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Alumni Gazette WESTERN’S ALUMNI MAGAZINE SINCE 1939 ARE WE ALONE? OUR INTERSTELLAR EXPERTS TACKLE THE BIG QUESTIONS FALL | 2019 A NIGHT LIKE THIS Dance/electronic duo Loud Luxury – Andrew Fedyk, BA’15, (Political Science), and Joe Depace, BA’14 (Popular Music Studies) – met through a DJ club at Western in 2012. Just six years later, their song Body (feat. Brando) was a smash hit, capturing the 2018 Much Music Video Award for ‘Best Song of the Summer’ and topping charts around the world. In March, they opened the Juno Awards in London, alongside the Western Mustang Band and Western Mustang Cheerleaders, and nabbed four nominations, winning ‘Dance Recording of the Year.’ Aug. 29 saw the pair kick off their first-ever headlining North American tour, Nights Like This, in Salt Lake City, Utah. (FRANK NEUFELD PHOTO, BLOCK PARTY MUSIC FESTIVAL, LONDON, ONTARIO, SEPTEMBER 14, 2018) 14, SEPTEMBER ONTARIO, LONDON, MUSIC FESTIVAL, PARTY BLOCK NEUFELD PHOTO, (FRANK Contents 6 In Brief 8 Moments An exciting benefit for you 10 Wizard of Words 13 Crossword (our first ever!) 14 Allies anchor Arsenault as a Western University 18 Cover Story: Are we alone? 24 Meet Western’s new President 28 The first gig graduate 31 Homecoming 2019 34 Speaking volumes by listening Get preferred rates and coverage 36 Serving up success 38 Northern Tornadoes Project that fits your needs. 40 Lessons of bravery, compassion 42 A new model of learning 46 Class Notes Take advantage of your Graduate benefits. You save with You have access to the TD Insurance Meloche Monnex program.
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