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Spencer Fairweather GAZETTE

MESSAGE FROM ABOVE. Retired Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield mesmerized a star-struck crowd for three hours at Alumni Hall last Thursday. He even had time to bust out his guitar and sing “I.S.S. (Is Somebody Singing),” a song he co-wrote with the Barenaked Ladies.

Caitlin Martin Newnham SPORTS EDITOR Chris Hadfield is Canada’s superstar astronaut, but on Thursday night he showed Western that he could easily pass as an alien with his otherworldly eloquence, intelligence, wit, work ethic and graciousness.

Not only did the retired commander of the International Space Station impress his audience with stories of hurtling into space from the force of oversized sticks of dynamite, but he has also taken over the social media sphere with the vigor and expertise of a professional journalist.

“I would say thinking like an astronaut is […] fundamentally not allowing your decisions and limitations in life to be set by fear. I think that is the fundamental lesson,” Hadfield said, explaining the focus of his book; An Astronaut’s Guide to Life On Earth.

Hadfield is perhaps best known for the many YouTube videos and tweets he posted while orbiting the Earth last year.

In the most famous example, Hadfield created a YouTube rendition of David Bowie’s “Space Oddity” — in space, of course. The threeand-a-half minute video now has over 21 million views.

YouTube was not Hadfield’s first or last endeavor in reaching the world through new media.

Hadfield’s interest in social media stemmed from complaints from his children several Christmases

ago that he was not in “their” news — referring to media like Facebook and Twitter.

“My kids were telling me, ‘Hey, you know, the way you’re being represented in the media is not keeping up with the way news has disseminated and you outta think about it,’” Hadfield explained.

“I found Twitter, actually, because of its very nature, kind of enables people to say things that otherwise they never would or comment on things they never would,” he said. “And that’s how we ended up with a million people following what’s going on, just because the ability to share a unique experience is contagious if it’s shared honestly.”

Some of the Renaissance man’s motivation to constantly learn and work hard spawned from the values his father instilled in him at a young age.

“I learned the pleasure of work, actually, from my dad. Not pleasure in like the nerve ending stimulation, but the fundamental satisfaction and joy coming from work,” Hadfield explained. “That’s kind of a good lesson to learn early. Also, my dad, he’s 80 and he’s worked eight hours a day, seven days a week his whole life, and that’s what he likes to do.”

Hadfield is currently retired from his position as Commander of the ISS, however he has taken a page from his father’s book and keeps busy. Most people do not realize that the life of an astronaut is 24–7.

I found Twitter, actually, because of its very nature, kind of enables people to say things that otherwise they never would or comment on things they never would. […] And that’s how we ended up with a million people following what’s going on, just because the ability to share a unique experience is contagious if it’s shared honestly.

— Chris Hadfield

Former commander of the ISS and University of Waterloo professor

The Canadian space star will be studied for the rest of his life as a physiological specimen to improve future space travel and to explain diseases on earth. For example, during his time in space, Hadfield lost eight per cent bone density, however, the osteoporosis has been reversing. This common occurrence in astronauts could be the clue to curing osteoporosis in the average earthling.

Hadfield’s umbilical tie to the aerospace community keeps him

both involved and informed. In fact, he knew off the top of his head that the Kepler Telescope had discovered another 700 to 800 planets in the last few days. When asked about aliens, the commander had a realistic response based on the scientific data constantly being collected and analyzed by space agencies.

“If you do that math — even without this new Kepler data — in our galaxy alone we estimate there are 20 billion planets that could support our life. […] And that’s just in our galaxy, and so if you look across the billions of galaxies, the numbers are [so] ridiculous that there has [to be] life developed somewhere else,” Hadfield explained.

It would appear the astronaut has not let his experiences prevent him from being humble — on Thursday, he invited two young boys to join him on stage. Hadfield gives the impression that he strives to treat every individual he meets with respect — no small thing, considering his story of covering our entire earth with his thumb in space.

Hadfield will begin as an adjunct professor at the University of Waterloo in the fall to share what he knows with their lucky aviation students.

“You know, I’m not a full-time professor by any means, and I see it as sort of an investment for the future. I really enjoy teaching and it just made sense to teach somewhere I was taught,” Hadfield explained.

in awe of to meet?

HADFIELD: Gosh, who would I be in awe of to meet? I’ve met a lot of people. I get to kind of meet everybody — the Queen, and all of the presidents and prime ministers. So you get to kind of meet everybody.

I’m in awe of people who accomplish things that are extremely rare and complicated. I did a thing with a bunch of Olympians last week, and I’m in awe of some of the Olympians. I know my own physical limitations and some of the stuff that those people have been able to accomplish to me is very awe-inspiring.

People that have devoted their life; people with great talent. I met Elton John, and spent some time with Elton John. I think he’s very awe-inspiring. I mean, such an incredible talent and a really interesting guy to talk to. So people like that, I’m in awe of. But when you meet them, you realize they’re just other people and they’ve just done interesting things. And so the fascination of it goes away and then you just become interested in the mutual stories, which is really the great part — find out how each of you is dealing with life. And that was the best part of getting to know him, and the other people that I met.

G: Did the environment in space

make your guitar go out of tune?

H: In fact, it stayed in tune better

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TO THE RESCUE. Monday morning, Western students at the University Community Centre experienced the ultimate wake up as the fire alarm rang through the building. Confused, annoyed and exhausted students filed outside the building unsure of whether to wait or just leave.

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Cmdr Hadfield talks space >> HADFIELD continued from pg.1

G: What was the craziest or weird-

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and the temperature is constant on the station. So it stayed in tune really well because it’s kind of the perfect place to keep a guitar stable. I had it just stuck in a little wedge where it wouldn’t float away next to my crew quarters, and it stayed in tune really well. Gravity doesn’t play a large part, almost always it’s humidity and temperature that messes up tuning in a guitar, and it couldn’t be more stable. It’s like it’s in a conservation place. It stays at the station.

It’s been up there since […] 2001.

August of 2001 it was put on board on one of the shuttles by one of our psychological support people and it’s been there ever since. […] It’s a noisy place, but the guitar sounds about the same.

est thing you did in space?

H: The day the Russians were doing the spacewalk and our toilet broke.

And I was ripping from one end of the station to the other — sort of by myself because everyone else was committed to something. And with my hands elbow deep in rebuilding a whole Russian toilet compressor system, while then ripping down to the other end and getting the guys into their suits and sealing up everything and getting them safely outside — all at the same time in English and in Russian and washing my hands. […] So they successfully did their spacewalk and we got the toilet working, for me was a very good day. It was maybe my best day in space ever, even though you wouldn’t think, but it was a very cool day.

satirical article about you being kicked out of the theatre for heckling Gravity?

H: It was pretty funny. What was funnier was it got picked up in the Australian media as true, and they put it in the national media. So I’m talking to Evan who manages all this media for me going, ‘Uh, we should maybe do something for this.’ So he calls them and says, ‘You guys are being stupid. Do your research. If you’d read the whole article you could see it’s obviously satire when you get to the end of it.’ Anyway, it’s just temptingly fun to think about, but no.

recently reported by AM980 that he claimed $4,500 of expenses related to the channel in 2013, despite the fact he hasn’t posted a video for about 10 months. Henderson currently has only 28 subscribers on the channel.

Henderson could not be reached for comment.

According to a recent poll created by the London Free Press, 77 per cent of the 574 voters said, “No, I will never watch Dale TV”.

Henderson spent most of the cash on video editing, broadcasting equipment and broadcasting fees, according to AM980. He told the radio station that he will be holding on to the equipment after leaving office, which also might ignite some negativity among taxpayers.

Henderson stated on his website that he will not be seeking re-election in this fall’s municipal elections.

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Media Miser conducted the study through the use of traditional and social [media] monitoring software. Over a couple of months, queries collecting tweets and Facebook posts were set up to gather data. By using keywords linked with universities, they were able to collect the necessary data, subsequently analyze it, and see the results.

“The team at Western is doing a great job at getting Western’s message out via social media and they’re doing a good job at managing their social media accounts and engaging the student body, former students and people out there who are interested in Western in general,” Jim Donnelly, director of content for Media Miser, said. “It does have a real influence with how people view the university.”

Donnelly said Western got a lot of reaction to their number one ranking in social media presence from Western students and staff.

He added social media is a mystery for many organizations considering how quickly things develop online and they don’t use it effectively.

“Some organizations don’t touch it because they either don’t want to deal with it or see it as a passing fad,” Donnelly explained. “Other organizations like Western, and a lot of universities have embraced it and from our perspective it’s nothing but a positive.”

— Morgann Sampson

This interview has been edited for length.

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Councillor defends expenses Dale Henderson, Ward 9 councillor, is raising eyebrows after expensing equipment for his YouTube channel.

Henderson started his channel, called “Dale TV” about a year ago.

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LTC targeted by USC’s advocacy week Megan Devlin NEWS EDITOR This week is the University Students’ Council’s first ever annual municipal advocacy week.

Three main items are on the agenda: The London Transit Commission, student neighbourhoods and a prosperous London.

“Transit is one of the biggest priorities for students. As a demographic, not only do we depend on transit the most but we’re also the single largest ridership of the LTC,” Amir Eftekarpour, vice-president external of the USC, said.

However, the problem is that the LTC is the lowest-funded transit system in Canada per capita, according to Eftekarpour, so there just aren’t enough resources to meet students’ needs.

One of the key goals of the week was to get a student sitting on the LTC advisory board. Since the LTC is a commission, it’s virtually independent. It’s not city council that tells the LTC what to do, but this board.

“City council only has the ability to sign the cheques […] Students, who are the single largest ridership of the LTC, should have a say,” Eftekarpour said.

Another point Eftekarpour

emphasized was better planning of student neighbourhoods. He wants to incorporate more mixed development — the presence of commercial property alongside residential.

Right now the area around Western is made up mostly of students crammed five or six or more into houses. Eftekarpour says this is a factor that leads to giant crowds on homecoming and St. Patrick’s Day that anger police and London residents.

“It’s just houses. Blocks on blocks on blocks of just student houses.

That sounds like fun, but there’s a problem,” Eftekarpour said. “Ask any student living in that area how hard it is to get groceries, go to the convenience store, have a restaurant or a café.”

For the third point, a prosperous London, Efterkarpour said he’d like to see more support for student entrepreneurs.

A campus-linked business accelerator was what Eftekarpour was looking for — something like a direct extension of BizInc similar to Waterloo’s Velocity program.

This business incubator would provide students with entrepreneurial support, with things as basic as available office space downtown for student businesses to meet with

clients.

Eftekarpour said the whole point of advocacy week was to set up a structure for municipal advocacy for subsequent executives to follow.

The USC has a clear structure for provincial and federal advocacy with the Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance and the Canadian Alliance of Student Associations.

These groups have an organized advocacy week, priorities conference and budget schedule.

However, on the municipal side of things the USC is virtually alone, and most efforts to date have been ad-hoc.

Municipal advocacy was one of Eftekarpour’s election platform points, but he said that when he came into the role he didn’t have any relationships with anyone in the city to go about that advocacy.

The point of this week is to build relationships with key players in the city. The USC has set up about 18 meetings this week with city councilors, administrators, and city planners as well as MPs and MPPs. “The goal is to take these meetings, and next year add some more, so that five years from now we know everyone in the city and have the ability to do massive municipal advocacy,” Eftekarpour said.

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Richard Raycraft NEWS EDITOR Susan Delacourt is a senior political writer at the Toronto Star, currently posted to Ottawa. An alumna of Western, where she studied political science, and also of The Gazette, where she was editor-in-chief for the 1982–83 year, Delacourt returned to Western to talk about her new book, Shopping for Votes.

It explores the shift from voters as citizens to voters as consumers, and its implications for political marketing and campaigning. She sat down after her presentation to talk about her alma mater, her new book, and the skills needed to succeed in journalism.

GAZETTE: How does it feel when you

come back to Western?

DELACOURT: Oh, amazing. I have nothing but fond memories of Western, and so you’re plunged right back into it. I put a little picture up on Twitter when I came in. It’s emotional — lots of life-changing things happened here. It’s a little bit like coming home.

The weird thing was I actually came back here last year. I think that was the strangest experience, was I came here to cover Justin Trudeau’s [speech] and in 1980 I met his father

here when he was campaigning. To be standing and watching, there’s where I met Pierre Trudeau and who would’ve thought his son would be campaigning here at the same place.

G: This book Shopping for Votes

is certainly an original idea. We haven’t seen a book like this in Canada to the best of my knowledge. What motivated you to write it?

D: You put your finger on it. I saw that this had been done in other countries — people were writing books like this in other countries.

It seems to me, without denigrating or knocking down other Canadian political books — some of which I’ve written — is that all these Canadian political books need to be stories about people. They can be interesting, but you don’t see as many stories about ideas. I wondered if you could tell the story of an idea, rather than a story of a person.

G: How has consumer culture

made its way into politics and what are the implications of this change, this shift?

D: You’ll have to read the book [laughs]! That really is a huge question. The worrying way in which it’s crept in to politics is that it’s

started a whole conversation about what we want rather than what we need. And that just in your own life you wouldn’t organize your whole life around your consumer needs, but somehow our political world is all about things like taxpayers.

It’s made the world transactional, cynical and maybe a little bit selfish.

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G: It’s a tough industry out there,

as we at The Gazette know. What’s your advice to aspiring young journalists?

D: Do what I did [laughs]. Where I found the nerve back then I don’t know but always plunge in and don’t be afraid to ask for things.

Try to make yourself indispensable. The reason I think I got hired at The Globe and Mail when I did was that they already knew me.

Where I found the nerve is that if something happened at Western I would just phone up The Globe and Mail and offer them a story. I’ve seen young people now too, there was a young guy in 2006 who was a journalism school student, and he asked to be accredited to the Liberal Leadership Convention with us so he could just get quotes for us or whatever we needed. Now he’s on the investigative team at the Toronto Star. The same old advice is to just go and do it.

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The coalescence of chaos and couture Jennafer Freeman GAZETTE STAFF This year, the OHM Fashion Show — an annual student-run charity event — will be returning on March 14 at Centennial Hall (550 Wellington St.) This fashion show was founded 12 years ago and is back for another year, continuing the tradition at Western. According to their website, OHM is named for a symbol meaning eternity.

“This year the show is called From Chaos To Couture,” Marla Mucher, co-director, says. “It was adopted from the Met Gala’s 2013 theme. The theme plays on one of the most sartorial trends, a hybrid punk/grunge chic look.”

The theme is all about its focus on self-expression and taking risks through fashion choices.

“We are committed to putting on a high-energy professional show that showcases the talents of young designers, stylists, models, and dancers,” Mucher says.

Despite all the work that has gone into organizing this event, entertainment is not the sole purpose of the show.

“The main goal of our show is of course to raise money for the Canadian Cancer Society,” Mucher says. “This was the cause that the original directors chose 12 years ago and we have remained proud supporters of them ever since.”

In order to raise awareness for

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CHOAS AND COUTURE TO CURE CANCER. OHM Fashion show is coming to Centennial Hall March 14. All proceeds will be given to the Canadian Cancer Society.

their cause the OHM team has been involved in several different projects. Some events included a charity-clothing sale, a skating event, as well as a charity hockey game.

The show has been in the works since the summer and has required the assistance of many students in order to make the event possible.

This year Mucher is co-directing

the show with Jayme Goodman.

They work alongside a hard working team of 13 executives who run the events, advertising, creative, finance, PR, talent, photography and sponsorship committees as well as two head choreographers.

In addition to the executive team, 200 volunteers have been involved with the show this year

that have been assigned to help out the different committees.

“The show will showcase a number of local, talented designers as well as stylists who put together around 10 looks for their own scene,” Mucher says. “We have some designers who are returning from years past and some new designers who will feature their

work in our show.”

This year the show will incorporate volunteer models, male and female. While some are signed models, others are doing it just for fun. The OHM Fashion Show team welcomes anyone who will take the job seriously, whether they are professional models or not.

While the OHM Fashion Show requires many designers and models in order to make the show happen, they also rely on another important group.

“What sets our show apart from other fashion shows is that we emphasize the dancing equally as much as the modeling and we are proud to have an extremely skilled and hard-working group of dancers and choreographers,” Mucher explains.

In addition, in early February the fashion show committee began selling $10 personalized OHM bracelets from an organization called Heads Up. The organization is dedicated to selling their bracelets for different charities, so the OHM team decided to work together with them to create a personalized “OHM” bracelet.

The committee has also been selling fur headbands and get a portion of the proceeds to donate to the Canadian Cancer Society.

The OHM Fashion Show will be taking place on March 14 at Centennial Hall. Tickets are $20 and the doors open at 5:45 p.m.

Men being swallowed up by eating disorders Robert Nanni Jr. GAZETTE STAFF Thinking about any sort of eating disorder — anorexia, bulimia, binge eating — the first image that often comes to mind is that of women with a desire for collarbones and a thigh gap, an image often perpetuated by the media. Despite the association between this mentalphysical illness and females, this is not always the case.

In 2011, British Health Services released a study that found a 66 per cent rise in hospital admissions for men with eating disorders over the past 10 years. This statistic challenges the stereotypical assumption that eating disorders are predominantly female illnesses, bringing notoriety to the usually unprecedented male eating disorders.

Introducing the idea of a shift in the media to now target male body image is Liane Odze-Silver, a Toronto-based relational psychotherapist who counsels individuals with eating disorders.

“Just look through a fancy magazine to see that men are targeted now around appearance, weight and shape,” Odze-Silver says, noting the contrived portrayal of male body image.

However, some statistics represent men as being barely affected by eating disorders. The aforementioned British study concluded that men are less inclined than women to seek treatment, omitting them from the collected data, heavily

Bradley Metlin GAZETTE

EATING DISORDERS FOR MEN A REAL ISSUE. Men facing the tribulations of eating disorders are all too often, sadly, swept under the carpet. The symptoms are similar to those facing women but there is less attention to men with the disorder.

skewing the results. But why is that the case?

“Shame,” Odze-Silver explains.

“Men are supposed to be tough, men are supposed to be able to control their feelings, so they’ll be less likely to reach out and then they’ll feel particularly stigmatized within themselves about having a problem.”

Due to the stigma surrounding the sufferer’s gender, many complications can arise. The lack of treatment sought by men is a primary concern, leading to the potential for a worsened disorder or even death related to it.

Odze-Silver confirms that there seems to be no noticeable difference among eating disorders in men

and women, stating that both sexes suffer these ailments due to “issues like perfectionism and trying to be in control [which] get put in place in childhood,” and that “when that dynamic results in appearance being linked to self-esteem and body image, then a person who’s prone to an eating disorder starts trying to do things to control that

dynamic.”

Supporting that allegation is first-year FIMS student, Jared*, who has been battling “an on-andoff case of borderline anorexia since last summer.”

“I was always fat as a kid, and I still think I’m fat now,” Jared says.

“I sometimes look in the mirror and think ‘Hey, you’re not so bad today,’ but most days it’s the complete opposite. I just find it easier to not eat much, most days — some vegetables, maybe, but nothing too calorie-intensive.”

“Not eating just gives me a sense of control over my body; losing weight and being thin and getting fitter all provide me with an unmatched feeling of achievement, of self-worth,” Jared says.

Walk into Abercrombie and Fitch, Hollister or American Eagle and one is surrounded by images of muscular, fit, “perfect” men draped on the walls around them.

According to Odze-Silver, like women experiencing their genderspecific versions of these models, men are similarly affected.

“There are issues with body image that exist with eating disorders, that’s ultimately what it revolves around,” Odze-Silver explains. “We see commonalities: People look in the mirror and think they look too fat. Those are common kinds of thinking that go on in eating disorders, whether it’s men or women.” *Name has been changed to maintain anonymity.

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Vegan for a month or dead in 30 days Cool Story Broekoff

Iain Boekhoff NEWS EDITOR “Oh you’re vegetarian? Well then, I guess we can’t be friends.”

Not kidding, that was pretty much my attitude until very recently. And now I am about to go a full month eating with the dark side.

Yes, it’s true. I am going to be a vegan.

This is quite ironic because I grew up on a dairy farm (oh the horror) in rural Ontario. So I’m naturally predisposed to despise the vitriol PETA and like-minded organizations spew about animal farming, simply because for the most part, it’s overblown to the point of falsity.

Also, I am pretty sure part of my tall stature is a result of the whole milk I consumed every day for over a decade and a half, not to mention the copious amounts of meat I ate.

And as for my current diet, I eat basically whatever is closest and easiest. I don’t plan my meals very far in advance and sometimes skip meals out of laziness or, occasionally, busyness. So maybe you can see why veganism is the exact opposite of my current lifestyle and how I was brought up.

The question then becomes: Can it be done? Can I really go vegan for a full month? If it is such an easy choice to make, as vegans claim, then any ordinary person should be able to do it.

I suppose it would be really easy

to just have three bags of chips a day since that is apparently 100 per cent vegan. But I, in my infinite wisdom, decided I should at least try to be healthy while I’m at it, so that won’t be happening.

I have The Gazette’s resident vegan-expert, Mary Ann Ciosk, helping me out. She’s hasn’t swallowed animal byproducts of any form for over a year now. And she seems to be doing alright, although obviously she’s not entirely lucid because she ran a marathon last fall, but she’s functioning, which I doubt I will be in a month’s time.

I think the hardest part will be that I will have to plan my meals and cook way more. For me, this will probably be more of a lifestyle change than a diet one.

There are a number of questions I hope to answer. First and foremost, can veganism really be done by anyone? What effects will I experience? Will I feel better? Is it actually healthier? What is the worst thing about being vegan? What are the costs associated with it?

I think three things can happen.

The first is, it all goes horribly, I end up as nothing but skin and bones in a hospital bed with a prescription to eat as many hotdogs as possible.

The second way this can go is that it’s just meh. Maybe I’ll feel slightly better or the same but it’s too much work and just not think it’s worth the effort of staying vegan.

Or, and this is something Mary Ann is really hoping will happen, I will be a reluctant convert to the meat-free brigade.

Stay tuned for weekly updates on my meat-free life, I hope you’re as “excited” as I am.

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Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990 – 1996) “In West Philadelphia born and raised…” Sounds familiar, doesn’t it? Most 90s kids can recite the lyrics to the theme song for The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, one of the most universally beloved television shows in recent memory.

The program had a classic fishout-of-water premise; Will Smith starred as a street-smart youth plucked from the mean streets of West Philadelphia to live with his rich aunt and uncle in their Bel-Air mansion. The ensuing culture clash delivered endless laughs.

Arriving on the heels of The Cosby Show, Fresh Prince progressed the evolution of how African-Americans were portrayed in popular media. The Bankses were a wealthy, cultured, close-knit family rooted in traditional values that contrasted with the predominant

unflattering portrayal of blacks as second-class citizens.

Will Smith was already a celebrated rapper, but the show propelled him to superstardom.

He radiated infectious charisma as a hilarious rabble-rouser with a golden heart and black credit card. Smith exhibited a rare talent for physical comedy in particular, contorting his face and body with an abandon that would have made Jim Carrey envious. He would soon be one the biggest movie stars on the planet.

Besides Smith, the show offered unforgettable characters like the diminutive Carlton and watchful judge Uncle Phil, memorably portrayed by the recently deceased James Avery. Millions of viewers dreamed of living with the Banks family, and for half an hour every week, they did.

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Crucifying an awful film Conrad Floryan GAZETTE STAFF GHFFF Son of God Director: Christopher Spencer Starring: Diogo Morgado, Greg Hicks, Roma Downey, Darwin Shaw The Passion of Jesus Christ is an incredible story in and of itself, not to mention its extraordinary historical resonance. Son of God is intent on delivering Jesus’ message by simply retelling his life and renders this riveting material boring; like turning wine into water.

The movie is gallingly hamhanded. The filmmakers ensure the important thematic points hit home by conducting a melodramatic tone, evident in the performances. Often when Jesus inspires somebody, their eyes ridiculously well up with tears. Furthermore, flashbacks are overused for emphasis. For example, when Judas is agonizing after having betrayed Jesus to the Romans, his guilt is unnecessarily emphasized by flashbacks of Jesus prophesizing him this future disloyalty.

An unsuitably pretty Diogo Morgado botches his portrayal of Jesus. The great appeal of Jesus’ story stems largely from his struggle to reconcile being simultaneously God and man. Morgado’s Jesus doesn’t feel human. He seems aloof, perpetually displaying an empty grin. His vocal cadence is contrived like he’s always preaching a sermon; he takes long pauses in his speech, and presses for hollow inflection. His delivery exacerbates a script already mired in stilted “Bible-speak.”

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elaborate sets and costumes.

Husband-and-wife production team Mark Burnett and Roma Downey — adapting the film from the hugely successful 2013 miniseries The Bible — strive to make Jesus cool by stylistically tapping into blockbusters like 300 and Troy.

In turn, Hans Zimmer provides a vigorous score. A more refined soundtrack would have better emphasized the story’s nuanced thematic appeal. Tasteless slow motion, unwarranted helicopter shots and blundering sound effects are amateur. Biblical epics dazzle with grand-scale entertainment, so The Bible’s staggering success should have afforded the movie better special effects than the shabby CGI on display.

For a PG-13 rating, the film is substantially violent, showing Jesus being beaten in gruesome detail. In an otherwise unconvincing movie, these scenes are difficult to watch even though The Passion of Christ was more brutal. There’s an interesting shot of a sacrificial lamb having its throat slit. Besides the obvious metaphor for Jesus

as “Lamb of God,” it’s startling to suddenly witness this cute little creature being slaughtered. It’s a refreshing moment in an otherwise predictable movie.

The film works best when it takes time to relax in between keenly checking off the requisite story points. There are too few flourishes like when a Roman operative casually employs a primitive Abacus to tally Jesus’s lashings. Pontius Pilate (Greg Hicks) is allowed the room to grow into an interesting character who fights gladiators in his spare time and enjoys a massage during the crucifixion. He reluctantly condemns Jesus to protect his career.

The political repercussions of Jesus’ threat to the establishment are fruitfully explored.

Jesus closes the film by appearing to his disciple John and reassuring him that he will soon return, implying The Second Coming. If Christ returned to Earth and came about a theatre playing Son of God, what would Jesus do? Who’s to say, but hopefully he would make other plans because he’s already been through a lot.

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Opinions HAVE YOUR SAY

The Gazette asked students what they thought of Toronto mayor Rob Ford’s appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live Monday night.

Kinesiology III Jimmy Kimmel just butchered him, there wasn’t a lot of comedy, and it was a full shot against Rob Ford. He was running out of material, but I thought it might be funny, but he just made it a complete attack against Toronto and our mayor.

Rashita Apsani

Political Science III I think it’s superficial of him to focus on things like weight. I think Kimmel is a bit at fault. I understand it’s been made such a spectacle, and I think that people like Jimmy Kimmel have been kind of irresponsible about it.

— Jimmy Kimmel to Toronto mayor Rob Ford on his show Monday night

Here’s a tip: tips should be scarce Breaking Brad

Reed Trimble

You seem like a very nice guy to me, and if you are an alcoholic which—listen—if you’re drinking enough that you can try crack in your 40s and you don’t remember it, maybe that’s something that you might want to think about.

Bradley Metlin ARTS & LIFE EDITOR When getting off a bus, I frequently get momentarily confused. I wonder if I’ve somehow teleported to an Evangelical church, because all I hear is a chorus of “thank you!” that litters the scene.

By all means, express your thanks — it’s the quintessential Canadian thing to do — but know why you’re saying it. I think we’ve become disillusioned with those who work in service professions.

As a society, we so naturally give pieces of adulation to service workers that the effect has eroded.

At restaurants, when the cheque gets slapped down on the table, we instinctively start to calculate what 15 per cent of the bill is. Do we look at the actual service performed? The answer is often no.

For example, I went to Jack Astor’s last summer and the waiter managed to drop an entire pitcher of water down my back. While my wet, white t-shirt might have entertained friends sitting with me, I was pretty embarrassed — and so was the waiter. I still tipped him.

But later, I wondered why. I experienced a water park ride within a restaurant, yet I still felt obligated to tip.

My time was pretty mediocre but I was compelled to put some extra cash in.

Tipping is also somewhat contradictory. For instance, we wouldn’t tip Target employees showing us to the entertainment section, so why do we tip waiters who show us to our seats? We won’t tip a bus driver, but with a taxi driver it’s expected.

Moreover, adding this couple of extra dollars amounts to a big strain on a student budget. As such, people in the service industry shouldn’t expect students to tip.

Through writing this column, I began to realize I might be an anti-tipping advocate. It has just always seemed a little odd to me. The culture of tipping has become less and less about job performance. Nowadays it’s expected that a waiter will be tipped, regardless of his or her performance.

We need to change this mentality because it’s inherently problematic to reward people “just because.”

We don’t know why we’re tipping. We just throw down 15 per cent of our bill without thought. I dare everyone not to tip unless they really mean it. That jingle or change smacking down on a table becomes a different kind of sound, just like those robotically saying “thank you” — these sounds are empty.

Dear Life

Your anonymous letters to life Dear Life, I heard a girl in a Canada Goose jacket, leggings and Hunter Boots say that she didn’t like wearing a uniform in high school. Ha. Dear Life, If you get on a bus on campus, and get off a bus on campus, it’s too close for you bro.

Dear Life, One bottle-a-pop. Two bottle-a-pop. Three bottle-a-pop.

Dear Life, Why does Jared Leto have better hair than me?

Dear Life, I miss The Office.

Dear Life, I want to go on a road trip where all I listen to is ABBA’s Gold and Shania Twain’s Greatest Hits album.

Dear Life, And none for Gretchen Wieners. Bye.

Fraser Itamunoala

Dear Life, Sigma Chi, we have your letters.

BMOS V His reputation is already so damaged I don’t think it makes a difference. I don’t think it matters — he does something wrong every week. I don’t think he’s the most socially aware person, and I don’t think he got it.

Dear Life, I want to wrap myself in a very large circle scarf and never come back out again.

Mike Laine GAZETTE

Ashleigh Suter

Psychology IV I think it’s a good idea for him to be getting himself out there on television, but he seems to be lying about everything he does. It’s interesting to see what he won’t own up to, but the clip of him running into the camera is highly entertaining.

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“There have not been any players who have represented the Philadelphia Eagles with more class and dignity than Jason Avant. Whether it was in the locker room, on the playing field, or in the community, he has always been a true professional, a role model and a winner every step of the way.”

>> Philadelphia Eagles chairman Jeffrey Lurie on releasing wide-receiver Jason Avant

Rundown >> The Western Mustangs announced on Monday that they have hired Guy Schulz as the head coach of the Mustangs cross country team following long-time Western coach Bob Vigar’s retirement.

Entire Ottawa hockey team suspended Team allegedly involved in gang sexual assault in Thunder Bay Nusaiba Al-Azem SPORTS EDITOR The University of Ottawa has suspended its varsity men’s hockey team due to allegations of members’ involvement in a gang sexual assault that occurred a few weeks ago. The alleged incident occurred in Thunder Bay, where the team travelled for a scheduled Ontario University Athletics division game against Lakehead University on February 1.

“We’ve suspended our varsity hockey program. Members of the program are not permitted to conduct any business related to sport, nor can they access the facilities,” said Patrick Charette, University of Ottawa director of corporate communications. “That said, as students, they can still pursue their academic program.”

The university issued a press release on Monday indicating that a third party made Senior Movement of Sports Services aware of the situation on February 24, 2014. The following day, the university reported the incident to the police, assuring their complete cooperation in the matter.

The Thunder Bay police department’s sexual assault unit is currently criminally investigating the incident, which they described as having occurred on the weekend of February 1, 2014 according to a press release.

Ottawa police are assisting the Thunder Bay police department, who are heading the investigation.

“We’re in contact with [Thunder Bay] for sure,” Ottawa constable Chuck Benoit said to The Gazette.

“To stipulate any kind of part in it, that we won’t be able to comment on that just because it’s under investigation. It’s an open file so we can’t

Courtesy of Marc Jan

MEN’S HOCKEY TEAM UNDER INVESTIGATION. The Ottawa Gee-Gees men’s hockey team was suspended indefinitely for allegations against members of the team for gang sexual assault. The Thunder Bay police department is currently heading the investigation, and all men’s varsity hockey staff and athletes are not to conduct any activity, including recruitment, until further notice.

discuss on what we’re actually doing in this matter.”

Benoit could not comment on the identity of the hockey players, though he did say that multiple team members are being investigated. The question of whether or not drugs were involved also remains unanswered.

The university has launched an internal review of the men’s hockey program, including staffing and coaches.

“I know that all of the operations on our side are not permitted until further notice, and that includes recruiting,” said Caroline Milliard, University of Ottawa media relations manager.

Team representatives were unavailable for comment.

The OUA has specified that while they support the sanctions, they come from the university only.

“Sanctions occur in a couple of different ways, the first of which being through [OUA] discipline policy, [regarding] an individual member or a member of one of our teams, for some sort of conduct issue. There’s a committee that reviews those sorts of sanctions and those sorts of incidents and proposes some sanctions,” Bryan Crawford, OUA sports programming executive director, explained.

“The other one […] would be the sanction of a member team, in this case suspension of a team. These are all handled exclusively by the athletic departments themselves or the universities themselves,” he

continued. “Our members have complete autonomy to oversee the administration of the programs as they see fit and in these cases, if a suspension is warranted, they’re certainly able to do so with the full support of the organization.”

Canadian Interuniversity Sport communications and media relations manager Michel Belanger said that whether or not something comes of the investigations, it will probably lead to additional discussion at the annual general member meeting next year.

“Following an incident like that there’s going to be more discussion within the CIS membership about these kinds of incidents and how to handle yourself during road trips,” Belanger said. “So any kind of

forward Matt Beaudoin, who picked up a rebound in the slot and ripped it over the shoulder of Mustangs’ goaltender Josh Unice.

The second period seemed to be the same story, after the Lancers scored another goal before the frame was two minutes in.

Left-winger Adam Stoykewych scored his second goal of the playoffs, taking a brilliant pass from captain Steve Reese in the slot and ripping a wrister past Van Buskirk.

Unice made his best save of the game just minutes before the end of the period, keeping the one-goal lead intact. After McDonnell was sprung on a partial breakaway, Unice flashed out his glove, robbing the Lancer of his second tally of the game.

The save had the crowd on their feet, and McDonnell looking to the rafters.

The second ended with the Lancers still holding on to a one-goal lead. Western didn’t take long in the third to change that, however.

Fourth-year student Matt Clarke scored his fourth of the playoffs at the tail-end of a Mustangs power play, tying the game at two just 1:22 into the third.

After taking the puck in front of the net, Clarke made a brilliant move, carrying the puck behind the net before maneuvering it back in front, beating Van Buskirk’s pad to the post.

Western seemed to go ahead less than two minutes later after Mckee scored on a great individual rush, deking by three Windsor players and tapping the puck behind the goaltender.

The goal was disallowed, as the net was proclaimed off before the puck crossed the line.

The Lancers pressured relentlessly in the last minute, pulling the goalie and getting a power play after fourth-year student Zach Harnden went off for interference.

They just couldn’t beat Unice, who was spectacular in the contest,

and arguably Western’s best player.

— Colin Gallant

incident like that, even though at the CIS office we can’t impose sanctions for things like that and what have you, it doesn’t prevent us from doing more education and initiating talks within the membership and sharing best practices and all of that.”

Belanger noted that this is not the first backlash in CIS membership this year, citing a football scandal at St. Mary’s University in Halifax concerning poor social media etiquette.

Belanger said scandals like these are not reflective of Canadian varsity athletes.

“Whenever an incident like that happens, it’s never a good thing obviously. […] Those kinds of incidents happen outside of university sports as well. So in this case, it’s just one of, sadly, too many incidents like that that happen year in and year out at university campuses. So is that a reflection of the entire body of University of Ottawa students? I don’t think so. Is that a reflection of what happens on university teams across the country, whether men’s hockey or any sport? I don’t think so. It’s an isolated incident that in this case just happened to involved men’s hockey players from U [of] Ottawa.”

Crawford said the OUA may consider educational programs as well, pending the results of the investigations.

“Obviously it’s a pretty serious instance and certainly some education around these sorts of actions need to be done by all of our members, but it’s a little too early in the process to say what may or may not be done,” Crawford said. “Certainly the police investigation [and] the review by the university all needs to be concluded first and certainly our organization needs to have the opportunity to discuss it at length and in some greater detail.”

Sports Briefs

Mustangs win game one of West semifinals…

Last Thursday night, the Mustangs came back from a 2–0 deficit to defeat the Windsor Lancers 3–2 at Thompson Arena in London. The win put the ‘Stangs up 1–0 in the OUA West semifinal series against Windsor The winning goal was scored with less than two minutes left in the contest.

A great pass from defenceman Matt Marantz found centre Adam Mckee behind the defence, who calmly beat goaltender Parker Van Buskirk of the Lancers.

The goal came just over a minute after the Mustangs were unable to capitalize on a late hooking penalty to Windsor’s Mac McDonnell.

The Lancers couldn’t hold the lead, after scoring less than two minutes into both the first and second frames.

Their first came off the stick of

…but lose second and third games to end playoff push Under the weight of a hot Windsor Lancers goaltender, the Western Mustangs men’s hockey team had their playoff run come to a crushing end as they were defeated in game three of the Ontario University Athletics West semifinal 3–1.

With the series tied at one after a home-and-home, the Mustangs returned to Thompson Arena with a chance to close out the series, and move on to the OUA West finals.

The Mustangs were challenged

by Parker Van Buskirk, the red hot Lancers net-minder who stopped 36 shots and was perfect on the penalty kill.

Even though the Mustangs dominated the first period by a considerable margin, the three-goal deficit amounted in the second would be

too much to overcome.

After picking up their first goal off a shot from forward Mac McDonnell early in the second period, Windsor scored twice more in quick succession less than a minute apart.

Western’s first goal didn’t come until quarter-way into the third period when rookie defenceman, Alex Micallef buried his first of the playoffs with help from Western’s veteran left-winger, Daniel Erlich.

The Mustangs outshot the Lancers 17–10 in the third but could not solve Van Buskirk again.

Josh Unice, Western’s fifth-year goaltender, picked up his fifth and final playoff loss as a Mustang.

The Mustangs ranked third to finish the regular season and managed to split their two season games with the Lancers. Despite their outdoor game victory in Detroit over their West division rival, the Mustangs fell short in the playoffs, when it mattered.

— Daniel Weryha

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