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al statement is about
you, it should also be
Part 1: Obtaining a reference let-
ter –– whether for a grad
specifically tailored. school application or a
Find out about things The Basics job opportunity –– is a
like the courses crucial step to making a
offered and whether By Lauren Pelley good first impression.
or not there are place- Yet asking for a refer-
ments or internships, ence can be a nerve-
and then express within refrain from using generalizations wracking experience.
your statement why and clichés. Don’t say, “I’m a team Which professors are best
these aspects of the pro- player” in lieu of explaining your to ask? Is it rude to ask for
gram fit you. leadership role and specific contri- two, three, or even a dozen let- how
butions to a project. In addition, ters? For many applicants, it may m a n y
highlight the most pertinent and be a big relief to know there is stan- letters you will
compelling examples of your suc- dard etiquette when it comes to ref- need and when they will be due.
When writing your cesses rather than simply regurgi- erence letters. The crucial step: following up
personal statement: tating your resumé verbatim. Most Who should be Your job is far from over once
DO important, write professionally, but your reference? you’ve asked for a reference. To
• Read the school’s expectations
allow your personality to shine Keep in mind a few criteria when make things easier for your profes-
• Write plainly and professionally
through. deciding who to approach for a ref- sor be sure to provide them with
• Proofread repeatedly
erence. Reputation goes a long way, information. Your resumé, person-
• Discuss concrete experiences
Step 3: Proofread particularly when applying to a al statement/cover letter, academic
DON’T
Proofread, proofread, proofread. It’s post-grad program, so it’s better to history and contact information are
• Restate your entire resumé
crucial. One typo can ruin an oth- ask a fulltime professor than a TA. crucial. But think of other helpful
• Discuss your religious or political beliefs
erwise good impression, so read The professor should also be some- tidbits, too –– such as portfolio
• Use gimmicks or clichés
your statement over, show it to your one familiar with your work. Ask- samples if you’re applying to a
Mom, send a copy to your signifi- ing your first-year politics profes- media program. You also need to let
cant other –– then read it over sor from a 200-person lecture, for your reference know exactly how to
Step 2: Write it (and re-write it) again. Once it’s submitted, there’s instance, might not be the best submit the letter, whether by mail
When writing your statement, no turning back. idea. Consider the following: Did or online. Sending e-mails regular-
you do well in the professor’s ly checking on the progress might
course? Did they personally mark seem like nagging, but it’s a good
Q&A your essays or exams? Did you way to keep your references
Q: What’s the difference between a resumé and a CV? show up to their class regularly? If informed and remind them of
A: While it’s easy to assume that resumés and CVs, a.k.a. curriculum vitaes, are inter- the answer to one or more of these upcoming deadlines.
changeable documents, there are few key differences. Resumés are short, focused is no, you might want to pick a dif- Saying thank you
summaries of your skills and experience. Traditionally just one page in length, they ferent reference. Professors expect to be asked for
highlight major academic and professional accomplishments. CVs, on the other hand, How to ask for a references, but that doesn’t mean a
provide an in-depth account of your life –– so include all applicable classes, awards, reference letter warm thank you isn’t required for
honours, jobs and extracurricular involvement. There is no limit on their length, so use The most important thing when their effort. A sincere e-mail or in-
as much space as needed. Overall, resumés provide a self-promoting snapshot of your asking for a reference is to do it well person thanks is sufficient. Tokens
experiences, while CVs include comprehensive, detailed background information.
in advance. It’s part of a professors of your appreciation should only be
Got a question about life after undergrad? job to provide students with refer- given once the letter is completed,
E-mail us at gazette.senior@gmail.com and we’ll do our best to answer it. ences, but they’re busy people –– so and some professors will not accept
it’s good to give them ample notice gifts due to the appearance of
of at least a month or more before bribery. What often means the most
your deadline. Ask for the letter is finding out if their reference paid
either in person or through a pro-
fessional, well-written e-mail. Don’t
off –– so drop them a line to say if
you got your dream job or accep-
forget to include information about tance letter.
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EVENTS CALENDAR
Sat, Nov. 21
• Western’s Fall Preview Day
When: All day
Where: All over campus
What: Prospective Western students
will have a chance to tour campus
and speak to students and staff
about the Western experience.
• The Fine Print Live Concert — Unit-
ed Way fundraiser
When: 6 – 8 p.m.
Where: Goodwill Bookstore, 1044
Adelaide St. N
What: Come listen to local sixties
mod band The Fine Print. Suggested
donation is $5. For more information Mon, Nov. 23
call: 519-433-2665 • Guest Speaker for Humour Writing
Sun, Nov. 22 2213
• Museum of Archaeology – “Christ- When: 12:30 – 2:20 p.m.
mas in a Longhouse” Aboriginal Art Where: Talbot College, Rm. 341
and Craft Sale What: Gemini award winning comedy
When: 10 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. actor and writer Brooks Gray will be
Where: Museum of Ontario Archaeol- sharing his insights on humour and
ogy, 1600 Attawandaron Rd. how to survive in the world of Cana-
What: First Nations artists demon- dian comedy. All arts and humanities
strations and sales; offering an students welcome. Admission free,
opportunity to purchase unique gifts but seating is limited.
for the holiday season. If you have an event you would like to
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NEWSBRIEFS
European slugs
invading Canada
A rare 10 cm slug native to Europe
was recently found in Etobicoke.
First discovered by Lisa Bendall
and her daughter Emily, the slug
had never been previously report-
ed in Ontario.
Aleta Karstad is an amateur
malacologist — a slug and snail
enthusiast. She was the first to
receive photos and live samples
from the Bendalls.
“I was very pleased to see [the
slugs] in Toronto,” Karstad said. “I
hadn’t seen one since […] it was
shipped to me from Victoria, B.C.
[…] in 2008.” growing moustaches to raise
Karstad noted she is not certain awareness for prostate cancer.
what species these slugs are. How- The moustache is meant raise
ever, at present, the slug is consid- money and provoke conversation
ered to be closely identified with between participants and strangers
the species Arion rufus or red slug about prostate cancer and other
— a European slug whose colour health issues affecting men.
ranges from black to bright orange. “The event we’re hosting at the
If proven to be of European end of the month, 100 per cent of
descent, the question still remains the profits are going to Prostate
whether these slugs arrived recent- Cancer Canada,” said Lisa Caruso,
ly or have been here undetected for co-director of the program.
a long time. In order to participate, one must
After the announcement, Karstad simply grow a mustache for the
began receiving reports of similar whole month of November.
slugs in different parts of Ontario. Since Movember’s inception in
“The project is becoming quite 2004, the charity has raised $51 mil-
exciting,” she said. lion globally.
—Aaron Pinto A group of MBA students at Ivey
joined with students from the busi-
‘Stache cash for cancer ness, law and medical programs at
During the month of November, Western to grow moustaches and
students known as “Mo Bros” are raise money.
The Ivey team has collected
about $8,000 so far this year.

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Legal issues hindered USC,
admin’s response to strike
Replacement buses would conflict with provincial statute
By Meagan Kashty
Gazette Staff
As Amalgamated Transit Union
Local 741 enters its fifth day of strik-
ing, rumours are flying around
campus.
University administration and
the University Students’ Council are
meeting daily in an attempt to find
some sort of relief, but the process
has left some students unsatisfied.
“I know they’re kind of in a jam
[…] I feel the [Flag and Tag] pro-
gram is kind of sketchy,” said Daniel
Brett, second-year business man-
agement and organizational stud-
ies student. “It would be great if
they could offer a full scale bus ser-
vice.”
“I think frankly they should out-
source some metro buses and dri-
vers,” Dan Van Kessel, fourth-year
Ivey student, said.
The USC has explored the
option of a shuttle system, accord-
ing to USC president Emily Rowe;
however, City bylaws prohibited
anything to that effect.
“[A shuttle] was our top priority,
but there’s just no way,” Rowe said.
“There’s a bylaw that says if a city
[has] a transportation system set up,
no one can shadow that service.”
As a result, many other trans-
portation alternatives have gone
unrealized.
“A lot of malls’ and grocery
stores’ properties are unionized, so
they wouldn’t allow shuttles to stop
there,” Rowe explained. “They’re
allowing the vans that are available
now by the university to stop in cer-
tain areas, but if it were a bus ser-
vice, we absolutely wouldn’t be
allowed to stop.”
“We knew from day one what we
had thought about and put into
action was comfortable [for the
union],” said Gitta Kulczycki, West-
ern vice-president resources and
operations.
School bus service, another
option explored by the USC, also
proved to be a dead end.
“We looked into getting any
buses we could in case of a strike,
and every single option we looked
at was impossible,” Rowe said. “The
equipment was lacking, and the
ATU overall supports any specific
union, so getting the drivers was an
issue.”
Mike Murphy, secretary treasur-
er of Murphy Bus Lines, confirmed
it was not an option for his compa-
ny, but noted union solidarity
played no part in the decision.
“We’re under contract to the
school board and we don’t have the
drivers or the equipment to aug-
ment that service — it’s as simple as
that,” Murphy said.
While the USC and University
meet, students are taking matters
into their own hands.
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or that area of the municipality designated in the bylaw
Orest Katolyk, manager of bylaw
enforcement for the City, noted a
growth in the number of bandit
cabs because of the strike.
“It’s grown because of the strike,
but the unique thing is the Internet
– there’s so many social networking
sites where people are offering
rides,” Katolyk noted.
James Donnelly, vice-president
and chief operating officer for
Aboutown Transportation Ltd.,
acknowledged the increase in ban-
dit cabs.
“As far as these cars that are
holding themselves out to be ‘for
hire,’ […] that is a dangerous thing
and […] we do consider [it] some-
thing to be infringing on the taxi
drivers,” Donnelly said.
Katolyk added while websites
simply saying they’re driving to
Western and offering rides is fine,
anyone acting as a taxi without the
necessary licensing is infringing on
a bylaw.
“The whole issue about licens-
ing focuses on public safety and
consumer protection,” Katolyk
said. “And when we license taxis we
license not only the drivers but
[also] the vehicles, so we require a
safety check be done, we require a
driver to have a police check done,
we require examination of the dri-
ver’s knowledge of the rules of the
road and another exam on knowl-
edge of the city of London.”
He added the fines for bandit
cabs are set by the province and
may reach a maximum of $500.
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“The associate deans decided
there shouldn’t be a blanket accom-
modation […] It’s one thing if you’re
living a five-minute walk from cam-
pus or an hour long walk from cam-
pus,” John Doerksen, vice-provost
academic programs and students,
said. “It is because of that wide
range of facts that associate deans
want to deal with requests for acad-
emic accommodation on a case-
by-base basis.”
Rowe noted students are now
entitled to some refunds.
“We’ll see if [the union and the
London Transit Commission] go
back to the negotiating table,” she
concluded.
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Will I
Graduate? LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

It’s not unheard of for students to innocently wrap up their

final year, expecting to move on to grad school or a pro-
fessional career, only to find out too late they are a credit
Students deal without buses
short of graduation. There’s nothing worse than receiving Re: “LTC workers to vote on picketing at at best a minor help and realistically a themselves, they should take student
a letter in June, informing you that your summer will be Gates” Nov. 18, 2009 very small response to the problem of safety into account, which, is a little more
spent getting that forgotten credit, rather than earning getting to school, a “strike-breaking important than whether the ATU is the
money for grad school. To the editor: activity.” seventh best paid union or first best paid
How does this happen? Are students being left in the I find it extremely disappointing that both A classmate of mine told me he had to union in Ontario.
dark about their degree status? Who is to blame? the staff association and the faculty asso- leave at 6:30 a.m. to get to class. It took The UWOFA and UWOSA have
It’s easy to fault Western for not offering students ciation at Western are calling for an end him three hours to walk to school — a six- embarrassed themselves by supporting
enough guidance. After all, university is a business — stu- to the so-called “strike-breaking” shuttle hour round-trip isn’t an annoyance, it’s such a move. They have lost respect in
dents are paying big bucks to get the education they vans organized by Western to help stu- psychotic. Forget being able to have a job the eyes of many, and I hope they come
want, and part of that is the guidance and counselling dents get to and from campus safely. outside of school, extracurricular activi- to their senses, abandon blind union
necessary to help them along the way. Why are our staff and faculty choos- ties, volunteering — that time is taken up solidarity and support the school and
With the day-to-day stresses of university life — essays, ing to stand alongside our city’s transit just by walking. the students.
assignments, exams — there is little time left for students drivers rather than our university’s own I realize he is on the far end of the —Ben Singer
to be worrying about their degree statuses. Many students students? spectrum, but if we didn’t have a “reli- Political Science IV
fall prey to tunnel vision — pick classes, complete credits The reason is simple, I presume: able” transit service, nobody would live
and repeat. The problem is, one simple mistake like miss- unions love to blindly support other farther than a 30-minute walk. You’ll
ing the fine print could leave a student a credit short of unions no matter what. have to forgive his audacity of trying to To the editor:
graduation, despite the best of intentions. For staff and faculty, a transit strike is save money and expecting an essential I just wanted to thank the University,
This is where it would seem logical for the University probably a minor inconvenience, since service to run. the Western community and volunteers
to step in. While manpower might be limited, why not most probably have personal vehicles I’d like to see the members of the for making this strike bearable. It’s a
implement a simple red flag system that would auto- and can afford to pay for parking on a UWOFA and UWOSA walk home with really wonderful feeling to look around
matically notify students if they were falling short of their temporary basis. For students, on the him and then still call a van service and see the people of Western come
requirements for graduation? A yearly e-mail update on other hand, a transit strike can be para- “strike-breaking.” With many profs together and support each other in this
the status of their degree could also be helpful. lyzing. It can mean walking 45 minutes to telling us “how you get to class isn’t my difficult time.
Even now, there are many resources out there to help and from school in the rain or it can mean problem,” it’s not only wildly irresponsi- We’ve all got our fingers crossed that
students better understand their degree requirements young females walking alone in the dark, ble of their union to try and shut down a this strike will be over by next week but
and show how close they are to fulfilling them. However, worried about their personal safety. It can service that provides a safe way home, in the meantime I feel like we need to
these are often poorly promoted. mean paying for a cab — $10 each way — but it’s the epitome of a dick move. acknowledge and give our appreciation
For example, students can currently log in to Student just to make sure you can attend classes. —Matt Cloutier to everyone in the community who has
Services and perform a “degree audit” — a process that I certainly hope Western continues to Science III helped out. This week I have really been
will indicate what credits have been finished and what operate the shuttle van program, and I proud to be a Western student.
courses remain for completion. This is an informative further hope the transit union doesn’t I think it might be hard for some
and helpful system — but how many students know decide to picket in protest. It seems To the editor: students to get over feelings of ill will
about it? naive to me to withdraw services from The editorial on the ATU threats to pick- toward bus drivers after the strike is
Even the students who do try to book an appointment paying customers and then go to where et the school is right on. The Western over. A lot of us (myself included) feel
with their counsellors are likely to be turned off by wait those customers work, study and live to shuttle service would only constitute like we were targeted and used as a tool
times and scheduling difficulties. harass them. “strike-breaking” if it were run by the for the bus drivers to get what they
However, a large part of the onus falls on the stu- —Jason Brown LTC, trying to replace lost service. wanted. I don’t think any of us will for-
dents. After all, there are far too many students taking PhD Biology If Coca-Cola workers were to go on get that treatment any time soon, but I
far too many modules to expect academic counsellors strike, would they picket Pepsi? Or Pres- do believe that a lot of positive things
to babysit them. Despite the stressful life of being a stu- ident’s Choice? I doubt it. came out of the Western community
dent, it’s hardly much to expect students to take respon- To the editor: The shuttle service is probably the through this. So, I’d like to say thank
sibility for themselves and at least meet with their coun- It boggles my mind the faculty associa- only part of the University’s plan that has you one more time.
sellors annually to make sure their degree requirements tion and staff association felt the need to the capacity to reduce the dangers faced — Sherry Keddie
are in order. “show solidarity” with the LTC workers by students walking home at night. If the Psychology IV
Ultimately it’s a two-way street — both the University by calling the shuttle service — which is ATU cares about anyone other than
and students should be doing their best to ensure there
are no surprises at the end of final year. While, in an ideal
We know you have you have opinions and you know we want them.
world, the officials would make sure all of our i’s are dot-
ted and t’s are crossed — that’s far from reality. The soon-
Let’s work together.
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P5 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2009
ArtsEntertainment
UNLIKE ANYTHING YOU’VE EVER SEEN. Le Cyc, a show consisting of hundreds of drawings like these accompanied by music, comes to the Arts Project this Sunday night.
Le Cyc peddles through town UWOpera stages
Unusual performance depicts dystopian future
mash-up musical
By Mark Fillipowich
Gazette Staff
Whether due to an influx of science
fiction literature or the advance-
ment of technology, there has been
a cultural fascination with watchful
and oppressive governments. How-
ever, few thought experiments are
as artistically interesting as Le Cyc, a
70-minute multimedia perfor-
mance about a dystopian bicycle-
powered city.
Le Cyc will be performed at the
Arts Project Sunday evening. It will
be the last showing for some time
according to illustrator David
Willekes, as the group is going back
to the literal and figurative drawing
board to create another similarly
structured piece.
Trying to classify the show is dif-
ficult — Willekes calls it a “graphic
novel bike opera.” The show con-
sists of 380 drawings on silkscreen
painted with coffee and wine, dis-
played in a series to a seven-piece
band that tells the story.
“[It’s] almost like you’re watch-
ing the comic in a way,” Willekes
says. “There are no words on the
images — the words come through
in the music through the lyrics. The
music and the lyrics tell the whole
narrative essentially.”
The story takes place in the
future when there is no source of
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energy available other than the
power created by the population
constantly peddling their bicycles.
The city’s leader is determined by a
bike race. The city’s champion
cyclist, however, eventually abuses
his power and another cyclist rises
to challenge him.
“[It’s] almost like
you’re watching the
comic in a way. There
are no words on the
images — the words
come through in the
music through the
lyrics.”
— David Willekes
Le Cyc illustrator
The unique project began about
two years ago when Willekes and
his band, Special Purpose, went on
a cross-Canada bicycle trip.
“My friend Eihab [Boraie] was
actually in Egypt at the time. When
he came back he and some of our
other friends came up with the idea
that with all the peddling we were
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some of our friends wrote some
songs based on the idea.”
From there, the show developed
into a performance piece, and was
fully rounded out on the road.
London’s Open House Arts Col-
lective (Oh!) is responsible for
bringing Le Cyc to the city. “When
we first got together as a group we
all wanted to bring in as many dif-
ferent art forms as possible,” says
Paterson Hodgson, one of Oh!’s
organizers.
“Theatre, or multimedia, was
always something we wanted to get
into,” Hodgson says of Le Cyc’s
atypical performance. “It just kind
of worked out that we wanted to
bring them in. It’s a really cool thing
and we were able to [find a venue
for the show].”
Whether the show’s protean
approach will prove successful this
weekend or its unfocused medium
will send it over the handlebars, Le
Cyc is a piece so strange and unique
at a distance that it begs one to
approach it and take a closer look.
See Le Cyc this Sunday at the Arts
Project. Doors open at 7 p.m. and
the show starts at 8 p.m. Tickets are
$6 at the door and the event is all
ages. Arts Project is located at 203
Dundas St. Visit www.lecyc.ca for
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Bored of the bar scene? UWOpera’s
Musical Stage Favourites may be
the perfect alternative evening
entertainment.
Performances take place
tonight and tomorrow evening at
the Paul Davenport Theatre. The
production involves roughly 40
undergraduate and graduate stu-
dents in both on and off-stage
roles.
UWOpera is a group of faculty
and students in the music pro-
gram that has produced at least
two events each year since 1994.
Its purpose is to provide a perfor-
mance opportunity for opera and
voice students and to show them
how opera is performed profes-
sionally. Since its inception, the
UWOpera program has quadru-
pled in size.
This fall’s performance is a
mash-up of stage favourites, from
Cinderella to Macbeth.
The performance promises to
tempt the audience to sing-along
with familiar tunes, including
those from West Side Story. The
show will also expose listeners to
popular opera songs such as
Beethoven’s “Fidelio” and Han-
del’s “Giulio Cesare”.
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Many of the students involved
are aspiring performers and Musi-
cal Stage Favourites represents a
component of their course work.
Opera performance provides a
unique fusion of music, words,
dance and costume, giving these
students and their audience an
opportunity to experience many
aspects of performance art at once.
Theodore Baerg, director of
UWOpera, has been performing
professionally for over 30 years. His
career took him across North
America, Asia and Europe before
he decided to teach performance
at Western. Baerg cites a desire to
share information with students,
just as it was shared with him, as
his reason for beginning a teach-
ing career.
Sophie Roland will direct this
week’s performance with Mark
Payne acting as music director.
Miranda Wickett is the choreogra-
pher with Sarah Neiman as the
stage manager.
Musical Stage Favourites will
be performed tonight and tomor-
row night at 8 p.m. at the Paul
Davenport Theatre. Student tick-
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at Orchestra London’s box office or
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Local band anything but broken after rocky recording
Chasing Arcadia debuts new CD after three attempts at hiring a drummer
By Maddie Leznoff
Gazette Staff
Chasing Arcadia have long antici-
pated the release of their album
Broken, and after a few lineup
changes, they are ready for their
official release party and concert at
Call the Office tonight.
The band — currently composed
of Darryl McCarty, Stan Clemence,
Patrick Hughes and Jeff Wakem —
has been compared to groups like
Radiohead and Keane due to its dis-
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Broken is a fresh start for the explores a pretty bleak outlook on
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Chasing Arcadia actually began been studying music at Western for
with McCarty and Clemence in the past two years. “One of the
2002, and they released a self-titled alternate ways the word gets used is
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because of internal problems, but ken.’ This is a new album, a new
has since regrouped and now band and only the start of [a] new
includes Hughes on guitar and key- beginning.”
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The title of their album is reflec- Chasing Arcadia, one that included
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Mustangs squash still perfect Mustangs give up nine

Team chasing 27th straight OUA title point lead, win silver
By Arden Zwelling CONTINUED FROM P8 Despite twice holding nine-
Gazette Staff point leads, the Mustangs could not
Mitchell and Conor Trainor. put the stingy Gaels away.
Ever the humanitarians, the Mus- Matthew Barrett converted both “A lot of our guys feel that we
tangs men’s squash team was kind Mustang tallies, while Scott Kyle controlled our destiny in that
enough to put on a squash clinic for and Zach Pancer responded with game,” Roes said. “A couple little
a host of other Ontario University trys for the Gaels. lapses and some strong defence by
Athletics teams this weekend. “Western got on us early,” Gaels Queen’s in the final five minutes of
The team won every single head coach Peter Huigenbos said. the game was the difference.”
match at the OUA’s West sectional “They were well prepared and you The Gaels defence had to be
competition at Fanshawe College could tell they really wanted it.” stout as the Mustangs threw every-
on Friday and Saturday, not allow- The Mustangs took a consider- thing they had at the Gaels line, try-
ing any of their opponents to even able 19-10 lead after fullback ing to win the game in the dying
muster a point against them. Matthew McLeod scored a try early minutes. The Mustangs chose to
“We don’t want to get ahead of in the second half. It was the first rumble the ball directly at the Gaels
ourselves but we are really excited time Queen’s had been down by defence with their forward pack,
with how this season is going so far,” more than a try since 2007. instead of sending the ball out wide
Mustangs head coach Jack Fairs said. “Until that point, we hadn’t and trying to run a play with their
The Mustangs played Waterloo played comeback rugby for two backs.
on Friday, coming away with an years. It was a spot that the guys just “We wanted to try to grind it in
easy 6-0 victory over the Warriors, haven’t been in before,” Huigenbos with our forwards,” Mitchell said.
before continuing their strong play said. “It may have been predictable and
the next day, defeating the Brock The unfamiliar circumstances we could have used some decisive-
Badgers and the McMaster hardly bothered the Gaels as they ness in attack. At the end of the day
Marauders, both 6-0. scored three times in the next 10 we made a choice — they don’t
“They performed in first class minutes with a penalty goal from always work out.”
fashion,” Fairs said of his team after Ryan Kruyne and trys from Patrick Roes supported his squad’s deci-
the tournament. “McMaster is a Richardson and Chris Barrett to sion making late in the game.
really strong team and we knew it seal the victory. “Hindsight is always perfect —
was going to be a competitive “It would have been easy for the when you’re looking back at it
match but our guys came out on guys to just fold,” Huigenbos said. maybe we should have spun it
top and looked really great.” “I was really proud to watch them wide,” Roes said. “I don’t want to
Kimesh Chetty and Ryan Her- Gazette File Photo rise to the occasion like that.” question the decisions the guys
den led the way for Western, both The Gaels scored most of their made. We just couldn’t get it across
winning all of their games 3-0. points after exploiting Western’s and that’s it.”
Chetty was quick to turn the OUA Men’s Squash Standings defence with strong counter- The end of the season sees the
attention from himself to his team- Matches attacks on Mustang kicks that did Mustangs lose many of the key
mates. Team Played Wins Losses Points not find touch. Roes was unhappy players who helped engineer their
“This is an extremely strong with his team’s kicking game on the recent string of success. The team
team that trains hard and it has
Western 18 18 0 18 day. has won three OUA silver and two
paid off,” a modest Chetty said. “We McGill 12 9 3 9 “We definitely made their full- bronze medals over the past five
are an OUA powerhouse with McMaster 18 9 9 9 back Mike Wong look good,” Roes years.
nationally ranked players that not Queen’s 12 8 4 8 said. “Some of our kicks weren’t great “I’ve made some of my best
only play hard for their school but Waterloo 18 8 10 8 and in some cases our chase wasn’t friends on this team — leaving this
also play juniors outside of the uni- Toronto 12 1 11 1 even existent. A kick’s only as good as team is tough,” Mitchell said. “I’d
versity circuit.” Brock 18 1 17 1 its chase and we weren’t really doing rather be an alumni here than play-
This year’s squad boasts a either as well as we could.” ing anywhere else.”
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PURPLE PIPE

Rookie swimmer
takes home Pipe
17-year-old blowing stiff OUA
competition out of the water
By Grace Davis
Gazette Staff
In a dominant 101-47 win over the
University of Toronto on Friday by
Western’s women’s swim team, first-
year science student Jennifer Trung
won the women’s 100m backstroke
final in 1:03.48, a gold in the women’s
200m medley relay and finished sec-
ond in the 200m backstroke. Trung’s
impressive time of 1:03.48 would
have placed her in the final at last
year’s Canadian Interuniversity Sport
championships.
Because of her outstanding per-
formance, the 17-year-old was
awarded with this week’s Purple
Pipe. Trung took some time out of
her day to sit down with the Gazette
to discuss being a rookie, waking up
at 4:40 a.m. and Wendy’s Frosties.
How long have you been swim-
ming competitively and why did
you start?
Since age 11 I think. My mom
put me in ‘cause she was scared I
was going to drown I think. She
thought it was good exercise and it
was just a fun thing to do.
What’s it like being a rookie for
Western? Initiation?
The girls are really nice and
friendly. I get along with them pret-
ty well. It was intimidating meeting
new people and being a rookie, but
initiation wasn’t that bad. We had
fun team bonding activities at the
beginning of the season.
What does the team do to prepare
for meets?
Apparently we have pasta par-
ties before our meets. I guess we
load up on carbs. To get into racing
mode we do a lot more short
sprints and stuff that mimics the
race, so we work on our turns going
to the wall and stuff like that. We
practice our race strategy too.
How often do you practice?
There are different groups. I
think I’m training nine times a week
right now. On a Saturday we do a lot
practicing and weights, so we’re
there for hours. We do doubles
[train twice a day] a lot. I don’t mind
training. Sometimes in the morning
it’s hard to get going, but for the
most part it helps me with school
stress and I feel better after practice.
What’s the atmosphere like on the
team this year?
It’s really competitive. Because
we have such a big rookie year, all of
the girls are competing to get on the
[Ontaro University Athletics] team,
and there’s only 18 spots. I think it’s
good that it’s competitive ‘cause it
brings out the best in all of us.
Being only 17 and competing
against people that are several
years older than you, how did it feel
to win female swimmer of the meet
last weekend against U of T?
I never really thought about it. I
don’t know, I think swimming is dif-
ferent than most sports in the sense
that most girls mature fairly early.
They stop growing around 17, so
age doesn’t have as much as a factor
as it may for guys. The difference
between a guy who’s 17 and a guy
who’s 20 is huge. At nationals you’re
still competing with adults because
it’s open, so I’ve done it before. I
don’t really notice age among girls. Laura Barclay/Gazette
It’s a very mental sport though so
age helps in that sense. We train a
lot, and unfortunately you can’t do (laughs). a varsity swimmer. know them, so they’ll be telling a
well in the sport unless you train as Is your diet similar to Michael It’s not really that interesting. We joke and I’m like laughing in the
much as everyone else, which is a Phelps’? wake up to go to practice in the background. It’s really awkward
lot. So attending practices and Okay, I do not eat as much as morning at around 4:40. Our prac- actually. I think everyone’s pretty
focusing can be challenging men- him. I’ve had coaches tell me I tices are at 5:30. We train for about funny on the team, no major
tally, and then it’s also a very chal- should eat healthy, and I try to, but two hours, then go to classes, then a standouts.
lenging sport when you’re racing. for the most part I just eat whatev- lot of the time in the afternoons we What are your goals for this year?
Any athletic role models? er I want. So if I want a Wendy’s go back and practice for another I don’t like thinking about things
Not really. I’m not a huge fan of Frosty, I’ll have a Frosty. I figure I’ll two hours, do some homework, too far away. I’m the type of person
Michael Phelps. There are definite- burn it off…or at least that’s the then go to bed. that takes it one day at a time. Some
ly people I look up to though. Ryan excuse that I use. I just kind of eat Who’s the class clown on the team? people are like “Jen are you going to
Lochtey, but that’s not based on his whatever I want; whatever makes As a rookie I don’t really know be in the Olympics?” and I always
swimming; it’s just ‘cause he’s good me happy. most of the guys. A lot of the guys say I’m just focusing on this year,
looking so it doesn’t really count Describe a typical day in the life of are really funny but I don’t really what’s happening right now.

Mustangs fall to
Queen’s in finals
Gaels win first title since 2001
By Arden Zwelling
Gazette Staff
In rugby, sometimes a few lucky
bounces is all it takes.
The Queen’s Gaels won their first
Ontario University Athletics men’s
rugby title since 2001 on Saturday,
after a 23-19 come-from-behind
victory over the Western Mustangs.
It was the second time this sea-
son the Gaels narrowly escaped
with a victory against Western after
Brett Higgs/Gazette
they beat the Mustangs 13-12 at
Western’s Homecoming in October.
“Five points separated us in the
whole season and that’s really just a
couple bounces here and there,”
Mustangs head coach Tony Roes
said. “It really could have gone
either way.”
The Mustangs went into half-
time on Saturday with a 14-10 lead
after first-half tries from Marcus
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