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September 14, 2017 / Vol. 53 No. 22 westernnews.ca PM 41195534 Western’s newspaper of record since 1972 ‘This is an SHELTER FROM injustice’ Huron moves to help U.S. THE STORMS immigrants impacted by DACA BY ADELA TALBOT s the United States wrestles with the fate of thousands of its undocumented residents, one Western affiliated college immediately stepped into the fray and offered a helping handA – and a hefty scholarship – to students seeking a way out. Last week, U.S. President Donald Trump formally ended the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program – informally known as DACA – and threw into uncertainty the nearly 800,000 young undocumented immigrants brought to the United States as children the program protected from deportation. The move forces the U.S. Congress to act to preserve the program’s protections before recipients begin losing their status on March 5, 2018. Anticipating the announcement, “We’re trying Huron University College officials moved quickly to establish a $60,000 to inspire kids scholarship for students who could be negatively affected, should as much as DACA be successfully repealed. “We had a similar concern when possible to the travel ban (temporarily block- ing people from six predominantly get involved Muslim countries from entering the United States) was first announced in politics and which, at that time, could have affected our own students and fac- social change.” ulty,” said Barry Craig, Huron Prin- cipal. “In this case, it is unlikely to - Barry Craig affect any of our own, but we still Huron Principal had, essentially, the same humani- tarian concern. We want to say this is an injustice. “This may all get worked out in Congress, and, in the end, everybody may be fine. But right now, there are 800,000 young people, many of them in postsecondary education, at a state of consider- able anxiety. Think of starting university and thinking that within six months, you would be deported. What could be more concerning?” Introduced by former U.S. President Barack Obama, DACA protected a group known as ‘The Dreamers’ from deportation, allowing them to work legally in the United States under two-year, renewable work permits. RESEARCHERS BUILDING Leading universities in the United States, including Notre Dame, Columbia, and Baylor University, deep in the red state of Texas, have condemned the potential RESILIENCE AMID THE repeal, and seeing Canadian institutions join their ranks, Craig was compelled to do the same. “There are at least three things we intend from this,” he said. “First, concretely, to help any individual we can ROILING WATERS PAGES 8-9 that is negatively affected. Second, to make a public statement of disagreement with this policy. And third, to make a statement to our own students. We are challeng- ing them to become more socially engaged. The institu- tion is willing to put its money where its mouth is. If all we NASA // SPECIAL TO WESTERN NEWS ‘THIS IS AN INJUSTICE’ // CONTINUED ON PAGE 10 2 westernnews.ca Western News September 14, 2017 westernnews.ca Western News September 14, 2017 3 Campus and Community Campus and Community Western joins BEST BETS Visit the Western Events Calendar at TVO Hub looks to explore region www.events.westernu.ca for a full look at the week ahead. Western News (ISSNO316- CANARIE effort 8654), a publication of West- ern University’s Department of Communications and Public SEPT. 15 | 12:30-1:20 p.m., Don Wright Faculty of Music, von Kuster Hall Affairs, is published every Thurs- against cyberattacks day throughout the school year and operates under a reduced schedule during December, May, June, July and August. BY PAUL MAYNE An award-winning weekly news- paper and electronic news ser- vice, Western News serves as the university’s newspaper of record. The publication traces its roots to The University of Western Ontario Newsletter, a FRIDAYS AT 12:30 CONCERT SERIES one-page leaflet-style publica- Krisztina Szabó, mezzo soprano; John Hess, piano. Two new Canadian tion which debuted on Sept. song cycles by two great composers. Chris Paul Harman sets the texts of 23, 1965. The first issue of the the great Spanish poet Garcia Lorca, while Nicole Lizee has a great deal of Western News, under found- fun with a mash-up of a few of her favourite films. ing editor Alan Johnston, was published on Nov. 16, 1972 replacing the UWO Times and Western Times. Today, West- ern News continues to provide SEPT. 15 | 12:30-1:30 p.m., FIMS and Nursing Building, Room 1250 timely news, information and a forum for discussion of post- secondary issues in the campus and broader community. WESTERN NEWS WesternNews.ca Westminster Hall, Suite 360 MAXIMIZE YOUR MEMORY Western University Passive repetition of course material not only takes a lot of time, but it London, ON N6A 3K7 doesn’t guarantee you’ll remember the information come exam time. Learn Telephone 519 661-2045 how to use your brain efficiently and effectively. Fax 519 661-3921 PUBLISHER PAUL MAYNE // WESTERN NEWS Helen Connell [email protected], Western Information Security Campus Officer Jeffrey Gardiner expressed SEPT. 17 | 12:30-3 p.m., University Community Centre 519 661-2111 Ext. 85469 excitement with Western joining the CANARIE Network Joint Security Project. Funded by the federal government, the information-sharing EDITOR Jason Winders project pools collective IT expertise against millions of attacks on higher- [email protected], learning institutions annually. 519 661-2111 Ext. 85465 REPORTER/PHOTOGRAPHER Paul Mayne anadian postsecondary institutions are now finding strength in numbers ADELA TALBOT // WESTERN NEWS [email protected], when combating cyberattacks. Mary Baxter is one of four full- 519 661-2111 Ext. 85463 Western has joined forces with 27 other colleges and universities time journalists embedded across BY ADELA TALBOT ing to focus more on the local community. But we the implications for our natural environments. WESTERN CUTS FOR A CURE across the country to combat cyberattacks as part of the CANARIE the province on behalf of TVO’s really are a region; we have a lot of shared issues The soil here is very rich; it’s a place where we’ve REPORTER/PHOTOGRAPHER NetworkC Joint Security Project, Western Information Technology Services officials Western students are invited to come out and donate hair for a cause. and challenges,” she continued. mined natural resources for years. Now, we see Adela Talbot Ontario Hubs, a new project recently announced. Funded by the federal government, the information-sharing Donations will be sent to 360 Hair to make wigs for youth with cancer. utbacks in newsrooms across the country “TVO wanted to bring high-quality journal- issues coming out of that. We have agricultural [email protected], designed to explore local issues 519 661-2111 Ext. 85464 project pools collective IT expertise against millions of attacks on higher-learning have not only resulted in an increasingly ism efforts to the regions. We’re not about daily questions, phosphorus in the Great Lakes, oil institutions annually. and increase public engagement. documented dearth in local journalism reporting – we’re about doing in-depth journal- production and manufacturing,” Baxter noted. PRODUCTION DESIGNER “We are a data-rich environment connected to the world by way of our net- SEPT. 19 | 10:30-11:30 a.m., University Hospital, Auditorium C Responsible for the southwestern – they have also severed ties that bind ism, being the place where there is still the time, “How do we find our identity after manufactur- Frank Neufeld works,” explained Jeffrey Gardiner, Western Information Security Campus Offi- Ontario hub, Baxter will work out communitiesC by way of shared experiences and when somebody tells you something, to call ing? Identity is maybe a big issue because we [email protected], cer. “Information is the capital of the Information Age. Consequently, Western’s concerns. somebody else to talk about that. Sadly, in a lot also have that pull from the GTA, and we see that 519 661-2111 Ext. 89334 of the new Faculty of Information information infrastructure is under constant attack by advanced threats covering and Media Studies and Nursing It’s a journalism “crisis” TVO wants to address of legacy media, there’s no time or resources to play out in things like the high-speed rail issue. If everything from curious students and hackers, to sophisticated organized criminal within the province with a new initiative, funded by do that anymore.” we connect that way, do we become a suburb of EDITORIAL SERVICES Building. COORDINATOR elements and foreign governments.” a $2-million donation by Goldie Feldman and the TVO is the second public broadcaster to set Toronto?” Angie Wiseman Seemingly every day, there is a reminder in the headlines of why this is impor- Barry and Laurie Green Charitable Trust – one of the up shop in London in the last few months. In May, The region, as Baxter sees it, needs to be [email protected], tant. Late last month, MacEwan University in Edmonton was defrauded of $11.8 largest philanthropic gifts to journalism in Canada. CBC London expanded its footprint, by launching defined in order to properly hone in on com- 519 661-2111 Ext. 81530 million, after staff failed to verify whether emails requesting a change in banking TVO’s Ontario Hubs, announced last week, is a new morning show and local news website. mon issues of concern. ‘What is southwestern information from a vendor were legitimate. a new project designed to explore local issues Baxter grew up in Toronto but has lived and Ontario?’ is a burning question, she said, adding ADVERTISING Offered in collaboration with Innovation, Science and Economic Develop- and increase public engagement across the covered southwestern Ontario – particularly its she sees it as everything west of, and likely includ- Chris Amyot, Campus Ad BONE AND JOINT INSTITUTE SEMINAR SERIES [email protected], ment Canada, CANARIE – short for Canadian Network for the Advancement of province.