What Is 'I'm Going on Jeopardy?'
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February 1, 2007 Vol. 43 No. 4 The University of Western Ontario’s newspaper of record www.westernnews.ca PM 41195534 SOCIAL SCIENCE ART START ALL THAT JAZZ What discipline could be described Tired of the black velvet Elvis Life has been quite the as good-hearted, improving human painting hanging over the mantel? Magical Mystery Tour for welfare or making the world a better Learn what you need to know about Music Professor Jay Hodgson. place? Would you guess economics? collecting art. Page 10 Page 9 Page 7 What is ‘I’m going on Jeopardy?’ B Y P AUL M AYNE shortly after she moved to Lon- don, the show came to the Forest ‘I’ll take: Things To Do On Feb. City in search of contestants. 7 for $400 please, Alex’ Done through a postcard entry, After being selected from of which she sent in four, she more than 100,000 entries, West- came up empty. ern Law staffer Tigger Jourard Fast-forward more than 20 is heading to sunny California to years, Jourard’s husband, Bryan appear on the popular television McLennon, mentions the new game show Jeopardy. online test for potential Jeopardy contestants. Feeling no pressure, Jourard took the 50-question test last March. A short time later, “I guess you could say she receives a phone call asking I’ve got kind of a sticky her to travel to New York for an additional test and mock show. mind. I just seem to More than 100,000 online entries know answers but don’t were submitted and she was one of just 1,000 chosen. know how they get But it seemed her luck would there.” end there. Jourard and McLen- non were heading to Scotland Tigger Jourard for their honeymoon. She chose the honeymoon over Jeopardy. As fate would have it, Jourard Millions of people watch received another call later in the Jeopardy from their couches, year for a similar taping in Sep- flaunt their mastery of trivia and tember. This one she made. Paul Mayne, Western News muse about being a Jeopardy A little more intense, Jourard champion. But this fantasy could What began as a simple online test for the game show Jeopardy has turned into a trip to California for Faculty of found herself taking yet another become reality as the academic Law academic receptionist Tigger Jourard, who films her segment Feb. 7. written test and participating in receptionist from the Faculty of a mock Jeopardy show, complete Law hits the bright lights next with personal interview. week to take part in the long-run- as a child coming home at lunch the board to reveal the question,” of a sticky mind. I just seem to “I had a good feeling after ning program. time to watch the show. admits Jourard, adding trivia know answers but don’t know this,” she says. “There were a If anyone is perfect for Jeop- “That was way back when they has always been her passion. “I how they get there.” ardy it is Jourard, who recalls had to pull the cardboard from guess you could say I’ve got kind Jourard recalls back in 1985, Continued on page 8 Getting a head start on work world B Y B O B K LANAC a lot of different things so that age of 72 per cent. If approved, ment on a case-by-case basis. She abilities. I could get a feel for it and fig- students receive a half-course works with the students on their Longer-term plans for the More than 200 Western Media, ure out what aspects of it that I accreditation after writing two resumes and helps them to deter- internship program include paid Information and Technoculture excelled in most.” papers relating to their course mine what they want to do. placements as well as lengthier graduates have received their The placement program started work and placement. No one single placement oppor- placements similar to programs in first taste of media employment in 2001 following a student’s Kristy Pinder, an MIT grad, tunity is more coveted than oth- the science and engineering facul- through an innovative placement request to gain experience in a worked for London-based The ers, Weekes says. They are as indi- ties which feature paid positions program at the faculty. media-related position. These Marketing Department on her vidual as the students themselves for up to 16 months, says Weekes. Allison Moffat, a 2006 MIT days, the program places 30 to 50 placement, an experience she says who have expressed interest in While the program is still only grad, works for Oakville-based students yearly in work-related led directly to her current position positions as far-ranging as work- six years old, its success with Perspective Communications, a positions for four-month stints as field marketing assistant for ing on databases to working with placements is getting noticed. position that resulted from her averaging 10-15 hours a week. Molson Canada. CTV’s Ben Mulroney. Campus colleagues have called MIT placement at the firm last Susan Weekes has watched the “It was a really great program,” Weekes says employers are to enquire about the potential for year. program flourish to such an extent she says. “It helped you to get in- often pleasantly surprised by similar projects in campus depart- “I knew I wanted to be in the her Placement Coordinator posi- class learning and then apply what what the MIT students have ments. advertising field but I just wasn’t tion has become full-time. you learned in class in a hands-on learned, with their skills ranging For more information please sure what aspect of it I wanted to To qualify for placements, stu- experience.” from writing and database design view: www.fims.uwo.ca/mit/intern be in,” she says. “They let me do dents must have a grade aver- Weekes approaches each place- to graphics, theory and research ships/index.htm INSIDE: Academe 13 | Careers 15 | Classifieds 15 | Coming Events 14 | Registrar’s Bulletin 14 | Viewpoint 4 2 F E B R U A R Y 1 , 2 0 0 7 W E ST ER N N E WS CAMPUS DIGEST A LITTLE WISDOM Duchenne muscular dystrophy and other genetic disorders. Doors On Feb. 2, a PD day, Women open at 6:30 p.m. and for ticket in Science and the Department information email kings_round- of Mathematics (WISDOM) will [email protected]. host a Science Day in the UCC atrium from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The free event is geared to elementary WHAt’S AHEAD? and high-school children. Booths Former Prime Minister Paul will be set up for Chemistry Out- Martin will be speaking Feb. 5 at reach, Biology Outreach, Physics the Delta Armouries Hotel, 325 Outreach, The Outcrop Club and Dundas St., on “The Canadian Let’s Talk Science. Key attrac- economy, what lies ahead.” Tickets tions include liquid nitrogen are $125. The event is sponsored demonstrations, circuit presenta- by local Liberal associations. For tions, and “The Science of Harry tickets contact dbroostad@fullcir- Potter”. One booth will feature fun circlegroup.ca or Dave Broostad science experiments children can at 519-672-1491 do at home. Contact Liz Gerrow at [email protected], or Andrea Wal- YOUTH ADVOCATE lette at [email protected] Katimavik spokesman Justin MURDER MYSTERY Trudeau will speak at a London Convention Centre lunch Feb. 15. King’s University College’s Trudeau, eldest son of late Prime Roundtable Society is presenting Minister Pierre Trudeau, is a Paul Mayne, Western News a dinner theatre formal event Feb. frequent speaker on education, The best of Engineering was showcased last week during Research Day at the Great Hall, including the benefits of 10 entitled Murder: A Hollywood environment and empowerment high-quality ultrafine powder coating. Here, engineering student Mohammad Sayem Mozumder (right) and Moham- Production. Half of all ticket sales of youth. The event is sponsored mad Rahbar, manager of the Particle Research Facility, show how water beads on a specially treated surface. will be donated to Jesse’s Jour- by the London Chamber of Com- ney, which is seeking a cure of merce and the Convention Cen- tre. Tickets are $75. Email regis- The 13-member panel will pro- raiser with proceeds going to the [email protected] or vide recommendations on train- Canadian Cancer Society, the fash- phone 519-432-7551, ext. 0. ing frontline staff. Psychotropic ion/dance show features the work 25 YeaRS agO IN WesteRN NEWS drugs are capable of affecting the of student designers and profes- mind, emotions and behaviour sional dancers. Last year, OHM n The Toronto Blue Jays dropped in on the men at Syden- STEELE JOINS and include antidepressants, anti- Couture raised about $10,000 with ham Hall as part of the ball club’s promotional tour of South- ADVISORY GROUP psychotics, mood stabilizers and this year’s target set at $20,000. ern Ontario. tranquilizers, all vital in treatment Tickets go on sale Feb. 16, 19 and n Western student Dave Simpson has been voted the Dr. Margaret Steele, chair of of mood and behaviour disorders. March 5, 9 in the UCC Atrium Ontario Hockey League’s scholastic player of the year. Child and Adolescent Psychiatry from 11 a.m.-3 p.m., and will be n Residents of Sydenham Hall are upset over the lack of at Western, has been appointed available at infoSource from Feb. hot water in the showers. to an expert panel to develop FASHIONABLE 19-Mar. 9. The tickets are $15 in n A Fair For Life is coming to Western to promote healthier standards for administration of FUNDRAISER advance and $20 at the door.