June 19, 2008 Vol. 44 No. 19 The University of Western Ontario’s newspaper of record www.westernnews.ca PM 41195534 VOLUNTEERS HENLEY REGATTA DRAMATIC CHANGE The volunteering bug caught A gold medal year in Canada has earned the The Talbot Theatre will undergo a $5-million Suzanne McDonald Aziz early in men’s eight rowing team a place in Britain’s renovation to completely overhaul the life – in elementary school. celebrated Henley regatta. workhorse performance facility. Page 10 Page 7 Page 3 Fear Factor – Butterfly wrangling the grad version B Y PAUL MAYNE career is not for him – he wants to focus on research. o, you’re a graduate student But while fear of leaving is not wrapping up your PhD and a problem for him, other fears Sthinking about leaving aca- exist. demia. Sounds easy. But think “I sure have fear to fi t myself in again. an industrial environment where Among discoveries from a money is valued more than sci- recent campus workshop was ence,” he says. the grad student fear that if they What surprised Patel after tak- leave academia they are selling ing the workshop was the culture out on the whole idea of being a difference between academe and graduate student. Many fear their workplace. Having had an indus- faculty supervisor’s reaction. trial job experience, he knows “Not only were they unsure of there’s a difference. what if anything they could do, but many were worried that their supervisor would not give them “Many did not even tell a good reference if it were for their supervisor they a non-academic position,” says Clare Tattersall, Coordinator of were participating in Graduate Student Recruitment the workshop for fear and Retention. Tattersall helped organize a of being marginalized week-long non-academic research or viewed as ‘selling training workshop, part of West- ern’s 360° Professional Develop- out’ because they were ment Initiative, along with the considering leaving Career Centre. “Many did not even tell their academia,” supervisor they were participat- – Clare Tattersall, Coordinator, ing in the workshop for fear of Graduate Student Recruitment and being marginalized or viewed as Retention ‘selling out’ because they were considering leaving academia,” “My knowledge and the out- says Tattersall. put from my knowledge is only The workshop included a dozen valued at the professional level,” participants from programs rang- says Patel. “Whereas, in this (aca- ing from Astronomy and Chemical demic) culture, my personal val- Engineering to Music and English ues or skills that I have gained Literature. The group included through the past four years of two post-doctoral students. PhD are important, too, and I can Among the pressures is a belief use them in terms of transferable many faculty members want skills.” their students to remain within Avisekh Banerjee, post-doc- academia. If students leave, fac- toral fellow in Mechanical and ulty express betrayal. The num- Material Engineering, says job ber of students pursuing an aca- searching strategies for PhDs demic position is linked to tenure differ from those of master’s or appointment. bachelor students. Many graduate students believe He learned it’s tough to get a an academic supervisor will not job at this level without network- write a positive letter of refer- ing. Paul Mayne, Western News ence for PhD students wanting to As for the ‘fear factor’, Baner- An Eastern Tiger swallowtail butterfl y rests on grass while University of Western Ontario researchers prepare go on to professional school. jee says the initial concern is that Tuesday for the fi rst day of ‘butterfl y wrangling’ in the Long Point area. Butterfl ies are being captured and Alpesh Patel (Chemical & academics have been his entire assessed by PhD student Caroline Williams and post-doctoral fellow Daria Koscinski (above) for a number of Biochemical Engineering) has research projects. See story and photo Page 8. already decided an academic Continued on page 2 INSIDE: Academe 14 | Careers 13 | Classifi eds 15 | Coming Events 14 | Letters to the Editor 6 | Commentary 4, 5 2 JUNE 19, 2008 WESTERN NEWS CAMPUS DIGEST “My bags are packed Retire With with treasures from BILL ON THE HILL their name and the name of their professor of Family Medicine at your little store.”* Dignity William Shakespeare will make co-worker in a lottery to win one the Schulich School of Medicine i'FFCBTFEJOWFTUNFOUDPOTVMUJOH an appearance on University Hill of several cash prizes. Each par- & Dentistry. 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Diabetic PRESIDENT’S OFFICE *Our customers say it best! ticipate in a study of employees’ patients must have an ulcer Gayle Finlay has assumed the 4-4RADEMARKUSEDUNDERAUTHORIZATIONANDCONTROLOF4HE"ANKOF.OVA3COTIA work attitudes and impressions meeting the following criteria: at role of assistant to the president, 3COTIA-C,EODISADIVISIONOF3COTIA#APITAL)NC -EMBER#)0& of managers. The study involves least 1 cm x 1 cm; located on the succeeding Lucyanne Davison completing an online survey (that plantar foot surface including who has taken on the position will take about 25 minutes) and the toes; and present for at least of coordinator for the offi ce of forwarding a link to a similar four weeks, but no longer than the provost. Finlay, a member of survey to a co-worker. Employ- two years. The work will be led Human Resources Professional ees should have at least one year by David Keast, medical director of London and District, most of work experience at Western. of the Outpatient Chronic Wound recently served as a consultant In appreciation of participants’ Management Clinic at Parkwood for the Salvation Army in Lon- effort, the researcher will enter Hospital and a clinical adjunct don. Western helps close 36-year-old case B Y PAUL MAYNE opened and contact was made supplying samples of their DNA with Western. Campus Police to compare to the body. ts Campus Police and other uni- Staff Sergeant Michael Mics As a result, a positive identifi ca- men uire versity offi ces have helped solve assigned Special Constable Lee tion was made, allowing the par- req a 36-year-old cold case fi le. Pressey. With the assistance of ents to bring closure to this 36-old Cu o your 2008/09 In January 2008, Stephen Fon- the Saugeen residence manager, mystery. At the family’s request stom-made t cut-off dates seca, Manager of the Identifi ca- Registrar’s Offi ce and a Weldon for privacy, no further informa- tion & Disaster Response Unit Library archivist, records were tion is being released. fall term: last week in july (British Columbia Offi ce of the located leading to a possible iden- “This remarkable case has Chief Coroner) contacted West- tity of the victim. fi nally brought closure to a caring winter term: first week in november ern’s campus police requesting “Campus Police would like to family who unfortunately are now assistance in identifying a male thank our community partners left to cope with the confi rmation We accept orders year round! who had died Jan. 10, 1972. that assisted with retrieving that they indeed have lost a loved At the time of the initial inves- archived information helping one,” says Fonseca. tigation, the deceased male had solve this mystery,” says Mics, For Mics, solving the case is a 2OOM 5##"UILDINGs0HONE OR&AX no identifi cation and the only clue adding it’s the fi rst time in his 21 double-edged sword. % MAILINPRINTCOURSEPACKS UWOCAs7EBSITEWWWCOURSEPACKORG was a slip of paper with a sur- years at Western campus police “I can’t imagine what it would name and words “Saugeen Hall have assisted in a cold case fi le. be like not knowing what hap- Western.” Further investigation located pened to a family member that Vancouver investigators fol- the victim’s parents who had not has disappeared,” says Mics.