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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2010
They say the worst part of acceler-
ated hypertension isn’t the vomit-
ing, the headaches or the general
confusion.
It’s something called subarach-
noid haemorrhage — or, in lay-
man’s terms, when you begin to
bleed from your brain.
Blood slowly seeps between the
arachnoid membrane and the pia
mater — the two webs that cover
your brain and spinal cord — until
you begin to experience rapid,
thunderous headaches, start vom-
iting uncontrollably and eventual-
ly slip into a seizure.
Essentially, you’re having a
stroke. And if you don’t receive
prompt emergency medical treat-
ment — half of all cases result in
death — you will likely die before
you even get near the hospital.
Hey — can you pass the salt?
High sodium diets amongst
Canadians — especially young
adults — are putting entire gener-
ations at risk of high blood pres-
sure, which often leads to extreme
cardiological problems later in life.
The average Canadian current-
ly consumes about 3,400 mg of
sodium daily, according to Health
Canada. That’s 1,900 mg more than
the daily recommended intake of
1,500 mg. Or more than 500,000
mg per year more than what you
should be getting.
No big deal or anything.
“About one third of the popula-
tion will develop hypertension
from a high sodium diet,” Noelle
Martin, nutritionist for the Univer-
sity Students’ Council, said.
It’s a staggering number, but it
may be getting even worse.
According to Health Canada, 19
per cent of Canadian adults aged
20 to 79 currently suffer from
hypertension and another 20 per
cent are considered to be prehy-
pertensive, or on the verge of con-
tracting the condition.
When an individual consumes
too much salt for the kidneys to
process, it gets passed into the
bloodstream where it’s circulated
around the entire body. The salt
then draws water into the blood
stream, which increases the vol-
ume of blood and makes the heart
have to work harder to pump it
through the body — hence the
high blood pressure.
The problem, it seems, has
Corey Stanford GAZETTE
spawned from our society’s drive
for convenience. Processed, pre-
packaged and prepared foods are
practically coated in a layer of salt
in order to preserve them.
“Salt is the number one preser-
vative for all foods,” said Alicia Gar-
cia, a human ecology professor
and chair of the food and nutri-
tional sciences division at Brescia.
“A lot of students buy those pre-
pared dishes that they just zap in
the microwave. They don’t realize
that it’s full of salt so that the prod-
uct can stay on the shelf for a very
long time.”
Garcia said students have to be
especially vigilant when it comes
to high blood pressure. Some of the
most common causes of hyperten-
sion basically describe the life of a
university student — stress, a salty
diet and high consumptions of
alcohol.
The stress — and, let’s be hon-
est, occasionally the alcohol — is
practically impossible to avoid for
a university student. But the
reliance on quick, easy food
doused in sodium-based preserv-
atives is one area where a serious
change can be made.
Garcia feels that students need
to start considering a change
because their current lifestyle
could be slowly killing them.
“The problem is we are so used
to a very high sodium intake and
we consume all of these processed
products like canned foods and
microwavable dinners,” Garcia
said. “You eat like that and you
increase your risk of cardiovascu-
lar disease and stroke.”
Martin agreed, adding salt has
taken a back seat to other food
trends in the past decade such as
trans fats and carbohydrates,
which has allowed abnormally
high amounts of sodium to creep
into our foods.
“People tend to be very busy
and look for quick options. But
those are often the foods that are
highest in sodium,” Martin said.
Martin recommends preparing
large portions of fresh food on the
weekend and freezing them in
smaller portions to pull out on
busy days instead of eating
processed food or even buying
food from a chain.
>> see WAVE’S pg.3
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and see it.”
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Vincelette, a media relations officer
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explained.
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were detained, taken off the prop-
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Wave’s fresh-made
food lower in salt Laptop program powers up
>> continued from pg.1
But for many students it’s not
that easy. For those who are over-
whelmed with school work and
spending long days on campus,
eating at Centre Spot is less of a
choice and more of an inevitability.
“We’re trying to be more nutri-
tionally conscious in terms of who
we bring in,” Frank Miller, director
of Hospitality Services, said of fran-
chises on campus.
Centre Spot’s Salad Bistro is
probably the healthiest franchise
eatery on campus, offering a vari-
ety of fresh salads with low-fat
dressing choices. But their sales
pale in comparison to the ever-
popular Tim Hortons and Pizza
Pizza.
Extreme Pita and Subway are
more popular and considered to be
healthy — as long as you don’t look
at the sodium.
The “veggie delite” is the only
six-inch sub from Subway with less
than 700 mg of sodium. At Extreme
Pita, the small sized “market fresh
veggie” pita is the only one with less
than 582 mg of sodium. And it gets
worse.
Sixteen of the 18 six-inch sand-
wiches offered by Subway contain
900 mg or more of sodium. That’s
more than half the recommended
daily intake.
There are 29 different regular-
sized pita options at Extreme Pita,
but only three of them contain less
than 1000 mg of sodium. In fact, 12
of the varieties at Extreme Pita con-
tain more than 100 per cent of your
daily recommended intake of sodi-
um.
In residence, about 30 per cent
of the food on the menu is brought
in pre-made and, as a result, it’s
packed with sodium-based preser-
vatives. Hospitality Services wants
to reduce that number, but when
you have a residence like Saugeen-
Maitland Hall with 1,400 hungry
students to serve, it becomes a
challenge to prepare everything in-
house.
The focus quickly turns to offer-
ing a wide variety of options, pro-
viding nutritional data and allow-
ing students to make their own
choices.
“I’ve always been more con-
cerned about having healthy
options versus eliminating foods
which we know should only be con-
sumed in moderation. It’s about
choice,” Anne Zok, nutrition man-
ager at Hospitality Services, said.
“Our students are adults,” Miller
added. “In residence, when we put
a lentil stew on, we know it’s not
going to sell out. But it’s there
because it’s a choice.”
Some of the steps Hospitality
Services are taking to reduce sodi-
um include buying more sodium-
reduced deli meats, implementing
salt shakers which contain just 50
per cent salt and 50 per cent of a
free flowing agent, and trying to
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make more soups and entrées in-
house.
“We’re looking at basically
reducing the salt by 50 per cent in
residence,” Miller said. “We realize
that down the road over-consump-
tion of salt is going to create a
health crisis. We feel responsible to
start reducing the salt in our
recipes. It does make it bland — but
so be it.”
The USC’s food operations are
also actively trying to reduce sodi-
um in the food they provide on
campus.
The Wave has a novel solution to
the sodium problem — prepare
fresh food. Where other eateries are
ordering in their food prepared and
packaged, the majority of the
Wave’s menu is prepared from
scratch, including burgers, chicken
and vegetables.
For the Wave’s head chef Mark
Leonard, that’s the easiest way to
keep control of nutrition.
“If you’re getting a chicken sand-
wich at the Wave, that’s a fresh piece
of chicken. There is no sodium
added to that on our end or on the
suppliers end as well,” Leonard
said.
The Spoke is a different animal.
The majority of the food on the
campus pub’s limited menu
arrives prepared by suppliers. It
allows the Spoke to keep prices
low — compared to the Wave, at
least — but sacrifices some of the
nutrition.
According to Leonard, however,
things could be much worse.
“There’s chicken for the CLT that
we could bring in that would have
three times as much sodium as the
product that we’re using, “ Leonard
said. “The sandwich would be like
half the price but we’ve opted to go
with the higher quality product.”
Jeff Armour, the USC’s food and
beverage manager, takes a similar
approach to Western’s Hospitality
Services when it comes to nutrition.
Offer students a wide variety of
options and let them make their
own nutritional choices.
“I’m not going to play God with
people’s health and tell people what
to eat,” Armour said. “You have a
wide selection — go ahead and
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Opinions
Raise real awareness
A Stone’s
Throw
Cheryl Stone
NEWS EDITOR
cheryl@westerngazette.ca
I don’t carry a purse — but my Face-
book status won’t tell you that.
Facebook statuses of all my
female friends have recently read,
“I like it on the couch,” or “I like it
on the floor,” in reference to where
they put their purse. This campaign
is along the lines of last year’s “What
colour is your bra?” status craze,
which was ostensibly in support of
breast cancer awareness month.
The problem is this campaign
has nothing to do with breast can-
cer. It doesn’t encourage women to
get tested or give themselves exam-
inations. It encourages them to
have a good giggle then get on with
their lives.
The attraction of the campaign
lies in the secret women keep
from their male friends who sup-
posedly aren’t in on the joke. What
it actually does is trivialize a dis-
ease that hurts both men and
women. It’s estimated 100 women
die ever week from breast cancer
in Canada.
Breast cancer isn’t just a disease
for old women, and if a Facebook
campaign is going to be at all effec-
tive, it should be used as a tool to
demonstrate this fact. Young
women could be taking active steps
Letters to the Editor
King’s Council gets kudos
To the editor:
Kudos to King’s University College
Students’ Council and Emily Jarvis
for continuing to challenge Coke’s
exclusivity contract on campus.
Realistically, the sales of Boy-
lan’s soda on campus could not be
expected to be comparable to
Coke’s during such a short trial
period in which there was virtual-
ly no publicity about either the
availability of the alternative bev-
erages or the Killer Coke cam-
paign.
As well, Boylan’s soda cannot
compete with the amount of Coca
Cola ads around campus and stu-
dents just aren’t going to buy the
alternative while they are still being
offered Coke. It is crucial that as
students of today we strive to be
conscious consumers, aware of the
true cost of a product.
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now to prevent themselves from
becoming a statistic instead of sim-
ply editing their status to become
part of a trend.
The Breast Cancer Foundation
of Canada stresses that if breast
cancer is detected early, there is a
better chance of successful treat-
ment. They recommend women
get to know their breasts and get
regular checkups. These habits
should start when someone is uni-
versity aged — not when they’re 50.
If these women wanted to truly
raise awareness, they would be
posting about their last check-up
or link to self-examination sites.
They can also use their statuses to
share other types of information
about the disease. Education will
encourage more women to get
tested and allow individuals to talk
about their experience.
Better yet, these Facebookers
could put their money where their
statuses are and donate to the cause.
This money would be spent on
research and ensuring more women
have access to life-saving technolo-
Eating healthy ain’t easy
gies. If money is an issue, these
young women could still be volun- With sodium intake joining trans fats and cholesterol invest money into other avenues to promote healthy
teering with awareness and health on the list of things people eat that are also harmful, it’s eating.
organizations to spread the word. worth asking what Western’s Hospitality Services has For one, it should probably be made clear that West-
There are meaningful ways indi- done about it. With limited options for food on cam- ern has a resident nutritionist on campus. Noelle Mar-
viduals can use their Facebook sta- pus, is it enough to simply offer different choices? tin’s office is currently in the University Community
tus to cause change among their After all, while they’ve provided us with a salad bar, Centre basement and she is there solely to help students
peers, however a campaign where it’s hard to say whether that’s enough for students — figure out proper eating. Considering this is about her
not everyone is in on the joke and especially when students are dousing their salads in thirtieth mention in this publication since her arrival,
which doesn’t actually share infor- high sodium dressing. maybe more students could begin to use her services.
mation isn’t any good. Even beyond the salad bar, what other alternatives Cooking and food preparation classes could also be
Clear information about this are there? Though the other choices which may seem a viable option. If professional chefs from London and
disease is what can save lives, not to have a lower salt content, they’re sure to be full of the surrounding area come in every now and then to
cryptic information about a other unhealthy ingredients. give a tutorial to students who are inept in the kitchen,
woman’s purse. And if they were to provide a healthier alternative the students would then be able to make their own
across the board, it would probably be much more nutritious meals.
expensive than campus food already is. Since we’re Finally, some money could be allocated to make
already complaining about the price of food on cam- sure there are healthy ingredient options in the upcom-
pus, chances are it would be a fruitless course of action. ing campus grocery store. Until then, they could host
Though it may not be easy, the cheapest and health- farmer’s markets in the UCC atrium more often.
iest course of action for students would be to prepare But realistically, it comes down to each individual
their own food rather than constantly buying from
campus eateries. At least that way you’d know what
student to make the decision for themselves. If you
don’t want to put the work into eating healthy, then
In this case, the members of the goes into each meal, provided students actually under- there is nothing anyone can do for you. Hospitality Ser-
Killer Coke Campaign and myself stand how to prepare nutritious meals. vices can make any change they want, but unless cam-
believe that the fountain pop with So perhaps this is where Hospitality Services could pus as a whole buys into those changes, it won’t make
your combo helped Coca-Cola hire step in. Instead of doing the bare minimum to appease any difference.
para-militaries to murder, torture, students by changing a few menu items, they could —The Gazette Editorial Board
kidnap and detain Colombian
workers trying to unionize.
For these reasons, as well as
their environmentally destructive
practices, I do not think Coke
should even be an option on cam-
dearlife dailyquote
pus. Corporations need to become Stop making me fill out stupid surveys
more socially, politically and envi- Life expectancy would grow by leaps
ronmentally responsible.
in class. I was given the exact same
However, the University Stu- survey twice today.
dents’ Council can ignore the and bounds if green vegetables
human lives impacted by its busi- They don’t reflect my opinion of your
ness while in strict pursuit of profit, class, I usually only make shapes out smelled as good as bacon.
so, a solution needs to come from
the bottom up. Check out London’s
of the Scantron bubbles.
grassroots community! Send your letter at westerngazette.ca/dearlife –DOUG LARSON
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Arts&Life
Mraz gives high energy show at the JLC
Artist pleases audience with new and old material
Openers:
Crowd:
Set List:
Overall:
Jennifer Tammy
CONTRIBUTOR
“You know you’re in Canada when
you’re wearing a sweater indoors,”
quipped Jason Mraz this past Mon-
day during his concert at the John
Labatt Centre.
Those students who decided to
skip Club Weldon and hit up the
concert were rewarded with three
hours in the breezy world of the Vir-
ginian troubadour.
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Francis opened the night with a
half-hour set of rock tunes — a sur-
prising change from his usual folk
sound. Deviating slightly from a set
list made up mainly of tracks from
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Graffiti art makes its Movies > New Releases

Spending a night in
mark at Museum London The Karate Kid
Director: Harald Zwart
Artist shows graffiti not only on walls Starring: Jaden Smith, Jackie Chan
and Tiraji P. Henson

Katie Worndl and along the way I stopped to take combined them to create a con- Synopsis: This remake of the 1984 clas-
CONTRIBUTOR composite photo works,” Vazan trasting artistic piece to his L.A. sic is a good rent for a nostalgic audi-
says of his trip across the U.S in Graffiti creation. ence as well as newcomers. Starring
London has opened its doors to 1983. “Bending the space around Vazan describes the different martial arts master Jackie Chan, and
Montreal-based artist Bill Vazan. me to create globes. I wanted to types of graffiti as an expression of Jaden Smith — better known as Will
Vazan, internationally- make further visual spheres or people who don’t go through any Smith’s son, The Karate Kid might not
renowned for his land art creations, globes using many photos.” formal training for art. win any Oscars, but at least the kung-fu
recently had an exhibit installed in “Back then, the natives would fighting scenes are entertaining.
Museum London. The exhibit, just sit down and make images in
This is me with my

titled Arizona and L.A Graffiti, will
remain there until March 6.
Arizona Graffiti and L.A. Graffiti
are made up of a series of pho-
tographs installed in a grid. The pho-
tos form a globe-like shape, each
representing contrasting forms of
graffiti in both Arizona and L.A.
Vazan hopes the photographs
emphasize the action of taking a
photograph rather than the image
captured in each shot. He disre-
gards lighting and frame when tak-
ing the photographs.
“This is me with my camera at
all times as I go through the land-
scape,” he explains. “Whatever I see
as I go is the shot I get.”
Arizona and L.A. Graffiti is a
reflection of this spontaneity in
Vazan’s work.
“It was my first trip into the
Southwest of the States, and I had
rented a car in L.A. I was crossing
over from [California] to Arizona
“
camera at all times
as I go through the
landscape. Whatever
I see as I go is the
shot I get.
— Bill Vazan
L.A. Graffiti is comprised of pho-
tographs of engravings in the pave-
ment outside Grauman’s Chinese
Theatre in Hollywood. Vazan sees
the engravings left by celebrities
such as Doris Day and Shirley Tem-
ple as a different form of graffiti. He
wanted to compare them to the
ones he found in Arizona.
“When I was further east head-
ing through Nevada and into Ari-
zona I came across this gigantic hill
of petroglyphs made by the earlier
Indians of that area,” Vazan says.
He took photographs of the
native markings in the stone and
stone. It was a form of expression Splice
[about] what they were living Director: Vincenzo Natali
through at the time. Today, a lot of Starring: Adrien Brody, Sarah Polley
graffiti [is about] people tagging and Delphine Chaneac
and marking their presence. In Hol-
lywood for instance, stars were Synopsis: This sci-fi thriller stars Adrien
making their mark on the pave- Brody and Sarah Polley as two scientists
ment for the public to see. It was a who defy legal and ethical boundaries
very informal way for them to by splicing together human and animal
express their presence,” he says. DNA to create a new creature. But, to no
Vazan’s exhibit artistically dis- one’s surprise other than the scientists,
plays an interesting comparison the creature rebels against its creators.
between two very different forms of
graffiti — a contemporary A Nightmare on Elm Street
approach where Hollywood starlets Director: Samuel Bayer
engrave messages into the pave- Starring: Jackie Earle Haley, Kyle
ment versus an ancient form of Galliner and Rooney Mara
graffiti through which natives etch
drawings into stone. Synopsis: Movie icon Freddy Krueger
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12 p.m. to 5 p.m. and Thursday 12 for horror movie fans who are interest-
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Sports
rundown >> The Western men’s volleyball team won the Ryerson Invitational tournament this past weekend | The Mustangs only dropped two sets en route to
saywhat
“It’s very unfortunate that he has broken the leg of an opponent
twice in six months. But I know Nigel as a sweet guy.”
Dutch midfielder Mark Van Bommel
on former team mate Nigel De Jong.

defeating Ryerson 3-1 in the championship match.

World-class rookie welcomed

May joins Mustangs for upcoming season
Kaitlyn McGrath
SPORTS EDITOR
It isn’t easy being a rookie.
Imagine being new to a school,
joining a team and playing with
unfamiliar teammates while learn-
ing complicated plays. It’s a tough
transition period, so maybe a lot
shouldn’t be expected out of a rook-
ie entering their debut season, right?
“I think it’s the opposite — I
totally expect a lot from myself. I
want to push and fight for a starting
sport and from there I want to win
the Ontario University Athletics
rookie of the year award,” said Gar-
rett May, rookie with the Mustangs
men’s volleyball team.
Ambitious? Yes. But not every
rookie has competed for Canada on
the world stage four times and
taken home his first gold medal at
the World Junior Beach Volleyball
Championship — not every rookie
is Garrett May.
“He’s a very highly sought-after
recruit that we are very happy to
have with our team,” Mustangs
head coach Jim Sage said. “His suc-
cess at the world championships
will only make him a better indoor
player [and] we’re expecting a lot
[from] Garrett.”
It was during the first week of
dents were still celebrating O-Week,
that May travelled to Turkey to rep-
resent Canada at the world juniors.
The relatively unknown Canadi-
an pair, featuring May and his part-
ner Sam Schachter, surprised sev-
eral top-ranked teams en route to
defeating the heavily-favoured
Brazil team in a three set thriller to
claim first place overall.
Even weeks after the tourna-
ment May still remains practically
speechless when asked about his
experience.
“It was amazing — totally inde-
scribable,” he explained. “It was our
goal to go and win the tournament.
To just do it, and do it like we did –
it was a dream come true.”
After competing against world-
class athletes, you’d think May
would be unfazed by his first game
playing for the Mustangs.
“I was so nervous,” May con-
fessed after playing in his first game
at the annual Ryerson Invitational
tournament this past weekend. A
tournament the Mustangs won,
incidentally.
But it didn’t take long for the
Toronto native to find his feet.
“When I got in and made a few
plays, I started to feel more com-
fortable,” he said. “Now looking
ahead to our first game versus
gotten my feet wet so now I can just
settle down and help the team.”
Coach sage admitted the higher
level of intensity can cause feelings
of unease. But he expects May will
adjust in time and make a positive
impact on the team.
“It’s a little bit of a step coming
from high school to the [university
level] in terms of the speed of the
ball and the size of the block,” Sage
added. “Once he makes that transi-
tion then the sky’s the limit as far as
his potential.”
After losing to the Queen’s Gaels
— eventual OUA champions — in
their semi-final match last year, the
Mustangs are hoping to improve on
last season’s results.
“We’d like to be in the [gold
medal game], if not win the gold in
Ontario,” Sage said.
With the bulk of last year’s roster
returning this season, the Mustangs
will be highly favoured challenger
for the OUA title. But this will also
make it tougher for May or any
other player to earn a spot on the Corey Stanford GAZETTE FILE PHOTO
starting line up. I THROW MY HANDS UP IN THE AIR SOMETIMES. Garrett May hopes to follow
“Our team is so competitive, it’ll in the footsteps of fellow Mustang Phil James (pictured) who was awarded rook-
be interesting to see the battles for ie of the year last season. The Mustangs men’s volleyball team opens up their
different positions as they progress season Oct. 22 at Alumni Hall.
through the year,” Sage said.
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‘Stangs look to reclaim title
Daniel Da Silva
SPORTS EDITOR
Last year, one minute and 31 sec-
onds from making the nationals, the
men’s hockey team suffered one of
the most crushing defeats any West-
ern team has ever experienced.
Up 4-2 against the Université du
Québec à Trois-Rivières, the Mus-
tangs conceded three late goals,
ending their season.
“The only thing we can do is use
it as motivation,” Mustangs head
coach Clarke Singer said. “We
spoke about it once earlier and we
don’t need to speak about it again.”
Now the boys are back, ready to
redeem themselves and make
another playoff push.
The Mustangs reinforced their
ranks with a class of 10 rookies,
many who contributed significant-
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ly in the preseason.
“It might take a little longer for
those guys to learn the systems but
they have been great so far,” Singer
said.
They’ve looked particularly good
this past weekend against two for-
mer NCAA champions. The Mus-
tangs won their first game over Lake
Superior State 5-4 and lost the sec-
ond 4-2 to the Michigan Wolverines.
“We’ve had a very tough training
camp, probably the toughest since
I’ve been here,” Singer said. “It was
nice to have those results and get
the win to show the guys what we
are doing is right.”
While the youngsters are expect-
ed to step up, it is the experienced
veterans that will need to guide the
team through the first half of the
season.
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stars and the team’s top three scor-
ers Keaton Turkiewicz, Aaron Snow
and Kevin Baker are expected to
carry the team offensively.
“We expect a big year from all
three of them,” Singer said. “But we
also want to have more depth in
our scoring from our forwards.”
The team needs solid goaltend-
ing from Anthony Grieco and Josh
Unice. Grieco was 8-0 with only 13
goals against last season, while
Unice struggled. However, both
have impressed during camp.
“Every team in the country
would love to have multiple goalies
who can be number one guys,”
Singer said. “Anthony will start but
it is going to be a weekly battle to
see who gets the next game.”
Regular season play starts for the
Mustangs tonight in Guelph against
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