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FRIDAY, JANUARY 7, 2011 CANADA’S ONLY DAILY STUDENT NEWSPAPER • FOUNDED 1906 VOLUME 104, ISSUE 53

THE DUNDAS DILEMMA

Corey Stanford GAZETTE

Lauren Pelley
CREATIVE DIRECTOR
Standing around the four corners of
Dundas and Richmond on a cold Jan-
uary day, everyone looks chilled to
the bone. There’s a few guys smoking
cigarettes, a couple of panhandlers, a
young family with a baby in tow.
It’s hard to walk in a straight line
without getting lost in the bustle of
people — an estimated 13,000 to
14,000 of them a day, in fact — who
linger around London’s infamously
gritty downtown corner.
But many critics in the city want
to push the crowds away from these
corners to change the downtown’s
growing reputation as a dirty and
congested terminal.
“The streets need to be more
pedestrian friendly,” says Bob Usher,
chair of the London Downtown
Business Association.
Thousands of people clogging up
street corners has led to a less than
ideal atmosphere for shopping, din-
ing and simply living in the Dundas
area, he argues.
Forget about having patios, for
instance. Constant bus fumes and
loitering are an ongoing deterrent.
“If you think about it, if you were
a restauranteur […] you wouldn’t do
it right now with the diesel going by,”
Usher adds.
These critics have pointed a fin-
ger at public transit as the culprit
behind the problem. More than half
of the city’s 39 bus routes make a
stop near Dundas and Richmond.
But a pilot project to shift bus
routes away from the downtown
could help fix all that.
The idea of tweaking bus routes
in the downtown core has been
tossed around for over a decade.
Now a concrete idea is in the works
that, if approved, would start as early
as June.
The London Transit Commis-
sion’s pilot project would eliminate
all routes on Dundas between Rid-
out Street and Wellington Road. The
routes would be shifted one block
south to King Street, and one block
north to Queens Avenue.
LTC general manager Larry
Ducharme says 55 per cent of LTC
riders travel downtown — and their
main transfer point is currently
Dundas and Richmond.
Eliminating routes along a sec-
tion of Dundas will cost about
$583,000. But many argue it’s a
small price to pay to support more
retail and commercial opportunities.
“The underlying goal,” says
Ducharme, “is to support the revi-
talization of [London’s] downtown.”
The grittiness of Dundas and
Richmond seems out of place when
compared to other parts of down-
town London. Further along Rich-
mond, heading closer to campus, are
dozens of unique shops and restau-
rants. And London started building
an entertainment hub about a
decade ago after the John Labbatt
Centre was built.
“Compared to the way the down-
town was 10 to 15 years ago […] there’s
been new energy and new ideas,
building upon past successes,” recalls
Kathy Navackas, executive producer
of the London Fringe Festival.
Since the ‘80s, revitalizing the city’s
core has been an ongoing project.
Back in 1998, the city’s Millenni-
um Plan strived to breathe new life
into a tired downtown core that
lacked arts, culture and viable busi-
nesses.
About $135 million in city money
went towards building the JLC and
Covent Garden Market alongside
other initiatives to stimulate down-
town investment.
New retail spaces and restau-
rants have also popped up through-
out London’s downtown in recent
years, with 50 new businesses open-
ing in the past five years alone.
But Dundas Street still serves as a
black spot on the downtown land-
scape. And so politicians, city plan-
ners, business owners and regular
citizens continue clunking their
heads together.
Back in November, an interesting
variety of movers and shakers
attended the annual meeting of the
LDBA and Downtown London —
including incoming and outgoing
mayors Joe Fontana and Anne-
Marie DeCicco Best.
Ideas for cleaning up downtown
are tossed around at these kinds of
meetings. Everything from better
recycling efforts in the core to more
spaces for the arts.
But one thing highlighted regu-
larly is that the buses just have to go.
“There is a real desire to work
with the LTC to get the buses off
Dundas Street,” says Navackas. “The
corners there were not made for the
kinds of numbers that are riding the
buses. That’s a big thing.”
Fontana has hopes of turning the
core into more of a promenade,
where it could become a hub for arts
and music.
“[Let’s] clean it up, make it look
great [and] look at the incentives of
how we can turn downtown into a
cultural district with boutiques on
the second and third stories.”
But the pilot project is not with-
out critics.
Last year the president of the
LTC’s union, Pat Hunniford,
expressed his hesitation about the
project to AM980.
“There’s good parts of it and bad
parts,” he told the radio station. “It
still comes down to when you sepa-
rate our main corner, which is Dun-
das and Richmond, it becomes a big
inconvenience for transferring.”
And Fontana admits some busi-
ness owners will claim new bus
routes will hurt their downtown
business rather than help it.
“Let’s face it — some businesses
will tell you they need the bus stop
right there,” he says.
But Usher — who has long been
one of the strongest proponents of
the project — says it’s worth a try.
“Will it work? Wont it work? I
don’t really know for sure […] This
discussion has been ongoing for 10,
15 years or more,” he explains.
“So lets just find out.”

Graphic by Anders Kravis GAZETTE

2• thegazette • Friday, January 7, 2011

Business incubator faces

funding setback
Cheryl Stone
NEWS EDITOR
The University Students’ Council’s
business incubator project has lost
out on a large funding grant from the
Trillium Foundation.
The incubator, called Biz Inc, was
created last year to help students cre-
ate and sustain their own businesses.
Ely Rygier, vice-president finance
for the USC, said the incubator can’t
continue indefinitely without the
grant because it was one of the
largest grants the incubator had
applied for. But he assured the incu-
bator would continue for at least this
semester and some of next year.
“Ultimately this is the nature of
fundraising,” Rygier explained. He
noted the group intends to reapply
next cycle. “If we do get the grant, it
will be a big deal.”
Jonathan Buccella, a USC coun-
cillor and member of Biz Inc, noted
they would receive feedback from
the Foundation, which could be ben-
eficial when they apply again.
“Essentially we’re a start-up our-
selves,” Buccella said. “That’s not
what we were looking for to be our
sole source of revenue.”
Biz Inc has currently received
$2,000 of support from the London
Economic Development Corpora-
tion and support from the Small
Business Centre. Rygier also
explained he was promoting the
incubator with Western’s adminis-
tration in order to receive invest-
ments and alumni mentors.
Buccella noted there was support
available from these stakeholders in
terms of mentorship as well.
Rygier added Biz Inc was a pro-
ject the USC was trying to finance
entirely externally. He explained the
project would be primarily benefi-
cial to frequent users and the cam-
pus’ reputation.
Aside from its tumultuous fund-
ing situation, the incubator is also
currently without a stable home.
Biz Inc was originally supposed
to take the office space of the former
Women’s Issues Network office in
October. But because of construc-
tion delays for the Services Support
Centre, WIN stayed until December,
and the space is currently occupied
by the USC Advertising and Market-
ing Department.
“You have to be more creative
with what you do,” Buccella said of
their response to the roadblocks,
noting very few start-up businesses
have any guarantees.
He said while the service lacked
physical space, they were planning
on offering workshops and speakers
in the future.
“What it comes down to is you
have to have entrepreneurial spirit,”
Buccella said.

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thegazette • Friday, January 7, 2011 •3

Digital education continues to grow at Western

‘Virtual campus’ on the horizon as Western continues push online
Monica Blaylock
NEWS EDITOR
Remember back at the turn of the
millennium when The Matrix left us
fantasizing about a near-future run
by computers? Well it looks like that
been a residential university. You
bring students on campus, you
house them on campus, and you
teach them on campus,” he said.
“In the future, Western will
recruitment and allow students
>> By the numbers > Digital Studies at Western
more flexible schedules, it may also
increase costs.
Digital education could add extra Number of Course Sections Number of Students
expenses for students, who must
300 12000
purchase eBooks and new technolo-
gies compatible with online course 250 10000

time is now, at least in the world of material, like faster laptops and dig- 200 8000
education. ital reading devices. 150 6000
This year, Western’s distance However, Holland argued online
100 4000
studies program offered 248 sec- There’s definitely a classes could be just as cost effec-
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tions of online courses for under- tive, if not more so, than in-class 2000

graduates with more than 9,595 stu- trend toward online courses, depending on their specific 0 0

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are growing fast, according to Kim
Holland, manager of distance stud-
ies at Western.
“There’s definitely a trend toward
online courses, and from my expe-
rience, online courses and ‘blended’
or ‘hybrid’ courses, are the future of
higher education,” Holland said.
Statistics show that since 2003,
Western’s distance studies program
has nearly doubled its enrolment
rates and added over 100 course
offerings.
Despite growth, Holland noted
the success of online courses
depends on the nature of individual
academic institutions.
“Western has predominantly
experience, online
courses and ‘blended’
or ‘hybrid’ courses, are
the future of higher
education.
— Kim Holland
Manager of distance studies at Western
expand beyond this residential col-
lege experience and become much
more international, not just bringing
students on campus, but bringing
them into virtual campuses.”
While the increase in digital edu-
cation may broaden international
“For instance, when you run a
large class of 800 students in a face-
to-face environment, the instructor
cost is less than an online course,
where the class size is much small-
er,” Holland said, adding not all
online courses required eBooks or
additional tech tools.
Holland is not alone in thinking
the future of education lies in digi-
tizing academic environments.
Grant Campbell, a faculty of infor-
mation and media studies professor,
is also an advocate of digital educa-
tion, but believed there is much
room for improvement.
“Online learning environments
are inevitable, I think, but we still
have lots of stuff to figure out like
interaction, pedagogy, community-
building, etc.,” Campbell said.
While Campbell supported the
increased use of digital education, he
admittedly prefers in-class learning.
Campbell argued online learning
environments are not separated
from daily life and as a result can be
less effective.
“Being in classes is a bit like live
theatre. You enter a different world
when you enter a theatre, and you
need to move into that place in your
mind. It’s hard to do that when
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you’re totally integrated into your
daily life: your office or your home
or your kitchen or the coffee shop,”
he said.
Matt Kaplan, a second-year Ivey
student, said he would take an online
course if he had the option.
“[They] allow you to work on
your own schedule and you can
learn using the method that suits
you best,” he said. “Everyone knows
their own strengths and weakness-
es and an online course allows stu-
dents to work with those traits.”

Campus > SERT

SERT prevented from travelling to King’s Solution to puzzle on page 6

Gloria Dickie
NEWS EDITOR
In times of emergency, it’s comfort-
ing to know help is just a phone call
away. But for students at King’s Uni-
versity College, help might take a bit
longer to arrive.
While Western’s Student Emer-
gency Response Team is able to
cover main campus, residences,
Huron College and Brescia Univer-
sity College, they cannot travel to
King’s.
“King’s just calls a local ambu-
lance and a paramedic would arrive
in an event of emergency,” Emily
Jarvis, King’s University College stu-
dent councillor, explained.
Scott Kerr, vice-president cam-
pus issues for the University Stu-
dents’ Council, said he was unsure of
the reason behind this lack of cov-
erage, but intended to consult with
SERT to resolve the issue.
Deirdre Fleming, director of
SERT, said the distance between
main campus and King’s was one of
the reasons for limited coverage, locale.” from the administration or from the
noting response time is compro- Jarvis indicated she and other University Students’ Council, or
mised. King’s representatives on main cam- fundraising in the support commu-
Currently, SERT owns a Toyota pus would be advocating the exten- nity. It just seems like a no-brainer
Tacoma truck, which enables quick sion of coverage on behalf of their when the goal SERT advertizes is
response time, as well as SERT constituents. rapid on-campus emergency
Response Vehicles. However, Flem- “Maybe this means more money response for all Western students.”
ing noted the latter are no longer
available on-call as the truck is con-
sidered to be safer and more effi-
cient.
“SERT is a Western service. It is a
fast response to situations on cam-
pus when medical assistance is nec-
essary. The fact that this is not
extended to Western students at
King’s, particularly first-year and
residence students, makes this claim
false and the service exclusive,”
Jarvis argued, adding she would like
to see steps taken to reconcile this
exclusivity.
“I think if it were to [implement]
another strategy to change this
exclusivity then those steps should
be made, regardless of cost, to allow
all Western students to access the
service no matter their campus

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4• thegazette • Friday, January 7, 2011

Opinions So maybe I’ll see you there

We can forget all our troubles
Forget all our cares
So go downtown
— Petula Clark

DOWNTOWN REVITALIZATON

CPR for
D and R
Despite what the song says, things aren’t always
better when you’re downtown. London’s Dundas
and Richmond area has a reputation that often
ranges from sketchy to downright scary.
In such a light, the London Transit Commission’s
plan to reroute buses is a sensible solution to end
the dinginess caused by congestion. But city plan-
ners need to be careful about how they address the
other problem with downtown — the people.
Because beneath all the discussion about mov-
ing buses and improving the area, there’s a pow-
der keg of class politics. Critics have frequently
Everything sucks and Letters to the editor

questioned the logic of having a welfare office and

a bus junction in the heart of the city, because this
it’s your fault
is where down-on-their-luck citizens will natu-
rally congregate. It’s not the best image for a city
centre, and while politicians recognize it, it’s a Uncle
touchy subject to solve. Jesse
If London wants to realize its longstanding
dream for an ideal downtown, they have to
address its people problem. Doing so requires Jesse Tahirali
OPINIONS EDITOR
care, because travelling down that road comes
jesse@westerngazette.ca
with a litany of political implications and could
eventually lead to gentrification. Since 1906, Western has had a student
So far the city has taken the right approach. The newspaper. And for the past century, a
copy of every issue the Gazette has print-
LTC’s proposal doesn’t prevent anyone from going ed gets collected and placed into a nicely
to the core, considering most routes will move only bounded book.
one or two blocks away. They’ve rightly focused Looking through these bounds is like
taking a trip back through time. And you
their attention on the buses, appeasing critics who
don’t have to journey far to experience
know the change will move its passengers as well. the now-forgotten age when students
With the simple rerouting, Westerners and used to write letters to the editor.
Londoners alike will be more encouraged to trav- There was a time when our so-called
student newspaper was just that — the
el to the core. And they certainly should. Since the
newspaper of the students. Nowadays,
John Labatt Centre’s opening and the renewal of even though the Gazette is still created by
the Covent Garden Market, the area surrounding students, there is a noticeable disconnect
Dundas and Richmond has blossomed into a between our newspaper and the general
student population.
beautiful and diverse place. As the area continues Apathy among students has been a
to develop, having a core that appeals to every- hot topic this year. Although we boast one
one in London will help build momentum and of the nation’s top university football
teams, the stands are usually sparsely
give the city a face it can be proud of.
populated.
It’s significant that a single corner can have And come election time, it’s painfully
such a profound impact on businesses, citizens clear that students do not care enough to
and the city as a whole. That’s exactly why the LTC get informed and cast a vote.
But when it comes to Western’s cam-
is willing to spend $583,400 to make such a mar-
pus, nothing exemplifies student disin-
ginal move — they recognize the effect a rotten terest better than the state of our news-
core can have on a city. paper.
A small investment now can reap benefits to In the past, the Gazette was a source
for discussion amongst the population.
the surrounding area as the downtown continues Letters to the editor would come in about
to grow. It’s just what’s needed to lure Western stu- a whole spectrum of issues, ranging from
dents — who have a well-established reputation serious to ridiculous. Dialogues would
open up and other students would write
for suckling from the teat of the Western bubble —
in to voice their own opinions on the
to the city centre. matter.
— The Gazette Editorial Board In the pitiful present, however, letters
seem to be few and far between. When
they do come in, many times they are far
from being a representation of student
opinion. Often, letters are either written
by the outspoken minority or by some-
one affiliated with an organization that
has recently been mentioned in the paper.
The opinions page is no longer a
source for student opinions. Has the
newspaper devolved into a series of
pages that happen to feature a Sudoku
puzzle and a crossword?
The interest in our campus media is
dwindling, and we’re beginning to expe-
rience the consequences — due to disin-
terest, we no longer boast an affiliated
television program. When I mention
CHRW, I’m often met with blank stares.
And as much as I’d like to pretend that
people hail the Gazette as a glistening
example of everything that is good in the
world, I know the terrible truth: some
people don’t like us.
But any student-run entity at Western
is only as good as its students. It’s bizarre
that we have a whole segment of the pop-
ulation who claim to not read our news-
paper, not listen to our radio station or not
go to our campus bar because “they suck.”
For anyone who would like to be able
to go to the Spoke and have a good time,
the solution is fairly simple — start actu-
ally going.
And if you’re wondering why you can’t
open up the newspaper or flip on the
radio and find things that interest you, the
answer is basically the same. We live in a
little microcosmic bubble — if you aren’t
participating in the media, there will be
no media. If you aren’t writing in letters or
submitting your content, you won’t have
a newspaper with a page of student opin-
ions, and you won’t be able to find any
interesting student content
Campus has almost everything a stu-
dent could want, while simultaneously
boasting a near-zero level of student par-
ticipation. If you think it sucks, it’s your
fault.
University not for
everyone
To the Editor:
I’m always anticipating when a student is
going to question why they’re at Western.
I often find they would have been more at
place at college, or not in post secondary
school at all. And this is due to a pervert-
ed misconception about the purpose of
university.
University was never designed to train
students for a job. Even as an engineering
student, I realized this two months in.
And society’s strange obsession has many
high school grads believing that earning,
on average, $10,000 more per year is
worth sacrificing a college experience,
career, or future lifestyle, we might sig-
nificantly prefer.
How often do your friends express
any profound interest, rather than annoy-
ance, in their coursework? Many of us
would be happier learning how to do
rather than learning how to learn. The
pedestal university diplomas have been
placed on has us desiring only the paper,
and dismissing the process.
I love to learn; I always have. But after
nine terms, I’m still perplexed at how odd
that makes me — a speck on the outside
of the Western Bubble.
I once expressed interest in taking a
biology course “for fun,” only to receive
confused looks of disbelief. Universities
are designed to encourage independent
learning and cognitive development. By
wrongly stigmatizing university as being
essential for job attainment, and superior
to other paths, it has ceased realizing this
purpose.
Incoming students should be asked
why they want to be at university, and it
should be for the means, not the ends.
—David Basu Roy
Engineering / SJPs V

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Arts&Life
Nicole Gibillini
ARTS & LIFE EDITOR
The Pump is a muscle training class
offered at the Western Campus
Recreation Centre. Instructor
Andrew Lazarito took some time to
chat about the class and its benefits.
What does The Pump involve?
The Pump is a muscular endurance
class using various forms of resis-
tance like body bars, barbells, dumb-
bells, bands and stability balls. Since
the class is only 55 minutes, we can’t
cover all the muscle groups or use
all the equipment, so we switch it up
from class to class.
What parts of the body does
this class work?
We aim to work the entire body, but
we cannot hit all the body parts. The
more popular areas are chest, upper
back, lower back, shoulders, biceps,
triceps, gluts, quads, hamstrings,
calves and abdominal muscles. We
probably cover six to seven parts per
class. We believe in focussing on fewer
body parts for longer periods of time.

 

We then switch for the next class.
Who should avoid taking this
class?
This is class designed for a “general
fitness” population. I don’t believe in
telling anyone to avoid this class, but
there are certain groups that need to
be aware:
A) People training for specific
sports/elite athletes — Our class may
be too general to benefit them.
B) Pregnant women — Consult with
your physician first, then inform the
instructor. The instructor should
have the ability to provide options.
C) Injuries — Consult with your
physician first, then inform the
instructor. Class can be taken with a
limited range of motion options or
limited resistance options.
What would you say to some-
one who is hesitant to try the
class?
Being hesitant is a natural feeling.
Many participants start out by
observing the class from outside the
studio. Many new participants
come with friends or in groups to
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CONTRIBUTOR
ease themselves. Some come in the
class and go to the corners of the
studio. Don’t let being hesitant keep
you out of the class. Think about the
first time you’ve driven a car. You’re
never truly prepared but you jump
in anyway and give it a go. For any
fitness class, just like driving, the
health benefits are endless com-
pared to being a little hesitant.
How did you get involved in fit-
ness/teaching The Pump?
Many years ago, my then-girlfriend
his time in the ring. Although it’s a
noble idea, the film doesn’t allow
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thinking if you say no to a job they’ll never offer you another
one. My mother taught me to say no as a girl. But I’m trying to
cut down, I really am.
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join a health club, and being the add?
good boyfriend I was dragged I believe that “group fitness class-
along. […] We tried various fitness es” are the future of fitness. As time
classes, various instructors and goes on, we have less time to
became “hooked” on certain class- devote to fitness, so we want the
es. Fast forward a few years, I no “quick in and quick out.” Also we
longer had the girlfriend but still don’t have the time or knowledge
had the membership, so I contin- to design our own workouts. With
ued going to classes. The local group fitness classes, this is taken
instructors took an interest me and care of. All you have to do is show
asked if I would consider teaching. up, follow along, and you will have
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thegazette • Friday, January 7, 2011
Sports
rundown >> The Mustangs women’s basketball team defeated the number one nationally ranked Windsor Lancers 57-54 > With the victory, the Mustangs now take over first
place in the OUA West standings, two-points ahead of the Lancers > The Mustangs hope to continue their dominance this weekend against the 3-6 McMaster Marauders.
Windsor lances win streak
Mustangs lose to first place Lancers 87-72
Dustin Saracini
CONTRIBUTOR
On Wednesday night, while the
country’s Junior team lost to Russia,
two strong West division men’s bas-
ketball teams took to the floor of
Alumni Hall — the Windsor Lancers
and the Western Mustangs.
Coming into the tilt, Western was
riding a three-game winning streak,
which launched their Ontario Uni-
versity Athletics record to 5-3. How-
ever, on Wednesday night, Windsor
was the dominant team, winning the
game by a score of 87-72. The win
improves the Windsor Lancers’
record to 8-1, the best record in the
West.
Mustangs point guard Ryan Bar-
beau put up eight points in the first
half and was a strong force driving
to the net, controlling the pace of the
game and finding his teammates. He
finished with 14 points and eight
assists.
Fellow Mustang Andrew
Wedemire, who finished with 20
CIS finally getting noticed
Da Silva
Bullet
Daniel Da Silva
SPORTS EDITOR
dan@westerngazette.ca
It is becoming well known that the
level of hockey in the NCAA is catch-
ing up to that of the CHL. Major
junior hockey has always been the
place to go for aspiring NHLers, but
more and more, hockey teams are
drafting players out of the college
ranks.
But there is still a myth that
hockey in Canadian Interuniversity
Sport is where careers go to die. I’ll
admit that the level of hockey across
the board in the CIS is inferior to that
of the NCAA. There are still too
many teams like York or Ryerson
that just bring the league average
down.
points, was held off the score sheet
for virtually the entire first half due
to being a Lancer target.
Lancers head coach Chris Oliver
felt his team needed to shadow him
in order to have a better chance to
win.
“[Wedemire] is a heck of a player
and I feel that we did a pretty good
job on him, even though he had
some moments in the second half,”
Oliver said.
Going into the second half, Wind-
sor held a five-point lead that would
increase due to Isaac Kuon, the sec-
ond place leading scorer in the OUA.
Kuon finished the game with 25
points, and showed the Western
crowd why Windsor is first in the
West.
Windsor managed to outscore
Western 48-38 in the second half.
“Windsor was not only making
their shots, but they were making the
tough shots that were back-break-
ers for our defence when we were
making our runs,” Wedemire said
after the game.
However, with the partnership
between the CHL and the CIS, play-
ers that have graduated from major
junior hockey can go to a Canadian
university to get an education. That
means more and more quality ath-
letes are going to be flooding Cana-
dian schools, raising the level of the
game.
It has already started with the
top teams in the country. The Uni-
versity of New Brunswick Varsity
Reds, Alberta Golden Bears, McGill
Redman and even the Mustangs are
regularly competing and beating
quality American schools in exhibi-
tion games.
At the beginning of the season,
the CIS had one of its best days ever
against NCAA competition, winning
four games and tying one. UNB, for
instance, defeated the University of
Massachusetts while Western
knocked off three-time NCAA
champion Lake Superior State. The
day after UNB won again, while
Western dropped a close game to
the nine-time champion Michigan
•7
factattack
The Russians may have celebrated their recent World Junior gold
medal a little too hard. On their way back home, members of the
Russian junior team were kicked off their flight for “unruly behavior.”
Even a timeout called in the third
quarter by Mustangs head coach
Brad Campbell couldn’t solve the
Mustangs’ woes as the Lancers con-
tinued to hit shot after shot, going 12
for 27 from the three point line.
“It was a grind-it-out type game,
and it wasn’t pretty,” Oliver said.
At certain times Western didn’t
seem to put forth much effort and
seemed somewhat lackadaisical.
“Second chance points was a big
emphasis for us tonight and we did-
n’t do that at all,” Barbeau said about
his team’s lack of effort.
The Mustangs hope to get back
into the win column when they con-
tinue their season this weekend
against the 4-5 McMaster Mau-
raders at Alumni Hall.
“To prepare for [McMaster], we
just need to get back in the gym, do
work, get some healthy bodies going
and buckle down for an intense sec-
ond half of the year,” Wedemire said.
Nyssa Kuwahara GAZETTE
SADLY, REAL BASKETBALL NETS ARE HIGHER THAN THE FISHER PRICE NET
HE’S USED TO. The Mustangs opened their second semester with a tough loss to
the first-placed Windsor Lancers. Andrew Wedemire led the team with 20 points
while Ryan Barbeau chipped in 14 points and 8 assists.
Anders Kravis GAZETTE
Wolverines.
Professional teams are starting
to pay attention too. These same top
teams are graduating players into
the professional ranks. Sure, many
players are heading to Europe or the
East Coast Hockey League. But
every now and then, a player gets
signed by an NHL or AHL team.
Just last week, former Varsity
Red star Darryl Boyce, a regular for
the Toronto Marlies, was called up
to the Toronto Maple Leafs, where
he scored his first career NHL goal
against the Ottawa Senators.
He isn’t the first to make that
jump either. Former NHLer Steve
Rucchin played for the Mustangs
before becoming the captain of the
Anaheim Mighty Ducks.
Right now, there is a pretty obvi-
ous gap between CIS hockey and the
CHL or NCAA. But as university
hockey north of the border grows
and gains more exposure, it may
become a regular path to the NHL.
8• thegazette • Friday, January 7, 2011

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