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 a u l M ay n e 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 l a n a c 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  f e b r u a r y 1 , 2 0 0 7 W E ST e r 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. Also, lifestyles. psychotropic drugs to children Feb. 22 is OHM fashion day with n Speculation has been floating around Queen’s Park that and youth in residential set- The 5th annual OHM Couture performances/displays through- foreign student fees will be hiked to bring Ontario into line tings, including group and foster fashion show is slated for Cen- out the day in the UCC. with increases in the U.K. and U.S. care homes across the province. tennial Hall on March 9. A fund- Top 10 Highlights of the week ahead Check Coming Events page 14 for additional details

Women’s Issues n Today: Society of Graduate Students annual meeting. North Campus Building. 6 p.m. n Today: Career Fair and Job Expo, students and alumni. UCC, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Fresh Lipstick: Redressing Fashion and Feminism n Feb. 2: Health Policy Initiative presents Dr. Coleen Flood on the Supreme Court’s embrace of By Linda Scott private health insurance. Arthur and Sonia Labatt Health Sciences Building. Room 40, 3 p.m. A pointed attack on feminism’s requisite style of dress n Feb. 3: Look great and perform better symposium on exercise and nutrition. Full day, registra- tion. Somerville House. n Feb. 7: What not to wear. Advice on looking your best. The Spoke, 7-8:30 p.m. RSVP Fresh Lipstick: Redressing Fashion and Feminism www.alumni.uwo.ca/b2 1 by Linda Scott

2. The Other Side OF War by Zainab Salb Piled Higher & Deeper 3. In The Name Of Honor by Mukhtar Mai a grad student comic strip

4. Female Chauvinist Pigs by Ariel Levy

5. Bitchfest by Lisa Jervis

6. Imagining Ourselves by Paula Goldman

7. The Death Of Feminism by Phyllis Chesler

8. We Don’t Need Another Wave by Melody Berger

9. We Got Issues by Rha Goddess

10. The Female Thing by Laura Kipnis

Compilation provided by The Book Store at Western. WESTERN N E W S f e b r u a r y 1 , 2 0 0 7  Tasty Research

Paul Mayne, Western News Minister of Training, Colleges and Universities Chris Bentley paid a visit to Brescia University College last week including a stop at the lab of nutrition professor Sharateh Hekmat. He sampled the probiotic (good bacteria) yogurt that’s become a cornerstone of the award-winning Western Heads East program in Africa. Developed with Western researcher Gregor Reid, the yogurt may help reduce HIV and other infections by bolstering a body’s immune system. Cultural theorist named FIMS dean Thomas Carmichael is set to Humanities, and has been a mem- demic landscape will prove of tion. rary narrative representation, guide one of the fastest grow- ber of the Department of English tremendous value to FIMS and to Faculty size has gone from 18 Carmichael has published widely ing faculties on campus with his since 1990. Western.” in 1997 to about 45, with 21 staff on the intellectual, literary, visual, appointment as Dean of the Fac- “Both the broad focus of his Located in the North Campus members. Several more full-time and media environment of today’s ulty of Information and Media scholarship and his experience as Building, fIMS has more than appointments are expected. society. Studies (FIMS). Carmichael will an academic leader make him an 800 undergraduate students for Carmichael served as acting “Tom Carmichael’s commit- begin his five-year term on July 1. outstanding choice as Dean of one 2006-07 and continues to grow its Director of the Centre for the ments to research, teaching and Carmichael holds degrees of Western’s most innovative and graduate enrolment. The faculty Study of Theory and Criticism collaboration across academic from the University of Guelph, diverse faculties,” says Western was created in 1996 by a merger (2001-02) and was instrumental in units will build on this tradition to Carleton University and the Uni- Provost and Vice-President (Aca- of the graduate schools of Library development of the centre’s PhD guarantee future successes for the versity of Toronto. He serves as demic) Fred Longstaffe. and Information Science (LIS), program. A leading authority on faculty and students in Media and Associate Dean (Research) of “Tom’s knowledge of the uni- Journalism and the faculty of cultural theory, North American Information Studies,” says West- Western’s faculty of arts and versity and of the Canadian aca- Part-Time and Continuing Educa- popular culture and contempo- ern President Paul Davenport.

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Contributed by Alan Noon ([email protected]) Photo by Alan Noon Detroit architect Frederick Spier drew the original concept for the Middlesex Memorial Tower in University College. Londoner John Moore modified the drawings, adding extra height and a belfry to accommodate a clarion but it was never installed. A scene from the DVD “Beyond The Dream” written and produced by Alan Noon and hosted by former Journalism dean Peter Desbarats commemorating Western’s 125th anniversary was photographed in the empty chamber.

viewpoint Some things are wrong, absolutely The writer is a part-time King’s University College a 1992 survey conducted for the concerns. ourselves with such actions, but Ontario Institute for Studies in How can people have such a if someone else chooses to do student and former journalist. Education by Helen Lenskyj, 60 differing of opinions on such a such horrific things, who are we per cent of Canadian college-age topic? The very notion that some- to say? B y S t e v e D u n c a n I countered with my belief that men admitted they would com- one argues truth is completely If humans, or society as a col- humanity has the capacity and mit sexual assault if they were relative and nothing is absolute lective, make up truth, could A chance video rental last week desire to do good, but also con- certain of not being caught. a is quite…well ironic when you genocide, rape, incest and mur- of Oliver Stone’s “World Trade tains a fundamental flaw that will recent survey by Leger Market- think about it. der (all at one time considered Center” led to an interesting and counter any attempts to “right” ing showed that only 81 per cent Could it be possible the very moral by some culture), become in-depth discussion regarding the ship. of Canadians believe pedophilia notion of relativism and univer- common practice again? morality between a friend and The discussion stuck with me to be wrong. So, for some, rape sal tolerance through the accep- But what of a Truth that is myself. for days, and further investiga- and pedophilia are not wrong. tance of everything has led to the absolute and unmoving? Some- We talked about 9/11 and its tion was needed. I struck up a Allan bloom, author of “The “serious concern to the state of thing that is discoverable outside lasting impression on this gen- conversation on a political chat- Closing of the American Mind,” humanity” my friend has? of self, not owned by a particular eration. as we delved further room, and posed the question. believes (students in particular) Has a fixated objective of uni- person, culture or theology, that into the conversation, my friend While it appeared this con- have been indoctrinated into the versal tolerance and over-indul- of which everyone could work admitted that 9/11 shook him cern wasn’t as common as I first belief that beyond mathematics gence anesthetized us morally? toward and achieve. Could such a deeply, leaving him with a grow- expected, most people agreed and science, all truth is relative. If we can decide what we think thing exist, and if so, should it not ing frustration and concern for that where things went awry is Many have perfected the argu- is right or wrong, how can the be the focal point of our journey the state of humanity. in the debate within morality ment that with an ever-increas- whole moral fiber of culture and in life? He believed the problems itself, and the search for absolute ing globalization of community society not fall apart? How can My friend shrugged at the pro- were too involved to understand. truth within a morality that deals and culture, how could anyone anyone disagree with irate indig- posal, replying with the conven- Exactly what role did poor per- strictly in relativity. have such a dated point of view as nation toward such actions as tional “anything is possible.” A sonal decisions, excess televi- But surely there are some abso- absolute morality? They believe September 11, child pornogra- major breakthrough considering sion, a desensitization of human lute rights and wrongs, things we mankind’s yearning to control phy, infanticide, spousal abuse how well I know him. Next time, emotions, money, and a host of can all agree on like rape and how people conduct themselves and war if moral choice is noth- perhaps we’ll discuss what might other elements contribute? I did pedophilia? Not according to has led directly to war, slavery, ing more then personal choice? have caused such truth to exist in not disagree with his assessment, some disturbing discoveries. In racism and other modern day We may not choose to involve the first place. WESTERN N E W S f e b r u a r y 1 , 2 0 0 7  Faculty contract supports recruitment, retention

A new four-year collective enjoy a productive and reward- tee of the administration and the pay 100 per cent of the cost. Also may choose a three-year phased agreement has been reached ing academic career,” says Long- union. Another $700,000 fund will at that time, faculty may elect to retirement option by providing between the University of West- staffe be allocated to salary anomalies transfer up to $400 of their Pro- one year’s notice to the univer- ern Ontario and the faculty asso- Key changes to the contract adjustments. fessional Expense Reimbursment sity. Reduced workload respon- ciation, covering the period July covering more than 1,200 UWOFA (PER) to supplement their PWA. sibilities will be negotiated, at 1, 2006 to June 30, 2010. members include: PER amounts will increase by 25-75 per cent of full-time work- “This collective agreement Full-time $200 in each of the first two years load in each of the years, which benefits coverage includes significant improve- Salary increase of the contract, raising the annual combined must equal between ments over the expired agree- Beginning in January 2008, amount available from the previ- 150 and 200 per cent of a full- Full- and part-time faculty ment, in a number of areas,” says full-time faculty members will ous $900 to $1,300 for 2007 and time workload during a three- members will receive a scale UWOFA President Kim Clark. “It receive a Personal Wellness beyond. year period. Phased retirement increase totaling 12.25 per cent should help the university both to Account (PWA) equal to $225 (sin- will also entitle members to a over the lifetime of the contract. recruit and to retain its excellent gle) or $675 (family) to help pay Part-Time Benefits retirement supplement equal to Increases will be three per cent in faculty.” for dental and drug expenses, and a minimum of 50 per cent of one each of the first three years, and Course rates will include a Western Provost and Vice-Pres- other eligible medical expenses year’s salary. 3.25 per cent in the final year. four-per-cent supplement in lieu ident (Academic) Fred Longstaffe not covered by existing plans. At Once the collective agreement of benefits to enable part-time is happy to see both sides come to that time, the university’s dental editing process is completed, full faculty to purchase a benefit plan an agreement. Career and drug plan will shift to a co- details of the new contract can be “Through our recent negotia- of their choosing. seen at www.uwo.ca/pvp/facul- Trajectory Fund pay system, where the university tions with UWOFA, I believe we will cover 85 per cent of eligible tyrelations or www.uwofa.ca have made many positive changes This $3.5-million fund will be dental and drug expenses, and Phased to the faculty collective agree- allocated to full-time faculty over faculty members will cover 15 per retirement option ment that will make Western a the next four years to increase cent of these expenses to a cap of more competitive and attractive competitiveness of salaries, as $450 (single) or $900 (family), Full-time faculty with 10 years university at which to pursue and determined by a joint commit- beyond which the university will of service, who are aged 55 to 65, Shaking Things letters to the editor Honesty appreciated and I am proud to say they have sion into action. done so with enthusiasm. A pru- The uN report states almost I would like to say thank you to dent example is their transition half of the world’s population, 2.6 Up for disabled whoever turned money into the to paperless committee meet- billion, lack access to proper sani- police department on Jan. 16. ings, beginning with the Educa- tation. Surprisingly, one in six peo- B y B o b K l a n a c Western and high school students, I didn’t think there was much tional Policy Committee, one that ple lack regular access to clean delegates are coming from London hope in checking with the police has traditionally produced large water. I was shocked by these Western Medical Sciences stu- and area high schools. but was more than pleasantly amounts of paper waste. statistics and felt worse about the dent Ranita Manocha is heading up Activities for the day-long surprised when the attendant I am thrilled that Social Sci- reasons for a lack of improvement. a conference Friday to help empo- conference include a session on said that the money was turned ence has embarked on this path The authors concluded the biggest wer high school students with phy- becoming a coach, a boccia ball in that morning. I dropped the to become a more environmen- barrier is the unwillingness of sical disabilities to become sports demonstration by the London Can- money while scraping my car in tally friendly faculty, and hope national and international political leaders. nonballs team and a presentation the Springett Parking lot during that it will continue to build on leaders to put the growing crisis Shake Things up! is taking by 2004 Athens Paralympian Josh the ice storm on Mon., Jan. 15. the success. on the international development place February 2 at the South Lon- Vander Vies. Your honesty and integrity is I encourage all students agenda. Why is this I wonder? don Community Centre, led by The conference was organized greatly appreciated! to take pride in our beautiful Sanitation is taboo; nobody talks Western students and supported to give students with physical disa- Leslie Gloor Duncan campus and to do their best to toilets, nobody hosts charity con- by a grant from the Department of bilities the skills to develop a pre- Centre for New Students reduce waste wherever possible. certs to tackle diarrhea. But for Canadian Heritage’s Youth Com- sence in organized sports. As well, I would like to challenge that reason alone we must attract munity Action Projects Program. “We feel they’re very under- Social Science Western’s other faculties and attention to this unspoken crisis. “We’re getting students at the represented in the sports world,” becoming ‘green’ councils to follow our lead and We are the fortunate ones with high school level with physical says Kriger. “We’re trying to faculty take steps to adopt more envi- clean drinking water at the turn disabilities and without,” says get them more integrated into ronmentally sustainable policies on a tap. There are still more than Promotions Coordinator Debra the sports world and make the Exciting strides are being in the future. a billion people without access to Kriger. “We’re having this confe- changes that would enable them to taken in the Social Science fac- If you would like to discuss drinkable water. Stop for few sec- rence to encourage them to have a get more involved.” ulty to foster a healthy, sustain- these issues in further detail, onds and imagine yourself a Peru- more hands-on role in sports.” Kriger says organizers hope to able environment for the future. please contact me at kdavis24@ vian child whose life was saved by Although the event has been “try to push people to get a leader- A year ago, the Social Science uwo.ca. the simple installation of a toilet. organized by Kriger and other ship role.” Students’ Council adopted an Kathleen Davis You and I can save millions more Environmental Plan – similar to Social Science just by ensuring our political lead- in memoriam the one developed by the uni- ers do not neglect this growing versity Students’ Council – that Install a toilet, crisis. would help us to reduce costs and save a life The gathering of G8 nations in Antonio Marti by Hanna and sons Alex and Dani. waste wherever possible. Germany in June 2007 is the next Professor Emeritus antonio He was published widely and held We have made our meetings Simply installing a flush toilet in opportunity for the world’s most Marti, of the Department of Mod- a variety of administrative posi- virtually paperless, employing the home of a Peruvian child can powerful countries to take on the ern Languages and Literatures, tions including Chair of Modern tools such as email and over- increase his/her chance of surviv- globe’s most urgent development died Sunday, January 28 at the Languages. heads to convey all necessary ing to a first birthday by almost 60 crisis. Canada must ensure sanita- age of 75. Marti had 31 years The funeral service is set for information. as well, we have per cent. This data from the 2006 tion is on the agenda. Please write of service at The University of today (Feb. 1) at 2 p.m. at St. tried to reduce waste or use of Human Development Report has to your MP and leaders to take Western Ontario. Peter’s basilica, 196 Dufferin non-recyclable materials to fur- opened my eyes to the fatal conse- this step and make a difference Marti, who immigrated with Ave. at Richmond Street in ther “clean up our act”. quences of inadequate sanitation in the lives of the world’s less for- his new bride Hanna to Canada London with his brother Mon- In tandem with these changes, in developing countries. I want to tunate. from Spain in 1966 and joined the signor Juan Marti officiating. we have encouraged our friends give Western News readers the Vikas Khullar then-Faculty of Arts, is survived in the Dean’s Office to follow suit, opportunity to turn their compas- Housing and Ancillary Services

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affiliated with Hoddinott’s office. their time to do this. It’s impor- is “more than just an oversight nott and her Canadian contempo- Members of “There’s been a huge increase tant that the research community organization.” raries over the past decade. in clinical trials,” she says. “It respect this commitment.” “The office works with our “For a long time we had no uni- volunteer ethics takes many years to take a drug Although Hoddinott’s office researchers to ensure that their fying factor in the research eth- to trial. There is only so much you deals with a lot of science-based interests are protected as well as ics guidelines” she says. “About boards hail from can do with animals and you have research, their mandate also the research subjects,” he says. five years ago I was part of a to move into testing on humans.” includes work by the social sci- “It ensures that they are in com- group that created the Canadian throughout the “I think what we’re seeing now ences and humanities. pliance with federal research Research Ethics Board. It allows is a real increase in this push for guidelines and Western’s own us to create more professional marketable drugs and, from a guidelines.” standards for the work that we community workload perspective, the phar- “The office also provides its do.” B y B o b K l a n a c maceutical companies are push- “There’s been a huge services to researchers across The rise of the importance of ing the drugs to clinical trials increase in clinical the City of London as well as affil- professional standards as well Western’s growing prominence status. It’s a real race. They’re iated researchers,” says Hewitt. as the burgeoning workload has as a research university has cre- pushing it without all the ‘i’s dot- trials. There is only so Noting that the volume of West- resulted in a staffing increase and ated a more challenging and ted and ‘t’s crossed. much you can do with ern research involving human upgrade for Western’s Research demanding role for its research “Research ethics boards have subjects has grown immensely, Ethics office. ethics watchdogs. to deal with a great many more animals and you have Hewitt says “the Research Ethics “We’re looking to hire a senior Susan Hoddinott, Director of revisions and amendments than to move into testing on Office does a tremendous job in ethics officer,” Hoddinott says. we ever had to deal with as meeting its responsibilities given “They will become a team leader the Office of research ethics, humans.” has seen her office grow from pharmaceutical companies are its growth and that’s not always and I may step back to deal with modest beginnings in the office of adjusting the trials on the fly, so Susan Hoddinott an easy task.” education training and policy.” research services to the autono- to speak.” Director, Office of Research Ethics Hoddinott says 85 per cent of “Now I have to have profes- mous entity it is now. Key players in Hoddinott’s the budget for research ethics sionals. It’s more than just hav- The pressure comes from a office are her volunteer ethics activities comes from industry- ing secretaries. The whole aspect number of areas, not the least board, members of which hail sponsored research, the rest from of dealing with research ethics being the extraordinary growth from all areas of the London com- “There isn’t as much volume, the university. from a staff perspective is that it in research from about $81.4 mil- munity. but there is very high quality “The university is looking at is now elevating to a professional lion in 2001-02 to $123.4 million in “We have, for example, lawyers and very good social science adding some more to our budget status.” 2005-06 – 50 per cent growth over from the community that do this and humanities research done but we’re waiting on that right Space and staffing require- five years. add in the value of pro bono, members who are the at Western,” she says. “We try now,” she says. “We shouldn’t use ments will be alleviated when research by Western’s affiliates mainstay of our community, lay very hard to balance the needs public funds to underwrite com- Hoddinott’s offices move to the and city hospitals and the total people from the community unaf- of both research communities. mercial activities.” new Services building, hopefully exceeds $1 billion over just five filiated with the university,” she We don’t want to impose medical The growth of Western’s in 2008. years. says. “Then of course we have standards on the social sciences Research ethics Office has not “Because of what we do, we The Office of Research Ethics researchers from various dis- and humanities when it’s not war- happened in isolation. Similar aren’t able to plan ahead to deal manages the use of humans in ciplines as appropriate for the ranted.” departments have been estab- with workload,” she says. research at Western, affiliated board.” Ted Hewitt, Western’s Vice- lished and are growing on cam- “But we’re well on our way. hospitals and research institutes. “We rely very much on these President (Research and Inter- puses across the country. The I’ve got really good staff that Such research must be vetted by people. These people think it’s national relations) says that value of a national networking are making it happen so that’s one of the ethics review boards very important and they give the Office of research ethics body became apparent to Hoddi- really good.”

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in profile:new faculty Pop goes the ‘jazz great’ dream

B y L i n d s e y C r a i g He also realized that he missed academics and wanted to return When Jay Hodgson graduated Jay Hodgson to school. from a world-renowned music Age: 30 “At that point I was thinking, school in Boston, his whole world Faculty: Don Wright faculty of music as much as I’d thought otherwise, fell apart. Education: MA, McMaster University, I am that bourgeois that I didn’t His band broke up. The girl he 2002; PhD, University of Alberta, 2006 think I was. And all the things I loved left the country. And play- Hometown: Toronto thought I didn’t want to do, I did Memorable childhood moment: ing the guitar – something he’d When he was five, his dad gave him want to do,” he said. loved since the age of eight – sud- his first album, The Beatles’ Magical But something else was essen- denly seemed unrewarding. Mystery Tour. “I remember listening tial to his new life plan – and he “It all unravelled fairly quickly,” to Strawberry Fields, and that was would have to go to Germany to he said. “At that point, I thought a really important moment for me. get her. I’d failed miserably.” The sound was very odd, but I was “I wanted to settle down, to get Today, Hodgson is a professor intrigued.” married. And I thought, that’s it, with the Don Wright faculty of Musical influences: Jazz legend Miles the first step is to get the girl,” music at the University of West- Davis, producer and composer Brian he said. Eno, Beatles’ producers George Martin, ern Ontario. His days of uncer- Steve Reigh In the spring of 2000, Hodgson tainty feel long ago. Most often listens to: Ambient flew to Germany and proposed. The Toronto native has found recordings including Steve Wright. He and Eva were married roughly his niche. He’s immersed in aca- Best subject in high school: English. one year later. demics. He’s teaching what he Worst subject in high school: Sci- In 2002, he finished a gradu- loves – including topics in jazz, ence. “I remember my science teacher ate degree in music criticism at pop music and studio production. once told my father that he only McMaster University and in 2004 The girl he adored is now his wife teaches ‘the cream of the crop’ and I he began his PhD at the Univer- and he’s practising music in a am certainly not that,” he said. sity of Alberta. way that’s more fulfilling – from With a strong interest in popu- beyond the stage and within the lar music, Hodgson said he often studio. fought against criticism from But if you asked him when he He’s teaching what he those who claimed it wasn’t pro- was younger what he’d be when gressive enough a genre to be he grew up, “professor” wouldn’t loves – including topics respected. His adviser, Henry have been his answer. in jazz, pop music and Klumpenhouwer, however, “I was going to be a great jazz encouraged Hodgson’s passion. guitarist,” he said nostalgically, studio production. “He said, ‘Follow your bliss,’ and referred to his four years and once I did that, things just at berklee College of Music in Meanwhile, Hodgson began to sort of fell into place. I thought, ‘I Boston. realize that his love for music can do this.’ And I began to relax,” It was there that Hodgson was rested not so much in performing said Hodgson, who specialized in the lead singer and guitarist in a but in recording. His dream of popular music and music technol- band called the Hodgson Group, becoming a “great jazz guitarist” ogy. which played folk rock. While per- started to change. He completed his PhD in the forming with his band, he met the Upon graduation, he wasn’t sure spring of 2006, and began at West- love of his life. what to do. His band broke up and ern this past summer. Nineteen-year-old Eva Gossler Eva was back in Europe. The only Now with the girl, money in his – now Eva Hodgson – was visiting thing he could be certain of was pocket and the chance to teach from Germany and working as an that he felt at home in a recording and practise what he loves, Hodg- au pair in the city. The two met studio. son seems to have mastered a at one of Hodgson’s shows and Finally, in 2000, a year after he perfect harmony. became an item almost instantly. graduated, everything clicked. “That’s the thing about a practi- The romance ended, however, Hodgson tried his hand at produc- cal education in music,” he said. Paul Mayne, Western News when Eva returned to Germany tion and mastering and proved “You get to have a practical life in Don Wright Faculty of Music professor Jay Hodgson bristles against those six months later. he had talent beyond the stage. music, too.” who suggest pop music isn’t a respectable genre for study.

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B y J a n i s W a l l a c e esting ways to cross-pollinate the local scenes that could be any- groups. to play violin, piano and brass arts. She was open to merging where in the world. Nielsen is considered one of instruments. He joined a military When you take a creative cura- music and art because on the The UWO Woodwind Quintet, the most important and free-spir- orchestra in Odense. tor looking to link the arts on original architectural plans for made up of senior students Erin ited of a generation of composers His life was affected by Den- campus and an innovative cham- the gallery - one wing is desig- Woolnaugh, flute, Melissa Good- that straddled the 19th and 20th mark’s social evolution and he ber music program and put them nated “music auditorium” and child, clarinet, Jessica Lange, centuries. He was a musician of incorporated Danish popular together, you are bound to come has great acoustics. Small won- oboe, James Tizzard, horn, and the people and taught himself music in his compositions. up with some exciting ideas. der the Music Teachers’ College, Heather Hutchison, bassoon, and One of those is the new cham- as it was called at that time, oper- coached by Wilkinson will per- ber music series at the McIn- ated in the McIntosh for about 10 form quintets by Paul Hindemith tosh Gallery at The University of years, starting in 1946. (1895-1963) and Carl Nielsen Western Ontario. The first chamber music recital (1865-1931) on Feb. 13. A little history, maestro “We’re looking for audience,” takes place Feb. 13 at 12:30 with “The first still photograph was said Fiona Wilkinson, co-coordi- the exhibit Mass Culture and Soci- invented in 1826 in Paris,” said The Music Teachers’ College was an affiliate of Western nator of the Don Wright Faculty ety, curated by Michael Mullan. Wilkinson. and became the Department of Music, within the Faculty of of Music chamber music pro- The juried photography exhibit “While Hindemith was writ- Arts in 1947. gram. “Our program has more explores the cross influence and ing somewhat later, we’ve cho- Harvey Robb, organist at First-St. Andrew’s United Church, than 100 students in 15 small blurred boundaries between pho- sen to perform him as there is a was professor and head of the department as well as director ensembles - some of the most tography and the constructs of strong correlation between his of the Western Ontario Conservatory of Music. accomplished students in Music society and culture. compositional development and Prof. Alfred Rose, nephew of Gustav Mahler, founded the - and we want to give them a The second recital is March photography’s role in society.” Opera Workshop. Clifford Poole and Margaret Parsons Poole, higher profile.” 27 with the exhibit Ted Good- Hindemith was very much a a well-known piano duo, and Gerald Cole, headed the theory Catherine Elliot Shaw, curator den: A Sense of Place, an exhibit composer involved in his cultural and organ departments. of the McIntosh Gallery, wants of stained glass that explores period. He supported himself Music continued in the McIntosh until 1957 when its over- people to know the gallery is regionalism. The London artist’s early in his career by playing in crowded conditions were relieved by moving to Goodholme, open all year and is finding inter- “windows on the world” capture dance bands and musical comedy on Waterloo Street. Theatre background perfect for game show

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An occasional feature exploring personal pursuits So you want to start an art collection

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Collecting art can be a reward- Online resources ing pursuit, but for beginniners it n Art Gallery of Ontario: The AGO offers lectures and tours may seem intimidating, something www.ago.net/www/services/adult_programs/adult_programs_home.cfm to avoid unless you’re armed with n Art Gallery of Ontario Podcasts: Lectures, panel discussions a diploma or two and a suitcase www.artmatters.ca/blog/index.php?/categories/9-Art-Gallery-of-Ontario-Podcasts full of cash. n Artists in Canada: a directory Fortunately, a surprisingly mod- www.artistsincanada.com est budget combined with enthusi- n Centre for Contemporary Canadian Art Database: bilingual, 37,000 images asm and time is all it takes. http://www.ccca.ca n London Arts: Artists, organizations, and venues www.londonarts.ca/Default.aspx?Select=Events Art is affordable n McIntosh Gallery: Canada’s best university gallery www.mcintoshgallery.ca/pages/home.asp If you think you’re better suited n Virtual Museum of Canada Image Gallery: Canada’s artistic heritage in themes to collecting bills than collecting www.virtualmuseum.ca/English/Gallery/index.html art, think again. n Joyner Waddington’s Canadian Fine Art Raphaela Dunlap, Western www.joyner.ca grad and Canadian arts specialist with Joyner Waddington’s fine Art Auction House in Toronto, has good news for aspiring collectors. “Approximately 85 per cent Record keeping of art sold in Canada at auction sells for less than $5,000,” Dunlap An example of information says. that should be part of record With entry levels for some keeping for every artwork pieces as well as the work of new artists coming in substantially Artist: Florence Carlyle lower, a little research and a clear Title: The Moth idea of what you want can create Date: nd (no date) the beginnings of a good collection Medium: oil on canvas for a reasonable outlay. Dimensions: 61.9 x 74.6 cm Provenance: Estate of Wil- Why collect art? helmina Morris McIntosh, 1940 McIntosh Gallery McIntosh Gallery curator Cath- erine Elliot Shaw says aspiring art collectors should begin by asking, they may find the perfect work thinking about the environment in “Why do I want to collect art?” based on their connections. your home. “There are many reasons for n Insurance, record keeping Display items in a cool, dry collecting art. It can be for joy, for Like all major assets, artwork environment. Changes in relative investment, status, or even the joy should be insured against loss, humidity cause materials such of the hunt, finding the rare and theft, or damage. as paper and canvas to shrink unique items,” Shaw says. A typical home or renter insur- and expand, causing damage over “Some collect for sentimental ance policy does not cover art, time. reasons or out of a family connec- so consult your insurance agent “Whatever you do,” says Shaw, tion to a particular artist. Some about the cost of additional cover- “do not store art in basements, even come to regard their art as age prior committing yourself to attics, bathrooms, or near heat friends.” a major purchase. sources like mantels, direct sun- Dunlap’s advice is to buy for It is difficult to overestimate light, or radiators.” love before you buy for profit. the importance of record-keeping. Keep light levels low. Light “Art does not always go up in The more information you are damages and fades materials value. But it’s something you will able to provide to police and insur- like watercolours and inks. Use look at every day.” ance adjustors, the greater the indirect sunlight, recessed light Remember, your motivation probability of recovery or receiv- fixtures or ceiling-mounted light- will influence all aspects of art ing a fair insurance settlement. ing. collection. The history of a piece, or prove- Avoid or filter halogen or fluo- Collectors who equate art with Paul Mayne, Western News nance, is also critical if you decide rescent lighting sources that to sell. contain high levels of ultra-vio- status will probably spend more A collector begins the hunt for art with more questions than answers. time and money displaying art Shaw recommends augmenting let light. Low-watt incandescent than the collector who is driven written records with photographs lights with dimmer switches are by profit. Similarly, a collector and decide what you like.” appraisal services, expert advice or videos. safer and allow more flexibility in interested in particular histori- “A great way to start exploring on art display and conservation, n Displaying Art viewing comfort. cal periods or cultures may need art is public galleries. Admission and online bidding. Art on paper or canvas is inher- Again, setting up a room with to devote more time to research is not expensive and they offer ently fragile and demands proper proper lighting may add to your than a collector who focuses on a a variety of types of work and How much care. art collecting bill, but if you love single artist. access to nationally significant will this cost? Matting and framing protects your art, it’s an investment worth In the end there is an art form artists.” art from direct environmental making. for everyone. from the simple “Private art dealers tend to Three major components of damage and allows a piece to lines of Nova Scotia folk painting be more narrowly focused than an art collection budget include safely expand and contract with No regrets and Inuit carvings, to elaborate public galleries, but they are a acquisition, insurance and dis- changes to relative humidity. Italian glass and ceramic mas- wonderful fountain of knowledge play. “Insist on museum-quality A successful art collection rests terpieces, to textile art so var- about artists and art history,” says n Acquisition framing,” Shaw says. “If a framer on a foundation of questions. Why ied it warrants an entire Toronto Shaw. Once you have a sense of what tells you it is not necessary, you do I want to collect art - love or museum, to the magical paintings Beginners can also visit art you want in your collection, set should take your art elsewhere.” money? What do I like? What is of London’s Philip Aziz, the variety auction houses. Perhaps the two an annual affordable budget, and Museum-quality framing means my budget? How do I care for art? of art is as broad as a painter’s best-known fine art auctioneers keep it going. Acquiring new art no acids in the frames, matting, Whether motivation is sentiment palette. are Sotheby’s and Christie’s. Some each year will spread the cost and adhesives, as acids eventually or status, passion or profit, if your auction houses also offer online over time and provide a sense of destroy paper and canvas. You’ll answers are thorough and honest, you have the tools to build a great “Start looking” bidding and by scouring their auc- momentum. pay more money, but 20 years tions, collectors gain a sense of Many private galleries will also from now that painting you love collection. Once you know your motiva- pricing as well as the opportunity do the searching for you. Outline will still be in great shape. tion, Shaw has a simple tip: “Start to scan a vast array of art. your area of interest or preferred Caring for art means more than The writer is a graduate student looking at as much art as possible Many auction houses also offer artist along with a price range and just matting or framing: it means in Journalism. 10 f e b r u a r y 1 , 2 0 0 7 W E ST e r N N E WS China’s amazing growth window on economics

B y L i s a V a r a n o chemistry, and then discovered economics while an undergradu- There is a photograph of the Desmond McKeon ate at Bishop’s University in Len- rounded mountains of Guilin Department: Economics noxville, Que. above Desmond McKeon’s desk Education: M.A. University of Toronto Economics had the precision in the Social Sciences building at (1989), B.A. (Hons.) Bishop’s University, of science but dealt with social Western. 1987 issues and problems of societies McKeon is a lecturer in the While a student: played bass in a in a way no other social science Department of economics and blues and rock band called High Street could, he said. the photo is a reminder of the two Underground and later Blues Busters He completed his master’s in terms he recently spent teaching economics at the university of in China. Toronto in 1989 and began lec- It’s accompanied by a snapshot Xiaoyu Shan studied interme- turing at universities, teaching of McKeon in front of the city of diate macroeconomics under primarily at Bishop’s. He regrets Dailan, where he taught at the McKeon at Dongbei university not pursuing a doctorate but said Dongbei university of finance about two years ago. All day long he got on the teaching track right and economics in the spring of for six weeks, he taught her the away and then felt it was too late. both 2004 and 2005. equivalent of a yearlong course. McKeon likens learning eco- McKeon, 52, taught in China She chose to take his monetary nomic theory to other rewarding through a partnership Huron has economics class this semester at challenges. with Dongbei University. He has Huron. Today Shan is a fourth- “It’s like a fine wine or it’s like been a lecturer at Western since year student in economics – one a great Shakespearean play,” he January 2002 and became full- of handful of students enrolled said. “It takes time to appreciate time last year. in a joint program between the because it takes effort to appreci- McKeon admires China as an schools. ate.” example of how the free market McKeon spends time each sum- can improve people’s lives. mer in Montreal enjoying fine “It’s changing and you can feel things – the jazz festival, visual it in the air,” he said. “It is going “I often think of an art and cuisine. He was born at a pace that you can actually economist as a good- and raised in the nearby Eastern observe it and this is something hearted cynic.” Townships of Quebec, a rural area that is quite unique.” south of Montreal and was once an McKeon’s interest in China Desmond McKeon, Economics amateur musician. mirrors what he likes about eco- Travel is another of his per- nomics – a social science focusing sonal interests. Teaching in China on improving human welfare, he She likes McKeon’s style of has made him want to go back to said. teaching. visit. “I often think of an economist “He didn’t focus on the text- “I’ve sort of fallen for all things as a good-hearted cynic,” he said. book,” she said. “He taught us a Chinese,” he said. “They have a “We tend to analyze things in a lot more.” high appreciation for life. I find way that can be a bit cynical, but McKeon’s approach is different that they have a great sense of economists truly do want to make from that of teachers in China, family and quite a positive atti- the world a better place.” she said. tude.” In class, McKeon uses recent “In our traditional educational If asked to return to China to examples to explain economic system, we just learn what the teach, he said he would go. theory. A professor he had when teacher tells us and we like to focus For McKeon, everything is he was a student inspired him on the textbook,” she said. “But he secondary to economics and his to think of economic theory not gave us a new way of learning and desire to teach. only as a subject taught from a he taught us how to learn actively “I can’t imagine doing anything textbook, but also one that can be instead of passively.” else,” he said. “It just feels right.” applied to the world. McKeon always knew he wanted Now McKeon encourages his to become a teacher. However, The writer is a graduate student students to think in the same way. he was interested in physics and in Journalism. 1-877 519-663-2244 MATHEMATICS OPEN HOUSE ® www.AboutownAirbus.ca In the next few weeks you will be planning your registration for next year. The Department of Mathematics will hold a brief information session All You Can Eat to talk about modules involving mathematics. Wednesdays - Pasta 99 $ 8 Thursdays - Fish & Chips Who should attend? Students planning to register 25 Oxford Street for a Mathematics module (Major, Minor, (between Richmond & Wharncliffe) Specialization, Honors Specialization). 519-661-0490

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Governors for The University of “ T h i s i s elected to the board of Gov- about 100 per year. – Montreal Western Ontario. going to be a ernors in 2002, the 1971 West- Gazette Business/aviation Connell, Executive Director really excit- ern Honors Economics alumna of united Way of London and ing year and began her public service career program Pays to go green Middlesex and a former editor of I look for- with the federal government and Sault College and Algoma Uni- the London Free Press, will now ward to it, but worked briefly in the private sec- Student drivers who carpool versity College are introducing chair the Board until the end of there are also tor before joining the Ontario at Mount Royal College in Cal- a new four-year program pro- the year. a number of government. gary will get discounts on park- viding students a commercial A member of the board of challenges She served as Deputy Minis- ing passes. Staff will be offered pilot license and an advanced Connell Governors since 2001, Connell ahead” Con- ter of the Ministry of Revenue a $100 buyout of their parking diploma in aviation flight, along received her MBA from the nell said at and the Ministry of Correc- passes. – Calgary Sun with business education. Richard Ivey School of Business the Jan. 25 board meeting. tional Services and as Deputy in 1996 and served as Vice-Chair Michele Noble, former Dep- Solicitor General prior to her of the board of Governors in uty Minister of the Manage- appointment to Management 2005 prior to being elected Chair ment board Secretariat with Board Secretariat in 1995. Department of Computer Science Review As part of the Chair selection process, external consultants will be visiting the Department of Computer Science on February 15th and Biotechnology firm growth slows 16th, 2007 to speak with faculty members, staff, and students. If you wish to speak with the consultants, please contact the Depart- The number of innovative bio- An innovative biotech firm $1.7 billion. ment of Computer Science, Mrs. D. McFadzean (661-2111, ext. technology firms grew by about uses biotechnology to develop The industry remains dom- nine per cent from 2003 to 2005, new products or processes. For inated by many small players 83540) to arrange to be included in the schedule of the visitors. a substantial slowing from previ- several years, the London area generating relatively low rev- While this invitation is directed particularly to those affiliated with ous years. has positioned itself as a key enues. While large firms of 150 the Department, participation from all members of the University Statistics Canada’s biotech- player in the burgeoning bio- employees or more represent community is invited. nology use and Development tech industry with several firms only 10 per cent of the total firms, Survey indicates the number of being spin-offs from University they account for almost 70 per firms grew to 532 in 2005 from of Western Ontario research. cent of the revenue. Written submissions should be sent to Dr. David M. Wardlaw, 490 in 2003. Growth was 31 per In total, the companies gener- Biotech firms in Ontario, Dean, Faculty of Science, Western Science Centre, The University cent in the previous two-year ated revenues of $4.2 billion in Quebec and british Columbia of Western Ontario, London, ON N6A 5B7. These will be trans- period, three times the most 2005. Spending on research and account for 90 per cent of biotech recent pace. development grew 15 per cent to revenues. mitted to the consultants independently and confidentially. The consultants for this review are:

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DOWNTOWN CAMPUS The Selection Committee then assists the nominees to prepare a dossier. The Galleria London H decision of the Selection Committee is announced in April. p: 519.661.3658 uwo.ca/cstudies WESTERN N E W S f e b r u a r y 1 , 2 0 0 7 13 Mathematician Kane double award winner

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During the last Canadian Mathematical Society (CMS) meeting of 2006, Western’s Richard Kane won the inaugural David borwein Distinguished Career Award as well as the CMS Distinguished Service Award. “These awards are shining moments, I am really quite gratified to receive them,” says Kane. “Any time your peers recognize you, you feel quite proud of it. I think the assessment is quite generous and there are a lot of people involved in these things.”

“These awards are shining moments, I am really quite gratified to receive them.” Richard Kane

T h e D a v i d b o r w e i n Distinguished Career Award is a new CMS award, recognizing the career of an individual who has made a significant contribution to mathematics. The award, presented every two years, is named for David borwein, respected professor emeritus at Western, former CMS president Mitch Zimmer for Western News and an eminent Canadian Western’s Richard Kane has been recognized for helping to revive mathemat- mathematician. The award was ics education in universities. established to mark borwein’s 80th birthday. constructively and out of that perspective that was needed and Kane’s research is in the area of grew a fundamental reevaluation that we couldn’t be so narrowly algebraic topology, particularly of the discipline.” focused academically. It had to the homology theory of Lie This work served to build branch out more in other ways groups, an area in which he has or enhance infrastructures and that kind of mentality has authored four monographs and such as the fields Institute, permeated down to almost every numerous journal articles. He has Banff International Research math department.” supervised four PhD theses and Station, MITACS National Kane’s involvement with CMS has organized several workshops Centre of Excellence (NCE), came about quite easily. “I got and conferences. His research NSERC leadership support asked.” was recognized by election to the program and Pacific Institute - He adds, “This is a volunteer Royal Society of Canada in 1988. - “and then they all grew. They organization so that means they Other honours include being all grew enormously and had a have an insatiable appetite for named a Fields Institute Fellow in much wider range of activity,” people to help them carry out 2002 and receiving a University of says Kane. their responsibilities. I also Waterloo Faculty of Mathematics The re-evaluation spawned “an enjoyed it a lot, I like very much Alumni achievement Medal in appreciation for a much broader being associated with the CMS.” 2003. Kane has served the CMS as chair of the research, finance, academe and international affairs committees, vice president, and as president (1998-2000). But he PhD Lectures Cristina Badescu: An Political Science PhD is particularly recognized for Thesis Examination will be held Feb. 6 at 1 leadership nationally in building Tim DeVito: A Medical Biophysics PhD Public p.m. in Room 142, Stevenson-Lawson Bldg. a strong research infrastructure Lecture will be held Feb 2 at 9 a.m. in Room Title of Thesis: “The Responsibility to Protect: for mathematics. 282, Medical Science Bldg. Title of Thesis: “Pro- Assessing Military Intervention for Humanitar- ton MR Spectroscopic Imaging in the Study of In 1994, appreciation of ian Purposes”. Supervisor: Dr. Richard Vernon Developmental Disorders”. A Thesis Examina- and Dr. Elizabeth Riddell-Dixon mathematics education had tion will follow at 10 a.m. in Room 142, Steven- reached a low ebb and allocation son-Lawson Building. Supervisor: Dr. Dick Drost formulas for NSERC funding and Dr. Rob Nicolson. Off The Press were “a disaster,” Kane says. Janina Falkowska, “There was a crisis atmosphere Allyson D. Dykstra: A Rehabilitation Sciences Vice-Chair, Film Studies, after that.” PhD Public Lecture will be held Feb. 5 at 1 p.m. in has published the book The perception left by the Room 1330, Elborn College. Title of Thesis: “The Andrzej Wajda: History, NSERC formulas spread to other Effects of Hypophonia on Speech Intelligibility, Politics and Nostalgia in Communication Effectiveness and Communica- granting agencies. In response, Polish Cinema, Oxford, UK tion-Related Quality of Life in Parkinson’s Dis- and New York: Berghahn Kane led efforts to examine ease”. A Thesis Examination will follow at 2:30 Books, 340 pages. strengths and weaknesses of p.m. in Room 142 Stevenson-Lawson Building. mathematics in Canada and recalls Supervisor: Dr. Scott Adams. Send submissions to the community “responded rather [email protected] 14 f e b r u a r y 1 , 2 0 0 7 W E ST e r N N E WS

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Don Wright Faculty of Music - UWO Singers, Applied Mathematics Open House & Info von Kuster Hall, 12:30 p.m. Night - Learn more about the interdisciplinary study of Applied Mathematics. Middlesex Col- SOGS Annual General Meeting – For information lege Room 204. 4:30 - 6:30 p.m. and proxy forms visit: www.uwo.ca/sogs/ North Campus Bldg. Room 114, 6 p.m. Pizza and pop. February 6 February 2 Senior Alumni Program – Inside an Outbreak, What really happens when an outbreak strikes. Physics & Astronomy Colloquium – Sarah Gal- Bryna Warshawsky, Associate Medical Officer lagher, UCLA, Vision of Astronomy & Astrophys- of Health. Director, Communicable Disease What is measured in the graph? ics. “Fast winds and warm dust: Mid-infrared and Sexual Health Services, Middlesex-London NSERC awards per eligible faculty member – The total views of quasar outflows” Physics & Astronomy Health Unit. McKellar Room, UCC. 9:30 – 11 a.m. 123. 10:30 a.m. value of peer-adjudicated research grants awarded by NSERC divided by the number of tenure-track faculty members in Oncology Grand Rounds – Dept of Oncol- Biology Seminar Series – Elizabeth Boulding, ogy, Schulich Medicine & Dentistry and London NSERC disciplines. University of Guelph. “Escalated microevolu- Regional Cancer Program “Optimizing Chemo- tionary change in shelled mollusc prey after an therapy and Monoclonal Antibody Therapy in invasion by durophagous predators” Visual Arts, CLL” Peter Hillman, Hematology, Leeds Teaching Why is it measured? Room 100. All welcome. www.uwo.ca/biology/ Hospitals NHS Trust, UK. Room A3-924a/b. 12 The Strategic Plan refers to Western as a research-intensive outreach/weeklyseminars.htm 12:30 – 1:30 p.m. noon – 1 p.m. university with a strong record of scholarship apparent in peer- Don Wright Faculty of Music – Influenced by February 7 reviewed publications, external awards to faculty members Jazz: Kathleen Rudolph, flute and Stephan Syl- and students, substantial successes in recent external funding vestre, piano. von Kuster Hall, 12:30 p.m. Toastmaster’s Campus Communicators competitions, and engagement in international conferences. – Improving all your public speaking needs. Earth Sciences Colloquia Series - Jean-Ber- Meets every Wednesday. Contact Brett Tomlinson, nard Caron, Royal Ontario Museum. “New direc- [email protected] SLB 330,12:05 – 12:55 p.m. What does it mean? tions for Burgess Shale Research” B&G Room 116. 1:30 p.m. All welcome. Modern Languages and Literatures presents On a per-faculty-member basis, Western’s success in competi- “La Tertulia” – Spanish Conversation Group. Any- tion for NSERC grants is at the low end of the range of the G10 Health Policy Initiative announces its fourth one wishing to speak Spanish and meet people universities, suggesting potential for improvement. guest speaker, Colleen Flood, at a public lecture. from different Spanish-speaking countries is “What Kind of Society Do We Want? – Courting welcome. UC 117, 3:30 p.m. Source: Natural NSERC & G10 data exchange as reported in Western’s 2006 Trouble: The Supreme Court’s Embrace of Pri- Performance and Activity Indicators annual report vate Health Insurance” HSB, Room 40 (seating Women’s Basketball – Waterloo @ Western. 6 p.m. for 500) RSVP not required. Questions - contact What Not to Wear - Go from cheap to chic Andrea Dean at [email protected] or 519-661-2111, with a few minor changes to your wardrobe. ext 22109. 3 p.m. with reception to follow. Laugh and learn with six Western students brave enough to participate in a wardrobe Visual Arts - Artlab Exhibition. Student Studio consult. Snacks will be served. RSVP online Project Exhibition. Opening 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. Runs U n i v e r s a l at www.alumni.uwo.ca/b2b. The Spoke, UCC. 7 to Feb. 9. John Labatt Visual Arts Centre. www. – 8:30 p.m. What Not to Wear is presented by uwo.ca/visarts/ Sudoku Puzzle Backpack 2 Briefcase through Alumni Western, February 3 The University Students’ Council and Career Services at Western. Women’s/Men’s Wrestling – Western Open, 9:30 a.m. Complete the grid so that every row, column and 3x3 box Men’s Basketball – Waterloo @ Western. 8 p.m. Look Great and Perform Better Symposium contains every digit from 1 to 9 inclusively – Hear what the foremost experts in exercise Please send submissions to [email protected]

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B y B o b K l a n a c Reads invites students, staff, fac- ulty, alumni and the community A student politician with a social to read along with and engage justice background teams up with local celebrity panelists as they a noted London education profes- deliberate the merits of Canadian sional to explore the issues in Ste- authors. phen Lewis’ Race Against Time in The public can attend book clubs the next London Reads event. featuring each team of panelists, Paris Meilleur, Vice-President taking place monthly at locations Education for Western’s Univer- around London. sity Students’ Council, studies Meilleur is enthused about fel- social justice & peace and political low panelist bill bryce, given science at King’s University Col- he represents one of the largest lege. She will be joined at the event school boards in Ontario. by Bill Bryce, Director of Educa- tion for the T h a m e s Valley Dis- “I think it’s really trict School compelling that we Board. L o n d o n have such wide support Reads takes across the community place feb. 7 at noon in on a book that the Centre addresses important Spot Lounge issues like this.” of Western’s University Paris Meilleur Community Vice-President (Education), Centre. University Students’ Council “I think what’s important about Paul Mayne, Western News Race against Time is that Ste- The Faculty of Music’s Friday Concert Series held a birthday bash last week to celebrate Mozart’s 200th phen Lewis is not just a non-fiction “I think it’s really compelling birthday. The Magnificent Mozart performance featured, in period costume from the Stratford Festival, writer,” says Meilleur. “He uses that we have such wide support professors Jerome Summers (left), Thomas Wiebe and Virginia Barron. Also performing were Mel Martin, beautiful poetry and prose to talk across the community on a book Mary-Elizabeth Brown and Stéphan Sylvestre. about some very good hard-hitting that addresses important issues issues. like this,” says Meilleur “One of the things that I’m most The final London reads event excited about is that reading this takes place in March. book as part of London reads Throughout the London Reads helps us bring attention to the series readers have been invited to global HIV/AIDS pandemic but vote for their favourite book, with also allows us to connect with the the winning title being announced local groups who are focused on on World Book Day, April 23. The supporting people with HIV/AIDS author will be invited to read from in our community.” and discuss their novel at London Modeled after CBC radio’s Central Library’s Wolf Perfor- Canada reads program, London mance Hall in May.

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