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AFRICENTRIC SCHOOL DEBATE

Alternative school aims todecrease drop-out ratesOld curriculum outdated and irrelevantto the black experience, PasternakBy Abid-Aziz LadhaniGazette Staff

The controversial Africentric Alter-native School, spearheaded by theToronto District School Board,experienced a jump in enrollmentnumbers just as the school official-ly opened.

According to May Moore, com-munications officer with the TDSB,approximately 150 students wereregistered to start at the AfricentricAlternative School as of Sept. 8. Asurge in enrollment was especiallyapparent in junior and seniorkindergarten.

“This will address a 40 per centdrop-out rate among black stu-dents,” Moore said, justifying whyan 11 - 9 majority of trustees votedto establish the school last year.“This is one of four new initiativesto address issues like this.”

According to James Pasternak,Ward 5 trustee with the TDSB andproponent of the school, one rea-son for a high dropout rate was“outdated and irrelevant curricu-lum to the black experience.”

The school, which will be opento all regardless of ethnic back-ground, aims to approach teachingwith a slightly altered curriculum.This includes lessons in black his-tory and culture.

“The school is teaching some ofthe same things, but differently,”

Moore added.“The research is showing we

really need to appreciate black cul-ture and history more,” MarianneLarsen, assistant professor at West-ern’s faculty of education, said.

However, one of the majorpoints of contention among thetrustees was the idea of makingamends to the curriculum current-ly taught in public schools ratherthan establishing the school. More-over, opposing trustees alsobrought up the notion that thereare other communities in whichstudents are underachieving.

“It’s important to note that thepush point came from the commu-nity, not the TDSB,” Moore said inresponse to the idea of a similarschool for other communities withthe same problems.

Despite the debate surroundingthe issue, Western and its affiliateuniversity colleges are in agreementon their admissions policy for stu-dents coming from ethnocentricschools.

“A grade from one school is thesame as a grade from another,” Mar-ianne Simm, the registrar at BresciaUniversity College, said. “All schoolsfollowing the Ontario high schoolcurriculum are evaluated equally.”

Lori Gribbon, director under-graduate recruitment and admis-sions at Western, echoes these sen-timents.

“We don’t discriminate againstany school at all if it is a ministry-approved school,” she said.

Whether or not the africenticschool initiative is of interest to offi-cials in London is still up for ques-tion. In fact, a discussion is yet to behad by the trustees on the ThamesValley District School Board.

“We are always willing to learnfrom successes in other jurisdic-tions, but there has been no desireexpressed by the Thames Valleycommunity to go in that direction,”Richard Hoffman, public affairsofficer with the TVDSB, said.

According to Hoffman, Londondoes not currently have anythingcomparable to Toronto’s africentricschool.

Moore also added the studentswill be safeguarded against the pos-sibility of a lack of exposure to thoseof other cultural backgrounds.

“Students share a facility withSheppard public school,” Mooresaid. “There will be plenty of oppor-tunities to work and play togetherwith the other students.”

Victoria Falana, third-year kine-siology student at Western, believesopponents to the idea are being mis-led and are unaware of its purpose.

“There is no African history orAfrican-Canadian history inschools,” Falana said. “The curricu-lum has been taught in a very euro-centric and Anglo-Saxon way.”

Salty students at riskUniversity diet troublesomeBy Meagan KashtyGazette Staff

According to a study publishedin the Canadian Medical Associ-ation Journal, Canadians areconsuming twice the recom-mended amount of sodium perday — a potentially hazardousamount of salt.

While high sodium diets area pressing concern for a growingnumber of medical experts,there is some apprehension asto whether the problem willreceive the urgent attentionsome believe to be necessary. Ahigh sodium diet can eventuallylead to high blood pressure,which can then lead to heartattacks, strokes and other car-diovascular diseases.

Anne Zok, nutrition managerfor Western Hospitality Services,confirmed the urgency placedon this issue is warranted.

“We need to put it on thepublic radar,” Zok said. “Weneed to push the food compa-nies. Once consumers knowhow much sodium is in a prod-uct, they will know how tochoose otherwise.”

Members of the federal sodi-um task force will meet this fallto discuss how to set sodium-reduction targets for food cate-gories. In order to do this, theforce will need the co-operationof food companies, as theirinvolvement in the projectwould be voluntary.

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NO HELMET AND RIDING WITH ONE HAND, THIS GUY IS THE MAN. Toronto councillor Michael Walker is propos-ing a law whereby all bicycle riders – including those over age 18 - would be required to wear a helmet.

Students skepticalof Toronto bike law

ON DISC

By Shreya Tekriwal and AlexRatzki-LeewingGazette Staff

Heated debate on mandating theuse of bike helmets could sooncome to London.

Michael Walker, a Toronto coun-cillor, has proposed bike riders overthe age of 18 should be required bylaw to wear helmets. Toronto citycouncil is currently studying theproposal, which Walker recom-mends be implemented province-wide.

His justifications for the propos-al were based on safety and equali-ty.

“This is for [the bikers’] own

safety […] It will also raise their pro-file and give them equal share of theroad,” Walker explained.

While Jim Crosscombe, execu-tive director of the Ontario CyclingAssociation, supported the currentlegislation regarding bike helmets,he did not believe this issue wasquite so easy to resolve.

“This is way more complicatedthan a simple answer. In our orga-nization helmets are mandatory,”Crosscombe said. However, he alsomentioned a helmet will not saveevery cyclist who gets into an acci-dent.

While some students agreed

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Brescia gets boldBrescia University College is stillkeeping its kick after 90 years of life.

The college launched a newbranding identity at its 90thanniversary opening celebration onMonday. The new brand will givethe college the opportunity to re-energize its focus and communi-cate its values of education withothers.

“It’s a promise that we’re makingto students, prospective studentsand our entire community that is acombination of our heritage atBrescia and the various character-istics of who we are and what wehave done over the past ninedecades,” Colleen Hanycz, princi-pal of Brescia, said.

According to Hanycz, Bresciahas never focused on a specificbrand identity before.

The new tagline of the collegewill be “Brescia Bold: Choose toLead” and its website features tes-taments on what being bold meansto various people in the Bresciacommunity.

“We worked with an externalconsultant, who held focus groupsand surveys for members acrossthe Brescia community — our stu-dents were very engaged in thisprocess as well as our staff, alumni,faculty and friends,” Hanyczexplained.

In addition to the launching ofthe new brand, Monday’s celebra-tion included an opening mass, acommunity barbeque and analumni recognition event.

“This can be seen as moving ina new direction for us,” Hanyczsaid.

— Allie Fonarev

CFA designation comes to Ivey

Students at the Richard Ivey Schoolof Business will soon have theopportunity to add another qualifi-cation to their degree.

Ivey has recently initiated a jointpartnership with the Toronto Char-tered Financial Analyst Institute.

The CFA Institute is globallyrecognized as a top investmentnon-profit agency. This mergerwill offer the Chartered FinancialAnalyst designation to Ivey stu-dents.

“The CFA oversees the well-rec-ognized gold standard of the invest-ment world,” Stephen Foerster,finance professor at the RichardIvey School of Business said. “It isan in-depth individual self-studyprogram and is recognized world-wide.”

The partnering programs will bebetween Ivey’s HBA undergraduateprogram and its MBA program.

“The partnership through theInstitute will allow the school torecognize the curriculum as beingtied to CFA standards,” said SaraPacella, manager external com-munication & member services ofthe Toronto CFA. “Part of the part-nership is to prepare students totake the official CFA exam,” sheadded.

The CFA will also be delegatingfunds towards five annual scholar-ships for students entering the firstlevel of the CFA program.

Scholarship recipients willreceive reduced CFA exam registra-tion fees as well as free programenrolment fees. As an added bonus,recipients will also be providedcomplimentary sample exams,webcasts and news briefs.

The Richard Ivey School of Busi-ness is the CFA’s second partner-ship in Ontario.

— Ruina Zhang

Bike riding not aprivilege, Chambers

with the proposed mandate, othersdid not feel the use of helmetswould make a major difference.

“I have been biking my entirelife and I have never had an acci-dent. If I had, a helmet would nothave helped,” Tony Shen, a first-year science student at Western,said. “People shouldn’t be reliant ona helmet [for safety]. They shouldbe cautious of surroundings andenvironment.”

Melanie Chambers, Westernprofessor and avid cyclist, support-ed the proposed legislation. “Itshould be mandatory because ifyou incur a head injury, it’s not likeany other part of your body. It’sirrevocable. The damage is muchmore serious.”

Although social science studentClive Feldman supported the man-date, he did not believe many peo-ple would follow the rules.

Additionally, while Chambersrealized the importance of helmets,she also mentioned enforcing thelaw may be difficult. She showedconcern that enforcement of the lawmay not be top priority for police.

“Police have better things to bedoing than stopping cyclists on theroad who are not wearing a hel-met,” Shen said.

However, Walker disagreed andsaid the police would have an easytime enforcing the new law ifpassed.

Officials must await results fromfurther studies before a definitivedecision can be made.

Chambers also pointed outbeing able to ride a bike throughthe city is not a privilege that shouldbe taken lightly.

“With the right and freedom [ofcycling] comes responsibility.”

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“Police have betterthings to be doingthan stopping cyclistson the road who arenot wearing a helmet.”

—Tony Shen,first-year student

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RENOVATED SPOKE REOPENS

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LET’S BREAK IT IN. The new spoke lounge – complete with pool tables and other things that belong in actual bars – re-opened last night, with RickMcGhie providing the soundtrack.

Scholars topay up forlibrary useU of T charging$200 for one year

By Shreya TekriwalGazette Staff

Beginning next month, the Univer-sity of Toronto will charge scholarsfrom other schools a fee for access-ing their academic collections.

Robarts Library, home to one ofNorth America’s largest academiccollections, will be freely accessibleonly to those affiliated with U of T.Scholars will be required to pay anannual fee of $200 ($95 for seniors)to gain access to the library’s col-lection.

“U of T has very reluctantly putthis fee in place […] We had to finda way to manage our costs andmaintain our acquisitions,” LaurieStephens, director of media rela-tions at the university, said.

Visiting researchers borrowedapproximately 80,000 items overthe course of last year, according toStephens.

The university has since madespecial arrangements for scholarsfrom other schools.

“They can pay for six months,which would cost $130 or threemonths for $80,” Stephens added.

Graduate students attendingother universities in Toronto willalso be impacted by the fee.

“From what I’ve heard — andnot only at York — this is going tobe problematic,” Nathan Cecckin,president of Graduate Students’Association at York University said.

Cecckin also noted efforts arebeing made to persuade U of T toeliminate the fees.

While scholars will be requiredto pay a fee when borrowing mate-rials from the library, Stephensmentioned the online interlibrarylending system will be available forresearchers at no charge.

“I do most of my research onlineand there is a lot already there forpeople to access and download,”Stephens added.

She also assured students at U ofT will not be affected by thischange.

In addition to 21 other universi-ty libraries, U of T is also a memberof the Ontario Council of Universi-ty Libraries.

While members of OCUL areconcerned about the change, theyhave not taken a stand on the insti-tution’s decision.

“It’s too early to say anything …we are looking at a lot of differentoptions,” Kathy Scardellato, execu-tive director of OCUL, said. “OCULhas not taken a position on this [sit-uation].”

The Africentric Alternative School in Toronto is under thegaze of Canadians as it nears the end of its first full week.The school is the first of its kind in Canada and controver-sy has surrounded it since it was first proposed.

It is not difficult to see why there is a perceived need foran africentric school in Canada. Numerous studies havepointed to an abundance of primarily Western-basedCaucasian material in the public school curriculum. Inthis environment, an alternative teaching method coulddo much to reduce drop-out levels and increase interestin school.

But at the same time it should be noted how termingthe school “africentric” can skew the issue — making itone of race as opposed to the deeper and much harder tosolve issue of class. Whereas students in affluent boroughsof Toronto have more opportunities both in terms ofafter-school programs and summer learning, those in thepoorer areas are left to their own devices.

Still, even though this may be a class issue, a curricu-lum geared towards a specific ethnic group is not a newthing in Canada. Religious schools, bilingual programsand schools aimed at teaching Native culture have allbeen a reality in Canada for many years now, so directingeducation in this way is hardly innovative.

One fair criticism of the school is how the “africentric”title may give some the impression of exclusivity. Howev-er, it is important to note the school is open to all ethnicgroups. Additionally, the school is limited to juniorkindergarten to grade five, meaning students gain a solidgrounding in their own culture early on, but are also ableto integrate later in their education.

But as always, a slippery slope argument can be raised.Why not continue to create specialized schools for all cul-tures? The problem is that type of practice isolates cul-tural groups, robbing young students of the multicultur-al experience Canada has embraced. A simpler solutionwould be integrating the new program into mainstreamcurriculum by offering special courses such as black his-tory.

In reality one needs to look at the true purpose of thisschool’s creation — to lower drop-out rates. The currentsolutions ignore the larger issue: As it currently stands pri-mary education is not tailored to students and relies oncenturies-old teaching methods.

While there are numerous reasons why students dropout, such as a lack of parental involvement in educationor a curriculum ignorant of other cultures, only throughtrue reformation of educational approaches will drop-outrates finally decline.

For more information on Toronto’s africentric school,please see Page 1.

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With another school year comes anoth-er installment of the annual clubs weekand volunteer fair in the University Com-munity Centre — and like every yearbefore, two trends become painfullyclear.

As always, optimistic first-year stu-dents are eager to sign up for everything,unaware of how difficult their courseloads will be after the first weeks of Sep-tember. Although full of good intentionsand genuine enthusiasm, they will soonrealize they just can’t be involved ineverything the school has to offer.

And then there are the upper year stu-dents. With graduation on the horizon,they have realized it’s time to start think-ing about job and graduate school appli-cations. They are facing the harsh real-ization their resumés are empty exceptfor high school community service hoursand a couple summers spent working ata golf course.

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It’s unfair to those who put a lot oftime and effort into a cause when some-one says they are willing to commit buthas no intention of coming through.Even worse are those who cite an orga-nization on their resumé when allthey’ve done is put their name on thesign-up sheet.

Although I’m sure many clubs requir-ing members to pay a registration feehave no problem with profiting from theno-shows, you’re really only cheatingyourself when you fail to sincerely givegetting involved a chance.

Obviously time restrictions canbecome a problem as the school yearprogresses. It’s extremely difficult to bal-ance classes, readings, jobs and a fullroster of extracurricular activities.

That’s why it is important studentsthink hard before they agree to committo any organization this year. Think real-istically about the amount of time youcan give once school becomes moreintense and be sure you are selecting acause, activity or organization that youtruly enjoy and believe in.

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Clubs week not a free for all

You don’tknow JacJaclyn HaggartyOpinions Editor

With the new and fully licensed Spoke open for business, the Gazette looks backto 1989 this week, when The Spoke reopened with what was considered to be anew and improved look.

The Spoke — at that time a fully licensed pub — was revamped at by the Uni-versity Students’ Council for an approximate total of $15,000 - $18,000.

Upgrades included new bar furniture and a paint job. The old furniture wasapparently abused to the point where it was a safety concern for student patrons;however, any salvageable furniture was sold to eager students.

Over a decade later The Spoke reopened the doors once again, but without afull liquor license, sporting the lounge motif it had until this week.

To the editor:The Western Bookstore in the UCC hasstarted a program which violates pre-cisely what it purports to stand for?

The bookstore has been handing outhundreds, perhaps thousands of whatthey call “eco-logical” reusable bags forfree, in front of the store, rather than sell-ing them by the tills as they used to. Iunderstand the product is free, andmany students are quick to grab freeitems, but students should really thinktwice about accepting these bags if theywill only add to a growing collection theymay already have at home.

We are all aware of the trend of capi-talizing on the environmental move-ment, but how can the employees andstudents of Western pretend we are recy-cling and saving when we are just creat-ing more and more of these bags?

When a student comes to campuswith the plan to buy some books, theyshould make a point to bring a bag withthem. And if, for whatever reason, theydon’t have one when they make a pur-chase, then — and only then — shouldthey be given a free reusable bag. Theycan be handed one at the cash as a niceenviro-gesture from the bookstore.

At the table where they are handingout these ridiculous bags, they are alsocollecting the email addresses of stu-dents for a mailing list, which I am guess-ing will advertise bookstore sales andpromotions. The bookstore is passing offa method of flash advertising and sellingit as an eco-friendly giveaway.

This is not cutting down on resourcesat all, but is rather a blatant waste ofresources. I am not against reusingthings; I think it’s great. I have tons ofthese bags, in fact more than I’d everneed because I keep getting free ones.

—Alanna Mager, English IV

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SODIUM INTAKE CITY HALL

“Often people will say thatthey never add salt to the foodthey make, but they often don’trealize that the processedfoods we buy already containsalt,” Jocelyne Bellerive, a co-ordinator of Blood PressureCanada, said.

Students in particular can fallinto the trap of not knowing howmuch salt goes into their food.

“[Western Hospitality Ser-vices] try to be more healthy Ithink, but I’m more inclined tobuy something else,” MeganProvost, a fourth-year kinesiol-ogy student, said. “We do havea lot of packaged stuff, buteverything except the salad barhas a pretty high sodium con-tent.”

Despite student concerns,Zok assured Hospitality Servicesis making its best efforts to pro-vide healthier alternative to stu-dents.

“There have been very posi-tive changes,” Zok said. “We’relooking at foods that undergoless processing and that’s wherewe want to head. Foods thatcontain less preservatives andadditives.”

Students looking to be moreconscious about the food theyare consuming cannot simply

depend on food producers forinformation. Zok acknowl-edged it is the students’responsibility to be aware ofwhat they are eating.

“I would say [students]need to start educating them-selves about food labels,” LenPiche, Western professor andregistered dietician, said.“They are going to have tostart asking some questionswhen they go out to eat and totry to get some idea about howmuch sodium they are con-suming.”

He also pointed out the foodindustry does in fact provide thisinformation already, so it is bothavailable and accessible.

Zok reiterated, “awareness isour consumers’ best tool.”

However, Piche showed con-cern that increasing publicity ofthis issue should not persuadepeople to cut salt out complete-ly.

The elimination of salt fromone’s diet would mean an elimi-nation of iodine — an elementrequired to help the bodymetabolize.

Rather, there is a consensusCanadians should make a con-scious effort to decrease theamount of sodium they con-sume by being aware of theproducts they eat.

By Allie FonarevGazette Staff

Though London is tightening itsbelt today, it does so while stockingits pantry for tomorrow.

Board of Control membersreceived an overview of City Hall’sfinancial situation as it stands in thepresent economic climate. Thereports stressed the need fordepartments to reduce costs wher-ever possible to offset the increasedsocial welfare costs the city expectsto acquire this year from deepeningunemployment.

“More and more people will beon welfare this year — we’re paying20 per cent of those costs which is alarge portion of the budget,” TomGosnell, deputy mayor, said.

“At the same time, there is lesseconomic development opportuni-ties [available for the city],” headded. This has led to many depart-ments to report deficits due todecreased revenues.

However, Gosnell noted thesocial costs will be transferred tothe provincial government in 2010and hoped to see more of anupswing in business and buildingactivity in the near future.

“I’ve been advocating the cityhas to turn its attention to job cre-ation, working with both privateand non-profit sectors,” Gosnellsaid.

Gosnell stressed focusing thecity’s available budget on grantingfunding for projects that leverageinvestment, growth and jobs. Onesuch project which will be fundedis Goodwill Industry’s new $11.6million redevelopment site.

“We have 2.5 acres of land atHorton Street and WellingtonStreet where we currently operateand have a community store, butthat’s in a very decrepit buildingin a very declining neighbor-hood,” said Michelle Quintyn,president and chief executive offi-cer of Goodwill Industries,Ontario Great Lakes.

According to Quintyn, the newfacility will create jobs, help to revi-talize a declining area and get sig-nificant gains in the return oninvestment for the city.

The Upper Thames River Con-servation Authority will also receivefunding from the city’s share of thefederal stimulus package which setoff these construction projects.

UTRCA has been working forthree years to replace its old com-munity administration center thatis an inadequate size for its numberof staff.

“The building, if everythinggoes forward, will be very environ-mentally friendly … we’re lookingfor a showcase piece in sustain-able buildings,” Chris Harrington,co-ordinator of planning and

research, said.According to Gosnell, projects

such as these not only create jobs inthe short run, but will also bring innew business and building in thearea in the future.

“We’ve put a lot of effort on debtreduction, pay as you go financialprojects, looking at ways to elimi-nate overhead expenses [and] gen-erate new sources of revenue,” Gos-nell said.

Though some services, such aspolice and emergency servicesmaintain high costs, Gosnellremained pleased with the city’shandling of tough economic times.

“[Financial downturn] is not anissue — the city has been retiringsubstantial amounts of debt. Wemay have to slow it down but we’regood,” he assured.

The optimistic air suggests a fullbelly for London’s financial stock inthe future.

“The city will try to leverage theirsupport for those who are seekingprojects … our economy won’t staylike this forever, things will turnaround eventually,” Quintyn said.

“[Additionally], the reports camein from June 30 so there’s sixmonths more of reporting to comein,” Gosnell suggested. “Who couldforecast the future? We’re in verygood shape — one of the highestcredit ratings of any municipality inthe country.”

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Projected welfare burdenforcing City to cap spending

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Campus galleries host LOLA’s gala kickoff tonightContemporary artists explore landscapes and experiment with light

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By Adam SzymanskiGazette Staff

Two of Canada’s foremost contem-porary artists — Michael Snow andRobert Youds — display their latestworks of art on campus tonight asa part of the London Ontario LiveArts Festival’s opening night gala.

The McIntosh Gallery will dis-play Snow’s Condensation: A CoveStory, which marks the start of thisyear’s LOLA Festival. An hour later,the gala moves over to the ArtlabGallery, for Youds’ Jesus Green Tofi-no Sunset installation.

The experimental artists workwithin different mediums, but bothmanipulate time and space to pro-voke new ways of understandingand interacting with natural land-scapes and man-made environ-ments.

Condensation: A Cove Story is athree-meter, high-definition projec-tion of a natural landscape. A digi-tal camera was used to take a photoevery 10 seconds, resulting in thou-sands of photographs that trackedthe landscape’s weather patterns.Snow then turned the collection ofphotographs into moving images,compressing time in the process.

“I wanted to record what hap-pened to the image itself as theweather changed.”

The projection does much morethan monitor the weather. It raisesquestions about how we perceiveour natural environment and howthat environment can be represent-ed through new media. “What yousee are images that are modified,”Snow says. “In a sense, it’s not real-ly showing what happens there.This isn’t like that — it’s selection,”he explains.

Snow has worked with newmedia throughout his career, andwith this exhibit he chose to exper-iment with Blu-Ray technology. Hechose this medium in part becauseof the detail it brings out in theimage and also because he hastaken an interest in the technolo-gy’s capabilities.

“It’s more about the mediumthan the subject in that certain[effects] are possible only [through aparticular] medium,” he says.

Acting Director of the McIntoshGallery Judith Rodger is pleasedLOLA opens with Snow and stresseshis significance as an international-ly recognized artist and GovernorGeneral’s Award winner. “He has ahuge presence in the annals ofCanadian art history because he wasso far ahead of his time,” she says.

A number of factors help toaccount for Snow’s artistic achieve-ments. “It’s the theme of innovationand being interested in avant-gardefilm at a time when not a lot of peo-ple were interested,” Rodgerexplains. “He has always been inter-

ested in the new.”There has been a long relation-

ship between Snow and Western.“We have been a supporter of hiswork from very early on,” Rodgersays. The McIntosh Gallery firstpurchased his art in 1968, longbefore he was widely recognized.

Another artist who embraces avariety of materials in his work isVictoria’s Robert Youds. His latestwork, Jesus Green Tofino Sunset useslight and its interaction with every-day objects to examine notions oftime and space.

“The objects are images and theimages are objects. That’s the illu-sory nature of the light, how it playson those objects,” Youds says. “It’s acollection of a contemplative

notion of time.”Youds’ work touches on some of

the most foundational questions ofaesthetics. “I am still very interestedin what constitutes a picture,” hesays.

Jesus Green Tofino Sunset is alsodependent on the space of the artgallery itself, which differs fromother areas where his work hasbeen displayed. Youds cites theheight of the Artlab and its utilitydoors as potential challenges.

“Artlab is a very interestingspace,” he says. “It has some issuesbut I’m interested in embracingthose issues. Just about everygallery at a university institutionhas those kinds of challenges.”

Youds was trained as a painter

but eventually he started to incor-porate light and space into hiswork, resulting in three-dimension-al installations. “I never gave up onpainting. My interest in physicalspace started coming into thework,” he says.

The changing environment ofhis work results in different lightingand use of space — and an alto-gether different experience.

“[Youds] is an artist that is verymuch in tune with the use of spaceand how light changes a space orthe subject matter,” says PaulWalde, LOLA artistic director.

“You can experience the lightone way in the morning and it maybe different in the evening. I likethat durational aspect,” Youds adds.

“[Michael Snow] has ahuge presence in theannals of Canadianart history because hewas so far ahead of histime.”

—Judith Rodger, McIntosh Gallery Acting Director

“[Robert Youds] is anartist that is verymuch in tune withthe use of space andhow light changes aspace or the subjectmatter.”

—Paul Walde, LOLA Festival Artistic Director

LIGHTEN UP, IT’S LOLA. Robert Youds we be present at the Artlab Gallerytonight, along with his colourfully lit artwork

Condensation: A Cove Story

By Maddie LeznoffGazette Staff

The members of Akron/Family areknown for putting on one of thebest live shows around, and theyjust so happen to be hitting themain stage at the London OntarioLive Arts Festival this weekend,ready to impress.

The band’s reputation as anenergetic and engaging live act is aresult of their unique groupdynamic, ability to improvise onstage and use of a wide range ofinstruments.

What sets them apart as a groupis that members Miles Seaton,Dana Janssen and Seth Olinskydon’t really have defined roles with-in the band.

“It just kind of came about natu-rally,” Seaton explains. “We all playthe instruments and we’re all musi-cal. Any one of us three could leadthis band.”

This attitude allows the group —who just recently shrunk from afour person act to a trio — to bespontaneous on stage and connectwith their audience. For Seaton,that’s the real goal.

“I remember being young andgoing to shows,” he says. “It wasalways just a better show if you feltengaged — if you felt like you werepart of something.”

It’s not only the Akron/Familyshow that’s unique, but it’s alsotheir sound. They have incorpo-rated a variety of instrumentsinto their music, from steeldrums to the banjo, which asSeaton points out, “you don’t heartoo often anymore.”

Their willingness to push theenvelope and create new sounds iswhat has the band labelled as“experimental,” which can some-times be a deterrent for new listen-ers. Seaton, however, isn’t too con-cerned.

“Well, we are experimental,” hesays. “I guess we do use a lot of dif-ferent instruments.”

“But I mean, I’d rather be classi-fied as ‘experimental’ than indie-rock,” Seaton adds with a laugh.

Indie-rock wouldn’t be a total

stretch for Akron/Family, whodespite the Ohio reference in theirname are actually based in Brook-lyn, New York. However, the band’sfolk-infused sound, gospel-likevocals and use of instruments likethe previously mentioned banjo,make Akron/Family sound likethey hail from the South ratherthan the infamous Brooklyn indie-rock music scene.

Regardless of how they’re classi-fied, Akron/Family is definitelyready to rock the main stage atLOLA. After releasing their latestalbum Set ‘Em Wild, Set ‘Em Freethis past May, the trio has beentouring and playing a variety ofvenues, from clubs to festivals.

Last week they played Bumber-shoot — Seattle’s Music & Arts Fes-tival — alongside acts like the YeahYeah Yeahs, Katy Perry and LOLAalumni Holy Fuck. As Seatonexplains, the festival atmosphere isenjoyable for the musicians as wellas the audience.

“Playing festivals is greatbecause it’s a more intimate set-ting,” he says. “We get the chance toplay different venues and some-times they’re open air. We can alsocheck out other shows on the dayswhen we’re not playing and we canhang out with friends in otherbands.”

Akron/Family is especially excit-

ed to be playing the LOLA festivalagain, after having been part of the2007 line-up.

“We were really excited whenour agent told us that we wereasked back,” Seaton says. “LOLA isgreat because it’s free and we get toplay for people like students whomight not otherwise come to one ofour shows. Hopefully a lot of youngpeople come see us who wouldn’tnormally.”

On that note, the band has onesimple instruction to pass ontotheir audience.

“Tell people to bring their trum-pets, bells, whistles — whateverthey have — we’ll make somenoise,” Seaton says.

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What better way to showcase Lon-don’s local talent than to exposethem to Western’s student body?

Monday night was the openingof the Alternative Venue Series, puton by the Open House Arts Collec-tive, and the show was a great suc-cess.

As an organizer of Monday’sevent, Stuart Thompson’s goal wasto give Western students a taste ofLondon’s local music scene.

“We have to create the scene wewant, and hosting an AlternativeVenue Series is just the thing to getpeople excited about London artand music,” he said. “We can bringmusic to people on campus whodon’t know what the London musicscene is like. They might think it’scover bands or karaoke-style bands,but London’s got incredible originaltalent.”

The event — held at The Wave —opened at 9:30 p.m. with Olenkaand the Autumn Lovers. Theyplayed a 45-minute set and had theseated crowd on their feet by thelast couple songs.

A Horse and His Boy was thesecond band to hit the stage withtheir electronic-experimentaltunes. The five-man band is set toopen the London Ontario Live ArtsFestival this Friday.

“This was sort of a ‘pass thetorch’ moment for A Horse and HisBoy because while Olenka openedlast year’s LOLA, AHAHB are open-ing this year,” Thompson said.

“They’re more experimental, heav-ier, and are getting a lot of attentionlately. They’re definitely a band onthe up and are worth watching.”

It can be difficult to get studentson campus exposed to the localmusic scene, especially when a lotof them don’t know what it reallyhas to offer. However, the turnouton Monday shows there are stu-dents who are interested in Lon-don’s music scene and want to bemore exposed to it.

“I think it just shows that there’sdefinitely an audience at Westernfor quality local music. The ‘down-town’ scene doesn’t connect verymuch with the campus, and theUniversity Students’ Council andWestern needs to recognize thebenefits of connecting with them. Idon’t think they truly have yet,”Thompson said.

Another important way for localbands and musicians to showcasetheir talent is through sponsorship.

“From my perspective, just as anorganizer, it makes all the differ-ence to have small local sponsor-ships and partnerships for showslike festivals or large free shows likethe one at The Wave,” Thompsonadds.

Events like Monday’s are a goodway to draw people together andprovide students with a taste ofsomething new. Free music eventson campus act as an effective wayto preview the type of stuff that is

really out there.“Since our goal was reaching

Western students, it was anabsolute success. I saw so manynew faces — people who were justeager to see what we had to offer,”Thompson said. “We always talkabout this ‘a-ha’ moment whenpeople new to the scene go to alocal show. But there’s really goodmusic happening in London rightnow. It’s the city’s best-kept secret.”

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London musician attacked in Winnipeg

Sarah Smith, lead singer of The Joyswas badly beaten by a woman shemet in a Winnipeg bar last Friday.

Smith, originally from London,has recently been in Winnipegrecording an album. She had decid-ed to take a break with band mateKevin Komatsu to grab a beer,where they met two young menand a woman who asked them fora ride home after the bar closed.

Komatsu, who was driving thecar, pulled over for a pit stop at a gasstation when the woman began toelbow Smith in the face. She thenhijacked the car, leaving the twomen behind. Smith was dragged toa condo complex where she wasbeaten, but eventually escaped.

The suspect, Rebecca Flett, 27,was later found and arrested.

Lawsuit against Coldplay settled out of court

U.S. guitarist Joe Satriani sued theband Coldplay over a copyrightinfringement last year. The lawsuithas now been settled.

The lawsuit, filed in December2008, claimed Coldplay used por-tions from Satriani’s song “If I CouldFly” — released in 2004 — for theirtrack “Viva la Vida.”

A California district court filewas published Monday stating thecase has been dismissed.

The settlement was reachedbehind closed doors and no detailshave been released to the public asof yet.

However, it is being reported theagreement includes Coldplay nothaving to admit to purposely usingany parts of Satriani’s track.

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8 p.m. Michael Gibson Gallery, 157 Carling StreetOpening Reception for AganethaDyck,Collaborating in the Darkness

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Slim TwigContempt! Paper Bag Records

Slim Twig is a Toronto-based exper-imental musician who writes, com-poses and mixes his own music,with a little help from his friends.

Contempt! is his third studioalbum and is anything but main-stream. It features low-fi production,electronic tendencies and punk-likevocal qualities comparable to JoyDivision.

This album is not easy to listento if you aren’t one for clashingsounds and drum machines. SlimTwig went overboard with the elec-tronic and studio effects near theend of his tracks, including screech-es and other miscellaneous noises.The haunting undertones compa-rable to a classic horror film’ssoundtrack tie the whole albumtogether.

Slim Twig’s tormented songsdeal with his own demons, as wellas those surrounding him. He sticksto this theme throughout the entirealbum, holding together the dis-tressed sounds of clashing noisesand words. His rap-inspired ram-bling poetic lyrics accentuate theunearthly nature of this album,complementing both the soundsand the content.

The track organization of thealbum is well done — just asyou’re fed up with the noise andlack of melody he switches gears.Slim Twig has a real sense of hisown music and style. His keen earand passion for the cutting edgemakes Contempt! much morethan a racket.

Overall, Contempt! is very wellassembled and composed. Thealbum is a fresh and admirableeffort capable of forming its veryown genre of music.

— Jesse Bondar

Vaughn MartinAs some of you will remember,Martin was a standout defensivetackle for the Western Mustangsfootball team last season. Afterhelping the team advance all theway to the Vanier Cup, Martindecided it was time to move onwith his career.

He started the off-season bydoing the unthinkable: declaringhimself eligible for the 2009 Nation-al Football League Draft. With anagent signed on, Martin set up a “proday” for a few NFL teams to comewatch him workout and practice.

As time passed by, more andmore teams became interested,including the Indianapolis Coltsand the San Diego Chargers.When the draft came around,Martin was picked by the Charg-ers early in the fourth round. Inthe process, he became the firstCanadian underclassman to bedrafted into the NFL.

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tin went into training camp com-peting against multiple defensivelinemen for one of only six spots onthe team. Despite those odds, Mar-tin eventually saw his hard workpay off when the Chargers signedhim to a four-year deal. He madethe team as the backup to stardefensive end Luis Castillo.

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The National Hockey Leaguepreseason is well underway.Tonight, a sold out John LabattCentre welcomes the Philadel-phia Flyers and the TorontoMaple Leafs.

In what has become a yearlytradition, the Flyers return toLondon for the sixth time toopen their preseason schedule.Last season, Philly took on theNew York Islanders, winning 4-0.

The Flyers have enjoyedsome success during their visitsto London, winning three of fivegames they have played.

The Leafs, on the other hand,are in the middle of a rebuildingstage. Luckily for fans, thatmeans several new players willbe looking to make their debut,including all-star defencemanFrancois Beauchemin. Unfortu-nately, highly touted Torontogoaltender Jonas Gustavsson isunlikely to play after undergoingsuccessful heart surgery earlierthis week.

The game will be a home-coming of sorts for Flyer JeffCarter and Leaf Mike Van Ryn asboth were born and raised inLondon. Carter, one of the NHL’sbest young players, establishedhimself last year with 84 points,putting him 12th in the scoringrace.

Van Ryn recorded 11 pointslast year, before injuries endedhis season. He is hoping toemerge as one of the Leafs topblue-liners this season.

It will also be the first timeLondoners will get to see rookieNazem Kadri in the blue andwhite. Kadri, the seventh overallpick in the 2009 NHL draft,spent his last junior season as amember of the London Knights.

For those who can’t make itto the game, follow our live blogat www.westerngazette.ca.

Steve NashKudos are in order for CaptainCanada himself — Steve Nash —for knowing when his time is up.

Nash made Phoenex Suns fansvery happy this past July when hesigned a two-year contract exten-sion with the team — likely the lastcontract the 35-year-old will eversign.

The two-time NBA most valu-able player has made a number offorays into other ventures in thepast couple of years that have effec-tively set him up for life after thegame.

He’s financed and judged a guer-rilla film festival, which focuses onusing social media and basic equip-ment — even camera phones are

encouraged — to produce films.He’s been a major player in thedrive to bring a Major League Soc-cer franchise to his hometown ofVancouver. He’s taken his charity —The Steve Nash Foundation — tonew heights affecting the lives ofthousands of children who havebeen the victims of poverty andabuse in both British Columbia andPhoenix.

See, Nash doesn’t plan on takingadvantage of his sport and its fansby selfishly mulling over his futurethroughout a season or retiring andun-retiring repeatedly like BrettFavre, Michael Jordan and MatsSundin. Nash, a truly classy indi-vidual on and off the court, knowswhen it’s his time to go.

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Kim ClijstersA tip of the hat to the 2009 U.S.Open women’s tennis champion. In2007, the former number oneranked player retired from thegame at the age of 23, due tonumerous injuries to her wrist, hipand back.

After two years of retirement, Cli-jsters played a few exhibitionmatches with former tennis greatsSteffi Graf, Andre Agassi and TimHenman, during which time she felther desire to compete return. Short-ly afterward, she announced shewould be making her comeback,culminating in her appearance as awild card in the U.S. Open.

In her first two tournaments,Clijsters performed very well,

knocking off four of the top 20 play-ers in the world en-route to a quar-ter-final appearance in Cincinnatiand a third round match in Toron-to’s Rogers Cup.

At the U.S. Open, Clijsters easilydefeated her first three opponents,setting up a match against thirdranked Venus Williams. After losingthe second set 0-6, Clijsters pulledthrough in the deciding set to makethe quarter-finals. She would notlose another set in the tournament,defeating 18th seed Li Na, secondseed Serena Williams and ninthseed Caroline Wozniacki.

In the process, Clijsters becamethe first wildcard to win the Openand the first mother to win a GrandSlam since 1980.

Kim Clijsters

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Serena WilliamsA wag of the finger towards SerenaWilliams after her outburst duringher semifinal match at the U.S.Open. After losing the first set toKim Clijsters, Williams found herselfdown 6-5 in the second set. Whileserving in the 12th game of the set,she faulted her first serve and wascalled for a foot fault on her secondserve, awarding Clijsters matchpoint.

Although Williams may havehad good reason to complain, theway she went about it was inex-cusable. Instead of going back tothe match she was supposed to becompeting in, she threatened the

judge, screaming out, “If I could, Iwould take this fucking ball andshove it down your fuckingthroat.” She also let her anger getthe best of her when she smashedher racket.

Williams eventually calmeddown, but by this point, the judgesfelt the need to discuss the matter.They decided the threats warrant-ed a point penalty, which gave Cli-jsters another point, and in turn,the match.

Again, while she may have hadreason to complain, the way she didit was inexcusable. A professional ofover 10 years should know betterthan to issue threats.

Michael JordanDuring his hall of fame inductionceremony last week, Michael Jor-dan took arrogance to a new level.

A crowd of hundreds at the cer-emony watched a 10-minute videofeaturing some of Jordan’s mostincredible hilight reel plays, backedby praise from some of the NBA’sgreatest and most influential fig-ures talking about how good hewas. However, after the graciousintroduction, Jordan refused to behumble, and went on the offensivewhen he hit the podium.

His acceptance speech quicklydissolved into a childish, score-set-tling diatribe in which Jordantaunted and insulted his formerpeers like Bryon Russell, Jeff VanGundy and Magic Johnson. Theygot off easy.

In a classless move Kanye Westcould only hope to aspire to, Jordanpaid airfare and accommodationfor his former high school coachwho cut him from the team whenhe was a sophomore and the playerwho was chosen for the final rosterspot over him, just so he could callthem out from the stage.

“I wanted to make sure youunderstood you made a mistake,dude,” Jordan taunted from thepodium.

There’s no ‘I’ in team, but there’scertainly an ‘I’ in conceited.

Dany HeatleyDespite being only one year intothe six-year contract extension hesigned in 2007, Dany Heatley wasso unhappy in Ottawa this past yearhe requested a trade.

Fine. We’re not surprised aboutthat, Dany. Frankly, this sort ofthing happens all the time in sports.Players become disgruntled withtheir coach, their teammates, thecity or any other litany of reasonsthat would make them want to skiptown. It has happened before and itwill happen again. Our problemwith Heatley lies in the way he’shandled it.

By taking his misery to the media,Heatley essentially handcuffed theSenators organization. When 29other teams in the league know thatyou are being forced to dump a play-er, it makes it nearly impossible toreceive fair compensation.

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FANCY YOURSELF A FOOTBALLER, MATE? The Mustangs men’s soccer team beat Laurier 2-0 on Sunday to improve their record to 1-0-1. They travel to York on Saturday to play thenumber one ranked Lions who are the defending Canadian Interuniversity Sport champions.

By Tom ClementsGazette Writer

Tensions were high as the WesternMustangs men’s soccer team metthe Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawkson the first weekend of OntarioUniversity Athletics season play.

With memory of last year’s OUAsemifinals in mind, in which West-ern was defeated by Laurier 4-3after a penalty shootout, it was clearthe Mustangs approached Sunday’sgame at TD Waterhouse stadiumwith eager anticipation and wererewarded with a 2-0 victory. Therivalry was noticeable both on andoff the pitch.

“We have a young team and wehad to explain to some of [the

newer players] that this is animportant rival,” Mustangs headcoach Paco Barnett explained. “Ithink we responded very well.”

The Mustangs got off to a greatstart with midfielder Ryan Avola —a former Hawks player — scoringjust two minutes into the first half,with a low shot to the corner after aquick counter attack.

“We were a little bit intimidatedto start,” Laurier assistant coachJorden Feliciano said. “It was thefirst weekend and we had a lot ofrookies debuting. It was an eye-opener for us.”

The Mustangs continued topressure Laurier throughout thehalf and were rewarded with a sec-ond goal at the 30-minute mark

from veteran Mark Pocrnic. Thetwo goals ended up providing allthe offence Western would need.

Laurier came out of the gate inthe second half with plenty of ener-gy, but the stout Mustangs defencewas able to fend off their attack.

“We played a lot better in thesecond half. We made some per-sonnel changes and settled down,”Feliciano said.

Western goalkeeper KostaViglatzis’ aggressive style was espe-cially vital to keeping the GoldenHawks from scoring.

At times the rivalry between theteams got the better of the playersand the referee was forced to dishout a number of fouls. Heated dis-cussions also flared between the

supporters in the stands as conflictunfolded on the pitch.

Mustangs Paul D’Amario andDaniel Baxa received yellow cards,while three Golden Hawks werealso carded.

“Perhaps the referee didn’t do agreat job,” Barnett said after thegame. “I was pleased that the teamdidn’t shy away from physical playand glad that the team kept itscomposure for the most part.”

Western has opened the seasonundefeated. Pocrnic said he waspleased with the team’s perfor-mance thus far and is excited aboutthe rest of the season.

“I’m pretty confident with ourteam this year. We came into theseason ready to go,” Pocrnic said.

“Hopefully we have good resultsand finish strong this year.”

The good start to the season forthe Mustangs comes on the heels oftheir victory in the Old Fours tour-nament last month. Barnett hashigh expectations for his clubthroughout the rest of the season.

“We always have high expecta-tions and we are excited about thegroup we have this year,” Barnettsaid. “Western’s goal is always to goto nationals and hopefully winthem.”

The Mustangs are on the roadnext Saturday visiting the YorkLions, who are the nation’s topranked team and the defendingCanadian Interuniversity Sportchampions.

Goal ScorersRyan Avola at 2:00Mark Pocrnic at 30:00

ShotsMustangs – 9Golden Hawks – 1

Attendance — 130

OUA WEST STANDINGS

Team GP W L T PTS

Guelph 2 2 0 0 6

Waterloo 2 1 0 1 4

Western 2 1 0 1 4

York 2 1 1 0 3

Brock 2 1 1 0 3

Laurier 2 0 1 1 1

Windsor 2 0 1 1 1

McMaster 2 0 2 0 0

Men’s Soccer Regular Season ScheduleSept. 19 @York

Sept. 20 @ GuelphSept. 26 vs.Brock

Sept. 27 vs.McMasterOct. 3 @ Laurier

Oct. 4 @ WaterlooOct. 7 vs. WindsorOct. 14 @ Windsor

Oct.17 @ BrockOct. 18@ McMasterOct. 24 vs. Guelph

Oct. 25 vs. York