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Kaitlyn McGrathassociate editor

Adorned in his purple jacket, Louie meanders around his newfound surroundings.

“Sit Louie,” Alex Beaulieu says with authority, coaxing his 10-month-old half-Labrador, half-golden retriever to sit calmly. With cameras and lights surrounding him, he breaks pose and heads straight for the lens.

“Sit,” Beaulieu says again. “Watch me, Louie, watch me.”

With an almost bashful grin on his puppy face, he meets the stare of Beaulieu. The shutter snaps.

“What a good boy,” Beaulieu says proudly.

Louie is no ordinary puppy. Louie is a service dog in training, and Beaulieu, a second-year social science student, is his adoptive owner. Responsible for teaching him basic obedience skills, as well as socializing him for the first year to 18 months of his life, Louie goes everywhere with Beaulieu. And legally, as long as he’s wearing his jacket, Louie can go to any public place—the library, the bus and even classes. Wherever you find Beaulieu, Louie be will right there beside him, although Beaulieu says Louie hasn’t taken a shining to night classes.

“He definitely doesn’t like those ones very much. He wants me to get up early and he wants to go to school—he sits and stares out the window until we leave.”

Beaulieu adopted Louie through the organization National Service Dogs, which specializes in provid-ing certified service dogs to children with autism. Beginning in 1996, NSD was the first-ever organization to specialize in training Labradors, golden retrievers and lab-retrievers to aid autistic children and their families, and has since graduated over 250 certified service dogs. Along with their own successes, NSD has also been active in devel-oping similar organizations around the world, including ones in China, the United States and Ireland.

According to Lindsay Havlin, communications and stakeholder relations manager at NSD, their trained dogs are in high demand due to the valuable benefits a dog can provide for an autistic child.

Beyond alleviating safety con-cerns, the service dogs encourage autistic children to interact with oth-ers—even if they are non-verbal—and can also help reduce bullying.

“Bullying in schools is a big issue, especially with children with autism,” Havlin says. “A lot of our dogs go to school with our children, so once the child starts bringing their dog to school, they’re no longer that kid with autism, they become that really cool kid that brings their dog to school.”

For the entirety of the interview, Louie does not bark. The obedience training Beaulieu has been imple-menting since eight-weeks-old—the age when NSD puppies are matched up with volunteers—seems to have taken effect.

Raising Louie—or any puppy for that matter—is a heavy undertaking. And while the benefit, Beaulieu says, is the joy Louie adds to his life, rais-ing a puppy and being a student is a balancing act. Beaulieu explains he has to give himself ample time to get anywhere, as he’s always bringing Louie with him. As well, he’s been forced to time-manage more effec-tively to ensure he can complete schoolwork.

“You just need to be ready,” he says. “Especially if you’re used to doing really well in school—you have to be ready to spend a lot of time with this dog.”

Havlin says the organization receives puppy raiser applications from a wide range of people, includ-ing a fair amount from students—especially those from the University of Guelph, well known for its veteri-nary program.

Cateline Landry, a fourth-year student studying marine and fresh-water biology at Guelph, raised a miniature poodle, Vector, as part of the Lions Foundation of Canada, another organization specializing in training dogs to assist people with a range of disabilities, includ-ing impaired vision, autism and epilepsy.

Landry echoed Beaulieu’s sen-timents when she said training Vector, who was meant to be a hear-ing guide or seizure response dog, affected her social life.

“Taking care of him took up a lot of my free time, but I knew that caring for a dog would be a huge

commitment and not something that should be taken lightly, so I had a good support system set in place, ready to help out if I needed it,” she says, adding her family and room-mates were on call to help when needed.

Although Vector was progress-ing well, and his ideal temperament seemed suited for the line of work, he was diagnosed with mild hip dys-plasia and was forced to withdraw from the program. With the adop-tive family often getting first dibs of a disqualified dog, Vector is now a member of the Landry family.

Likely tuckered out from his walk to campus, Louie lies on the floor and Beaulieu reaches into his bag to retrieve a piece of chewed-up raw hide—Louie’s favourite—and tosses it to him before patting him on the head. In public, so long as they ask, strangers may pet Louie—after all, it’s Beaulieu’s role to socialize the pup.

Beaulieu explains Louie behaves well in public, and while he’d love

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ARIES – Mar 21/Apr 20 There are a few things you need to work out this week, but then you will be set for quite a while. Take the opportunity to recharge your batteries.

LIBRA – Sept 23/Oct 23 A risk you take this week will pay off in a big way. You might be anxious to take a significant risk, but the eventual reward will be well worth it.

TAURUS – Apr 21/May 21 Sometimes the things that are the hardest to come by are the ones that are most worth the effort. Think about this as you face obstacles.

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to get to keep him, he’s confident Louie will excel in the service dog program.

Havlin explains around the age of a year to a year-and-a-half, the NSD puppies get recalled into the ken-nel and begin “advanced training” in preparation for a public access test. Passing the test is what pup-pies are working toward to receive their certification.

However, if a dog seems poorly suited for the certified service dog

program—they react poorly in pub-lic places, for example—NSD has two less intensive programs that dogs will be filtered into. The skilled companion dog program pair dogs with veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, and the companion dog program matches dogs with people with various dis-abilities, including Down syndrome, Asperger syndrome or dementia.

Havlin explains, prior to these programs, the disqualified puppies just became pets, whereas now their organization can expand beyond the autism label.

“[It’s] allowed us to utilize more of our dogs in a valuable way, and has allowed us to help more families in need, and a more diverse group of individuals as well.”

With his first birthday coming up in March, Louie is nearing the age when he’ll return to the kennel. And while Beaulieu can visit him some weekends during intensive train-ing, if Louie is placed with a family, they’ll have to say a final goodbye. It’ll be sad, he says, but he went into the program knowing what was in store.

“You know before you get into it that you’re going to have to give him back,” Beaulieu says.

Havlin agrees while the separa-tion might be tough, volunteers can find comfort in the notion they’ve done a noble act.

“It’s definitely not easy, but I think that everyone gets into it knowing they’re doing a good thing, and they’re going to help another fam-ily, and most cases they get to meet the family that the dog is going to, or at least see pictures,” she explains.

And to dispel the belief puppies in training somehow lose out on their puppyhood, Beaulieu quickly denies it, adding Louie has a great life—getting to accompany his best friend everywhere and receive atten-tion from adoring strangers.

“They must know they’re spe-cial,” Beaulieu says with a small smile.

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USC presidential elections 2013

Candidates square off in first slate debateAlex CarmonaNews editor

The campaign season kicked into high gear Wednesday night when the Mustang Lounge played host to the first presidential debate. Over the course of the event, the candidates covered a broad spectrum of topics, ranging from accessibility to mental health, to tuition fees.

This debate was an important one in that it was the first real test of how the new three-person slate system would interact with the more traditional elements of a campaign.

All three presidential candidates agreed having their two teammates up on the stage with them made the debate a novel experience.

“It was funny, it was almost like an MSN conversation going on in the notebooks. The VPs were writing

things like ‘Who’s going to talk about this?’ and ‘Mention this! Mention this,’” Pat Whelan, a University Students’ Council presidential can-didate, said. “But all that aside, I think it was a good way to show the differ-ent dynamics between the slates.”

Vivek Prabhu, another presiden-tial candidate, made the case that including the rest of the slates in the debate increased the accountability of candidates’ responses.

“I think before, when it was just solo candidates going up to debate, they had the free reign to really just start pulling things out of the air. I think what the slate system does is that it really brings other people to the table, obviously, and enables people to actually debate about ideas, to discuss them and actually come up with a common value set,” he said.

“With the VPs kind of in the back, you really have to think about your team. You have to think about what you’re saying and how you’re repre-senting all of you. I think it actually holds the candidates more account-able, which is a good thing.”

Ashley McGuire, the final presi-dential candidate, said the best part about having her slate behind her was that it gave her the ability to defer questions her VPs were better suited to answer.

“It was nice to be able to get a question and to be able to direct it to someone who is not necessarily more knowledgeable than you are,

but is supposed to be the expert in that field and has more of a back-ground in that area.”

Interestingly, all the candidates singled out a different area of focus in the debate they felt resonated most with the audience.

“Based off the debate itself, I think the grants issue really resonated with people. Afterwards people messaged

me about it and said that was great,” Prabhu said.

Whelan, on the other hand, felt students were most concerned with tuition.

“I think the discussion about tuition resonated well with people because we all have to pay it. I think it was pretty interesting to see the response when we were talking

about what kind of payment meth-ods we should accept and when the deadline should be.”

McGuire thought sophing took the spotlight.

“The comments about sophing were great. I think we each kind of had our own opinions on sophing, and we each have something on our platform that’s tailored to it as well.”

With the VPs kind of in the back, you really have to think about what you’re saying and how you’re representing all of you.

—Vivek PrabhuUniversity Students’ Council

presidential candidate

Ritchie Sham Gazette

THE NOT-SO GREAT DEBATE. University Students’ Council presidential and vice-presidential candidates sounded off on their platforms Wednesday night in the Mustang Lounge.

Jobless youth causing billions in global loss

Katie RosemanGazette StaFF

Global economies have not yet recovered from the 2008 recession, but a report recently released by TD bank shows people aged 15 to 24 have especially struggled as a result, with youth unemployment rates remaining high globally. Consequently, the report shows a period of joblessness can have det-rimental effects on youths that last for many years.

The report, entitled Assessing the Long Term Cost of Youth Unemployment, written by senior economist Martin Schwerdtfeger, showed Canada is suffering less than other global economies under the financial effects of youth unem-ployment. In countries like Greece, youth unemployment has been as high as 58 per cent in recent years.

However, youth will still suffer a significant amount in wage loss. The study states the earnings loss due to the rise in youth unemploy-ment is equivalent to $10.7 billion in Canada alone.

The study also examines a trend called “scarring,” which refers to the long-lasting reduced earning potential of those who experience a period of unemployment during their youths. Data suggests the lon-ger the duration of joblessness, the more future wages are lost.

The 2008 recession compounds these effects.

“A typical recession—defined as a rise in unemployment rates by five percentage points—implies an initial loss in earnings of about nine per cent that halves within five

years and finally fades to zero after 10 years, suggesting a 4.5 per cent average annual earnings loss over a decade,” Schwerdtfeger stated in the study.

Jim MacGee, a professor in Western’s economics department, said recent graduates encounter difficulty when most jobs require three to five years experience, but these initial experience-developing opportunities are not available in time of economic hardship.

“It’s not just the fact that people are requiring experience as a screen-ing device, it’s because you do learn something in your first few years on the job, especially in technical fields.”

An American study found that for a one per cent increase in national unemployment, there is an aver-age 4.4 per cent decrease in annual earning that can last nearly twenty years.

In the study, Schwerdtfeger rec-ommends implementing public policies aimed at improving labour mobility. He also said there is evi-dence increasing your education can prevent wage loss later on.

MacGee recommends network-ing and volunteering, as well as fur-ther education.

“After big recessions there are a lot of people who are just unlucky. What you want to do is say, ‘How can I distinguish myself from someone who might not be as ambitious as me?’”

He said that volunteering in positions potentially related to your career can open up new opportuni-ties and helps create networks that can lead to a job.

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Food&DrinkNo need to groan if eating alone

Cam ParkesManaGinG editor

Yes, I know it’s only the first of February, but, as this is our last food page for the time being, I must take this opportunity to impart on you some Valentine’s Day wisdom.

Don’t worry—this isn’t a column about sappy traditions or sweet things to do for people. It is, in fact, quite the opposite.

Everyone loves food. Even if you say you don’t, you love food. Some people may love it more than others, but food literally keeps us alive, so on some level—perhaps even sub-consciously—it claims a part of your heart.

So here’s an idea. Valentine’s Day is 13 days from now. If you’re val-entine-less, you may be preparing for a typical solo day of love—buy-ing yourself chocolates, ordering flowers for yourself and putting the sender as ‘Your Secret Admirer’, breaking out the rom-com, boxes of Kleenex and ice cream, eating a crappy fast-food dinner by yourself, you know, the usual—and that’s fine, if it’s what you want to do. There are some good rom-coms out there—I recommend This is 40—but I have an alternative.

Here’s my proposal. A couple of days before heart day—maybe as much as a week if you want to play it safe—call up a fancy restaurant and make a reservation for two. More on this later.

In order to make this work, you’re going to have to look fancy. I rec-ommend busting out your best suit or dress—perhaps even renting or buying a new one, depending on your commitment. Spread the word among your friends and colleagues that you’re going out for dinner with

a special someone to make the illu-sion more real.

This is how I picture it will go down.

The morning of February 14 arrives. I awake, but something is different. The feeling of forever-aloneness—usually prevalent on this day—is mitigated somewhat. This year, I have a plan. I don’t go into work today because I have too much to do.

When it’s getting close to my res-ervation time, I set off, arriving 10 minutes early. Now comes the tough part—acting.

I tell the host I have a reserva-tion for two, and am led to my table. When the server asks what I’d like to start off, I order two waters, claiming my date will “be here any minute.” Minutes go by. I periodically check my watch. The server asks if I’d like to order appetizers while I wait. I say yes, of course. I know what my date wants, too, so I’ll just order for her at the same time. The food arrives a short time later, but my date is still missing. I continue to claim that she’ll be here soon, but now with a bit of hopelessness.

Finally I tell the server that there’s no point in waiting; I’m sure she’ll be here for her meal. I order two steaks, both coincidentally medium-well done—we have similar tastes—and return to scanning the restaurant.

The steaks will arrive, and I’ll dejectedly give in and accept that I’ve been stood up. If all goes well, if I’ve played it right, perhaps I’ll get to eat both meals and only have to pay for one—or, maybe even neither.

Yes it’s a high-risk plan, but what’s the worst thing that can happen? I have to pay for two meals, but I’m full, content and out on the town on Valentine’s Day.

Winging it in the kitchen for the Super BowlTired of ordering pizza for Super Bowl Sunday? Want to show your friends you can make your own Super Bowl snacks? You don’t have to break the bank on an insane football-themed meal to please the bellies of friends—some home-made chicken wings will likely do the trick. If the very idea of chicken wings doesn’t put a specific sauce into your thoughts, here are some suggestions.

WINGS

Ingredients:2½ lbs. chicken wings1 cup all-purpose flour2 tsp. salt2 tsp. paprika¼ tsp. pepper3 tbsp. butter

Directions:1. Preheat oven to 425ºF2. Cut wings into three sections, discard wing tips.

3. In a large plastic bag, combine flour, salt, paprika and pepper. Add wings a few at a time, and shake to coat.4. Line a large baking sheet with foil and melt butter on it5. Add wings to pan and turn to coat6. Bake for 30 minutes7. Turn wings over and wait for 15 minutes or until crispy and done8. Mix wings and sauce in a large bowl

BuffAlo ChICKeN WING SAuCe

Ingredients:8 tbsp. hot sauce8 tbsp. unsalted butter or margarine1½ tablespoons white vinegar¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper½ teaspoon Worcestershire sauce1 pinch salt

Directions:1. Mix all the ingredients in a sauce-pan over low heat. Stir occasionally until sauce starts to simmer, then turn off.

hoNey GARlIC WING SAuCe

Ingredients:¾ cup brown sugar2 tbsp. corn starch¾ cup water3 tbsp. soy sauce1 tbsp. honey2 cloves of garlic, crushed

Directions: 1. Combine sugar and cornstarch. 2. Add water, soy sauce, honey and fresh garlic. Bring to a boil, stirring occasionally.

ChIlI-lIMe ChICKeN WING SAuCe

Ingredients:1 cup maple syrup2/3 cup chili sauce2 tbsp. lime juice2 tbsp. Dijon mustard

Directions:1. Bring ingredients to a boil. Cook until liquid is reduced to about one cup

foodfactaccording to the national Chicken Council, more than 1.23 billion wing portions will be consumed during Super Bowl weekend.

Ritchie Sham Gazette

Of all the quirky concoctions and bold brews I have ever tried, one type of beer stands above the rest as my all-time favourite style—and that is the India Pale Ale (IPA). A variant of a standard pale ale, marked by its implementation of pale malt, the IPA is distinguished by its incredible bitterness and floral flavours provided by the liberal application of hops. International Bitterness Units (IBUs) are used to quantify this, and most IPAs have an IBU falling in the range of 50 or so. To put this in perspective, Budweiser, and other lagers, generally have an IBU of around 12-15. Of all the IPAs I’ve had the pleasure of drinking, three Canadian examples represent the style particularly well.

Amsterdam’s Boneshaker IPA:

I like a good IPA to beat my pal-ate up a bit, and Boneshaker does this admirably. Quite bitter, and packed with citrus and pine flavours, Boneshaker will wake up taste buds made drowsy by an inundation of boring domestic lagers. It has an IBU of 65, and scores a 91 on ratebeer.com. If you’re interested in a good example of a North American IPA, Boneshaker should serve admira-bly. A six-pack goes for $12.95 at the LCBO, a good price for this much flavour.

Muskoka Brewery’s Mad Tom IPA:

My first thought when I tried this was ‘Wow! That’s refreshing!’ My next thought was, ‘Ow! My tongue hurts!’—but I mean that in the most flattering way. Quite bitter and fan-tastically acidic with an IBU of 64, Mad Tom is packed with zesty lemon flavour, and a great ‘spring garden’ floral scent. RateBeer scores it a 97, and it deserves every point. A six-pack is $13.50 at the LCBO.

flying Monkey’s Smashbomb Atomic IPA:

This beer is my all-time favourite IPA, and one of my favourite brews in any style. The aroma smells like a cross between an orchid in full bloom, and a pine forest after a storm. The taste packs an acidic, citrusy punch— like sucking on a spiked grapefruit. At 70 IBU, Smashbomb is unapologeti-cally bitter, but it certainly doesn’t hurt its reputation, with RateBeer giving it a score of 98. Prepare your palate for a punch and pick up a pack for $13.95.

—Cam Smith

*Note: You need about 12 hours on hand to refrigerate.

Try this recipe and take your Nutella cravings to a whole new level. If you have no patience for complicated baking but want to make something that tastes great, this recipe can be extremely helpful. It is recommended you use decorating bags for the final whipped cream touches when decorating. This recipe is extremely versatile and can work with a larger cake pan as well—you would just have to refrigerate for longer.

Ingredients:1 cup of Nutella 1 cup of cream cheese (adjust to taste) 2 cups whipping cream 3 tablespoons powdered sugar 12-15 Oreos or digestive biscuits (plain or chocolate)

Directions:1.Place Nutella and cream cheese in a large bowl and use an electric beater to mix them together until

smooth. 2.Take the whipping cream and pour into a separate bowl with three tablespoons of powdered sugar and whisk it well until it starts to look like whipped cream.

3.In the same bowl as your Nutella and cream cheese, add in ¾ of the whipped cream you conjured and fold it in. Don’t mix. Cover rest of whipped cream and put in the fridge.

4. You can use either Oreos or digestive biscuits for this part. Mash up cookies or biscuits. You can use a food processor, a magic bullet, a blender or just a fork.

5. Arrange the cookie bits in your serving cups as the base for your Nutella layer. Once set, pour the mixture into the cups. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate them overnight.

6. Once refrigerated for 12 hours, use the plain whipped cream to decorate. You can also use the remaining biscuit crumbs to

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Arts&Life funfactin the 1978 film Grease, olivia newton-John, played high school-aged Sandy, but was 28 years old at the time.

King’s Players tell us more, tell us moreMary Ann CioskGazette StaFF

The King’s University College Players are gearing up for their annual musical and couldn’t be more greased up about it.

“I chose Grease because it was my all-time favourite and it was perfect for the kind of cast we have,” says Brikena Qamili, the director, producer and choreog-rapher of the show. “We have a very light-hearted, comedic cast, and we wanted to really bring in a positive vibe.”

Nearly everyone is familiar with this classic 1972 musical, in which a sweet but naïve girl, Sandy Dumbrowski, transfers to Rydell High School and subsequently must cope with the challenges of fitting in with the popular youth subculture of “greasers.”

Qamili was voted in by King’s Players last year to direct the musical, and has been busy ever since.

“During the summer I’d go to a party and ask someone ‘Hey do you play an instrument? How long have you been playing? Can you actually read music or is this something you just picked up?’ I wanted to have a full running band by October, and I did.”

Qamili admits she enlisted her

vocal director in the production after seeing her during karaoke night at London Ale House.

After the long process of audi-tions, casting and paper work—as well as nearly five months of rehearsal—it’s clear Qamili’s energy and drive have finally paid off.

“I have a cast that is very fun-loving and exciting. Just imagine them when you put a spotlight on. They shine bright.”

Qamili and Colt Forgrave, play-ing the lead of Danny Zuko, both attest to the closeness and sup-portive nature of the group.

“I’m really happy I got to do my first musical here,” Forgrave says. “Initially I was nervous about tak-ing on a role this big and without all the crew, the musical director and director, I couldn’t have done it. But they’ve been so supportive and helpful, and it’s been amazing actually.”

Qamili notes a big reason the show works so well is because of the strong connections between actors.

“We go to dinner together, we have parties together, and that really helped to create that chem-istry between characters that we needed in order to make this show work. We’re like a big, dys-functional family. We’re all crazy

in our own little way.”The cast and crew is comprised

entirely of students, a fact Qamili believes gives the show so much of its energy. Those who commit to the show are doing it because they’re passionate about the production.

“They’re all full-time students, none of them are professional actors, yet it’s the thing they love most at the end of the day,” Qamili says. “Everyone has their role and they put their heart and soul into it no matter what it is—whether it’s someone who’s clearing the set for you or singing the highest note.”

Forgrave agrees, regarding rehearsal as play rather than work. “This is our outlet. We all have our school work, but when we come here we can forget all that.”

This particular production of Grease will be unique, as it is the first to have a full-standing car on set, and Qamili has decided to involve “greaser girls” in the “Grease Lightening” number to foreshadow Sandy’s transition into rebellion. Qamili also hints at mysterious “surprises in the show” that will only be revealed on opening night.

Shows are Friday February 1 at 8 p.m. and Saturday February 2 at 1 p.m. and 8 p.m. at the Palace Theatre. Tickets are $15.

Western grad talks work and experience

With passion comes profit

Mary Ann CioskGazette StaFF

It’s every student’s dream to get a high-paying summer job in the field they’re passionate about. For Western graduate David Uram, this became a reality. In 2006, during his first year as a business student at Western, he saw a job posting on campus for a summer internship position involving trading in the stock market.

To his surprise, the interviewer recognized Uram’s passion and offered him a full-time job earning 50 per cent commission. A greater surprise, however, was when Uram realized how much money could be made in this position. After one month working two to three hours a day, Uram received a paycheque on his 19th birthday for $50,000.

“None of us had any idea,” Uram said. “We were all from different backgrounds, one was a computer programmer, one was an engineer and I was on the business end, not really knowing too much—but it worked out for the best.”

Although most employees in

this position only made $20,000 to $30,000 per year, Uram and his col-leagues found an unnoticed anom-aly in the daily fluctuation of stocks.

However, after four months in the company, the earning poten-tial began to decline as more people became aware of the trend that had been discovered.

“I had a choice to continue on not knowing if I could find some-thing else in the market. I looked ahead 10 years and thought ‘I don’t want to be doing this for the rest of my life,’ even though the money was good,” Uram said.

Since leaving that position, Uram has been successful working at several other companies, as well as founding his own, but his new passion project is an initiative for students.

“If you can gain real life experi-ence while you’re at school in a field you’re passionate about, working with people who have the same

interests as you, but also different skill sets, would you be willing to join a website that promotes this kind of activity?” David asked this question on Western’s campus and found that 89 per cent of students said yes.

Uram, along with partner William Favaro, are creating a social network where students can add a project, idea or skill they have and connect with other students.

“It’s for students who were in the exact same position that I was in a few years ago,” Uram said. “You’re at university, but you’re not sure what to do. Formal education is great, but you need to work on your own inter-ests and passions on the side—that’s what this project will allow students to do, while connecting with other students. It’s a way to go through life happily, doing what you’re inter-ested in.”

Uram has always been of the belief that when you do what you love, good things will happen.

“You put yourself out there—I believe that’s the way the world works. I went from not knowing what I wanted to do to making sense of the world in a small way,” he said.

Uram believes that students don’t realize their potential, so they get stuck doing menial jobs that don’t promote their personal growth.

“It’s figuring out how to do things with your own interests and pas-sions, and it just comes together when you put yourself out there and take action. I’ve proved it works.”

it’s figuring out how to do things with your own interests and passions, and it just comes together when you put yourself out there and take action. i’ve proved it works.

—david Uram

Courtesy of Katie Wilks

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—Sting, american singer

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RIM launches Blackberry 10. Apple introduces the iPhone 5. Google chooses LG to manufacture the new Nexus 4. I’m sure you’ve seen a similar headline sometime. And as someone who keeps up with tech news, I’ve always been interested in what’s going on.

However, I was faced with a recent reality check in one of my courses called Race, Ethnicity and Technology. In it, we learned about something I knew existed but never really questioned: e-waste. Technological trash. Call it what you will, these are just some of the names people have given the mass amounts of leftover, toxic waste which piles up due to our constant—and at times, mindless—con-sumption of thrown-out technological devices.

E-waste could be almost anything—your television, desktop computer, laptop, electronic cords, computer hardware, cell phones, tablets and the list goes on. I must say, however, as a per-son living in North America, I never saw e-waste as a personal issue because I was never directly faced with it. I was never witness to mass amounts of discarded gadgets. That is because the majority of e-waste is shipped to other countries, like Nigeria, China and India, to name a few.

E-waste is destroying the population’s health through chemically induced, cancerous diseases because of danger-ously high amounts of lead in devices. Furthermore, landfills are ruining natu-ral resources and simple access to water is becoming more difficult.

The harsh reality of what actually goes into the manufacturing process is not one many consumers wish to face. In addition, many people are not nec-essarily informed about the realities of sweatshops, slave labour and unequal treatment of workers. It is only once we find out that we reflect with disbelief. Some of us even ponder on the hows and whys. But most of us eventually go back to the way it is—with our daily coffees and discussions concerning the newest Apple gadget. We stop questioning and we keep living our relatively easy lives. And that’s where I see the problem.

It’s easier to kick your laptop to the curb and throw it in the trash rather than wonder how your non-recycled techno-logical trash will affect the planet and those who live in it.

As students, staff, faculty and more-over, citizens of the world, we should reflect on the rising need to constantly consume new technological devices. Batteries included.

Now I’m not saying we should do away with technology. Rather, I wish to pose a solution by stating we should always be critical of things we usually don’t question.

In regards to e-waste, I would say working with initiatives London has to offer, or even joining larger initiatives in southwestern Ontario, the GTA, or worldwide, would definitely help the cause. An example would be an orga-nization like the Ontario Electronic Stewardship, one of the many groups that aims to make sure electronic waste is dealt with responsibly.

It’s interesting to note that 20 years ago, people would be more concerned about the usefulness of their phone or computer rather than a user’s ability to play Angry Birds with an HD screen. Let’s not get caught up in the superficial race of constantly disposing what we have for the latest trend, only to risk compromis-ing our moral values.

Tech trash should be a trending topicAn American group is currently petitioning to get the

Obama Administration to make the Monday after the Super Bowl a national holiday. While the petition has not yet reached the 100,000 signatures required for the administration to actually take a serious look at it, its very existence sets a precedent where people may want to create other useless holidays just to give them a day at home to deal with heartburn and regret.

The media coverage of the event doesn’t help the cause, as commercials and celebrity appearances create a spectacle that seems bigger than it really is. Is the vast majority of the population really into football this much?

The fact that a holiday is only proposed for football brings into question of how Canadians would react. Would we want our own holiday after the Stanley Cup finals? Would we follow our American counterparts into the Super Bowl spectacle? Just because this event is marketed as a time to party does not mean it is forgivable to need time off the following day.

Football just seems to play off on people’s primal desires, creating an event packed with violence and excitement. American football has simple rules and a slow pace, and the finals are condensed into one game where the loser has no chance to rebound. The fact the day of completion is predetermined may provide insight into why this is the sport that has garnered such a petition.

As a large part of American culture, this petition will likely reach the amount of signatures required to reach the Obama Administration—it’s not like less feasible petitions haven’t made this milestone in the past. While the holiday is unlikely to actually occur, people would definitely take advantage of it to party even harder.

Whether or not a national holiday is declared, people are likely going to use their sick days to take the time off work anyway, and creating a holiday to get around this is an embodiment of the stereotype of lazy American culture.

Overall, there should not be a holiday specifically for an over-marketed sporting event, as it sets a precedent that not only puts a sporting event on par with religious holidays and events of actual historical significance, but also sets a precedent of a lazy culture that would rather engorge itself with greasy food and beer than take it easy for one night.

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No need for a Super Bowl Monday

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SportsRundown >> the Mustangs women’s basketball team fell 78–49 to the undefeated Windsor Lancers on Wednesday > the Lancers scored 30 points in the third quarter alone > annabel Hancock led the way for the Mustangs with 10 points > the Mustangs will take on McMaster this Saturday at 1 p.m.

gamedaythe third-place Mustangs men’s volleyball team will take on the fifth-place ryerson rams Friday at alumni Hall at 8 p.m. the Mustangs came out victorious in the last meeting between the two, three sets to zero.

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The Mustangs men’s basketball team fell by a score of 89–61 to the high-flying Windsor Lancers at Alumni Hall Wednesday night.

After a disappointing start to the season, the young Mustangs squad was looking to build on Saturday’s win over the Guelph Gryphons. Unfortunately the Lancers—cur-rently the fourth-ranked team in the Canadian Interuniversity Sport—had other ideas, and never really looked troubled by the Mustangs.

The purple and white came out energized and matched the Lancers stride for stride in the first quarter, led by third-year forward Peter Scholtes, who finished the quar-ter with a team-high seven points.

However, the Mustangs weren’t able to carry that form into the second quarter.

Despite some promising sequences, the Mustangs’ inexperi-ence began to shine through in the form of a number of costly turnovers resulting in a nine-point deficit by halftime.

The Lancers came out of the break full of confidence and began to pull out of sight. As the Mustangs grew fatigued, the Lancers’ superior size and athleticism became very apparent. The Mustangs simply could not find an answer to 6’8” forward Lien Phillips. Phillips—who went three for three from downtown and had a double-double by half-time—cruised to game highs in both points and rebounds with 18 and 14 respectively.

So, what went wrong for the Mustangs? Aside from the fact the Lancers are a powerhouse on the hardwood, second-year guard Ryan Higgins may have had an idea.

“[We] turned the ball over way too much,” Higgins said.

This may have been a conse-quence of the team’s last practice.

“[It was] sloppy and slow,” Higgins explained.

That being said, Higgins is opti-mistic that, with “a few good prac-tices,” the team can be successful in their next few games, and with a bit of luck sneak into the playoffs.

The next few games will be no easy task for the Mustangs though, as two of their remaining four games will be against these same Lancers and the 9–7 McMaster Marauders.

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