Tuesday, January 13, 2015

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Local business Swapculture and EnviroWestern have partnered up to host what they are hoping to be London’s largest clothing swap. The event aims to help students, charity and the environment alike through the one-day event on January 18. Jeremy De Mello, co-owner of Swapculture, said that the event will be beneficial for students who are searching for frugal finds. “It’s a great opportunity to shop, but also save money,” De Mello said. “We like to say it’s like shopping but better.” Students looking to participate are expected to donate 10 pieces of gently used clothing between 12–1 p.m. the day of, along with $10. After volunteers sort through the clothing, students can come back to the venue between 3–5 p.m. to take away as many articles of clothing as they desire. “Whether or not you’re looking for a full wardrobe or just one missing piece, we probably have it,” De Mello said. Swapculture co-owner Jennifer Hao previously hosted a swapping event last year in Vancouver. The test-run had 300 people attend and 15, 000 articles of clothing. After the event, 80 bags of clothing were donated to charity. De Mello said that any leftover clothing from the London swap will be donated to Big Brothers Big Sisters. Additionally, a portion of the proceeds will go to EnviroWestern. De Mello said that the response has been universally positive. “Entrance is $10, so when you compare that to the cost of clothing from basically any store, that is a solid deal,” he said.

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‘Sixth sense’ in blind individuals confirmed Hamza Tariq NEWS EDITOR @HamzaAtGazette

Blind individuals can use echolocation to aid with their mobility and identify objects and obstacles in their environment, a new study conducted by Western’s Brain and Mind Institute has confirmed. “Echolocation in a blind individual can serve to some degree … to provide them with the kind of information that sighted people get from vision,” said Melvyn Goodale, senior author of the paper and director of the Brain and Mind Institute. Most blind people perform echolocation by making a loud clicking sound with their tongue. Others have learned to do it by clapping their hands, jingling keys or even by finger snaps. Some blind individuals have taught themselves to echolocate while experts have taught others. While echolocation is a powerful

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tool that blind people can exploit in their daily lives, many schools looking after blind people have historically discouraged its use. According to Goodale, echolocation has been stigmatized in the past, probably because of the loud noise that blind individuals make to use it. Echolocation is a learned trait and that is why previously most schools have chosen to teach the use of canes or guide dogs, but not echolocation. Everyone is sensitive to echoes

and even sighted people use echolocation to get to know their surroundings. “If I led you blindfolded into a big cathedral like Notre Dame for example — you would know that you were in a large building,” Goodale said. “Compared to say if you were led blindfolded in a small closet — you would be able to hear the differences in the reverberations from the walls if you walked around.” For the purposes of the study, Goodale and his team employed a common size-weight illusion that sighted people usually fall victim to. For example, a kilogram of lead somehow feels heavier than a kilogram of a fluffy pillow even though they are the same weight. “We put people in a situation, where they were confronted with objects of different sizes all of which weighed the same. We had them pick them up with a string that was attached to a pulley, so they never

actually touched them,” Goodale said. For blind people who couldn’t echolocate, everything felt the same. Ironically, the blind people who could echolocate fell for the same illusion as the sighted people — they thought that the small object weighed more than the big one. According to Goodale, all blind people can learn to echolocate, whether they were born with a congenital disease or were blinded later in life. However, not all of them are able to harness their ‘sixth sense’ because they never learned or were never taught to echolocate. This trend is now changing with research being conducted in this area by the Brain and Mind Institute and other labs around the world. “Our research and the research of other laboratories, and groups that have been promoting this has I think led to more and more use of echolocation amongst the blind,” Goodale said.

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A new taxi app that partners with local taxi fleets to provide customers service on their smartphones, is now available in London. Gata Hub, an app designed by Toronto start-up Gata Labs, is in competition with taxi services like Uber but unlike Uber it partners with local taxi fleets instead of providing their own drivers and cars. “Gata provides the cutting-edge technology needed for these taxi fleets to compete with Uber and retain their market share in the taxi space,â€? Liam Casola, a third-year Western student who interned with Gata Hub over the summer, said. “Currently, Gata is partnering with U-Need-A-Cab in London to offer this service. The service is live, you can order a ride today.â€? The app is available for free download on Apple’s App Store and on Google Play for Android devices. According to Casola, the app is very user-friendly and simple to use and can be extremely convenient for students because they can order a cab by just tapping a button. “All you have to do is make an account, tap on ‘Request a Taxi,’ and a taxi will arrive at your location,â€? he said. “You can even see the estimated time that the driver will arrive at. Instead of having to call a number and wait for a dispatcher, hailing a taxi is now as simple as tapping a button.â€? Apps such as Gata Hub provide local taxi fleets an opportunity to make their traditional taxi services more accessible to customers and in the process also compete with an app like Uber. “We’re very excited to launch in London and think it’ll be great for students as well as the greater London community,â€? Casola said. • Hamza Tariq

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Student offended by sex. assault poster Megan Devlin ASSOCIATE EDITOR @MegAtGazette

Kennedy Ryan returned to school for the winter semester to find an unpleasant surprise waiting for her at the bus stop: a sexual assault awareness poster that she says is victim blaming. The poster tells the story of a girl who was taken advantage of at a kegger and finishes by saying, “alcohol is the most common date rape drug. Respect your friends — respect yourself.” It also displays a black and white image of a male hand pinning down a female body. Ryan, a fourth-year media, information and technoculture student, snapped a picture of the offending poster and tweeted it, saying, “This is a terrible way to spread awareness about sexual assault prevention.” Her tweet blew up, signalling agreement from the Western community. The poster appears at the Northbound bus stop at Western Rd. and Essex Rd. — a stop frequented by Western students taking the 2 Dundas to campus. Ryan has a problem, specifically, with how the poster places some blame on the victim when it says, “respect yourself.” “They could have just stopped at ‘respect your friends,’ ” she said. “I think it plays into that old narrative that you, as a potential victim, can prevent sexual assault — not the perpetrators.”

“I don’t want to be told, when I go out and when I’m drinking, to ‘watch myself,’ ” Ryan continued. She doesn’t know who’s behind the poster, but she wants an apology. The poster reads, “I know someone” in a similar font used by the I Know Someone campaign at Western. The campaign was started four years ago to shift the responsibility

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for prevention of sexual assault from individual women to the collective body, according to the campaign’s website. Although the University Students’ Council logo appears on the I Know Someone campaign’s website, Emily Addison, vice-president internal, says the USC has not been active with the campaign for quite some time. “We’re not actively participating in the campaign anymore,” Addison said. She maintained the USC had

Western’s EWB to host panel on poverty Albert Santvoort GAZETTE STAFF @uwogazette

Western’s chapter of Engineers Without Borders will bring together engineers and advocates to host a panel on January 22 to discuss how to end poverty in Africa through community outreach, education and innovation. “Engineers Without Borders is an international development organization with a vested interest in improving the underlying systems that contribute to poverty,” said Melissa Fehr, advocacy representative for EWB’s Western chapter. EWB’s panel will host candidates and representatives from all three major political parties to discuss Canada’s foreign trade policies and Canada’s role in global development. Panel participants include local federal Conservative Member of Parliament Susanne Truppe, as well as federal Liberal and NDP candidates Lori Baldwin-Sands and Ethan Rabidoux. “Since the panel is going to be composed of different political representatives from different parties, we’ll be able to hear a wide variety of options on what we should be

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doing and what opinions are currently in our government,” Shivani Chotolia, president of EWB’s Western chapter, said. “The main goal of the panel is outreach to students and to get people thinking about foreign aid,” Chotalia continued. Most of the panel’s focus will be on Canada’s current contribution to foreign governments, and the federal position on foreign aid and global development. The guests will also discuss their party’s vision for the future of Canadian foreign policy and trade and their own. By providing a forum to discuss Canada’s role in foreign aid, EWB aims to educate the electorate, specifically students, on each party’s platform with regards to global development, Chotalia said. EWB’s Western chapter has had multiple successes in the past. Last year, the chapter implemented a campaign to try and help prevent the federal government from cutting the foreign aid budget and hopes to see similar success with their foreign policy panel. “We just want to understand what aid is going to look like in the future and what it looks like now,” Fehr said. The event will be held on January 22 in UCC 56 from 5:30-7:00 p.m.

nothing to do with the poster in the bus shelter. The London-Middlesex Health Unit, who Ryan initially thought might be responsible for the sexual assault awareness poster, has also denied involvement. The Sexual Assault Centre London, Changing Ways and the Ontario Trillium foundation are also listed as founding members on the I Know Someone campaign’s website. None of the three organizations returned requests for comment before press time. The London Transit Commission contracts out its advertising to various media firms but does have policies regarding advertising copy. Advertisements must comply with the Advertising Standard Council of Canada. As such, they must not present demeaning or derogatory portrayals of individuals or groups, or even “undermine the safe and welcoming character of London’s public transit system.” These conditions, however, are tempered with the protection of freedom of expression guaranteed under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. “Citizens, including bus riders, are expected to put up with some controversy in a free and democratic society,” a copy of the LTC’s policies obtained from the LTC’s general manager, Kelly Paleczny, read.

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funwithpuns “I’m reminded of when Joan Crawford won her Golden Globe and she said … ‘I’ll show you a pair of golden globes.’ ”

• Bette Midler at the 1980 Golden Globe ceremonies, beating Jeremy Renner to the pun by 25 years.

America’s troubled dad far from finished Comedian Bill Cosby performs at Budweiser Gardens Jenny Jay ARTS AND LIFE EDITOR @JennyAtGazette

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On Thursday, Jan. 8, Bill Cosby was determined to show London that he was truly “far from finished,” with his performance at Budweiser Gardens. Despite the dozens of protestors outside, Cosby performed on Thursday night to a half-filled venue. The show was an uncomfortable meeting between devoted Cosby fans and interrupting protesters. Cosby began the show at 7:30 p.m. easing right into his prepared performance. He spent the majority of the show joking at the expense of his family, whether it was talking about his deceased parents, or the fact that he hated having siblings. It was apparent that his fans were of a specific audience — predominantly white and in retirement. The fact that there were a much smaller number of people in the younger generation allowed Cosby to target his jokes to those of an older audience and while he received a positive response from his fan base, his material was not engaging for younger attendees. Cosby joked about the younger generation being too sensitive, that words like “shut up” weren’t acceptable to use anymore. “You can’t call children stupid, they’re different children being born nowadays,” Cosby told the audience. “You call them stupid and there’s like blood dripping down,” he said, pointing at an imaginary line of blood dripping down from his head. About an hour into the show, a woman in the front row got up to get a drink. While walking past the stage,

Cosby asked her where she was going. The woman replied that she was going to get a drink and offered to get him one. Cosby declined with the now well-known, cringe-inducing line, “You have to be careful about drinking around me.” The tasteless line was an obvious joke referring to the sexual assault allegations enshrouding Cosby. What was worse than the joke was the audience’s reaction to it — a series of surprised gasps, and then, applause. Shortly after, an audience member, house-right of the theatre, shouted, “We love you Bill,” only to receive the inverse shout from the middle of the audience, “We don’t love you Bill.” Cosby came back with an almost automatic retort — “What do you?” only to be met by silence. The series of interruptions made for an uncomfortable show. While Cosby kept trying to stay with his prepared routine, the interruptions distracted from his performance and made it hard for Cosby to get comfortable onstage. Halfway through the show, one heckler in the crowd spoke up. “You are a rapist, Bill. I’m getting kicked out because you are a rapist,” he said. The man was quickly surrounded by police and security and escorted from the venue. This was a reflection of the extra security that was there that night, with at least 16 police officers and security guards by the main stage and visible to the audience. At the heckler’s comment, the audience took the opportunity to boo the man, with cries of, “We love you Bill” heard from the audience again and cheering following the statement.

Cosby however, stood up at this, and gestured to the audience to quiet down, repeating for them to “stop it,” followed by, “we just have to have patience.” Cosby went on to continue his sketch about his wife and her incredible skills in raising his daughter, using one-liners to gain a laugh such as his daughter stating, “I didn’t ask to be born,” and his wife’s reply being, “and you’re not what we asked for.” What made the show more uncomfortable was Cosby’s intense over-emphasis on his marriage in response to the interruptions, telling the audience that, “My wife and I celebrated 50 years of marriage. Many things go with it: a wonderful relationship of knowing each other.” Earlier in the show, Cosby used the bottle of water next to him as a prop depicting the alcohol his uncle would drink. Later on, he accidentally knocked over the bottle, and then with laugh, commented “karma,” prompting applause from the audience. While Cosby was funny, the allegations made against him and the divided audience made for an uncomfortable show. Cosby ended the show with multiple thank yous and appreciation for the audience. Sophia Saeed, an audience member and fan, said she enjoyed the show. “It was an amazing show. Amazing. I grew up with Bill Cosby, I mean I can relate to all the stories and all the jokes and everything, wonderful, just wonderful — and he is innocent until proven guilty. Until he is proven guilty, I think we should keep our feelings and comments to ourselves and let the guy do what he does best.”

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DON’T SEND ME THE BILL. Bill Cosby performed at Budweiser Gardens last Thursday. The comedian, embattled in sexual assault allegations, faced several hecklers during his performance. Above: protestors picket the show outside Budweiser Gardens.

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Lights, camera ‌ action! Western Film relaunches with free movies Tabitha Chan GAZETTE STAFF @uwogazette

If you’ve never been to Western Film, now is the perfect chance. As the start of a new year is upon us, Western Film has had a few of its very own New Year’s resolutions completed and ready to be shown off to the Western community. “Over the summer and during the fall term, we’ve made some renovations to the theatre, including a new screen and we’ve revamped the sound system. We’ve put in the curtains and the draperies. We’ve changed our concession combos and made the price more economical for students,� manager of Western Film, James Waite said. “We’ve made a whole bunch of different programs and changes to make students want to come to Western Film.� The renovations to the theatre space ensure a more enjoyable and authentic movie experience for students. A new projection screen has been implemented and has been placed higher than it used to be to resolve the problem of having obstructed views when audience members on the main floor stand up. The projector has also been moved to an upper booth placement to create better sight lines. “We’ve put in a micro perforated screen where the holes that convey the sound from the speakers behind the screen are much smaller than usual, which makes for a much brighter picture that focuses better,� Waite added. To celebrate the finished renovations, as well as to promote awareness for the theatre, Western Film will be offering free movies all week from January 12–16. The official grand re-opening gala is on Thursday,

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Jan. 15 at 7 p.m., highlighted with a screening of The Interview. “We wanted something that that hadn’t played yet. At the time I booked it, it would’ve been a London premiere. None of the chains would book the movie, so the only theatres that played it were independents like Western Film. We’re one of the only few places in London that are playing the movie,� Waite said. Western Film will also be selling popcorn for only $2 during the week, as well as running a contest to win free movies for the year. Gala invitations can be purchased at Western Film with a limited number of tickets available at the door. Although Western Film will no longer show opera and Shakespeare plays like last semester, there are other special screening opportunities to look forward to.

“We’re doing other things like a Super Bowl screening. The Oscars will be showing on screen that night. Any kind of event like that – if there’s a big hockey game and we know enough in advance, we’ll throw that up. Anything like that we can do. You can also do video games on the theatre screen,� Waite said. Western’s theatre will still be running midnight cult movies on Fridays. A sneak peek of what films will be screening include Spirited Away and Blade Runner, both films that have not been on screen in decades. Waite said that, “Things like the re-launch and a lot of the promotion we’re doing is to get students to realize that Western Film exists and it’s a real theatre, not just a projector in a classroom like a lot of people think it is.�

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Celebrity culture is something that pains me.

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Globe issue speeches are getting (g)old Seven Minutes in Kevin Kevin Hurren NEWS EDITOR-AT-LARGE @KevinAtGazette

Television audiences were reminded Sunday night that the globe isn’t really as golden as we’d like it to be. During the 72nd Golden Globe Awards, which honours the best of television and movies judged by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, there was an unprecedented number of, for lack of a better phrase, “social awareness.” A jarring number of acceptance speeches addressed specific marginalized communities or social movements — creating one of the most politically conscious award shows ever. Some were specific and timely, such as references to transgendered youth and suicide victim Leelah Alcron, as well as same-day tribute marches in France to honour those who died in the recent attacks on Charlie Hebdo. Other shout-outs were broader and more far-reaching. Little golden statues were dedicated to Ferguson-related movements, those living with and lost to AIDS, the transgender community at large, single mothers, those suffering from Alzheimer’s disease, rape survivors and roles for Latin actors, among others. By the end of the three-hour event, I began to cringe whenever an actor or actress segued into one of these statements of support. What was the cause of my discomfort? Isn’t it good that the Hollywood elite are giving attention, and more importantly credit, to such causes? With millions of viewers tuning into the telecast, it’s understandably tempting to use that platform — but what exactly is being accomplished? Let’s think for a moment about what’s really being said. When an actor thanks a subjugated group or community, they’re thanking them for their pain

— for allowing the actor to exist in that suffering temporarily. The winner will go on to other roles and awards, but the rest of us don’t get to move onto to bigger and better things. There is no second script for the ones really hurting out there. The best “social” speeches, then, came from those who spoke to their own stories — not just replicated ones. Maggie Gyllenhaal, who won for The Honorable Woman, articulated her thoughts on being a female actress in North America. Similarly, musician Common spoke on racism when accepting the award for his Selma track. Some may argue that these roles are providing visibility to people and narratives commonly ignored. If this is the case, which I definitely think is true, then shouldn’t the writers, directors and producers who create such roles be appreciated? Instead, these statements of support almost exclusively came from speeches made by actors. And herein lies the main problem. It’s almost always the actors and actresses who take up the banners of peoples’ rights in their fleeting speech moments, but they hold no real power. Due to the way we adore, validate and sanctify celebrity culture, the acting community thinks that by taking a moment to essentially “name-drop” a cause then real change will happen. What they don’t realize is that change, in the form of media representation or visibility, needs to happen on the level of content creators. It’s not enough that well-intending yet privileged actors get awarded for “being brave” in a certain role. We need these narratives to be the common standard, not the rule. We also need more follow-up. If an actor really felt inspired by their role, then thanking a faceless, nameless community during an acceptance speech shouldn’t be sufficient. Rather, developing support programs and opportunities, whether financially or otherwise, should be the goal of actors particularly moved by their source material. Anything else feels cheap and easy, especially when there’s a dozen more actors in the wing waiting to do the same thing.

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factattack Since joining the Denver Broncos in 2012, quarterback Peyton Manning holds a 22–2 record at home in the regular season. He is just 2–2 at home in playoffs.

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The Western Mustangs (14–4–1) suffered their first home loss of the season Saturday night at the hands of the Carleton Ravens (15– 4–0) by a score of 5–2. Carleton’s win vaulted them into a tie for first in the OUA east division and snapped the ‘Stangs three game win streak. After going three-for-three on the power play the night before against RMC, the Mustangs failed to connect on four power plays in the first period. Mustangs head coach Clarke Singer was left wanting more from his special teams unit but gave credit to Ravens goaltender Patrick Killien. “Carleton’s an elite team in our league, they’ve got a great system, [they’ve] got some great penalty killers. Carleton goalie Killien was their best penalty killer tonight,” he said. “I thought we had a number of real good looks, but he was there, he collected the rebound.” Matt Marantz opened the scoring by jamming in a loose puck at the side of the net four minutes into the game, but Carleton came back with two goals in the final five minutes of the first to head into the dressing room with a 2–1 lead. The Ravens picked up where they left off when forward Joe Pleckaitis scored on a breakaway 42 seconds into the second period. Two more Western power plays later in the frame were not enough to ignite the offence, and they finished the game 0 for 6 with the man advantage. “We had a little bit of trouble on the break out and on the entry, but we settled down for the last three [power plays of the game] and did have some good chances, [we] just couldn’t find the back of the net,” he said. Despite generating the majority of the offence in the latter half of the game and outshooting the Ravens 33–23, the Mustangs were unable to tie up the score. Western defenceman Stephen Gaskin cut the lead to 3–2 in the second period, but Killien shut the door in the third and finished with 31 saves. An empty net goal in the last minute sealed the win for Carleton. Singer stressed the loss is a stepping stone and will not negatively affect his group going forward. “I thought we did a lot of real good things tonight but just talked about a couple of things we need to improve on,” he said. “We’re a long way from being the team I think we can be, despite what our record is, despite how many points we have. So we’re going to keep moving forward, keep working hard, we’re not going to change the plan too much.” The Mustangs next game is Friday, Jan. 16 against the seventh-place York Lions at Thompson Arena.

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