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is it high noon for 

HIGH SPEED RAIL? 







Source: Final Report on the

1992-1995 Quebec-Ontario
high speed rail project study

will help with congestion,

 opening up opportunities
for economic development.”
The manufacturing sector is also
travel set to benefit from high-speed rail,
abroad for which would need an investment
spreading posi- into creating railway tracks — a


 tive experiences market Canada has been out of for
with the high-speed decades, according to Cameron.
rail service in Europe. If high-speed rail gets approved






By Stuart A. Thompson
Gazette Staff
Travel from London to Toronto in
37 minutes flat.
That’s the promise of high-
speed rail, which has thrived in
Europe for years and may finally
arrive in Canada after decades of
deliberation.
A high-speed route extending
from Windsor to Quebec City may
be underway if a report released
next month by the Canadian gov-
ernment gives it a green light.
The $8 million study looks at the
New CASA voting structure benefits Western
By Cheryl Stone
Gazette Staff
Western’s participation in the Cana-
dian Alliance of Student Associa-
tions may have received a boost
during the exam period.
On Dec. 8, 2009, CASA changed
its voting procedure, hopefully to
better represent larger schools.
“We at Western, for several years
now, have had concerns with the
voting structure at CASA,” Dan
Moulton, vice-president university
affairs for the University Students’
Council, said.
CASA previously had a one
member school — one vote policy.
According to Moulton, this policy



organization pro- turning some heads.
feasibility
of high-speed trains in Ontario and
Quebec. It’s the culmination of
years of research into the rail ser-
vice, according to Roger Cameron,
director of public affairs for the
Railway Association of Canada.
“It’s going to be an interesting
few months,” he said.
High-speed trains run faster
than 200 km/h and would likely use
their own tracks instead of using
existing tracks used by VIA Rail and
the Canadian National Railway.
A separate report will be
released by the Quebec govern-
ment after research into France’s
high-speed rail network, according
to Paul Langan, founder of High
Speed Rail Canada, a non-profit
led to a disproportionate amount of
power in the hands of the smaller
schools.
“We had a feeling that it wasn’t
the most fair and democratic struc-
ture. It allowed a large amount of
smaller schools within the organi-
zation to have a controlling voice,”
Moulton explained.
The new voting structure has
two steps rather than one. First, mo-
tions passed under the one member
— one vote policy must have a two-
thirds margin. In the second tier,
which requires a majority of 50 per
cent plus one, votes are weighted
according to Full Time Equivalents
— the number of students each
CASA member represents — giving
meaning several years before tracks
moting the benefits of high-
speed railways.
But the biggest turning
point for introducing high-
speed rail in Canada may
come from south of the bor-
der. This year, United States’ Presi-
dent Barack Obama is expected to
follow through on a vision for high-
speed rail announced in 2009, giv-
ing Canada the motivation to make
the move on similar transportation.
“It’s judgment day for high-
speed rail,” Langan said. “It’s never
been better. Whether that’s enough,
I don’t know.”
Langan believes high-speed rail
is the next phase in modernized
transportation. He thinks it will
solve many problems with the tra-
ditional commute.
“I hate driving. I drive for my job
and anybody that says it’s good
times is not in reality. It’s just hell,”
the 50-year-old Guelph resident
said.
He credited young people who
larger schools like Western an edge
they did not have before.
“It comes under the principle
that as larger schools we would like
to see a more proportional system
around the table […] because that
would be a much more fair reflec-
tion of the voices around the table,”
Moulton said.
“Our concern is that the individ-
ual voice of delegates will now not
receive the same consideration
because of the size of their school,”
Charlotte Kingston, president of the
University of Calgary Students’
Union, said in opposition to the
new procedure. “Further, we don’t
believe that the needs of our stu-
dents vary according to the size of
While details of Canada’s
plans are still in the discovery phas-
es, the potential price tag is already
Peter White, chief executive offi-
cer of the London Economic Devel-
opment Corporation, was involved
in consultations for the federal
report and puts the price tag at
around $25 to $35 billion.
He said the challenge for getting
support for high-speed rail is con-
vincing citizens to foot the bill.
“With the U.S. also undertaking
studies on it, it’s something that will
come to fruition eventually,” he
said. “It’s just a matter of timing and
the funds for it. If there was no issue
of budgeting, people would be for
getting high speed underway.”
White said the benefits to Lon-
don would be numerous. The city is
already home to the fourth busiest
VIA Rail station in the country.
Combined with a concentration of
freight trains coming through Lon-
don, the city could become a cen-
tral connecting point between
Western Ontario and Quebec.
“It’s a great way to move people,”
White said. “Over the long term it
their institution but rather by the
individual culture and climate of
their campus.”
The new voting structure was
used previously to change the con-
stitution of CASA, but not in pass-
ing general motions. This new
structure also comes with a one-
year trial period, when it will be
voted on again.
“[The trial] is to see if it actually
is a more equitable voting struc-
ture,” Arati Sharma, national direc-
tor of CASA, said. “It’s a whole new
way of doing things.”
Moulton explained the USC has
a bylaw, which states the USC must
examine their relationship with its
external organizations every other
by the federal government, both the
provincial and municipal levels
would weigh in on the project,
are laid.
At that point, White said London
would certainly see a high-speed
stop in the city.
“It’s just a question of how it gets
rolled out. I think we’ll definitely be
a point on the rail.”
WHAT WOULD
HIGH-SPEED RAIL
LOOK LIKE?
• Speeds between 160 km/h
and 300 km/h or more
• Using electric rails, not
overhead power
• Tracks will be separate from
freight lines and VIA
• No railway crossing with
roads
Source: Roger Cameron,
Director of Public Affairs
Railway Association of Canada
(RAC)
year. This issue arose in the past
two reports.
The length of time spent debat-
ing this issue, however, has led to
some schools questioning the need
for the debate.
“The amount of time that has
been spent on this issue has been
detrimental to the overall advocacy
work of the organization and has
expended a lot of energy on a large-
ly unimportant matter as most
CASA decision making is uncontro-
versial and occurs by consensus,”
Kingston said. “We will be happy to
work under the new voting struc-
ture as long as it means we can get
back to the actual business of advo-
cacy and policy making.”
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Brian Feagan, a professor at West-
ern’s Schulich School of Medicine
and Dentistry, has been placed in
charge of a $4.7 million study on
Crohn’s disease.
Crohn’s disease is a gastroin-
testinal affliction, which plagues
250 of every 100,000 Canadians.
Feagan has studied Crohn’s for
25 years, focusing his attention on
alternative forms of treatment,
most notably the suppression of
the immune system.
Currently, the disease is treated
with anti-inflammatory drugs and
intestinal surgery in hopes that
patients will maintain remission, as
the disease itself is incurable.
Feagan noted researchers are
reviewing immuno-suppressive
drugs and synthetic antibodies in
the fight against Crohn’s disease.
Such advances are especially rele-
vant as Canada has the highest
incidence rate of Crohn’s in the
world.
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Joyrider aims big
Shortly after midnight on Jan. 6, a
London man took control of a run-
ning Greyhound bus idling in the
city’s downtown depot.
Minutes after being stolen, the
bus was involved in an altercation
with another car.
The bus did not come in contact
with the vehicle, but rather forced
the driver to crash into a snow
bank, Amy Phillipo, media relations
officer for the London Police Ser-
vice, noted.
The car experienced some dam-
age, but the driver was left
unscathed.
The Greyhound bus remained
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on the road for nearly an hour
before veering into a ditch at West-
del Bourne and Longwoods Road.
The perpetrator was appre-
hended near the accident. London
police arrested Jason Green, 29, on
charges of possession of stolen
property, misleading police by sup-
plying a false name and attempting
to break and enter a residence.
“He was breaching a recog-
nizance not to be drinking,”
Phillipo acknowledged, indicating
Green had been charged prior to
the incident.
“He is known to police.”
—Gloria Dickie
Brace for DriveTest backlog
Potential drivers rejoice, the Dri-
veTest strike is now over.
The company, which runs the
driving tests in Ontario, was
involved in a four-month strike
since Aug. 21, 2009 as workers
sought more job security and
increased wages and benefits.
“The union and its workers were
unable to come to a collective
agreement due to the company’s
unwillingness to agree to a back-to-
work protocol which is required in
99 per cent of bargaining agree-
ments,” Jim Young, president of
United Steelworkers Local 9511,
said.
However on Dec. 31, 2009, the
workers voted 72 per cent in favour
of ending the strike.
While road tests booked before
1 p.m. on Jan. 4, 2010 will be hon-
oured, those booked after this time
would have to rebook on a first-
come, first-serve basis.
“The backlog could take up to
four to five months to clear and
even go up to a year. I strongly rec-
ommend [students] to sign up for
an appointment as soon as possi-
ble,” Young said.
Some driving centers in rural
areas will open today and DriveTest
wants customers to arrive at least
half an hour early in order to pre-
vent more of a backlog.
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Human rights violation accusation a “stunt”

By Abid-Aziz Ladhani
Gazette Staff
The rising cost of post-secondary
education may not be ideal for stu-
dents, but it’s no longer a human
right’s violation according to the
University of British Columbia’s
Alma Mater Society.
Blake Frederick, AMS president,
and Tim Chu, AMS vice-president
external, were responsible for filing
a complaint to the United Nations
against the government of British
Columbia and the federal Govern-
ment.
It was argued such hikes render
post-secondary education inacces-
sible for some thus breaching hu-
man rights, although the complaint
has since been retracted following a
motion unanimously passed by the
AMS council. “[The] President of
the AMS overstepped his bounds in
taking this action. The Society did
not support this filed complaint,”
according to the AMS website.
“As a human rights complaint it’s
difficult to say it would be the kind
of case a court or a tribunal would
say is valid,” Michael Lynk, associate
dean academic of Western’s law fac-
ulty, said. “Rising tuition cost by it-
self is not a human rights issue. If
only they could show that rising tu-
ition costs disproportionately affect
an identifiable group who are cov-
ered by human rights such as a per-
son with disabilities.”
According to Lynk, students are
not identified in human rights leg-
islation as such a minority group.
Yet he believes the complaint issued
by the two AMS executives could
possibly be considered valid by the
United Nations but would yield few
results.
“There [are] two international
covenants […] that came into inter-
national law in 1976 […] there are
bodies attached to both these
covenants which will look at how
UN member countries are following
the requirements and obligations,”
Lynk added. He explained the main
purpose of the student association’s
complaint is winning a moral claim
against British Columbia.
Although both Frederick and
Chu were unavailable to comment
on the issue, Frederick was quoted
as having referred to the complaint
as a “media stunt” in the Ubyssey,
UBC’s student newspaper. In the ar-
ticle the complaint was reported to
raise awareness about recent tuition
hikes.
However, the jurisdiction over
education policy and law is the re-
sponsibility of the provincial and
federal governments according to
Dan Moulton, vice-president uni-
versity affairs at Western’s University
Students’ Council.
“The UN doesn’t have any stake
in Ontario’s education system and
the educational system and the ed-
ucational experience of students in
Ontario,” Moulton said. “I think
while it was a noble attempt at
drawing some attention towards
our issue, in the end, it’s not really
going to get anywhere.”
Moreover, the tuition increase in
B.C. is less than the Canadian aver-
age for the fourth straight year, ac-
cording to Corinna Filion, director
of communications for the Ministry
of Advanced Education and Labour
Advanced Development in B.C.
“I’ve heard from many student
groups and individual students. I
understand their concerns and stu-
dents are always top of mind when
we make decisions,” she said.

9 BALL, YOU KNOW

WHERE IT’S GOING.
A Western student
shoots a game of pool
at the Spoke Lounge
before Rick McGhie’s
first performance of
2010 last night. For-
mer Gazette editor-in-
chief Ravi Amarnath Interested
made the trek from
Kingston to see Rick’s in journalism?
performance and it’s a Gazette News has
good thing — all that
time spent at Queen’s openings for writers
resulted in our former
leader nearly forget-
and interns.
ting the words to Visit Rm. 263
“Western Road.” Luck-
ily, a few beer seemed
and talk to
to jog his memory. managing editor
Thanks for the visit big
Jaela Bernstien/Gazette guy. Jaela Bernstien

Time to hang up
the keys and celebrate!
Volunteer drivers across campus provided tens
of thousands of rides during the transit strike
through the Western Community Van, Share-A-
Ride, and Flag-A-Ride programs.

To thank and recognize the commitment of these

volunteers, Western is hosting a reception:

Tuesday, January 19
4 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Great Hall (Somerville House)

All volunteer drivers and riders are welcome to attend.

RSVP by emailing transitvolunteers@uwo.ca

www.uwo.ca
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Politicians
Reach Out
To Youth Airport security is overzealous
How is prohibiting reading material go-
Did you know?

Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff recently announced a plan ing to protect anyone? It seems to me a The Gazette looks back this week to
to visit university campuses across the country, following a You don’t person is more likely to bludgeon their en- 1979 when 370 Western students
trend amongst politicians in recent years. Are politico’s sud- emy with a cane than take over an aircraft from the faculty of education and
denly seeing the value of “getting in touch” with the
know Jac by threatening paper cuts. Even if security political science failed a survey
younger generation? Or is this simply another media stunt? Jaclyn Haggarty fears potential terrorists could hide from the University Students’
Opinions Editor weapons inside a book, scanners would Council that tested the partici-
It’s important to recognize the potential audiences be able to detect any hidden dangers, not pant’s knowledge of basic Canadi-
these tours can bring. While some of the attendants, espe- A good book can be dangerous. to mention a simple flip through the an history and culture.
cially on university campuses, will be made up of profes- A compelling story can consume your book would alert the personnel. The survey was an updated ver-
sors and local politicians, this will not necessarily com- thoughts and time, and there’s no guar- With technology advancing the way it sion of a similar quiz given to stu-
prise the majority. antee you won’t come out as a different is, it would make more sense to ban lap- dents at the University of Alberta
After all, many politicians have experiences that would person with a different perspective when tops and cell phones, since it would be in 1976. While Western students
make them interesting speakers in their own right. Even the book is through. easier to hide explosives inside the hard- only managed to answer 12.9 per
though many of these events may come off as preaching There’s no denying when a person ware. cent of the 25 questions correctly,
to the choir, they also carry the opportunity to attract the picks up a good book, they do so at their Nevertheless, as far as I am aware, no U of A students were only able to
open-minded and apolitical. These forums can also pro- own risk. aircraft has ever been taken over by answer 10.9 per cent.
vide an opportunity to address important issues in a non- However, I doubt the threat of self-dis- means of paperback. Among the alarming results,
partisan fashion, such as aboriginal issues. covery is the kind of danger Transport Although the most recent plot was 93.1 per cent of Western political
There is also something to be said for firing up the Canada was aiming to combat when they foiled before any innocent persons were science students could not identi-
base. A politician’s arrival on campus has the ability to announced pre-purchased books and seriously injured, the details of how a fy all of the Canadian provinces
motivate the younger members of the party to get the magazines were no longer permitted as flagged Nigerian student managed to re- and their capitals and 40 per cent
word out. Added bonuses can be seen if a sufficient buzz carry-on for aircrafts bound for the Unit- peatedly slip under the radar has left of all the participants could not
is developed on campus, which may attract students who ed States. many questioning the safety of our secu- name Canada’s Governor General.
aren’t necessarily as in-tune with politics. Yes, along with guns, bombs, drugs and rity system. However, despite being unable
Of course, politicians have to recognize university stu- unmarked shampoo bottles, airplane What’s more alarming is the man’s to answer most of the questions
dents only represent a small part of the youngest voting passengers are no longer permitted to own father had even attempted to alert pertaining to Canadian geography,
group. bring reading material on board if it has U.S. intelligence about his son being a history and art, almost all of the
The argument has been made that reaching out to a been purchased outside of the airport. possible terrorist threat and no actions students could name the previous
younger generation may be a pointless exercise. With the The ban follows the Christmas day were taken to investigate the matter fur- year’s Stanley Cup winner.
demographic representing one of the lowest voter bomber incident and is one of many ini- ther. It is evident the security protocol in
turnouts across the country, it is hard to see why a politi- tiatives meant to amp airport security and place failed the people as a whole, but it
cian would work very hard to court a non-voter. prevent any future incidents. was never a matter of airports allowing too
On the other hand, many young people are politically The fear of a second attack caused ma- many personal items on board.
minded – they just don’t necessarily vote. Barack Obama
has already shown the world the benefits to be had from
jor lineups, delays, cancellations and
most of all, frustration across North Amer-
While the bomb failed to cause much
destruction, the attack did manage to
Think
inspiring a younger generation. If other politicians make
more of an effort of reaching out and showing our gener-
ation how important we are to the political process, they
ica. In an attempt to get things back on
schedule, Transport Canada announced
their plan to ban almost all carry-on lug-
reignite the fear of terrorism in the West
and forced many to realize the threat is still
alive and well. And in the face of fear, peo-
you’ve got
will likely see similar bonuses.
Last election, some local MPs made an effort to speak
gage — with the exception of 13 key
items. Among these permissible items
ple are more inclined to give up certain
freedoms if they feel it will provide in-
what it
at high schools even though the vast majority of their
audience wouldn’t be able to vote for at least a few years.
But there’s something to be said for early outreach.
were coats, canes, musical instruments,
cameras, walkers, medical devices, iPods
and laptop computers, with books and
creased safety.
There is a loophole in the book ban,
however, that allows passengers to pur-
takes?
Attending a public talk by a politician puts a face to a magazines not making the final cut. chase books and magazines on the oth- Log on to
name and will create a more politically educated youth, While it’s hard to imagine airport se- er side of the security clearance. Meaning
which will hopefully lead to a recognition of the “youth curity actually following through with for those who depend on a good read to www.westerngazette.ca
vote” as a distinct voting group, with its own unique the threat, a spokesperson for Transport pass the time, there is still an option, grant- right now and
demands and concerns. Canada made the issue clear that “if it’s not ed they choose from the airport’s minimal
In the end, it really comes down to how the speaker on the list, it’s not allowed.” and often mindless selection.
take a quiz similar
chooses to frame their event. Students (and other young While I believe wholeheartedly public Books and magazines pose no threat to to the one so many
potential voters) will be much more likely to respond to safety should be a top concern, a line must national security, but by playing off the Western students
an open question period than a politician simply rehash- be drawn somewhere that divides legiti- public’s fear of terrorism, airports are able
ing a generic speech that ignores many issues of concern mate safety precautions from overzealous to limit what you can and cannot read. Not failed in 1979.
to youth. paranoia. to mention they get your money.

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ArtsEntertainment

By Gazette A&E works again embraced some well-

written shows by the end of the I t’s time to take a quick look back
at Hollywood’s hits and misses of

I t’s that time again — the time to

reflect on the good and the bad in
last year’s entertainment, and to
decade. Here are some favourites
launched in 2009…
Glee: What could be better than
2009. From hyped up science fic-
tion films to less than satisfying
romantic comedies, this past year
look ahead at what is to come. Here pubescent drama queens (and offered a variety of entertainment
is our list of the best and worst in kings) prancing around singing — both good and bad — from the
television, movies and music in Broadway show tunes and power world of film.
2009. ballads? According to the Holly-
THE FILMS WE WISH WE NEVER SAW… than satisfied, and not to mention
wood Foreign Press Association,
The Ugly Truth: This antici- great success at the box office.
not much –– the musical comedy
pated chick-flick was a major let Up: Cute and heart-warming,
has received four Golden Globe
down. There was a lot of hype sur- Up can be enjoyed by an eight-
nominations. Glee is taking a break
rounding the film, but the story- year-old girl, or her eighty-year-old
for now, but don’t fret. The kids
line and acting didn’t quite hit the grandfather. The movie was defi-
from McKinley High will be back on
mark, nitely on of the top animated film
the air in April.
Sorority Row: Bad acting was of the year.
Modern Family: Viewers got a
the root cause for this flop. Reality The Hangover: A witty script
taste of ABC’s hilarious new mock-
stars should stick to the small plus a good cast makes for a suc-
umentary near the end of 2009 and
screen in the future. cessful comedy. This summer flick
its high ratings ensured it’ll be stick-
Year One: A “comedy” that stars didn’t disappoint moviegoers.
NEW DIRECTIONS ing around through the new year.
Jack Black and Michael Cera seems Up in the Air: This is not your
Over the past With a format that’s The Office-
promising. This wasn’t the case for conventional romantic comedy.
decade, televi- meets-Arrested Development, Mod-
Year One, where the jokes were The unexpected twist was a bit un-
sion went ern Family follows three interrelat-
painfully unfunny and the story- settling, but the film had a smart
downhill. Real- ed families through their zany lives.
line was not clever in the slightest. script with a thought-provoking
ity shows from The hilarity is punctuated by some
Friday the 13th: Horror films message as well as a talented
Survivor to heartwarming moments, making
usually follow the same story, but cast.
American Idol these offbeat family units pretty
this remake had no new spin, and The Proposal: Sandra
r e i g n e d darn lovable –– and just like the rest
was too predictable to keep the au- Bullock, Ryan Reynolds
supreme, spawn- of us.
dience at the edge of their seats. and Betty White kept the
ing spinoffs and
copycats THE ONES WE WOULD SEE AGAIN… laughs going throughout
galore. Avatar: This film was the perfect this film. The story was
Thank- way to end the year. Its carefully original and had people go-
f u l l y, crafted script and mind-blowing ing to the theatre to see it a
net- special effects had audiences more second time.

OLD FAVOURITES RETURN Phoenix – Wolfgang Amadeus LET DOWNS

P icking the best music of the year

is always subjective, but the fol-
lowing albums stood out from the
rest.
The Good
Animal Collective – Merriweather
Post Pavilion
Released last January, this album
topped both Rolling Stone and
Pitchfork’s best of the year lists. The
group — known for their abstract
and often bizarre sounds — took
Merriweather Post Pavilion in a
more mainstream and pop-sound-
ing direction. Songs like “My Girls”
and “In the Flowers” satisfied old
fans and new listeners alike.
Metric – Fantasies
After a four year break, the
Canadian band released an all-
around enjoyable album featuring
catchy and danceable tracks like
“Help I’m Alive” and “Gimme Sym-
pathy” that quickly made their way
on to Canadian countdowns. The
album was also nominated for the
Polaris Music Prize in September.
Phoenix
This French band has been
around for almost a decade, but
finally found commercial success
with their latest release. “1901” and
“Lisztomania” are the most popu-
lar tracks and have made their way
onto the radio, but the whole
album is worth a thorough listen.
Jay-Z – The Blueprint 3
“Empire State of Mind” featur-
ing Alicia Keyes and “Young Forev-
er” featuring Mr. Hudson are prob-
ably the most commercially suc-
cessful tracks off Jay-Z’s latest
album. However, Hova’s other
songs don’t disappoint, and his
third installment of the Blueprint
trilogy is a solid effort and an enjoy-
able listen.
Brand New – Daisy
The alternative rock band’s
fourth album satisfied critics by
contrasting traditional sounding
Brand New songs like “At The Bot-
tom” with slower and subtler tracks
like “Jesus Christ” and “Daisy.”
There were also a couple albums
released this year by artists who
have been successful in the past,
but disappointed with their latest
attempt.
Rihanna – Rated R
After the incredible success of
her 2007 release Good Girls Gone
Bad, there were high expectations
for the Barbados popstar’s newest
CD. Although “Hard” is receiving
radio time, the album is a departure
from Rihanna’s usual dance tracks
and leaves fans wanting her to
return to her strengths.
Weezer – Raditude
Though the single “I Want You
To” is catchy and familiar, the vet-
eran Californian band’s latest is a let
down in comparison to previous
records. Most of the tracks are over-
ly pop-y and repetitive, and seem to
be aimed at a younger audience
rather than at the fans who have
stuck by Weezer throughout the
band’s career.
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IN THEATRES

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GLOOMY CLOONEY. Ryan Bingham (Clooney) is a lonely traveler content with his job of firing complete strangers in the Oscar contender Up In The Air, in theatres now.

Up in the Air makes Oscars’ final boarding call

Reitman’s latest succeeds with complex characters, relevancy
By Jonathan Forani Farmiga, Anna Kendrick, Jason director of Juno and Thank You for
Gazette Staff Bateman Smoking is back at the helm with
Up in the Air, firmly cementing his
It is safe to say Jason Reitman’s sta- place as one of the great directors
Up in the Air tus as a top-notch director is no of our day.
Directed by: Jason Reitman longer “up in the air” — if it ever Based on the Walter Kirn novel
Starring: George Clooney, Vera was. The acclaimed Canadian of the same name, Up in the Air fol-
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In the closing scenes — where
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residence life staff

Applications are invited from full-time undergraduate
students for the (live-in) positions of:

• Head Dons
Residence Dons

for the 2010-2011 academic year.

Members of the Residence Life Staff are
responsible for ensuring the overall aims of residence
life are achieved, and that these aims are in keeping
with the mission of Huron University College.
For more information about the positions and the
application process, please contact Ms. Sharon Robertson-
McKillop at 519 438-7224, ext. 202. Head Don
applications are due by 4pm Jan. 18, 2010. Don
applications are due by 4pm on Jan. 28, 2010.
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P8 THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 2010
Fairor foul?
Why the OUA won’t throw to women’s fastpitch
By Elton Hobson
Gazette Staff
The women’s fastpitch team is, in
many ways, just another one of
Western’s proud varsity teams.
Their exploits are reported
alongside campus mainstays like
football and baseball. Under the di-
rection of head coach Pete Lemon,
they went undefeated throughout
their regular season. They were ded-
icated, professional and did the
Mustang purple proud.
In many ways, they are the ideal
varsity team.
and institutions, the OUA is a regu-
latory body for the athletic pro-
grams rather than an independent
sanctioning and funding body. The
actual funding for various sports
comes from the schools themselves,
whose athletic directors decide with
a two-thirds majority which sports
will be inducted into the OUA.
It’s a matter of funding — both in
terms of financial and human re-
sources. Usually, it all comes down
to what the schools themselves are
willing to support.
Longstanding sports have a tra-
dition on school campuses and
draw significant interest, so it can
be hard to convince schools to take
a chance on a new sport.
Outside of funding, the OUA de-
velops and manages schedules, for-
mulates rules and regulations, hosts
coaches meetings, maintains an on-
line information outlet and data-
base for each sport and solicits
sponsorship and funding on the
teams’ behalf — essentially taking
care of everything a team would
have to deal with outside of the
game itself.
If your sport is one of the 40
sports sanctioned and regulated by
the OUA, winning is all you have to
worry about. If your sport is waiting
to get on the list, however, you have
to get creative.
“Our costs run between $20,000
to $25,000 a year,” Lemon explained,
Sports
Except that they’re not.
Not officially, anyway. That’s be-
cause fastpitch, like many other
sports, is not officially recognized
by Ontario University Athletics.
The OUA is the largest body of its
kind in Canada, and the primary
sanctioning and organizing body
for varsity sports in Ontario.
The level of competition, the
support and the possibilities for fur-
thering your career potential are
“unparalleled” according to OUA
executive director Ward Dilse. Still,
there are limits to what the OUA can
provide.
adding such a cost is worth it if it
means not cutting any corners.
“I could probably squeeze the
budget, cut costs and try to drive
that number down no matter what,”
Lemon said. “But that process
would mean sacrificing a level of
professionalism. I’m proud to say
this team is run like any profes-
sional varsity team.”
It’s a great sentiment, but that
still leaves $25,000 to come up with
each year. For Lemon and his team,
that means one thing — fundrais-
ing.
Being on this fastpitch team
means a commitment of far more
than just time on the diamond. It
also represents a commitment dur-
ing your off time, and in the off-sea-
son, to raising money to support
the team.
Consider that every player must
pay $300 at the start of the year, as
an OUA varsity athlete would be ex-
pected to do. And during the year,
every player must secure at least
$100 in sponsorship through the
Adopt-a-Mustang program.
“Our fundraising strategy is
based on the double goal of raising
money and raising awareness,”
Lemon explained. “We think we
have a fundraising model now that
really works.”
That dual commitment to rais-
ing both funds and awareness is key
for the team — as awareness of the
“In order to ensure that the indi-
vidual sports get the value and get
recognized appropriately, we can’t,
from a capacity standpoint, offer
any more sports than we already
do,” Dilse explained.
The OUA currently supports 40
different varsity sports, and getting
onto that list can be a difficult
process.
“When the sport of synchro-
nized swimming didn’t meet the
minimum threshold for participa-
tion it was dropped, and the sport of
baseball was brought in,” Dilse said.
“The addition of women’s golf has
team raises and their public profile
improves, so to does potential sup-
port. Positive word of mouth also
helps the sport in it’s slow push to
OUA legitimacy.
In the off-season, the team hosts
softball clinics for junior softball
teams in the London area, increas-
ing knowledge of the team locally
while providing a fun environment
for local kids to improve their skills.
This increased interest is evident in
the turnout at their home games.
Through Sport Western, the
team also hosts a softball training
camp that runs most of the sum-
mer.
“We’ve had teams come up from
Waterloo, Kitchener, even Kingston.
No one else that I know of offers
anything close in southern Ontario.
It draws interest from a lot of differ-
ent places,” Lemon said.
Still, the effort required to run
this camp is a sacrifice all the
women must make, according to
the Mustangs captain Siobhan
O’Connell.
“In the off-season, we run clinics
once a week for two hours, and
everyone is expected to dedicate
time to that,” O’Connell said. “For
the camp that we run in the sum-
mer, people have to come back
from out of town. I live in the GTA,
and coming back and forth can be
hard sometimes.”
Perhaps what’s most amazing is
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OUA
Recognized
Sports
Badminton (M & W)
been the only other movement in Baseball (M)
the OUA in the last decade.”
Patience is clearly a virtue when
applying for membership in the
Basketball (M & W)
OUA. Still, there may be a percep-
tion of the OUA as an arbitrary, self- Cross-Country (M & W)
sufficient judging body that decides
which sports to legitimize. That per- Curling (M & W)
ception is false, according to Dilse.
“[The OUA] certainly has no Fencing (M & W)
central funding body,” Dilse ex-
plained. “As far as a central decision Field Hockey (W)
making body, that would be the ath-
letic directors of the various schools
that make up the OUA.”
Figure Skating (W)
Made up of 19 member schools
Football (M)
Golf (M & W)
Hockey (M & W)
Lacrosse (W)
Nordic Skiing (M & W)
Rowing (M & W)
Rugby (M & W)
Soccer (M & W)
Squash (M & W)
Swimming (M & W)
Tennis (M & W)
Track & Field (M & W)
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Volleyball (M & W)
the lack of anger among the team
members at the OUA. Water Polo (M & W)
“Would I prefer to just coach? Of
course I would,” Lemon said. “But it Wrestling (M & W)
is what it is. I understand the prob-
lems facing the OUA and the obsta-
cles facing our team, and I recog-
nize that circumstances are the way
they are and we just have to do the
Women’s
best that we can.”
“Everyone knows how much it
costs.” O’Connell said in reference
Fastpitch
to the team’s yearly expense. “Every-
one has realized that if we don’t put
in the time and put in the effort, we
History
can’t have the kind of experience
and the kind of team we want.”
And so it goes, practice and play
’05 League Champions
Provincial Bronze
in the season — clinics, camps and
fundraising in the off-season. Such
is the cost of professionalism in the
sports world outside the OUA.
’06 League Champions
Provincial Gold
Ironically, the fundraising model
pioneered by Lemon and his team
has resulted in an interesting com-
promise proposal for OUA mem-
’07 League Champions
Provincial Silver
bership.
The OUA would recognize the
sport, sanction its championship,
organize its season — but the
fundraising would still be the re-
’08 League Champions
Provincial Gold
sponsibility of the team. The prece-
dent of the Western women’s soft-
ball team could serve as the
benchmark for a new system that
’09 League Champions
Undefeated
would see this sport and others like Regular Season
it get a nod of legitimacy from the Provincial Silver
OUA.