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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2010 WESTERN’S DAILY STUDENT NEWSPAPER SINCE 1906 VOLUME 104, ISSUE 44

Faces of Western

A
Model
Life
Western might be known for its sense of fashion,
but some students take it a step further. With
several fashion shows, modelling agencies and
publications in town, student models are in high
demand.
Kaleigh Rogers takes a closer look at Western
students who are trying to make a name for
themselves in the competitive fashion industry.
It’s not unusual for Feras Amacheh ion week. So I always have my
to be walking to class and receive a books with me to study on the
phone call, prompting him to skip Greyhound or the train.”
class for the day and hop on the Susan Chlipala, a Western crim-
next Greyhound bus to Toronto. It’s inology student signed with Lon-
just as likely for him to miss an don agency, The Agency Models,
entire week of classes at a time in agreed it’s a struggle to strike a bal-
order to disappear to the city for his ance between school and work in
Photo Illustration by Sophia Lemon GAZETTE
part-time job. the modelling industry.
Amacheh is a second-year busi- “When you have modelling
ness student at Western. He’s also a opportunities, it can interfere with youngest new face is 12 years old, ed to set their studies aside.
professional fashion model. your class schedule or schoolwork. and she’s high fashion; she’s five “If a big job comes, we make it
“My goal was to go to Ivey, but I You already need enough discipline foot nine, and she’s in elementary happen. So, hopefully their grades
don’t know if that is what I want to to eat a healthy diet, drink lots of school,” Norris explained. “Most of are high and they can leave school.”
do anymore,” Amacheh explained. water, exercise regularly, and get my new faces are in high school, so While some of his friends have
Amacheh was scouted by Nor- enough sleep. But, you need even Generally, any talent that they’re in grades nine and 10. So, part-time jobs on or around cam-
wayne Anderson model manage- more to organize your life to work we’re interested in is in we’re used to it, it’s the norm.” pus, Amacheh didn’t feel they were
ment, one of the leading model out evenly.” school. My youngest new Part of her role as an agent is equivalent to the demands of a
agencies in Toronto, while walking Chlipala grew up with a love for helping models balance their life on career in modelling.
into the Eaton’s Centre this past fashion and being on camera. She face is 12 years old, and the runway with their life in the “No, no, not at all, it doesn’t even
summer. finally took her passion into her she’s high fashion; she’s classroom. Along with maintaining come close. If they’re working, say,
“I thought it was very cool, but I own hands at 19, when she their measurements and appear- at the mall or whatever, they can
five foot nine, and she’s in
had no idea what I was getting approached her agency and was ance, models are encouraged to always go back home. They don’t
into.” signed the same day. She said she elementary school. keep up with the school work, have to worry about travelling or
Now represented by PUSH mod- tries to keep an even balance Anita Norris which Norris believed plays an spending four hours—two hours
els out of Toronto, Amacheh has between her schoolwork and mod- Local talent agent important role for models. going to Toronto, two hours coming
done print, editorial, and campaign elling. “To a certain extent, I like them back. That just kills the day. They
work. He most recently walked the But for Amacheh, modelling having something else going on in don’t have to worry about missing
runways for fashion bigwigs — takes top priority for now. their lives, because this job is not a class because of their job. Their
including Roberto Cavalli and Dirk “Just because I am still young full-time job, ever. You need to have hours are around their class sched-
Bikkembergs — at LG Fashion Week and I can always go back to school. something else going on,” she ule most of the time, but for me it’s
this October. [...] But, it is very stressful.” explained. like, if I get a casting call, I’d have to
But it’s not all flashing lights and Local agent Anita Norris “It’s very competitive, it’s mar- maybe miss a whole day of lec-
runways for Amacheh. Pursuing a returned to London after travelling keting yourself. So, if you don’t have tures,” he explained.
career in the modelling industry the world as a model, and later, an something secondary going on, it “My schedule is around my job,
has left him in a precarious balance agent for top modelling agency, can be a little overwhelming. It’s too my job is not around my schedule.”
between his modelling work and Wilhelmina models, in New York fickle an industry to base your While none of Norris’ Western
his academic studies. City. Now she runs her own agency, livelihood on, and just to keep your models have ever dropped out to
“It is extremely difficult, because where students make up the major- sanity, it’s important to get that pursue their career, it’s not uncom-
you never know where you will be ity of her client base. brain function going.” mon to take a semester off, or a gap
tomorrow,” he said. “I had to miss a “Generally, any talent that we’re Still, if an important opportuni-
whole week of classes during fash- interested in is in school. My ty comes up, the models are expect- >> see MODELLING pg.2
2• thegazette • Friday, November 26, 2010

Faces of Campus > Student Models

Modelling not without perks

>> continued from pg.1

year, to travel abroad to pursue mod-

elling opportunities, Norris noted.
“One of our models, she’s no
longer in school, she’s 19, and she
decided to take a year off. She’s
travelling worldwide. She’s, right
now, in Sydney. She’s off to Ham-
burg next week. She’s making six-
figures, she’s nineteen. So, it’s a
great way to start your life if you did
want to take a year off and just have
this flow, it works.”
This idea appeals to Lucas Cros-
by, a fourth-year kinesiology stu-
dent who is signed by FORD mod-
els in Toronto, and represented by
Norris in London.
“I would like to take a year off
and do some travelling, hopefully
through modelling and agency rep-
resentation in Europe or Asia,”
Crosby explained, noting the stress
of juggling his budding career with
his last year of studies is sometimes
overwhelming.
“It is very difficult, especially
when I am two and a half hours Photo Illustration Sophia Lemon GAZETTE
away from Toronto, which is where
about 95 per cent of my work is.” in the CAISA fashion show, often a I’m working. If I’m not working,
Crosby was discovered on cam- launching pad for student models. there are events sometimes at night
pus two years ago when he walked Since then, he has done campaigns that I have to go to, industry events
for the Gap, as well as walked run- or whatever. When I’m in London,
way shows for Banana Republic, I’m trying to catch up on my studies
American Apparel, and Mundo so it’s kind of hard, I can’t really go
Unico. out and party with my friends. I do
Like Crosby, Amacheh has con- [feel like I’m missing out] on the
sidered taking some time off to whole Western experience thing.”
Solution to puzzle on page 6 travel and work, possibly leaving Despite the unstable schedule
his second semester to model in and high demand, Amacheh
Tokyo, Japan. In the meantime, it’s a admitted there are some perks to
daily struggle to maintain the bal- the job.
ance between school and work, and “The excitement of everything
he said he sometimes feels he’s about the industry, the travelling,
missing out on the full university the people that one meets in the
experience. industry are very nice. I love how
“It’s really hard. When I’m not in there is no routine,” he said.
school, when I’m not in London, “And, of course, the free clothes.”

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Campus > USC News Briefs

USC gets $20K for website Students revamp

U of W campus
Students at the University of Water-
campus entrance. Winners of the
contest will be announced in May
2011, with construction scheduled
loo have the opportunity to make a to begin next fall. The University
New ‘trendy’ site follows $14K website in change about how their school
looks — and a chance to leave their
will fund the chosen submission for
up to $100,000.

2008 and two visual changes this year own legacy on campus.
The plan, called the I3 Chal-
Jeff Casello, organizer of the pro-
ject and associate dean of under-
lenge, asks students to improve the graduate studies in the faculty of
Scott Leitch The winning submission was “When you talk about a world- entrance to UW. environment, agreed it’s important
GAZETTE STAFF online for several months until the class school, the branding and con- “This project is about engaging for students to have their say when
USC purchased another redesigned sistency are going to be very key. You our students in the life and future it comes to school atmosphere.
The University Students’ Council’s look from InPrint in the summer. want to have something unique to of the university,” said Meg Beckel, “The campus is here for the stu-
website is getting a makeover. Fassina said this was the first the USC, but still maintain the vice-president external affairs at dents, faculty, staff and visitors —
The USC is putting $20,000 time that money was allotted by the branding of the University. That Waterloo. “It is about leveraging the but the most important group is the
towards developing and designing USC to its online presence. takes some work,” Adamsson said. talent we have on campus [and] students. They are the reason [why]
a new online presence, including a Shawn Adamsson, director of “With a world-class university advancing the positioning and the university exists,” he said.
website. The current site, which has operations and co-founder of rtrac- you’re expecting a world-class stu- identity of the university.” Casello added if this first initial
been online for less than a year, cost tion, a web development service dent experience and the website is The area around the south competition is successful, more
the USC $80 and was made by the based in London, said the process the package for that,” Adamsson entrance of campus is the region in areas might be explored in the future.
USC-owned store InPrint. behind building a new website for said. focus, as surrounding streets such — Nicole Young
“We’re looking to make the USC an organization like the USC is The USC’s revamped website as University Avenue and Seagram
website more trendy. We want it to costly and time-consuming. follows several redesigns of campus Drive have accounted for much
be something students can go back He said the designers first come websites over recent months, traffic within the crowded space.
to a few times a day for something
new,” Nicole Fassina, communica-
up with preliminary designs, which
go through a committee. Those
including Western’s Office of the
Registrar and several faculty coun-
Teams of three to six students,
representing at least two different Teach English
tions officer for the USC, said.
The investment will go toward
building a new website and intro-
ideas are then changed, and then
those ideas go though the commit-
tee again. This cycle can continue
cils.
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faculties, are invited to collaborate
on how they would improve the Abroad
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which might include a smartphone longer. and functionality.
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Opinions saywhat?
Quiet morning in the mall. Then the scream: “It’s Pat Sajak!” Then
chaos. Autographs and pictures. I’m almost sorry I screamed.
>> Pat Sajak, via his twitter @patsajak

Our music still rocks

what 12-year-old girls want to listen
to at their Much Music Video
Uncle Dances. And, regardless of how you
Jesse feel about this, preteens like auto-
tuned songs full of innuendo that
they’ll only understand after bitter
years of high school.
Jesse Tahirali Judging an entire era of music
OPINIONS EDITOR based only on what is played on the
[email protected] radio is criminal. Plenty of bands
that have achieved popularity over
I can see how flipping on the radio the past decade will achieve time-
and only hearing artists like Ke$ha lessness. On this, I am willing to bet
can leave you discouraged. But I do most of my future children.
have to disagree with what my col- Arcade Fire, Modest Mouse,
league Amber Garratt wrote earlier Nine Inch Nails and Radiohead are
this week — modern music is just examples of bands that are undeni-
as great as music has ever been. ably talented and will continue to
Classic rock radio stations are be listened to long after Ke$ha dies
not exactly the equivalent of travel- of a cough syrup overdose.
ling back a few decades and turn- As technology has progressed,
ing on the radio. The bands that we’ve seen the introduction of elec-
survive to be classified as “classic tronic music — genres that didn’t
rock” are the bands that were good even exist back when John Bonham
enough to transcend decades. was drinking vodka for breakfast.
And it’s not as if all surviving
music is meaningful or masterful. I
don’t think there is any deep signif-
Daft Punk may not shred guitars and
protest the Vietnam War, but that
doesn’t mean 30 years down the road
Web cost is justified
icance to the idea of wanting to they’ll be considered pop-garbage.
“rock and roll all night and party Most “classic” music that we still We’re sorry. groups perceive us. If we want Western to be seen as
every day.” hear today is good, but that sort of Really, we are. It’s probably our fault the University professional, we have to look the part. So if the USC is
Plus — as catchy, classic and goes without saying — the crap of Students’ Council has decided to redo their website spending $20,000 on the site, it better not be another
groundbreaking as they may be — a that era was forgotten with time. and beef up their online presence for the hefty price of coat of lipstick on the same old pig.
good portion of The Beatles’ musi- Radio today is saturated with $20,000. After all, just last year we criticized the USC for To make up for a bad start, the USC should also
cal library is comprised of simple, catchy, shallow choruses and unin- running a web design contest, which lured young web make clear whether they investigated something other
poppy, love songs, not dissimilar to spired lyrics, but this definitely is developers into creating a new USC website for free. than an expensive upgrade. Hiring professionals justi-
what we hear today. not an accurate gauge of what our We said they should hire a professional or at least fies a $20,000 bill, but they should have looked at free
“But,” you may be thinking to generation will be remembered for. pay a team of web development students to undertake alternatives like Wordpress. A simple website would suit
yourself, “The Beatles had oceans When all is said and done, turn- the task. So kudos for finally giving the money that the USC well, where general information about the bus
of talent compared to the puddles of-the-millennium music will be should have always been there. With this new budget, pass and health plan are number one attractions. And
of auto-tuned garbage water that remembered for being innovative they might get some glossy new features and tools to considering the USC’s multi-year campaign to slash
leaks out of the radio today.” and creative, while Ke$ha will be help students. costs, cut services and layoff employees, they need to
Well, yes. Obviously. But popu- considered only a brief stain on our The real question is, will students even notice? In an be especially prudent with every dollar they spend.
lar radio is basically made up of musical sheets. age where social media draws our online attention and The USC is also treading on some familiar territory.
Google makes everything accessible, what reason do Only three years ago, the USC dropped $14,000 on a
students have for visiting the USC’s homepage? website that quickly became stale and dated. The USC
Letters to the editor Many students will be reeling from sticker shock hasn’t indicated how long they expect this investment
when they see the cost of the online overhaul. So to jus- to last, meaning the $20,000 budget might need anoth-

Weldon won’t be a party tify the cost, the USC needs to be transparent about
their motivations for spending the money here.
And as far as being transparent goes, they’re off to a
er helping in a few years time.
Getting a new website is a good idea. It will help stu-
dents and finally solve the current USC website’s dread-
Re: ”Weldon goes 24 hours,” (Nov. 24, are not — and have never been — bad start. No one would even know this project existed ful online interface. Hiring someone to make this a
2010) synonymous with “wild parties,” if not for a question from the floor late in Wednesday’s reality is sensible. The next step involves calling for stu-
and the implication that inebriated council meeting. dent feedback so that, when all’s said and done, the
To the Editor: party-goers flock to Weldon during The USC can’t be faulted for taking an interest in $20,000 is truly an investment that will improve stu-
I must confess that I have been very the tense exam period only to be their online presence. That’s where students are, and a dent lives instead of the USC’s appearance.
skeptical that the Gazette continues mercilessly “shushed” by their website plays a big role in how other universities or — The Gazette Editorial Board
to cite “partying at Weldon” as a more studiously-minded peers is
major issue pertaining to Weldon’s an argument that, to me, doesn’t
later opening hours during the hold much water (never mind
exam period. liquor).
The article mentions that there
was “evidence that parties took
Personally, I think that the
Gazette usually does an admirable
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Where has all the good music gone? mess, as opposed to understanding
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(Wed, Nov 24)
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Maddie Leznoff And His Boy. “It was the first album says. “There are six bands that have Though the album cost more to
ARTS & LIFE EDITOR that we’d done — we never had any been featured on both releases and produce, Oh! still doesn’t make >> Who is Oh?
experience with it at all.” the progress they’ve all made […] is much profit — it’s funded com-
The second Open House Arts Col- Oh! Compilation One sold out its remarkable.” pletely from their own pockets. Open House Arts Collective is a
lective (Oh!) compilation album is first 250 copies, so the collective There are also nine artists who “We pay for all the manufactur- group of musicians, artists, and
a who’s-who of local musical talent. decided to make another run. are participating for the first time. ing and then we kind of get reim- art enthusiasts based out of Lon-
And for only $5 a pop, you can’t get “We wanted to show the world Allen says it took about five bursed a little bit with the sale of it. don, working together to moti-
a better soundtrack to keep you that London is a hot spot, and I months to put the latest compila- We make just a little bit of profit vate, support, and inspire the
company on the windy, cold days of think people were excited to cele- tion together. which goes back to future projects,” London arts community and to
winter in London. brate that and to hear it,” Allen says. “You have to put time into song- Allen says. promote the community’s
The 15-track album features Since the release of the first writing, recording, doing all the But the compilation album isn’t endeavours within the larger
songs by Olenka and the Autumn compilation, the collective has mixing and mastering of the actual about making money — it’s about Canadian arts scene.
Lovers, Alanna Gurr, Wild Domes- released 11 other albums for local music, and then with the manufac- showing Canada, and the world, — from ohcollective.ca
tic and Say Domino, among many and non-local artists, which has turing of the actual album we have what homegrown talent London
others. only served to make the process of another few months of art design,” has to offer.
The collective released their first putting together the album easier, Allen explains. “There is so much talent in this able at Sunrise Records, Grooves,
compilation album in March 2009 according to Andrew James, Keeping the album local was a city that many people aren’t aware London Music Club, Village Idiot, as
and it was a huge success. another Oh! directing member. But priority for the collective as well. of, so we put out the compilation to well as through their website, ohcol-
“The first album was very well for him, the most improvement “We work with a few local Lon- give these artists the well-deserved lective.ca. The album release will
received and I think we were very has come from the artists them- don businesses who help us to cre- exposure that they may not yet also be celebrated tonight at APK
surprised and very happy that we selves. ate the final product, step by step,” have,” James says. “We want to share Live in conjunction with More
got so much attention,” says Oh! “The thing that is most exciting James says. “When comparing this our excitement or our musical and More’s album release party with spe-
directing member Sam Allen, who for me is listening to the develop- release with the first compilation, cultural community in London with cial guests Hooded Fang and Hand-
also has a track on the album as ment that the artists have made the quality has become a lot better, the city as well as the country.” some Dan and His Gallimaufry.
well as a song with band A Horse over the past year and a half,” he thus a bit more expensive.” Oh! Compilation Two is avail- Admission is $5.

Great Big Sea plays great big set list

Katherine Horodnyk be playing two set lists because they
CONTRIBUTOR had ten albums worth of music to
cover.
Immediately following Doyle’s
statement, the band resumed with
Crowd:
the first set, playing classic songs
Setlist: from their older albums. “The Night
Paddy Murphy Died” and “When I
Worth the Cash:
Am King” were only two of the
Overall: many songs that brought cheering
fans to their feet.
After a 10 minute break, Great
On Wednesday night, Newfound- Big Sea returned with their second
land band Great Big Sea kicked off set and the concert began to pick
their tour at London’s John Labatt up pace. The entire audience got to
Centre. their feet during the upbeat songs
The large venue was sectioned like “Consequence Free” and
off into a smaller space, which was “When I’m Up (I Can’t Get Down).”
a suitable reflection of the intimate The band kept the audience
nature of Great Big Sea’s music. entertained with comedic banter
The band is promoting their between songs and their ability to
new album, Safe Upon The Shore, play a wide variety of instru-
which was released earlier this year. ments.
They have not performed in Lon- Great Big Sea showed dedication
don since March 2009 so for fans, to their art and fans, playing more
Wednesday night’s performance than 35 songs, including covers of
was long overdue. The Black Eyed Peas’ “I’ve Got a
Crowd favourite “Ordinary Day” Feeling” and Journey’s “Don’t Stop
started the concert and prepared Believing.”
fans for a night of dancing, singing Band members Doyle, Séan
and drinking. After a few introduc- McCann and Bob Hallett left fans Corey Stanford GAZETTE
tory songs, lead singer Alan Doyle satisfied with an incredible night of THE MANDOLIN IS ALWAYS MY INSTRUMENT OF CHOICE. Great Big Sea played at the John Labatt Centre Wednesday
informed the audience they would classic Canadian music. night, impressing the audience with two full sets.
6• thegazette • Friday, November 26, 2010

Lights keep shining for Canadian musician

Amber Garratt You have accomplished so much
ARTS & LIFE EDITOR since you released your EP in
2008. How does it feel to be 23-
Lights is taking the music world by years-old and have already gone
storm and she doesn’t seem to be so far with your career?
slowing down anytime soon. I don’t really think of it like that.
At the age of 23, Lights has I’m constantly reinventing myself de-
already won a Juno for New Artist of pending on where I go, so it hasn’t re-
the Year, toured the U.S, played a ally affected me. By reinventing my-
multitude of U.K. festivals, been on self and constantly changing places,
the Warped Tour, and produced her the success has never really sunk in.
first full-length album The Listen-
ing. Lights took some time from Do you think that having mis-
touring to talk about her success. sionaries as parents and travel-
ling the majority of your child-
How is the tour going? hood has influenced your music?
It’s been really busy, but really It has affected my life. I’ve met so
amazing. I’ve been constantly on many amazing people who have so
the road for the past year, but this little prosperity, but are so happy.
tour has been going on since mid- That’s really inspired me. It’s
October. There are only two more opened my mind to so many differ-
stops — one in Guelph and one in ent things and has helped shape
London before a two-month break. me and make me who I am.
I don’t think it’s really influenced
How did you get the name my music, but it’s made me able to
Lights? adapt to this lifestyle a lot easier. I’m
FILE PHOTO
It started out as my nickname. used to living out of a suitcase and
My last name is Poxleitner, so my being on the road. I like being on
nickname became Lights and it the road and changing places. If
Masonville Place stuck. When I started my MySpace I anything, it has made me appreci-
decided to make the name Lights, ate what I have.
519-679-4505 and then I decided to change it
legally. I’ve kept my other names What influences your music?
Music Tees but now they’re my middle names. Everything from movies to
comic books. I guess it’s everything
Superhero Tees Why did you decide to legally
change your name?
from things that happen to me to
things that happen around me.
Lights is who I am. You have to
make yourself who you want to be. What should your fans expect
I think you create yourself more the for your upcoming album?
way you want to be over the course I haven’t actually written it yet,
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tour I’m taking some time off of
touring and will put it together.
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Sports
rundown >> Both Ryan Huff and Becky Pieterson set new meet records in the men’s and women’s 3,000m race at Western’s 36th annual Purple vs. White Intrasquad
gameday
Don’t have anything to do on Saturday? Why not watch the
Western Mustangs women’s hockey team take on the top ranked
Laurier Golden Hawks. Puck drops at 4 p.m. at Thompson Arena.

track and field meet > Huff ran a personal best time of 8:29.12 to break the 19-year-old record > Pieterson ran 10:28.36 breaking the 28-year-old record | The Mustangs
women’s volleyball team returns home this weekend to face the visiting Brock Badgers.

Da Silva
Bullet

Daniel Da Silva
SPORTS EDITOR
[email protected]

Even the best coach in the country

can make mistakes sometimes.
If you saw the Mustangs play
Laval last weekend in the Uteck
Bowl, you know what I mean. Need-
ing just 10 yards to get kicker Lirim
Hajrullahu into field goal range,
head coach Greg Marshall called a
quarterback draw play for the third
time on the drive, and then a deep
20-yard comeback route.
Those two plays cost Western 20
crucial seconds, leaving them with
just enough time to try a miracle
46-yarder into the wind.
But it would be nitpicking to call
out the Mustangs’ coaching staff for
what they’ve done this year.
Marshall lost quarterback
Michael Faulds — 2009 Ontario
University Athletics player of the
year — and had to figure out how to
replace him. He calmly went about
his business, creating the nation’s
best running attack and riding it all
the way to the Uteck Bowl.
Even more respect should go to
defensive co–ordinator Paul Glea-
son. Gleason’s unit was the best in
the OUA by far. Depending on the
statistical category, they were either Graphic by Anders Kravis and Jesse Tahirali GAZETTE
first or second in the nation.
He turned four young defensive From left to right: Dr. Anthony Phillips, Scientific Director CIHR Institute of Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction; Dr. Malcolm King, Scientific Director CIHR Institute of Aboriginal Peoples’
linemen into studs, including Zan- Health; Dr Élise Roy, Chair in Drug Addiction Research and Director of Addiction Services, Faculty of Medicine and Science, Université de Sherbrooke; Dr. Patrice Roy, Executive Director, Rx&D
Health Research Foundation; Dr. Joseph Beitchman, Clinical Director, Child, Youth and Family Program, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health; Dr. Yves Morin, Chair, Rx&D Health Research
der Robinson, who started his Mus- Foundation; Russell Williams, President, Rx&D.
tang career as a tight end.
Photo: CIHR
Next season shapes up even
better for Western. It wouldn’t be a
stretch to say they will be the OUA
frontrunner, and will be heading
to Vancouver for the Vanier Cup
next year.
But first, they have to replace
some of the graduating players.
Adrian Kaiser might be the most
important player to exhaust his five
years of eligibility. The stout line-
backer has produced a lot of tack-
les and turnovers in his career. Not
to mention the several fourth-year
players who may move on to other
schools, or get a sniff at the CFL —
don’t be surprised if Craig Butler or
Dan Duff get a shot.
But the biggest question is who
wins the quarterback job next year.
Partners in Health Research
Donnie Marshall may have played
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for a Better Tomorrow
playoffs. And with stud recruit Ben
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there will be one hell of a training The Rx&D Health Research Foundation and the Canadian
camp battle for the field general
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This season was supposed to be over $9 million in funding for six research projects on co-
a rebuilding year for Western, yet www.canadapharma.org
they came within a few yards of existing health problems associated with mental illness and
kicking their way to the Vanier Cup. one project on palliative care among First Nations.
I certainly can’t wait to see what the
locked and loaded Mustangs can
do in 2011.
8• thegazette • Friday, November 26, 2010

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