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BY JASON WINDERS that, whether we do it, or someone within the context of participation in U Sports competition within one year of our profession does it, it needs to be done. participation.” However, the participation in a CFL train- “We want to stay focused on football – on the field – ing camp, preseason game or being listed on a practice hile the score may be settled on the right now. But certainly there are some eligibility issues roster until Aug. 15 “are exempt from this rule.” field, the wild controversy surrounding and procedural stuff that needs to be sorted out after Jack was a member of the Roughriders practice the Loney Bowl may play on deep into the football season is over.” squad until October 2016. According to the rules, he overtime for U Sports and athletics direc- Earlier this season, U Sports was alerted to the issue should have to wait one year before playing for a Cana- Wtors across the country. with a Saint Mary’s player via a football whistleblower dian university team. Jack played in every Saint Mary’s On Tuesday, the Acadia Axemen defeated the Saint tipline. Saint Mary’s wide receiver Archelaus Jack’s eli- game this season, including five games prior to the year Mary’s Huskies 45-38 in overtime to win the Atlantic Uni- gibility was called into question because he was once anniversary of his CFL release on Oct. 11. versity Sport (AUS) championship game – a game that a member of the CFL’s Saskatchewan Roughriders Saint Mary’s has argued he was eligible, saying the was not happening as late as Sunday due to a dustup practice roster. one-year rule could be interpreted as an academic year around the eligibility of one player. Acadia stays at home U Sports then informed Saint Mary’s of the issue, but as opposed to a calendar year. to face the Yates Cup champion Western Mustangs in backed away and said its own rules “were ambiguous” On Nov. 9, AUS canceled the game and awarded the Uteck Bowl this weekend. and informed the university that the governing body would Acadia a spot in the national semifinals. Saint Mary’s The weeks-long controversy will lead to a lot of soul not pursue it further. That agreement, however, threw com- continued to press on in court. On Sunday, a Nova searching for sports leaders and administrators across plaints from other universities about Jack into question. Scotia Supreme Court judge sided with Saint Mary’s the country to unwind an issue that played out as much Saint Mary’s argued they had a binding agreement and granted the university a temporary injunction which in court as it did on the field. with U Sports to allow Jack to play. Not all agreed with allowed the game to go on. “Yes, the rule is grey. There is tons of work to be done that interpretation. In the loss, Jack ended his day as the third leading on the constitution and bylaws of U Sports,” said Chris- According to U Sports Policies and Procedures on receiver on the team with four receptions for 58 yards, tine Stapleton, Director of Sport and Recreation Services. Eligibility (Policy Number 40.10.6.2.1.6), football players including a 23-yarder. “That is not the sexy stuff athletics directors like to spend who participated in a CFL regular season or playoffs their time doing. But now, it has become very apparent “are subject to the charging of eligibility and prohibit BOWL GAME // CONTINUED ON PAGE 15 2 westernnews.ca Western News November 16, 2017 westernnews.ca Western News November 16, 2017 3

Alumni Honours BEST BETS Karakatsanis Visit the Western Events Calendar at Polanyi Prize recognizes scholar’s www.events.westernu.ca for a full look at the week ahead. Western News (ISSNO316- 8654), a publication of West- ern University’s Department of earns top Communications and Public NOV. 16 7-9 p.m., Museum London, Lecture Theatre Affairs, is published every Thurs- | innovative imaging work day throughout the school year and operates under a reduced schedule during December, May, June, July and August. engineering An award-winning weekly news- paper and electronic news ser- vice, Western News serves as the university’s newspaper of record. The publication traces its roots to The University of honour Western Ontario Newsletter, a ART NOW! SPEAKER SERIES one-page leaflet-style publica- The Department of Visual Arts presents sculptor, painter and designer tion which debuted on Sept. BY SONIA PRESZCATOR Robert Fones for a unique opportunity to engage with local, national, and 23, 1965. The first issue of the international artists, curators and scholars. Western News, under found- ing editor Alan Johnston, was published on Nov. 16, 1972 estern Engineering alumna Catherine Karakatsanis, BESc replacing the UWO Times and ’83, MESc ’91, often touted as one of the most powerful NOV. 17 6:30-8 p.m., Landon Public Library, 167 Wortley Rd. Western Times. Today, West- women in Canada, will add another honour to her long list | ern News continues to provide of accolades when she receives the Professional Engineers of timely news, information and WOntario (PEO) Gold Medal Saturday, recognizing her profound influence a forum for discussion of post- on the profession. secondary issues in the campus and broader community. Karakatsanis, Chief Operating Officer and Director at Morrison Hersh- field Group Inc., is the only engineer in Canada to have led a provincial regulator, the provincial engineering advocacy body (Ontario Society of Professional Engineers) and the national engineering body (Engineers Canada). She has worked tirelessly to promote WESTERN NEWS and increase diversity in engineering, particularly WesternNews.ca among female engineers, and has been named AUTHOR READING/BOOK LAUNCH Westminster Hall, Suite 360 one of Canada’s Most Powerful Women for four Athabasca University professor and Arts & Humanities alumna Angie Western University consecutive years. Abdou reads from her new novel, In Case I Go, a new kind of ghost story London, ON N6A 3K7 At Western, she currently sits on the Board of about the many ways we’re haunted by the deeds of our ancestors. Telephone 519-661-2045 Fax 519-661-3921 Governors and the Engineering Advisory Council. The premier award of the profession, the PEO PUBLISHER Gold Medal is given only when there is an outstand- Helen Connell NOV. 21 4:30-5:30 p.m., International and Graduate Affairs Bldg., KARAKATSANIS ing candidate, with no more than one annually. It is | [email protected], Chu International Centre 519-661-2111 Ext. 85469 given to an association member widely recognized as a distinguished practitioner of the profession who has rendered outstand- EDITOR ing public service in other fields, on a federal or provincial basis. Jason Winders Karakatsanis was drawn to Western because of the institution’s strong [email protected], Civil and Wind Engineering programs. While completing her undergradu- 519-661-2111 Ext. 85465 ate degree, she was interested in working in the Boundary Layer Wind REPORTER/PHOTOGRAPHER Tunnel (BLWT) alongside one of her favourite professors, Alan Davenport, Paul Mayne considered the ‘Father of Wind Engineering.’ She was hired as a research [email protected], assistant at BLWT. 519 661-2111 Ext. 85463 “While completing my Masters of Engineering degree, I worked along- side some of the world’s best minds in wind engineering,” she remem- GO ABROAD: INTERNATIONAL LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES REPORTER/PHOTOGRAPHER bered in a recent interview. “It was at Western where I learned just how A general overview of international learning at Western. Whether it’s an Adela Talbot important it is to surround yourself with supportive and intelligent people archaeological dig in northern England or a rainforest in Ecuador, this ses- SPECIAL TO WESTERN NEWS [email protected], Sarah Svenningsen, who completed 519-661-2111 Ext. 85464 who can help you succeed.” sion will answer questions about the programs. BY ADELA TALBOT Current treatment methods for the disease – tial of targeting the lung regionally and treating As a senior leader, Karakatsanis oversees all operations across Canada, her PhD in Medical Biophysics at a long-term, recurring inflammatory condition the disease regionally. That’s the avenue we are PRODUCTION DESIGNER the United States and internationally, and leads four business units rep- the Schulich School of Medicine that affects lung airways and leads to wheezing, now exploring,” she added. Frank Neufeld resenting diverse business segments in both the vertical and horizontal NOV. 22 12:30-1:50 p.m., Law Building, Moot Court & Dentistry last year, received hile at Western, Sarah Svenningsen coughing, chest tightness and shortness of breath “If we treat only diseased airways, we would [email protected], infrastructure arenas. | was among the first in Canada to – generally target the whole lung and don’t always greatly reduce the number of treatments asthma 519-661-2111 Ext. 89334 the John Charles Polanyi Prize, A devoted advocate for creating a more diverse profession, she has also presented by the Council of approach medical imaging technol- improve symptoms or prevent the disease from patients may need, and this would, in turn, reduce revised company policies to eliminate bias that negatively impacts female ogy as a potential treatment tool worsening. This affects both a patient’s quality of cost and patient burden.” EDITORIAL SERVICES Ontario Universities, recognizing COORDINATOR engineers, as well as worked to promote engineering to young people Wfor asthma. Early on, her research indicated MRI life and leads to frequent hospital visits and lost Clinical studies are now underway with Angie Wiseman and increase the number of women in the profession during her tenure outstanding researchers in technology could be used to deliver targeted, work or school days. researchers at Western and McMaster, working [email protected], as President and Chair of the Ontario Society of Professional Engineers in early stages of their career who more effective treatment to asthma sufferers, Current and newly developed asthma thera- in conjunction to determine if image-guided 519-661-2111 Ext. 81530 2002-2003. are continuing to postdoctoral considerably benefiting both patients and health- pies are mainly directed towards improvements in treatment results in better outcomes than conven- “There is a different paradigm of leadership in the workplace today that studies or have recently started a care providers. breathing or lung function tests – poor markers of tional whole lung treatment. Svenningsen’s vision ADVERTISING Chris Amyot, Campus Ad plays naturally to the strengths of women. The attributes that define a good faculty appointment at an Ontario For this pioneering research, Svenningsen, who how patients feel and how frequently they need to is medical imaging will lead to the delivery of the [email protected], leader include vision, collaboration, teamwork and effective communica- university. completed her PhD in Medical Biophysics at the change or increase their medications. correct treatment, in the most effective way, for 519-434-9990 tion – these are now absolutely necessary for companies to continue to CANADA 150 LECTURE: THE FUTURE OF THE SUPREME COURT Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry last year, Alongside Schulich’s Dr. Grace Parraga, Sven- the right patient and at the right time. thrive,” Karakatsanis explained. “Women have the capacity to gain the OF CANADA received the prestigious John Charles Polanyi ninsgen worked at Western to develop a new MRI “The (Polanyi) award was given based on the POSTAL RECOVERY knowledge and skills to not only assume a larger role within the industry, Home to the country’s most important decision-makers, Law professor Kate Prize, announced this week by the Council of method – specifically new, improved measure- novelty and impact of our work done at Western – $50 Canada, $65 United States, but to become leaders in the field. Glover speaks on what the future holds for the Supreme Court and the con- Ontario Universities. ments – that harness the power of medical imag- those preliminary conclusions we drew form those $85 Other “Women are capable, effective and inspiring leaders within our profes- stitution in Canada. Named after John Charles Polanyi, recipient ing and computer programs that can potentially studies that have led up to what we are doing POST OFFICE sion. It makes great business sense – women in unity with men form a of the 1986 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, the prize target, personalize and guide asthma treatment now,” she said. Please do not forward. powerful, strategic combination available to every business today.” annually recognizes five outstanding researchers selection for individual patients. “Today’s outstanding winners, like the previous Return to Western News, During PEO’s 2009-2010 Council term, she served as the regulator’s NOV. 22 | 4-5:15 p.m., Arthur & Sonia Labatt Health Sciences Bldg., Rm. 236 in early stages of their career who are continuing “We applied medical imaging to investigate recipients over 30 years of the Polanyi Prizes, dem- Western University, London, fourth female president and inspired the organization to become a world to postdoctoral studies or have recently started a asthmatic patients. What we found was actually onstrate the truly game-changing research taking Ontario N6A 3K7 with new leader in self-regulation. faculty appointment at an Ontario university. quite interesting. Ventilation in the asthmatic place on university campuses across Ontario,” address when possible. As president of Engineers Canada, she worked closely with the provincial “When I was doing my PhD at Western, we subject’s lung is heterogeneous – it is patchy. The said David Lindsay, President and CEO of the regulators to deliver national programs that continue to have a positive were really the only centre in Canada actively accepted notion internationally was asthma was Council of Ontario Universities. impact on the profession and its public profile. using inhaled gas MRI technology (for this),” a disease that affected the lung homogenously “Researchers at Ontario universities think big, “Our objective is to report “The future also needs more women in the profession because Engi- said Svenningsen, currently doing a postdoctoral – the whole lung,” said Svenningsen, who holds and will continue to think big, in their pursuit of events as objectively as possible, neering is essential in securing Canada’s health, safety and economic research fellowship jointly with the Firestone Insti- Canadian Institutes of Health Research and Cana- discoveries that advance human knowledge, without bias or editorial prosperity,” Karakatsanis continued. “To do this effectively, the Engineering tute for Respiratory Health at McMaster University dian Respiratory Research Network postdoctoral drive social progress and create a better future comment. We hope you will profession and our workplaces must include the greatest possible range and Robarts Research Institute. fellowships. for individuals, the communities we live in and read it and contribute to it.” of knowledge, skills, experience and perspectives. In order to actively A significant portion of hospital visits and Using inhaled gas, MRI technology identifies our province.” – L.T. Moore, engage the best minds in the profession, we need to ensure a strong core CREATIVE WRITING SPEAKERS SERIES admissions in Canada can be attributed to and targets areas of the lung that require treat- Polanyi Prize winners receive $20,000 in recog- University Relations of potentially different views and ways of thinking, which means ensuring The Department of English and Writing Studies welcomes Governor Gen- asthma. This inevitably has enormous costs for ment. nition of their exceptional research in the fields and Information director, eral’s Award and Griffin Poetry Prize winning poet Roo Borson, part of this Nov. 16, 1972 more women are joining and staying in the profession, and leading it as patients, caregivers, employers and the health- “With imaging, we told a different story. That of chemistry, economic science, literature and well. Society will prosper as a result.” year’s Creative Writers Series. care system. opens up a whole new world, really, for the poten- physiology/medicine. 4 westernnews.ca Western News November 16, 2017 westernnews.ca Western News November 16, 2017 5

Research Grad student brings STEM gender divide message to CSA

BY ADELA TALBOT students and talking about adversity issues as there are and welcoming environment for future generations of still not as many women in STEM,” Harrington noted. women, Harrington added. You have to be confident “I’ve fortunately been pretty lucky, compared to “your passion for what you are doing is strong enough n September, Elise Harrington was among the women I know. My mother was in science. Growing to overcome the obstacles.” minority of female presenters at the International up, I never felt there was any block stopping me from As for harassment and sexist remarks one might Astronautical Congress (IAC) in Adelaide, Austra- going into these fields. It’s good to see a shift in women encounter along the way, it’s important to acknowledge lia. It didn’t matter she had attended major con- in STEM, but lesser representation and not having very them, she noted. Iferences before – at IAC, there was a moment she was many women in the field, women presenting at confer- “The easiest thing is to ignore it, but it’s better to “There is a societal made to feel profoundly uncomfortable. ences, still has implications for women who want to acknowledge that behaviour and that it isn’t tolerated or “I was at a networking event and was sexually shift in realizing pursue careers in STEM,” she continued. acceptable, to try to get male allies on board to notice harassed. I had another guy say to me that women don’t Combining her love of rocks and space, Harrington when these types of comments occur,” she said. have to worry about being smart,” said Harrington, an these types of has imaged Mars, studied the mountains and channels “This is an issue not just in STEM. There is a societal MSc candidate in Western’s Centre for Planetary Science on Venus, determined the compositions of meteorites, shift in realizing these types of behaviours are harmful and and Exploration (CPSX). behaviours are and is currently working with Earth Sciences professor not appropriate, which is good that people are starting to Roughly 25 per cent of the presenters at IAC were Catherine Neish, using satellite-borne radar for geo- recognize that. Even making small comments can really women, she added, and it wasn’t the first time she felt harmful and logical mapping in the Canadian Arctic. Harrington add up to a woman’s self-esteem and how she views her- the gender divide in the STEM (science, technology, not appropriate, came to Western to study with Neish who has been an self as a member of a community, scientific or otherwise.” engineering and math) disciplines. It wasn’t the first time academic and personal mentor, sharing her experiences Her supervisor, CPSX and Western have been Harrington had heard such comments and, by way of which is good of gender-based adversity in STEM. immensely supportive – and CPSX has produced “a lot colleagues and friends working and studying in STEM, “My experience in Planetary Geology is going to of fantastic women in Planetary Science,” Harrington she had heard much worse. that people be different than women who are interesting in enter- said. She hopes to pursue a PhD and a career in plan- Next week, she will discuss the opportunities and ing engineering, which still has poor representation of etary mission work or space policy. barriers for women in science at the annual Canadian are starting to women. But I have been on field trips in remote places, “My supervisor is very receptive to experiences as Space Summit, a conference hosted by the Canadian recognize that.” an island in the Arctic, which is uninhabited, and I was a woman in science and can relate to facing sexual Space Society (CSS) in Ottawa. She will be the young- the only female on my expedition team,” she noted. harassment as a graduate student. She has been able ADELA TALBOT // WESTERN NEWS est presenter and the only one not currently holding an Women working and studying in STEM today need to to provide really good mentorship and I think she’s been - Elise Harrington Elise Harrington, an MSc candidate in the Centre for Planetary Science and Exploration, will address the annual Canadian Space Summit on the opportunities and barriers facing academic or professional position in the field. MSc candidate be persistent, and remember above the adversity and an excellent role model. I would love to follow in her “I will be talking about my experience in the field, discrimination they may face, they need to pursue what footsteps and provide that same mentorship as part of women in science today. At the conference, hosted by the Canadian Space Society in Ottawa, she will be the youngest presenter and the only one not currently holding an academic (Centre for Planetary or professional position in the field. internship opportunities I’ve had, recommendations to Science and Exploration) they love in order to succeed and create a more diverse a faculty somewhere.”

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Research Research Nanostructures research may have Study: Iconic footwear might big impact on cancer diagnosis have been an historic pain BY PAUL MAYNE

ess than a third of scientific researchers, and only 3 per cent of scientific Nobel Prize winners, are women. Danielle McRae is hoping to make a dent in those numbers. LThe third-year Physical Chemistry PhD student was one of five Canadian researchers recently honoured through the L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science program, presented with the support of the Canadian Commission for UNESCO. She received a L’Oréal Canada France-Canada Research Fund fellowship. McRae’s research is focused on spectroscopy – the study of the interaction of light with materials – spe- cifically working on nanoscale vibrational spectroscopy, looking to differentiate molecules that are only tens of nanometres apart – 5,000 times smaller than the average width of a human hair. “I am using these techniques to investigate silver nanoparticles that I have synthesized in the lab,” she said. “My future projects will involve investigation of complex nanostructures and also microparticles released from cells.” The most applicable part of her research is being able to find through using spectroscopy and microscopy the differences between cancerous and non-cancerous microparticles (exosomes) released by cells. “This could have applications in cancer diagnosis,” she said. Part of McRae’s fellowship recognizes the participa- tion of women involved in France-Canada Research Fund cooperative scientific projects, funded this year in collaboration with Université Paris Sorbonne Universi- ties. It also gives her the opportunity to be part of a new PAUL MAYNE // WESTERN NEWS program launched by the L’Oréal Foundation in France Physical Chemistry PhD student Danielle McRae was one of five Canadian researchers honoured in 2015, and earlier this year in Canada. through the L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science program. She will have the opportunity to be To counteract the drop off of female students in part of For Girls in Science, a new program launched this year in Canada by the L’Oreal Foundation the sciences, For Girls in Science aims at improving with aims at improving the attractiveness of scientific vocations, especially for teenage girls. the attractiveness of scientific vocations, especially for teenage girls. This is something McRae has already focused her ing it helps this encouragement and inspiration comes ing girls in science. attention on, through her involvement with Girl Guides from females already in the sciences. “It’s getting a little easier for women to be part of the and Let’s Talk Science. The program presents an opportunity for McRae sciences. The numbers (females) in Chemistry are better “There is progress being made, but there can always to lead sessions in UNESCO Associated Schools Net- and are even better in Biology,” she said. “But in Physics been more ways to encourage young females to work schools (Grades 8-12) and build partnerships and it is still pretty low.” become interested in the sciences,” said McRae, add- arrange outreach activities with organizations promot- SPECIAL TO WESTERN NEWS According to Western Anthropology professor Andrea Water-Rist, the iconic Dutch clog – or ‘klompen’ – might have been a tremendous pain in the foot for rural citizens in the 19th Century, according to Western co-authored research. A Korean Grill featuring personal table hot pots.

BY ANGIE WISEMAN “It’s entirely possible, in some cases, that it could have pen, day-in and day-out, caused the bone chip to form, been asymptomatic, that this little bone chip occurred Water-Rist explained. and they didn’t notice. If they did notice, it’s likened to a “The sole is very hard and inflexible, which constrains he iconic Dutch clog – or ‘klompen’ – may sprain so it would be rather minimal. We suspect if they the entire foot and we think because the footwear wasn’t be one of the most recognizable symbols noticed it, they couldn’t afford to rest that part of the good at absorbing any kind of shock, it was transferring of the nation, but it also might have been a body and take time off to put their feet up,” she said. into the foot and into the foot bones. It’s not very com- tremendous pain in the foot for rural citizens To explain the deformities, Water-Rist and her team mon in the foot. They were doing something different Tin the 19th Century, according to Western co-authored proposed a combination of two factors: the rigorously that we haven’t seen before,” she said. 541 Oxford Street W dine-in • take-out • delivery research. physical lives of the people and the impact of the shoes Since these farmers lived in a time before industrial- Catering available In 2011, Western Anthropology professor Andrea – the klompens – they were wearing. ization, manual labour was more taxing on their body. (at Wonderland) 519.641.7997 Water-Rist worked as part of a team of osteoarchaeolo- “They were rural farmers; they were cattle farmers; Oftentimes the klompen was used as a tool for kicking gists from Leiden University excavating an historic cem- they were out on the land, engaged in physical activ- down fences or pushing in a shovel – all tasks later made etery in the small, rural region of Beemster, Netherlands. ity every single day, and that includes both men and easier by machinery. Overseeing analysis of the skeletons, Water-Rist noticed women. But even just working in and around the house, This study is one small part of a larger study being something odd about the foot bones. that alone would not be enough to see what we were done on the skeletal collection to reconstruct activity “There were these particular lesions – called osteo- seeing. What the other agent was, then, was the klom- pattern by looking at other marks on the bones. chondritis dissecans, essentially like a bone chip – on pen,” she said. “We don’t have nearly as good of an understanding most foot bones,” she said. The earliest historical records on klompen go back to of what rural citizens were doing in the 1800s and the The excavation involved almost 500 well-preserved the 1300s and were worn by both the wealthy and the post-Medieval period as much as we do in urban cen- skeletons in a range of ages and both sexes. A detailed poor. To this day, they are still commonly worn by people tres, so we can figure out a lot by looking at the bones,” analysis of nearly 130 complete feet from the skeletons – in the region. Water-Rist said. “a good sample for archeology” – showed a consistency For farmers, the clogs would have been very useful The paper, Osteochondritis Dissecans of skeletal ele- in the bone chip that surprised her. shoes, as they were affordable, kept their feet dry and, if ments of the foot in a 19th century rural farming commu- “I had never seen anything like this before. I knew stuffed with straw, quite warm. As such, they would have nity from The Netherlands, was published in December 607 Richmond Street dine-in • take-out • delivery what it was, but had encountered it very rarely in other been worn for most uses. As the clogs have a stiff sole, 2017 issue of the International Journal of Paleopathol- Catering available skeletons from other parts of the world. It would be one they could have amplified the stresses associated with ogy. Irene Vikatou, a Leiden University graduate student (at Central) 519.642.2558 individual out of a couple of hundred. Yet this, I kept farm work and travelling by foot. working with Water-Rist, served as lead author. seeing it over and over again,” she said. That combination of hard work, while wearing klom- 8 westernnews.ca Western News November 16, 2017 westernnews.ca Western News November 16, 2017 9

Campus and Community Bringing it all back home Famed director and choreographer Allison Grant, BMus’79, back on campus with Carmen

BY PAUL MAYNE

estern still has a familiar feel for Allison Grant, BMus’79. “I think these are the same seats,” she said, rubbing the 1970ish-style blue Wcloth seats back stage at the Davenport Theatre. “No, really, I think these are the same ones. Well, the (mini) fridge is new. We didn’t have that.” One of North America’s most acclaimed and sought-after theatre directors and choreographers, Grant returns to Western to direct and choreograph Carmen, the latest offering from Western’s Opera Program, running Nov. 16-19 at the Paul Davenport Theatre. “We’ve been trying to find a time to come together. This one just worked out so well,” Grant said. “I’m thrilled because I love Carmen. A lot of opera people don’t, but I just love it.” Having performed on iconic stages such as the Stratford Festival and the Old Vic in London, England, Grant has since focused her attention behind the scenes, directing works including Die Zauberflöte, Le nozze di Figaro, Die Fledermaus, Falstaff and Roméo et Juliette. In past seasons, she has directed The Auction, Die Zauberflöte, Don Giovanni, Cosi fan tutte, L’Italiana in algeri and A Meeting of Minds. As a choreographer, her work has been seen in Pirates of Penzance, The Merry Widow, Die Fledermaus, Un ballo in maschera and Eugene Onegin, The Queen of Spades, Dido and Aeneas and Don Giovanni. Setting up shop at Western for the last five weeks, including living in residence, Grant applauded the students who have been focused on what can be a

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CARMEN // CONTINUED FROM PAGE 9 Alumni London's Largest Independant Repair Centres ... difficult opera to tackle. workshop class at Western in the late We Fix Smartphones Right for Less! “It’s a great one for the students, 1970s, under the direction of Martin With our 2 on-campuson-campus maybe a little beyond some of them Chambers. It was in that class where locations,locations, you cancan to sing. You want to be 45 before Grant was taught more than just what Backing raises Voices have your device giving some of these roles a shot. But it took to be a performer. repaired while they are so enthusiastic and they get “I feel enormously lucky to be you are the music, which is really difficult,” where I am these days. A lot of that in class! she said. “They have such energy and comes from the teachers I met here, commitment. people like Al Reimer,” she said. “He *Free Parking “You can give them all the tools. taught more than just Voice; he taught among elite firms * That’s what we, as professional direc- us to be emotionally rounded people; Lower Level UCC, across from 1135 Western Rd , inside tors, are trying to do with the students. he taught us, by experience, to be the Bookstore • 519-661-4143 Booksplus • 226-884-9057 We try to give them a set of tools they compassionate and loving. I noticed can use in every production going for- that with a lot of the teachers here – I ward. Character development, danc- see it in these students today. They ing, everything – it’s a craft. There is are supported by their teachers so a specific kind of way to work – that’s completely. They are so caring.” Taste our fusion of fresh Now Open at our new what we’re trying to give them. They As the curtain closes on her time Japanese - Korean Cuisine Oxford & Hyde Park will take it all in and use it in the next at Western this weekend – and with in our bold new setting. location! show they do in order to build on it. It’s a holiday in Venice on the horizon – (formerly Gozen on Central exciting for me to see people building Grant looks back with delight on her & on Queens Ave) their careers and, at this age, seeing time at Talbot College. how their minds work and how quickly “It has been enormously exciting they grasp quite difficult concepts.” for me – to see the progression of the Now behind the scenes, Grant students, a huge progression which is Dine-In - Take-Out needs to separate slightly from the immediate,” she said. “Some of the Fully licensed LLCO performance, giving the performers a students have never been on stage Past Winner - Best of London - LPFress chance to work things out themselves, and they are simply doing an amazing particularly with an opera. and magical thing. The energy is a lot “My role is not as much a part of higher here and it’s a discovery every 760 Hyde Park Road (at Oxford) - London - Telephone 519-657-2269 that (performers) community. It’s a moment. How lucky are we that every leadership role,” she explained. “All experience in our lives feeds us in of these students are going to school some way?” and then are working here – putting in 13-hour days. It is very high stress. You Participation: have to readjust your thinking. You have to lead carefully, so what you’re TICKET INFO: It’s Kind of a Religion with Me hoping to get in a scene has a reason Opera at Western presents Carmen, Nov. with Rory Cooney for being, and you have to explain 16-18 (8 p.m.) and Nov. 19 (2 p.m.). that carefully. I’ve learned to be a little PAUL MAYNE // WESTERN NEWS more patient.” Tickets are $30/$20 (general/students and Annual Christ the King Lecture Western alumna Allison Grant, BMus’79, has returned to where her career began, this time as one of North seniors) and can be purchased online at Not only is it a homecoming for America’s most sought-after theatre directors and choreographers. She is presenting Carmen, the latest Veritas Series for Faith and Culture Grant, but perhaps a bit serendipi- grandtheatre.com/events or by calling 519- tous as she was part of the first opera offering from Western’s Opera Program, running Nov. 16-19 at the Paul Davenport Theatre. 672-8800. Cash only at the door. Thursday, November 23, 2017 at 7:30 p.m.

Rory Cooney’s compositions, written over five decades CORNELIA KLIMEK // SPECIAL TO WESTERN NEWS since 1971, appear in hymnals and worships aids of Co-founded by Stephanie Ciccarelli, BMusA’06, Voices.com is the largest global online marketplace for audio Roman Catholic, Presbyterian, Lutheran, and Mennonite communities. This talk will explore communal singing and voiceover products. Earlier this year, the company announced an $18 million investment from Morgan Brescia University College in church as both an instrument and a sacrament of Stanley Expansion Capital – a boost that will help Voices.com generate a more visible profile while allowing conversion. One that creates, in action, an image of the it to expand its offerings to include more diverse – and even celebrity – talent. VICE-PRINCIPAL AND ACADEMIC DEAN body of Christ. kings.uwo.ca/campus-ministry BY ADELA TALBOT you’re often connected to studios, people and advertising agencies you’ve worked with for a long time. Honestly, this Joanne & Peter Kenny Theatre Brescia is Canada’s only women’s university. Affiliated with Western University, the third largest university (investment) is going to help more people find us,” said Darryl J. King Student Life Centre in the province of Ontario, Brescia’s faculty, staff and 1,500 students benefit from the small, supportive t’s been a big year for Stephanie Ciccarelli and her Ciccarelli, Chief Marketing Officer. environment at Brescia while still enjoying the resources Western has to offer. Established in 1919, Brescia business venture – perhaps the biggest yet. “With the acquisition of Voicebank.net, being able to 266 Epworth Avenue, London is a Catholic university in the Ursuline tradition that welcomes students of all nationalities and religious Thanks to one of the largest investments in the unify our industry more and to bridge the ecosystem with Free parking & admission. Wheelchair accessible. backgrounds creating an exchange of ideas that fosters community, mutual respect and understanding in history of London’s tech industry, Voices.com, co- everybody in the same place under one roof, we can offer a student-centred university. Brescia’s 2017-2021 strategic plan charts the course for Inspiring the Next foundedI by Ciccarelli, BMusA’06, and her husband David, our clients talent we never would have been able to offer Generation of Women Leaders, women who live the University’s values, contribute actively and positively in 2005, is well-positioned to dominate the voice-talent before because of this relationship we now have,” she to society and demonstrate the Brescia Competencies that uniquely frame outcomes-based education at industry. Earlier this year, the company announced an added. Brescia. $18-million investment from Morgan Stanley Expansion As the business continues to grow, Voices.com will Capital – a boost that will generate a more visible profile expand its team in London, Ciccarelli added, but the main Reporting to the Principal and an integral member of the senior leadership team, the Vice-Principal and while allowing it to expand its offerings to include more focus will be market dominance and taking more ground Academic Dean is the senior academic administrative officer of Brescia and is responsible for providing diverse talent. in the industry. She credits her Music education and the leadership in all academic matters including the development and review of academic programming and Voices.com is the largest global online marketplace networking skills she developed while at Western for her Placean the enhancement of the research and teaching mission of Brescia University College. The Vice-Principal for audio and voiceover products with nearly half a mil- business skills and success today. and Academic Dean works closely with the Principal, Vice-Principals, Chairs, students, faculty members, lion business clients and voice actors. Its website records “When I was at Western in the Music faculty, in my sec- staff, Western University and its other affiliated university colleges to ensure excellence in all aspects of approximately two million unique visitors annually, with ond year, I was on the University Students’ Council and my adtoday academic planning and programming. The next Vice-Principal and Academic Dean will lead and steward 250,000 transactions to date. Headquartered in London, role was the Gigs Commissioner, responsible for helping the implementation of Brescia’s strategic plan and promote and support the continued development of the company employs more than 100 people and has other people get work. That helped prepare me for many outcomes-based education. As a leader and role model, the next Vice-Principal and Academic Dean will foster clients and voice talent (comprised of more than 200,000 things I did. I was always finding ways to relate what I was a collegial culture and encourage, guide and enable program and curriculum innovation and renewal. voice actors) in 139 countries. learning in class to the (Voices.com) business we were The ideal candidate will have a strong record of achievement in teaching, research, scholarly activities While the investment from Morgan Stanley will primarily building at the time and making connections and seeing and service, and demonstrated administrative and management experience and acumen. An excellent go towards marketing and increasing the company’s visibil- opportunities where others didn’t,” she explained. communicator and collaborator committed to academic excellence and outcomes-based education, the Vice- ity, at the end of the day, the funds will allow the company “Being part of a small faculty and realizing you had to go Principal and Academic Dean will have an understanding of interdisciplinary teaching and research, program to unify services and create greater, higher profile opportu- outside of it to get to know other people, and going ‘up innovation and the fostering of teaching excellence. Through collegial leadership and a student-centred nities for clients and actors alike, Ciccarelli said. the hill’ was one of the most important things I was able approach, the Vice-Principal and Academic Dean will be committed to the success of all students, faculty Late last year, Voices.com moved into a new, larger space to hone while I was at Western. You had to find common and staff and will foster and support a culture that is aligned with Brescia’s values and identity as a Catholic in London at the corner of Dundas and Talbot streets. This ground, and I was always good at that, but I had to learn university for women. year, the company acquired Voicebank.net, a leading online how to do it,” Ciccarelli added. platform for casting and project management used by more “The transferable skills I had from doing a Music degree Brescia University College is committed to equity in its policies, practices, and programs. Brescia welcomes than 1,600 of the world’s top advertising agencies, cast- got me working in the field I am in now. It’s using the same diversity in the workplace by encouraging applications from all qualified individuals; however, Canadians and ing directors and production studios. And just last month, instrument, just applying it differently. Music education permanent residents will be given priority. Voices.com introduced a platform for talent agencies to helped us build trust with our customers and helped us If you’re interested in this opportunity, please contact Anna Stuart or access jobs by way of the Screen Actors Guild-American understand their work and to see it as meaningful. You can’t Nikki Mifflen at 1-866-822-6022 for more information, or submit your Federation of Television and Radio Artists union. help your customers if you don’t understand what they do. application online at: www.kbrs.ca/Careers/12053. “We often hear, ‘Oh, I have this project and I wish I We are made to create; we are supposed to give back and Call 519.434.9990 knew about you yesterday; I totally would have done this build and facilitate connection, and that’s really what we’re or email [email protected] with you.’ And that’s to be expected in a business that is a doing. And we’re starting to see really great breakthroughs people business. You work with the people you know and now that we’ve expanded our horizons.” 12 westernnews.ca Western News November 16, 2017 westernnews.ca Western News November 16, 2017 13

Alumni

BY PAUL MAYNE tapping rhythms of fiddle music, she fell dio musician in Toronto. She has performed “I jumped in, set goals and, like my mom in love with Canadian Celtic music. Having with such notable musicians as Kevin Hearn always taught me, I never took ‘no’ for an wowed audiences now for more than 20 (Barenaked Ladies), Heather Rankin (The answer and dug my heels into the ground,” rom creating and running her own years performing both classical and fiddle Rankin Family), Shane Cook, Mark Sullivan she said. “If you want something hard website, social media and booking music throughout Canada – including cre- and Jake Charron (East Pointers). enough, you need to work for it. I’ve always gigs, to acting as agent, promoter, ating the Great Canadian Fiddle Show, the Her most recent creation is producing, done that. Being at Western, while the musical director and performing, Greyhound Riders and her solo work – it directing and performing in The Great music program is challenging, at the same CelinaF Di Cecca is a hands-on CEO of her wasn’t until Di Cecca came to Western that Canadian Fiddle Show, which has played time, it builds your skills. Western really built Alumna fiddles ‘mini corporation.’ she knew music was her going to be her life. Canada’s Wonderland, the Canadian my confidence as both a player and teacher. “It is hard work some days. But I love it “The music program at Western is well National Exhibition, the Grey Cup and It has played a key role in my music career.” and wouldn’t want to do anything else,” known and respected in Ontario and Can- countless tours over the last five years. Di Cecca will be bringing her Great Cana- said the Don Wright Faculty of Music ada and I had known some folks who had Di Cecca is also in a variety of bands dian Fiddle Show to London’s Aeolian Hall alumna. “Music is my religion. It moves me; gone through the program,” said Di Cecca including the Toronto based folk-roots next March for a pair of shows and looks it’s very cathartic; it’s therapeutic to get you who, while in first year, put together a string duo Greyhound Riders, with her husband forward to sharing what she calls “a musical through good times and bad times. You quartet with some fellow students to play Tony Nesbitt-Larking, The Amores and has journey from coast to coast” of traditional always have music with you.” weddings and corporate gigs to help pay recently joined Toronto rock band Sirens Canadian fiddling. And that’s true for Di Cecca who, at age for her schooling. of Shant. She’s also a founding member of “We show them (audience) fiddling is 4 growing up in Hamilton, Ont., picked up “I was like, ‘Wow, I’m actually making a Steel City Rovers and has performed with alive across the country; it’s not just an East her first violin. pretty good wage compared to your regular the Tartan Terrors. Coast thing,” she said. “There are different while career “I was the youngest of three kids, so I was student job,’” said the 32-year-old. “I started It was during her time at Western where dialects and accents across Canada, so too kind of the showoff of the siblings,” she said, to gig more, was building my confidence, she first started to dabble in songwriting, are there different styles when it comes to adding her brother, mom and grandfather are putting groups together and playing at having written dozens of songs over the fiddling. It’s our traditional music and we musicians themselves. “It’s a big part of my Scots Corner (in London). Although I always years. With plans to record all of the music want to keep it alive. family and just felt normal to me. I guess it’s in wanted to be a musician, I never knew being she wrote, Di Cecca recently released her “It’s fulfilling putting smiles on so many the blood. Every Christmas, or at family gath- a musician was really a job.” debut single, Waiting. faces, from little kids mesmerized by seeing erings, we’d have our musical instruments Along with teaching private lessons While the life of a musician can be one the fiddle for the first time, to the seniors out. And we still do to this day.” (fiddle, violin, viola, mandolin and piano), filled with many lows and few highs, Di who know all about its history. It’s wonderful After attending her first fiddle camp at Di Cecca’s talents and stage performance Cecca said she is “all in” when it comes to to share music with everyone.” burns bright age 12, and being exposed to the toe- makes her a highly sought after live and stu- her music.

SPECIAL TO WESTERN NEWS Don Wright Faculty of Music alumna Celina Di Cecca said her time at Western gave her the skills and the fortitude to pursue music full time. Her fiddling talents have the 32-year-old highly sought after as a live and studio performer. The Great Canadian Fiddle Show returns to Aeolian Hall next March. 14 westernnews.ca Western News November 16, 2017 westernnews.ca Western News November 16, 2017 15

Campus and Community Campus Digest FIMS/Nursing Building earns design honours

Town and gown connect estern’s bright and bus- 8. University of Victoria Economics and Public Policy tling FIMS & Nursing Seeks candidates for a probationary 9. Western University Building, home to the (tenure-track) appointment at the rank Arthur Labatt Family 10. University of Ontario Institute of of assistant professor or associate pro- WSchool of Nursing and the Faulty of Technology fessor, or a tenured appointment, at the rank of associate professor or professor, Information and Media Studies, gar- in the area of Business, Economics and nered top prize in the 2017 London Public Policy. A limited-term or visiting through artist, students Urban Design Awards. The honour • CLASSIFIED appointment may also be considered; celebrates original design concepts rank to be determined by qualifications and visionary thinking in architecture. HYDEPARK COMPUTERS and experience. The position is available Opened to students in January, the to begin in July 2018, although alternate building was designed by architects Virus removals, general cleanups, start dates may be arranged. Review of Tillman Ruth Robinson Inc., in asso- screen replacements, we have Win- applicants will commence on Dec. 6, ciation with Ron Koudys Landscape dows7 laptops for sale, service to tablets, although applications will be consid- Architects Inc. Norlon Builders was desktops, laptops. 1890 Hyde Park Road, ered until the position is filled. Some general contractor. London, ON N6H 5J9, 519-641-0248. interviews will be conducted at the ASSA Annual Meeting Jan. 5-7, 2018, in The award entry descriptor said the Philadelphia. design emphasizes not only campus- • CAREERS wide connections but is “the physical All positions are subject to budgetary representation of collaborative syner- approval. Applicants should have fluent SPECIAL TO WESTERN NEWS A central website displays advertise- gies created by the convergence of ments for all vacant academic posi- written and oral communication skills people and ideas.” tions. The following positions are among in English. All qualified candidates are Its careful balance of glass and those advertised at uwo.ca/facultyrela- encouraged to apply; however, Canadi- collegiate-gothic stone makes it clear According to Corporate Knights, the 3. Wilfrid Laurier University tions/faculty/academic_positions.html an citizens and permanent residents will “that this is a landmark new building top 10 greenest campuses in Canada Please review, or contact the faculty, be given priority. Western is committed 4. MacEwan University on campus,” the submission noted. are: school or department directly. to employment equity and welcomes And the selection committee, through 5. Dalhousie University applications from all qualified women 1. University of Calgary Full-Time Academic Appointments and men, including visible minorities, the City of London, clearly agreed. 6. University of British Columbia Aboriginal people and persons with “London is home to some creative 2. McGill University Ivey Business School disabilities. and innovative minds building phe- 7. Simon Fraser University Faculty Position in Business, nomenal structures. It’s inspiring to see our streetscapes evolve and take shape. This is city building at its best,” said Mayor Matt Brown. BOWL GAME // CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 The new Western building has 136,000 square feet of space for a Despite the final score, serious questions about (Athletics) at the University of Waterloo when the “I went through a controversial situation there; I range of special-purpose studio and U Sports rule clarity, process and even the original school was hit with the largest steroids scandal in U have been observing this one and have taken note library space, as well as research labs, eligibility issue remain. Stapleton also sees a larger Sports football history. of the different approach.” active-learning rooms and flexible question athletics directors need to ask themselves An investigation by the Canadian Centre for U Sports bylaws – the same ones used to spark this classrooms. One highlight is a spa- going forward. Ethics in Sport showed nine potential anti-doping this controversy – also state that “it is the moral and cious courtyard and entryway that “Where do we as leaders push back from these infractions by members of the Warriors football ethical responsibility of the Director of Athletics and welcomes people into a three-storey swirling controversies and ask, ‘Are we in the right? team. It followed the arrest of a wide receiver for the coach to be completely cognizant of the spirit atrium awash in natural light. Are we wrong here?’” she said. “Because if we are possession and trafficking of anabolic steroids; and intent of all Eligibility Rules governing interuni- The spaces and angles inside and wrong, then we need to say we are wrong. That’s that player was suspended from football. Waterloo versity sport and it is their professional responsibility outside the building all link to the what I am learning, observing from this whole called for the entire team to be tested and sus- to convey to all athletes the rationale and philosophi- Thames River on one side and offer thing. I am watching how an institution chooses to pended its football program for one year. cal persuasion of any rule in question.” multiple connectors and gateways to proceed. These are the moments where I do little “I saw how senior leadership managed that situ- The most damning part of the controversy, Sta- the rest of campus. checks with myself, and my colleagues, and ask, ‘If ation. I didn’t agree with it at first, but as we lived pleton continued, is it seems to have lost what is at this was us, what would we have done?’ I want to through it, and came out of it on the other side, the heart of the matter – the student-athletes. know I would be like-minded with my peers.” it was the right thing to do,” Stapleton said. “We “I am watching the game (the Loney Bowl) right • NEWS AND NOTES Stapleton did not want to weigh in on the current realized we are an educational institution; we did now. I am seeing some of the tweets about the controversy until it fully plays out – “I am trying to not make good choices; we lacked integrity at the young man and fans booing him every time he Western tapped among stay focused on football” – but she recognizes a time with the way some of the student-athletes were touches the football,” she said. “That is a shame. It is SPECIAL TO WESTERN NEWS Canada’s greenest teaching/learning moment when she sees one for managing themselves. There were a ton of mean- not his fault. He came there to play football. I do not Penn Kemp, BA’66, CertEd’68, the first Poet Laureate of London and former Writer-in-Residence at Western, has worked with students enrolled in the Department of English and an organization. ingful educational situations that came out on the hold him accountable. He was told he was eligible Writing Studies’ Community Engaged Learning (CEL) course, Canadian Literature, Creativity and the Local, for the past three years. The students have helped her curate and promote A recent ranking of Canadian universi- In 2010, Stapleton was the Associate Director other side of that suspension year. to play football – that is all he is doing.” her work and have even partnered with her in writing and composing poetry. ties has Western seeing green – and the institution is quite happy about it. Corporate Knights recently named Western as the second greenest uni- BY ADELA TALBOT Next week, Kemp will perform some of her including on SoundCloud and YouTube. At this gizing and it’s fun to watch them connect with poetry with Marta Croll-Baehre, a student she month’s Words: London’s Literary and Creative the local community and art in the local com- versity in Ontario, and ninth overall in Welcome to your London Home met in 2015, the first year the CEL course was Arts Festival, students manned a table, selling munity,” she said. Canada, using data from the Sustain- the convenience of Apartment Living! or the past three years, Penn Kemp has offered. Each will read origi- and promoting Kemp’s works. “They help focus me. All of my work has been ability Tracking, Assessment & Rating enjoyed working with Western students nal poetry and the two will The video the students scattered and they are helping me promote System, which around 70 Canadian Blossom Gate offers you varied fl oorplans in either our existing lowrise and highrise in what she sees as a symbiotic and perform a poem they wrote will be recording at the book and organize my work. I have a lot of praise for colleges and universities use to mea- buildings OR one of our newer highrise buildings - rent varies accordingly. mutually beneficial relationship culti- in tandem, alternating author- launch next week will be CEL just because of the different connections sure their sustainability. The Canadian- based sustainability ranking agency Fvated by a course offered in English and Writing ship every two lines. The per- repurposed for another event the class has. It’s so exciting for the students to lounge, indoor bicycle storage, keyless entry • Coin-less laundry facilities • Direct bus to downtown & Western Campus used 13 indicators in their analysis, Studies. formance will be part of a local in April, Kemp added. embody the local art,” she continued. • 2 appliances • Free outdoor parking • On-site variety store “It’s the interconnectivity between town launch of a new anthology In the spring, Insomniac Press “I guess that kind of threading or yarning or including green purchases on clean- • Individual heating & cooling system • On-site management offi ce • 1/2 block to shopping centre and gown – I just love it. When I was Writer-in- edited by Kemp, Performing will publish Local Heroes, a spinning or knotting or weaving (between town ing products, water management and Residence, I felt the divide. When I was a stu- Women: Playwrights and Per- book that fits well into Museum and gown) is really nice. The students get to smart commuting. dent, there was a vast divide. There’s an enclave formance Poets, and will be London’s mandate of connect- experience a culture of another city and it gives here and an enclave there,” said Kemp, BA’66, video recorded by students ing with community. In the them an idea of what London is, because other- CertEd’68, the first Poet Laureate of London and from this year’s CEL class. book, Kemp celebrates local wise it’s just bars or whatever.” former Writer-in-Residence at Western. Kemp has been more than artists like Greg Curnoe and Performing Women: Playwrights and Perfor- But the class she has been involved in – happy to partner with CEL stu- her father; writers such as James mance Poets is an anthology of six essays by English professor Manina Jones’ Community dents over the last three years, and Colleen Reaney, Bonnie prominent Canadian women playwrights and Engaged Learning (CEL) course, Canadian Lit- and her relationship with them Burnard and Alice Munro; local performance poets. The contributors explore erature, Creativity and the Local – has bridged has woven strands through all publishers like Brick Books; and, dramatic personal experiences of their work in alumni.uwo.ca/travel this gap in ways she couldn’t have imagined. of her work during this time. of course, Teresa Harris. The performance. The book’s essays expand the “This course gets the students into the hall of Last year, students from 30-page section devoted to possibilities of performing to include ritual and Educational travel for alumni, horns in (London pioneer) Teresa Harris’ house; the class worked with Kemp Harris consists of outtakes from visual references as well as the resonance of faculty, staff, family and friends. they go to the archives and see her handwritten to promote The Triumph of Kemp’s most recent play. sound. The book will be launched at 8 p.m. Nov. Email [email protected] letters and even a lock of her hair. They go to Teresa Harris, her latest play, “I love the collaborative 23 at 42 Adelaide St. N. (Upper Studio). The to receive our mailings. 103-625 Kipps Lane (at Adelaide St. N) Museum London and see Greg Curnoe or my by maintaining a blog, designing a CD and energy; I love collaborating with the students. event will feature performances by Kemp and 519 432-1777 father’s (Jim Kemp) paintings. They come to my even editing copy. They have helped her curate The enthusiasm of the young students – it fuels Croll-Baehre, as well as a reading from Kemp’s THE SYMBOL OF QUALITY wild house and they work with me.” her written works and her performances online, the project. It’s extraordinarily exciting and ener- upcoming book, Local Heroes. Like us on facebook.com/blossomgate 16 westernnews.ca Western News November 16, 2017

How sweet it is

PAUL MAYNE // WESTERN NEWS It was sweet revenge – a year in the making – for the Western Mustangs as they paid back the Laurier Golden Hawks for last year’s heartbreaking Yates Cup loss by taking care of business this past weekend at TD Stadium with a convincing 75-32 win to take the 110th Yates Cup. The win gives the Mustangs 31 Yates Cup titles, more than any other program in Ontario University Athletics (OUA) history, and is the team’s first Ontario title since defeating the Queen’s Gaels in 2013. Western now heads to Wolfville, N.S., Saturday (Nov. 18) to take on Acadia Axemen in the Uteck Bowl, with the winner off to the 53rd Vanier Cup at Hamilton’s Tim Hortons Field on Nov. 25.