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The Government of Canada has agreed to fund a study on the ‘Windsor hum’—an airborne low-frequency acoustic hum originating from some sort of industrial work in Michigan, according to a report released by Natural Resources Canada. Western and the University of Windsor will conduct a joint study.

Gary Grosse, founder of the Facebook group the Windsor/Essex County Hum, described the hum to be a range of sounds from a low rumbling to a pulsing drone.

“There are several sounds

associated with [the Windsor hum]. One of them is a rumbling hum that is constant,” he said. “There is also a more intense low-frequency pulse that sounds like ‘whomp, whomp, whomp.’”

“There are other noises as well—sounds like exhaust and sounds like a furnace or something of the sort,” Grosse said.

The sound is more than just a mild buzzing.

“It’s very disruptive,” Grosse said. “You have to compete to have a con-versation or watch television. The pulses are intense enough to rattle cupboards or wake people up.”

To determine the source of the sound, Peter Brown, a Western

professor participating in the study, and his team will use special-ized microphones to detect infra-sound—sounds below the human hearing range.

“When we detect a signal consis-tent with the character of the hum we can use the signal arrival infor-mation to produce a direction to the source,” Brown said. “By using cross bearings—the two sightlines from each array—we should be able to narrow down the source region of the hum.”

To fund the study, the govern-ment will invest $60,000 over a 10-month period.

“Our government takes this issue seriously and is following up on its

commitment to find a solution that works for the people of Windsor,” Bob Dechert, parliamentary sec-retary to the minister of foreign affairs, said in a statement.

“We want to protect citizens’ quality of life. To get a solution, we first need to find the source,” Dechert said.

After two years of petitioning the government to address the issue, Grosse and other Windsor residents were glad to hear this announcement.

“What an incredible relief to know that the government has taken the issue seriously,” Grosse said. “They’ve definitely come on board. We’re very pleased with it.”

You have to compete to have a conversation or watch television. the pulses are intense enough to rattle cup-boards or wake people up.

—Gary Grossefounder of facebook group

regarding Windsor hum

mcGill daily, admin spar over info access

‘Windsor hum’ calls to Western prof

aaron ZaltzmanNeWS editor

A motion filed by McGill University requesting to disregard Access to Information requests from students on campus has The McGill Daily stu-dent newspaper crying foul, saying the motion is to restrict the universi-ty’s accountability and transparency.

The motion, submitted to the Commission d’accès à l’information du Quebec, cited an inability to deal with the amount and scope of the ATI requests pouring in from McGill’s stu-dent body, and requested permission to deny requests that are overly broad or cumbersome.

“The main thing [the motion] does is requests to disregard current ATI requests as well as future ones,” Lola Duffort, news editor at The McGill Daily, said. “It says any future ATI requests filed by the Daily, somebody associated with the Daily or any stu-dent of McGill can be disregarded if it fits some of the characteristics listed in the motion.”

Duffort called the motion “worrisome.”

“I think this is about McGill want-ing to get out from under the Access to Information laws,” she said.

However, the University defended the motion, arguing it was a way to deal with a “systematic” crush of ATI requests coming from the stu-dent body, which ballooned from 37 in 2011 to 170 in 2012. The motion named 14 individuals, some of whom are associated with the Daily, who the University alleges used the ATI requests “essentially as a retaliation measure against McGill in the after-math of the 2011-12 student protests.”

“There are provisions in the law on Access to Information to allow us to make such a request when we feel that the request would create a seri-ous disruption to normal activities when they are too broad in scope, and basically abusive by their nature,” Julie Fortier, associate director of media relations at McGill University, explained.

However, Queen Arsem-O’Malley, coordinating editor of the Daily, said the measure undermines transpar-ency at the university.

“It’s worrisome that this is how the University would react to people trying to investigate things,” Arsem-O’Malley said. “I think it’s shown everybody how McGill sees its stu-dents and especially its student press.”

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IN THE DARK. the cover of The McGill Daily’s January 21 issue shed light upon the university’s proposed changes to filling access to information requests for the paper.

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knowledgeA professor teaching students Sociology 2770 at Memorial University in Newfoundland has added an interesting element to the curriculum—a basic geogra-phy quiz.

Each semester, Judith Adler gives her students a test consist-ing of major continents, countries and oceans. She called the results of recent years “illuminating,” and added “the foundational knowledge was not present.”

“These are bright students,” she said, and added it’s a “very elemen-tary quiz.”

Adler explained the results of the quiz opened her eyes to the gaps of knowledge present in many of the students she teaches.

“We think of geography as a separate subject, and a separate branch of knowledge,” Adler said, and argued it was, in fact, vital to an understanding of course mate-rial. “Using a map to inform stu-dents [about class lessons] would be better.”

Adler argued the results of the quiz do not represent a downward trend. In fact, the results made her question whether young Canadian men heading into World War I and World War II had comparable knowledge about where Europe was.

“It’s tempting to say that grand-parents had different geographical knowledge,” she added.

The understanding of this lack of geographical knowledge may add a new perspective to how we view our ancestors’ experiences.

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Business schools behind in social mediaalex CarmonaNeWS editor

With social media now acting as a driving force in the way people communicate, many businesses are viewing social media skills as a valuable asset in recruits. However, a number of market-ing experts and professors out of Windsor are claiming current business school curricula aren’t keeping pace with these compa-nies’ demands.

According to Vincent Georgie, a marketing professor at the Odette School of Business at the University of Windsor, social media marketing is in high demand in the business sector, but in short supply at business schools.

Katie Stokes, co-founder of social media marketing firm Blab! Media, explained that a major part of the problem lies in the very nature of social media itself.

“[Business schools] do make a good point in that it’s difficult to keep up with social media in a structured curriculum because things are literally changing every day—and I would know because I do this for a living,” she said.

Stokes stated many business schools took too long to recog-nize the full importance of social media skills, and now have to struggle to play catch-up.

“I don’t think it’s necessar-ily that they’re undervalued […] but I do think that in the past there was almost a lack of respect for social media. A lot of people, including in the educa-tion industry, thought it was just a fad. They thought that if they ignored it and didn’t include it in the curriculum for a while, it would just go away and it

wouldn’t be a problem.”Raymond Pirouz, a market-

ing professor at the Richard Ivey School of Business, stressed social media skills as integral to business students looking to get hired.

“Social media skills are critical in today’s recruitment process. For job seekers, channels such as LinkedIn and Twitter expose an enormous amount of data—from professionally crafted bios and job descriptions to online con-versations and updates from key decision makers within organiza-tions—that can inspire best prac-tices while providing insight into corporate culture and norms,” he

said.However, he argued Ivey is

currently well-placed to provide students with a social media skill set. He noted that while social media may have, at one time, been undervalued in business schools’ curricula, such is no longer the case.

“I teach New Media Marketing as a marketing elective to both HBA as well as MBA students at Ivey, so there is plenty of oppor-tunity for those who want to position themselves relative to their competition to do so by taking my course.”

Stokes also clarified there is a large difference between

teaching skills related to spe-cific social media platforms and teaching the core concepts behind the successful use of social media—the latter of which she characterized as much more feasible than the former due to the ever-changing nature of social media.

“You don’t necessarily have to tie [the curricula] to a spe-cific platform, but instead you can focus on the ideas behind communication and on the marketing strategy behind social media—that will never change. So I think there’s a way for them to incorporate that without being too specific about the platforms.”

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News brief

First cold weather alert of 2013 issued

You would have to be living under a rock to not realize how cold it is outside—but according to the Middlesex-London Health Unit, if you want to stay warm, you should probably just stay there.

The MLHU released their first cold weather alert of 2013 yesterday in light of the sudden drop in the mercury. With a high today of -17 degrees Celsius—which will feel like -26 with the wind chill—everyone is advised to take measures to keep warm.

“I was out there for a few min-utes—I tell you, I had no qualms in putting this [alert] out,” Iqbal Kalsi, manager of environmental health for the MLHU, said. The alert is expected to remain in place until at least Thursday.

The very young, elderly and infirm are most at risk of succumb-ing to cold-related illness such as hypothermia, Kalsi said.

“Make sure you plan your days properly if you’re going out for any length of time. A lot of people tend to still go out and do their activities, like playing ice hockey and skating. What we tell them to do is dress well—it’s very important that you layer yourself properly so that you don’t lose heat, and we recommend highly that you wear a good toque or a hat, because there are certain body parts where you lose more heat, and your head is one of them.”

Though people may tend to asso-ciate hydration with heat waves, it’s important to drink lots of fluids in cold snaps, too. Water and juice will help with hydration, but it’s a good idea to avoid alcohol and caffein-ated drinks, Kalsi said.

If you start to show symptoms of frostbite, like numbness or pain in the extremities, or trouble with speech or movement, don’t hesitate to seek medical attention.

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Arts&Life word of the dayalgid Adjective. Cold or chilly.

a broken political thriller

ross HamiltonGazette Staff

GGHFFBroken CityDirector: Allen HughesStarring: Mark Wahlberg, Russell Crowe, Catherine Zeta-Jones

There are few settings, if any, that can match New York as an inspi-rational and evocative backdrop for cinematic storytelling. From the nostalgia-soaked adoration of Woody Allen’s Manhattan, to the sordid, hazy streets of Martin Scorsese’s Taxi Driver, the city has played host to a great many of Hollywood’s defining works over the years. Director Allen Hughes’ Broken City is the latest film to showcase the ever-enigmatic Big Apple—however, aside from its iconic locale, this thoroughly

mediocre political thriller shares little with its illustrious forebears.

The film follows Billy Taggart (Mark Wahlberg), a decorated NYPD officer who is immediately accused of murdering a suspected criminal in cold blood. Through fortuitous circumstances, Taggart manages to escape without a charge, but with his reputation in tatters, he is forced to resign from the NYPD, choosing instead to apply his expertise as a private investigator. So far, so noir.

Wahlberg, as usual, remains an absorbing screen presence—how-ever, his straight, relatively under-stated performance in Broken City lacks a compelling foil. Despite a stellar cast, the film suffers from a lack of personality. Where Wahlberg was complemented by the master-fully maniacal Christian Bale in The Fighter, here it is an uncharacteris-tically subdued Russell Crowe who

provides his counterpoint.Crowe’s role is that of Nicholas

Hostetler, the driven but mor-ally bankrupt mayor of New York City—a potentially fascinating, but ultimately vacuous character. Summoning Taggart to a private meeting just days before a tightly contested election, Hostetler requests his services in order to identify the man he believes is sleeping with his wife (Catherine Zeta-Jones)—an assignment that the cash-strapped PI readily accepts. Predictably, it transpires that there is more at stake here than just adultery, and as events unfold Taggart is rapidly caught up in a corrupt, malicious and startlingly dull web of murder and deceit.

And therein lies the primary issue with Broken City—it’s bor-ing. Neither as potent a politi-cal drama as George Clooney’s

The Ides Of March, nor as quirky, or entertaining a thriller as the recent Jack Reacher, this film lacks anything beyond its all-star cast to distinguish it from its superior contemporaries.

This is a shame because there’s an interesting story buried some-where beneath the clichéd dialogue and tedious plot ‘twists’ of Broken City, one that might have been coaxed out by a better director with a more nuanced script. As it is, the film stands as a disappointment, especially considering the formida-ble array of acting talent assembled onscreen. Crowe’s performance in particular, falls short of expecta-tions, but in truth he, and the rest of the cast, are largely victims of a tired premise and some dismal writing—a pair of deep-seated problems that consistently undermine what is an otherwise serviceable neo-noir.

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GGGGFUnruly VoicesMark Kingwell

Mark Kingwell, a professor of phi-losophy at the University of Toronto, raises his voice in a polite, critical way in his latest book Unruly Voices. A befitting tone, considering his introduction is littered with dis-cussion of civility in politics, or more accurately the lack thereof. Civil discussion ensues—kind of. Kingwell’s writing style bridges the gap between the ‘deadness’ of a book to something more of a lively conversation. If a philosophically heavy book like Critique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant wasn’t in your stocking, Kingwell should have been, as he manages to be both profound and easy to read.

Relevance of political or social critique in 21st century book land-scape is becoming increasingly irrelevant, with words that once meant something like ‘democ-racy’ and ‘freedom’ that have now become little more than buzzwords. Movements like Occupy Wall Street

are criticized for not having a con-cise objective. Kingwell’s book mir-rors that spirit of diversity in his texts, more of a coalition of differ-ent critical essays than one concise argument.

Kingwell almost defeats his own book within the introduction by discussing matters such as the irrelevancy of books on democ-racy. However, it’s in that honesty that a truer appreciation of the book comes through. Academia generally does not like to include the f-bomb within the first pages, but Kingwell isn’t shy— naming an entire essay around it. Some may recoil at this, but it is at once both refreshing and real, as Kingwell interweaves academic jargon and personal anecdotes, popular references and arcane texts.

Unruly Voices is not so much a single argument, but a collection of essays. Still, each essay does have a tie in with the others, creating a clear and concise orchestra of criticism, thus managing to be vastly amusing.

Kingwell brings the critical spirit of philosophy to a wider reading audience, a particularly difficult thing to do in a sea of apathy, politi-cal miscommunications and lies, all subjects covered within the book.

Overall, the book is a kind of mental whetstone of criticism that will sharpen any mind while being enjoyable enough to read from cover to cover.

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From high school fads to tV grads

Kevin HurrenartS & Life editor

Though all of us here at Western have grown far beyond the locker- framed halls of high school, it’s not as easy for the characters in our favourite television shows. In fact, all shows set in high school must eventually face a difficult reality, usually around season four. Graduation. This event can be the kiss of death for some series, and because no show wants to cancel, writers are left to scramble for a solution to the imminent prob-lem that their cast of “high school kids” are going to keep aging. In this moment of peril tough decisions have to be made, and no matter how many ‘summer episodes’ are filmed, high school needs to end. There are a number of ways shows have dealt with this dreaded day.

For instance, Boy Meets World kept their show breathing by mar-rying the two leads. This twist man-aged to keep the series alive for two more seasons while Topanga and Cory had to balance their collegiate responsibilities with their marriage. The problem with this strategy is the clearly transparent fact that the all-central characters going to the same school is not only unlikely, but desperate.

While the writers for Boy Meets World took college head on, some shows don’t even bother, instead making college an afterthought. For instance, it seemed like college was all that Gossip Girl characters could talk about leading up to their graduation. The seasons follow-ing the cap and gown special saw each character drop out of school,

electing to spend the majority of their time getting into their usual schemes rather than pursuing a higher education. However, not every show is as lucky as Gossip Girl to have characters so rich that a college degree is no more neces-sary to have than a manicure. While Gossip Girl chose to ignore college, no show beat One Tree Hill when it comes to the post-secondary side-step. The show skipped the young adult years all together, with the fourth season seeing the kids get their diplomas and season five catching up with them in their 20s.

More and more shows seem to be answering the dilemma of graduation not by ignoring it, but by distracting from it. Shows like Glee, Friday Night Lights and Degrassi have a revolving door of cast members, hoping that fans of the show will grow attached to the new crop of fresh faces and continue watching. The main risk with this plan is that some of the show’s talent just can’t be replaced. The new inductees may offer some promising potential, like with Degrassi, or they’ll pale in com-parison to the former generations, like in Glee. When it comes to Glee, the show’s writers know that the new cast members aren’t enough as they awkwardly follow the gradu-ate leads to New York City in a move that makes the show look like an overly attached parent unable to let go.

Regardless of the path taken, a show should always have one thing—respect for its audience. This means making decisions for the show that reasonably match the characters and the narra-tive. Sometimes that even means knowing when to end the show, and though the pocketbooks of networks may mourn the loss, fans will be satisfied. A good show will know when to take a bow, flip over the tassel and walk away.

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“abraham’s daughter”—arcade Fire

One of the strongest things to come out of last year’s The Hunger Games film adaptation has been the soundtrack. The Hunger Games: Songs from District 12 and Beyond features great songs by Arcade Fire, The Decemberists, Carolina Chocolate Drops and Neko Case.

The opening track by Grammy award-winning band Arcade Fire is undoubtedly one of the strongest. An eerie re-imagining of the story of Abraham and Isaac, “Abraham’s Daughter” is musically dynamic and lyrically compelling.

The song retells the biblical story

with the titular character interrupt-ing the sacrifice of Isaac and com-pares this nameless daughter to Katniss in the film.

“Abraham’s Daughter” features Régine Chassagne as the lead vocal-ist whose haunting voice has been used to great effect on other classic Arcade Fire songs, like “Haiti” and “In the Backseat.”

With such depth and poetry, it is no surprise that the song is one of the few to be featured in The Hunger Games itself playing over the end credits. “Abraham’s Daughter” is an incredibly fresh song unique in its vocals and instrumentation.

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OpinionsAs if waking up in the morning wasn’t bad enough already, London released a cold warning this morning that only looks to worsen as the week goes on. While the cold may put a damper on many plans or activities, there are still a number of ways to beat the chilly weather and get on with your life.

Dressing well is the best way to feel good in the winter weather, and there are many ways to stay both fashionable and safe while beating the cold. Layering has always been considered stylish, and many layers are actually far more effective at keeping a body warm than a single thick coat—we’re looking at you, Canada Goose. Even the less fashionable can still stay warm by making sure they are wearing all the right accessories.

Tucking in lower layers and paying an extra special bit of attention to delicate bits is a good way to make fewer clothes work well, and a pair of sunglasses is ideal for protecting eyes from the harsh glare of the sun on the snow. There’s no reason that a person can’t look warm and sexy.

In regards to getting up and active, a buddy system can help you get off your butt and into the cold, as letting someone down is usually not worth the extra attention to laziness. For those who have no buddies, telling everyone you know that you are going to the gym is a good system, as going back on your work makes you look like a complete fool.

The best way to travel is not always through the bowels of winter, and planning a route that goes through buildings, or waiting at bus stops with a shelter will go a long way towards making the frigid weather more bearable.

It is also integral to make sure that you are educated on how cold it actually is outside. Whether you watch the news for cold weather alerts, or simply check the temperature on your phone, knowing how cold it actually is can help you prepare yourself for the weather and all the follies that come with it. Scraping your car off may not seem like much until it’s 20 minutes later and you’re late for your midterm.

Lastly, reward yourself. Don’t just go through winter without the added bonuses of consuming hot chocolate, coffee or tea—these are drinks that warm not only the body, but the soul. Ice cream is great, but it can probably wait until spring.

P.S. Just pay for coat check if you’re going to a bar.—The Gazette Editorial Board

Cold weather blues

A lot of people like snow. I find it to be an unnecessary freezing of water.

—Carl Reiner, American film director

take movie content with a grain of salt

Cam ParkesMaNaGiNG editor

While perusing the Internet the other day, I came across a compilation of tweets about the recent release Zero Dark Thirty. I was about to move on when this little gem caught my eye:

“Omg zero dark thirty…Best movie ever. Have a whole new hatred for mus-lims and a whole new appreciation for navy seals.”

Blinking in disbelief, I read another one:

“Zero dark thirty made me want to shoot any Arab in the face #patriot.”

These repulsive remarks filled me with disgust and anger. The ignorance displayed in these tweets not only cannot be tolerated, but also raises concern for

a much larger issue.The issue is responsibility. Do movies

based on true events have the responsi-bility to present content in such a way as to contain negative emotion—in this case, Islamophobia—in viewers? Or do these viewers have the responsibility to realize that, as much as a film may be based on true events, they have to take things with a grain of salt, and perhaps do some research before spouting off what-ever drivel comes to their mind?

While I don’t expect every would-be moviegoer to conduct in-depth research on a specific topic before seeing a movie containing that subject matter, I do strongly believe we should educate our-selves to sensitive matters.

Indeed, many people—more than 11 years after 9/11—still can’t understand the difference between Muslims and an extreme terrorist organization. One would think that, following one of argu-ably the most significant events in U.S. history, people would want to know more about the alleged “bad guys.” Instead, blind hate runs rampant, as witnessed

in the tweets above—and they were only two out of many, many more.

But are the viewers the only ones with a responsibility?

It’s not a film’s job to censor events. However, it is its job to properly portray them. Debate rages around the usage of certain things—torture scenes, drone strikes—arguing that depicting them in film serves only to glamorize them. A film shouldn’t show extended scenes of tor-ture and present it as integral to succeed-ing in a mission if, in fact, torture was not used or even was used ineffectively. On the same vein, films should not portray all of a specific nationality as “bad guys” or “terrorists” when this is not the case.

That being said, I still firmly believe the brunt of the responsibility falls on us—the viewer. When it comes down to it, even if a movie portrays racist, sex-ist, you nameit-ist content, we have to remember—it’s a movie. Let’s educate ourselves before jumping to conclu-sions. To do anything else is to let our-selves degenerate into mindless people, incapable of making our own judgments.

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To the Editor:As a longtime reader of The Gazette, I was dismayed to hear about the University Students’ Council’s attempt to push it into a much smaller space. I think The Gazette deserves more respect than it gets for the quality of reporting, and for the stories it presents.

I was happy, then, to see the full page dedicated to encouraging students to do something about it. It did a fine job of reminding people of what The Gazette does well. But it failed at the one item it should’ve gotten right.

The giant end of the ad states ”Let the USC Know!” Okay, how do I do that? Who do I tell? Should I email, call? Start a Facebook group? Streak in front of their offices? Advertising 101 says that every advertisement should have a clear call to action. As some-body who would’ve completely done whatever the advertisement suggested,

you’ve lost me, and probably others. The Gazette was so close to starting a real campaign to change things, but ended up failing right off the block.

—Kyle MacleanIvey IV

To the Editor:[On January 14], the Orientation Governance Board ruled on sophing eligibility that [barred] Ivey students from sophing.

I am deeply saddened by this. It requires current and prospective sophs to make a choice between academics and volunteering—and I believe you should never have to choose between those two things. We soph because Western has given so much to us, and we want the frosh to love this school and it’s Orientation Week as much as we did. We soph to make a difference in frosh’s lives.

Over my three years of sophing, I’ve

had 64 amazing frosh. I was who they turned to when they wanted to drop out, celebrate an accomplishment, didn’t pass a class, felt there was nothing left and when they had to say goodbye to a parent forever. That is why I am a soph —for the frosh.

OGB has forgotten the meaning of sophing. Yes, we are an academic resource, but more importantly we are a friend, and a mentor. I understand the ruling is in effect, and it will remain, but I ask OGB and the Orientation Planning Committee to allow a grandfathering system—allow those current sophs in HBA1, and those in their second year who are anticipating entrance into Ivey, an opportunity to continue to volunteer in the program. I can say with confidence that each of them are incredible sophs and deserve a chance to continue to do what they do best —volunteer and be a friend.

—Genevieve EcclestonHBA IV

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To the Editor:Re: Federer could hang up his racket after this year, January 16, 2013

First of all, I just want to be very clear, I am not a Roger Federer fan. Federer is a robot, in my opinion, with no on-court personality and emotion, despite

his amazing down-the-line fore-hands and his backhand slice.

If you are going to write a piece on tennis, write about something relevant. This whole speculation about Federer retiring once he hit 30 is a redundant topic and has been beaten to the ground. While 30 is a common retiring age for tennis players, some of the best tennis players have won some of

their greatest victories past 30. Jimmy Connors played till he

was 45 years old and won the U.S. Open at 39—how’s that for aging knees? You might say this is an exception, but what about Martina Navratilova, Serena Williams, John McEnroe, Andre Agassi? All of these players were some of the best in the game and they played well past their 30s,

and nothing, not even a young family, an aching back or aging knees, got in their way.

While Federer has reached the big 3-0, he is still very much a contender to watch this year. Tennis isn’t about who hits harder or who runs faster, a lot of it has to do with the mental game—who can keep their head on better and longer? A player’s

mental game can only be built through experienced; condi-tioning can only go so far. With Federer’s 17 Grand Slam record, and endless finals with Nadal, I would say that his mental game is pretty solid, and I highly doubt he will be hanging up his racket anytime soon.

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Sportsrundown >> the Mustangs fell 3–2 to the Laurier Goldenhawks on Sunday afternoon > Mustangs goaltender Kelly Campbell stopped 35 of 38 shots on net > the Mus-tangs will return to the ice Saturday to take on the ryerson rams.

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Thunderwolves’ offence strikes in big 90–52 win

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For all young teams in any sport, there will always be some growing pains, and for the young Western Mustangs men’s basketball team, those growing pains were on full display in a 90–52 blowout loss to the Lakehead Thunderwolves on Saturday night.

After keeping up with the more experienced Thunderwolves in the opening half—trailing only 36–33 at half—the Mustangs could not con-tain Lakehead’s perimeter shoot-ing. The hot shooting resulted in 17 three-pointers on the night for the Thunderwolves, which was more than enough to pull away in the second half.

Matt Schmidt led the way for the Thunderwolves’ shooting attack, finishing the night with 27 points and three rebounds to lead all scorers, while Greg Carter chipped in with three boards of his own to go along with a 14-point effort. Schmidt’s six for seven three-point shooting in the ballgame was clearly the difference maker.

Lakehead bench boss Scott Morrison credited Schmidt’s scor-ing as a confidence builder for his ball club in the victory.

“Schmidt is a good shooter—it was just a matter of if he got hot. All of a sudden some of the other guys got a bit more confidence back and got rolling, and hit a couple and really put them away,” Morrison said.

Morrison also alluded to his team’s 51 points from beyond the arc as being the ultimate difference maker for his ball club.

“We broke out from the three-point line. We’d been struggling for

three or four games now and it’s a big part of our offence and when we’re hitting shots, we’re a lot tougher team, so it’s good to see some shots go down,” Morrison said.

Mustangs head coach Brad Campbell didn’t sugarcoat it when asked about the lack of perimeter defence in the second half.

“Our ball-screen defence was poor, and that resulted in a lot of good looks for threes for them, and obviously Schmidt had a great shooting game. That third quarter […] they had at least seven threes in the quarter that obviously killed us,” Campbell said.

The lone bright spot on the night for the Mustangs was a 16-point effort from second-year forward Greg Morrow, who led the way for the purple and white on offence. Trailing by a large margin head-ing into the final quarter, Morrow showed no signs of quitting, putting up the first seven points in the quar-ter for the Mustangs, but as has been the case on many nights this season, it was far too little and far too late.

After his team was able to play with the Thunderwolves in the first half, Campbell felt his team just could not hang on as the game wore on.

“I think we kind of ran out of gas in the second half. We started to make some turnovers and those resulted in a lot of three pointers, and then all of a sudden we were down around 15 to 17 points, and then it just continued to go from there,” Campbell said.

With only a single victory on the season, it would be easy for Campbell to be frustrated with his team, but the seventh-year head coach knows full well his team is still young and at this point, it is

important to keep prospective as the Mustangs continue to rebuild.

“We have to put it behind us,” Campbell said. “A lot for us right now is just getting better. We have to get better Monday, we have to get better Tuesday, and then we have to take that into Wednesday—at Brock—and try and get better Wednesday. Obviously tonight was disappoint-ing, but we just have to move on and get better day to day.”

Meanwhile, for Lakehead and Morrison’s Thunderwolves, the ninth-year bench boss is hopeful that the weekend two-game sweep over the Mustangs will finally pro-pel his team to a more consistent second half of the regular season.

“We just have to execute a bit better, keep having good practices. A big thing for us is to stay healthy. A lot of our losses in the fall we were shorthanded—not that that’s an excuse—but we just seem to be better when we have everyone out there and we can use all our weap-ons. Obviously, we have to focus on our defence and rebounding and hopefully that keeps us in enough games and we hit enough shots to win,” Morrison said.

Next up for the Mustangs is a trip to Brock University tonight for their second meeting of the season with the Badgers. Back on January 5, the Mustangs dropped an 87–77 decision to the Badgers at Alumni Hall and will be looking to return the favour on Brock’s home floor this week.

The Mustangs then return home on Saturday night to tip-off with the Guelph Gryphons, a team that the Mustangs came just short of beat-ing, in a 58–57 loss in Guelph on January 3.

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