-show2011.com.

Saturday, Jan. 29

Slow Dance Night

Where: Brennans Beer & Bistro

(347 Clarence St.)Time: 8:30 p.m.Londons self-proclaimed firstever slow dance night, the eventinvites wallflowers and veterandancers alike to a night featuringslow songs. Admission is $8 at thedoor. More information at bren-nansbeerbistro.ca

Westerns Sweet Dream Charity

Ball 2011Where: London Convention CentreTime: Doors open at 9 p.m.Each year Western sponsors a localcharity in the London communityand holds a formal event in orderto raise finances to be donateddirectly to the charity. This yearWestern will be sponsoring TheBoys and Girls Club of London. Allproceeds will be directed towardsplanning enriching programmingfor local London children and theirsponsors

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Canadians under-exercisingMost time spent surfing online, watching TV

Alex Carmona

GAZETTE STAFF

The so-called obesity epidemicweighing down the U.S. might bemigrating north.

Two studies from Statistics Cana-da released earlier this monthshowed the vast majority of Canadi-ans dont get anywhere near the rec-ommended amount of weekly exer-cise needed to maintain a healthyand active lifestyle.

According to the studies, whichtracked the exercise habits of rough-ly 4,500 Canadian adults and chil-dren, only 15 per cent of adults aremeeting the minimum exerciseguidelines set by Health Canada. Theagency recommends anyone over18-years-old get at least 150 minutesof moderate exercise per week. Kidsaged six to 19 fared even worse, with

just seven per cent getting the daily60 minutes of physical activity

needed to stay fit and healthy.For the vast majority of Cana-

dians, exercise levels have eitherstayed the same or decreased overthe past few decades, PeterLemon, kinesiology professor atWestern, said.

Canadians today spend themajority of their time engaged insedentary pursuits, such as surfingthe web, watching television, read-ing, or playing video games. Canadi-an adults spend an average of nineand a half hours a day sitting still,while children clock in a little lowerat eight and a half hours, accordingto the report.

Health Canada recentlydecreased their exercise require-ments, which previously recom-mended children aged five to 17 get90 minutes of exercise per day andthat adults up to age 65 get 30 to 60minutes per day.

Studies have shown that theprevious standards actuallyexceeded the minimum require-

ment to become fit and to benefitfrom the health components that

are adversely affected if youreinactive, which are substantial,Lemon explained.

Noelle Martin, a registered dieti-cian at Western, also commented onthe many benefits which come as aresult of being fit and healthy.

If you keep yourself healthy,then you have better output forwhatever it is youre doing, and thatalso applies to university students,Martin said. The student that keepsregular physical activity as part oftheir lifestyle will find they will havebetter output in terms of, amongother things, remembering things inclass, in paying attention and in hav-ing better sleep patterns.

Students at Western, unfortu-nately, are no exception. Most peo-ple are aware of the stereotypicaluniversity student who lives on fastfood and hasnt stepped foot in agym since Orientation Week.

Its probably an accurate stereo-type to have for many students oncampus, Lemon lamented. Most

individuals in this day and age canfind ways to exist with a very low

level of physical activity.Dedicated exercise is not the only

way to help you stay fit.Its not that you have to go to the

gym every day, but you should beactive every day, Martin clarified.

While little things like walking toclass or taking the stairs do notincrease your heart rate to the req-uisite 150 to 165 beats per minute toqualify as moderate exercise underHealth Canadas guidelines, they doadd up.

Its still getting your heart rate alittle elevated, its still moving yourmuscles and getting your body mov-ing, Martin said.

Lemon stressed students lookingto start increasing their fitness levelshould not overdo it. The mostimportant thing is to start slowly andbuild up, Lemon concluded.Becoming physically fit is a majorchange in lifestyle, so youve got tomake it a regular event that you cankeep up, otherwise you probablywont succeed.

Students missing out onreading, writing skills

Whats it all matter?

Arden Zwelling

ASSOCIATE EDITOR

wgaz.ca/blogthevote

You know, I was just joking when Isaid at least a half dozen peoplewould show up to last weeks Uni-versity Students Council openforum on election procedures. Itssort of the shtick in this space pokefun at how few students care about

the USC and its elections. Surely itmay get under the skin of your typi-cal nauseatingly optimistic USCerbut thats part of what makes it somuch fun.

But seriously, one concerned stu-dent showed up to the meeting. One.

Total attendance was ten, but 90per cent of that was people who kindof had to be there. In total, there werethree Gazetteeditors, the USC presi-dent, one USC vice-president, theUSC communications officer, twomembers of the elections committee,a former presidential candidate and

the lone, concerned student.This is a problem, no?Well, not for the USC who seem

to be checking off points on theirauditing checklist such as this pub-lic forum as they move closer tomaking the elections a USC-onlyparty. Insular, contained, exclusive call it what you want, theyre clearlymoving towards a process designedto weed out any non-USCers who,until now, had a relatively easy pathto the presidency.

Its easy to understand the USCsmotives for the move candidatesshould have a passable knowledgeof the massive organization theyrevying to lead. Fielding just one seri-

ous candidate surrounded by anassortment of knobs, resume-boost-ers and idealists cheapens theprocess.

But one student turning up to apublic forum is a problem. Whatsthe point of a democratic processthat no one is interested in takingpart in?

Read the rest of this post online atwgaz.ca/blogthevote and keep up withall the latest USC election news andcommentary. The election campaignlaunches Feb. 1 and voting beginsonline on Feb. 15 at www.voteusc.ca.

Zwellin it

like it is

Aaron Zaltzman

GAZETTE STAFF

For many students, university is aboutimproving ones thinking, reasoningand writing skills, provided they can

find the time between the socializing,sleeping and going to class.

A recent U.S. report found thatwhile the average student GPA was arespectable 3.2, students were notimproving much in basic skills suchas critical thinking, analytical reason-ing and written communications. Infact, after two years, 45 per cent of thestudents had shown no improvement.

Based on a seven-day week, theaverage student spent more thanhalf their time socializing or relax-ing and a quarter of their time sleep-ing. Working, volunteering orattending class took up 18 per centof their time. That leaves studentsspending a whopping seven per centof their time studying a number

nearly half of what it was just adecade ago.

They enroll in courses that do notrequire substantial reading or writingassignments, the report said of thesestudents. They interact with theirprofessors outside of classroomsrarely, if ever; and they define andunderstand their college experiencesas being focused more on social thanon academic development.

The study, which tracked theprogress of 3,500 students in 29 uni-versities in the U.S., also found thatstudents who studied alone consis-tently scored higher than studentsstudying in groups, or even studentswho just spent a lot of time in largegroups like fraternities.

The results also showed thathigher scoring students were theones taking the more challengingcourses. However, according to KimHolland, instructional designer atWesterns Teaching Support Center,this correlation may be due to aselection bias since students who

take challenging courses are also theones who study harder.

Holland said the study highlightsan important difference betweenstudents gaining knowledge in asubject versus learning higher ordercomprehension skills.

If your view is that universitiesprovide information, well informa-tion is cheap now. [Its] availableeverywhere. And its here today, gonetomorrow, Holland said. Hopefullythe types of skills that [universities]provide are higher order skills, likeanalysis. Not just regurgitating stuffthat you have to memorize.

Holland also noted that part ofthe cause could also be a sense ofentitlement held by some students.Ive heard students say [] Educa-tion is expensive and Ive paid for it,so give me my degree. This leads toa sense of apathy in these studentsresulting in less effort, he said.

Holland added improving higherorder comprehensive skills is a two-way street between professors andstudents.

You can put systems in place sothat students can access [] theinformation they need to excel. Thatmight be extended office hours []but the student has to take theresponsibility.

>> By the Numbers

51 per centTime spent socializing or relaxing

24 per centTime spent sleeping

18 per centTime spent working, volunteer-

ing or attending class

7 per centTime spent studying

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Re: Arts still strong, even with Biebs (Jan.20, 2010)

To the Editor:

The conclusion to the editorial sug-gesting that we as a society embraceshallow arts is both trite and inaccu-rate. The truth is that anything is shallowif you dont dig for a deeper meaning.

We live in an era in which everythingmust have a purpose. If its not mar-ketable, it cant connect to the Internet, orit doesnt look good on a rsum then itsnot worth having.

Art has fallen victim to this mentality,and become commoditized: available for

a price.Downloading a song for free is steal-ing because the song has intrinsic value.In fact, the term art itself is often under-stood only in a very limited sense, applic-able only to old and overdone dare I sayovervalued works, such as the MonaLisa. In this case, an excess of significa-tion has dulled their considerable bril-liance. Art should be understood asboundless and infinitely contestable. Itfollows no formula, nor is it codified in aset of parameters easily laid out in a text-book. To define art is to sterilize it. It hasnever presupposed brilliance. Art can bebad, and often is. To deny art is to deludeoneself. As Oscar Wilde memorably putit, all art is quite useless.

Paul Craig

MIT II

Between long days of class, part-time jobs andsocializing, its not shocking to discover studentsdont devote a whole lot of time towards schoolwork.

The percentage of the day that students devoteto studying is low seven per cent, to be exact. Thisis approximately half of what students devoted ten

years ago, raising a few questions about modernday study habits.

If were only spending a small fraction of ourtime on curricular work, are we able to acquire thehigher-learning skills with which were expected tograduate? Were university students of the past sig-nificantly more studious?

Modern post-secondary education seems to becomparatively more focused on the social andextracurricular aspects of school life. Universitymay no longer be solely for the serious academicsin the upper classes of society but this is not nec-essarily a bad thing.

The personal development and social network-ing achieved at school is often just as important ascompleting the coursework required to graduate.

The decrease in study time is also symptomaticof problems with the structure of our educationrather than the problems with students.

When students are evaluated on only two orthree examinations, its not surprising to see stu-dents adapt by only cramming to pass their testsrather than learning the entirety of the coursematerial.

So is there a way to get students to study again?Professors can help by being more engaging

with their students a class heavily reliant on par-ticipation will at least reward those students willingto make the effort.

Its hard to say that the onus should be on thestudents. With more students than ever requiringpart-time jobs to fund their education, less timethan ever is available for studying.

It also seems that professional schools andentering the work force require more than just adegree. When such a heavy emphasis is put onextracurricular work, its not at all surprising thatstudents would prefer to wind down at the end ofthe day instead of hitting the books.

But this might not even be necessary for a mod-ern education. A healthy social life contributes to astudents overall education just as much as the timespent studying course material. In the end, if a stu-dent can pass their courses, they should spend theirtime however they see fit.

The Gazette Editorial Board

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THE UNIVERSITY EXPERIENCE

Re: Protest held at IDF speech (Jan. 21, 2011)

To the Editor:

In light of the stiff opposition IsraeliDefence Forces soldier Benjamin Antho-ny faced upon delivering his speech yes-terday, one must realize that there arealways two parties involved in a conflict,both of whom feel they are the aggrievedside. Indeed, the Palestine-Israel conflictis no different.

But when a university is allowed topresent a soldier from the IDF, a groupthat has numerously ignored UnitedNations resolutions and, as seen in therecent aggression on Gaza, even attackedUN secured bases, questions need to beasked.

Would a Serbian officer who served inthe attack of Srebrenica in 1995, whichresulted in the death of 8,000 men whiledrawing worldwide scrutiny, beenallowed to speak in front of a gatheringback then?

Some may say that the analogy isunfair, but its hard not to draw parallelsbetween that campaign, where UNpeacekeepers were taken as human

shields, and the recent Israeli one, whichresulted in the deaths of 1,400 civilians.It is argued that Israel then was only

trying to rid Gaza of rebel groups,groups that had immersed themselvesin civilian populations, ultimately mak-ing this sort of bombing campaigninevitable.

But its highly hypocritical of theCanadian government to officially recog-nize a similar operation in the Anfal Cam-paign (1988) of Northern Iraq as geno-cide, while supporting Israels efforts asself-defence.

Canada may currently be perceived bythe world as a friendly, neutral state. Butif these blatant double standards persist,its not hard to envision Canada strug-gling to uphold this image.

Saqib Ahmed DadabhoyMIT. IV

To the Editor:

On Jan. 19, I attended an event at West-ern that hosted a lecture by an Israelisoldier, Sergeant Benjamin Anthony. Iconsider myself on the pro-Palestinianside when it comes to the Israeli-Pales-tinian conflict, but I try to stay very unbi-ased and level-headed when assessingthe situation.

As a concerned member of the West-ern community, as well as a supporter ofhuman rights, I felt obliged to attend thisevent to confront this soldier anddemand that he justify his actions. Iintended to ask him tough questions andanticipated a heated, but educateddebate.

To my surprise and dismay, a muchdifferent atmosphere one of contempt,childish antics and immaturity await-ed me.

While Sergeant Anthony was trans-parent, respectful and answered allquestions that were thrown his way, hewas met with heckling, and a concertedattempt to silence him. One does nothave to agree with the speaker who islecturing I certainly didnt agree with

all of what he said but civil discourse inthis country demands of us a higher cal-ibre of reasonable decorum.

While Sergeant Anthony madeabsolutely no attempt to shy away fromany questions, and defended his actionsin the Israeli Defence Forces with nohesitation, those who disagreed with himmade every attempt to stifle his ability toanswer charges against him; the wholeevent became a cheap show-trial.

Regardless of my preconceivednotions about the IDF, I left the lecturesharing Sergeant Anthonys frustration.The people who stifled intelligent,mature debate on Wednesday eveningshould be ashamed of themselves. Bybeing disruptive and attempting to sup-press Sergeant Anthonys right to free

speech, they did a massive disservice totheir movement for any undecided,

College is the best time of your life. When else are your parentsgoing to spend several thousand dollars a year just for you to goto a strange town and get drunk every night?

David Wood

IDF soldier should not

have been brought in

Strengthen arguments,

not voices

The depth of art is in

the eye of the beholder

unbiased, and fair-minded people in theaudience especially those who, like me,were leaning one way or another.

I challenge them next time to havemore faith in the strength of their argu-ments, rather than the volume of theirvoices.

Colin Brown

Social Science III


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Maddie Leznoff

ARTS & LIFE EDITOR

Two weeks ago, six high school stu-dents in Edmonton were faced withexpulsion for comments they postedon Facebook. Similarly, last March a

University of Calgary student wasput on academic probation for com-ments he wrote on Facebook abouta professor.

Facebook currently has morethan 500 million active users. Fiftyper cent of users log on once a day,and in total people spend over 700billion minutes per month on Face-book. The average user also creates90 pieces of content per month,which includes pictures, statusupdates, comments and messages.

Thats a lot of time and energyspent generating content and look-ing at whats going on in other peo-ples lives from behind a screen.

According to Susan Barnes, asso-ciate director of the Lab for SocialComputing at the Rochester Insti-tute of Technology, this is part ofwhat is called the privacy paradox.

Information, photographs andthoughts are willingly exposedonline, yet students seem to still haveconcerns over personal privacy.

The biggest concern is that forsome reason people dont seem tounderstand that the internet is notprivate, Barnes says. Everything

you do should be considered public,even your e-mail. [People] feel thatbecause theyre in their bedroom orsome private space that the internet

is private too, which its not.Shes seen a number of cases

where people will use e-mail in legalsituations as evidence. Even e-mailsthat have been deleted can beretrieved in a legal setting.

But despite these concerns, peo-

ple are still willing to connect onsocial networking sites.

The internet from day one wasalways a place where people wantedto connect with other people. Sonow theyve developed these toolsthat make it easier for people to con-nect and build friendships, Barnessays. Teens use the internet as a wayto explore different aspects of theirpersonality to explore sexualthings and preferences and toexplore aspects of themselves thatthey wouldnt necessarily explore ina face-to-face setting.

Barnes explains students seesocial networking sites as a forum toexpress thoughts and ideas becauseof the apparent disconnect betweenusers. However, this is exactly whereissues of privacy and defamationcome in, and the law has been forcedto adapt to accommodate thesesocial changes.

As Western law professor Mar-garet Wilkinson explains, a websitelike Facebook must follow personaldata protection laws about whatuser information they can release.

That law says that an organiza-tion that holds records about an iden-tifiable individual is not able torelease your information, she says.Its very specific legislation and its

imposed on the organization. So theycan, for instance, deal with informa-tion about individuals if they havespecific consent from them but theyhave to set themselves up to do that.

Facebook has taken these pre-cautions. The site informs users thattheyre releasing personal informa-tion when using third party applica-tions like games.

Privacy law, Wilkinson explains,is a whole different issue and onlineprivacy law is something thats not aswell developed in Ontario. This bur-geoning field deals with issues likepersonal defamation on Facebook suing another user over somethingposted online, for example.

One of the things about privacylaw is that theres what the law is,and how effective it is in its imple-mentation, Wilkinson says. Essen-tially, once information is out whether or not you can recoverdamages or get an order against

someone the genie can never beput back in the bottle, so peopleshould be very careful.

Rachel Leung, a second-yearsocial science student at Western,agrees.

An active Facebook user, Leunghas experienced firsthand the con-cerns associated with online privacy,especially in the workforce. She hadto sign a waiver at her job at a sum-mer camp that required employeesfollow certain conditions whenposting online. Leung had to takedown any inappropriate photos onher Facebook, and make sure thecamps logo was blurred out.

I know a lot of people wenthome and deleted pictures, and weblocked our co-ordinators so theycouldnt even search us, Leung says.

She now consciously monitorsher privacy settings.

When you apply for jobs,employers can look you up. So allmy settings are very limited now,she says.

Strict privacy settings are never abad idea, and some students feel itsnecessary to take extra precautionsto make sure their information cantbe found online by an employer.

Like many university students,the odd Facebook photo that Ive

been tagged in involves some drunk-en shenanigans which I dont wantthe world to see, says Bryan Teskey,a second-year law student at the Uni-versity of Ottawa. I changed myFacebook name due to how Imgoing to start applying for jobs at law

firms.Using a middle name or an initial

instead of a last name on Facebookis a good idea for students in theprocess of applying to grad school.

Yet, social networking is stillimportant enough to warrant aname change rather than disablingor deleting the account.

There have been times whereIve disabled it and I think I shouldget rid of this, Leung says. Peoplehave access to you 24/7, and some-times you just dont want that. Hav-ing to update your page and respondto people is sort of a big commitmentin itself its not really necessary.

Of course thats the draw of socialnetworking constant communica-tion and acquiring knowledge aboutother peoples lives.

The attitude is that instead ofprotecting privacy, everybodyknows everything about everybodyelse and thats what were kind ofcoming to a place where weregoing to know everything aboutother people, Barnes says, while stillmaintaining users should be in fullcontrol of their online identity.

This is a public forum I tellpeople dont put anything up therethat you wouldnt put on a postcardand send to your grandmother.


Arts&Life funfactAccording to a chart run by Groovecount, which tracks subjectspopularity on social networking sites, Lady Gaga is the most pop-ular artist online. She has nearly 27 million Facebook fans and 7.8million followers on Twitter.

The attitude is thatinstead of protectingprivacy, everybodyknows everything abouteverybody else andthats what were kindof coming to a placewhere were going toknow everything aboutother people.

Susan Barnes,associate director of the

social computing lab at RIT

>> By the Numbers > Facebook

Photo Illustration by Corey Stanford GAZETTE

500 millionThe number of active userson Facebook

200 millionThe number of users whoaccess the website via amobile device

700 billionThe number of minutes peo-ple spend on Facebook permonth

50 per centThe number of users who logon once a day

90The number of pieces theaverage Facebook user cre-ates per month (includingpictures, status updates,comments and messages)


6/8

The Decemberists

The King is Dead

Capitol/EMI

After releasing their mystical conceptalbum The Hazards of Love in 2009,The Decemberists have gone anoth-er direction with their new R.E.M.-

inspired album The King is Dead.Unfortunately, their recent effort

misses the mark, as many of thesongs sound like typical alternativesongs played in a country style. Theresult is an album that doesnt mea-sure up to any of The Decemberistsprevious work, but luckily still main-tains some shreds of brilliance.

The album opens with DontCarry It All, a song that sounds likea constant repetition of the intro toArcade Fires Wake Up plus a har-

monica. The rest of the album con-tinues in the same fashion. Songslike Rise to Me sound like a coun-try version of The Hazards of Love#4 from their previous album andAll Arise play both lyrically andmusically like a country version ofMe in Honey by R.E.M.

The country influence does bearsome fruit. Down By the Water,Rox in the Box and This is WhyWe Fight stand as some of the bet-ter tracks on the album and are animprovement on The Decemberistsexcellent sound.

The King is Dead is significantlyweaker than The Decemberists pre-vious works. It is good to see theband expand outside of their normalsound unfortunately the productis an album that feels like a compila-tion of country cover versions ofalternative music.

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Enjoy a romantic comedy

with No Strings AttachedJennifer Munoz

CONTRIBUTOR

No Strings Attached

Director: Ivan Reitman

Starring: Natalie Portman, Ashton

Kutcher and Kevin Kline

Natalie Portman and Ashton Kutch-er shine in this tongue-in-cheekromantic comedy about friends withbenefits.

Adam (Kutcher) is a strugglingwriter, while Emma (Portman) is a

young doctor working 80 hours aweek. Their lives intersect onedrunken night, and because ofEmmas disillusioned view of rela-tionships and hectic work schedule,they agree to embark on a purelysexual relationship.

Unfortunately, as one characterdryly remarks, thats not possible,and things gets dramatic whenAdam starts wanting more.

Its refreshing to see a woman

being afraid of commitment and aman as the needy, romantic one in arelationship. The chemistry betweenKutcher and Portman make theirunfortunate situation believable,and their impeccable comedic tim-ing and frank attitude towards sex ischarming and humourous.

Because the movie focuses somuch on Adam and Emmas rela-tionship, the supporting cast is neverreally developed and remains sim-ply a frame for the rest of the story.Still, Mindy Kaling stands out asEmmas fellow resident, as does rap-per Ludacris in a surprisingly decentturn as one of Adams best friends.

Kevin Kline disappoints asAdams father, an over-the-hill, potsmoking actor. His only purpose isto place emotional stress on Adam,which woefully under-uses his act-ing talents. Unfortunately, this is thecase for most of the supporting cast.Had they been given a chance toshow off their acting repertoire, themovie may have been stronger as awhole.

A romantic comedy that makesthe audience laugh out loud is rare,but No Strings Attached providesmore than enough awkward hilarityto keep viewers rolling in the aisles.

It definitely caters to a specificaudience, as the raunchy humourand up-close sex scenes may leavesome viewers a little uncomfortable.However, the fact that the film push-es the envelope is often what makesit so funny. Sex isnt glossed over, butneither is it romanticized. If anything,Adam and Emmas romance seemsto develop despite their strongchemistry, rather than because of it.

The film also maintains an excel-lent balance between comedy anddrama, moving easily from a joke toan intense emotional scene withouta hitch. It also manages to deeplyinvolve the audience in the storywithout drowning them in senti-mentality. This isnt the greatest filmfor a first date, but if you like yourmovies cute, funny and a little out-rageous, definitely try No Strings

Attached.

Pony Up Kings of Leon

As an avid Kings of Leon fan, I was naturally excited forthe release of their fifth studio album Come Around Sun-down. But after watching their video for their first singleRadioactive I was less than impressed.

After giving the rest of the album a chance, the laid-back track Pony Up caught my attention with its dis-tinct baseline and southern rock vibe which brings outthe Tennessee charm in lead singer Caleb Followillsvoice.

The beat for Pony Up was inspired by new wave

rock band Talking Heads, with a wiry guitar sound andpunchy baseline.Pony Up may not be as catchy as some of the bands

mainstream hits like Sex On Fire or Use Somebody,but it has enough spunk to make you keep it on repeat.

Nicole Gibillini

Somebody That I Used to Know

Elliott Smith

Elliott Smith may be gone but his music has not beenforgotten.

Somebody That I Used to Know is off of Smiths2000 album Figure 8. Like many of his songs SomebodyThat I Used to Know has a lot of emotion invested inthe lyrics. Soothing vocals and peaceful guitar riffs make

Smiths song enjoyable to listen to.Smiths influences came from a wide variety of artists

including Bob Dylan, Elvis Costello, The Who, Kiss, Mod-est Mouse and Pink Floyd. He also found influence fromthe works of classic authors Samuel Beckett, T.S. Eliotand Fyodor Dostoevsky.

The combination of ornate instrumentals and relat-able lyrics makes Somebody That I Used to Know wellworth a listen.

Amber Garratt

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Sportsrundown >> The Mustangs womens basketball team bounced back from their loss against Windsor and defeated the Laurier Golden Hawks 70-62 > Jackyln Selfe ledthe way with 20 points and three rebounds | Mustangs mens basketball forward Andy Wedemire led the team with 29 points, but the Mustangs still fell 75-67 to the

Golden Hawks > With a record of 6-8, the Mustangs are currently residing in the basement of the OUA west standings, tied with Waterloo for seventh place.

factattackCanadian Milos Raonic may have lost to Spains David Ferrer inthe fourth round of this years Australian Open, but he made alittle history in the process. He was the first Canadian to make thefourth round of a tournament since Daniel Nestor made it to thelast 16 in Wimbledon in 1999.

RMC defeated

easily in battleMay credited with 12 kills

Nicole Gibillini

ARTS & LIFE EDITOR

Well, that was easy.The Mustangs mens volleyball

team won their game against the

Royal Military College Paladins Fri-day night in three quick sets. It was abig win for the Mustangs after theirfirst loss of the year to the McMasterMarauders last weekend.

The Paladins, on the other hand,havent won a game all season.

Weve played really good ballthe past five weeks against somevery good teams. We havent wonbut weve played very well, RMChead coach Steve Leknois said.

But their efforts against the Mus-tangs just werent enough. Westerndominated the first set with a scoreof 25-14, the second with 25-10 andtook the third and final game with ascore of 25-12.

We tried to implement some ofthe things that we did right againstthem at our house and just didntimplement them enough, Leknoissaid.

Theyre a good team so we basi-cally just looked at what we did

against them last time and at whatMcMaster did, and tried to duplicatethose things, but unfortunatelytonight we didnt duplicate them.

While it was not a great night forthe Paladins, it certainly was for

Mustangs rookie Garrett May wholed the team with 14 kills. Middle hit-ter Matthew Waite also played wellwith four aces and three kills. Waitewas happy with the teams perfor-mance, particularly the contribu-tions of the teams bench players.

I think we played a completegame. Everyone was playing verywell and they were basically firing onall cylinders, Waite said. Especiallythe guys that came in off the bench,they came and they played very well basically everyone came to playtoday.

The win was important for theMustangs as they hope earn the firstseed in the playoffs, which wouldgive them a first round bye andallow them to host the Ontario Uni-versity Athletics Final Four.

This game is an important steptowards that goal so we basicallylook at it as a whole and just tried tothink of what we want to do and play

like we should play, Waite said. Itsdefinitely an important win comingfrom a loss [against McMaster]because it gives us a lot of morale.

According to head coach JimSage, the Mustangs worked hardduring practice last week to com-pensate for their loss againstMcMaster.

Weve been challenging each

other, remaining intense in the prac-tice, working on little things that aregoing to make the difference cov-erage, blocking, defence and serving.I thought we served well againtonight, he said.

Sage had no doubts that his teamwould come out strong on Friday.The RMC game served as prepara-tion for their game against the sec-

ond-place Queens Gaels on Satur-day.

Its hard to play a team like RMCand then Queens the next nightbecause it really is two levels ofcompetition, Sage said. I knew theywould respond after the loss to[McMaster]. It was a big wake-upcall for us so hopefully that will carryover to tomorrow.

Corey Stanford GAZETTE

RMC USUALLY PLAYS VOLLEYBALL WITH HEAVY ARTILLERY. RETURNING A BALL IS JUST WEIRD TO THEM. Rookie Gar-

rett May (#11) dominated the RMC Paladins on Friday night with 14 points. He led the Mustangs to a straight sets victory

over the winless Paladins.

Mustangs firing squad slaughter PaladinsWestern rebounds from tough loss to McMaster

Kaitlyn McGrath

SPORTS EDITOR

The girls from the Royal MilitaryCollege didnt put up much of a fightagainst the Mustangs.

After losing a five set heartbreak-er last weekend against the McMas-ter Marauders, the Mustangs wereeager to bounce back against theRMC Paladins and thats exactlywhat they did.

I dont think we ever lost confi-dence last weekend because it was

just a great match, Mustangs headcoach Dave Edwards said about theloss to McMaster. Tonights gamewas a great night for us to think aboutgetting the touches we needed, andworking on a few little things.

The Mustangs remained in thedrivers seat the entire match, win-

ning the game in three straight setsand improving their record to 9-3.The Paladins struggled to gener-

ate any offence from the beginningand the Mustangs took an early 12-6lead, forcing RMC to call a timeout.But not even a pep talk could sparkthe struggling team and the Mus-tangs took the first set 25-14.

After the game, Mustangs rightside hitter Rebecca Oxland waspleased with their dominating per-formance.

I thought we played pretty welltoday, I thought we executed some

good passing and hitting and wewere definitely prepared for thisgame, she said.

Oxland helped the Mustangsdefensively with 15 digs, while alsoearning four kills and six assists.

The Mustangs continued to dic-tate most of the points in the secondset. Mustang middle hitter StephanieKreuter delivered one of her threekills of the game to give her team theset point and thanks to an unforcederror from the Paladins, the Mus-tangs took the set 25-15.

Anticipating an easier match,Edwards was able to utilize his entire

bench, giving many of his starters abreak in anticipation for their gameagainst Queens the following evening.

We knew that RMC wasnt goingto be a really difficult team, he said.We wanted to take it seriously, wewanted to respect RMC and Ithought it was a great opportunity toget my starters and also everyoneelse on the bench in.

With the game out of reach, thePaladins hit the ball into the net inan anti-climatic manner giving theMustangs the match point. Third-

year Christie-Lee Wilson deliveredthe final kill of the game to earn thevictory for the Mustangs.

Despite another loss, RMC headcoach Carolyn Welden remainedpleased with her teams efforts.

Its always more difficult whenyoure on the road, she said. I think

they did well, were learning, were ayoung team. I think we made someunforced errors, [but] theyre build-ing everyday they play.

Although the Mustangs werehappy with the straight set victory,their real test will come againstQueens who are currently sitting insecond place in the eastern confer-ence.

After defeating the Gaels in lastyears Ontario University Athleticsbronze medal game, the Mustangsare anticipating a tough match.

Corey Stanford GAZETTE

HER PREDICTION THAT RMC WOULD ONLY SCORE 5 POINTS WAS SURPRIS-

INGLY CLOSE. Mustang player of the game Rebecca Oxland (#9) led Western to

a 3-0 victory over the hapless RMC Paladins, improving Westerns record to 9-3

on the season.

We knew that RMCwasnt going to be areally difficult team[] I thought it was agreat opportunity toget my starters andalso everyone else onthe bench in.

Dave EdwardsMustangs head coach

on how easy RMC is to beat

tuesday, january 25, 2011

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