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100, ISSUE 38 • THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2006
Somebody call the Discovery Channel
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IT’S AMAZING WHAT MACGYVER CAN DO WITH A TOASTER AND SOME TOOTHPICKS. Fourth-year science student Kyle Gilbert tests a field-cycled MRI system, which
is used to find dinosaur bones and measure the cuteness of kittens.
British study bangs away Students busted for
at common sex myths
boozing, baring all
By Dave Ward
Gazette Staff
A new British human sexuality study is shedding light on common myths associated with
sex.
Professor Kaye Wellings, of the London
School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicines,
led a team analyzing self-reporting data from
1.1 million people worldwide.
Wellings’ team expected to find increased
numbers of sexual partners in regions with
the highest rates of disease, such as Africa.
“Countries in which there was more
reporting of sexual promiscuity, usually richer ones, had lower [sexually transmitted
infections] rates,” Wellings said. “We did have
some of our preconceptions dashed.”
Wellings also said condoms are more
widely used in richer countries.
Guy Grenier, professor of psychology at
Western, said he wasn’t surprised promiscuity didn’t directly correlate with increased STI
cases.
Grenier explained promiscuity’s risks
using a driving analogy.
“If you drive your car 100,000 km, you will
be more likely to get into an accident than
someone who drives their car only 20,000
km,” Grenier said.
“But, if you’re a really good driver...the
more cautious and the better trained [you
are], the better driver you will be.”
The study also found differences in the
age virginity is lost.
“Age of first sex has gone down over the
last few decades in the richer countries,”
Wellings said, adding it’s increased in poorer
countries.
According to Grenier, there are numerous
factors decreasing age of virginity loss. He
cited better birth control — removing the
fear of pregnancy — and a younger age of
first menstruation as examples.
First-year history student John Bobo
agreed people are having sex early. “All you
have to do is look at pregnant girls showing
up in high school,” he said. “It’s because we’re
being more open about [sex], but also less
responsible.”
The study also dispelled the myth married
people have less sex. Married people reportedly have more sex than single people.
“The myth is there because it makes a
good joke,” Grenier said.
“When you think about it, it’s as plain as
the nose on your face,” Wellings said. “Married people have greater access to a partner.”
at biz conference
By Dave Ward
Gazette Staff
Western Canadian business students and
alumni traded suits for underwear and Gstrings at the ritzy Fairmont Chateau Lake
Louise last weekend.
Representatives from several business
schools gathered at the moutain resort in
Alberta for the Western Business Games and
partied with such enthusiasm, the Lake
Louise RCMP had to call in reinforcements.
Early Saturday morning, an RCMP officer
responded to “reports that students were
walking around the hotel with open liquor
and portable stereos in underwear and Gstrings,” said Cpl. Mark Kay, lead officer for
the RCMP detachment in Lake Louise.
“There were 230 students and alumni
staying at the hotel, and when police arrived,
they were met by crowds of noisy students in
various stages of undress,” Kay said.
“[The responding officer] saw students
yelling and chanting in one of the restaurants
at the hotel,” Kay said, adding community
members saw numerous students walking
around with open bottles.
Kay said the officer also found empty bottles in elevators and the hotel cleaning staff
found marijuana and magic mushrooms in
the morning.
Kay said there is normally one officer on
duty. He said off-duty members of the Banff
and Lake Louise RCMP, a canine unit from
Parks Canada, and several Parks Canada
rangers were called to deal with the situation
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ELEVATORS: FUN...AND DEADLY. Horseplay and overcrowding can turn elevators from convenient
transportation devices to death-traps.
Ohio State University student
dies in elevator accident
By Jennifer Davidson
Gazette Staff
The recent death of a student in an
elevator accident at an American
university has raised concerns over
elevator safety at multiple schools.
Andrew Polakowski, an 18-yearold Ohio State University student,
died Oct. 20 while attempting to
squeeze into an elevator with 23
other people en route to an event.
The elevator began descending
before the doors closed. Polakowski tried to jump through the opening and became trapped between
the elevator car and the building;
he suffered fatal injuries.
The university press release said
after the incident the elevator
involved failed its static brake test
performed by state inspectors.
David Lisle, director of publications and communications for the
Technical Standards & Safety
Authority, which regulates elevating devices in Ontario, said there is
always the potential for injury
when people do things with
devices they shouldn’t be doing.
Examples include overcrowding, elevator surfing, vandalism,
jumping, and stopping between
floors.
Chris Bumbacco, assistant
director of Housing Services at
Western, said he understands why
campus elevators would be more
prone to things like overcrowding,
because of impatience, everyone
leaving and returning from class
simultaneously, and large groups
attending events.
Tasha Morgese, a fourth-year
Management and Organizational
Studies student at Western, said she
was stuck in an elevator on Richmond Street on Halloween.
‘There were about 14 or 17 of us
all on the elevator,” she said. “We
freaked out.”
Morgese said the elevator went
down but the door wouldn’t open.
She said some people inside
opened the first door.
“It was so stuffy we would have
died without air.”
People outside the second door
heard them yelling.
“They told us how to pull this
lever and then open the door,”
Morgese said.
Dave Ridell, associate vice-president for Western Physical Plant
and Capital Planning Services, said
he’s unaware of any problems at
Western, although “periodically, we
have elevators that get stuck.”
Ridell said Western has roughly
120 elevators along with an inhouse elevator shop, two elevator
mechanics, an apprentice and a
contractor.
Bumbacco added many elevators have safety features which
sound a buzzer and stop the elevator during misuse.
Also, doors won’t open without
a car present.
“It would take a tremendous
amount of strength,” he said.
Bumbacco added he hasn’t
heard of any elevator surfing and a
much more common problem is
people dropping their keys down
shafts.
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“given the amount of drug seizures,
noise and liquor violations at the
time.”
Kay said one University of Calgary student faces charges for
uttering threats and obstruction of
justice.
“There were five rooms evicted,
one arrest and one individual was
taken to hospital,” said Lori Grant,
director of public relations for the
Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise.
Grant said there were minor
damages to the hotel. She added
the hotel had never experienced a
similar issue before.
“This was not a U of C spon-
sored event,” said Vern Jones, interim dean of the Haskayne School of
Business at the University of Calgary. “However, the actions of a
small number of students have
reflected poorly on the whole
school.
“We plan to work further with
students to ensure they know that
if they bring ill repute to this
school, there will be severe consequences.”
In addition, students from the
University of Lethbridge, University of Alberta, University of British
Columbia, University of Regina and
University of Northern British
Columbia attended the event.
Debbie Compeau, director of
Boners from Tuesday
In “Green Party leader Elizabeth May,” we said the London Conservative byelection candidate is Diane Haskin. It’s Diane Haskett.
In “Clubs protest on Concrete Beach,” a member of Oxfam said
Inprint rejected its poster proposal. Eventually, the posters were printed.
HBA student relations at the
Richard Ivey School of Business,
said social events are an important
part of business conferences and
similar events.
“Left to their own devices, 20 to
25-year-olds will occasionally make
bad decisions,” Compeau said.
She added her office therefore
works closely with student organizers for the Scotiabank case competition held at Western.
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Inexplicably, prof’s sasquatch research questioned
By Claire Neary
Gazette Staff
Whether you call it Bigfoot,
Sasquatch, samsquanch, giant ape,
or any other name, most people
would laugh if you said you actually believe such a creature exists.
However, criticism doesn’t bother Professor Jeffrey Meldrum of
Idaho State University. His book,
Sasquatch: Legend Meets Science,
was published in September as a
companion to the Discovery Channel’s documentary of the same
name.
Meldrum believes Bigfoot exists
and plans to prove it through scientific research.
Recently, Meldrum’s work came
under scrutiny after a story was
published by The Associated Press
and picked up by several news
sources, including CNN and CBC.
The story claimed Meldrum’s
work has turned him into an outcast and he is ridiculed by his colleagues. It also said some professors have asked the university to
review his work “with an eye toward
revoking his tenure.”
Meldrum and the collegues
quoted criticizing his work claim
the story was sensationalized, exaggerated, and even partly fabricated.
While Meldrum’s work has
raised some eyebrows and attracted skepticism from professors at
ISU, his tenure has never been
questioned.
News Briefs
Ivey hosts world business moguls
The Richard Ivey School of Business hosts several distinguished
speakers at its annual HBA leaders
forum today and tomorrow.
The forum lets HBA students
meet and learn from successful
Ivey graduates and business leaders. This year, Ivey is especially
excited to host Thomas D’Aquino,
CEO of the Canadian Council of
Chief Executives, an organization
of chief executives of 150 of the
country’s leading enterprises. He is
one of the private-sector architects
of the North American Free Trade
Agreement.
D’Aquino is the keynote speaker
at the opening ceremony at 11:30
a.m. in the Great Hall. The event
also features Paul Robertson, president and CEO of Corus Entertainment Television; Eleanor Meyers,
Deputy and Chief Information
Officer of World Vision International; and Larry Rosen, Chairman and
CEO of Harry Rosen.
—Claire Neary
“Some [colleagues] see my work
as an embarrassment, some resent
the attention it brings to the university and who knows what else,”
Meldrum said. “But I find those
with the most dogmatic opinions
are the least informed, or even illinformed.”
Meldrum’s fascination with Bigfoot began roughly 10 years ago
when he was shown footprints in
the foothills of Washington’s Blue
Mountains.
Meldrum has a Ph.D. in
anatomical sciences and teaches
anatomy and anthropology in ISU’s
department of biological sciences.
“When I saw the tracks, I looked
at them with a different frame of
reference than most people do,” he
said. “I couldn’t write them off as
obvious hoaxes. They really set me
back on my heels.”
Since then, Meldrum has developed a collection of over 200 footprints, mostly from the northwestern United States and some from
British Columbia.
Meldrum said the tracks range
from five inches to about 18 inches. After weeding out some hoaxes,
Meldrum found the footprints
share several distinct features
which indicate a primate-like creature with merely a superficial
human resemblance.
Meldrum also looks at hair
analysis, DNA, fingerprints, and
vocalizations. He said his main
challenge has been moving his
emony this Friday from 10:30 a.m.
to 11:30 a.m. in the University
Community Centre atrium.
The ceremony features a welcome address from Western President and Vice-Chancellor Paul
Davenport, performances from the
UWO Choir, and numerous readings and speakers.
Visual displays from London’s
Canadian Forces will also be displayed in the atrium.
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The event features dinner,
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LAURA’S REALLY TAKING THAT ALL-NATURAL FEMINIST THING TOO FAR. Colleagues have questioned an Idaho State professor’s Bigfoot research. He and his colleagues agree the story was sensationalized by its original writer. We, on the other hand, approached it with moderation and taste.
research beyond the realm of the
tabloid and paranormal and into
mainstream science.
John Kijinski, ISU dean of Arts
and Science, said no one has interfered with Meldrum’s academic
freedom. However, he said he and
some other professors have agreed
it’s not the kind of research they
want ISU known for.
“Meldrum has grant money, and
he’s attempting to pursue the topic
as a scientist,” Kijinski said. “But, in
my opinion, there are many issues
in the field that seem a lot more
pressing.”
Martin Hackworth, a professor
in the Department of Physics, said
while he disagrees with Meldrum’s
conclusions, he fully supports his
right to academic freedom.
“I do not question Dr. Meldrum
or anyone else’s right to investigate
anything,” he said. “That is what
scientists do. What I question here
is the scant evidence in support of
‘Bigfoot,’ which is incredibly poor
— so much so that Meldrum has
had no luck with legitimate peerreview journals.”
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Volume 100, Issue 38
“Madness is rare in individuals,
but in groups, parties, nations and ages it is the rule.”
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approval
Last weekend, several business schools from western
Canadian universities participated in the Western Business Games, an event riddled with alcohol, drugs and
goofy behaviour. Police were called, some students were
charged and the universities have declared they won’t tolerate such tomfoolery and will henceforth place it under
the Student Code of Conduct.
For various student bodies, classes and associations
like business schools, debauchery can build camaraderie.
So-called “motivational” or “leadership” conferences
are really an excuse for business schools, law schools or
other entities to drink; that can be problematic when
these groups represent their schools while exhibiting such
loutish behaviour. Such events could tarnish a school or
faculty’s reputation.
Some may say the gatherings facilitate networking, but
that seems like a sham.
One school of thought says as long as the partiers
maintain their academic standards, nothing else matters.
Business and law students often adopt a “work hard, play
hard” mantra. If monkey business occurs outside the
classroom setting, it shouldn’t affect future job opportunities.
The universities or faculties in question don’t have to
be associated with these groups; it may be in their best
interests to turn a blind eye. There shouldn’t be any problem co-ordinating these events independent of the
school. It’s dishonest to say these excursions are “learning
experiences.”
If any serious problems arise, like destruction of property or serious injuries, the law intervenes and the situation is no longer the university’s responsibility. The excursions aren’t elementary school or high school field trips;
university students are adults and should be responsible
for their actions.
Regardless, if a serious party-related problem is publicized, it can sour people’s opinion of a school, so paranoia from a given school’s faculty or administration is
understandable.
Partiers can certainly show school pride, but if universities remove their official branding from events like the
Western Business Games, everyone’s happy. Ideally, these
events should be controlled, but if they get out of hand,
the school should be separated from these drunken
events.
A school’s image is central to its success and it shouldn’t be tarnished by a few wild students.
Many inter-association members would endorse these
wacky events because of their positive effects on morale
and camaraderie. However, there should be some limits
on the level of accountability placed on universities’ talking heads.
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Should we be laughing at Borat?
Straight
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Georgia Tanner
Opinions Editor
Borat!: Cultural Learnings of America for
Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan has been hailed a breakthrough
comedy. Sacha Baron Cohen is sidesplittingly funny as Borat, a Kazakhstani
journalist completely ignorant of Western society’s social norms.
Especially notable, however, is his use
of comedy to examine issues and show
us our limits, which can be simultaenously funny, awkward, and deeply disturbing.
Cohen remains in character throughout the movie, giving us many opportunities to laugh at his ignorant foreigner
behavior. However, laughing at his
schtick has implications.
For example, it’s hard not to giggle
when Borat nonchalantly introduces us
to his “town rapist,” or when he laughs at
the idea of equal rights for women; holding such views in our society is so
unimaginable and backward it’s hilarious.
But, as we laugh, there’s also a dim
awareness that real “Borats” exist, with
views just as hateful and discriminatory.
That he comes from Kazakhstan and not
an imagined country reminds us these
kind of views aren’t globally laughable
and that in some places (but not necessarily in Kazakhstan), Borat’s backward
views are the norm.
Cohen plays on both our surprised
reaction to someone actually saying
these things — which is funny — while
also drawing attention to the disturbing
fact such views still exist.
It’s really uncomfortable when Cohen
gets Americans to agree with his views.
While audiences laugh at Borat’s ridiculous question about which gun is best “to
defend against Jew,” the shopkeeper’s
reply (a magnum) elicits gasps. Borat is
funny until someone actually validates
his views and proves their existence in
reality.
As Cohen pushes comedic limits, he
highlights the hypocrisy in our society
and shows us why we can’t think passively about the hidden discrimination
that still exists.
It’s interesting Cohen’s Borat persona
has met surprisingly little controversy,
which can’t be said for “Ali G.,” a character through which Cohen adopts a style
of speech and dress associated with
black street culture.
Why is it unacceptable for Cohen to
appropriate black culture, but fine for
him to appropriate that of a foreign
Kazakhstani man? If the beginning of
Borat — which shows children with guns
in Borat’s imagined Kazakhstani village
— was instead a parody of Ali G.’s supposed street culture, the scene would be
deemed racist.
Comedian Dave Chapelle felt this
discomfort when parodying race on
Chapelle’s Show, saying he felt some
skits perpetuated stereotypes rather
than exposing them as laughable and
faulty. Chappelle’s decision to end the
show signals the existence of a
comedic line that, when crossed,
accomplishes the opposite of what it
tries to do and perpetuates stereotypes.
Does Borat’s portrayal of the village
reinforce the stereotype that everyone
from that region of the world lives in
shacks with village rapists? Or should we
view this representation critically, as a
reproduction of our own skewed misconception about life in Kazakhstan and
similar places?
I’d like to give audiences credit and
say the latter, but I can’t help feeling concerned Borat will perpetuate a condescending view in the Western world
towards developing countries.
However, I’m also confident that if
such a stereotype becomes a problem,
Cohen will find a way to question it,
undermine it, and ask us to re-evaluate
our world view.
few times, and I was laughing, but I
also had to cover my eyes!”
—Sabrina Sdao
History IV
away with it if he was black. In his
movie, he’s excused for a lot of what he
says because he pretends to be from
Kazakhstan.”
—Mohamad El-Makdah
Engineering III
“The point is stereotypes exist in
American
culture
that
aren’t
addressed. Borat made a mockery of
the people who believe in them.”
—Sandy Clark
Medical Science IV
“I think [Sacha Baron Cohen] is
hilarious and controversial. He’s so
random and natural, and he asks
questions people wouldn’t think to
ask.”
—Abdullah Saab
HBA I
“Some parts [of Borat] are funny
and other parts need to be taken with
a grain of salt. He crossed the line a
“He says what everyone is thinking.
As Ali G [Cohen] played the wannabe
white gangsta, and he couldn’t get
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“Personally, it doesn’t make me
uncomfortable, I know it’s a joke...but
I also don’t fall into any categories he
targets. Having said that, I would say
it is extremely effective and funny for
anyone purely based on this approach
and the delivery of his jokes.”
—Tyler Stephenson
Chemical Engineering IV
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ArtsEntertainment
Radio 3 Canada’s most popular podcast
CBC podcast host Lawrence introduces new Canadian music
By Allison Buchan-Terrell
Gazette Staff
Grant Lawrence, host of CBC Radio
3, is centre stage in one of broadcasting’s biggest phenomena: podcasting.
Podcast popularity is steadily
growing, attracting listeners seeking convenience and unique, independent radio.
CBC Radio 3 is Canada’s most
downloaded podcast, with 3.4 million downloads and at least 125,000
listeners a week. Lawrence says he
didn’t foresee a career in broadcasting, let alone podcasting.
Lawrence’s broadcasting career
began when he would call into
CBC’s David Wisdom’s late night
show, Night Lines.
“I was on tour with my band,
The Smugglers, and I would call in
with stories from the road,”
Lawrence says. “I’m able to tell a
joke, or tell a story; you know, it was
rock ‘n’ roll touring, so there was a
lot of action going on.”
After hearing his on-air stories,
Leora Cornfeld, of CBC’s Real Time,
offered Lawrence a job as a
researcher and he began working
his way up.
When Steven Pratt, the director
of CBC Radio 3, first approached
him with the podcast idea,
Lawrence admits he thought it was
“Internet nonsense.” However,
Pratt convinced him it was a good
opportunity.
“Not only was he right, it has
now become the biggest I’ve ever
been involved with in my life,”
Lawrence concedes. “I was in a
band for 18 years [and] we put out a
lot of records, but this thing is heard
by more people in one week than
all the people who ever bought a
Smugglers’ record.”
Lawrence’s podcast is known
and loved for its passion.
“Basically what I have is a passion for music, a knowledge of
music, and I know how to communicate that,” he says. “So I know
how to speak into a microphone
and tell people about music as if
they are sitting in my living room.
“It’s a very intimate experience
because for the most part. It’s not
so much background as it is fore-
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PEAS IN AN IPOD. Podcasts have propelled CBC Radio 3 to instant success.
ground listening, so people pay
attention more when it’s that sort of
intimate experience.”
Lawrence says podcasts’ accessibility has also contributed to his
show’s success.
“You can listen to it whenever
you want wherever you want literally on planet Earth. It’s instantly
downloadable for free — the best
Canadian music, wherever you
want to hear it.”
CBC Radio 3 is also pod-safe,
meaning bands have agreed to
have their music on it.
Lawrence, however, credits the
podcast’s success to the strength of
Canada’s current music scene.
“We are in a ‘golden age,’ and I
am starting to see signs it may be
waning because there are a rash of
[band] breakups lately, but basical-
ly we are still in a glorious age for
Canadian music,” he says.
“The bands, the strength of the
music alone week after week, floats
the boat and people just trip over
themselves to hear it.”
All the podcast’s music comes
from New Music Canada, one of
Canada’s largest music databases.
Lawrence sees his podcast as a
noise filter of NMC’s staff picks.
“The Podcast gives you that filter,” he says. “It’s like ‘here’s where
you start, here’s our favourite bands
for the week, here’s 12 of them in
about three or four different genres
that we care about. We are really
passionate that these are amazing
tracks and hopefully you like them
too.’”
Lawrence says his podcast is the
opposite of corporate stations pre-
selected play lists and cookie-cutter hosts.
“The beauty of the CBC Radio 3
Podcast is everything that comes
out of my mouth is honest and it’s
honest passion for what we are
playing and an honest interest.
“I think it does harken back to
the original purpose of radio, which
was a discovery factor.”
Lawrence’s honesty and passion
show when he discusses his
favourite musical discovery from
the podcast.
“My favourite stuff is out-of-theblue, from some small town and it’s
genius,” Lawrence says.
“There is one called Decompsure, and he is a one-man act; he’s a
kid who grew up in a tiny town in
Saskatchewan and now he lives in
Elmira, Ontario and has some desk
day job, but he creates this
absolutely wild pop-break beat. It is
completely unhinged, just joyful.”
Lawrence says he’s received
some interesting fan responses.
“I play hockey and I’m a goalie,”
he explains. “I remember some
player crashed into me and my
defenceman jumped on top of him
and somehow the player ended up
on top of me.
“I am lying on my back on the
ice and he’s face-to-face with me
and it’s a very aggressive
moment. Usually the player will
say ‘fuck you, buddy’ or some
nonsense, and he whispers to me,
face-to-face, ‘I really like your
Podcast.’
“It snapped me right out of the
moment, and I think I let in about
six straight goals after that.”
A new book reveals the truth about Audrey Hepburn
By Matthew Griffis
Gazette Writer
Enchantment: The Life of Audrey
Hepburn
Written by: Donald Spoto
Published by: Harmony Books
Enchantment: The Life of Audrey
Hepburn, the newest addition in
Donald Spoto’s ever-growing
library of Hollywood biographies,
is a worthwhile read.
Growing up in war-torn
Europe’s darkest days, Hepburn
seemed destined for anywhere
but Hollywood. However, a brief
British film career led a 22-year-
old Hepburn to cross the
Atlantic and find instant U.S.
success.
Classic films like Sabrina,
Breakfast at Tiffany’s and My
Fair Lady made Hepburn a star
in the ’50s and ’60s. Though
Hepburn passed away in 1993
of colon cancer, she remains
one of Hollywood’s most celebrated stars.
Spoto
uses
extensive
research to mark each chapter.
He sheds light on aspects of
Hepburn’s life biographers
often ignore, including the subtle, intelligent sense of humour
that made her a delight to work
with. Spoto’s writing suggests
Hepburn’s magnetism was just
as powerful off screen as it was
on.
However, Spoto harbours
such intense admiration for
Hepburn, his objectivity is often
skewed.
For example, in Chapter 13
Spoto suggests Hepburn’s
untrained and notoriously
shrill singing voice should have
been used in My Fair Lady’s
musical sequences. It’s doubtful many people would agree.
Spoto’s book hit stands at
the perfect time, as Natalie
Portman graces the cover of
this month’s Harper’s Bazaar
as Hepburn’s Breakfast at
Tiffany’s character Holly
Golightly. Furthermore, a
Gap TV ad campaign has resurrected Hepburn’s famous café
dance sequence from 1957’s
Funny Face.
Warner Brothers also reissued
Breakfast at Tiffany’s as a special
edition DVD box set earlier this
year and, in December, Christie’s
will auction off the classic Hubert
de Givenchy dress Hepburn wore
as Holly Golightly.
Spoto’s book isn’t merely a trinket in a slew of Hepburn collectibles. Like his other works,
Spoto’s Enchantment displays a
passion rarely matched by his
contemporaries. His books are
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Shout Out Out Out
Out brings back ’80s
Electro rock music revived
By Desiree Gamotin
Gazette Staff
JUST BECAUSE WE WEAR BLACK DOESN’T MEAN WE DON’T LIKE TO DANCE. Shout Out Out Out
Out’s drummer Gravy discusses missing Edmonton, dance parties and Lieutenant Commander Data.
If you could be a robot, which robot
would you be?
After much thought and deliberation, Gravy, one of two drummers from electro rock band Shout
Out Out Out Out, has his answer.
“I could say something stupid
like C-3PO or R2D2, or one of the
Transformers or something,” Gravy
says.
“But you know what, I’m gonna
go with Lieutenant Commander
Data from Star Trek: The Next Generation — that’s my answer, and I
know that that totally makes me
seem like a nerd, but that’s my
answer.”
Edmonton’s SOOOO are not
only reviving 1980s-style vocoder
and synth-based music, but taking
it to another level. The band wants
to bring Canadians back to a time
when people just wanted to dance.
“[Our music] makes people
move and gets people dancing,”
Gravy says. “It’s really just fun party
music. I know there’s always been
that style of music kicking around;
it’s not like this is a new thing.
“From the ’80s until now, there’s
always been that kind of party
music — even through the ’90s. I
just think maybe we’re taking it to
another level. That’s kind of a
cheesy thing to say, but we definitely are a good-time band that
makes people dance.”
With seven members, two drum
sets, bass guitars, samplers, synthesizers, octapads, a vocoder and,
of course, cowbells, SOOO overflows the average stage.
Gravy says the band’s success
largely comes from its powerful live
shows.
“For me, the live shows are what
this band’s all about,” he says. “People can listen to the record — and I
think the record’s great, people get
into it and stuff — but then they see
the show and it’s really kind of a
sight to see.
“It’s different [than the record];
the drums play more of an element
with the live show, you got crazy
lighting… We really go all out for
the shows.”
SOOOO has played numerous
festivals, including NXNE and the
Canadian Music Week Festival, and
has toured with numerous electro
bands.
“Some of the bigger cities have
sort of adopted us,” Gravy says.
“But you know, it’s been kind of
hard work on our end, trying to get
[our] name out there, and we’ve
just been playing a lot.
“I think that’s the only way to
really do it — just to go to these
places and play the shows and get
people out. Then word of mouth
gets out there and then before you
know it, people know who you are.”
Though SOOOO only released
its debut Not Saying/Just Saying this
summer, the band is already playing and writing new songs.
The
band’s
songwriting
approach is trial and error.
“We’ve tried just coming up with
loops and building from there,
we’ve tried the jam thing — it all
kind of works,” Gravy explains. “We
have songs on the record that have
stemmed from both of those different methods to writing.”
Gravy says the band’s hectic
touring schedule never gets overwhelming, just a little tiring.
He admits it’s never quite home
on the road. The top three things
Gravy misses about Edmonton:
“My girlfriend — that would
be my number one. There’s also a
really great restaurant named
Pad Manadi — I miss that a lot.
It’s all vegan food, but it’s all really good.
“And I actually kind of miss my
work too, which is really strange. I
sell drums for a living, and I think
the drum shop has gone in the shitter — pardon my French — while
I’ve been gone, so we’ll see how
that goes when I get back.”
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The Hold Steady’s third album,
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it’s hard to improve on a modern
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The Hold Steady has often relied
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The band has also increasingly
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Like Kerouac before him, Finn’s
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While the band ultimately
stumbles with this album, its willingness to do so without regrets
deserves applause.
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Break-ups and bust-ups from celebdom
songs, his new album has more pop
than a 7-11.
By Brian Gasparek
Gazette Staff
• Likeable rapper Snoop Dogg is
really in the “dogg” house this time.
Last week, he was caught in a California airport with marijuana and a
firearm; this week, Snoop-A-Loop
was busted at another California
airport for possession of a deadly
weapon. Apparently, the rapper
was trying to smuggle a police
baton through airport security.
Snoop, if convicted in an upcoming
hearing, could face three gin and
juiceless years behind bars.
• Apparently, Ryan Phillippe and
Reese Witherspoon never signed a
prenuptial agreement.
Their recent break up and
potential equal-split of assets
bodes well for the lacklustre
Phillippe, as Witherspoon is the
highest paid actress in Hollywood,
pulling in $29 million a film.
Phillippe makes a subpar $2.5 million a movie.
It’s all good Ry, now you can buy
a better agent!
•
Courtney
Love
is
sober…again. We’ve all heard
that before — and we know we’ll
hear it again — but the interesting thing is Love credits her
sobriety to Hollywood class act
Mel Gibson. She claims the
drunk-driving
anti-Semite
helped her get sober by breaking
up an intense drug session
between her and several men in
a Beverly Hills hotel room.
Love also claims the self-proclaimed “King of Malibu” turned
her to a good addiction counsellor
and she’s been clean for 15 months.
That’s better than Gibson.
•
Egomaniac
Matthew
McConaughey is trying hard to discredit rumours he’s having a gay
love affair with cyclist Lance Armstrong.
McConaughey
recently
revealed how he picks up some of
Hollywood’s hottest stars, like Sandra Bullock, Penelope Cruz and
Ashley Judd. He claims his secret is
to be himself, and never use cheesy
lines. What about Failure to
Launch?
He also claims he’s been hooked
on strong-minded brunettes the
past five years. Sounds like someone is trying a little too hard to convince us.
• Former Blink-182 guitarist and
current Angels and Airwaves frontman Tom Delonge wants more
attention. After unsuccessful trying
to prove his latest release is the best
rock album in 20 years, Delonge is
bad-mouthing his old band.
In a recent interview, Delonge
said Blink’s sound was “bullshit.”
He said he doesn’t want to be in “a
bullshit pop band with some bullshit pop songs.”
Irony, anyone? Not
only did Delonge
write most of
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Does our generation really have a
defining musical voice?
In the past, icons were monuments to musical trends truly representative of their time’s cultural
zeitgeist. Bob Dylan, The Beatles,
Led Zeppelin, The Sex Pistols,
Elton John, Snoop Dogg, Nirvana;
these names are easily recalled by
most music fans. Even now, people are still inspired by their
artists’ musical contributions.
Do we really have a defining
sound anymore? Can one music
style or trend sum up the vast and
varied musical landscape surrounding us today?
The answer is no. There’s just
too much out there.
This isn’t necessarily a bad
thing. With the labyrinth of music
on the Internet and various subcultures finding their own niche
in the twisted web of message
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stage magician Eisenheim’s
(Edward Norton) astounding
illusions reaches the powerful and
pragmatic Crown Prince Leopold
(Rufus Sewell), the ruler attends
one of the magician’s shows in order to debunk
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boards, networking sites, file
transfers, and torrents, music has
never been so vibrant, diverse,
and personalized.
The lack of a defining musical
trend is visible in today’s mainstream media. Broken Social
Scene and Kanye West rub shoulders on MuchMusic’s video rotation, while many radio stations
struggle to follow the Internet’s
fast-paced trends. Bands can’t be
easily placed in categories like
“hard-rock” and “gangsta rap.”
Want to showcase the latest trend
on MTV Canada? It’s too late —
you’re two weeks behind.
It’s becoming harder and harder to find one voice representing
modern music. Icons rise and fall
faster than ever, while musical
trends change direction every
time you log onto your computer.
Music is no longer fed to us
through a limited number of
straws. Through the Internet and
various other sources, people are
slowly fashioning their own personal trends. This new personalized media lets people build
stronger personal connections
with their music. At the same
time, however, it draws people
away from a larger community
bonding. What happens when no
one remembers the chorus to
“Sweet Caroline?”
As people descend further into
these narrowly defined tribes,
they risk losing a perspective on
the musical landscape as a whole.
The entire musical landscape’s
gigantic scope is intimidating.
Many retreat into the comfort of
specific subgenres with other
like-minded people, fortifying
themselves against outside influences.
Adhering solely to the jangly
power-pop of Brandon Benson or
the gloomy folk rock of Okkervil
River might seem great initially,
but what happens when you hear
a catchy sound outside your carefully constructed subgenre? Yes,
Kelly Clarkson’s “Since U Been
Gone” is a great song, but how
can you explain this to your cult
of fellow emo rockers?
Naturally, not everyone sticks
to one confine. Some operate as
nomads, moving through various
genres, trends and sounds, taking
what they like before moving on.
Establishing a personal taste
— a personal media — doesn’t
mean you must adhere to any
certain code. It’s too easy to get
caught up in a single sound and
forget the bigger picture.
Picking and choosing lets us
fashion our own tastes, rather
than squirreling certain bands
away and denying any possibility
of actually enjoying that new
Missy Elliot song. Even a folk
lover can bring sexy back.
So the real question is, does
our generation really need a
defining voice?
No.
Stop looking for the new
Dylan, the new Strummer, or the
Bruce Springsteen of our generation. Instead of worrying about
finding a defining voice, do some
exploring. Sit back, turn up the
volume and listen. Who needs an
icon, anyway?
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CampusLife
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Is Western filled with
apathetic students?
Students go hungry with high cost of education
Food bank usage on
the rise, financial
aid inadequate
By Sarvenaz Kermanshahi
make it through their program and
graduate,” she said, noting most
students must seek at least partAccording to a 2004 study by the time employment.
There are also health risks assoCanadian Alliance of Student Associations, poverty and food bank ciated with insufficient eating, she
usage among Canadian post-sec- added.
“It’s important to wake up to a
ondary students is rising. The study
cited increasing tuition fees as a good breakfast,” said Pedro Lopes,
VP-campus issues for Western’s
likely cause.
There are currently 51 campus- University Students’ Council. “Not
based food banks in Canada’s 278 eating adequately affects energy
colleges and universities. Accord- and performance.”
The USC food bank was created
ing to CASA, the average opening
year for campus food banks was in 2000-2001 and is an underused
1996, the same year the federal gov- service, Lopes said.
“[The food bank] is not just for
ernment made significant cutbacks
to post-secondary education fund- those who don’t have a job, are on
welfare, or can’t eat for a week,” he
ing.
Tuition rose an average of 135.4 said.
Lopes said the food bank is a
per cent between 1990-1991 and
2000-2001, more than six times resource for anyone short of
time or money to buy food for a
faster than inflation.
“Correspondingly... students brief period of time, even if the
shortage is a
saw more of
result of irretheir budgets
“[Post-secondary sponsibility on
being eaten up
by tuition fees,
graduates] become the part of the
student,
he
leaving less for
not just students added.
basic necessi[students]
ties such as
with debt, but also are“If going
to
housing, clothmiss a meal or
ing and food,”
the working poor”
cannot get groCASA’s study
Adam Spence,
ceries, no matreported.
Executive director of the
ter the situation,
Eighty per
Ontario Association
this is somecent of students
of Food Banks.
where they can
using
food
go.”
banks reported
supporting themselves primarily
The Gazette sent two e-mails to
through loans and job income; the USC food bank the past two
such a finding suggests the amount weeks. The first wasn’t responded
of financial assistance available to to, the second was replied to after
students is inadequate to meet six days.
basic needs, the study found.
The USC claims food assistance
“On average in Canada, stu- is available within 48 hours of
dents are carrying debt loads of request.
$25,000 upon graduating,” said
Lopes said it’s unclear what
Angela Regnier, national deputy happened with the requests, but
chair of the Canadian Federation of the USC and the food bank co-ordiStudents, referring to student debt nator will work to ensure requests
not including private loans.
are dealt with quickly.
Coupled with the fact minimum
“It is a known fact that the food
wage hasn’t increased with the rate bank portfolio is one of extreme
of inflation and the lack of a nation- importance at the USC,” he said.
al child-care system, it’s no surprise
There’s no restriction on who
the poverty among students is can access the food bank. Requests
growing, she said.
for food assistance from the USC
The students poverty and grad- food bank fluctuate between one
uating with debt is exacerbated by and 35 users on a monthly basis,
the increase in temporary work Lopes said.
among recent graduates and new
“We don’t see as many universiworkers, said Adam Spence, execu- ty or college students,” said Mary
tive director of the Ontario Associ- Ann McDowell, office manager of
ation of Food Banks.
the London Food Bank. “[This is]
“[Post-secondary graduates] not to say that they aren’t in need,
become not just students with but [they] are perhaps more relucdebt, but also the working poor,” tant to use it.”
Spence said, adding temporary
McDowell speculates the relucwork pays up to 40 per cent less tance to use the food bank is due to
than other jobs.
students feeling disconnected from
Student poverty presents a bar- the community.
rier for those trying to attend col“If you are in an unfamiliar
lege or university, Regnier said, place, you don’t know where to
adding it should be taken into con- reach out for assistance,” she said.
sideration especially since postMcDowell estimates eight to 10
secondary degrees are a necessity per cent of LFB users are students,
in today’s job market.
half of whom are English-as-a-sec“It affects students’ ability to ond-language students.
Gazette Staff
Photo illustration by Joyce Wang
• Buy fresh fruit and vegetables in
season. For example, in the winter
save by buying oranges, grapefruit,
bananas, potatoes, turnips,
onions, and carrots.
• Buy three pieces of each kind of
fruit: one ripe, medium and green.
Eat the ripe one right away and
use the others as they ripen.
• Canada Choice canned fruits and
vegetables are a cheaper and
equally nutritious alternative to
Canada Fancy.
• To maintain freshness, keep
bread well wrapped in the freezer.
Remove slice by slice as needed.
• Stock up on pasta when on sale:
it can be stored for several years if
left unopened in a dark place.
•Choose plain cereals over the
more expensive sweetened varieties. Add your own sugar fresh or
dried fruit if desired.
• Muffin and cookie mixes are
cheaper than bought baked goods,
but not as cheap as baking from
scratch.
• Lower fat (skim and one per cent)
milk is cheaper than higher fat
milk (two per cent and whole).
• Have one or two meatless meals
a week. To keep up protein, try
scrambled or boiled eggs,
omelettes, baked beans, and
peanut butter sandwiches.
• Canned light tuna and pink
salmon are less costly than other
varieties.
• Inexpensive sources of protein:
pork butt, loin or rib, pork chops;
dried or canned beans, lentils,
peas, peanut butter; Grade B or
utility grade chicken legs or whole
poultry; liver and organ meats;
eggs, canned fish; ground beef.
Less tender meats such as blade,
chuck, flank, round, stewing meat
are cheaper and can be cooked in
liquid to be made softer.
Source: Dietitians of Canada
http://www.dietitians.ca/resources/
SF-6.pdf
TELL US HOW WESTERN CAN IMPROVE
With a hefty investment of
thousands of dollars and manhours in this joint we call Western, you must have an opinion
on what you love, what you
hate, and ideas about what
you’d change. Why not put that
opinion to good use rather than
simply mouth off?
We want to know how you
would make Western better. It
could be better student housing, food, co-op opportunities,
or maybe a little something to
spice up your social life. Let
your imagination guide you.
E-mail your ideas at
[email protected] or
drop them off in Room 263 of
the UCC. Include your full
name, program and year of
study. Speak up and participate
in our Western imagination
project.
Photo illustration by Joyce Wang
OH BABY, CAMPBELL’S CHUNKY SOUP. This assortment of food
items, including pasta sauce, spaghetti, crackers, juiceboxes, and
Kraft Dinner, is part of what students receive in baskets from the
USC food bank.