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FIRST PEEK

When I was 20, I packed all my things into three suitcases, got on a plane and flew across the country to a city I’d never been to, to live with people I’d never met. It was the most terrifying thing I’ve ever done.

I was making the trip to study journalism at Concordia University in Montreal. I’d always thought I wanted to be a journalist, someone like Martha Gellhorn; I wanted to travel around the world and write about people, and I wanted to make a difference.

I’d set a couple of goals for myself when I started university, one of them being to work at, and write for, the student newspaper. I wrote a few articles for the newspaper over there, called The Concordian, but I soon realized that my romantic notion of being a war correspondent wasn’t the most

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realistic: I am too much of an introvert and a home-body.

After I made the difficult decision to transfer to SFU, back home in Vancouver, I realized I’d have to start all over again. That’s when I met The Peak.

During my first couple semesters at SFU, I wrote small features and arts pieces for The Peak, hoping to get experience and meet people. It was intimidating, to say the least: the student newspaper is notorious for being close-knit and, well, rather exclusive. After attending meetings and events, and trying my damndest to write intriguing, original articles, I was elected arts editor. I was in.

After holding this position for nearly two years, I can say it is truly the best job I’ve ever had.

It’s been challenging and stressful at times, but more than anything, it’s been the most rewarding thing I’ve ever done.

The people in this office care so much about what they’re putting out each week: they are

hard-working, creative, and risktaking. They push each other to do better, they make you believe that your life-long dream of writing for The New Yorker or The Walrus one day doesn’t have to be a pipe-dream.

Looking back on the several semesters I’ve had the honour of sharing an office with these people, I can’t think of a better way to transition out of life as an undergraduate student. It’s easy to look at things like a winding, complex set of dominoes; this metaphor is generally cheap and simplistic. I can say with confidence, though, that if I hadn’t gotten on that plane to Montreal, I would still be playing it safe. I wouldn’t have been bold enough or persistent enough to interview musicians, to attend events by myself, or to run in the election that got me this job.

I may not want to be the next Christiane Amanpour anymore, but if there’s anything that life at the student newspaper has taught me, it’s that having supportive, creative people around you is the best tonic for drastic, grown-up changes. Here’s to the last editor’s voice I’ll ever write for The Peak. Cheers.

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NEWS

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SFU students, along with the rest of Metro Vancouver, will be able to have their say on improving transit in an upcoming November referendum. Although it is unclear exactly how the issue will be framed, the referendum will mean an opportunity to vote on putting more provincial funding into TransLink.

The Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS), the Graduate Student Society (GSS), and Sustainable SFU have collaborated to bring a transit advocacy campaign to the SFU community.

The campaign aims to make students aware of the upcoming referendum and to encourage them to be informed voters.

The campaign emphasizes the potential this vote has to improve the transit situation between SFU’s different campuses.

Chardaye Bueckert, SFSS external relations officer, told The Peak that in the undergraduate survey for the past 10 years, transit has consistently been in the top 10 list of how to improve the university experience.

“Everybody has transit horror stories,” Bueckert said.

Julia Lane, coordinating and external relations officer for the GSS, and Bueckert both commented on how happy they were with the progress of the campaign. Lane said that they have had a lot of people show interest and get involved.

The two organizations advocated awareness at Clubs Days earlier this month as well as in Convocation Mall last Wednesday. Students could sign up to receive information and enjoy a free cup of hot chocolate. Students who showed interest will receive information catered specifically to them based on certain factors, such as whether or not they were registered to vote and how much they already knew about the referendum. There is also a survey online where students can access similar information.

Bueckert mentioned how encouraging it was to see students she talked to “go from being frustrated when [asked] about their transit experience to feeling like they can actually do something to change it.” Lane stressed the importance of “opening people up to what could be.” She continued, “We get so stuck in what is, and we get so defeated by it.”

The organizations have been in discussion with TransLink and the provincial government. Bueckert explained that TransLink reported that they have “no funding to do any of the ideas and any of the initiatives that [were] brought to them.” According to her, this referendum is the only medium for increasing funding for transit.

The projects that these student organizations have presented include an increase in frequency for the 143 bus route

to include weekend service, improvements to the 135 route, and the implementation of the Burnaby Mountain Gondola — affectionately referred to by SFU President Andrew Petter as “the skybus.” They would also like to see an extra stop added to the 135 route, as well as the implementation of a more efficient express bus between Burnaby campus and downtown.

A business case presented by TransLink and corporate management company Price Waterhouse Cooper predicted that transit demand in 2021 will be so high that it will necessitate a 145 bus leaving Production Way - University Station every 57 seconds. “We

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don’t have the facilities for that to occur,” said Bueckert.

If the “skybus” were implemented, replacing the 145 bus, there would be a gondola car leaving every two minutes; this trip would take approximately six minutes, a significant departure from the 10-15 minute travel time one can expect on the bus.

For Bueckert, this advocacy is a means to effect change as the considerable voting pool of students at SFU could have a real influence in this referendum. In a broader sense, she wants the campaign to “empower students to feel like they have the ability to actually improve things.”

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Dubbed “underground astronauts,” a team of six female excavators — including a PhD candidate from SFU — has unearthed over 1200 fossil hominid fragments from Rising Star cave in South Africa.

The excavation zone, nestled in South Africa’s Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site, has been known as a hotbed for hominid remains since the 1800s, but has not revealed a find this impressive for decades.

Due to the volume of material, the find is one of the most significant discoveries ever made in paleoanthropology.

Two recreational cavers, primed as initial investigators, were the first to stumble upon the remains.

An expedition was quickly organized, and scientists were hailed to join the team.

Prospective applicants for the Rising Star Expedition had to have

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a master’s degree or PhD in paleontology or a related field, be an experienced caver, and also be able to squeeze through an 18-centimetre wide passage leading to the chamber of the cave.

Of 57 applicants, Marina Elliott, an SFU PhD candidate of archeology, was one of the select few to meet the full requirements. Backed by the National Geographic Society, the excavation lasted for three weeks in November 2013.

Elliott joined four Americans and one Australian in the

The University Relations Committee brought proposed program changes related to the Faculties of Environment and Earth Sciences from Senate to board for approval. Changes include the dissolution of the Forestry Geoscience Certificate in the Department of Earth Sciences, as well as full program proposals for a Bachelor of Environment, an Environmental Resource Management major, a Global Environmental Systems major, and a Bachelor of Business Admin/Bachelor of Environment joint major in Sustainable Business.

In 2011, eight per cent of 5000 SFU undergraduate students surveyed were very interested in a possible Bachelor of Environment. The program would also reflect US environmental job market data, which reveals a growing demand for professionals in this industry.

underground search that she said was “a major undertaking — not only in danger, but also in the complication of the excavation.”

While the findings cannot be declared until the final analyses have been done, Elliott does offer some details: “The number of individuals [found] is somewhere above twelve . . . but they don’t have a set number of minimal individuals just yet. Age wise, the remains are tentatively between one or two million years old, but this could change considerably

Based on the recommendation of Build SFU, board approved the Crossroads site as the location of the new student union building, the construction of which is set to begin in April 2015.

The board once again brought up the issue of financing, as the university is not able to act as guarantor for the project. The decision was made several years ago upon the advice of the auditor general to bring universities into the government reporting entity.

“What this means is that any debt we incur as a university becomes the debt of the government

once the final analysis gets done,” she said.

Well known from previously unearthed hominid samples, South Africa’s Cradle of Humankind World Heritage site has had a powerful impact in terms of understanding human evolution and human origin. In a field where discoveries are few and far between, the Rising Star Expedition is a momentous operation for current paleoanthropology research.

However, Elliott refrained from early speculation until more

in the eyes of the auditor general, and governments obviously don’t like to be seen accumulating debt,” explained President Andrew Petter.

Therefore, this issue has stemmed from government worries surrounding debt accumulation that would result from the university financing this project.

Vice-president of finance and administration Pat Hibbitts reported that a bank has nonetheless come forward to provide the financial support. Hibbitts also stated that the SFU team will continue to look for “creative solutions” to this problem.

research and analysis has been completed: “Material like this is rare. It’s really important because it represents a large number of individuals, and it’s definitely a major find in paleoanthropology, but it’s too early to know the full impact,” she explained.

Academic papers are expected by the end of 2014, but for now all theories are tentative: “We will hopefully find out the type of species in the next couple of months.

We are probably not talking human, probably for sure, and probably not even in the genus homo . . . but it’s possible that these individuals are something like an australopithecine [which is any of several extinct humanlike primates].”

As an all-female team, the Rising Star Expedition didn’t simply make literal ground-breaking discoveries — the team also promoted female scientists: “It’s a nice opportunity to showcase women in science. This was dirty and physical work, and that doesn’t always get told . . . [but] this work is just as much part of a lab or academic setting.”

Elliott continued, “It’s also nice to tell people that if they have a daughter, it’s not only bookwork. There’s a lot of work like this in the sciences and that’s great to be able to say.”

Upon the recommendation of the Governance and Nominating Committee, board voted to amend the Mortgage Interest Subsidy Policy to increase the annual amount from $5000 per year to $7500 per year for new and existing participants. This change would also allow participants to apply to the program up to seven years after the start date, to be increased from the current three year limit. The subsidy would last five years.

Petter spoke to the importance of this subsidy in aiding faculty and staff to purchase a home in the competitive Vancouver market. “Very often people who want to come to SFU are discouraged by the price of housing in the Greater Vancouver market. This provides some small instrument to try to assist them in transferring into what is very often a much higher price system than the one they are in.”

Hibbitts added, “I can’t emphasize [enough] the difficulty we have in recruitment with regard to housing issues in Vancouver. [In filling] many senior positions, we’ve really been restricted to a Vancouver market.”

NEWS

Just a few months after the opening of a predominantly fair trade Starbucks at SFU Burnaby, Sustainable SFU, Engineers Without Borders and Dining Services invited students to attend a Fair Trade

Twelve SFU students, along with their residence advisors and staff, will be partaking in SFU’s first volunteer-based international trip to Zambia this May. This is the first universityapproved trip of its kind and will see students working on various projects, including building homes with Habitat for Humanity, spending time at the University of Zambia, and helping out with the day-to-day activities of a women’s orphanage.

“There is a lot of justification for doing something that is linked to volunteerism and community service,” said Micaela Roughton, one of the residence life coordinators leading the trip. “SFU has a number of great international opportunities for students, but they are all linked to academics.”

This trip is the brainchild of residence and housing program coordinator, Brandon Chapman, who worked alongside Roughton and fellow residence life coordinator, Patrick Bourke, to create an international opportunity for students living in residence that wasn’t “purely academic,” though they hope to offer the option of academic credit in the future.

According to Bourke, university students are at a critical point in their lives, a time during which they are still “deciding their futures,” and this unique perspective allows them to bring

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learning day at Canada’s first of its kind location.

The event was held in the Starbucks itself last Tuesday, where students and Starbucks staff learned more about the fair trade initiative while enjoying complimentary refreshments. Guests also received dining services sporks and a gift certificate for a free fair trade coffee on location.

For executive director of the Canadian Fair Trade Network, Sean McHugh, the most important goal

an element of curiosity to the experience that people of other generations may not have.

“It is a great time for them to have this kind of worldly introspection and to learn about this type of experience,” said Bourke.

While the trip emphasizes community service and volunteerism, the organizers stress that they are not trying to “save” the Zambians in any sort of neo-colonial context. It’s described by Roughton as more of a system of “mutually beneficial learning,” with SFU students being able to experience Zambian culture and life by lending a hand in the community.

This trip will also allow the students to experience the day-to-day activities in a girl’s orphanage, a unique experience that is only possible due to Roughton’s personal relationship with the facility.

Roughton has spent a significant amount of time working with the sisters in charge of the orphanage in order to secure funds and keep the orphanage running smoothly.

“This is an awesome opportunity because generally orphanages are hesitant to let people they don’t know in,” explained Roughton.

The participants will be leaving for Zambia on May 2, where they will spend two weeks working with Habitat for Humanity and experiencing Zambian culture. Chapman has been overwhelmed by the progress they’ve made, and the level of passion that has been displayed by all supporters.

“It’s surreal to see that it’s actually happening,” Chapman told The Peak.

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of the day was education and dialogue: “People kind of get lost in the complexity of it all, but at the end of the day it’s really about starting a conversation about where a product is coming from.”

McHugh was joined by Dan Traviss, manager of dining services at SFU, who organized the day with specific objectives in mind. He told The Peak, “We wanted to do two things: open it to the community but also have staff training for our dining services staff, teach them more about fair trade.”

The two fielded questions from dining services staff and Starbucks customers, most of which were about how to explain the idea of fair trade to customers and friends.

“Fair trade kind of exists as . . . a concept, something that someone generally likes to support but doesn’t necessarily have the opportunity to think about,” said McHugh. “This is great today to kind of discuss some of that. The history, where things are in Canada, internationally, and how important this Starbucks is in Canada.”

This Starbucks is the first in Canada to offer fair trade options, and it has already proved successful in that 80 per cent of espresso beverage sales come from fair trade products. Although the myth exists that fair trade products might be more expensive than non-fair trade, there is no price differential at Starbucks.

Overall, Traviss and McHugh were pleased with the day. “It was fantastic. We did basically four rounds with the different staff from Starbucks, and [they showed] a

ton of interest,” McHugh said. “They were definitely more up to speed on stuff than I had anticipated, which was fantastic.”

“It’s a growing movement,” explained McHugh. “There’s interest from all the universities now that Starbucks has come to the table and is excited to be working with [SFU].”

Traviss echoed McHugh’s sentiments, concluding,“This is a pilot project. Our hope is that it does well here, which it really has so far, so it can roll out to other campuses.”

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Recently, several letters to local First Nations groups announced that the federal government will be accepting applications to expand fish farming in the BC area.

The decision is highly controversial and critics claim it represents a lack of transparency in the federal government.

Yet, according to an irate Green party, the government has already accepted twelve applications for farming in environmentally sensitive areas.

BC Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, Gail Shea is under particular scrutiny. When asked whether Shea had previously spoken publicly or issued any statements about the moratorium being lifted, a spokesperson claimed via email that the minister “talked about it openly” but was unable to provide evidence of a press release, a statement, or a quote according to the Vancouver Sun.

Further contention surrounds the possible impact on wild salmon populations if the expansion goes through. Applications for expansion from all areas of BC have been accepted, with the exception of those from the Discovery Island archipelago located near Campbell River on Vancouver Island — this area was deemed especially fragile in the 2012 Cohen report, which called for a moratorium on fish farm expansion after the collapse of the Fraser River salmon population in 2009.

Shea has assured the public that the government is making “major investments in research” to “bolster . . . environmental protection in the aquaculture sector through science, enhanced regulatory regime, and improved reporting.”

According to the Vancouver Sun, Department of Fisheries and Oceans spokeswoman Melanie Carkner said, “All applications . . . will continue to be evaluated through the lens of environmental sustainability and engagement with First Nations and other stakeholders.”

In response, SFU professor of statistics and director of the undergraduate environmental science program, Rick Routledge, said, “The federal government’s claim that such decisions will be made ‘through the lens of environmental sustainability’ is not credible.”

Routledge told The Peak that the federal government has shown no signs of paying attention to environmental impacts on wild salmon populations in the past; in fact, “in the past they have hidden away evidence [of this],” he said.

According to Routledge, in the fall of 2011, his research demonstrated positive readings for ISAv disease in local wild salmon. ISAv (or infectious salmon anemia) is a viral disease affecting Atlantic salmon populations in Canadian fish farms.

Routledge proceeded to alert the media in a press conference,

and it was later revealed that Canadian government labs had found similar evidence of disease in 2002 and 2003. However the information had not come forward and was never supplied to Cohen as information for his report, even though some of the positive testing samples had been sockeye salmon.

When asked about the effects this expansion will have on local wild salmon populations, Routledge explained, “There’s very little evidence of direct impact on wild salmon, but lot’s of evidence on ISAv and other diseases are turning up.”

These diseases are related to fish farm prevalence, and overfarming. “In my opinion, conservation of wild salmon takes priority, period,” said Routledge.

Routledge continued we “vigorously explore land facilities” as an alternative solution. Land facilities would eliminate any interaction between farmed and wild salmon, and a more controlled environment would lower infection risks. The Save Our Salmon Initiative is currently working with the Namgis First Nations community in testing one such facility, to see whether it is a viable option.

“The best way to survive an avalanche is to not get into one in the first place,” Haegeli said.

He advises that students who enjoy outdoor winter sports not enter avalanche territory alone, and says that “open communication is very important for safe travelling in the back country.”

A game plan for the day with which all members of the group are comfortable is key to staying out of trouble.

Avalanche safety equipment such as a transceiver to send and receive GPS locations, a long metal rod for probing deep into the snow, and a shovel are crucial to have in the event of an emergency. The ability to locate someone buried in an avalanche quickly is very important: “If you get buried in an avalanche, your chances of surviving are

pretty high for the first 10 to 15 minutes — then they drop off very quickly,” Haegeli warned.

In light of a recent fatality that occurred when a snowmobiler was caught in an avalanche near Valemount, BC, an avalanche safety information bulletin was released by the BC Coroners Service (BCCS) in conjunction with the Canadian Avalanche Center (CAC), earlier this month.

This is the second avalancherelated death to occur in BC over the last two months, the first being a 29-year old snowboarder

who perished on Dec. 20 in the backcountry near Golden, BC. According to Pascal Haegeli, SFU adjunct professor and avalanche safety researcher, the safety bulletin was issued due to a temporary increase in avalanche risk after a destabilization of BC’s snowpack due to recent drastic weather changes.

“Early in January, we had some massive storms come through that gave us a lot of snow all at once, and that, of course, creates avalanche hazards,” said Haegeli, who was quick to point out that the snowpack has since had time to settle.

“Avalanche conditions really change day to day,” he cautioned, advising that outdoor enthusiasts should check CAC’s website for daily updates on avalanche risk before heading out into the snow.

pull you down to the bottom.”

Fighting to stay near the surface of the snow greatly improves the chances that a victim will be recovered quickly.

As the avalanche slows to a halt, attempt to make an air pocket for your face. According to Haegeli, running out of oxygen is the number one concern for people trapped under the snow. If you are buried, he advises attempting to make a connection with the surface: “If you are buried fairly shallow, you can try to scream, or maybe push an arm up to the surface so people can immediately see where you are.”

If these methods fail, Haegeli suggests trying to stay calm, preserving as much oxygen and energy as you can, and trusting that your friends will find you.

In the event that an avalanche occurs, Haegeli suggests travelling out of the area before the snow stops moving. Once caught in a snow slide, he advises trying to get rid of all recreational equipment such as skis and ski poles, “as they will act as anchors within the avalanche that will actually

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OPINIONS

The tech nerd in me loves the idea that Google’s new eyewear device “Glass” has been developed and will soon be on the market. A part of me is astonished that such technology can be developed, while another part is unnerved, afraid of this invention’s social and political consequences.

Google’s new gadget has already made some cracks in our legal code. The device has been distributed to thousands of lucky beta users — some of whom have met with legal confusion surrounding its use. Unfortunately, I think these instances have only marked the beginning of what will be a long series of court-cases, as lawmakers battle to keep pace with today’s fast evolving technology.

For those of you who don’t know, Glass is an eyepiece that is similar to a pair of glasses.

The device sports a small, transparent screen that sits just above the right eye so as not to obscure the user’s vision. Users can use voice-command to record pictures and videos, engage in live video-chats, send messages, use GPS, and even translate languages.

But despite these interesting features, some beta-users have gotten in over their heads. Last October, a San Diego woman was pulled over in her vehicle for speeding. When the officer saw she was wearing Glass, he

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also gave her a ticket in belief that she had been driving “with monitor visible to the driver.”

Later, the court decided to throw out the citation due to lack of sufficient proof that she had been using the monitor.

Just last week an Ohio man was suspected of recording a film he was watching while at the cinema. After the cinema had him reported, he was drilled by officers from ICE Homeland Security Investigations. While the man proved that the recording feature was inactive, this does not mean that other users can’t at least use the same excuse.

with Glass, as it carries similar features. This apparatus is the first truly personal accessory.

Only the user knows what is happening through the lens.

Furthermore, it’s far too easy to evade legal trouble if one is

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using Glass to break the law. If questioned by authorities, the user could simply state that he or she was not using the gadget for those intended purposes. Officers, like the one who took the speeder to court, will not have

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proof beyond a reasonable doubt that the device was in use. In other words, expect more “GlassCriminals” to hit the headlines in the near future!

Google Glass makes me nervous. Because it is such a leap in technological advancement, Canada’s lawmakers need to get their asses in gear and discuss modifications to our current code. Considering the pace at which our society evolves, I can’t imagine the stress these people go through. But laws must reflect modern technology. Glass is only the beginning of a series of personal, wearable gadgets and the abundance of problems they will cause.

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During Parliament’s winter break, Prime Minister Stephen Harper was making headlines. Though one would have expected that his trip to the Middle East would have garnered the most attention, when he became the first Canadian PM to address the Knesset, the national legislature of Israel, this was overshadowed by the media coverage of the first part of his winter break.

Many articles were written on his annual trip to Arctic Canada, questioning why the area matters, and if Canada should be using valuable resources and gaining international prestige over this frozen land. Those writers could not be more wrong about the importance of the Arctic to Canada’s future.

For starters, the Conservative government is emphasizing developing the land, making this more than just a flag-waving exercise designed to show the world who’s in control of the

Saudi Arabia is one of the least free and least democratic nations on Earth, in my opinion. As such, it is understandable that dewy-eyed idealists would be tempted to project their dubious prophecies of the inevitable global march towards democratic utopia on this quintessential mascot of tyranny. But the world is not so simple.

Revolutions are rarely solely the result of spontaneous populist revolts against an unpopular government. Funnelling anger

territory. In fact, Canada’s current term as the chair of the Arctic Council has been devoted to sustainably developing the eight states and six indigenous populations that are members.

The continued presence of Canadians, including our indigenous Inuit populations, give Canada a strong claim on the Arctic territories. But this claim is under threat.

Foreign submarines travel under the Arctic ice pack as a shortcut to move from the Pacific to the Atlantic, often, apparently, without explicit Canadian knowledge.

Pierre Leblanc, a retired colonel and former commander of the Canadian Forces’ northern command, told the National Post that “for decades” the Canadian government relied on other countries’ “goodwill to know if they’re in our waters or not.”

One could imagine the outrage that would occur if a Canadian Navy vessel took a shortcut through the Florida Keys without informing the United States government. It sends the message that we are not willing to defend our sovereignty, which may become important in future years as the Arctic becomes more accessible and desirable for mining.

A much as I hate the melting of the polar ice caps, there is a

into coordinated political action is a difficult process, particularly when under the scrutiny of well-equipped internal security services, something the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia certainly possesses.

Dissent needs some sort of direction, usually supplied by a class with some autonomous organizational capacity — such as the bourgeoisie salons of 18th century France, indigenous bureaucracy in the British Raj, or the Shi’a clergy in Pahlavi Iran.

However, Saudi Arabia has a level of elite integration that most authoritarian states can only dream of. Few positions of administrative, economic, or coercive power fall outside the control of the royal family. And while the House of Saud is not a monolithic entity, it closes ranks when it needs to, bound together by kinship and interest.

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great economic opportunity here for Canada if we act on it. Along with the possibility of opening up the fabled Northwest Passage, the Arctic also provides an opportunity for huge economic gains.

Any non-royal factions who could form the nuclei for dissent are continuously bought off with concessions. The Wahhabi religious establishment is given free rein over moral policing and coveted access to state media.

Tribal leaders are placated with prestigious royal marriages.

Commoner merchants are given enough of the economic pie to be kept complacent, particularly in the oil industry. Ordinary citizens are effectively robbed of their potential articulators of opposition, since all elites find relative comfort in the status quo.

While it is true Saudi Arabia has an overextended welfare system, it is hardly the first nation to do so. Many far more impoverished and financially mismanaged regimes have managed to prolong fat welfare states well beyond their expected expiration dates.

Over time, Northern Canada has given us gold, diamonds, and uranium along with other minerals. As the ice caps melt, more resources will become available; the United States Geological Survey,

Next to no one wants to see the Saudi state implode. Not only is it the world’s second largest oil producer, but any unrest in the kingdom would cast a shadow over the rest of the Gulf as well, endangering the stability of the world’s most critical energy hub.

The international community, which would loath to see oil prices skyrocket or jihadists

in fact, estimates that 22 per cent of the world’s “technically recoverable” oil and natural gas could be located in the Arctic Circle.

Granted, there are many environmental concerns to be addressed here, but it should come as no surprise that Canada recently submitted a proposal to the United Nations to extend its territorial sovereignty to include the North Pole, where the Russian Federation planted its flag in 2007. If the Arctic territory that we currently control is any indicator, the vast store of untapped wealth there has the potential to turn Canada into an economic power in the world if we manage to focus our attention on the region.

In 2008, there was a proposal from the European parliament to place the Arctic under international control similar to Antarctica.

While the current Antarctic Treaty does not support nor deny territorial claims to Antarctica, Arctic territories have a variety of countries involved in their administration, simply because they are part of the sovereign territory of the nation.

As the Canadian Arctic territory has belonged to our nation or its British colonial predecessor for hundreds of years, we should stand strong on our true north Arctic territories.

establish a new base, would be willing to move heaven and earth to prevent this from happening.

When the time comes that Riyadh exhausts its own pockets, it will always have the fallback option of tapping others.

Finally, it must be acknowledged that while revolutions can be infectious, so can the fatigue of them. Certainly the results of the Arab Spring have left little in the way of inspiration.

Tunisia struggles to establish a working political system. Syria is torn apart in bloody civil war.

Libya has decentralized beyond recognition as a cohesive state.

And chaos-plagued Egyptians saw the restoration of what I would call their ancien-régime this past summer.

In today’s Middle East, the ever-invoked mantra of tyrants “après moi, le deluge” has never looked more attractive.

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Would you drop everything to go live on Mars? Yesterday, my younger brother informed me that a not-for-profit Dutch foundation, Mars One, is accepting applicants from around the world to be the first human colonizers of Mars.

I chuckled. Yes, I watch Doctor Who, and I love Star Trek, but the actual reality of another human civilization on Mars — is that really so close in our future?

The organization claims it is.

The Mars One mission will send crews of four every two years starting in 2024, with the first unmanned mission starting in just four years — 2018! Applicants have been submitting and posting videos of themselves stating why they feel they should go to Mars, all of which are visible on the organization’s website, www.mars-one.com.

Funding is being provided by donations made to the organization through an independent fundraising site, and potentionally by the creation of a reality television series based on the lives of the first Mars colonizers. A living environment will be built on the planet for the

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soon-to-be martians by rovers and cargo missions being sent up in coming years.

I feel a bit skeptical about this whole movement, however. Massive groups of people are donating money to fund a propagated mission to Mars via an independent fundraising site? Why have I never heard of this before?

In addition, their fundraising goal is currently only $400,000 in total. That would be nice to personally receive, but is hardly feasible for a credible space exploration. So who would apply to a recently created and generally unknown space trip with a guaranteed no-return agenda?

Apparently Joanna Hindle, an English teacher from Whistler, would. She is one out of 75 Canadians and over 1000 global competitors that has been chosen to go on to the next stage of the application process. Other known successful applicants include third-year physics student Ryan MacDonald, aged 20, science technician Alison

Rigby, aged 33, and a 23-year old PhD student, Maggie Lieu.

All participants seemed to be enthused about the opportunity, but some share my hesitation about the reality of leisure space travel. Lieu, for instance, stated in an interview with The Guardian that the trip “is definitely feasible but delays are pretty much inevitable. So we will be able to go to Mars one day, but on this timescale? I’m not so sure.”

Buzz Aldrin, the second man to walk on the moon, is also skeptical about the idea. He said, “I don’t think there’s that much technology that indicates that the Mars One corporation, with over 150,000 people applying, really knows how to get four people to Mars by 2023 [sic], even if they don’t bring them back.”

Despite their dubious nature, the Mars One corporation has just confirmed partnerships with two companies: Lockheed Martin, which will provide a robotic landing device for the event, and Surrey Satellites, which will provide a communications satellite, according to Mars One. Despite the general lack of public support and my own questions on the reality of this mission coming to fruition, I am hopeful that Mars One is a success. If anything, it looks like this may be one small step for mankind, and one huge leap for reality television.

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was already an accomplished playwright when she transitioned to fiction and non-fiction writing. Fantetti grew up in Toronto and, as

was introduced to poetry by his mother, a student at SFU in the 60s. From a very young age the house was “full with poetry books,” reminisces Scott. By the time he was in university — also at SFU — he had amassed a stack of writing and asked English professor Stephen Collis if he would read it: “Steve was very kind, and it was the start of a friendship. He was really a mentor and a guide.”

In 2005, New Star Books published Scott’s debut book of poetry, Silt, which was shortlisted for the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize. In Silt, Scott traces his family history back from Canada and his birthplace of Port Moody, to Poland and his grandparents’ struggles during

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a teenager, attended a school for the arts. From there, she worked with a number of theatre companies in Victoria and Vancouver on the Fringe circuit as well as

across Canada. While continuing to work full time, Fantetti decided to enrol in The Writer’s Studio at SFU. “It was the best thing I ever did,” she unabashedly states, explaining that some people have the drive to write on their own but she needed the structure, feedback, and community of a writing program.

“I got all of those at The Writer’s Studio. You come in wanting to write and they give you the time and space and community,” she said. Fantetti graduated from the program in 2007, with a focus on non-fiction under mentor Wayde Compton. She also co-hosted the Writer’s Studio Reading Series for one year while she was a student.

Fantetti describes writing as her biggest joy and passion as well as biggest frustration, which explains how she was able to publish a book of short fiction while she was working on her memoir thesis project.

Last year Fantetti completed her MFA in creative writing at the University of Guelph. Her thesis project examined her own history as the daughter of a mentally ill immigrant. Fantetti’s parents are Italian and they made a lot of sacrifices for their family.

“It’s a hard story to write,” admits Fantetti, “there is a lot of chaos and heartache.” Fantetti’s mother suffers from mental health issues, which, even by the early 80s, the medical community hadn’t accurately identified. In her writing, Fantetti struggled to find a balance between heart and humour that “reaffirms the human sense of resilience and survival.”

With a memoir thesis so close to home, Fantetti found one project was wearing her down, so she resumed writing non-fiction and fiction. When she heard Mother Tongue Publishing was looking for short fiction for a quick

turn-around, she threw her hat in the ring.

A Recipe for Disaster and Other Unlikely Tales of Love, Fantatti’s debut collection of short stories, was published in November 2013.

Now, Fantetti is working on non-fiction essays and new fiction stories about Italian Canadians.

She has also recently completed a certificate to teach English as a second language. Having grown up straddling two cultures, she is exploring the question of identity through writing and teaching immigrants who — like her parents — had no opportunity to learn English literacy.

She says that for her, this passion has “opened up a whole new way of thinking” about culture, identity, and language. But it’s clear that the wonder of words is natural to her: Eufemia is an ancient Italian name from a Greek word that means ‘well spoken’. “It’s a lot to live up to,” Fantetti laughs.

how different climates modified the printed pages.

“In the copies from Tofino, we couldn’t read anything. But the Nicola Valley is a desert region, and the pages were dry, curled, torn, and chewed by mice, but readable.”

Coach House Books published the resulting book, Decomp, in September 2013.

The book includes photographs of the bushwhacked books, as well as journal entries of the process and poetic contributions from Collis and Scott. “It was a really intense collaboration, and was strange when we saw the final pieces. Any stylistic traits that we have — that we can distinguish in our individual writing — were mulched up.”

Scott is currently working on a long poem that explores the

linguistic character and rhetoric of interrogation, both in popular culture as well as archival and police records from Guantanamo Bay. His interest in the subject stems from his experience with his own stutter and a scene from A Fish Called Wanda, where the interrogated character’s stutter was assumed to be indicative of guilt.

Scott recently read with Daphne Marlatt at Lunch Poems at SFU and will be participating in the SFU Centre for Dialogue event as part of the City of Vancouver’s Year of Reconciliation honouring Chief Robert Joseph.

Scott will be reading with five other poets as part of the 2014 Jack P. Blaney Award for Dialogue on Feb. 27 at the Vancouver Public Library.

WWII. After attending readings and local book events, he discovered “you always have an audience.”

By the following year, Scott was already working on his next collection about the poetics of stuttering, entitled blert, as part of his masters at the University of Calgary. Silt had touched on the topic of stuttering in relation to his family history, but Scott couldn’t find any other poetry collections that fully addressed the subject.

Growing up with a stutter affected Scott’s life and, although it has diminished with age, as a child he was teased and attended speech therapy. But after reading his work aloud in class at the Kootenay School of Writing, Scott discovered

he was most comfortable surrounded by other poets.

Scott polished the last parts of blert while writer in residence at the International Writers’ and Translators’ Centre in Rhodes, Greece. blert was published by Coach House Books in 2006 to wide success — including production of a short film by ArtistBloc for Bravo and an online interactive documentary commissioned by the National Film Board of Canada entitled Flub and Utter.

Since returning to the West Coast, Scott has taken up a position at Fraser International College teaching literature and composition. During this time he continued his friendship with Stephen Collis, and they recently collaborated on a new book.

“It began with a simple idea,” explains Scott, “leave a book outside and see how nature interacts with it.” He notes that we typically associate books with warmth, indoors, curling up and reading — he was curious to see how vulnerable it was. Collis and Scott took copies of Charles Darwin’s Origin of Species and left them in various corners of the province.

“BC is unique in that it has five distinct regions, each with a different ecosystem,” he said. After bushwhacking and hiding multiple copies off the beaten path in the summer of 2009, they waited a full year for Mother Nature to do her worst. When they went to retrieve the books, they discovered

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When I was a kid, I was allergic to eggs. Growing up, I never had scrambled eggs, toad in the hole, or eggs-over-easy — I was strictly a bowl of cereal kind of gal. Eventually, I grew up and grew out of the allergy, along with my allergy to grass-clippings. Now, I seem to be making up for the lack of eggs in my early life.

I love eggs. I have them, in one form or another, almost every morning when I have the time; breakfast has become one of my favourite meals of the day, especially when it comes to experimentation. Breakfast is important, as every mother and nutritionist will tell you, as it sets the tone for the rest of the day — why

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not set that tone in a decidedly delicious and adventurous way?

I also love wine, and life doesn’t get much better than combining two great loves. The sweet, sweet romance between wine and eggs may seem unexpected, but these two were meant for each other: the dry, refreshing acidity of the wine and the versatility of the egg marry beautifully, creating the best breakfast I’ve made yet.

There’s something about this recipe that feels decidedly south of France. It’s simple yet incredibly flavourful, and it’s truly a sight to behold. I like mine on a bed of sliced avocado and toast, but it’s also good on a potato stew.

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It’s a play about strippers.

“If you don’t read the play and invest in it, you might think it is just trash up on stage,” actress Courtney Vye says. But, to the people at NeverYouMind Productions, their staging of A Particular Class of Women aims to be something much more substantive.

Their intention is to demystify the stripping industry, portraying the industry’s workers not as societal outliers nor abstract fantasies, but as actual human beings with ordinary human problems.

“It’s really a dramatic comedy, and a lot of fun, but you are going to see every face and every level about what working in this industry means. So you’re going to see the gritty parts, the awesome parts, the fantasy … you can’t separate them, they are all melded,” said actress Sarah Dawn Pledge.

The original production was a one-woman show written and performed by ex-stripper Janet Feindel. However, the version undertaken by the actresses of NeverYouMind has expanded, and

now features a collection of eight separate monologues, each with its own mini-climax.

While “each monologue has its own [engaging] story, as a whole it connects,” said co-creator LisaMarie Marrelli. Through this, “[the show] becomes so full of these colourful characters that it’s popping at the seams — literally,” said director Flora Karas. This expansion allows the dramatists to explore the different corners of the stripping industry, showcasing a wide diversity of characters.

“I’m a 38-year-old ex-burlesque dancer who made the transition to nudity because she needed to, and I’m little rough around the edges, definitely one of the mother hens,” says Pledge about her character, Georgia Scott. “I’m an example of what age looks like in this business.“ Vye, on other hand, portrays something entirely different: “I’m Marky. She’s a dirty devil … she’s

the newest to it, she’s 18, she took the job because it was no experience necessary.” Marky still sees stripping as a temporary stepping stone and “has her other goals and dreams,” according to Vye. “She’s not as jaded yet as the other girls, [but] she’ll get there.”

The performance contains some partial nudity and sensual dancing, a process that was new and daunting to many of the actresses involved. “I’m taking one piece of clothing off each week of rehearsals; it’s taking time,” laughs Vye. However, the actresses fondly credit the environment of trust that prevails at their close-knit production company, giving special nods of respect to their entirely male backstage crew for acting in gentlemanly ways, making them feel safe even in the earliest rehearsals. “Thank god we have each other and can support each other,” reflects Karas.

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The careers of Rodgers and Hammerstein encompassed 11 musicals, 34 Tony Awards, 15 Academy Awards, two Grammys, and one Pulitzer Prize. What the duo also did was leave a lasting legacy in the musical theatre community, spawning a lineage of artists who continue creating work in the same spirit.

From Oklahoma! to The Sound of Music, Patrick Street Productions’ new revue show, Rodgers and Hammerstein: Out of a Dream, will take audiences on a nostalgic journey through songs from their entire oeuvre.

Peter Jorgensen, artistic producer of Patrick Street Productions,

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had been working on a similar show involving Rodgers’ and Hammerstein’s work when he gained a new appreciation for the duo. “I wanted to do something that honoured their work and them as contributors to musical theatre,” he said.

The decision to produce this show also coincides with their other events this season: Floyd Collins and An Evening with Adam Guettel.

Guettel, who wrote the music and lyrics for Collins, is Rodgers’ grandson and an accomplished composer and lyricist of musical theatre in his own right.

Guettel won two Tony Awards for The Light in the Piazza and has created many other successful works. His mother, Mary Rodgers — Rodgers’ daughter — is also a composer as well as an author of children’s books.

“It’s an amazing lineage,” said Jorgensen, “they were really mavericks and took a lot of risks — took the form into uncharted territory. Adam Guettel is continuing in the same spirit,” a spirit that is demonstrated in Out of a Dream’s timeless songs.

As Jorgensen explained, “Hammerstein was an amazing human being for the time. He was progressive and cared about social issues. There are themes of intolerance and racism in the work. It was entertaining and had something to say.”

Each show started with Hammerstein: he wrote the lyrics and libretto, and then Rodgers wrote the music. “Hammerstein crafted the story, which was always sensitive and nuanced, and then,” Jorgensen continued, “Rodgers made those lyrics sing and gave them

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more meaning and depth. He was a master of the craft. You don’t think about the dramatic structure of the music; it just sounds inevitable, so you don’t question it.”

When working on this show, a structure began to emerge for Jorgensen as well. “I listened to every cast recording of their work,” he said. Once he had chosen which songs he wanted to include, he placed them into a rough order based on the trajectory of a love story. There is a section about evolving relationships, then passion, complications, and separation.

“The songs they wrote are a direct result of the story they were telling,” said Jorgensen, “it wasn’t just for the song’s sake.” With this in mind, he wanted to make sure they came alive when separated from their original production: “The songs had to be contextualized so they could be received both theatrically and musically.”

Since the show covers the whole Rodgers and Hammerstein canon, there will be some songs that everyone knows, from shows like

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Carousel, South Pacific, The King and I, and Cinderella, in addition to some that many have never heard: “There are some absolutely astonishing songs from their lesser known works.”

“There is so much hope in their shows and their songs,” said Jorgensen, “Hammerstein was an eternal optimist. He saw the darkness, but always had hope and saw the good, too.”

Out of a Dream will give audiences a taste of their career and show why the two have left such a mark on the art form. “I want the audience to come and get swept away in the stories and romance,” he said. “It’s a romantic, nostalgic trip through their work. If some people get a better appreciation for their work, that’s great.”

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SPORTS

To say it has been a frustrating season for the SFU men’s basketball team would be quite the understatement. Sitting at just 1–8 in the GNAC entering Thursday night’s matchup against the University of Alaska Anchorage Seawolves, the Clan had experienced plenty of frustration already, but a 65–64 loss at home was the toughest moment yet.

It was one of SFU’s best games of the season. The Clan shot 49 per cent from the field, and 39 per cent from threepoint range, and played well defensively, holding UAA to just 35 per cent shooting from the field and 28 per cent beyond the arc. Four Clan players hit double digit scoring, led by Justin Cole’s 18, and SFU led by as many as 16 points. But with the game on the line in the dying seconds, the Burnaby boys couldn’t pull through.

With the visitors up by one with just under two minutes to

The Simon Fraser University men’s hockey team took a big step towards their goal of capturing the 2014 BC Intercollegiate Hockey League Championship.

Over the weekend of Jan. 24, the Clan beat the Thompson Rivers University Wolfpack twice in order to clinch a playoff spot.

A key storyline heading into the back-to-back games at Kamloops was the goaltending situation for each team. Clan netminder Andrew Parent made his fourth and fifth straight starts as SFU’s new number one after

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go, Cole capped off his scoring with a layup to put his Clan up one, 64–63. SFU almost held the Seawolves off the board over the final 1:44, but UAA would tally a late layup with just four seconds left.

SFU’s Sango Niang’s buzzer beater attempt fell short, just as his team did, for the ninth time this season against GNAC competition.

“We played a really good game. We thought we had the win until the very end and it came down to who wanted it more in those seconds,” said senior forward Ibrahim Appiah, who finished with 11 points.

“It was a tough ball game and it just got away from us.”

With just eight games remaining and a record of 1–9 in the GNAC, the postseason isn’t likely to be in the cards for the Clan (though they are not yet mathematically eliminated). Still, they aren’t throwing in the towel.

The Clan have come close on a number of occasions, and the heartbreaker of a loss to UAA is just the latest example.

“We have some very good things to take away. We know that we can win games,” said Appiah. It’s just a matter of putting it all together, though it may already be too late.

Graham Gordon abruptly left the team. TRU was also making a reluctant switch in net as Chris Solecki took over for previous starter Stephen Wolff, who was suspended for the remainder of the season for academic issues.

Despite the clouds hanging over the Clan’s crease, SFU was able to win both games due in large part to their forecheck and dominating cycle down low in TRU’s zone.

The first game showed the Wolfpack what they were in store for as SFU created multiple chances off of their relentless pressure. TRU scored first, however, on a tip in goal on a powerplay giving them their only lead over the course of the two games.

SFU answered TRU’s opening marker with two goals of their

own. Clan defenceman Colton Schock wired home a victorious faceoff to get the visitors on the board, and Graham Smerek found some open space in front of the net and fired home a great feed that came off of a relentless Clan cycle down low.

Simon Fraser kept applying pressure in the second period, but to no avail. The lone goal of the frame belonged to the Wolfpack’s Anthony Delong, which evened the contest at two goals apiece.

As the third period got under way, the lack of goals, despite

throwing a heavy quantity of rubber at Solecki’s net, did not discourage the Clan. Jono Ceci scored the eventual game winning goal just 1:32 into the final frame as a result of another dominant cycle.

Just 3:08 after Ceci’s marker, BCIHL player of the week Jared Eng rushed the puck end to end, cycled the puck around TRU’s defensive zone, and found Trevor Milner, who fired home the Clan’s fourth and final goal of the night, giving SFU a 4–2 victory.

The final game of the weekend series didn’t feature a whole lot of goals, but did offer quite a few penalties, making special teams the deciding factor.

SFU went one-for-four on their power play, while TRU was blanked on three attempts.

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Scott Brkich scored SFU’s game winner on a second period power play, giving SFU the eventual 1–0 victory.

TRU’s Solecki was awarded first start in each game and rightfully so, as SFU fired 86 shots towards the TRU netminder over the two games, while his Wolfpack teammates could only muster 46.

Solecki’s heroics do not diminish the dominating effort put forth by the Clan, especially in their forecheck and suffocating cycle.

SFU will look to keep the momentum going as they face Trinity Western University for a home and home series next weekend. The two games give SFU ample opportunity to further distance themselves atop the BCIHL standings.

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In a conference where first- and sixth-place are separated by just three wins, there’s hardly a sure thing among the women’s basketball teams in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference (GNAC). But as the season progresses, the Simon Fraser Clan are looking more and more like just that with their latest triumph being a 77–68 win over the Seattle Pacific Falcons — their fourth straight.

It was a game of ebbs and flows that, as the team’s traded baskets over the first seven possessions, started off as a shootout. SFU took an early 8–6 lead, but things quieted down quickly, and the game was tied at just 11 apiece midway through the first.

As she’s done so often this season, captain Erin Chambers

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spurred on the Clan attack from all over the court — in the paint and from three-point range.

Solid defence from Meg Wilson helped, as SFU began to pull ahead and went into halftime with a narrow 34–29 lead.

In the second half, SFU began to run away with the game.

Junior guard Katie Lowen caught fire, hitting three straight triples to increase SFU’s lead to double digits. The Clan got a scare when Chambers left the game with an apparent dislocated finger, but even in her absence, the Clan kept their heads above water.

“When Erin got hurt, we took a deep breath and we had to re-gather ourselves,” said Lowen. “We did a good job staying composed.”

Chambers would return, and finished with 20 on the night, though the game really belonged to Lowen, who scored 23, and went 5-for-8 from beyond the arc.

Her offensive outburst helped push the Clan lead to

as much as 19, but the Falcons rallied in the final three minutes to make the final score much more respectable. There was one major factor in the game’s outcome: while SFU shot 41 per cent from threepoint range, the visitors went 0–11 from downtown.

“We just hit a lot of shots at a crucial time to put it away,” said head coach Bruce Langford after the contest.

It was a statement win over a bitter rival, and a team that had the same record as the Clan entering the game. SFU’s record is bumped up to 7–3, which puts them in a tie for second in the GNAC, while SPU falls to 6–4, a full game behind the Clan.

Entering the thick of the latter half of their schedule, SFU needs all the cushion they can get in one of the NCAA Div. II’s tightest conferences.

SFU men’s wrestling team has had quite the season so far, and continued their success at the Boxer Open last week.

Brock Lamb led the way for the Clan at the event, hosted

by Pacific Oregon University, as he finished atop the podium at 165-pounds. After a first-round bye, he won two straight matches to take home the title, including a win-byfall in the final round.

The Florida native has been on a tear of late, having won his bout against Embry Riddle University two weeks ago and going undefeated at the Grand Canyon University Duals in early January.

Freshman Josh Kim was SFU’s next best finisher, finishing in second place in the the 184-pound weight class.

He got off to a good start, winning his first two matches, before falling to Southwest Oregon’s Kolbjorn Skaflestad in the final.

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Three Clansmen finished in third in their respective categories: Sukkhan Chahal at 125-pounds, Reid Watkins at 174-pounds, and Ryan Yewchin at 197-pounds.

Yewchin struggled early, dropping his first match, but would win two straight to clinch third. Watkins, meanwhile, won his first bout but fell in the quarterfinals, but like Yewchin, would make up for it with two straight wins in the consolation rounds.

Watkins advanced through one round before falling in the quarterfinals, but would bounce back with two victories on the consolation side.

Junior Dillon Hume, as well as sophomores Josh Punzo and Sean Molle also wrestled for the Clan, but failed to crack the top three in their weight groups.

Still, the Clan’s showing at the Boxer Open is just another in a long line of successful outings this season from Lamb and company. The Clan are heating up, just in time for Regionals — less than a month away, with the NCAA Championships just two weeks after.

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many years: Anthony winning at 109-pounds, Maroulis at 130. Anthony and Maroulis are the first two wrestlers to do so in the history of the WCWA. Both ladies headed into the finals after besting their semi-final rivals by technical fall, then won in the finals by fall, clinching their championship titles. Anthony defeated Campbellville’s Breonnah Neal, while Maroulis knocked off Rachel McFarland of Oklahoma City University.

The Clan women walked away with four Women’s Collegiate Wrestling Association (WCWA) championships in their weight divisions, including two broken WCWA records, after the championships were held in St. Louis the weekend before last.

The day was especially triumphant for Victoria Anthony and Helen Maroulis, two American natives competing on home soil, who both captured a fourth championship title in as

Two more championship claims came from Justina DiStasio, who took her third title in the 170-pound weight class, and Jenna McLatchy, who picked up her second title at 191-pounds.

Both hail from right here in the

Lower Mainland, calling Coquitlam and Chilliwack home, respectively.

DiStasio came out on top in her two matches on Saturday by technical fall and decision, overcoming Gabriela Guzman of Lindenwood University in the semi-final, and her Lindenwood teammate Victoria Francis in the final.

McLatchy conquered her final two matches by decision, defeating Leya Justi Luafalemana of Northwest Kansas in the semis and Malexsis McAdoo of King University in the final round to take her second WCWA championship.

All four of the victorious women are seniors on the team, making their last year of NCAA play all the sweeter.

Other performances of note included those by junior Darby Huckle, who improved on her last year third place standing by taking second at 101-pounds, and Abbotsford’s Nikki Brar, who

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If you’ve ever taken the bus up the hill for an 8:30 a.m. class, you’ve probably seen the SFU lacrosse team running plays on Terry Fox Field.

The early hours might seem a bit much, but they’ve paid off historically for the SFU Clan, entering their 19th season in the Pacific Northwest Collegiate Lacrosse League (PNCLL), the northwest conference of the Men’s Collegiate lacrosse Association (MCLA), the largest collegiate-level lacrosse league in the world.

With over 200 teams across 10 conferences and two divisions, the Simon Fraser Clan is the only Canadian team in the American league and has seen an enormous amount of success in its 19-year history. With eight PNCLL

won by decision in her third place match to take third at 116-pounds.

Freshman Mallory Velte also finished hot on the heels of four-time champion Maroulis

Championships and nine MCLA National Championship appearances (including a 2nd place finish in 2010), the 2014 Clan, ranked 17th in the MCLA going into the season, are looking to continue the tradition of success.

At the helm are 12th-year head coach Brent Hoskins — himself an ’02 SFU grad — and third-year assistant coach Chris Fox calling the shots from the sidelines.

Senior Riley Wanzer and juniors Bayne Bosquet, Sam Clare, and Mark Hilker lead the team on the field. Clare, a midfielder, is coming off a 2013 season that saw him earn 2nd team All-American honours, while defencemen Wanzer and Hilker both had 1st team All-Conference seasons. Meanwhile, their fellow defenceman Alex Thompson earned 2nd team All-Conference honours.

The Clan has a challenging season ahead of them this year, with five of their 18 games against other nationally ranked opponents: #3 Arizona State, #4 BYU, #8 Oregon, #13 Texas, #19 Oregon State, and #23 Arizona.

in the 130-pound class, taking home fourth place.

The Clan’s four WCWA titles tied SFU with King University for the most titles by a single school at the event.

The Clan have just five home games on Terry Fox Field this season, the most-anticipated being the matchup against PNCLL rival Oregon.

The Clan opens their season this weekend with a double header at home against Western Washington on Feb. 8 and Portland State on Feb. 9.

Despite the tough schedule, Hoskins still says this is one of the best teams he’s had the privilege of coaching in some time, with speed, athleticism, and an overall maturity that make this team a contender. He says another PNCLL conference title and a trip to the national tournament could very well be in the team’s future, as SFU lacrosse continues the strong tradition of Canada’s official summer sport on the West Coast.

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13. Gives a letter grade or numerical value 15. Afrofuturistic jazz star (2 wds.)

16. 1927 Upton Sinclair novel 17. The fastest and most dangerous Winter Olympic sport 19. A friend from Montreal 21. PokÊmon encyclopedia, for short 22. Narrow slope tools 24. Water vapour 26. Opposite of Macs 28. Rapper Shakur, for short 30. Cunning, tricky 32. Solid solution of indium oxide and tin oxide 35. Miss Piggy’s favourite word 37. The Catcher in the Rye protagonist Caulfield 38. Hello, in Barcelona 40. An affirmative head movement 41. Shakespeare’s Much ___ About Nothing 42. Love interest in Pixar’s

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48. Acronym used to describe the US Republican Party 50. North African hat worn by Matt Smith’s Doctor 53. Red, Dead, North, e.g.

54. Animated being of inanimate matter in Jewish folklore 56. All That Heaven Allows director Douglas 58. Your great-grandmother 60. The Greek god of nature 61. Rolling Stone magazine alternative 63. Kyle MacLachlan finds one in Blue Velvet 64. Irish author of Ulysses and Finnegan’s Wake 66. Of or relating to our Sun 67. To write down haphazardly 68. Atilla the ___ 69. Official Opposition party in Canada 70. Sophocles’ tragedy Oedipus ___

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3. James Joyce’s wife Barnacle 4. Her actress Amy 6. Rebecca Black’s novelty pop song 7. Location of the famous 1692 witch trials 8. Slippery sea creature 9. HBO political comedy starring Julia-Louis Dreyfus 11. Perennial, bulbous flower 14. 1970s proto-punk duo from New York City 18. Creative, academic, or political suffix 20. Belongs to a thing 23. Straw Dogs director Peckinpah 25. Peyton Manning’s quarterback brother 27. 12 Years a Slave director McQueen 29. Late night talk show host O’Brien 31. Mrs. Dalloway author Virginia 33. Overwrought 1992 U2 ballad 34. Rhythm partner 36. Acronym acknowledging debt

37. Life expectancy statistic 38. Internet acronym expressing surprise 39. Greek goddess of the hunt, wilderness, and childbirth 44. Leet speak acronym for audible chuckles 46. 1969 Ken Loach film 48. French New Wave auteur Jean-Luc 49. You give your team an inspiring ___ talk 51. Zero, none, nothing 52. Pseudonym acronym 54. To gather and learn valuable information 55. “Ground control to _____ Tom‌â€?

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a metre-radius of them, they will definitely be trying to bring their families with them to Sochi.

“It’s just not worth the risk for my family to continue living in Ukraine,” explained Alpine skier, Oleksander Kluka. “For their safety, I just think it’s better that they come with me to a nice, peaceful resort town like Sochi.”

KIEV — While being selected to participate in the Olympic Games is the realization of lifelong dreams for most athletes, for some Ukrainian team members, it could also fulfill their more recent dream of getting away from their dangerous, unstable country.

Many of Ukraine’s biggest winter sports stars have come out saying that due to ‘security concerns’ almost everywhere within

Kluka’s feelings were echoed by teammate Demyan Dmytro who said the decision was difficult but that it will leave him

with more peace of mind not leaving his family in their home country.

“Sure, I’d love them to stay home and not have them distract me as I try and concentrate on winning a sporting event,” Dmytro said. “But I decided that human life is a little more important than skiing, just a little though, I’ll be honest it’s really close.”

Other athletes, like snowboarder Roman Vsevolod, have faith in the safety precautions of Ukraine’s violent protesters and riot police and have decided to go to Sochi solo.

“I’m sure it’ll be fine, the two weeks I’m in Russia will definately somehow be the first days there aren’t massive bouts of violence at home,” Vsevolod said. “Anyway, I’m sure everything will be better once the games start, I mean, how could anyone ever get violent from watching a sporting event?”

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SURREY — A local bully is crediting martial arts classes (taken by a bunch of dweebs at his school) as the source of a new found feeling of self-confidence.

Despite being experts in taekwondo, an activity they were told would improve their own selfconfidence as well as self-defence skills, 14-year old Joey Castillo says that he can still easily beat-up any of his school’s dorks, but that now he feels better about it.

“I used to always be really down on myself even though I was the most feared kid in school,” Castillo said of his former struggles. “I thought, sure, I can beat all these weaklings but it’s not really making me happy.”

Castillo explained that the emptiness he felt from his bullying has nearly disappeared entirely since he became aware that these “weaklings” are actually highly

trained and accomplished martial arts fighters.

“I don’t have to lie about who I’m beating up anymore and have never felt better,” Castillo said beaming in a way he never has before. “The same kids who I used to feel awful about stuffing in lockers because they were so helpless now make me feel like I’m really accomplishing something challenging.”

According to his parents, Castillo has never been more upbeat and full of life and they credit his entire transformation to martial arts classes.

“Now when he gets suspended, we know its not for

preying on some defenseless kid,” Castillo’s father explained. “In fact he just got a three-day suspension for giving a wedgie to a 3rddegree black-belt . . . we’ve never been so proud.”

While Castillo admits that, despite their training, none of his victims have ever actually fought back and that he’s pretty much just bullying in the same way he always has, he hasn’t let it stop his positive feeling towards himself.

“Just being able to say I beat up someone with a black belt puts a smile on my face,” Castillo concluded. “I feel like I could bully anyone now . . . well except for anyone who’s physically larger than me.”

OTTAWA - The CCP (Completely Corrupt Party), who share no affiliation with the Chinese Communist Party or the Confederacion Campesina del Peru, has announced its promise to only promise lies, and states that all previous promises have been lies.

Analysts are calling this a groundbreaking promise that could change the way politics is done forever.

“Imagine, if you will, that instead of forcing you to read between the lines, instead of making you have to think about it’s and come to the conclusion that it’s too good to be true, they just tell you that it’s straight up is a lie,” explained political pundit, Harold Tritz. “It’s a way more efficient way of lying, it doesn’t have to be so secretive anymore.”

Despite this initial enthusiasm, many other experts are skeptical. The CCP was only founded two weeks ago,

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and as such has not even made a promise that they could break.

“It’s pretty easy to make a promise like this if you have no promises to break,”explained ex-fringe party politician Harvey Bess, “but really, maybe you will have a lie per three promises or maybe even a 76 per cent lie rate, but 100 per cent?

Those are bold words from a rookie.”

“If he promises that all his promises are lies, then this promise in effect must be a lie, thus creating a paradox,” stated a former professor of philosophy. “If I were a betting man, and in a science fiction movie, and this involved time travel, I would bet on a time-space paradox that would kill us all, or at least prevent Marty McFly from ever being born.”

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e’s Canadian, he’s handsome, and he croons songs that make girls (and boys) swoon. He shot to fame at 12 years old after being discovered on YouTube. Nearly 50 million people on Twitter follow his every move. Who is he?

Only one of the biggest pop stars of this generation — Justin Bieber.

The 19-year-old teen pop sensation has adoring fans from all over the world, and I’d wager there isn’t a single person at SFU who doesn’t know his name.

Love him or hate him, the Biebs has done pretty well for himself over the past few years. With platinum albums under his belt along with two concert films and several product endorsements on the side, he has never been more famous or wealthy than he is now. Unfortunately, he has been making headlines recently for all the wrong reasons — scandal seems to follow him wherever he goes.

From angering fans in Brazil by kicking their flag off the stage to egging his neighbour’s house, Bieber can’t seem to stay out of trouble. Judgment and scrutiny only increased after a visit to the Anne Frank house, where he inconsiderately wrote that he hoped “she would’ve been a Belieber” in the guestbook. To top it all off, he was recently spotted sneaking out of a brothel, and was arrested for drag racing and driving under the influence only a few weeks ago.

His smiling mug shot was a disturbing sight and has outraged several people, who began to call for his deportation back to Canada. The Internet has exploded over these scandals, leading fans and spectators to wonder whether the teen star has truly lost his sense of self control.

Let’s get one thing straight: Bieber, like every other human being on the planet, is not perfect. How he responds to his actions and their consequences will ultimately determine his character. While his smiling mug shot may demonstrate a portrait of care for his fans, it also gives off an air of snobbishness and elitism.

Frankly, it doesn’t help that he could

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easily pay off any fine that would be imposed on him, essentially giving him a free pass from the policies of the justice system.

Yet having money doesn’t stop criticism. His public image — notably his Instagram page, which is plastered with selfies — has also displayed what seems to be a narcissistic attitude. The sheer mention of Bieber’s name makes headlines, despite whatever else is going on in the world.

What is behind this reckless behaviour, anyhow? Can Bieber really be blamed for what he has done?

Growing up with a single mom in Ontario, he didn’t exactly lead a charmed life before he became famous.

When his music career began to pick up speed, he didn’t have it easy, either. Even after he had released hit singles such as the mega-popular “Baby”, he was the subject of pervasive criticism. His pre-pubescent voice made people poke fun at his sexuality and masculinity. He was thrust into a spotlight in which his weaknesses could be picked apart by complete strangers who were judging him at every turn.

A child star placed in the centre of the media spotlight will inevitably suffer through many insecurities throughout their rise to fame. They are expected to appeal to a young and innocent demographic and are forced to appear that way them-

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selves. There isn’t much breathing room for mistakes, and when they are made the media feeds off them in a frenzy — Bieber is a perfect example.

Every celebrity has their own way of dealing with this pressure; unfortunately, many turn to self-destructive or illegal behaviour in order to let off steam. Stars like Demi Lovato and Lindsay Lohan have also experienced a downward spiral, crushed under the weight of fame and the difficulty of shedding their teeny bopper images.

Being young, making mistakes and finding oneself does not go over well in Hollywood.

On the other hand, one could argue that Bieber’s arrest isn’t necessarily a bad thing for his career. Some celebrities seem to take on a “no publicity is bad publicity” attitude, constantly finding themselves in the tabloids for one reason or another.

Miley Cyrus is another example of a celeb whose reputation as a squeaky-clean Disney star went down the drain after her racy performance at the

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VMAs. Yet she has been a conversation topic and media buzzword ever since that performance, and her subsequent singles and album sales have skyrocketed as a result. She is making a living off of scandal, and the Biebs may be following in her footsteps.

Despite the fame and attention, if Bieber’s behaviour continues he’ll undoubtedly end up hurting himself and others around him. Unless he does something to change for the better, he’ll self-destruct, and take others down with him — all in the name of fame.

No matter how popular, celebrities are still human beings who are flawed and make mistakes. No matter how much they are glorified, they’re not gods, and in cases like Justin’s, they need our support much more than our criticism. It is only when we realize this as a society that our world will become a better, less selfabsorbed place.