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Schulich not sold onnew interview methodMultiple Mini approach makesmed school applicants cut tothe chase on ethical dilemmasBy Abid-Aziz LadhaniGazette Staff

Mini interviews are deemed to be agood indicator of applicants’ abili-ties by a number of Canadian med-ical schools.

The Multiple Mini Interview, ini-tiated by the Michael G. DeGrooteSchool of Medicine at McMasterUniversity in 2004, is a series of 10to 12 eight-minute interviewsapplicants go through whileaddressing ethical dilemmas andfinding solutions to hands-onproblems.

Adopted by 12 of Canada’s 17medical schools,MMI is believedto reduce inter-viewer bias, bet-ter gauge appli-cant ability andmake up for theperceived short-comings of thetraditional panelinterview.

“The panelinterview doesn’twork all thatgreat either. Theywere very expen-sive,” JackRosenfeld, pro-fessor emeritusat McMaster andco-inventor of MMI, said. “And then[the] worst thing was they allowedin people that shouldn’t have got-ten in and kept out people thatshould have gotten in.”

Despite successful resultsreported in the Medical Educationjournal in 2004 on MMI, Western’sSchulich School of Medicine andDentistry has yet to adopt themethod.

“Although we have investigated[it] as a possibility, our method ismore like a traditional interviewwith the same team of evaluators,”Pam Bere, manager of admissionsand student affairs at Schulich,said. “We get a more realistic idea ofthe individual.”

Bere believed, although differ-ent, both methods measure similarqualities and abilities of applicants.

“Looking from school to schoolwe all have our own methods to getto the same results,” she added.

However, a 2007 study to followup with Medical Education’s reportshowed a correlation between ahigh performance level on the MMIand success on licensing examsand clerkships.

According to Rosenfeld, MMIsprevent the “halo effect” of an inter-view which is what people can pick

up in the first 15 minutes. “With the MMI, you get a very

short time to deal with a specifictopic. You don’t have time to makefriends with the committee, or touse interview skills — it’s about thetopic,” Rosenfeld said. “We stayaway from medical topics — they’remore topics that are related to whatan educated individual shouldknow at this time.”

Rosenfeld mentioned applicantsare assessed on their knowledgeand ability to communicate ontopics including world affairs,ethics and various political issues.

Brahm Klark, fourth-year genet-ics major andp r o s p e c t i v emedical schoolstudent at West-ern, was fond ofthe fact MMIfocuses on ethi-cal dilemmas.

“I would bemore comfort-able goingthrough McMas-ter’s interviewprocess,” Klarksaid. “I think partof being a physi-cian is being avery good com-municator andbeing able to

handle various ethical issues.”Jeff Jonusaitis, a first-year med-

ical student at the NorthernOntario School of Medicine, alsoliked the MMI approach. However,he acknowledged other individualsmight be more comfortable withthe traditional panel interviewmethod as applicants are able tobuild a rapport with the panelmembers.

“[The MMI is] longer than apanel interview. I was in one thatwas 100 minutes. It’s 10 minutes perquestion — you get two minutes toread the question and the othereight minutes to answer the ques-tion,” Jonusaitis said. “It was a bitunnerving because the people whoare interviewing you are not sup-posed to give you any kind of visu-al or verbal cues about how you’redoing. ”

Additionally, Rosenfeld believedthe MMI exposes students to partof the “real world.”

“In the real world, [a few min-utes is] all you’ve got,” Rosenfeldsaid. “We [baby] students too muchin university, and that’s wrong. It’snot how the real world works. Thatbeing said, applicants think they’vebeen treated fairly and enjoyed theprocess.”

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By Meagan KashtyGazette Staff

Western Hospitality Services ismaking a statement with their newefforts to promote sustainability.

Amidst a series of other changesthis summer, Hospitality Serviceschanged the signs on garbage binsin the University Community Cen-tre to read “landfill” instead of“waste”, emphasizing the fact any

garbage students choose to throwin the bin will ultimately end up ina landfill.

“The message is a bit clearer,”Janet Smith, marketing manager forWestern Hospitality Services, said.Smith also noted the new sign hasmore of an impact on students.

Additional signs were placedabove the receptacles clarifyingwhat can be composted and whatcan be recycled. Smith mentioned

the ultimate goal of these signs is tomake students aware of the recy-cling resources available.

“People [didn’t] take the time toread the signs [before],” Smith said.“We wanted to ensure that theywere getting the necessary infor-mation.”

Smith also mentioned while thesigns are currently only visible in

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“With the MMI, youget a very short time todeal with a specifictopic. You don’t havetime to make friendswith the committee, orto use interview skills— it’s about the topic”

Jack Rosenfeld,professor emeritus at McMaster

and co-inventor of MMI

the UCC, they will soon be postedin other buildings across campus.

Holly Stover, EnviroWestern co-ordinator, supported the effortsmade by Hospitality Services.

“Pictorial displays of what wasteitems can be recycled are extreme-ly helpful for students to under-stand what goes where […] particu-larly how they show items that canbe purchased in the cafeteria,”Stover said.

Stover was also optimistic aboutthe impact the “landfill” signswould have on students.

“We all suffer from the [not-in-my-backyard factor] and ‘out ofsight, out of mind,’ to a certain

degree,” Stover added. “The landfilldesignation on waste bins may helpcircumvent this and help peoplecome to grips with their waste pro-duction and make efforts to reducethe amount of disposable itemsthey use.”

This past summer, Western alsoadopted London’s recycling pro-gram. The expanded programrequired a significant increase incost, but permitted Western to addmore items to its list of recyclablegoods.

These changes have resulted ina visible improvement in the 2010College Sustainability Report Card,released by the Sustainable Endow-ments Institute.

The report gave Western anoverall grade of C, in comparison toC minus the year before, and an Ain regards to food and recycling.

Both Stover and Smith acknowl-edged the importance of studentparticipation to guarantee the suc-cess of Western’s sustainability pro-grams.

“This change will only be suc-cessful if the Western community iseducated about these changes andunderstands what new items needto be recycled,” Stover added.

Smith also admitted without acertain amount of surveillance, theprogram has its risks. “Unfortu-nately, if we’re not monitoring itclosely, things will continue to notbe sorted,” she said.

However, the efforts of EnviroW-estern and Hospitality Services arefalling on the deaf ears of some stu-dents.

Carson McGregor, a fourth-yearmedia, information and technocul-ture student had not noticed thechange in signs, and was indifferentabout its impact on his recyclinghabits.

“I’ve heard about the [recyclingefforts] because my roommate ishelping with it [...] [but] it doesn’tmake a difference to me,” Clair Yim,a second-year MIT student added.

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Western’s bird tunnel aworld’s first

A new wind tunnel has opened atWestern to complete the newAdvanced Facility for AvianResearch.

The new facility is the onlyclosed-loop hypobaric bird windtunnel in the world.

According to Chris Guglielmo,assistant professor of biology andco-designer of the tunnel, thehypobaric wind tunnel is a largesteel structure, which is closed offand sealed tight into a vacuum tosimulate flight altitudes for birds.

The AFAR tunnel connects dif-ferently conditioned environmen-tal rooms. It has a pump to input aconstant renewal of fresh air andcontrols the humidity and temper-ature to simulate migratory condi-tions for birds.

“Birds use fat for fuel [and byobserving them] we can study whatfuel they use when they fly, howthey refuel and what foods on theground can make the best refuel-

ing,” Guglielmo stated. He mentioned this information

can be used to help design betterstop-over habitats of migratorybirds. The data will have otherapplications outside of the birdrealm, such as helping enduranceathletes learn to use fat instead ofcarbohydrates as energy sources.

“The goal of AFAR is to study theentire life cycle of birds [and] howenvironmental conditions affectbirds’ behavior, physiology, andecology,” Guglielmo added.

—Alice Yuan

Ivey offers new degree,opportunities

The Richard Ivey School of Busi-ness will expand its internationalprofile upon launching a new mas-ter of science in managementdegree in 2010.

The new MSc degree will coin-cide with the CEMS’ master ininternational management pro-gram, ranked the top of its kind bythe Financial Times.

CEMS, also known as The Glob-al Alliance in Management Educa-tion, includes 28 schools and morethan 57 corporate partners acrossthe globe and aims to set an inter-national standard for pre-experi-ence in masters in management.

Darren Meister, faculty directorof the MSc and HBA Ivey programs,noted the benefits of joining thealliance for the Ivey program andstudents at Western.

“Ivey is going to be the onlyCanadian partner in the Allianceand the existing partners in othercountries are the best of their coun-tries,” Meister said, adding thealliance will give Ivey a partnershipwith some of the leading businessschools in the world.

“CEMS creates an alumni net-work that is global for studentsenrolled in the program. Thedegree will prepare students for atruly international career asopposed to a career limited toCanadian [borders],” he stated.

— Mike Macdonald

London youth left unemployed

A recent Statistics Canada reportshowed the City of London isamong the hardest hit by a risingyouth unemployment trend acrossthe country.

Last month, roughly a quarter of

London youth aged 15-24 wereunemployed. Workers have beensubject to large layoffs in both theauto and manufacturing sectors,indirectly affecting student jobs.

“Experienced workers, after hav-ing been laid off [from their jobs],are often forced to take jobs typi-cally held by students,” AdamFremeth, an economics professorat the Richard Ivey School of Busi-ness, explained.

Sacha Kumar, vice-presidentfinance of the University Students’Council, noted the USC has seen aspike in student claims under theuniversity health plan.

“Even very small claims that stu-dents normally wouldn’t bother toreimburse are being made,” Kumarsaid.

Fremeth observed work mightpick up for students in the comingmonths as the economy improves.

—Ora Morison

PETA protests turkey treatment

According to People for the EthicalTreatment of Animals, buying turkeyleads to the mistreatment of Cana-da’s favourite Thanksgiving bird.

As noted by the Turkey Farmers

of Canada, Thanksgiving is a timeof year when 28 per cent of theirannual turkey sales take place.

“The standard practice of turkeyfarming in North America is unac-ceptable,” Pulin Modi, manager ofyouth campaigns for PETA, said.

A small group of PETA membersgathered on Oct. 6 in London todistribute “tofurkey” sandwichesand make residents question thesource of their Thanksgiving turkey.

Modi mentioned thousands ofturkeys across North America livein cramped, cruel and unhealthyconditions.

Janice Height, director of corpo-rate operations at TFC, mentionedfarmers have strict proceduresregarding treatment of the birds,and stressed neglect and abuse wasnot tolerated.

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A Review Committee for the Vice-President (Research & International Relations) has been struck in accordance with the Appointment Procedures for Senior Academic and Administrative Officers of the University.

Vice-President Ted Hewitt is eligible to be appointed to a second five-year term.

The Committee is seeking input from the community as it conducts its review. Individuals who wish to provide comment on Dr. Hewitt’s performance or on the goals and objectives of the portfolio may find the following documents to be helpful in formulating a submission:

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In response to recent hate crimes in the City, London’sLGBTTQ2 community held a rally at Victoria Park lastnight. The rally invited all Londoners to unite and call forsolidarity against violence towards queer individuals.

Remember when Toronto’s Tamil community blockedthe Gardiner Expressway for hours on a sunny afternoonthis past May?

Sure, it received plenty of media attention and openeda few more eyes to their cause, but now — mere monthslater — the Tamils have been long defeated and theircause has been all but forgotten by the general public.

This is the problem with rallies — they don’t achieveanything.

Of course, rallies bring together a visible communityand connect public faces to an issue. They attract atten-tion, both from the media and those in the area witness-ing the demonstration.

Not to mention their influence on politicians — a cou-ple of letters are easy to ignore, but it’s hard for publicleaders to turn a blind eye to a rally. When a politician canwalk down to an event and physically count the hundredsof votes they are going to lose with inaction — well, letsjust say opinions change quickly.

The opinions that are not changing, however, are thoseof homophobics.

Homophobia is deeply rooted in our culture. Unfortu-nately, it’s sometimes a matter of waiting for new genera-tions and new mindsets to evolve.

A rally does little to actually produce change, especiallywhen it comes to something as intangible as homophobia.

The problem is rallies often preach to the choir. Theoverwhelming majority of participants are those whohave a previously vested interest in the cause.

There’s nothing wrong with that. It’s just a reality.It’s hard to motivate people to attend a rally even if they

agree with the cause. If the individual is not heavily invest-ed in the issue, they are unlikely to take action on it.

Other members of the community should not feelintimidated joining rallies like yesterday’s.

However, rallies are often an example of inaction, andrarely provide tangible results.

Instead, they usually harp on issues already well with-in the public’s awareness. For instance, last night’s rallyaddressed an issue we are already well aware of — homo-phobia.

What we need now is more education and discussionon the topic. It’s hard to determine solutions, but evensomething as simple as a town hall meeting or debatebetween academics would bring about intelligent dis-cussion and help dissolve ignorance.

Through speaker series and academic discussion wecan contemplate and determine ideas to change attitudesand progress acceptance.

Obviously these strategies don’t garner the samemedia attention as an occupation of a major highway, butthey does more to solve the issue.

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I find the plague of obesity in NorthAmerica disgusting. Our lust for taste,our lack of willpower, our laziness — allthese factors have combined to makehumans the fattest, unhealthiest specieson earth.

It’s embarrassing, to say the least.Especially around Thanksgiving it’s

easy to excuse the extra pounds as a sea-sonal matter-of-fact, and even as neces-sary protection against the cold monthsahead. But the truth is there is no excusefor the high rate of North Americans whoare obese and out of shape.

Many of us will sit at family dinnertables this weekend, enjoying so-calledcomfort food and making excuses to jus-tify outrageous consumption levels. “It’sjust for the holiday,” we’ll say to ourselves

as we drizzle animal juices overtop aheap of mashed potatoes and stuffing.

We’re obsessed with rationalizing ourgrowing bellies. There’s nothing worsethan pretending over-eating is somekind of social requirement — an excuseto meet with friends. No longer do wesimply meet up with friends to talk.Instead, we disguise our true aims bygoing to dinner, meeting for coffee orgrabbing some lunch.

Political correctness has played itsrole as well — we’re too polite to callthings as they are. Chunky women arecalled “curvy” and men with beach ball-sized beer bellies are described as portlyand rotund.

I’m sorry to break the harsh news, butyou’re fat.

You’re obese, not pleasantly plump,not big-boned, not robust. You’re over-weight, and if you don’t accept and dealwith this fact, you’ll be guaranteeingyourself a shorter life span, among otherproblems.

Admittedly, weight issues can some-times be the result of unpreventable

genetic conditions. But for the vastmajority of the population, the problemis laziness — people are far too comfort-able eating their Cheetos and hamburg-ers and far too willing to complain ratherthan actually motivate themselves tochange.

Every year, our governments lose bil-lions of dollars treating illnesses result-ing from obesity, not to mention thepricey ad campaigns encouraging peo-ple to get out and get active.

Yet, even as our tax dollars go to fund-ing other people’s laziness, we’re still tootimid to criticize.

I’m not saying we should starve our-selves, or slim to unreasonable propor-tions. There’s nothing wrong with a little“junk in the trunk.” But I have little toler-ance when it comes to excessive obesity— for most, all it takes is willpower andeffort, an easy sacrifice for a healthy andlong life.

It’s time to stop making excuses, startresisting temptation and hit the gym —before the only thing you can fit into is amuumuu.

Re: “iTunes helps profs prepare for ‘massabsences’” Oct. 1, 2009.

To the editor:I believe Western’s choice to distributecontent publicly through iTunes is astep in the right direction. Professorscan reach both ill students and a largeraudience simultaneously by seizing thefreedom to share their lecture content.

Their freedom should not stop witha download from apple.com of a filemanagement system like iTunes. And itdoesn’t. Those videos may already bepublic through youtube.com and, for

audio files, on faculty websites. But whyare we hiding files behind Apple’sclosed, proprietary software? Could weindex all these Western files, which arehosted on campus, using fully free soft-ware on our own website, and considerthe iTunes listing as bonus publicity?

Consider becoming an advocate foropen-source solutions. Not just the freesoftware, not just open courseware —although wouldn’t you love it if yourprofs, as opposed to the textbook pub-lishers, set the pace and nixed the price?

Consider the freedom to learn from,use, modify and share the resourcesupon which you depend. Open-sourcesolutions represent one method toreduce the educational and technolog-ical costs of students, the USC andWestern.

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The time was early October, 1961, whenthe Purple Patches club at Western wasputting together the script for its annualproduction. Donner Dewdney, the pro-ducer for the Purple Patches, had goneto bed when two would-be script-thievesburst into his apartment.

The ruckus woke him up and Dewd-ney surprised the thieves, causing themto flee. He attributed their quick depar-ture to his choice of clothing at the time.

“Luckily, my winter underwear fright-ened the two students,” he said of theincident.

The attempted theft appeared tohave been due to an ongoing feudbetween Western and the University ofToronto after critics panned Toronto’slast performance. The fact the intruderswere dressed in what Dewdney claimedwere U of T jackets added credence tothis theory.

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This evening London will be gracedby the performance of Ballet JörgenCanada’s Anastasia. The ballet is aone-night show that will feature apersonal twist on a classic story,aimed to captivate yet anotheraudience.

“The ballet finishes off with ourown personal touch ending,” saysPreston McBain, one of Ballet Jör-gen’s principal dancers.

Anastasia is a coming of agestory about the youngest daughterof Russian Czar Nikolas II, setagainst the backdrop of the Bolshe-vik Revolution. It’s the tragic tale ofan innocent girl facing the trialsand tribulations of the Russiansummer of 1918. The mysteriousfate of Anastasia has intrigued peo-ple for over 90 years — there havebeen many books, musicals andmovie adaptations.

Jörgen’s ballet begins before therevolution, when Anastasia is ayoung and innocent child.

Jörgen’s Anastasia is the inter-pretation of what happened to theyoung duchess when her familywas executed. The ballet is com-prised of 16 dancers who play thecharacters of Czar Nikolas II, hiswife Alexandra, revolutionaries, sol-diers and household staff. Principaldancer Tara Butler performs therole of Anastasia and McBain playsAnastasia’s companion Dimitry, thekitchen maid’s son.

Butler and McBain have per-formed together in Ballet Jörgen’sproductions of Romeo & Juliet, Nut-cracker, Petrushka and Coppélia.

“Tara is great,” McBain says. “Wehave danced together quite a bitover the past few years so we areforming a really great partnershipand we can really read each other.

“She is very strong, lyrical and abeautiful dancer,” he adds. “She is aphenomenal actress so it’s alwaysnice to work off someone else’semotions.”

Jörgen’s Anastasia premiered in2007 at the Toronto Centre for theArts and was a success. The Globeand Mail raved about it, calling theproduction “lyrical, attractive andaccessible.” The positive reception

led to a national tour throughout2007 and 2008.

“There are a lot of really funmoments, emotional moments,and dramatic moments,” McBainsays. “I think there is a good bal-ance. The choreography has somereally touching moments.”

Even with many memorablescenes, McBain does have afavourite.

“I think the big ballroom scenes

in the first act are really beautiful,”he says. “They are really well craft-ed. It is always an exciting momentto watch.”

The ballet was choreographedby one of Canada’s most popularchoreographers, Bengt Jörgen, whohas choreographed large-scale pro-ductions like Cinderella, Romeo &

Juliet and Coppélia. Composer Ivan Barbotin wrote

the original orchestra score forAnastasia. He has written the musicfor Ballet Jörgen’s popular worksThe Emperor’s New Clothes and TheVelveteen Rabbit.

Following the London perfor-mance Ballet Jörgen’s Anastasia

will be making its final stops ofthe 2009 season in Geneva, NewYork on Oct. 24 and in Meaford,Ontario on Nov. 7.

Anastasia’s London performanceis at 8 p.m. tonight at The GrandTheatre, located at 471 Richmond St.Check www.grandtheatre.com forticket availability.

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Two Hours Traffic still humble despite successCharlottetown indie rockers haven’t quit their day jobs just yet

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DUDE, I TOLD YOU I WAS WEARING MY V-NECK TODAY. Two Hours Traffic show off their darker side with tracksfrom Territory at Call the Office on Tuesday.

By Lauren PelleyGazette Staff

Two Hours Traffic is a band stuck inlimbo.

The Charlottetown-based quar-tet was short-listed for the 2008Polaris Music Prize for their albumLittle Jabs, but didn’t make the finalcut.

They’re also on the cusp of hugesuccess, with a buzz-worthy newalbum out now and earlier songsfeatured in popular televisionshows like Gossip Girl and The OC.

Yet band members Liam Corco-ran and Andrew MacDonald stillhold down jobs at Mark’s WorkWearhouse to keep the bills paid.

“We’re in a kind of weird state,”says Corcoran, the group’s singer.“We’re close enough to being ableto make a living with the bandbut not close enough to [quit ourjobs].”

This state of transition is reflect-ed in Two Hours Traffic’s increas-ingly mature songwriting. Territory,their latest release, tackles subjectmatter such as growing up anddeciding what to do with your life,the downside of relationships andthe fear and depression accompa-nying these issues.

Corcoran says the band justwasn’t content to continue writingabout boy-girl teenage relation-ships.

“Relatively speaking, [Territory]could certainly be called the dark-est album, but that certainly doesn’tmean it’s dark,” he says. “We stillwant to be accessible and fundespite what the songs are about.”

The album’s 11 tracks definitelymaintain the Two Hours Traffic’supbeat indie-pop sensibility, areflection of the collaborationbetween the group’s songwriters —Corcoran, bassist MacDonald andguitarist Alec O’Hanley.

“Even though we decided totackle some of those subjects, wewanted to end on a hopeful note,”Corcoran says. “We don’t want topaint a bleak picture at all … at theend of the day, we want people tocome to a show and have fun.”

Along with drummer DerekEllis, the band is currently crossingthe country for their Territory tour.

“We’re getting more and morepeople out to the shows,” says Con-coran of the tour so far. “We’venever been a buzz band causing abig stir at once … but it slowlybuilds.”

Corcoran says the band is look-ing forward to returning to London.“We always love going to Call theOffice ... we’re always treated well.”

Yet, for the members of TwoHours Traffic, nothing compares toPrince Edward Island.

“We’re definitely groundedwhen we go back home, we settleback into our regular lives whenwe’re not on the road … we’re partof the musical community there,”Corcoran says.

The band still lives in Charlotte-town –– Corcoran says it adds a dayor two of extra travel to their trips –— and contributes to the localmusic scene.

It’s a community where artists allhelp each other out, he explains.

For Two Hours Traffic, their firstbreak came in the form of helpfrom fellow East Coast musicianand Polaris-nominee, Joel Plaskett.After hearing the band’s demo a fewyears back, Plaskett signed on toproduce their self-titled first albumin 2005 and still collaborates withthe band today.

Now, Two Hours Traffic is “pass-ing the torch” says Corcoran.

The group has brought anotherCharlottetown-based band, TheDanks, on tour with them this year.The two bands share members ––MacDonald and O’Hanley also playin The Danks –– so the pairingmakes sense.

“If you’re getting attention andpeople are talking to you, you mightas well spread the spotlight arounda bit,” Corcoran explains.

It’s clear Two Hours Traffic arehumble about their growing suc-cess and potential influence on thenext generation of East Coastartists.

“Maybe it’s a Maritime kind ofthing,” Corcoran says with a laugh.“But we’re happy to be part of it.”

Two Hours Traffic play Call theOffice with openers Spiral Beachand The Danks on Tuesday, Oct. 13.Tickets are $10 in advance, $12 atthe door.

By Arden Zwelling and Grace DavisGazette Staff

NBA basketball came to the ForestCity Tuesday night, as the TorontoRaptors took on the Philadelphia76ers in a pre-season contest.

Philadelphia came out on top107-98 in a sloppy, mistake-riddengame that was used primarily tobuild team chemistry and establishfamiliarity between new players.

“I think we were a little shakybut we did some good things. Thelearning curve is going to be prettysteep for us,” Raptors head coachJay Triano said. “There were somegood things that happened outthere but there were also a lot ofthings that we need to clean up.”

Louis Williams led the way forthe 76ers with 17 points in 23:49minutes of game time. The Raptors,minus all-stars Chris Bosh andHedo Turkoglu, were paced by cen-tre Andrea Bargnani who had 22points, on 9 of 14 shooting from thefield.

“We have a lot of work to do,especially on defence,” Bargnani,the first overall pick in the 2006NBA entry draft, said. “The offenceis going to come [with the return ofBosh and Turkoglu], but we have tokeep working on defence becausewe still have a lot to fix.”

The biggest factor early in thegame was Toronto’s Reggie Evanswho was playing his first game forthe Raptors after being dealt fromPhiladelphia during the off-season.

The six-foot-eight forwardopened the game on a tear, rackingup two steals and six points in thefirst five minutes, promptingchants of ‘Reg-gie, Reg-gie’ from thecrowd of 7,213 at the John LabattCentre.

“The crowd was really cool,”Evans said after the game. “At theend of the day we want to get thesefans wins.”

Evans brings an intensity to aRaptors team that has been missingtoughness for years.

“He practices the same way heplays,” Triano said of his power for-ward. “He’s a guy that’s going tobring us energy. I think that whenhe left the game in the first quarter,that’s when the intensity dropped.

“We’ve got to have guys thatmatch that and pick things up withthe same intensity when he leaves

the game.”Evans was not the only player

making a homecoming of sorts, asex-Raptor Jason Kapono — whowent the other way in the Evansdeal — was playing his first gameagainst his former team.

For Kapono, getting used to newsurroundings and teammates is afeeling that is all too familiar.

“I’ve done this five times now, soI’m pretty good at it,” Kaponoquipped when asked about theadjustment of moving to a newteam.

Kapono spent the previous twoseasons with Toronto, appearing inall but three games during his brieftenure.

The six-foot-eight Kapono —regarded as one of the best three-

point shooters in the league —struggled to find a solid role inToronto under head coaches SamMitchell and Triano. He averaged7.7 points and 20.9 minutes pergame during his stint with the Rap-tors.

For his part, Kapono didn’tblame anyone in Toronto for hisstruggles fitting in.

“Jay was great … he has a greatmind for the game,” Kapono said ofthe Raptors’ rookie head coach. “Hewas just in a tough spot last yearbecause we played for Sam for somany years and to come in andcoach in the mid-season, it’s reallyhard to change things.”

This year Kapono finds himselfon a green 76ers team that featuresfive players who will be 23 oryounger at tip-off on opening nightand just two players in their thirties— Primoz Brezec and Elton Brand.

“It is a bit weird,” Kapono said ofbeing a veteran despite only beingin his sixth NBA season. “I considermyself young, but here I’m reallyold.”

The jewel of the 76ers rookiecrop is Jrue Holiday who was draft-ed 17th overall in the 2009 NBAentry draft.

“I was a little anxious and excit-ed at first but I started to feel a littlemore comfortable toward the end,”Holiday said after his first NBAgame. “[Playing in the NBA] is adream come true. There [are] a lotof great guys and great veteranshere.”

Holiday finished with sevenpoints in 14:24 minutes.

“Jrue played really well. He went

out there and played solid defence,which he’s known for,” fifth-yearforward Andre Iguodala said. “Hehit a couple of big threes for us. He’sgoing to just have to continue toimprove and get better everygame.”

At the other end of the court,DeMar DeRozan got his first taste ofNBA action for the visiting Raptors,scoring nine points in 27:22 min-utes of action.

“It felt good to get out there andget the feel for a real NBA gamewith the whole crowd behind you,”the 20-year-old forward said. “Itshowed me how physical and tal-

ented a lot of these players are. It’s alearning experience. I’ll get betterevery game.”

Although DeRozan was secondon the team Tuesday night in play-ing time, Triano said he would limitthe rookie’s minutes until he getsup to speed.

“I think defensively he did somegood things, but he made somemistakes as well,” Triano said. “Ourbig thing with him is going to belimiting his minutes to where hecan play with a real high intensityand play that way all the time.”

Maybe we played him a few toomany minutes tonight but wewanted to get him out there and seewhat he can do.”

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WHY THE HELL IS THERE A CAR IN THE STANDS? 76ers forward JasonKapono pulls up for a shot with Raptors guard Sonny Weems in his face.Kapono, a former Raptor, had 12 points and four assists on the night.

By Bryn McDonnellGazette Writer

You can’t win ‘em all.Unfortunately for the Mustangs

baseball team, the streak of sevenstraight wins eventually came to anend after a 3-0 loss to the desperateToronto Varsity Blues on Sunday.

“I told the boys after the gamethat we have to control what we cancontrol. Of course we have beenrained out of practices this lastweek, and with the double headeragainst Brock being postponed itdid leave us cold coming into thisgame against Toronto,” Mustangscoach Mike Lumley said after histeam’s loss.

The game was a pitchers duel,ending in favour of the VarsityBlues. Jordan Townshend, the Mus-tangs staff ace, tossed seveninnings, surrendering all threeBlues runs, with only two earned,and scattering eight hits in the loss.

“Jordan went out and did what hedoes every time for us. He gave us achance to win. We just unfortunate-ly made a couple errors, and didn’tpick up any clutch hits to give himthe win he ultimately deserved,” vet-eran catcher Kyle Harris said of hispitcher’s performance.

Andrew Thompson led thestruggling offence hitting two offour, raising his season average to.414, good enough for second in the[Ontario University Athletics].

Aside from Thompson, theoffence and base running was flat.Western had opportunities but twocostly inning-ending double playsended the threat. Ultimately thestrong pitching by Toronto’s TylerWilson proved too much for West-ern’s bats.

“He kept the ball down all gameand kept us off balance the wholegame,” Harris said of Wilson’s com-plete game performance.

“Tyler gave us more then whatwe asked for. He kept his pitchcount down and shut down one ofthe best teams in the league. Wereally needed this win to stay alivefor playoff contention,” said Toron-to head coach Dan Lang.

“We could have wrapped up firstplace today and that’s disappoint-ing,” said Harris. “But this game wasin no way any inclination of how wecan play. I feel quite strongly we cankeep this ship going in the rightdirection.”

The Mustangs clinched first placein the OUA with a 2-0 win overBrock on Tuesday night.

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