Arrest in the SSCOCT. 13, 2009

A video circulates on YouTube showing the violent arrest of Western student Irnes Zeljkovic. The incident gained national and international media attention with many questioning whether Campus Community Police and the London Police Service used excessive force during the arrest. The Gazette’s live coverage and videos of the event online received a spike in traffic, crashing the website. Zeljkovic’s charges were stayed in late January. Following a lengthy investigation by London Police Service, the use of force by Western Campus Community Police and London police in the arrest was deemed appropriate on Feb. 2, 2010.

News Year in ReviewH1N1 comes to Western

LTC goes on strike

The Homecoming parade takes a turn for theworse after organizers realize not enough flatbed trucks are booked. Some groups drop out of the parade while others cram onto a single flatbed or walk the parade route.

Over 300 attend a Halloween party on Fleming Drive near Fanshawe College. Some throw bottles at police. Watch the video at youtube.com/uwogazette

USC Elections

SEPT. 18, 2009SEPT. 24, 2009

OCT. 2, 2009

Six candidates began campaigning for the University Students’ Council presidential election in late January. Platforms were characterized by promises of inclusivity and communi-cation. The campaign season saw highs and lows, including sign vandalism and several debates. Ultimately, Mike Tithecott reigned victorious on election night with 2,066 votes.

FEB. 10, 2010

NOV. 16, 2009 London Taxi comes to townNOV. 27, 2009

After a summer of concern surrounding a new strain of influenza, Western is hit with H1N1 in early September. The Middlesex London Health Unit began distributing its limited supply of flu vaccines to high risk groups in late October. In November, the Gazette reported on the rising use of hand sanitizer in reaction to the flu panic. Western set up an online absence-reporting tool for sick students to prevent the disease from spreading.

A 29 day strike by the London Transit union leaves Western students scrambling to find alternate arrangements for November and December. The University Students’ Council and Western set up the “Mustangs moving Mustangs” program and makeshift dorm space in UCC. As a result of the strike, each student with a bus pass was compensated $18.93, with cheques still available for pick-up at InfoSource.

A new taxi company hits city streets in November. Within days, its president lashed out at his competition, accusing Aboutown of breaking city bylaws by offering fixed rates and undercutting city-mandated meter rates.Aboutown, which has had a fixed rate program with the University Students’ Council since 1994, claimed this program is legal and a clerical error in a 2004 bylaw amendment forgot to include a provision allowing it.

OCT. 31, 2009

The library at King’s University College announcesit will stay open for 24-hours during exam season.

FEB. 24, 2010

Ann Coulter visits Western tosignificant controversy. Students and Londonders line up outside of the North Campus Building hoping to enter the sold out event.

MAR. 22, 2010

The USC votes to not renew tvWestern.ca’s $3.55 student fee, effectively ending the station.

MAR. 12, 2009

After months of negotiations and debate, Westernofficials announce D.B. Weldon Library will remain open for 24-hours during exam season. The majority of the $10,000 price tag will be footed by students.

MAR. 31, 2010

Some members of the Society of Graduate Students circulate a petition to vote to leave the Canadian Federation of Students, a large lobbying group. The petition was unsuccessful.

OCT. 22, 2009

Clothing vendors in the Univer-sity Community Centre are seen selling supposedly inau-thentic merchanise. The Ga-zette reports the brands were part of the “grey market” and were not illegal.

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SEE YOU IN SEPTEMBER

By Kaleigh RogersGazette Staff

The University of Waterloo varsityfootball team underwent drug test-ing last Wednesday, after police dis-covered a stash of steroids andhuman growth hormones.

While looking for stolen goodsfrom a break and enter, WaterlooRegional Police Service uncoveredthe performance-enhancing drugs,which prompted an immediateinvestigation by both the police andthe University. Details regarding thestash have not yet been revealed tothe public, as the investigation isongoing.

University officials have called inCanadian Interuniversity Sport,which oversees sports at universi-ties across the nation.

“[CIS] recommended a certain

number [of athletes] to target test,and we actually made the requestto test the entire team,” BobCopeland, director of athletics andrecreational services at Waterloo,explained.

“We felt that it was [important]to exonerate those who are com-peting clean and don’t deserve thattype of cloud.”

CIS was disappointed to hear ofthe circumstances, Marg McGregor,chief executive officer, explained:“[We] wanted to take immediatesteps to ensure that we had confi-dence in the program, and that anyathletes that were cheating werecaught.”

According to McGregor, the CIShas been conducting drug testingon its athletes since 1990, with onlyabout one per cent of the tests com-ing back positive.

“That [statistic] suggests that thevast majority of student athletes arecompeting clean, following therules, respecting the game andrespecting their opponents,” shesaid.

Following the results of the test-ing at Waterloo, any athlete whotested positive, self-disclosed orrefused testing will be revealed tothe public through CIS.

At Western, athletes may be sub-ject to both random and targeteddrug testing throughout the year, inaccordance with CIS and the Cana-dian Centre for Ethics in Sports,explained Thérèse Quigley, directorof sports and recreation services atWestern.

According to Quigley, all studentathletes at Canadian universitiesmust also undergo an educationprogram on topics such as drugs, asmandated by the CIS.

“The purpose is — obviously —to educate student athletes aboutthe effects of various performance-enhancing substances, but also toeducate them about the policies,protocols and the zero-tolerance[stance] that the CIS has,” sheexplained.

Copeland agreed that educationand prevention are key to support-ing clean, fair sport.

“My hope is that we’re able todevelop better policies and educa-tion [programs] of benefit to every-body who participates in CIS foot-ball,” he said, noting that his col-leagues from other universitieshave been supportive throughoutthe incident.

As the events at Waterloo sug-gest, it is an ongoing battle to keepthe drugs out of the hands of varsi-ty athletes at schools across thecountry, according to McGregor.

“We’re not naive enough to thinkthat there will ever be a day wheneveryone will make the right ethicalchoices, but we’re certainly doingwhat we can to educate people, andto test and catch the folks whothink that they can get away with itand skirt the rules.”

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We asked you for your most memo-rable moments of 2009/2010. Hereare your responses:

“The absolutely unreal Canada vs the

United States[Olympic gold medal game].

When I walked outside the Ceeps,

all I could see was aswarm of people in

red lining Richmond Row.

We all sang ‘O Canada’.”

Kunal Gulati, MIT IV

“The Canada vs U.S.[Olympic game] was

a pretty big highlight,” Cassandra Addeo,

MIT IV

“The Canada vs U.S.game in the Spoke

was amazing. There were so many

people in red and white.”

Melissa Truong, Political Science IV

“Charity ball was epic.”

Graham Foulds, Ivey IV

“O-Week was prettyawesome.”

Cassandra Cook, BMOS IV

“Surpassing theamounts raised [inpast years] for Terry

Fox and Shinerama.” Jaclyn Garfinkle,

MIT III

Sometimes it’s easier to criticize than compliment. After ayear of editorials discussing the follies and fallacies ofmany on campus, the Gazette is ending its year on a posi-tive. Thank you to all the following, and to the many morewho will remain unmentioned. It’s been a great year folks!

Readers: Thanks for picking up the paper, reading thecutlines, skimming the articles and doing the Sudokus inclass. Sure, we’ve called you apathetic, lazy slackers whowould rather complain than get informed … but in theend you’re the reason we exist.

Complainers: Thanks for making our skin thicker. Weadmit it’s a fearsome challenge to muster the courage tomake a complaint. Your input helps make us a betterpaper — whether it’s through a letter, a poll vote or a face-to-face conversation. Just remember: We still have edito-rial autonomy.

Wave/Spoke Staff: Where would we be without padthai, beer, boring sandwiches and CLTs? Thanks for notkicking our drunk asses out of Rick nights. Jeff Armour,words cannot express our love — our bar tabs say enough.

Timmies Staff: You’re always there for us when weneed a greasy BELT for our hangovers, when we need thatfifth coffee to get us through the day — or night — andespecially when you give us that winning Roll Up the Rimcup.

University Students’ Council: Sure you do a lot of hardwork, but what really counts is your inability to winagainst us in competitive sports. Thanks for sucking atathletics.

USC Presidential Candidates: We are grateful for yourboundary-pushing campaigns and well-researched plat-forms … just kidding. Thanks for entertaining us withwhat students really care about — flashy ad campaignsand mascots.

London Transit Commission: Only union workershave the chutzpah to go on strike during wintery weath-er and ask for more money during a recession, in a citywith one of the highest unemployment rates. Props forgiving us regular news content and forcing students to getsome exercise.

Rick McGhie: Words cannot explain our gratitude forthe venerated Rick McGhie — who else gives us a legiti-mate excuse for drinking in the middle of the week? Seeyou tonight, old friend.

Chris Sinal: Thanks for the tips, the insight and for stillbeing on campus, despite your receding hairline andincreasing years.

Mike Wagenman: Thanks for the soup and generallybeing a great neighbour.

Gazetters: Unknown to most of the Western popula-tion is the massive pool of individuals who put theirblood, sweat and beers into this paper. Despite readers’doubts, we’re kind of a big deal. Shout outs to everyonein advertising, composing and all of our staff writers andeditors.

Thanks…PSYCH!

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“Thank you for being a friend/ travelled down the road and back again/your heart is true you’re a pal and a confidant.”

— ANDREW GOLD

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Re: “Gazette Spoof Issue” April 1, 2010

To the editor:I just want to say thank you to theGazette.

The April Fool’s Issue was incrediblyentertaining, and recent issues havebeen incredibly relevant. The April 6thissue was especially interesting. Therewas intelligent discussion of the Queen’sAlma Mater Society apology letter, and Ifrankly agree with the editorial dis-cussing it. A lot of debate in the Gazettelately has been about issues of politicalcorrectness, and it’s nice to see debateabout PC is still alive and well, regardless

of the controversy. On top of that, the article regarding

binge drinking and eating was both rele-vant to student life and very well written.Up till the past week I had been readinga few articles and then tossing the paper,hoping for these changes. Finally I’mseeing the Gazette we all want: relevant,intelligent and not afraid to be disagreedwith. After all, how can we discuss issueswithout a little controversy? Thank youGazette, keep up the good work!

—Pam-Marie GuzzoAnthropology II

Ed note: Thank YOU, Pam-Marie!

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Editorials appearing under the ‘opinions’ heading are decided uponby a majority of the editorial board and are written by a member of theeditorial board but are not necessarily the expressed opinion of eacheditorial board member. All other opinions are strictly those of theauthor and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the USC, TheGazette, its editors or staff.

Letters: Must include the contributor’s name, identification (ie. His-tory II, Dean of Arts) and be submitted to gazette.opinions@uwo.ca.Letters judged by the Editor-In-Chief to be libelous or derogatory willnot be published. The Gazette reserves the right to edit letters andsubmissions and makes no guarantees that a letter will be published.

All articles, letters, photographs, graphics, illustrations and cartoonspublished in The Gazette, both in the newspaper and online versions,are the property of The Gazette. By submitting any such material to TheGazette for publication, you grant to The Gazette a non-exclusive, world-wide, royalty-free, irrevocable license to publish such material in per-petuity in any media, including but not limited to, The Gazette‘s hardcopy and online archives.

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Section Editors 2009-2010Elana Abramovitch, Ryan Abreu, Fadesola Adedayo,

Teresa Arnone, Lindsay Arnold, David Arromba, Katherine

Atkinson, Alli Aziz, Monica Blaylock, Christian Campbell,

Adam Crozier, Gloria Dickie, Justin Duckett, Amani Elrofaie,

Angela Easby, Mark Filipowich, Allie Fonarev, Amber

Garratt, Jennifer Gautier, Ricki-Lee Gerbrandt, James Hall,

Katie Hetherman, Elton Hobson, Eliot Hong, Alan Hudes,

Elena Iosef, Elysia Knight, Aras Kolya, Jay LaRochelle,

Evan Lewis, Colin Lim, Jared Lindzon, Pat Martini, Kaitlyn

McGrath, Paula Meng, Lauren Moore, Ora Morison, Anna

Paliy, Maciej Pawlak, Jonathan Pinkus, Aaron Pinto, Jaymin

Proulx, Kaleigh Rogers, Cali Travis, Drew Whitson

Gazette Staff 2009-2010

Gazette ComposingIan Greaves, ManagerMaja Anjoli-Bilić, Cheryl Forster

Gazette AdvertisingMark Ritchie, Karen Savino, Diana Watson

NewsMeagan KashtyAbid-Aziz LadhaniCheryl StoneShreya TekriwalStuart Thompson

Arts & EntertainmentNicole GibilliniMaddie LeznoffLauren Pelley

SportsDaniel Da SilvaGrace DavisArden Zwelling

SeniorMike HayesLauren Pelley

OpinionsJaclyn Haggarty

PhotographyLaura BarclayBrett HiggsCorey Stanford

GraphicsAli ChiuJesse Tahirali

WebStuart Thompson

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The last letter-to-the-editor of the year — and it’s a nice one

Say hello to your new Opinions Editor!Jesse Tahirali

As the year draws to an end, we want totake a moment and look back at all thetopics that compelled readers to write in.Here are the topics:

LTC strike ..............................................22CFS.........................................................14The Gazette ...........................................13Ann Coulter.............................................9Palestine and Israel ................................6The role of TAs ........................................6Arrest in the SSC.....................................6Israel Apartheid ......................................6St. Paddy’s................................................4Bad Photo Caption.................................4OSAP diet ................................................3Waste Audit .............................................2Midterm Frustrations ............................2Guns ’n’ Roses.........................................2Peta ..........................................................2Niqab .......................................................2Facebook Threats ...................................2Hit by a Car..............................................2Chilean Earthquake ...............................2USC Services...........................................2Swine Flu.................................................2Puppies....................................................2Science and Politics ...............................1Med School .............................................1Laptops in class ......................................1Smoking ..................................................1Dressing for winter.................................1Sticker Vandals........................................1Web Design Contest...............................1United Way..............................................1Cost of Election ......................................1Renovations ............................................1

Total...................................................125

What’s in Our Mailbag?

Don’t bother writing a letter now.

You’re too late.

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Gazette front office shares life lessons from 103For the past few years, it has been traditionfor the outgoing Gazette Front Office to say afew words on how much their time at thepaper meant to them and other sappy craplike that. The brain trust of Volume 103 hasdecided to take a different approach. Whatyou’ll find below are the most significantlessons the three of us have learned throughour respective roles with Canada’s best dailystudent newspaper. While some of thesepoints are indeed specific to the Gazette,hopefully you’ll be able to take one or twothings from our experiences.

Thanks for a great year.

Ryan, Carly and JaelaFront Office, Volume 103

You can’t have too much of a good thing … espe-cially when it’s caffeine.

Apathy is the 21st century’s version of natural selection.

Extra-curriculars teach more than “curriculars” ever will.

Small talk and networking are overrated. Time is tooprecious to waste on building “connections” rather thanfriendships.

Journalists are hated for writing truth. Politicians areloved for speaking lies.

Change is best accomplished from the inside.

There is no such thing as an “unsafe discussion.”

The best student experience is created by the per-son, not the institution.

Branding is a way of selling yourself, even when youhave nothing to offer.

Off the record should be respected … most of the time.

The majority of readers do not know what an edi-torial is. This makes us question whether the majorityof readers have ever opened a newspaper that isn’t theGazette.

Hungover editing does not work. See the March 19issue of the Gazette.

Just because you’re the boss doesn’t mean you

should always take charge. Don’t be afraid to recog-nize when someone is better at something than you are.

Don’t let people forget who the boss is.

Don’t get caught up in anything. This isn’t real life, yet.

Club executives think their events are newsworthy.They aren’t (99 per cent of the time).

Whether running on time or on strike, studentsalways have a beef with the London Transit Com-mission. Walk.

USC presidential elections are a popularity contest.Sorry Tithecott.

Rick McGhie isn’t the same at the Spoke. Wave 4 lyfe.

Admit when you’re wrong and don’t apologize whenyou’re not.

You will never please everyone. So don’t bother trying.

Take criticism seriously, but not personally.

Uninformed people are far more likely to criticize thanthe informed.

Consider the source … in everything.

Be nice to people, please and thank-you go a long way.

Titles mean nothing.

Don’t be afraid to make mistakes, even if 30,000people notice when you do.

Ignorance is bliss.

Heart beats talent any day of the week.

You are probably capable of things you can’t imagineyourself doing.

Anonymous is synonymous with gutless.

Gazette editors and staff members are some of thebest people on campus. They put in over 40 hours ofwork at a student paper for no (or next to no) money,pull off decent grades and still always find time to graba beer with you.

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Thanks for a great year!From the Gazette staff of Volume 103

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ArtsEntertainmentP6 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 7, 2010

Summery weather means the needfor tunes you can blare as you’redriving out to the country with allthe windows down — but every-one’s heard “More than a Feeling.”

So here’s a blast from the pastrecommendation: “Hey Baby (Landof the New Rising Sun),” a cover ofJimi Hendrix’s tune by M.A.C.C.

Don’t worry if you haven’t heardof the group, which consisted ofPearl Jam members MikeMcCready, Jeff Ament andSoundgarden members Matt

Cameron and Chris Cornell. Theycame together in 1993 to record atrack for Stone Free: A Tribute to JimiHendrix.

McCready manages to impres-sively emulate Hendrix’s guitar riffs,while Cornell’s trademark vocalsbring the psychedelic lyrics to afever pitch. Puresummer fluff, to besure — but isn’tthat what this timeof year is for?

—Mike Hayes

If you’re a fan of theEast Coast musicscene then you’veprobably comeacross Charlotte-town-based poprockers, Smoth-ered in Hugs. As ofJanuary, SIH wereno more, and out oftheir ashes emerged a

new band called EnglishWords.

The name is the onlybig change for this band,because all of the songson their new EP — Cus-

tomer Appreciation — arein the same toe-tapping,finger-snapping style that

made the original band a hitin the first place.

But of all the new material,“Cold Mercenaries” stands apartand is by far the most infectious.The tempo is so fast and fun thatyou’ll have to force yourself to sitstill when Ryan Crane starts belting“Will you cry out?” Check out thissong and the rest of the EP at:www.radio3.cbc.ca/#/bands/eng-lish-words.

—Jaclyn Haggarty

FilmSpring is definitely in the air. If you are a hugeromantic comedy fan, you’re in luck becausethere will be no shortage in theatres thismonth. Here’s our list of movies comingto theatres in April.

April 9Date Night: Comedy starring SteveCarell and Tina Fey April 16 Kick-ass: Comedy starring Aaron John-son and Nicolas CageApril 22 Oceans: Documentary filmApril 23The Back-up Plan: Romantic comedy starring Jennifer Lopez and Alex O’LoughlinThe Losers: An action film starring Chris Evans April 30 Nightmare on Elm Street: Horror starring Jackie Earle HaleyHarry Brown: Thriller starring Michael Caine and Emily Mortimer

Coming to Western Film…Friday April 9 – Thursday April 15 A Single Man: 7 p.m nightlyIt’s Complicated: 9:05 p.m. nightly

What Else?

TheatreLegends, a production that covers the hit songs of the 1950s, 60s and 70s, will be running from April 20 to May 22at the Grand Theatre located at 471 Richmond St.

ArtFrozen in Time is an exhibit that will run from April 9 to May 21 at the Forest City Galley that features photographsof Switzerland by Nathalie Daoust.

MusicThe Open House Arts Collective’s second annual Oh! Fest takes place April22 to 24 at various locations downtown. Free afternoon shows include TheWhipping Wind and Wooden Sky, and evening performances by A Horseand His Boy and Olenka and the Autumn Lovers.

Other April concerts include the second LOLA concert series on the12th, Elliott Brood at Call the Office on April 15 and Barenaked Ladieswith opener Joel Plaskett at the John Labatt Centre on the 17th.

By Alana SilverGazette Staff

The Last SongStarring: Miley Cyrus, Bobby Cole-man, Liam Hemsworth, Greg Kinn-earDirected by: Julie Anne Robinson

If a Nicholas Sparks movie had arecipe it would go something likethis: one cup of romance, three cupsof sadness, a pinch of laughter and awhole lot of themes that have beenused time and time again.

The Last Song, starring Cyrus, isno exception. The movie is centredaround rebellious teen RonnieMiller (Cyrus), and her youngerbrother Jonah (Coleman). Ronnieand her brother have been sent tospend the summer with theirestranged father (Kinnear) in asmall, southern beach town.

A piano prodigy, Ronnie hasrefused to play since her parents’divorce, even though she wasaccepted to Juilliard. Her father, andformer piano teacher, wants to bringmusic back into her life but Ronnieshows him nothing but anger andhostility. While Ronnie spends dayafter day sulking at the beach, herlovable father and Jonah bond overcreating a stained glass window fora church that burnt down.

While at the beach, local boy WillBlakelee (Hemsworth) bumps intoRonnie, spilling her milkshake andcreating a mess. Ronnie is not

impressed and doesn’t give him thetime of day — but in true romantic-drama fashion, the two continue torun into each other and eventuallyform a deep bond.

Throughout the summer Ronnielearns to open her heart. Don’tworry though, the inevitabletragedy of a Nicholas Sparks story isright around the corner, and defi-nitely garners a few tears.

Despite the predictability of TheLast Song and its similarities toother movies of its kind, the plotscome together nicely. Cyrus’ per-formance was mediocre, althoughgenuine. Hemsworth plays his rolewell, and young Coleman proves hehas the ability to portray an emo-tional role in a heavy movie.

The Last Song should be takenfor what it is — but if you’re a fan ofSparks’ novels and films, you maybe left feeling a little disappointed.

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Plants and Animals’ much antici-pated sophomore album La LaLand, to be released on April 20, isbeing touted as tougher and louderthan their debut endeavour ParcAvenue. However, the oomph factorseems to be lacking in this pro-claimed rock band’s attempt at aboost in contemporary edge.

Many songs trespass into thecringe-worthy territory of cheesi-ness (“American Idol”), while oth-ers have an already-heard-it ele-ment (“Game Shows” and “Cele-bration”). The majority of the trackshave somewhat of an 80s vibe that’smore peppy saxophone than rock’n’ roll, which clashes uncomfort-ably with the band’s modern rockstatus.

On the other hand, “The MamaPapa” offsets the album’s overallsleepy vibe with a rash burst ofenergetic sounds that catch thelistener off guard, and brieflyoffers some fresh excitement,which eventually fades away bymid-song.

The album cover art amusinglyechoes the content it encompasses;like a desert, its substance lacksdiversity, and drags for what seemslike an eternity, without sight ofanything thirst-quenching.

In matters of personal opinion,one stroll through La La Land wasenough. That being said, this albumdefinitely deserves a chance; it mayappeal to those with mellow tastesin the musical repertoire.

—Anna Paliy

Cyrus brings Disney to Sparks’ classic

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SportsP8 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 7, 2010

Trainor brings home rugby championship Mustangs second-year centre Conor Trainor helped theCanadian Men’s Sevens rugby team defeat Wales 35-19 at the Bowl Championship in Hong Kong. In a matchthat saw Canada build an early lead, Trainor, a 2009Ontario University Athletics all-star, scored the lone tryin the second half to secure the win for Canada.

Time to put Gaston out to pasture

Cito Gaston must have thought he hadtravelled back in time.

It was opening day and a Toronto BlueJays starting pitcher was carrying a no-hit-ter and a three-run lead into the seventhinning. Gaston probably thought this wasopening day 2007 and that was Roy Hal-laday dominating the Texas Rangers witha no-no through six scoreless innings, notShaun Marcum, the default 2010 Jays ace.

Gaston must have figured he could justsit on his hands and let Halladay do whathe does best — give the manager a day off.All that was left to do was stroll to thepost-game press conference to pump Hal-laday’s tires and regurgitate the same oldclichés about the best pitcher in baseball.

Of course, this is 2010 and Gaston wasclearly confused. So we can excuse the 66-year-old’s incredible lapses of judgmentthat directly led to the Blue Jays’ 5-4 loss atthe hands of the Rangers in their seasonopener on Monday.

Any other mismanagement and Gas-ton should be stripped of his duties andgiven a comfy office at the Rogers Centrewith a figurehead title and a corporateexpense account.

Let Gaston remain affiliated with theorganization and transfer to one of theglorified pension positions — read: senioradvisor or consultant —storied franchiselegends take on after their contributionsat field level dissipate.

Then let someone who gives a damnhave a chance to manage this ball club.

In fact, Rogers Communicationsshould be encouraged to pay Gaston inor-dinate amounts of money not to managethe Toronto Blue Jays. Stay away from theplayers, keep out of the dugout, don’twhisper in any ears — just go away andpick up your cheque every other Friday.

Gaston has proven time and again hismanagerial chops are mediocre at bestand Monday’s season opener was noexception. It’s not what he does — it’s

what he doesn’t do.It started in the top of the eighth

inning. After Travis Snider struck out tobegin the inning, Jose Bautista walked andAaron Hill doubled, pushing Bautista tothird. Adam Lind, who was three-for-threewith a home run on the day, was thenintentionally walked to load the bases andset up a force out at any bag.

Vernon Wells stepped to the plate andsingled on a line drive to left field, scoringBautista and advancing the other runners.The Rangers immediately went to theirbullpen and called on their sole left-hand-ed pitcher, Darren Oliver, to face the nextJay, Lyle Overbay, who last season hit just.190 against left-handed pitching.

It’s a shrewd managerial move, but cer-tainly far from rocket science. In fact,expect most teams to take this strategywhen Overbay comes to the plate withrunners in scoring position late in a game.

Of course, this ploy is easily negated bypinch hitting a right handed hitter like, oh,let’s just say Randy Ruiz who not onlyplays Overbay’s position but is also acareer .279 hitter against left-handedpitching.

This is why you have your bench. Base-ball is a game of matchups and despiteold guard managers like Gaston who pre-fer instinct over statistics — the numbersrarely lie.

Overbay, of course, struck out lookingon three pitches, which made way for Jayscatcher John Buck and his career .244average against left-handers. Ruiz againwatched from the bench as Buck flew outto left field — at least he made contact —stranding three runners and killing the

momentum that the top of the Jays lineuphad worked so hard to create.

I’ll admit, baseball is hard to predict —Ruiz could have just as easily struck out orpopped out like Overbay and Buck did.But the role of the manager is to put yourteam in the best possible position for suc-cess — not to burden it, like Gaston didwith his inaction.

This isn’t to say a player should bepinch hit for in the second inning becauseof an unfavourable matchup. But in theeighth inning of a one-run ball game withthe bases loaded? There isn’t a more idealtime than that to play the matchups game.

Not convinced?Consider the bottom of the ninth

inning. Clinging to a one-run lead, Gastonturned to his closer, Jason Frasor, to getthe final three outs. After a Michael Youngdouble, a Josh Hamilton strike out and aVladimir Guerrero single which movedYoung to third, outfielder Nelson Cruzdoubled to right field, scoring Young,pushing Guerrero to third base and tyingthe game.

At that point, Frasor had already blownthe save and in the four batters he hadfaced, giving up a single and two doubles.Gaston had two other closers in thebullpen, Kevin Gregg, who saved 23 gamesfor the Chicago Cubs last season, and ScottDowns who saved nine for the Jays.

But Gaston didn’t even warm one ofthem up. Nor did he visit the mound totalk things over with Frasor or send thepitching coach out to give instructions.Again, he did nothing.

Well, he did do one thing. He orderedFrasor to intentionally walk Rangers firstbaseman Chris Davis to load the bases. Thesame Chris Davis who last year struck outin 150 of his 391 at bats, giving him thehonour of tying Arizona’s Mark Reynoldsfor the league lead in per cent of at bats thatresult in strike outs. Long story short — theguy strikes out 38 per cent of the time.

The least Gaston could have donewas let Frasor pitch to the strikeout-kingDavis instead of loading the bases forJarrod Saltalamacchia — a career .357hitter with the bases loaded — whofought off two pitches before sailing a 2-

Zwellin’ it like it isArden ZwellingSports Editor

“Rogers Communicationsshould be encouraged to payGaston inordinate amounts ofmoney not to manage theToronto Blue Jays. Stay awayfrom the players, keep out ofthe dugout, don’t whisper inany ears — just go away...”

PLEASE SEE AGING P11

At Gazette Sports we’ve heard it all during a long seasoncovering the Western Mustangs. Here are some of ourfavourite words of wisdom from Western athletes andcoaches.

“I like making crafts. I started carving a stick, it wasgoing to be like a hand with a bird on it, but the handturned into only three fingers — it’s kind of like anAvatar hand. I like drawing, painting and some sculp-ture. Actually Babybel cheese, that wax is really goodfor making things — it’s really moldable. “

—Jen Cotten, Mustangs track and field

On her artistic side

“If someone said the moustaches didn’t help us win Iwould say that is madness. I think people underesti-mate how vital the moustaches were.”

—Andrew Thomson, Mustangs baseball

On the team-wide decision to grow moustaches

“I’m not really one for the pickup lines but I guess Iwould just scout out the situation and play it fromthere. Maybe try to get them out on the dance floor andloosen up the shoulders.”

—Keaton Turkiewicz, Mustangs hockey

On his pickup strategies

“The first would be walking into a set of bleachers aftera game and giving myself a concussion. The secondwould be walking into a hand dryer before a game andgiving myself a concussion.”

—Karen Harwood, Mustangs women’s rugby

On how she suffered two concussions off the field

“We worked a lot together. I was really comfortable withhim standing behind me doing it.”

—Conor Elliott, Mustangs football

On long snapping the ball to Guelph Gryphons kicker

Rob Maver at the CFL evaluation camp

“Well let me tell ya — go to the garage sales. [laughs] It’sa pretty laid back little spot. It’s right on the lake so wespend some time out there. The garage sales are reallythe best.”

—Chris Dickson, Mustangs women’s golf head coach

On the most exciting thing to do in his

home town of Bright’s Grove, ON

“Well, he didn’t beat my record. […] That’s why we did-n’t give him any more carries at the end.”

—Greg Marshall, Mustangs football head coach

On Mustangs running back Nathan Riva who came 38 yards

shy of breaking the Mustangs playoff rushing yardage record,

28 years to the day after Marshall set it.

“I sang “Barbie Girl” and ended up taking my clothesoff. I had to make a good first impression.”

—Jordan Townshend, Mustangs baseball

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By Gazette Sports

Have you ever wondered about therivalry between the basketball teamand the volleyball team?

We have. It was finally time for volleyball

captain Eric Simon to clear the air. During his five years as a Mus-

tang the six-foot-five left side hitteris a three-time Ontario UniversityAthletics first-team all-star and wasnamed the 2009-10 Ontario Uni-versity Athletics player of the year.

In the final installment of thefour-part series the Gazette satdown with Simon to discuss hiscareer at Western, nights at theCeeps and his infamous headshot.

Why did you come to Western? I came to Western because I figuredI had the best chance to start forthis team. It’s kind of a coincidencethat I am from London, but I camestrictly because of the volleyballprogram and there was an openingin the position I play.

If you had to do it all over again,would you do anything differently?One thing I did miss out on was thatour team never really got to travelanywhere. A lot of other teams will goto Florida or Europe or Cuba, but wedon’t really travel out of the province,which is kind of disappointing.

What is your favourite memory onthe court?Anytime we beat Queen’s is a prettygood feeling. [Western] in generalhas a big rivalry with them and ourteam in particular has a big rivalrywith them too. We were down atQueen’s and we were in a fifth setand we were down 14-9 and wecame back and won 16-14. Thatwas pretty exciting to win […] there.

What is the best thing about beinga varsity athlete? I feel like it’s a little community ofits own. I know a lot of the othervarsity athletes and we have amutual respect for each other whenyou see them in the gym. I’m defi-nitely glad I did it; it’s an experienceof its own.

What would you tell someone whois trying to decide whether or notthey should try out for varsity? Varsity is a big time commitment.I’ve see a lot of people who do it fora year and then they quit after ayear or they don’t have as much funas they thought they would. You’vegot to really love your sport if you’re

going to play on a varsity team.

What is your funniest memory? One of them was me and [Mus-tangs libero] Patrick Johnston werein a game and both going for theball. I basically punched him rightin the face when we were bothgoing for it and gave him a concus-sion on the court and he kept play-ing. He didn’t find it funny, but Ifound it kind of hilarious.

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#11 Eric SimonLeft side hitter

London, ONEngineering

Career StatsGames Played 334

Kills 821 Blocks 125

Service Aces 94Digs 459

Points 931

CIS Accomplishments 2009-10 First Team All Canadian

2008-09 Second Team All Canadian Four-time Academic All Canadian

OUA Accomplishments2009-10 OUA player of the year

Three-time OUA first team all-star 2005-06 OUA all-rookie team

Mustang Accomplishments2009 Mustangs Co-MVP

2009 Purple Blanket recipient

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“There’s no rivalry” with basketball team

What’s going on with your head-shot? I’m very proud of that this year,actually. My first year I took a terri-ble headshot and [former Mustang]Mark Sidler had a little chin up oneand I thought that was sweet, so Idecided to do that every year. Everyyear it just got higher and higherand I thought it was really funny.

Is there a rivalry between the vol-leyball and the basketball team? There’s no rivalry. I get along with allof them fine and they get along withus. Our dressing rooms are rightbeside each other we always seeeach other before and after practice.It’s more just fun and games. Wesupport them and they support us at

games. It’s a love-hate relationship.

How did you manage to go toCeeps, play volleyball and be anengineering student? First off, I’m only at the Ceeps onSaturday nights so I take one nightoff. It’s just time management and Iwork really hard during the week.Before practice I’m doing home-work, after practice I’m doinghomework and then straight to bedthen to class.

What’s the best chirp you’ve heard?Usually the best chirps are kind ofwitty, but not really offensivebecause the offensive ones, you justknow they’re trying too hard. Whenwe were playing at the University ofToronto, it was one of the few timeswe played before the women’s

team. We went out for dinner after[and I] may have had a few bever-ages in me. We came back and ourgirls were up 2-0. They began to slipand ended up going to a fifth set.Then I proceeded to chirp one spe-cific player on U of T who eventu-ally started to choke and cried atthe end.

What is next for Eric Simon? I’m currently trying to get a contractto play professional volleyball overin Europe. It’s a pretty strenuoustask because there aren’t manyagencies in Canada that help outwith volleyball. Sometimes you canget a contract just based on yourresumé and awards you’ve won.Ideally, I would like to not have totryout because I hate tryouts, butwe’ll see what happens.

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Aging Gaston can’t coach Jays to success

2 curveball into centre field, overthe head of Wells to cash Guerreroand win the game.

Those were the moments whenGaston could have made a move inMonday’s game and possiblychanged the outcome. Those pre-cious, fleeting moments are whengood managers make adjustments.And those are moments that willbecome all too familiar for fans ofthis year’s team.

Sure, he’ll replace an injuredplayer or yank a pitcher who is get-ting particularly pasteurized by theopposition batters, but asking formuch more past that is a lot for theapathetic Gaston.

This could be one of the reasonswhy the clubhouse literally revolted

against him at the end of last season,with several members of the teamtelling the media Gaston’s negative,passionless approach was falling outof favour with the players.

It’s a wonder Gaston is even backbehind the helm in a year when theJays plan on developing their youth— past Lind, Gaston has shown lit-tle understanding of how to spursuccess in young ball players.

Snider’s hitting against left-handed pitching has hardlyimproved over the past yearsbecause Gaston simply doesn’t lethim face left-handers. RickyRomero — once thought of as arookie-of-the-year candidate — fellapart in the second half of last sea-son after Gaston over-worked him.Jeremy Accardo, who saved 30games for the Jays in 2007, has seen

just five save opportunities sinceand has enjoyed permanent resi-dence in the manager’s dog housefor no apparent reason.

Look, I get it. Gaston is morethan just a manager. He’s a symbol— a constant reminder of the yearswhen this team was living in thepenthouse of the AL East, not thebasement. But now, almost 20 yearsremoved from those back-to-backWorld Series titles, it’s time to moveon and pass the torch to someonewith some passion for the job.

In ’92 and ’93 Gaston had excep-tional players like Roberto Alomar,Devon White and John Olerud tomake him look capable as a man-ager. Today’s Blue Jays don’t providethat luxury and Gaston’s reality — apassive, archaic and ineffectivemanager — is clearer than ever.

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Clarence “Cito” GastonBorn March 17, 1944

San Antonio, Texas

Playing Statistics11 Seasons with San Diego, Atlanta and Pittsburgh (1967-1978)

799 hits91 home runs

387 RBIs.256 batting average

1 All-star selection (1970)

Managing statistics12 seasons with Toronto (1989-1997, 2008-2010)

809 wins761 losses

.515 winning percentageFour American League East division titles (1989, 1991, 1992, 1993)

Two AL pennantsTwo World Series titles (1992, 1993)

Two time AL all star team manager (1993, 1994)

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Madison Violet and The John Henrys10 pm, $10The Fugitives, 7:30 pm, $8Justin Plet with Jenn Kee, 8 pm, $5London Music Club, 470 Colborne St.

POETRY

Poetry London Reading SeriesPoetry workshop, 6:30 pm, Poetry reading byPatricia Young, 7:30 pm, Free admission,Landon Branch Library, 167 Wortley Rd.

THURSDAY, APRIL 8

ARTS

Exhibitions at Museum London: KellyWallace: TERMINAL; I don’t know whether tolaugh or cry; A(l)lure of the Local; CameraWorks: In Living Colour; Home, New Home:200 years of Black immigration to London,Museum London, 421 Ridout St.

Natural. Disaster , McIntosh Gallery, UWO

CLUBBING

DJ Vinyl, Ceeps, 671 Richmond St.

Highman & CarbunkleThe Spoke, UCC, UWO

Karaoke NightThe Wit’s End Pub, 235 North Centre Rd.

LIVE MUSIC

Terry Grolman, The Sweets, Tanya Chopp, 9 pm, $5London Music Club, 470 Colborne St.

SPORTS

Live Racing, 3:35 pm, Western Fairgrounds

London Knights vs. Kitchener Rangers7 pm, $15 student, John Labatt Centre, 99Dundas St.

FRIDAY, APRIL 9

ARTS

Exhibitions at Museum London: KellyWallace: TERMINAL; I don’t know whether tolaugh or cry; A(l)lure of the Local; CameraWorks: In Living Colour; Home, New Home:200 years of Black immigration to LondonMuseum London, 421 Ridout St.

CLUBBING

Finally Famous, Ceeps, 671 Richmond St.

SPECIAL EVENTS

Books2Eat, 6:30 to 8:30 pmIn celebration of International Edible BookDay, all proceeds from this fundraiser will bedirected toward literacy programs.$30 – call 519-661-5122Central Library, 251 Dundas St.

Fitness & Lifestyle Show, 12 to 9 pm$10 advance/ $12 at doorWestern Fair Entertainment Centre

SPORTS

Harlem Globetrotters, 7 pm$23.75 to $96.75John Labatt Centre, 99 Dundas St.

Live Racing, 7:05 pm, Western Fairgrounds

SATURDAY, APRIL 10

ARTS

Exhibitions at Museum London: KellyWallace: TERMINAL; I don’t know whether tolaugh or cry; A(l)lure of the Local; CameraWorks: In Living Colour; Home, New Home:200 years of Black immigration to LondonMuseum London, 421 Ridout St.

Natural. Disaster McIntosh Gallery, UWO

CLUBBING

DJ Matty, Ceeps, 671 Richmond St.

LIVE MUSIC

Lyric Colorartura– Soprano Rachel Snow accompanied by Es-ther Joo, wsg Craig Bowie, Tenor, 7:30 pm,$20, Aeolian Hall, 795 Dundas St.

SPECIAL EVENTS

An Evening in India, a South-Asian in-spired cultural experience, 7 pmPresented by India Health Initiative, a stu-dent-run initiative/charity from the SchulichSchool of Medicine., $15 students, email in-diahealth@gmail.com or 519-854-3943W. Sherwood Fox Public School, 660 Stee-plechase Drive, London

Fitness & Lifestyle Show10 am to 9 pm, $10 advance/ $12 at doorWestern Fair Entertainment Centre

ARTS

Exhibitions at Museum London: KellyWallace: TERMINAL; I don’t know whether tolaugh or cry; A(l)lure of the Local; CameraWorks: In Living Colour; Home, New Home:200 years of Black immigration to London,Museum London, 421 Ridout St.

Natural. Disaster McIntosh Gallery, UWO

SPECIAL EVENTS

Car FREE Sunday!Downtown Street Festival, noon to 4 pmMusic, refreshments, family activities, art,prizes, Dundas Street, Downtown London

Fitness & Lifestyle Show, 10 am to 5pm, $10 advance/ $12 at doorWestern Fair Entertainment Centre

Jack Richardson Music Awards7 pm, FREE event, Performers include AllisonBrown, After Four, Dixie Flyers, The BluesMasters, Fraser, A Horse and His Boy andLido Pimienta. London Music Hall, 185Queens Ave.

MONDAY, APRIL 12

CLUBBING

Karaoke NightMolly Bloom’s, 700 Richmond St.

LIVE MUSIC

Growing, 9 pmPresented by LOLA. LOLA 2010 concert se-ries is supported by the Ontario Arts Council,the Ontario Trillium Foundation, 94.9 CHRW,and Rogers.$10 advanceCall the Office, 216 York St.

Old Man Luedecke, 8 pm$17 advance, $20 at doorAeolian Hall, 795 Dundas St.

SPORTS

Live Racing, 3:35 pm, Western Fairgrounds

London Knightsvs. Kitchener Rangers, 7 pm,$15 studentJohn Labatt Centre, 99 Dundas St.

TUESDAY, APRIL 13

ARTS

Exhibitions at Museum London: KellyWallace: TERMINAL; I don’t know whether tolaugh or cry; A(l)lure of the Local; Home,New Home: 200 years of Black immigrationto London, Museum London, 421 Ridout St.

Natural. Disaster McIntosh Gallery, UWO

CLUBBING

Karaoke NightMolly Bloom’s, 700 Richmond St.

LIVE MUSIC

Beethoven: The Five Cello Sonatas, 7pm, Admission by DonationAeolian Hall, 795 Dundas St.

SPORTS

Live Racing, 3:35 pm, Western Fairgrounds

UPCOMING EVENTS

April 16-18 – London Artists’ Studio Tour

April 17 – Barenaked Ladies, JLC

April 22 – 24 Oh! Fest featuring variousbands around London

April 24 - 25 Bridal Show, Elsie PerrinWilliams Estate

April 30 – Danny Bhoy, Centennial Hall

May 2 – Stars on Ice, John Labatt Centre

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Wednesday

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Thursday

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Friday & Saturday After 10PM - Dance to Live Music or DJ

Sunday Kids Under 10 Eat Free, Brunch Menu, $10 Pitchers after 8PM 100106

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Wednesday Mexican Night

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Sunday All You Can Eat Sunday Brunch

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