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ILLUSTRATION BY FRANK NEUFELD Study: Cost a tipping point on knee surgeries

BY PAUL MAYNE journal BMJ Open. other medical tests done during the procedure. “We hope to influence all health-care providers – For the non-operative care patients, the number of not just surgeons – and patients by further describing physical therapy sessions attended was recorded. Any new study from Western’s Bone and Joint the value of our treatment choices for knee OA,” said medication used – including both over-the-counter and Institute could save the health-care system Birmingham, Canada Research Chair in Musculoskeletal prescription pain or anti-inflammatory drugs, hyaluronic millions of dollars while also preventing some Rehabilitation in the Faculty of Health Sciences. “It’s acid injections or other medical treatments for knee of the more than 250 million knee osteoarthri- not as easy as you think. Most people do feel better OA – were also recorded. Indirect costs, such as time off Atis (OA) sufferers from going under the knife. after knee arthroscopy. It’s hard for many (clinicians and work, were also considered. Previous Western-led research, published in 2008, patients) to grasp not doing something that obviously For researchers, the data showed arthroscopic sur- showed arthroscopic knee surgery provided no extra works. gery, when compared to non-operative treatments, cost benefit over non-operative care for sufferers of osteo- “The catch is, randomized clinical trials show that more without offsetting other costs. arthritis (OA). Rates of that surgery have declined in the TALKING POINTS similar patients also improve to a similar extent when “Patients who received non-operative therapies last seven years, however, it remains one of the most Previous Western-led research, they receive non-operative treatments. That’s partly why showed similar improvements in pain, function and common orthopaedic surgeries internationally. published in 2008, showed we decided to analyze the economic data, to add more quality of life compared to those who also received sur- In response, Western researchers Jacquelyn Marsh, arthroscopic knee surgery information to help people make better decisions.” gery – at a significantly lower cost,” said Marsh, the lead Trevor Birmingham and Robert Giffin conducted the provided no extra benefit Garnering data from the initial study by Dr. Sandy author and a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Bone and Joint first-ever trial-based analysis on the cost-effectiveness of over non-operative care for Kirkley, this recent study included 168 patients (88 in a Institute. “In the end, the average cost was estimated such surgeries. Their goal was to augment the previous arthroscopy group and 80 in a non-operative group). to be more than $2,000 more for each patient who study on effectiveness with economic data comparing sufferers of osteoarthritis Patients who received the surgery followed the same received the surgery, which, with millions suffering from both surgical and non-surgical options. (OA). Despite that fact, that physical and medical therapy program as those in the knee OA, quickly adds up as the procedures continue. The study, Cost-effectiveness analysis of arthroscopic surgery remains one of the non-operative group, beginning within seven days fol- “We know surgery costs more; the goal of an surgery compared with non-operative management most common orthopaedic lowing surgery. Direct costs of each surgery included for osteoarthritis of the knee, recently published in the surgeries internationally. equipment, operating room costs and laboratory or KNEE SURGERIES // CONTINUED ON PAGE 10 2 westernnews.ca Western News January 21, 2016 westernnews.ca Western News January 21, 2016 3

Editor’s Letter Athletics BEST BETS Visit the Western Events Calendar at www.events.westernu.ca for a full look Athletic history resurfaces as at the week ahead. Western News (ISSNO316- 8654), a publication of West- ern University’s Department of Communications and Public 8 p.m. Joanne and Peter Kenney Theatre, 266 Epworth Ave. Affairs, is published every Thurs- JAN. 21-23 | day throughout the school year century-old trophy unearthed and operates under a reduced schedule during December, May, June, July and August.

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paper and electronic news ser- Western News Editor FOLLOW @WesternEditor mote, finance and control athletics vice, Western News serves as and sport carried on under the head the university’s newspaper of lizabeth Grasby had no idea of the university. Each Western stu- record. The publication traces its roots to The University of why a worn and faded, two- dent paid $3 annually as an ‘athletic Western Ontario Newsletter, a 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE foot tall Sterling silver trophy fee’ and, in 1916, the Board autho- one-page leaflet-style publica- King’s University College’s King’s Players Theatre presents The 25th Annual was still kicking around her rized and implemented an annual ice tion which debuted on Sept. Name game on campuses Putnam County Spelling Bee, a quirky musical about the trials and tribula- officeE after almost 25 years. But she hockey championship cup. The record 23, 1965. The first issue of the tions of six childhood spellers as they compete for first prize. couldn’t find it in herself to toss it. of ‘Inter-Faculty Championship’ com- Western News, under found- “I’m not one to discard old files petition in hockey begins in 1919-20. ing editor Alan Johnston, was of our own making published on Nov. 16, 1972 and records, which is probably why “The trophy originally came from a replacing the UWO Times and JAN. 22 12:30 p.m. Music Building, von Kuster Hall I didn’t discard the trophy,” said the colleague’s office in the old Ivey busi- Western Times. Today, West- | Director of the Ivey Business School’s ness school,” Grasby said. “It moved ern News continues to provide hat’s in a name? Turns out, a whole heck of a lot. Pre-Business Program. “If I know what offices several times and, I suspect, timely news, information and Universities around the globe are wrestling with something is, it’s easier to throw it out. the trophy was in the office of one of a forum for discussion of post- their pasts as questions are being asked about the I didn’t know what it was, and there- our faculty or staff. Because people secondary issues in the campus and broader community. legacies of the names that have adorned buildings fore, didn’t throw it out. I looked at it went from office to office, they would Won campuses for, in some cases, generations. and I thought, I better hang on to it.” wonder what it is, because it was in the Yale, Georgetown and Harvard, among others, are facing pres- While no one really knew who the office when they got there. No one sure to change the names of buildings currently bearing the moni- cup belonged to, or why it was even really brought it to my attention when kers of men deeply entrenched in the 18th and 19th century slave there, it continued to tag along each it was here, but when it was in storage WESTERN NEWS trade. The famed names of the Confederacy still haunt Southern time Grasby’s area relocated – which, we had to clear that, so it was brought WesternNews.ca universities as students demand the removal of ubiquitous names BACH AND BRAZIL since 1993, has included two moves back up. I’m pleased the trophy is now Westminster Hall, Suite 360 like Lee and Jackson. Even Oxford University is feeling pressure Brazilian Paolo Martelli, “one of the best guitarists of his generation,” per- within the old Ivey Building, over to in its rightful spot.” Western University about removing references to Cecil Rhodes, of Rhodes scholarship forms 11-stringed guitar Bach arrangements and Brazilian guitar music. Somerville House, down to the Arthur Barney said while dominated by London, ON N6A 3K7 fame, due to his perceived legacy as a father of apartheid. and Sonia Labatt Health Sciences Meds and Arts teams through the Telephone 519 661-2045 Fax 519 661-3921 Tying an institution’s current – and future – reputation to people Building and, finally, about three years early 1940s, as post-Second World and deeds of the past is fraught with pitfalls. We all know society JAN. 29-FEB. 7 8 p.m. Talbot College, Paul Davenport Theatre ago, a return trip to Somerville House. War intramural sports at Western PUBLISHER changes. What once was acceptable can become unpalatable. | At this point, space and storage began to take off, so did the roster Helen Connell [email protected], That’s easy to understand when you talk about, say, the hundreds was at a premium. Grasby knew the of new hockey champions including 519 661-2111 Ext. 85469 of sports teams, from high schools to professionals, which have trophy couldn’t hang around much residents such as Medway, Sydenham, needed to transition nicknames over the past 50 years from the longer and, still unwilling to toss it Saugeen and Middlesex, the faculties EDITOR racial mockery of the past. away, contacted the one person she of Business, Science and Law, as well Jason Winders But universities base so much of their reputation on cultivating a felt would know if the wobbling trophy as Huron and Kings university col- [email protected], mystique about their histories. Because of that, it becomes difficult was a boon or a bust – Kinesiology leges. There are a total of 48 winners’ 519 661-2111 Ext. 85465 to untangle from said past when it becomes prudent. Hence, why professor emeritus Bob Barney. shields circling the trophy’s base. REPORTER/PHOTOGRAPHER universities seek to protect themselves through policies. Western’s “Bob taught me in second-year uni- Barney added the trophy was still Paul Mayne Naming Policy, in fact, offers a well-reasoned approach: versity when I was in Phys. Ed (Sports making the rounds up until 1993-94, [email protected], VERDI’S FALSTAFF History), so I knew he would have an when the business school won the 519 661-2111 Ext. 85463 Namings should enhance the profile and image of Presented in Italian (with English subtitles), this wonderful comedy com- interest,” Grasby said. “I called and championship, and “those business the University. No naming will be approved or (once bined with Giuseppe Verdi’s music is an opera for all ages. Five public per- told him, I have this trophy, I don’t guys kept it for themselves,” he joked, REPORTER/PHOTOGRAPHER approved) continued that will call into serious question formances begin Jan. 29. know anything about it, did you want with its record reduced only to vague Adela Talbot [email protected], the public respect of the University. to take a look at it? He came and got memory status. 519 661-2111 Ext. 85464 it and soon called back all excited.” “I’m pretty sure business wound Of course, many institutions are discovering that writing the JAN. 31 | 12 p.m. Artlab Gallery So what’s so exciting? Just what’s, up with it, they put it away and forgot PRODUCTION DESIGNER policy was the easy part; applying it becomes difficult. more than likely, at 100 years old, about it. It could have been change Frank Neufeld It is easy to understand one side of the debate. They want an the oldest athletic trophy in West- in intramurals administration at that [email protected], inclusive campus environment that refuses to embrace the sins ern’s sport history, that’s what. Perhaps point, I don’t know,” he said. “It may 519 661-2111 Ext. 89334 of an institution’s past. It is not a matter of erasing history, but of the oldest athletic artifact of any kind just have been cast aside but, just like EDITORIAL SERVICES choosing to honour appropriate aspects of history. That is not too in existence at the university, added a lot of things at this university, things COORDINATOR much to ask. Memorials are not gospel; they are selective and, Barney. get thrown away. I know I’ve made Angie Wiseman therefore, easily changed. “I knew right away the importance mistakes I regret and wish I had back. [email protected], But what of the other side, so easily labeled pigheaded, tradi- and the historical significance of it,” I’m thrilled Elizabeth saw something 519 661-2111 Ext. 81530 tionalist or, yes, even racist. he said. this time around. It’s a damn nice look- The problem is, once these buildings disconnect from the The inscription on the trophy reads: ing trophy.” ADVERTISING people for whom they were named, and enter into the shared 14TH ANNUAL JURIED EXHIBITION W.U.A.A. Inter-Faculty Hockey, Pre- The trophy will be passed along Chris Amyot, Campus Ad This highly anticipated exhibition features a diverse selection of artworks [email protected], memories of the students who spent time within them, they sented By The Board of Governors, to director of Sports and Recre- 519 434-9990 become almost sacred spaces worthy of defending in some minds. made by undergraduate students in the Department of Visual Arts. 1916. ation, Therese Quigley, who, after It doesn’t matter if the building was named after a Confederate Based on Kinesiology professor a little refurbishing, plans to display POSTAL RECOVERY general or a compass direction. The debate quickly moves from Don Morrow’s master’s thesis, An His- the newly found historic piece in the $50 Canada, $65 United States, an assault on the building’s name to an assault on an individual’s FEB. 3 | 4 p.m. Somerville House, room 3345 torical Study of the Development of trophy case of Thompson Arena. $85 Other time and memories at university. the Intramural Sport Program at the POST OFFICE They don’t care about the name above the entrance; they just University of Western Ontario, 1878- Please do not forward. know they met their spouse for the first time below it. 1972), Barney said by 1911-12 both Return to Western News, These folks who wish to hang onto the past are not holding on faculties of Medicine and Arts had Western University, London, to the legacy of the name (OK, some of them are), but they are organized ‘Athletic Associations’ to Ontario N6A 3K7 with new holding onto their own memories. And that can be understood, govern the on-campus sports activi- address when possible. even if they are probably on the wrong side of history. ties of their faculty’s students. In 1911, PAUL MAYNE We are to ‘blame’ for this debate, in part. We preach connection Arts asked the university’s Board of After the trophy kicked around to these spaces and cultivate warm, fuzzy feelings about your time Governors, without success, for finan- from office to office, storage “Our objective is to report on campus. We think that translates into an engaged university cial support to carry on their activities. community base. And it does. But that comes with baggage. NEEDLE IN THE HAYSTACK At the time, Meds students paid ath- space to storage space for a events as objectively as possible, To Ron Deibert, Director of the Citizen Lab at the Munk School of Global without bias or editorial Nostalgia rarely makes for a logical debate partner. letic association fees of $3 per year, quarter century, Elizabeth Grasby, comment. We hope you will Affairs, University of Toronto, the question of citizenship in the age of Big contrasted to 50 cents paid by Arts Director of Ivey Business School’s Data is an urgent one for the future of liberal democracy. read it and contribute to it.” students. Pre-Business Program, unearthed – L.T. Moore, In February 1914, the first meeting what has since been determined University Relations of an amalgamation of the Arts and and Information director, to be the oldest athletic trophy in Nov. 16, 1972 Meds Athletic Associations was held, and the Western University Athletic Western sports history. 4 westernnews.ca Western News January 21, 2016 westernnews.ca Western News January 21, 2016 5

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required to ensure that albums, videos and pho- y now, everyone has heard the news of David tographs are released according to schedule Bowie’s death of cancer at 69 years of age. and in accordance with the artist’s wishes, I can Bowie’s death came two days after his birthday only imagine the stack of paperwork Bowie, his and the simultaneous release of his newest album, family and his colleagues would have had to BBlackstar, and so many fans and Bowie aficionados likely tackle. That said, many hands make light work. received this news after a few days of appreciating the It is likely there were some documents that only new album, revisiting old favou- Bowie could legally handle, but many other tasks rites and generally appreciating could have been delegated to a family member, the oeuvre of a man whose work, colleague or other professional with signing words and aesthetic profoundly authority and knowledge of Bowie’s wishes. Doc- changed them in . umentation is the one aspect of death and dying When I first read the news of people least expect and most underestimate, his death, the first thing I felt was and it is likely to be something that overwhelms shock. you if you aren’t prepared for it. Your support The second thing that I felt was network can help you with this, but knowing a SAMU-VISSER appreciation. timeline also helps. What needs to be signed Let me explain: immediately? What can wait, and for how long? Bowie is one of the most famous and widely known In other words, in the face of the documentation musical artists to have ever lived, and if he was living with side of death and dying, taking small bites and, cancer for 18 months without it being public knowledge, it yes, starting as early as possible is the best way was very deliberate. This means that he, his family, and his to avoid additional anxiety. colleagues had to make several complicated arrangements to ensure their privacy, and it also means the folks who were ••Advance planning: Related to documentation a part of Bowie’s inner circle had to respect that desire for and the support network, it is clear Bowie was privacy. In other words, a number of factors had to be in able to approach his death and dying in such place – human, bureaucratic, legal, and more – in order for an organized, coordinated fashion only because Bowie to confront his death in the he made ample use of the way he wanted. advance planning tools that The more I learn about things, were available to him. In terms like his final photoshoot, the delib- of his legacy, it seems the news erate timing of the release of the of his passing, the completion video for Lazarus, and the tone of of his goals, and the release of Blackstar, the more I appreciate his final albums while ensuring what a good death looked like for his privacy and getting time to Bowie, especially given how much spend with his loved ones were priorities to him. These priori- Diploma in Public Relations and Diploma in Marketing labour, organizing and effort had to be expended in order to make this ties could only be enshrined Application Deadline January 31 good death happen. in official terms, so to speak, In the weeks to follow, we will by planning early, planning likely learn even more about Bow- thoroughly, and planning in ie’s final months and his approach detail. Again, the majority of to dying of a terminal illness, but in this would have been made the meantime, what can we learn possible only through the about how to die from Bowie? appropriate documentation What can we learn about how to and lots of help from Bowie’s make a good death happen for support network, but it also ourselves? likely began with Bowie simply Here’s another way to think sitting down and asking him- Teaching about it: How can we emulate, in self, perhaps several times, the a meaningful way, the worldview following questions: “What do Support and courage of a man that was so I want to accomplish before I widely admired and loved? die? Knowing I only have one Centre I’ll be going into more detail in or two years to live, what is subsequent blog posts about my important and meaningful to encounters with the following top- me? What do I want my death ics, but it seems to be that Bowie’s to look and feel like for myself, good death consisted of several for my loved ones, and for the basic components or actions that many people I care about?” Fellowship in we can all practice ourselves. These Advance planning is nothing components are: more or less than the answers to these questions enshrined ••Accepting death: Although Bowie may have in some form of documentation, legally binding Teaching Innovation Award undergone treatment, at some point he must agreements, and even ephemeral forms such as have made the decision to accept he would die frank, detailed conversations with the executor of of cancer, and once acceptance took place, his your estate and your loved ones. Call for 2016 Applications death would have become a fact over which he could have some modicum of control. We can- It takes a great deal of courage and dedication to tackle The purpose of the Fellowship in Teaching Innovation Award is to not control that we die, but there are many parts these components. However, in the end, the reward is self- encourage Western faculty members (full-time and part-time) to pursue of how we die that we can begin to manage if we determination and what we might call ‘a good death’ – a teaching innovations at Western University. The Fellowship exists primarily, are able to address them early enough and with death that is arranged so it speaks to our values and that but not exclusively, to support undergraduate and professional school the necessary support. which we found meaningful and significant when we were How to die like living, and helps us to realize those aspects of ourselves in • Support: Speaking of support, it is very difficult teaching at the University, matching Western’s commitment to the • our dying. highest standards and quality of undergraduate education. to go through the process of confronting and planning one’s own death and dying without Bowie was a hero to many, and it is clear the arrange- some sort of support network. In Bowie’s case, ments he made to connect with the world through his One award of up to $10,000 is available. Teaching innovation music and ever-changing aesthetic prior to his death have projects may take many forms, such as developing new strategies for this was likely a combination of family members, including his wife, Iman, a professional network been received in the spirit in which they were intended. He student engagement or initiatives involving the novel incorporation Bowie, or, we of palliative care and other doctors who could worked hard to say goodbye in a way that made sense to of educational technology into classroom settings. The award have assisted with pain management and com- him, and if you wish to pay tribute to him in some small way, may be used to develop teaching innovation projects fort at the end of life, and the collegial network what better way to tip your hat to the man than working through the purchase of release-time, support for graduate that was equipped and willing to make sure towards the same courage and effort when it comes time Bowie’s wishes were carried out. This network for you to die? students, acquisition of technology, or to attend teaching For myself, I can’t think of anything Bowie would have conferences. looks different for every individual, but it is crucial that those you wish to be close to you, and are appreciated more than people finding, following and For more information, contact Dr. Debra Dawson can be heroes in a position to help you, are informed of your committing to their own unique passion even in – perhaps Director of the Teaching Support Centre wishes in as much detail as possible. This enables especially in – the face of death. by phone at ext. 84621 them to execute any wishes you may have and Diana Samu-Visser is a PhD candidate in the Department or e-mail: [email protected] BY DIANA SAMU-VISSER also relieves them of the emotional and mental burden of doubting whether what they are doing of English and Writing Studies at Western. Her research is in keeping with your wishes in the first place. focuses on narratives of death and dying in the 21st century. This piece originally appeared on her blog, chthonicboom. The deadline for receipt of applications is March 1, 2016. ••Documentation: Between his medical care, com/. his disposition wishes, and the complicated Application procedures can be found at: www.uwo.ca/tsc ILLUSTRATION BY FRANK NEUFELD legal, financial, professional and artistic networks 6 westernnews.ca Western News January 21, 2016 westernnews.ca Western News January 21, 2016 7

Commentary Alumni Letters to the Editor our abilities effectively. Alaa and I applied our bioinformatics background into interpreting the biology behind Muse’s brain activity data, Up and running Drive keeps young alumna on right track Ain’t no ‘hacks’ whereas Skeni and Andy focused on building a functioning computer program. The hackathon also included various experts who mentored the Good morning, all … and, yes, it teams (including ours), steering them in right really is a good morning. direction if they were in a jam. My car decided to wreak havoc with After two days – and only five hours of sleep me on this fine Canadian winter day – we built a program that could interpret Muse- and, unbeknownst to me, auto-lock at hackathons generated brainwave readings, assign an emo- all four of my car doors. I love my PT tion and then select an appropriate TV show Cruiser, but not when it operates with a for that emotion. For example, if the brainwave mind of its own and locks me out. After I BY NEERAJA MURALI DHARAN I wanted to introduce some aspect of biol- readings showed a person was happy, the pro- cleaned off my driver’s side wiper blade ogy into our hackathon project. Ultimately, we gram generated a list of television shows that area, and went to retrieve my purse and decided on something straightforward: to create fell into the action, comedy and romantic-drama work bag, the door lock/handle would ackathons are marathons for nerds. a computer program that interprets brainwave genres. not budge. Unlike marathons, however, hack- readings and tells users what television shows We didn’t win, but we were proud of our As Parking Services offers a compli- athons are weekend-long team to watch. product and learned a lot about brains and the mentary ‘battery boost or door-unlock events in which groups of program- To make our idea a reality, we used a com- benefits of sleep. service,’ I walked over to the Parking Hmers and developers collaboratively invent mercially available device called Muse, which is Hack Western taught me teamwork, effective Services office and spoke with the very unique solutions to complicated problems. At a fancy headband that measures brain activity. communication and creativity are more helpful lady at the counter who went the end of the weekend, judges review each The device is marketed as a meditation aid, but important than being the best programmer or into the back area to find the chap team’s work and choose a winner – be it a new it is also a mainstay on the hackathon circuit. We engineer. Most importantly, I learned spending named ‘Tom’ who was on service duty. strategy for assembling the human genome or a arrived at Hack Western with one of these high- two days stuck in a stuffy room with a bunch He came out, introduced himself, and new automatic-flush algorithm for urinals. tech headbands in hand. When the gun went off, of science-obsessed undergrads is way more said he’d meet me right away at my car On the last weekend of November, I partici- we began the 48-hour race to create something fun than it sounds. At the end of it all, I was in the parking lot. He then successfully pated in Hack Western. As a third-year Bioinfor- original with it. exhausted and in desperate need of a shower ‘broke into’ it and I was able to re-start matics major, I’m passionate about computers, We spent the first few hours musing about and a salad. my work day with a happy and ‘free’ but I still had my doubts about whether or not I Muse: How does it work and what software and I can’t wait until my next hackathon. Maybe I’ll outcome. would fit in and enjoy the hackathon experience. programming languages are best suited for see you there. Many times things happen that But these doubts were soon laid to rest. After milking and manipulating its brainwave data? are out of our control and we have to being accepted into the competition, I formed Admittedly, this involved a lot of trial and error Neeraja Murali Dharan is a third-year under- scramble for a Plan A and Plan B. Park- a team with Alaa Darwech, another Bioinformat- and a significant number of Google searches. graduate science student specializing in bioin- ing Services was my Plan A and CAA ics student, and Skeni Patel and Andy Lac, both But once we wrapped our heads around the formatics at Western University. She is an alumna my Plan B. I just wanted to thank all the Computer Science students. headband, our team’s diverse skillset shone of the Ontario Baden-Wurttemberg Summer parties involved from Parking Services The four of us quickly discovered forming through and we started building our project. Research Program. This essay is the product of for the A-1 service. a team is easy, but coming up with a unique The hackathon stereotypes held true. a science-writing internship with David Smith in You made my day. idea is brain-bleeding work. We brainstormed We went for two days with little sleep, lots Biology. everything from anti-theft laptop software, to of coffee and rarely took our eyes off com- MELANIE NOON self-parking cars, to motion detectors for exer- puter screens. We were far-from-perfect pro- ACCOUNTING ASSISTANT, cise equipment. As a budding bioinformatician, grammers or rock-star biologists, but we used TRAVEL DESK

President’s Medal for Distinguished Service Call for Nominations JUSTIN SCAINI // SPECIAL TO WESTERN NEWS Western alumna Chantal Rapport is now an analyst at Satov Consultants, as well as the corporate relations manager for Dancers for Cancer, a charity dedicated to raising money for Senate has established the President’s Medal for SickKids Hospital in Toronto. Distinguished Service to recognize those individuals who have provided exemplary service to the university, over a sustained period of time, over and above the BY MADISON SCAINI “Chantal was very dedicated and focused on the Although she does not dance as often now, it was a normal requirements of their positions. things she did,” said Krista Harris, one of her first friends major part of her childhood. In Ottawa, she participated at Western. “She put everything she had into it.” in a free dance class that also welcomed at-risk youth. The award is intended primarily to recognize staff, s Chantal Rapport looks out of her office Although Ivey tends to be known for its difficulty, She eventually became the teacher of that class, and window, the Distillery District in Toronto looks Rapport thought it was more fun than anything. Her was surprised with a party when she left for university, but faculty may also be considered for work or back at her. “Everything I have worked hard business education remains valuable, but she also since she was the first person in that class to do so. achievements that would not already be recognized for has paid off,” she said. “I’m naturally emphasizes the importance of life lessons she took away Rapport is not only a dancer, but also a traveler. She ARapport is not an average 23 year old. A 2014 gradu- from her experience. Those continue to guide her as she has travelled to more than 12 countries across four con- by the professor emeritus designation or other service ate of Ivey Business School, she is now an analyst at incredibly develops personally and professionally. Ivey taught her a tinents – Vietnam being her favourite. awards (such as teaching awards) in place. Satov Consultants, as well as the corporate relations lot about her strengths and weaknesses, how to interact “I’m naturally incredibly curious, and so I want to manager for Dancers for Cancer, a charity dedicated to curious, and with others and how to manage her stress levels. understand how the world and humanity works, espe- Nominees must have been retired/resigned from the raising money for SickKids Hospital in Toronto. “It was like tough love,” she said. cially in other cultures,” she explained. “I don’t want to In addition, she is an accomplished entrepreneur. so I want to As Rapport reminisced about her time in university, live in a little bubble.” university in any capacity (including Board or Senate During her time at Western, she co-founded Tokynn, a she admitted she is still incredibly impatient, and always With her parents being environmental scientists, Rap- membership) for at least one year prior to consideration food and beverage gifting app, and Covers4Change, understand looking at what is next on her to-do list. port grew up appreciating the world around her and and have no ongoing formal relationship with the an organization that sells laptop cases to fund the build- She was always involved in extra-curricular activities, views it as a learning opportunity. ing of a house in South Sudan. She also represented how the world including planning the Ivey graduation trip, being an Then again, she looks at everything in life as a learn- university. Canada in the Global Vision Junior Team, a business Ivey mentor and an executive for Ivey Orientation Week, ing opportunity. trade mission in South East Asia. and humanity travelling to South East Asia to represent Canada and “Take every possibility you can to learn from the A nomination form and additional information about the “Growing up, I never thought that everything that has co-founding multiple businesses. people and world around you,” Rapport advised cur- award can be found at: happened, would happen,” she said. works, Tokynn and Covers4Change were started as passion rent students. Coming from a poor neighbourhood in Ottawa, projects, but became defining experiences that ignited In 10 years, she hopes to have a family, travel more uwo.ca/univsec/senate/convocation/service_award.html where she lived with her mom, Rapport was motivated especially in her interest in entrepreneurship and philanthropy, she and own a business she truly believes in. Most impor- to provide more for her future. Although both her par- said. tantly, she wants to know her purpose. The deadline for nominations for 2016 ents were academics, she wanted to find her own path other cultures. Even after graduating, Rapport continues to channel Despite all of the challenges she had growing up, – her own journey – in the business world. her energy beyond her job. she has managed to learn from her difficult childhood is March 14th. She applied to Ivey directly from high school, but I don’t want to Rapport beamed as she talked about her current to build a future she has always wanted. needed a scholarship from Western in order to fund it. involvement with Dancers for Cancer, a charity she has Rapport looks through her office window once more The need to maintain a certain average motivated her live in a little been volunteering for since she graduated from univer- and smiles. “My two big things when I look at where I’m to work harder in her final year of high school, as well as sity. The committee is working to raise $1 million by the going next are, one, I’m doing something that matters every year after at Western. Slipping below it was not an bubble.” end of the year to fund the development of a dance to the world, and two, I’m having fun doing it. option, she said. stage at SickKids hospital in Toronto. “Life is way too short to not enjoy what you’re doing.” Once at Ivey, she never looked back. - Chantal Rapport Dance has always been something close to her heart. 8 westernnews.ca Western News January 21, 2016 westernnews.ca Western News January 21, 2016 9

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ollywood’s awards season continues to celebrate Western alumni Emma Donoghue and Stephan HMoccio. Donoghue, DLitt’13, has been nominated for an Academy Award, in reating a community within her home faculty was implications of analog games and their players. At the end of the category of Best Adapted Screen- important to Sarah Roberts. In fact, it was among lecture, the students play a variety of games – including Set- play, for the page-to-screen adapta- the first agenda items she tackled after coming to tlers of Catan, Pandemic, Dominion and others. tion of her acclaimed novel Room. Western a few years ago. “This has turned into a social phenomenon where people Other nominees in the category C“I had some goals in mind around community, building do this instead of going to the bar. But if we just stopped to include The Big Short, screenplay by but I also brought with me my own interest in ‘analog gam- critically interrogate the theme of many games – like Settlers Charles Randolph and Adam McKay; ing.’ I’ve been interested in analog games since I was a kid of Catan – it’s all about colonization and domination. When Brooklyn, screenplay by Nick Hornby; and begged my mother to buy me Dungeons and Dragons; I games are different from that, it’s an interesting thing to Carol, screenplay by Phyllis Nagy; had no idea what it was or how to play, but I liked to read the observe and think about. And this encourages students to and The Martian, screenplay by Drew books,” said Roberts, who teaches in the Faculty of Informa- think about the economics of analog gaming. A lot is know- Goddard. tion and Media Studies (FIMS). ing about video game economics, a massive slice of the The movie, directed by Lenny Abra- Analog gaming – she noted – is an important distinction entertainment industry. You can’t say the same about analog hamson, premiered at the Telluride because when someone says ‘gaming,’ more often than games. For a long time, they were seen as cottage industries Film Festival on Sept. 4. Since then, it not, they are talking about video games. Analog gaming, but that time is gone. This is big money. There’s something received the People’s Choice Award at on the other hand, is anything that going on in the industry and we need academic research on the Toronto International Film Festival. involves a board, cards or dice – and that,” Roberts explained. Widely recognized for her works it doesn’t necessarily need any of And there are many positive aspects to analog gaming that of fiction, Donoghue’s work is known these, either. future librarians need to consider, she said. Everyone has a for its depth of historical and psycho- “I’ve always had a fascination positive, affective relationship with board games and studies logical research. The former Western with (analog games) as a particu- have shown they breed socialization, have positive effects on Writer-In-Residence (1999-2000) has lar creative expression. I’ve found it mental health and even cognitive development. Their appeal written, and continues to write, works interesting thematically, stimulating is universal, she added. of fiction, drama and literary history intellectually, and I thought it was a “Think about all of the different demographics that have and is well known for international ROBERTS cool social activity. When I got here, an interest in gaming. It might be that video games are a bit bestseller Room (2010) and Slammer- I thought about wanting to partake exclusionary to some – but all people enjoy board games, kin (2000). Her works have been trans- in this moment that’s a bit of a renaissance for analog gaming, from toddlers to senior citizens. What a library can do is pro- lated into more than 40 languages I think – certainly for board games.” vide the venue, the opportunity, the instruction and the game and Donoghue has earned her living In no time, Roberts created something of a hub for analog itself. It can bring in people from all walks of life to play games. as a writer since the age of 23. game enthusiasts in FIMS. A staff member, and some ener- If nothing else, it’s about bringing people together in a great Her Room screenplay was also gized students, helped her put out a call for game play and setting,” Roberts said. nominated for a Golden Globe, but “people came out of the woodwork,” she noted. Just like In fact, this is what her students told her they were looking Donoghue lost Best Screenplay to that, the FIMS Gaming Club – a group that meets Fridays to for when they stepped into the classroom. Aaron Sorkin’s Steve Jobs. play various analog games – was born. “Multiple students shared, when we first got together, Moccio, BMus’94, has been nomi- But that’s not all. Analog gaming, as a fun social activity that they were looking forward to an opportunity to put the nated for an Academy Award, in the within the faculty, soon after became an academic pursuit as screens down and interact with each other. They want to con- category of Best Original Song, for well. This term, Roberts launched Analog Gaming in Libraries nect and I think we can think about that same social connec- from Fifty Shades of Grey. as a graduate course in the Library and Information Science tion happening in the library setting. And I think that’s really WORK YOUR DEGREE This is the first Oscar nod for Moc- program. powerful,” she said. cio and his co-writers, Abel Tesfaye, “There’s the social and fun aspect of (analog gaming) but One of Roberts’ students, Amanda Caputo, first came on WITH A POSTGRAD Ahmad Balshe and Jason Daheala there’s a practical aspect to this particularly for MLIS (Masters board with the FIMS Gaming Club. She has run it for the past Quenneville. Other nominees in the of Library and Information Science) students who will have an two years and was excited when the class followed. category include Manta Ray from Rac- opportunity to create programing around gaming in libraries, “I was interested in it for the leisure, and academically inter- ing Extinction, J. Ralph and Antony or think about games in an instructional capacity,” Roberts ested. I had done a little bit of (academic) research on games Our postgraduate certifi cates help you accelerate Hegarty; Simple Song #3 from Youth, explained. and did notice it’s quite lacking,” Caputo said. SPECIAL TO WESTERN NEWS your career by providing specialized training that David Lang; Til It Happens to You from Her 27 students meet every Friday, allowing them to “coast “It’s a really good opportunity for people to connect in dif- The Hunting Ground, Diane Warren mega-selling singles like Miley Cyrus’ Hollywood’s awards season right in” to game play after their lecture hour, and even stick ferent ways, and it’s a really unexplored area academically. It’s builds on your previous degree or diploma combined and Lady Gaga; and Writing’s On The Wrecking Ball and Celine Dion’s A continues to celebrate Western around for the Gaming Club afterwards. As future LIS profes- great that this exists and that we’re turning our perspective Wall from Spectre, Sam Smith and New Day Has Come, as well as with alumni Emma Donoghue, above, sionals, they collectively discuss the games as texts, looking and seeing this as something that’s worthy of study. Board with the opportunity to gain practical experience taking Jimmy Napes. artists such as Seal, Ne-Yo, Sara Bright- and , below, not only at game-play and connections, but also mechanics, games bring a lot of different skills to a table that you won’t on real-world challenges. Earned It, a steamy bedroom man, Josh Groban, John Legend and both nominated for Academy creative design, the cultural, sociopolitical and economic necessarily get from a text.” groove that led the Fifty Shades of Gladys Knight. Moccio was one of the Awards for Best Adapted Grey soundtrack, was also included on three judges on Canada’s Got Talent, Screenplay and Best Original business.humber.ca/postgrad ’s second studio album, alongside comedian Martin Short. Beauty Behind The Madness, and Earned It, however, was snubbed Song, respectively. helped break the Toronto-based alt- for a nomination by the Golden R&B singer to pop audiences when Globes. Smith and Napes won that it peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard category for Writing’s On The Wall. Hot 100. The song has also received The Academy of Motion Picture three nominations at the 58th annual Arts and Sciences announced the Grammy Awards, including Best R&B nominees for the 88th annual Oscars Song, Best R&B Performance and Thursday. The Revenant led the way Best Song Written For Visual Media. with 12 nominations, including for Moccio is one of the world’s bright- best picture. However, Room proved est composers and producers. From to be one of the biggest surprises Olympic anthems to chart-topping of the morning, scoring additional hits, he keeps millions around the nominations for Best Picture, Director world singing melodies from his song- and Actress. book. The St. Catharines native has The Academy Awards ceremony western news been a hit-maker for years, working on will be held Feb. 28. 10 westernnews.ca Western News January 21, 2016 westernnews.ca Western News January 21, 2016 11

KNEE SURGERIES // CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 On Campus economic evaluation is to show how much extra benefit the surgery provides, to allow users of the information (clinicians, policy makers, patients) to decide if the extra cost is worth it. In our case, because the Computer Science student takes outcomes for patients in both groups were so similar, it would suggest arthroscopy is not cost effective, in other words to pay this extra money to get a very similar outcome is unlikely to represent good value,” Marsh added. ambition into another dimension Most people do feel better after knee arthroscopy, Birmingham said, however the catch is randomized clinical trials show that similar patients also improve to a similar WAYBACK MACHINE extent when they receive non-operative The origins of 3D printing can be traced treatments. “When that body of evidence is coupled back to 1986, when the first patent was with the present economic analysis, one issued to Charles Hull for a stereolithography has to question whether health-care funds apparatus. Hull went on to co-found 3D would be better spent elsewhere,” said Bir- Systems, one of the sectors largest and mingham, who has early signs of knee OA most prolific organizations. and won’t be having arthroscopy. “There still may be some individuals who benefit from arthroscopic surgery, and we do leave that to the surgeon to decide, which is likely the best thing. But, again, we have to educate the surgeons and other health- care providers about these types of results. “As a consumer, and as someone with knee OA myself, I would want to know the treatment options.” On the team’s growing research focus on health economics, Giffin, a Surgery profes- sor, added, “There still may be some other individuals who benefit from arthroscopic surgery, and we do rightly leave that to the surgeon to decide. Science often tells us what we can do, clinical trials tell us what we should do, and economic evaluations tell PAUL MAYNE us what we can afford to do in our publicly Western-led research by Trevor Birmingham, left, and Jacquelyn Marsh, right, along with Robert Giffin, conducted the first-ever, trial-based funded health-care system.” analysis on the cost-effectiveness of arthroscopic knee surgery for knee osteoarthritis (OA) sufferers.

ADELA TALBOT Mouth Abuaysha, third-year Computer Science student, has a mini 3D-printing lab at home. In his spare time, he is looking to develop affordable and accessible products that could assist individuals with a wide array of physical limitations.

BY ADELA TALBOT accessible for people to use,” he con- Depending on the material used for tinued, noting he sold his first car after its construction, the ‘fabric’ could be coming to Canada, alongside other used as reinforcement for structures, alk to Mouth Abuaysha belongings, to be able to afford a 3D replacement of tissues or even as a and you’ll wonder how he printer for his lab at home. protective shield for military or police finds the time to pursue His ideas come from looking at a officers, he added. extracurricular activities and specific problem, then trying to come Using 3D printing for things like this Tinterests. A third-year Computer Sci- up with an innovative solution. For makes a variety of solutions affordable ence student who admittedly wants example, he created an arm brace and accessible, Abuaysha explained. Dr. Pete Worden to excel, he is regularly inundated that can mount a mobile phone to The biggest investment is the printer with schoolwork. He’s also a research help individuals who aren’t able to itself – the materials used for printing Chairman of assistant at Western’s Brain and Mind speak. Using a mobile app, the indi- are far less expensive than traditional The Breakthrough Initiative Institute. vidual can type in what they wish to materials used for similar purposes. And in the few moments he can convey and the phone can speak it For instance – the arm brace he From General Relativity to spare for himself, he is a 3D printing out loud. The brace makes the phone designed could be printed with $20 Life in the Universe: inventor, of sorts, looking to develop accessible at all times for this purpose. worth of plastic. A cast or traditional affordable and accessible products The design for the brace can also brace costs much more. A Century of Breakthrough Science that could assist individuals with a double as a design for a cast replace- “This is the thing I do right after wide array of physical limitations. ment, he added. school. People might relax or hang Thursday February 4th, 2016, 7:00 PM “I’m trying to come up with solu- Abuaysha has also developed a out, but I want to finish this,” Abuay- Western Science Centre, Room 55 tions for people who have physical new way of 3D printing to print ‘fabric’ sha said. impairments. Making a new knee cap by using a PLA plastic, an affordable When he is done his Computer To register for this free event, could use 3D printing. The market corn-based material. The ‘fabric’ he Science degree, he wants to apply email [email protected] has a big lack of this – solutions can prints looks like a quilt of intricately for graduate school and is interested be very expensive and most people connected pieces, collectively mal- in biomedical engineering. With a who are disabled don’t have a big leable in shape and form, and very background and experience in robot- income,” said Abuaysha, who came durable. It has the potential for a vari- ics and electronics, he plans to seize to Western from Saudi Arabia as an ety of uses, he explained, and the every opportunity he can to use tech- www.cpsx.uwo.ca international student in 2011. algorithms he created for printing this nology as an accessible aide. “My idea is to come up with solu- material can be used to print ‘fabric’ @westernuCPSX tions that are cheap to market and made of metal or other substances. 12 westernnews.ca Western News January 21, 2016 westernnews.ca Western News January 21, 2016 13

Research Research Unraveling the ‘tangled knot’ of online news Postdoc takes elite skills BY KATHERINE FLETCHER

ictoria Rubin knows the truth is out there. It is just getting harder to find. “With the new ways of generating, sharing and obtaining content online, most users off court and into lab wantV to make their decisions based on credible sources who share their expertise with the best intentions in mind – meaning without lying,” said the Faculty of Infor- mation and Media Studies (FIMS) professor. But sorting the truth from so much fiction can pose a daunting task. Identifying deliberately deceptive information in online news is the subject of Rubin’s current research endeavour, Digital Deception Detection. Conducted through Rubin’s Language and Information Technology Research Lab, the project aims to design systems that either alert users to fact-check information of dubious quality or filter out misleading statements. “Most news stories are formatted alike. There is no clear visual distinction between a news piece from The New York Times and The Onion, for example. If the source attribution is unclear, or its credibility unknown, readers might mistake parody for legitimate news,” Rubin said. “Our task is to come up with a satirical news detection system that flags satirical news parody as one type of ‘fake’ or ‘deceptive’ news, based on how the news is written regardless of the presence or absence of clear attribution.” In April 2015, Rubin was awarded a three-year Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) Insight Grant to fund the Digital Deception Detection project. “The context of ‘news’ is new to the deception detection community since the majority of the work is in interpersonal psychology, law enforcement and airport/border security,” Rubin said. “Applying some of LIAR, LIAR ROSS HOWEY // SPECIAL TO WESTERN NEWS the methods to everyday life news behaviours is tricky How often do we lie? How well Faculty of Information and Media Studies professor Victoria Rubin was awarded a three-year Social since news can be biased, subjective, erroneous, but not can people tell ? And if Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) Insight Grant to explore ways to fact- necessarily deceptive. It’s a tangled knot that we are just computers were to spot a lie, check information of dubious quality or filter out misleading statements in online news. starting to unravel.” Rubin and her students are aiming for software proto- what should they be looking types to support the work of newsrooms, news aggrega- for? Faculty of Information Rubin and her team are connected virtually on a daily siasm. tors and end-users, namely news readers. and Media Studies professor basis. They meet weekly for two hours and everyone “When people are curious, or perhaps even fearless, At an Association for Information Science and Tech- Victoria Rubin presents has a role to fill – be it running data analysis script, col- or at least confident in their ability to master something nology annual meeting in November, Rubin, along Language of Deception: lecting data or managing a dataset, researching specific that appears hard at first, they immediately catch my with Library and Information Science (LIS) PhD students Looking at Tell-Tale Signs of concepts or writing a paper. attention. It is enormously gratifying to work with smart, Yimin Chen and Niall Conroy, presented three short “The work is intense and demanding, but we are self-driven individuals, regardless of their titles, age and Lying at 7 p.m. Wednesday, papers related to the project discussing the role of having lots of laughs given the data we work with are gender,’ Rubin concluded. “I learn to listen to what they JESICA HURST library and information science in deception detection. Jan. 27, at the Central Branch satirical news pieces,” Rubin said. have to say, what worries them, what matters to them Schulich School of Medicine & LIS researchers have been interested in issues of online of London Public Library, When considering graduate students who are inter- and how their life might be different from when I was a Dentistry postdoctoral fellow BY JESICA HURST his love and passion for sports and athletics and do you use sensory information to choose how to credibility for a while; news verification is an important Stevenson & Hunt Room A, ested in working with her in her lab, Rubin places student.” Jeff Weiler focuses his research his time playing volleyball. move and which cup to pick up?” issue within certain streams of LIS. 251 Dundas St. emphasis on good writing, self-motivation, and enthu- on how sensory information is “As I got older and more intellectually mature, A basic science researcher by trade, Weiler will hen it comes to sports, a lot rides I began to question how we are able to perform not have much of a clinical reach in his own work. used to promote and execute on how well an athlete controls the specific movements, and why certain people are However, the research he is working on could be goal-oriented actions, which movement of their body. Whether good at those movements while others are not,” applied to a number of movement disorders. essentially means a movement the sport of choice involves jump- the postdoctoral fellow explained. “I want to “If someone has a stroke to the areas of the that someone wishes to Wing, throwing, hitting a ball or running as fast as know what the neurological mechanisms are that brain that control movement, how would that perform, such as picking up a possible, the outcome is a combination of hard allow for these movements to unfold.” influence how people make decisions for mak- cup. work and natural talent. Following the time he spent in Europe, Weiler ing particular kinds of movement?” he said. “I’m This concept of human movement has came to Western to pursue a Master of Science interested in answering these kinds of questions, impacted Jeff Weiler’s life on, and off, the volley- degree in Kinesiology. He completed one year, and once we understand the foundation of how ball court, as a professional athlete, kinesiologist and switched into the PhD program. the brain works when it is working optimally, we and movement neuroscientist. It was then Weiler met Schulich Medicine & will have a better idea of how to improve it when Growing up playing a variety of sports, Weiler Dentistry professor Paul Gribble, who encour- it is working sub-optimally.” quickly realized he excelled at volleyball and aged him to pursue a postdoctoral fellowship at Located in the Brain and Mind Institute, Weiler worked hard to take this skill as far as it could go. the school. has access to state-of-the-art equipment that can 710 Adelaide Street N., just south of Oxford St. “As I got older and more He played for the Canadian National Volleyball “Right before I defended my dissertation, I ran help support his research questions. The exo- Team from 2001-08, and received Dalhousie Uni- into Paul at The Grad Club and he asked me what skeleton robot he uses regularly, for example, is intellectually mature, I versity’s Athlete of the Year Award three years in my plans were for the future,” Weiler said. “Long the only one in the world that has three degrees a row, all while completing a Bachelor of Science story short, he spoke to my current supervisor, of freedom — the shoulder, elbow and wrist can began to question how degree in Kinesiology. Andrew Pruszynski, and they offered me a fellow- all move. Having dedicated a huge portion of his life to ship position.” “The equipment we have access to is really we are able to perform the sport, he faced a tough decision in 2008 when The former athlete’s postdoctoral research unparalleled across Canada,” he said. “I’m also the Canadian team didn’t qualify for the Olympics is focused on how sensory information is used lucky to have talented researchers and faculty specific movements, in Beijing. He ultimately decided to retire from to promote and execute goal-oriented actions, members around me all of the time who I can amateur competition, and moved to play for which essentially means a movement someone bounce ideas off of.” and why certain people professional teams in Greece and Germany for wishes to perform, such as picking up a cup. He is Since he started his graduate studies and two years. interested in how we take in that sensory informa- postdoctoral training, Weiler has stopped play- are good at those “The time I spent playing volleyball were like tion, and what the underlying mechanisms that ing volleyball. However, he continues to play my formative years,” Weiler said. “I really learned support that type of computation are. other sports such as squash and basketball, and movements while a lot about myself and I met my best friends. It was “As I move further into my fellowship, and embraces his athletics out of pure enjoyment. an incredible experience that not a lot of people become a more independent researcher, I’m also And with every jump, throw or sprint, he is others are not.” have the opportunity to take part in.” looking into how we decide what movements to reminded there is always so much more to sports While he never had a desire to research sport, make,” he explained. “For example, if you have and human movement than meets the eye. - Jeff Weiler per se, his research interests developed through two identical cups of coffee in front of you, how 14 westernnews.ca Western News January 21, 2016 westernnews.ca Western News January 21, 2016 15

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For more information, please visit us on challenged my largely Canadian perspective, offering million in 2014 to support to a different university, taking a new course or striking ence. I could never love a school more than Western, status will be commensurate with the different views from around the world. It was a chance to up conversation with someone new. My exchange chal- but Bond got pretty close. Document investigation their Residence Meal Plan; the other two the web at registrar.uwo.ca and follow global learning experiences participants receive $50 on their plan. successful applicant’s qualifications and Tax Receipt Information us on Twitter @westernuWSS and @ engage in a sort of collective learning, free from the con- lenged me to dive into difference and be uncomfort- through the Jack and Sharon The competitions continue at 5:30 experience. The position starting date T2202As and T4As westernuReg. fines of textbooks. Learning did not solely come from able. I was in a new environment with people whose Kara Waites is a third-year Faculty of Information Western officials are continuing to p.m. each evening Jan. 25 in Ontario will be July 1, 2017, or as negotiated. Cowin Scholars Award to T2202As (tuition tax receipts) for the the content the professor was teaching, but also from experience and values differed greatly from my own, Media Studies student currently working toward an investigate how a document contain- Hall; Jan. 27 in Saugeen-Maitland Hall; Consideration of applications will begin 2015 tax year will be available online at what everyone else had to say about it. In one class, we support academic exchanges and it was awesome. honours specialization in Media and the Public Interest, ing student information surfaced on a Feb. 1 in Delaware Hall; Feb. 3 in Essex on April 15, 2016, and will continue until got into a particularly heated discussion about gun laws, between Western and Bond I have so much appreciation for the Jack and Sharon and a minor in Transitional Justice and Post-Conflict third-party website Jan. 15. the position is filled the end of February. See registrar.uwo. Hall; and Feb. 8 in Perth Hall. ca/student_finances/tax_receipts.html as each student proudly defended the policies their University in Australia. Cowin Scholars Award program, which allowed me Reconstruction. Originating with the university’s All positions are subject to budgetary for information on how to obtain your Leadership and Academic Mentor- T4A online. ship Program (LAMP), the document approval. Applicants should have fluent • CLASSIFIED written and oral communication skills contained information on first-year stu- in English. All qualified candidates are dents from 2014-15 who participated in For Rent encouraged to apply; however, Canadi- LAMP, including names, Western email an citizens and permanent residents will addresses, home and cell phone num- Incentives. Esplanade Apartments, 1 be given priority. Western is committed bers. The document did not include Grosvenor St. Park-like setting walk- to employment equity and welcomes home addresses, personal email ing distance to Western, St. Joe’s and applications from all qualified women addresses, student numbers, pass- downtown. Stunning 2-bedroom, gym, and men, including visible minorities, words or other identifying information. billiards room and parking. Office open Aboriginal people and persons with “Western takes the safeguarding of daily. 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On display for the world to see

PAUL MAYNE More than 100 submissions have been received for the upcoming 14th annual AJE (Annual Juried Exhibition), one of the most highly anticipated undergraduate exhibitions of the year in Visual Arts. Students from all levels have the opportunity to be included in the exhibition, which runs Jan. 28-Feb. 11 at the ArtLab Gallery. A juried panel will be on campus Friday to look over the various artwork – ranging from video, photography and painting to drawing, sculpture, installation and performance – in order to select approximately 40-50 pieces to be part of the show. All the artwork is currently on display throughout the John Labatt Visual Arts. For more information, go to uwo.ca/ visarts.

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