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Standing around the four corners of Dundas and Richmond on a cold Jan-uary day, everyone looks chilled tothe bone. There’s a few guys smokingcigarettes, a couple of panhandlers, a

young family with a baby in tow.It’s hard to walk in a straight line

without getting lost in the bustle of people — an estimated 13,000 to14,000 of them a day, in fact — wholinger around London’s infamouslygritty downtown corner.

But many critics in the city wantto push the crowds away from thesecorners to change the downtown’sgrowing reputation as a dirty andcongested terminal.

“The streets need to be morepedestrian friendly,” says Bob Usher,chair of the London DowntownBusiness Association.

Thousands of people clogging upstreet corners has led to a less than

ideal atmosphere for shopping, din-ing and simply living in the Dundasarea, he argues.

Forget about having patios, forinstance. Constant bus fumes andloitering are an ongoing deterrent.

“If you think about it, if you were

a restauranteur […] you wouldn’t doit right now with the diesel going by,”Usher adds.

These critics have pointed a fin-ger at public transit as the culpritbehind the problem. More than half of the city’s 39 bus routes make astop near Dundas and Richmond.

But a pilot project to shift busroutes away from the downtowncould help fix all that.

The idea of tweaking bus routesin the downtown core has beentossed around for over a decade.Now a concrete idea is in the worksthat, if approved, would start as earlyas June.

The London Transit Commis-sion’s pilot project would eliminateall routes on Dundas between Rid-out Street and Wellington Road. Theroutes would be shifted one blocksouth to King Street, and one blocknorth to Queens Avenue.

LTC general manager LarryDucharme says 55 per cent of LTC

riders travel downtown — and theirmain transfer point is currentlyDundas and Richmond.

Eliminating routes along a sec-tion of Dundas will cost about$583,000. But many argue it’s asmall price to pay to support more

retail and commercial opportunities.“The underlying goal,” says

Ducharme, “is to support the revi-talization of [London’s] downtown.”

The grittiness of Dundas andRichmond seems out of place whencompared to other parts of down-town London. Further along Rich-mond, heading closer to campus, aredozens of unique shops and restau-rants. And London started buildingan entertainment hub about adecade ago after the John LabbattCentre was built.

“Compared to the way the down-town was 10 to 15 years ago […] there’sbeen new energy and new ideas,building upon past successes,” recallsKathy Navackas, executive producerof the London Fringe Festival.

Since the ‘80s, revitalizing the city’score has been an ongoing project.

Back in 1998, the city’s Millenni-um Plan strived to breathe new lifeinto a tired downtown core thatlacked arts, culture and viable busi-

nesses.About $135 million in city moneywent towards building the JLC andCovent Garden Market alongsideother initiatives to stimulate down-town investment.

New retail spaces and restau-

rants have also popped up through-out London’s downtown in recent

years, with 50 new businesses open-ing in the past five years alone.

But Dundas Street still serves as ablack spot on the downtown land-scape. And so politicians, city plan-ners, business owners and regularcitizens continue clunking theirheads together.

Back in November, an interestingvariety of movers and shakersattended the annual meeting of theLDBA and Downtown London —including incoming and outgoingmayors Joe Fontana and Anne-Marie DeCicco Best.

Ideas for cleaning up downtownare tossed around at these kinds of meetings. Everything from betterrecycling efforts in the core to morespaces for the arts.

But one thing highlighted regu-larly is that the buses just have to go.

“There is a real desire to workwith the LTC to get the buses off

Dundas Street,” says Navackas. “Thecorners there were not made for thekinds of numbers that are riding thebuses. That’s a big thing.”

Fontana has hopes of turning thecore into more of a promenade,where it could become a hub for arts

and music.“[Let’s] clean it up, make it look

great [and] look at the incentives of how we can turn downtown into acultural district with boutiques onthe second and third stories.”

But the pilot project is not with-out critics.

Last year the president of theLTC’s union, Pat Hunniford,expressed his hesitation about theproject to AM980.

“There’s good parts of it and badparts,” he told the radio station. “Itstill comes down to when you sepa-rate our main corner, which is Dun-das and Richmond, it becomes a biginconvenience for transferring.”

And Fontana admits some busi-ness owners will claim new busroutes will hurt their downtownbusiness rather than help it.

“Let’s face it — some businesseswill tell you they need the bus stopright there,” he says.

But Usher — who has long been

one of the strongest proponents of the project — says it’s worth a try.“Will it work? Wont it work? I

don’t really know for sure […] Thisdiscussion has been ongoing for 10,15 years or more,” he explains.

“So lets just find out.”

THE DUNDAS DILEMMA

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Cheryl Stone

NEWS EDITOR

The University Students’ Council’sbusiness incubator project has lost

out on a large funding grant from theTrillium Foundation.

The incubator, called Biz Inc, wascreated last year to help students cre-ate and sustain their own businesses.

Ely Rygier, vice-president financefor the USC, said the incubator can’tcontinue indefinitely without thegrant because it was one of thelargest grants the incubator hadapplied for. But he assured the incu-bator would continue for at least thissemester and some of next year.

“Ultimately this is the nature of fundraising,” Rygier explained. Henoted the group intends to reapplynext cycle. “If we do get the grant, itwill be a big deal.”

Jonathan Buccella, a USC coun-

cillor and member of Biz Inc, noted

they would receive feedback fromthe Foundation, which could be ben-eficial when they apply again.

“Essentially we’re a start-up our-selves,” Buccella said. “That’s not

what we were looking for to be oursole source of revenue.”

Biz Inc has currently received$2,000 of support from the LondonEconomic Development Corpora-tion and support from the SmallBusiness Centre. Rygier alsoexplained he was promoting theincubator with Western’s adminis-tration in order to receive invest-ments and alumni mentors.

Buccella noted there was supportavailable from these stakeholders interms of mentorship as well.

Rygier added Biz Inc was a project the USC was trying to financeentirely externally. He explained theproject would be primarily benefi-cial to frequent users and the cam-

pus’ reputation.

Aside from its tumultuous fund-ing situation, the incubator is alsocurrently without a stable home.

Biz Inc was originally supposedto take the office space of the former

Women’s Issues Network office inOctober. But because of construc-tion delays for the Services SupportCentre, WIN stayed until December,and the space is currently occupiedby the USC Advertising and Market-ing Department.

“You have to be more creativewith what you do,” Buccella said of their response to the roadblocks,noting very few start-up businesseshave any guarantees.

He said while the service lackedphysical space, they were planningon offering workshops and speakersin the future.

“What it comes down to is youhave to have entrepreneurial spirit,”Buccella said.

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Travel restrictionslifted for clubs

Western clubs will need to startadjusting their travel budgets. Sev-eral of the University Students’Council’s travel restrictions havetemporarily been lifted.

According to Lindsay Harris, stu-dent organizations event services offi-cer for the USC, clubs can now travelto the United States and carpool.

“[The] insurance company canonly state the ban as being temporar-ily lifted until the policies regardingthe activities have been appropriate-ly implemented,” she wrote on herofficial blog yesterday.

A ban on “high risk” activitiescame into place last November, fol-lowing concerns from the USC’sinsurers. The decision upset somegroups who frequently travel forclub-related activities.

Clubs are able to carpool, provid-ed they stay in the country and arewithin a three hour drive of London.Harris encouraged clubs to write aproposal for longer distances.

Travel to the U.S. will be allowedif a club’s proposal is approved. Theywill also need to purchase addition-al insurance for the trip.

“Having said this, we are confi-dent that this ban will remain per-manently lifted,” she said.

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Brescia stafferhonoured

Brescia University College staff member Christina Lord has beenrecognized on this year’s Mayor’sHonour List. The list acknowledgesthe community contribution of nineLondoners in fields ranging from theenvironment to crime prevention.

Lord, who works as Brescia’sinternational program co-ordinator,received the award for humanitari-anism.

She noted the majority of her

work was within the black commu-nity in London, having spent the bet-ter part of 20 years volunteeringlocally and working with other com-munities across Canada.

“I do what I feel is necessary asan individual, as a member of acommunity,” Lord said. “Hopefullythis kind of acknowledgement willbe encouragement for more peopleand let them know there are ways toget involved.”

Recipients will be honoured atthe first city council meeting of 2011.

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Gloria Dickie

NEWS EDITOR

In times of emergency, it’s comfort-ing to know help is just a phone callaway. But for students at King’s Uni-versity College, help might take a bitlonger to arrive.

While Western’s Student Emer-gency Response Team is able tocover main campus, residences,Huron College and Brescia Univer-sity College, they cannot travel toKing’s.

“King’s just calls a local ambu-lance and a paramedic would arrivein an event of emergency,” EmilyJarvis, King’s University College stu-dent councillor, explained.

Scott Kerr, vice-president cam-pus issues for the University Stu-

dents’ Council, said he was unsure of the reason behind this lack of cov-erage, but intended to consult withSERT to resolve the issue.

Deirdre Fleming, director of SERT, said the distance betweenmain campus and King’s was one of

the reasons for limited coverage,noting response time is compro-mised.

Currently, SERT owns a ToyotaTacoma truck, which enables quickresponse time, as well as SERTResponse Vehicles. However, Flem-ing noted the latter are no longeravailable on-call as the truck is con-sidered to be safer and more effi-cient.

“SERT is a Western service. It is afast response to situations on cam-pus when medical assistance is nec-essary. The fact that this is notextended to Western students atKing’s, particularly first-year andresidence students, makes this claimfalse and the service exclusive,”Jarvis argued, adding she would liketo see steps taken to reconcile this

exclusivity.“I think if it were to [implement]another strategy to change thisexclusivity then those steps shouldbe made, regardless of cost, to allowall Western students to access theservice no matter their campus

locale.”Jarvis indicated she and other

King’s representatives on main cam-pus would be advocating the exten-sion of coverage on behalf of theirconstituents.

“Maybe this means more money

from the administration or from theUniversity Students’ Council, orfundraising in the support commu-nity. It just seems like a no-brainerwhen the goal SERT advertizes israpid on-campus emergencyresponse for all Western students.”

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Digital education continues to grow at Western‘Virtual campus’ on the horizon as Western continues push online

Monica Blaylock

NEWS EDITOR

Remember back at the turn of themillennium when The Matrix left us

fantasizing about a near-future runby computers? Well it looks like thattime is now, at least in the world of education.

This year, Western’s distancestudies program offered 248 sec-tions of online courses for under-graduates with more than 9,595 stu-dents enrolled — and the numbersare growing fast, according to KimHolland, manager of distance stud-ies at Western.

“There’s definitely a trend towardonline courses, and from my expe-rience, online courses and ‘blended’or ‘hybrid’ courses, are the future of higher education,” Holland said.

Statistics show that since 2003,Western’s distance studies program

has nearly doubled its enrolmentrates and added over 100 courseofferings.

Despite growth, Holland notedthe success of online coursesdepends on the nature of individualacademic institutions.

“Western has predominantly

been a residential university. Youbring students on campus, youhouse them on campus, and youteach them on campus,” he said.

“In the future, Western will

expand beyond this residential col-lege experience and become muchmore international, not just bringingstudents on campus, but bringingthem into virtual campuses.”

While the increase in digital edu-cation may broaden international

recruitment and allow studentsmore flexible schedules, it may alsoincrease costs.

Digital education could add extraexpenses for students, who must

purchase eBooks and new technolo-gies compatible with online coursematerial, like faster laptops and dig-ital reading devices.

However, Holland argued onlineclasses could be just as cost effec-tive, if not more so, than in-classcourses, depending on their specificcriteria.

“For instance, when you run alarge class of 800 students in a face-to-face environment, the instructorcost is less than an online course,where the class size is much small-er,” Holland said, adding not allonline courses required eBooks oradditional tech tools.

Holland is not alone in thinkingthe future of education lies in digi-

tizing academic environments.Grant Campbell, a faculty of infor-mation and media studies professor,is also an advocate of digital educa-tion, but believed there is muchroom for improvement.

“Online learning environmentsare inevitable, I think, but we still

have lots of stuff to figure out likeinteraction, pedagogy, community-building, etc.,” Campbell said.

While Campbell supported theincreased use of digital education, headmittedly prefers in-class learning.Campbell argued online learning

environments are not separatedfrom daily life and as a result can beless effective.

“Being in classes is a bit like livetheatre. You enter a different worldwhen you enter a theatre, and youneed to move into that place in yourmind. It’s hard to do that when

you’re totally integrated into yourdaily life: your office or your homeor your kitchen or the coffee shop,”he said.

Matt Kaplan, a second-year Iveystudent, said he would take an onlinecourse if he had the option.

“[They] allow you to work on your own schedule and you canlearn using the method that suits

you best,” he said. “Everyone knowstheir own strengths and weakness-es and an online course allows stu-dents to work with those traits.”

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There’s definitely atrend toward onlinecourses, and from myexperience, onlinecourses and ‘blended’or ‘hybrid’ courses, arethe future of highereducation.

— Kim HollandManager of distance studies at Western




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To the Editor:

I’m always anticipating when a student isgoing to question why they’re at Western.I often find they would have been more atplace at college, or not in post secondaryschool at all. And this is due to a pervert-ed misconception about the purpose of university.

University was never designed to trainstudents for a job. Even as an engineeringstudent, I realized this two months in.And society’s strange obsession has manyhigh school grads believing that earning,on average, $10,000 more per year isworth sacrificing a college experience,career, or future lifestyle, we might sig-nificantly prefer.

How often do your friends expressany profound interest, rather than annoy-ance, in their coursework? Many of uswould be happier learning how to dorather than learning how to learn. Thepedestal university diplomas have beenplaced on has us desiring only the paper,and dismissing the process.

I love to learn; I always have. But afternine terms, I’m still perplexed at how oddthat makes me — a speck on the outside

of the Western Bubble.I once expressed interest in taking abiology course “for fun,” only to receiveconfused looks of disbelief. Universitiesare designed to encourage independentlearning and cognitive development. Bywrongly stigmatizing university as beingessential for job attainment, and superiorto other paths, it has ceased realizing thispurpose.

Incoming students should be askedwhy they want to be at university, and itshould be for the means, not the ends.

—David Basu Roy

Engineering / SJPs V

Despite what the song says, things aren’t always

better when you’re downtown. London’s Dundas

and Richmond area has a reputation that often

ranges from sketchy to downright scary.

In such a light, the London Transit Commission’s

plan to reroute buses is a sensible solution to end

the dinginess caused by congestion. But city plan-

ners need to be careful about how they address theother problem with downtown — the people.

Because beneath all the discussion about mov-

ing buses and improving the area, there’s a pow-

der keg of class politics. Critics have frequently

questioned the logic of having a welfare office and

a bus junction in the heart of the city, because this

is where down-on-their-luck citizens will natu-

rally congregate. It’s not the best image for a city

centre, and while politicians recognize it, it’s a

touchy subject to solve.

If London wants to realize its longstanding

dream for an ideal downtown, they have to

address its people problem. Doing so requires

care, because travelling down that road comes

with a litany of political implications and couldeventually lead to gentrification.

So far the city has taken the right approach. The

LTC’s proposal doesn’t prevent anyone from going

to the core, considering most routes will move only

one or two blocks away. They’ve rightly focused

their attention on the buses, appeasing critics who

know the change will move its passengers as well.

With the simple rerouting, Westerners and

Londoners alike will be more encouraged to trav-

el to the core. And they certainly should. Since the

John Labatt Centre’s opening and the renewal of

the Covent Garden Market, the area surrounding

Dundas and Richmond has blossomed into a

beautiful and diverse place. As the area continues

to develop, having a core that appeals to every-

one in London will help build momentum and

give the city a face it can be proud of.

It’s significant that a single corner can have

such a profound impact on businesses, citizens

and the city as a whole. That’s exactly why the LTC

is willing to spend $583,400 to make such a mar-

ginal move — they recognize the effect a rotten

core can have on a city.

A small investment now can reap benefits to

the surrounding area as the downtown continues

to grow. It’s just what’s needed to lure Western stu-

dents — who have a well-established reputation

for suckling from the teat of the Western bubble —

to the city centre.

— The Gazette Editorial Board

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DOWNTOWN REVITALIZATON

University not foreveryone

Jesse Tahirali

OPINIONS EDITOR

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Since 1906, Western has had a studentnewspaper. And for the past century, acopy of every issue the Gazette has print-ed gets collected and placed into a nicelybounded book.

Looking through these bounds is liketaking a trip back through time. And youdon’t have to journey far to experiencethe now-forgotten age when studentsused to write letters to the editor.

There was a time when our so-calledstudent newspaper was just that — thenewspaper of the students. Nowadays,even though the Gazette is still created bystudents, there is a noticeable disconnectbetween our newspaper and the generalstudent population.

Apathy among students has been ahot topic this year. Although we boast oneof the nation’s top university footballteams, the stands are usually sparselypopulated.

And come election time, it’s painfullyclear that students do not care enough toget informed and cast a vote.

But when it comes to Western’s cam-pus, nothing exemplifies student disin-terest better than the state of our news-paper.

In the past, the Gazette was a sourcefor discussion amongst the population.Letters to the editor would come in abouta whole spectrum of issues, ranging fromserious to ridiculous. Dialogues wouldopen up and other students would writein to voice their own opinions on the

matter.In the pitiful present, however, letters

seem to be few and far between. Whenthey do come in, many times they are farfrom being a representation of studentopinion. Often, letters are either writtenby the outspoken minority or by some-one affiliated with an organization thathas recently been mentioned in the paper.

The opinions page is no longer asource for student opinions. Has thenewspaper devolved into a series of pages that happen to feature a Sudokupuzzle and a crossword?

The interest in our campus media isdwindling, and we’re beginning to expe-rience the consequences — due to disin-terest, we no longer boast an affiliatedtelevision program. When I mentionCHRW, I’m often met with blank stares.

And as much as I’d like to pretend thatpeople hail the Gazette as a glisteningexample of everything that is good in theworld, I know the terrible truth: somepeople don’t like us.

But any student-run entity at Westernis only as good as its students. It’s bizarrethat we have a whole segment of the pop-ulation who claim to not read our news-paper, not listen to our radio station or not

go to our campus bar because “they suck.”For anyone who would like to be ableto go to the Spoke and have a good time,the solution is fairly simple — start actu-ally going.

And if you’re wondering why you can’topen up the newspaper or flip on theradio and find things that interest you, theanswer is basically the same. We live in alittle microcosmic bubble — if you aren’tparticipating in the media, there will beno media. If you aren’t writing in letters orsubmitting your content, you won’t havea newspaper with a page of student opin-ions, and you won’t be able to find anyinteresting student content

Campus has almost everything a stu-dent could want, while simultaneouslyboasting a near-zero level of student par-

ticipation. If you think it sucks, it’s yourfault.

So maybe I’ll see you thereWe can forget all our troublesForget all our caresSo go downtown

— Petula Clark

Everything sucks andit’s your fault

Uncle Jesse



Brent Holmes

CONTRIBUTOR

The Fighter

Director: David O. Russell

Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Christian

Bale and Amy Adams

The Fighter comes out swinging, butloses momentum before the lastround.

While the ensemble cast is fan-tastic, they carry a plot that’s notvery well executed. Many of thecharacters are rich and compellingbut the story itself fails to capturethe viewer’s attention.

Mark Wahlberg plays “Irish” MickyWard, a boxer struggling to cope withhis demanding family including hiscrack-addicted brother Dicky (Chris-tian Bale) and his overbearing moth-er. The two are not only family mem-bers — they’re business partners. Dickytrains Micky, and his mother (MelissaLeo) acts as his manager.

Micky is motivated to continue

his boxing career for the sake of hisfamily more than for himself, butafter starting a relationship withlocal bartender Charlene (AmyAdams) his priorities change. After acondemning HBO documentarydestroys his family’s reputation,Micky gets a fresh start on his box-ing career to restore his family’simage. But Micky must fight all oddsagainst his dominating mother,Dicky and seven other sisters whonever cease to hinder his objectives.

The Fighter is more about Micky’sfight to uphold family values than

his time in the ring. Although it’s anoble idea, the film doesn’t allowenough time to explore the Ward’scomplicated family dynamic.

The performances, however, areall excellent. Bale and Wahlberg bothdo an exceptional job. It’s enjoyableto watch Bale show his range as anactor playing a character less seriousthan some of his previous roles.

Adams makes a successful transitionfrom her typically cookie-cutter rolesto a more serious female lead. Melis-sa Leo’s performance as Micky’sdetestable mother is strong and eas-ily the best performance in the film.

The Fighter really struggles tomake the plot compelling enough tomatch the performances. Though thefilm is based on a true story, it lacksemphasis on the struggle betweenMicky’s duty to his family and thefamily’s lack of appreciation. The factthat Micky seems willing to keepfighting for his family despite theirdeplorable behaviour is unrealistic.

Nonetheless, fantastic perfor-mances give The Fighter a punch andworth a viewing.

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Nicole Gibillini

ARTS & LIFE EDITOR

The Pump is a muscle training classoffered at the Western CampusRecreation Centre. InstructorAndrew Lazarito took some time tochat about the class and its benefits.

What does The Pump involve?

The Pump is a muscular endurance

class using various forms of resis-tance like body bars, barbells, dumb-bells, bands and stability balls. Sincethe class is only 55 minutes, we can’tcover all the muscle groups or useall the equipment, so we switch it upfrom class to class.

What parts of the body does

this class work?

We aim to work the entire body, butwe cannot hit all the body parts. Themore popular areas are chest, upperback, lower back, shoulders, biceps,triceps, gluts, quads, hamstrings,calves and abdominal muscles. Weprobably cover six to seven parts perclass. We believe in focussing on fewerbody parts for longer periods of time.

We then switch for the next class.

Who should avoid taking this

class?

This is class designed for a “generalfitness” population. I don’t believe intelling anyone to avoid this class, butthere are certain groups that need tobe aware:A) People training for specificsports/elite athletes — Our class may

be too general to benefit them.B) Pregnant women — Consult with

your physician first, then inform theinstructor. The instructor shouldhave the ability to provide options.C) Injuries — Consult with yourphysician first, then inform theinstructor. Class can be taken with alimited range of motion options orlimited resistance options.

What would you say to some-

one who is hesitant to try the

class?

Being hesitant is a natural feeling.Many participants start out byobserving the class from outside thestudio. Many new participantscome with friends or in groups to

ease themselves. Some come in theclass and go to the corners of thestudio. Don’t let being hesitant keep

you out of the class. Think about thefirst time you’ve driven a car. You’renever truly prepared but you jumpin anyway and give it a go. For anyfitness class, just like driving, thehealth benefits are endless com-pared to being a little hesitant.

How did you get involved in fit-

ness/teaching The Pump?

Many years ago, my then-girlfriend

made a New Year’s resolution to join a health club, and being thegood boyfriend I was draggedalong. […] We tried various fitnessclasses, various instructors andbecame “hooked” on certain class-es. Fast forward a few years, I nolonger had the girlfriend but stillhad the membership, so I contin-ued going to classes. The localinstructors took an interest me andasked if I would consider teaching.At first I said “no” but was eventu-ally convinced to give it a go.

Anything else you’d like to

add?

I believe that “group fitness class-es” are the future of fitness. As timegoes on, we have less time todevote to fitness, so we want the“quick in and quick out.” Also wedon’t have the time or knowledgeto design our own workouts. Withgroup fitness classes, this is takencare of. All you have to do is showup, follow along, and you will havethe same workout as the personbeside you.

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Wired Fridays featuringDJs Mitra and GavinEvery Friday is Four DollarFriday at The Spokestating at 9:30 p.m.,no cover, 19+

TCN and Clyde Smith Jan. 7, 8 p.m. APK Live,340 Wellington St.

C.C.H. School Showcase

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Acoutistyle Open Mic Jan. 7, 9 p.m., $2London Music Club,470 Colborne St.

Old World Vulture, WHOOP-szo, and TheRheostats

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Bloody Beetroots Jan. 8, 10 p.m.London Music Hall,185 Queens Ave.

Samanha HooeyCD Release withSolomon Macys

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Janet Leigh w/ Ter-rorhorse, Serpent & TheSiren, Heaven Ablaze

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Beethoven Cycle, Part 1 Jan. 12, 8 p.m. Von Kuster Hall, Music Building

MUSICFeminist Poetry Slam

Jan. 13, 6 p.m. APK Live, 340 Wellington St.

Long Range Hustleand Air MarshallLanding

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THEATRE Joseph and the AmazingTechnicolor Dreamcoat

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Touchmark Theatrepresents: Masquerade

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Disney Live! Rockin’Road Show

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Bruce Nauman: Audio/Video Piecefor London, OntarioUntil Feb. 19Forest City Gallery,258 Richmond St.

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What’s Lost and What RemainsUnsettling the Thames:Traditional Land toColonial Settlement Bill Vazan: Arizona andL.A Graffiti

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Islamic Awareness Week eventsUntil Jan. 11

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SAGITTARIUS - Nov 23/Dec 21 Sagittarius, it’s hard to escapechaos this week, even when youhole yourself up in the house. Butthere’s soon to be a silver lining

behind this dark cloud.

CAPRICORN - Dec 22/Jan 20 Capricorn, romance is difficultwhen you have such a fullschedule. Pencil in some alonetime with your partner becauseyour relationship can use aboost.

AQUARIUS - Jan 21/Feb 18 Aquarius, your bank account maybe a tad on the empty side. But itshould recover shortly. In themeantime, enjoy the fruits of allyour hard work.

PISCES - Feb 19/Mar 20 All you need is a break, Pisces.You’re bound to get that breakthis week. It will actually fall rightinto your lap.

This horoscope is intended for entertainment purposes only. For the week of Jan 2nd - 8th

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