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Slates face off for the first time at media debate Kevin Hurren NEWS EDITOR-AT-LARGE @KevinAtGazette

On Thursday afternoon, the two University Students’ Council slates gathered in council chambers for the campaign season’s first debate.

Hosted by campus media, the debate featured questions from Western TV, CHRW and The Gazette.

Divided into two parts, the first portion featured solely the presidential candidates, before being joined by the remaining slate members in the second half.

In his opening statement, candidate Jack Litchfield spoke about the USC’s potential to engage and empower students.

Sophie Helpard took a more personal approach — speaking about herself, her slate and the overarching priorities in her platform.

A range of topics were addressed in the presidential portion of the debate, including O-week, mental health and campaign strategies.

Helpard was asked to justify her advocacy-based platform. Though including several actionable goals, a significant portion of Team Sophie’s platform centres on advocatng change to the university and city.

“This is about meeting with students, speaking to them, learning from them and then doing things for them,” Helpard said.

“We looked at what we could do as the USC, and how we could affect positive change, and we strive to do that with this platform.”

Similarly, the structure of Litchfield’s platform was called in to question. Released just an hour earlier, Team Litchfield’s platform presents detailed information on initiatives and missions ranging in scale and goal. >> see DEBATE pg.2

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THE ANTICIPATION WAS KILLING US. Presidential candidate Jack Litchfield and his fellow slate members Dilani Logan and Richard Sookraj revealed their platform and website at a platform rally in UCC 63.

Team Litchfield reveals platform at rally Hamza Tariq NEWS EDITOR @HamzaAtGazette

Amid music, balloons and some fanfare, Team Litchfield launched their platform and website Thursday afternoon at a platform rally in the University Community Centre.

The rally was attended by a modest number of students and supporters. Also in attendance were executives from the University Students’ Council and a small number of Team Sophie supporters.

Presidential candidate, Jack Litchfield kicked off proceedings

by talking about the vision of the slate and provided some insight in their 22-page platform.

According to Litchfield, three themes central to their platform are empowerment, representation and outreach.

“We feel that the USC should go above and beyond in programming and representation,” he said at the rally. “We actually want to enable students to get out there, do their own programming and grow as individuals on campus.”

Vice-presidential candidates for Team Litchfield, Richard Sookraj and Dilani Logan also spoke at the event.

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candidate Dilani Logan talked about the importance of acknowledging the efforts of the diverse student population at Western.

In terms of advocacy, Logan proposed having coordinators research select topics and also learning from the advocacy efforts of other universities.

“At the end of the year, each coordinator will be responsible for putting together a short report … and that way the USC starts to develop a database of solid concrete research,” she said.

Vice-president external candidate Richard Sookraj was the last to take the stage. He spoke about improving transit and student

outreach with the greater London community.

“We want to focus on making life less complicated for students,” he said.

Sookraj also talked about forming and keeping an active partnership with the city council and other prominent city stakeholders.

“Instead of putting their logos on our posters and putting our logos on their posters, I’d like to see to really sit down around a table and figuring out how we can truly do a joint program,” he said.

The rally ended with final words from Litchfield and a round of applause from the attendees.

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PRESIDENTIAL FACEOFF IN THE UCC. Team Sophie and Team Litchfield respond to questions from The Gazette, CHRW and Western TV at yesterday’s media debate held in Council Chambers.

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“We decided that the priority should be choosing some high level goals, but then also establishing a lot of detailed strategic mandates that could be accomplished not only within my own presidency, but also building a foundation for a long-term overhaul of this organization,� Litchfield answered.

After a short break, the vice-presidential candidates joined Litchfield and Helpard for the full slate questioning.

Richard Sookraj, the vice-president external candidate for Team Litchfield, spoke on raising awareness around the council’s advocacy work. “I want to make the portfolio more tangible to students, to the point where they can see where we start and where we’re off to later on in that cycle,� Sookraj said.

London transit has also always been a popular topic in USC elections, but Team Sophie vice-president external candidate Lindsee Perkins expressed a desire to see a more immediate change. “Right now the city is working on bus rapid transit and light-rail transit — they’re not sure which one as it’s an environmental assessment they’re working on for the next four years — but I want to see short-term changes and I want to see that now,� she said.

When vice-president internal candidates, Dilani Logan of Team Litchfield and Alex Benac of Team Sophie, engaged in the debate, it was often concerning student support and experiential learning.

When asked about long waittimes for services on campus, Benac saw it as a budgetary concern. “This is an issue of financing.

We’re talking about student service departments that are expected to find savings in their budgets every year when their budgets should actually be increasing each year ‌ this is an issue,� he explained.

Logan, however, noted that the USC has opportunities to assist students before they ever require these services. “There also needs to be a focus on student help at the earlier stages when you’re just having a bad day or when one or two things are going wrong, because it’s the buildup of those things that add to student stress.�

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Sussman wins Huron presidency in landside Katie Lear NEWS EDITOR

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The first of Western’s student council election results are in, and Nate Sussman was elected to serve as the next president of the Huron University College Students’ Council on Wednesday night.

“It was super invigorating to see up on the board an 81 per cent popularity vote – that’s a pretty good mandate going in, so I’m super excited about that,” Sussman said.

“But above all, I can’t think of a better word than ‘humbled’ that 81 per cent of the people want to see me doing it.”

The president-elect attributes his large voter support to being well-known within the Huron community.

“I think you had a lot of people expecting me to run going into this

year, and I had quite a bit of exposure anyways as the head soph of Huron, and so I think those are two massive factors that would’ve helped out a lot.”

Sussman focused his campaign around two main concepts: making council more communicative and having a platform that would be achievable in the coming year.

“Right now I feel that Huron’s council does an excellent job with a lot of what it does, but one of the key issues with our council … is we have a huge effort to communicate what we do to students, and I think that’s the exact opposite of how it needs to be. I think we need to stop telling students what we’re doing and start asking students what they want us to do on the councils.”

While Sussman was excited to have large support from the Huron community, he acknowledged the upcoming challenges of governing.

“I’m excited – but I think my platform set a pretty high standard for me. The bar’s been set, and now I need to work on meeting that bar.”

Voter turnout for Huron’s presidential elections totalled only 26 per cent, a decrease from last year’s student participation of 33 per cent according to current HUCSC president Moustafa Ezz. A total of 304 students voted in the presidential election, while 317 voted on a referendum — which passed — for a $50 fee increase for the next five years.

This fee will be invested into the Learning Commons Project, which will fund a 3,000 square foot expansion to the Huron library, and passed with 59 per cent of voters in favour.

“Voter turnout can always be improved every single year,” Ezz commented. “We see fluctuations year to year.”

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A London police constable is bringing her musical talents to elementary students across the city to promote anti-bullying in schools with her new music video.

Sandasha Ferguson has been a constable with the London Police Service for 15 years and works on advocating for bullying awareness.

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“I originally just meant it to be for my grade six students,” Ferguson said. “I’m coming to the end of my position in the schools and I wanted to reach students in a different way.”

Ferguson is very happy with the response so far, but she hopes the song’s impact will reach beyond the classroom.

“I hope that it reaches more than just students,” she said. “Adults get bullied too, I’ve seen it, and I’ve had adults tell me that some of the lyrics resonate with them.”

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UWO research on porn heating up Moses Monterroza GAZETTE STAFF @uwogazette

In recent years, pornography has become a hot issue. Prior to the information age acquiring porn meant going undercover, driving to the local stag shop and handing over $20 for the latest “Secretaries Spread.”

Now, the advent of the Internet has allowed for astonishing easy access to thousands of videos spanning multiple genres.

According to a study from the University of Houston, the porn industry has become a $13-billion behemoth. The study suggests that 50 per cent of all Internet use is related to sexually oriented websites.

Although many students may be avid porn-watchers themselves, what they might not know is that their professors are watching porn too.

Taylor Kohut, a PhD candidate and researcher in Western’s psychology department, explains that recently, researchers in the department have been tackling the growing porn industry and its contentious issues.

Kohut is not alone in this endeavour. Dr. William Fisher, Dr. Lorne Campbell, multiple research assistants and occasionally some honours students, have been involved in this area of research for a couple years now.

“Our first major study we ran last fall and we’re just getting to the point where we’re writing up the results,” Kohut said.

The study was advertised all over Canada through several media outlets.

“We advertised through media channels to recruit as many people

as we could from all over the community and the country because Metro put it online and God knows where it went,” Kohut said.

The study took a large sample of couples and had them answer a series of open-ended questions such as, “Have you ever tried to hide your pornography use? What were the consequences of hiding it?”

“Some of the positive effects we found that we didn’t expect to find were that people use porn to enhance arousal in their relationship,” Kohut explained. “They would use porn alone so that they’d be ready to have sex with their partner.”

Similarly, other couples claim that they used pornography while having sex, as a sort of foreplay to enhance the arousal experience together.

These cases show that pornography can be an augmentation to a healthy sex life. This is especially significant for individuals who grow tired of the same sexual experience.

Despite these results, it is easy to fall prey to the politicization of pornography. Fundamentalists and researchers alike have spun the industry to be good and bad.

“This research is very politicized so you tend to see very clear camps,” Kohut said. “One group of researchers will argue very strongly for negative outcomes on a personal or relationship level, and other researchers will argue against that and go with either a positive or more neutral view.”

It is still difficult to make any conclusive statement on the overarching effects of pornography.

“I’m what they call a porn agnostic,” Kohut said. “I’m willing to believe just about anything about pornography provided the evidence is there.”

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Except instead of facing death it’s just mild discomfort and instead of hazmat suits it’s Canada Goose jackets.

On the other hand, this climate-controlled anthill allows for lighter, more summery wear, for those who are sick of gearing up like a Sherpa on Everest to walk

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for five minutes in the cold. Thirdyear medical science student Valli Subasri combines warmer winter staples with light, cotton pieces for an interesting and varied ensemble.

Subasri is on top of the new trend of looser, draping pieces, to achieve a style she calls “comfortable, loungey, but also cute.” Her shirt has an interesting lace-like pattern, which matches the detail on her pants, and its dark blue breaks up the warm, “desert” colour palette.

The pants, which Subrasi got from Cambodia, are certainly the most eye-catching part of the outfit.

“[They’re] probably my favourite piece,” she explains. “It’s not like anything you can find here … I like that it’s traditional and cultural.”

The pants, with a finely detailed print, go well with Subrasi’s simple brown boots, and the tan colour matches her long, textured scarf from Aritzia. Finally, in the same colourpalette, Subrasi tops off her outfit with a practical, unostentatious beanie.

“I’m very big into touques, hats, big scarves,” she says, describing her style. “You’ll always see me in a hat or big sweater.”

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As of Thursday, I have completed three and a half weeks out of 12 of the Bikini Body Guide 1.0 by Kayla Itsines. I used to see a lot more women in the Western Rec Centre working out to the guide, but this week, I have only seen one. I suppose a lot of people who’ve made new years resolutions have given up, which is unfortunate. I, on the other hand, have already surpassed one fellow Gazette editor’s expectations — some “friends” have placed bets on my commitment to the program.

The biggest struggle thus far has been exercising with limited mobility. As I’ve mentioned previously, I had spinal surgery in the summer. Obviously, Kayla did not create a work out plan with these sorts of issues in mind.

Since I cannot bend my spine at

all, I overcompensate with my neck. Days after I work out my abdominal muscles, I always have terrible neck pain — an obvious sign that something is not working properly.

My doctor suggested to work on strengthening my core in order to relieve stress on my back. I aspire to have a toned stomach by the end of this program, so I’m currently on a search for appropriate alternatives. I’m interested in trying Pilates and I have already adopted various exercises into my workout routine to substitute sit-ups and other movements that rely on using my spinal cord. I plan on looking into taking Pilates classes to learn more.

I’ve also started to pay attention to the amount of sugar I consume in a day. I’m challenging

myself to stop adding sugar to my drinks. That means no more double-doubles or caramel macchiatos. My English teacher in high school told me that by my fourth-year in an English undergraduate degree, I would be drinking my coffee black. Let’s see if this prophecy comes true.

Overall, I’m pretty proud of my progress thus far. I’m almost at a month, which is one third of the program and I’m still motivated to continue. I decided to reward myself with a new pair of running shoes in hopes that the “look good, feel good” mentality applies to the gym.

I don’t miss my Spoke fries any less, but I can envision my abdominal muscles now.

• Olivia Zollino

So this is week four. I would like to start out on a super positive note, but if I’m being honest, I’ve found this week really hard. I thought by this point I would start seeing some noticeable changes, but that’s not really happening. Last week I went to the gym six times, I didn’t drink and I didn’t binge on chips while watching Friends. But when I stepped on the scale, I saw that I had only lost 0.4 pounds in the last two weeks.

Even though I don’t really have an end number in mind, I stepped on the scale because I wanted to see some kind of proof that this is really working. I know that there’s many things that affect the number on the scale and it’s not a good way to measure progress.

But I couldn’t help feeling a little bummed out.

I think it’s okay to feel a little discouraged from time to time – that’s a completely normal feeling.

But being able to shake off a bit of

disappointment and keep going is what will make you accomplish your goals. Even though this week I’ve felt a little less motivated than usual, this doesn’t mean that I’m going to give up. I am 100 per cent determined to finish this 12-week guide.

Instead of dwelling on what hasn’t changed, I’m going to focus on what has changed. Before we began following this guide, I could only hold a five-pound weight in each hand when doing those deadly walking lunges. By the second week of the guide I was up to 7.5lbs and now I can do the lunges with 10lbs. This may not seem like a lot of progress to anyone else, but six weeks ago I know there’s no way I would have even thought about using 10-pound weights. So I see this as progress.

I’m also going to make some little changes to my workout plan.

Instead of using the treadmill, I’m going to give the elliptical a try.

While it’s important to keep working to achieve your goal, I think that making small changes can be helpful for those who are feeling stuck. There’s no harm in trying out a new exercise. Sometimes you just need to switch things up, or you may even find that you like it better!

I’ve heard before that the number one reason why people stop working out is because they don’t see results. I can completely understand this mentality, but at the same time, giving up is definitely not going to help get those results. Getting fit isn’t easy, it’s something that takes time. Instead of thinking about whatever your end goal is I suggest placing more value in small achievements. This has helped to keep me motivated when I’m feeling deflated and I think it could be useful for a lot of other people who are struggling with this too.

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The beauty of a woman is not in the clothes she wears, the figure that she carries or the way she combs her hair.

• Audrey Hepburn

Women’s fashion is a worn-out topic Abracadabra Al-Azem

Nusaiba Al-Azem OPINIONS EDITOR @NusAtGazette

Every morning, I spend an approximate 4.7 minutes thinking about my wardrobe choices. Half those minutes are groggily spent evaluating what the elements have in store for me today, and naturally the weather will typically affect which outfit I choose.

Because I spend only 4.7 minutes thinking about my own attire, it always completely baffles me when people around me engage in significantly more time discussing not even their own attire — but other peoples’.

This week, First Lady Michelle Obama visited Saudi Arabia and chose not to wear the hijab. Articles were written about it, tweets were tweeted and controversy ensued.

Also this week, lawyer Amal Clooney chose to wear Ede & Ravenscroft to argue her case in the Armenian genocide hearing. Articles were written about it, tweets were tweeted and controversy ensued.

This week is no different than any other week in human history, unfortunately.

When I visited Washington, DC during the holiday break, I was reminded of that reality at the Library of Congress. A World War I poster by the British governments was displayed, chalk full of “appeals against extravagance in women’s dress” for the war effort. This poster outlined which hats, boots, shoes, stockings, gloves and veils should be avoided. There

was no mention of men’s garments anywhere in this advertisement, of course.

And what might be the common denominator that is so problematic in all these instances, from World War I to Michelle Obama?

Our society’s obsession with policing women’s clothing.

It is precisely this kind of problematic obsession with other peoples’ rights to self-determination in their clothing that spawn feminists movements like SlutWalk, a transnational collection of marches against excusing sexual violence in the name of a woman’s appearance. It is because women on the red carpet are usually asked nothing more than “Who are you wearing” that actress and comedian Amy Poehler’s Smart Girls foundation created media campaigns such as #AskHerMore. People around the world are attempting to break this fetish of limiting a woman to her clothing, and make no mistake that this is a global phenomenon.

Everywhere I went for the past two days, people have been passionately discussing these women’s dress choices, as if Amal Clooney’s shirt somehow influences her ability to practice the law or Michelle Obama’s lack of headscarf makes her any less of a political figure.

If you genuinely think you can make assumptions of intelligence, ability or anything at all based on dress choice, I think you should really re-evaluate your rationality.

The message here is clear: Stop policing what other women wear. If you really want to focus that much time and energy on any articles of clothing, I suggest you either enter the fashion industry and make a career out of it or simply focus on the fashionable skeletons in your own closet.

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Undermining #BellLetsTalk campaign is unfortunate To the editor: After Bell’s “Let’s Talk” Day on January 28, 2015, there was an overwhelming amount of support offered by Western and many students involved hoping to end the stigma around mental health.

It was truly amazing to witness such a supportive community that I am proud to be a part of. The amount of tweets, shares and statuses on Facebook made me so happy that people were opening up about their struggle with mental health and how it is "normal to be not normal."

What really made me upset, though, after all the support I witnessed yesterday was the ignorance of some people starting the hashtag #BellLetsAdvertise.

That is not what Bell is doing whatsoever. They are not asking people to

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I thought it was truly awful for some people to undermine such an amazing cause that has helped thousands of people come out about their mental health issues. Therefore, for those people who were scrutinizing Bell’s “Let’s Talk” Day and affiliating it with an advertising scheme, I shake my head at you.

Mental health consumes so many people around us and to backhand the one day that people with mental health have to voice their struggle is disappointing.

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Dear Life, So Jack Litchfield is running to improve lives for students? Like what has he done for Social Science students that ACTUALLY improved their lives?

Dear Life, So like can the veggie burgers at the Spoke be a thing forever? Vegetarians, can I get an amen?

Dear Life, I don’t envy vegetarians trying to eat on campus.

The Spoke veggie burger is disgusting.

Dear Life, Women think they have it so hard. I cut my balls shaving.

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gameday The Mustangs men’s basketball team, 2nd in the OUA west, will take on the York Lions, 2nd in the OUA east, at 8 p.m. at Alumni Hall.

Rundown >> The Mustangs women’s basketball team will shoot for the cure today against the York Lions in support of breast cancer awareness > The game takes place at Alumni Hall at 6 p.m. and the Mustangs are back in action on Saturday against the Queen’s Gaels also at 6 p.m.

Western women prepare for Toronto teams Devin Golets SPORTS EDITOR @DevinGolets

The women’s hockey team are preparing for back-to-back games against a pair of big-city foes, as the Toronto Varsity Blues enter Thompson Arena tonight, followed by the Ryerson Rams on Saturday.

The Mustangs sit in first place in Ontario University Athletics, but tonight’s matchup against Toronto will be especially challenging.

The Blues are coming off of three straight victories, including shootout and shutout wins over Laurier and Waterloo last weekend. They sit just three points behind Western in fourth place in the OUA. The last time these two teams met was in November, the Mustangs came from behind to win the game in exciting fashion. Forward Kendra Broad broke a 1–1 tie with less than two minutes to play to give her team the victory.

It was one of Broad’s 11 goals this year, which leads the Mustangs and has her sitting in second overall in the OUA. The fourth-year student has run the offence all season long, and is fourth in the OUA in points with 20. She’ll be facing a tough test, however, as Toronto’s Nicole Kesteris is one of the best goalies in the league. Kesteris has the second best save percentage in the OUA at .945, sitting behind only Western goalie Kelly Campbell.

Campbell has started 15 of Western’s 18 games this year, and had a shutout last weekend in a 3–0 victory over the York Lions. It was her third shutout of the season and dropped her goals against average to a stellar 1.35, good for second in the OUA. One of those shutouts came against Ryerson, who currently sits seventh in the OUA standings.

Despite their 10–9–0 record, the Rams cannot be taken lightly, as the only previous matchup this season saw the Mustangs squeak out a close 2–0 victory. Western’s rank as third best in the country, along with the pressure to make the playoffs, will be more than enough motivation for the Rams to get back in the win column after dropping their last game 2–1 to Laurier.

That being said, the Mustangs have one thing that should give them extra confidence this weekend: home ice. The team’s only loss at home came back in October when they dropped a shootout decision to Laurier 2–1. Seven of their 15 wins have come at Thompson arena, where they will play four of their final six games before playoffs.

Puck drop is at 7 p.m. tonight, and students watch for free.

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