The Runner Vol. 7 Issue 13 by The Runner

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2015

News and culture for the students of Kwantlen Polytechnic University, by the students, for the students since 2009

“History is a People’s Memory” Reflecting on 50 years of civil rights with Malcolm X’s daughter, Ilyasah Shabazz

Featuring Kinder Morgan Surprise

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In This Issue #BestPhoto featuring Kwantlen’s finest

from @mccyeeee on Instagram (Chris Yee) Each week we’ll pick our favourite photo from the Kwantlen social media community. To submit your photo, use the hashtag #runnermag.

News................................................... 04 KPU appoints elder-in-residence while Kinder Morgan drills on Kwantlen territory.

Features............................................... 10 Your guide to making a pint of KPU brew.

Culture................................................. 12 Filipino club hopes to bring students together.

Opinions............................................... 15 Harper knows what you did last summer.

Columns............................................... 17 People spend V-Day in solidarity with missing and murdered aboriginal women. “George Rammell, Margaux and the Monarch (2014), detail (for #runnermag; part of Arrows, Anvils and Anti-Monuments exhibition at Coast Capital Library, KPU Surrey Campus, Feb. 5, 2015)”

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From the Editors Tories’ anti-terror bill criticized for ambiguity.

Kier-Christer Junos Coordinating Editor

You’ve been ensured liberties as a citizen here. Expression, religion, assembly and association—they’re yours. You’re also allowed, should you be deviant, a reasonable arrest, and the grounds as to why. But you should be concerned that authorities governing arrest are poised to gain more ground in that capacity. New anti-terror legislation will make it so. And those charter rights I mentioned earlier—those might be privy to this legislation too. Sounds problematic, no? The Conservative government’s new antiterror bill, introduced at the end of January, will make it criminal to knowingly promote or advocate “terrorist offenses.” It’s currently in its early stages. The bill characterizes these offenses as any writing, sign, visual representation or audio recording that “promotes the commission of terrorism offenses in general.” Law professors Kent Roach (University of Toronto) and Craig Forcese (University of Ottawa) scrutinized Bill C-51 and commented in 27 pages their key concerns. It’s a living

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paper that will be continuously updated. They find the new offense ambiguous at best, and claim that it’s difficult to say how the crime will be interpreted. They say, for instance, that it’s hard to conclude if journalists and academics would be safe from prosecution under this offense. Roach and Forcese offer a hypothetical: “An academic or foreign affairs columnist opine [that] ‘We should provide resources to Ukrainian insurgencies who are targeting Russian oil infrastructure in an effort to increase the political cost of Russian intervention in Ukraine.’ The speaker says this knowing that her audience includes support groups who may be sending money to those opposing Russian intervention. Providing resources to a group, one of whose purposes is a ‘terrorist activity’ is a terrorism offence.” Sure, Russia is the belligerent in the recent conflict between the two states, but Ukrainian insurgencies that target Russian oil infrastructure to debilitate Russia still participate in terrorist activity relative to the Russian perspective. One person’s freedom fighter can be another person’s terrorist. The journalist or academic, then, who

opines for Ukrainian insurgencies’ strengthened militarization is technically advocating terrorist activity outside of Canada. Roach and Forcese suggest this opinion could be illegal under the bill because it could spur terrorist activity; it could be as simple as the journalist/academic’s audience donating money to the insurgents. Perhaps that’s not the kind of terrorist activity most might expect. So, this is an oversight. The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms ensures a free press and freedom in other media of communication. Also, the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS), a surveillance faction that provides intel to the RCMP, will have the power under the bill to disrupt activity that “may” spur terrorist activity. Roach and Forcese say that language like “may” is problematic because it suggests that even the possibility of terrorist activity is actionable by CSIS. This suggests that their ability to arrest without a warrant is strengthened, for the bill allows CSIS to disrupt activity at their own discretion—not the court’s discretion. We should be wary that policing factions could gain more agency in any degree. The bill includes a failsafe clause that ensures

the charter isn’t encroached upon. But the ambiguity of this bill draws the effectiveness of this failsafe into question. The academics and journalists reviewing this bill, including Roach and Forcese, see many “unanswered questions.” If academics and journalists perceive in this bill a failure of definition—failures that shouldn’t be characteristic of a bill that may alter civil liberties—I think we need to ask why this bill is being vetted in the first place. It’s been criticized as reactionary and as “fear-mongering.” I, like many, see it as political. The Conservative government is going to look real great this federal election if they paint themselves as tough on terror.

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Wednesday Feb. 25

What’s Up This Week! with Daniella Javier!

February 24th – March 6th Tuesday Feb. 24 Come Soar Over China If you enjoy experiencing beautiful scenery at FlyOver Canada, then you’ll enjoy soaring over China. FlyOver Canada has brought back the popular flight experience “Flight of the Dragon” for a second season. If you come see this attraction, you’ll also get to see the one and only FlyOver Canada. It’s a two-for-one deal you don’t want to miss. Jan.15-Mar.5. 201-999 Canada Place, Vancouver. $19.95.

Cinéma Vérité: Disaster Filmmaking and the 9/11 Narrative If you’re a hardcore moviegoer, you’ll want to come check this film study out. This particular film study will explore United 93, a film about 9/11. There will be a viewing of the film and a preliminary discussion at the first session. Then you’ll have an in-depth look at the film at the second session. And it will be taught by KPU’s one-and-only Greg Chan, from the English department. Feb.25 & Mar.4, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., KPU Surrey Campus (Fir 204). Registration required. Course fee $15.

Thursday Feb. 26 18th Annual Fraser Valley Acoustic Guitar Festival Calling all guitar lovers! The 18th Annual Fraser Valley Acoustic Guitar Festival will be taking place from Feb. 26-28, so come on out and watch students and guitar clinics perform. There will also be workshops with international and local musicians. Feb.26-Feb.28. KPU Langley Campus Auditorium. $30.

Saturday Feb. 28 KPU Eagles women & men’s basketball vs. Langara College Falcons Come support your KPU Eagles at the women’s and men’s basketball games at Langara College. The women’s game starts at 6 p.m. and the men’s basketball game starts at 8 p.m. 6 p.m. Langara College (100 W 49th Ave, Vancouver). Free.

Monday Mar. 2 Inclusivity Workshop Spring 2015 Check out an inclusivity workshop at KPU’s Surrey Campus. Through discussions and exercises, you can explore how you understand and perceive reality. Increase your knowledge of inclusivity and learn skills to promote and practice it in your clubs and classes. 12 p.m. to 3 p.m., KPU Surrey Campus (Birch 208). Free.

Tuesday Mar. 3 KPU Career Day 2015 Looking for a job and want to connect with employers? If so, Career Day is the perfect solution for you. You’ll be able to make contacts with employers and discuss future career possibilities. There will also be workshops on resume building, interview techniques and professional networking. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., KPU Surrey Campus (Main Atrium). Free.

Friday Mar. 6 The Wizard of Oz There’s no place like home. In this adaption of the classic, Dorothy wants to find her way home. With the help of her friends, she goes to find the Wizard of Oz in hope that he can help solve her problems. 7 p.m., Mar.6-7, Surrey Arts Centre. $14.

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KPU installs first elder-in-residence: Leykeyten

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“Never shut up.”

Kier-Christer Junos Coordinating Editor

At a podium bearing the Kwantlen coat-of-arms stood Leykeyten. He clutched a black wing of feathers in his right hand and wore a red blanket draped around his shoulders by his family.

That blanket signiﬁes a high honour with his new position. Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU) installed Leykeyten as the university’s ﬁrst elder-in-residence on Jan. 29. His new position involves a better inclusion of aboriginal perspectives in everything from university administration to simply being a student. Since the

Poking holes Kinder Morgan test drills on Kwantlen First Nation traditional territory.

Tristan Johnston Staff Writer

The Kwantlen First Nation in Langley

school’s conception in 1981, the inclusion of that perspective in the capacity of a formal position like Leykeyten’s hasn’t been present, until now. The ceremony began with an address from Kevin Kelly of the Kwantlen First Nation, inside the KPU Surrey campus conference centre. “I thank you for allowing us to share and teach you our teachings,” said Kelly. “Before we carry on, I ask my brothers and sisters to come up, and we’ll do a welcome song first …to all our drummers and women–come up. We’ll do a welcome song.” He then called the crowd to their feet. “We welcome you! Thank you for taking the time…All my relations.” Kelly proceeded to lead in singing and in drumming. Afterward, Kelly began to “call people to witness,” where he called names of ceremony attendees and thanked them for being present. As he did this, some of Kelly’s family members walked to where the attendees were sitting, and oﬀered a small trinket. Later, ornate blankets were laid beside the podium to honour Leykeyten, who is just beginning his new job. Leykeyten, however, said he doesn’t see this as a job, but as a way to, “join every classroom.” “It does not matter who comes through that doorway,” said Leykeyten in his speech. “They will be welcomed with open arms.” At other universities, the elder-in-residence advises university administration, students and their families on a variety of diﬀerent things. The elder-in-residence also shares knowledge of

traditional, cultural activities like their respective band’s dances and songs. The role is sometimes ambassadorial too, in the sense that they’ll be present at convocations and other similar important ceremonies. But the paramount role of the elder-in-residence is to increase the understanding of indigenous perspectives and values. The position is much the same at KPU. The KPU newsroom describes the elder-in-residence program as a support and encouragement system for aboriginal students, and as a program that sees Leykeyten’s continued fostering of indigenous perspectives. His installment was welcomed by a crowd of his family members, friends and KPU students and faculty. “It just kind of closes the circle in our relationship with the Kwantlen First Nation,” says KPU president Alan Davis. “This really is an important step for us as a university, and it’s a very historic day for us…I was installed, the chancellor was installed and now our ﬁrst elder is installed. It kind of feels like we’re complete, now.” Following the ceremony a long lineup formed, to hug and greet Leykeyten—the line virtually spanned the room’s perimeter. “It’s a long time coming, and I’m very proud of Kwantlen for ﬁnally following up on the name of it’s own university,” says KSA aboriginal representative Justin Bige, over a chorus of traditional First Nations drumming and song. “I’m just really excited and really happy about this, and I feel that I as a person and as an aboriginal representative will learn a lot from Leykeyten.”

itat, but according to Gabriel there had not been any public notice on public notice board or in newspapers, to let the public know Kinder Morgan would be operating there. At the NEB hearing, Les Antoine, a Kwantlen band councillor, heavily stressed the importance of salmon to their community. The Kwantlen First Nation are Stó:lō people. Stó:lō roughly translates to “people of the river.” In a response to the Vancouver Observer about the drilling, Kinder Morgan stated: “Trans Mountain completed geotechnical testing in two locations: near Salmon River and on Rawlison Crescent. The sites are both on private property, not municipal lands.” The Environmental Stewardship Society and the Salmon River Enhancement Society, two of the main groups working in that watershed, put up signs to indicate to the public that the waterway where the drilling was occurring was environmentally sensitive. “There are endangered species that do

thrive in that watershed, and the test that they were conducting in that shed was special habitat,” says Gabriel. “So we joined fellow community organizations in an eﬀort to thwart the work that was conducted there and organized a rally at a coastline location where they were drilling.” Kinder Morgan did not respond to The Runner’s interview requests.

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recently discovered that Kinder Morgan had been test drilling close to the Salmon River and on Rawlison Crescent, on their traditional territory. The drilling came as a surprise, with notiﬁcation coming from social media and from the Environmental Stewardship Society, a salmon conservation group. The drilling is another chapter in the long history that’s been developing over pipeline issues in B.C., but in the past the Kwantlen First Nation has had advance notice of any planned drilling. “Our community has known well in advance of the work they recently conducted in the Township of Langley, Which is also our unceded territory.” says Brandon Gabriel, an artist and educator of the First Nation. “[This] is subject to Supreme Court rules, which have enshrined ab-

original rights entitlement into the Constitution of Canada. That process is still underway, and we are still engaged in that process.” In December 2014, Kinder Morgan and the National Energy Board held a hearing in their territory, where Gabriel says they were, “invited to the table as interveners, regarding pipeline issues.” “Community leaders at the table came to the conclusion that the National Energy Board process is a sham,” says Gabriel. “Its purpose was benign and had no relevance to the proceedings but has been used as a way to portray these pipelines as being democratic.” “There was an NEB hearing process that they’ve been fulﬁlling their requirement for consultation with communities like ours. At that point our community was at the cusp of [being] willing to take some sort of action.” It was on Jan. 28 that they found out from the Environmental Stewardship Society that the bore-hole drilling had taken place. The Salmon River is an ecologically sensitive hab-

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Gateway of Hope

Canada-wide walk held for “Coldest Night of the Year” Walks organized to raise funds and awareness for homelessness in Canada.

Joseph Keller Contributor

This month, Canadians across the country took to the cold streets to walk against homelessness. Feb. 21 marked the fifth annual Coldest Night of the Year, a nationwide coordinated walk-a-thon designed to both raise awareness of the harsh conditions faced by homeless Canadians this time of year, and to raise funds for the various organizations dedicated to aiding Canada’s most vulnerable. Coldest Night of the Year features 80 separate walks in communities spread across Canada, all running at the same time as part of one movement. Each walk is hosted by an organisation that deals with homelessness in it’s community. Participants walk a two-, ﬁve- or 10-kilometre route in their community at night in hopes of gaining a better perspective of the conditions faced by homeless people in their communities.

After the walk, participants come in from the cold and are treated to a hot meal. There will be seven walks held in the Lower Mainland, in Vancouver, Surrey, New Westminster and Langley. Proceeds from the walks will go to each walk’s respective host organization which will then be put to use for homelessness initiatives within that community. Founded in 2011, Coldest Night of the Year started with just three walks and just over 400 walkers. Since then the event has spread and become a Canada-wide movement. This year, several new walks popped up in B.C., including two in Vancouver (with one on the Downtown Eastside), and two in Surrey. “The basis of the event is to help those who are hungry, homeless and hurting,” says Chelsea Wood, who is executive director of City Reach, the poverty outreach organization behind the East Vancouver walk. City Reach’s walk started and ended at

Broadway Church on Slocan street. The route walks down Commercial Drive and showcases the community served by City Reach and the diﬀerence being made by the organization. “I think this is a great way for people to get on board, and actually feel like they’re making a diﬀerence,” says Wood. Vancouver also has a second walk for the Downtown Eastside, an area with well documented problems of homelessness, addiction and poverty, but also a strong community of activists seeking to alleviate these problems. To that end, First United Church spearheaded the walk in this area. “We really liked that [Coldest Night of the Year] was looking at the whole picture of the supports that people need when they’re in a precarious situation and we liked that [the walk] is a fun, family friendly and welcoming event,” says Heather Forbes, a representative of First United. Participants for the Downtown Eastside met at First United Church and walked down Gore

street and through Chinatown, with the longer route options going as far as Yaletown. A focus for this walk is to provide a safe and enjoyable experience for participants while also educating on the complex issues faced by these neighbourhoods. “The reason why we chose that route was because we wanted a safe, scenic and pleasant route for people to use . . . and we wanted to look at different neighbourhoods to show that homelessness happens everywhere. There’s a lot of hidden homelessness in Vancouver,” says Forbes. Langley’s walk is hosted by Gateway of Hope, a Salvation Army initiative that serves the people of Langley with the goal of aiding the most vulnerable people in the area. The walk began at the Gateway of Hope headquarters at the Langley Bypass and takes walkers on a route that highlights the challenges faced by the Langley homeless. Afterwards participants will get to see Gateway’s facilities and the services offered first hand. When you come and you walk outside, just like how those that need our service are outside, when you’re out in the cold and out in the rain or snow you get to experience a bit of what people face every day,” says Troy Gaglardi, Director of Community Resources for Gateway of Hope. “You’re basically experiencing a moment of life with those that are out on the street.” “We want Langley to come out and know that we’re here because that’s another reason to bring awareness to the programs and services that we provide,” says Brenda Vanderhorst, Gateway’s volunteer and project coordinator.

Family Day is important for many Another day to spend with loved ones.

Torin Slik

The small micro-community of Osprey

tage Day. In P.E.I., it’s known as Islander Day. The oﬃcial reason for the creation of Family Day was to encourage people to spend time with the people they care about. Having said that, there was also another reason why Family Day was introduced. The gap between New Year’s Day and Good Friday is a long one, and a holiday somewhere in between is a nice opportunity to break the stretch. As February is right in the middle of those two holidays, it was a logical place to put a new one. Some people don’t get as much time to spend with their loved ones as they’d like to, and this gives them at least one day to share. Like many holidays, various events are held on Family Day. For the most part, these seem to be small, local events, that simply give an excuse to families to spend some time out with each other. This year, the city of Surrey put on many diﬀerent events just for Family Day. Recre-

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Village within Pitt Meadows held a small pop-up market for Family Day this Feb. 19 at the South Bonson Community Centre. The small community centre was packed with people, and everyone seemed to be happy just being out and about. The sun wasn’t shining, but that didn’t stop anyone from coming out. Children ran around outside and the adults browsed the market for items of interest. Warm smiles greeted everyone, and everyone seemed to be having a good time. It was no diﬀerent than any other market you could see at any other time of the year, but there’s nothing wrong with that. There are many important things in people’s lives, and for many, family is always high on that list. That is why ﬁve of Canada’s provinces

celebrate Family Day. It’s a time off from school and work, and it’s a time to spend with the ones dearest to us. In British Columbia, Family Day is held on the second Monday of February. Previously, various proposals to introduce this holiday had been put forward, but they were turned down every time. It wasn’t until Oct. 3, 2011 that Family Day was officially declared. As not every province and territory in Canada has Family Day, it is not a national statutory holiday. Because of this, federal workers, such as public servants, do not get the day off. Currently, Family Day is celebrated only in Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Saskatchewan and British Columbia. British Columbia holds its Family Day on the second Monday of February, while the other provinces hold theirs on the third Monday of February. Manitoba, Nova Scotia, and P.E.I also have a different name for their holiday than the others. In Manitoba, it is called Louis Riel Day. In Nova Scotia, it’s known as Nova Scotia Heri-

ation centres all across the city advertised multiple activities, and they were all family friendly. From badminton to ice skating, to arts and crafts and to a grand family obstacle course, there was something for everyone to enjoy. Whether it’s having a day out, or just spending quality time at home, a day oﬀ from the usual schedule encourages this time together. Family Day has been celebrated for three years now, and hopefully it continues to be enjoyed for many years to come.

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Proposed KSA bylaw changes may better empower students Changes include creation of student faculties.

Torin Slik

The KSA Annual General Meeting has been scheduled for March 30th and there are some big changes on the agenda. The possibility of student faculties and student led committees are among the changes students could expect on the agenda according to Steven Button, KSA vice-president of student services. Button wants to change the KSA’s bylaws to allow the creation of student faculties. This would give students who want to take charge an opportunity to create their own committee within their faculty. This would be a lot more focused on their individual needs than the KSA in general. Another change is for a slight amendment in the bylaws to allow students to chair committees. This will, again, give more power into the students’ hands, rather than those of elected officials. Button says there isn’t always a councilmember who is willing to chair certain committees, and there are students that are more than enthusiastic about it. Unfortunately, with the way the bylaws are written, this is not possible. “Our current bylaws state that only a councilmember can chair one of our committees,” says Button. Button hopes these changes will give students more power and opportunity. However, changing the KSA bylaws is no easy task. In order to change bylaws at an AGM, a minimum of 200 students have to attend the meeting to make quorum. While every student is welcome to attend and vote at the AGM, most of the time less than an adequate number of students show up.

“Without putting in a lot of effort into marketing, not a ton of people generally show up,” said Button. “We usually get 30 or 40 people. So, getting 200 people is a challenge.” It’s a challenge Button is willing to work towards, as he feels these changes in the bylaws are very important for the students. Button is responsible for putting together the AGM’s agenda, and he does this by collecting agenda submissions from various KSA committees, including the student life committee, finance committee, governance committee and others. The KSA is responsible for the needs of all the students at Kwantlen. As such, Button says students in specific faculties may not always get their specific wants met in very select areas. The creation of student faculties would help address this issue. “It would give students an opportunity to be involved in the running of an organization with [a] budget, which is a good experience,” says Button. These student faculties would also have the full support of the KSA. “We would support them in the formation of their society,” says Button. The KSA would help these groups properly manage their bylaws. They would make sure the budget is being managed efficiently. “The important thing is giving [students] the opportunity to make those decisions for themselves,” says Button. The AGM’s agenda will be out one to two weeks prior to the meeting for all students to look at. All students are welcome to come out to the meeting, and Button insists students should do so. “Please come out,” he says. “Please be involved in the running of your student association.”

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New transit survey reveals

Kwantlen’s transportation trends

Pavel Ganapolsky

Adv e r t is e m e n t

Tristan Johnston Staff Writer

The Kwantlen Student Association (KSA) recently released the data collected from their transportation survey, which they conducted late last year. A total of 2,185 students and 450 staff and faculty responded to the survey, an overall response rate of 14 per cent. “That’s actually an excellent sample size,” says Steven Button, KSA’s vice-president of student services. “When we’re conducting these types of surveys, no one is expecting to get 100 per cent. That would be absolutely unrealistic.” Among the findings was that travel by vehicle was the most common mode of transportation, with public transit being the second. If respondents were within five kilometres of campus, they were much more likely to drive. KPU staff and faculty are most likely to drive, whereas students are more likely to take public transit. Richmond campus has the most public transit use, whereas KPU Tech has the most vehicle use. 83 per cent of respondents have a commute time of less than an hour, and 46 per cent of respondents never travel between campuses. When they do, it’s most often by private vehicle (38 per cent), followed by public transportation (26 per cent) and the intercampus shuttle (12 per cent). “The reason for doing the transit survey was simple—to get information that we didn’t previously possess,” says Button. “Nobody has done a transportation survey on campus for quite some time, and we wanted to acquire as much information

as we could about how our students were moving around…so that we could further guide our services in the future.” Button also mentions that the data will be available for any interested parties, but notes that it’s too early to use it in policy decisions. The Kwantlen Student Association also recently announced and finalized plans to go ahead with the installation of new bike lockers and repair stations to all four campuses. The estimated completion date should be around the end of the semester, just in time for summer. Repair stations will come with built-in air pumps and several small tools that can be used to repair or tune a bike. Also included will be a QR code and a link to a guide on the front of the repair station. “The best way to encourage more biking is to provide services that those bikers need,” says Button. “We think that the bicycle repair stations, which aren’t a major investment on our part, will make it that much easier, and hopefully create that sense of community.” Many plans for new pavement of desire paths were also in the report. Desire paths are the result of foot or bicycle traffic on grass. Planners who notice these paths sometimes decide to pave them, keeping shoes from getting muddy on rainy days and granting more access to wheelchair users. “People come out of the Grassroots, and they cut across the grass, and it’s super muddy and gross. It just comes down to . . . if people are going to walk across there, it should be paved and then people don’t have to get super muddy,” says Button. He notes that the bike services are part of encouraging more students to use public transit and cycling as options for their commute.

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Oscars 2015 //

Yaunna Sommersby Culture Correspondent

Interesting facts about this year’s Best Picture Nominees.

Nominee: American Sniper Actor Bradley Cooper had to work out in preparation for playing U.S. Navy SEAL, Chris Kyle. During his workouts, Cooper used Kyle’s actual playlist as an additional way to get into character.

Nominee: Birdman Due to director Alejandro González Iñárritu’s unique filming style, the actors had to learn up to fifteen pages of dialogue at a time and remember precise choreographed marks.

Nominee: Boyhood Director Richard Linklater and the cast of Boyhood were in for a challenge when they embarked on a twelve year filming journey. However, the film was only shot over 45 days from May 2002 and August 2013.

Nominee: The Grand Budapest Hotel Unable to find a real hotel for filming, the film’s construction crew built the Grand Budapest inside an old German department store.

Nominee: The Imitation Game Actor Benedict Cumberbatch has a deeper connection to his role of mathematician Alan Turing. According to his family history, Cumberbatch and Turing are 17th cousins and have family relations all the way back to the 14th century.

Nominee: The Theory of Everything Shot out of chronological order, actor Eddie Redmayne had a challenge on his hands. Redmayne had to keep close track of the shooting schedule and match Stephen Hawking’s physical deterioration at the periodic time each scene occurred.

Nominee: Selma Martin Luther King Jr. was involved with the voting rights march portrayed in the film. The march began in Selma, Alabama, hence the film’s title.

Nominee: Whiplash Miles Teller has played the drums from the age of 15, but he took four hour lessons, three days a week to prepare for his role. Teller’s character, Andrew is also in every scene of the film. Photos and information from IMDbPro. Addtional information from Entertainment Weekly.

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indigenous people of the continent.” “We have the internet. We really don’t have any excuses. And so I challenge young people on campuses, just as much as people in the 1960s demanded that the educational curriculum was inclusive of history, of ethnic diversity, but primarily in this country of AfricanAmerican history since Africans cultivated this barren land so we could call it the United States of America. So much has changed that we now have access to any truth we want to know.”

“My father’s perspective was a little different, but both Dr. King and my father both sought to eliminate racism.”

Looking to the Past

Scott McLelland

Fifty Years of Civil Rights Work of Malcolm X and King a start, but we have far to go.

Tristan Johnston Staff Writer

Ilyasah Shabazz has spent a lifetime following in the footsteps of her father, Malcolm X. She was only two years old when her father was assassinated by former Nation of Islam members, and she has said in previous interviews that she has no recollection of the event. Growing up, Shabazz was apolitical and was raised in a racially integrated neighbourhood in New York. When her mother talked about her father, it was in the context of being a husband, and less about his activism. In college, she finally decided to read her father’s autobiography and took classes to learn more about his work. At times, she found herself in awkward positions, with other black students expecting her to be more outspoken. She found herself being nominated as president of black student unions. “My father came from a lineage of activists,” says Shabazz. “His father was the president of

the Universal Negro Improvement Association . . . Actually, his parents met in Canada, with the Garvey movement. My mother was the niece to one of the co-founders of the Garvey movement. So they were very much activists and very much enlightened about world history, about the injustices, about the transatlantic slave trade being the largest migration of people in the history of mankind.” “My father had such a reaction to that,” says Shabazz, referring to events such as the Birmingham Church bombings. “Some people say that he was violent, but in actuality, [he was] reacting to all the violence that was perpetrated on people, or people who fought against injustice. So you have this young, beautiful man, filled with such compassion and so brilliant and intellectual, who was able to articulate the pains, the desperation—just all of the things that many people could not articulate, and were afraid to articulate.” “He confronted these things head-on. He warned us against the folly of running in place and thinking we’re making progress. But

we’re running in place, putting a Band-Aid on it if we’re not addressing the wounds.” “If you want to talk about the social climate of the ‘60s, it wasn’t that long after the emancipation proclamation,” says Shabazz. “You can imagine the psychological scars were raw. Most people didn’t know anything about Africa, or the significant contributions Africa made towards world history—compared to today, [when] we have the internet.” Today, Shabazz is an activist, author and public speaker. She’s the co-author of recently released young adult book, X: a novel, based on the teenage years of her father’s life, to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the American civil rights movement. Having been born near one of the peaks of the movement, she has witnessed its after-effects. While she agrees that much progress has been made, the movement is far from over. “Even today, when we see re-enactment of ancient times on the continent, you never see these people with dark skin,” she says. “And often times, the actors have English accents. It becomes a disservice, clearly to the

Fifty years ago, if you were black and lived in the United States, you likely used separate “but equal” entrances to movie theatres and used racially assigned toilets. If you were in the military, fighting for your country, you were grouped with other black men in your unit, but still led by a white officer. Though the movement had been growing slowly for many years, it came to a plateau with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X. Most history textbooks in North America have a page dedicated to Rosa Parks, and how she sparked a successful boycott, just by deciding to sit at the front of the bus. Many more protests would be similarly successful, without the use of force. It seems unthinkable that in 1957, high schoolers would have to be escorted by armed soldiers to enforce a law that ended educational segregation. Black men would be refused sandwich service based solely on their race. Even if black people were legally allowed to vote, there might be a crowd of Ku Klux Klan members waiting for them at the polling station. The civil rights movement came to a peak when Dr. King and 200,000 to 300,000 demonstrators marched to Washington D.C., where King delivered his famous “I have a dream” speech to a widely televised nation. A few months after this speech, Malcolm X, also known as Hajj Malik El-Shabazz, left the Nation of Islam. Though much more controversial than Dr. King, Malcolm X also had the same goal of ending racism, his methods being very different. “I think that they both had the same goal to end racism, but MLK was a gradualist,” says Dr. Charles Quist-Adade, a sociology professor at Kwantlen Polytechnic University. “He believed in a piecemeal, gradualist approach, while X called for structural changes. He was for a radical transformation of American society. On the other hand, he wanted to do this purely within the African-American system and he wasn’t entirely engaged in the entire American society. For him to be successful, he needed to engage the entire system, not just going it alone.” “It takes both the black keys and the

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white keys on the piano to create harmonious music,” says Quist-Adade, referring to Dr. King’s message. “My father’s perspective was a little different, but both Dr. King and my father sought to eliminate racism,” says Shabazz. “My father’s angle was from more of a human rights angle, and I think that Dr. King and the civil rights movement was more from a civil angle.” “I think my father came from the perspective of: if someone doesn’t want to integrate with you, why would you push that?” Malcolm X believed in working with other black people to improve their condition, and that black people have a right to control their own economic and social destinies. For some time, he believed that black Americans should separate from white Americans. Having seen the way black people were treated, he thought that peace with white people was impossible. Though he was born Malcolm Little, he began signing his name with an “X,” which signified the original, African name he would never know. “Little” was likely the name of an ancestral slave owner. X was polarizing. When he was part of the Nation of Islam, he believed that white people were “devils” and that their demise was inevitable. However, his views changed in March 1964, before going on a religious pilgrimage to Mecca during Hajj season. He had left the Nation of Islam, feeling that it had gone as far as it could, and converted to Sunni Islam. During his time in Mecca, he saw Muslims of many different races, and believed then that racial problems could be solved through the religion. This contrasts with King, who was a Christian. By further comparison, he was a pacifist, inspired by Mahatma Gandhi’s success with non-violent protest.

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“When talking about racism, we should also look at the intersection of race, class, gender.” Scott McLelland

Looking Forward In 1991, Rodney King was beaten within an inch of his life by four white police officers for drunk driving. He was unarmed. Even though the entire incident was video taped by a bystander, all four officers involved were acquitted, sparking the 1992 Los Angeles Riots. Last year, two similarly high profile police altercations with unarmed black men occurred. Michael Brown, after robbing a convenience store, was shot by Darren Wilson, and Eric Garner, after selling untaxed cigarettes, was choked to death by Daniel Pantaleo. Both police officers were acquitted. While there was only eyewitness accounts of Brown being shot, it’s extremely difficult to dispute the video evidence of Garner being choked to death. In the following months, Ferguson and

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other parts of the United States were rife with protests and rioting. “Hands up, don’t shoot” and “I can’t breathe” were written on protest signs and t-shirts. “You can’t pat police officers on their shoulders when they grossly abuse their powers like what happened in Ferguson and New York,” says Quist-Adade. “You can’t do that, when ordinary people are on demonstration against such abuses. Leaders must come out and support the people, they must come out with laws that will be meaningful to address the problem.” Despite 26.6 per cent of the population being black, 56 per cent of those stopped by New York City’s controversial stop-and-frisk program were black. Only 11 per cent of those stopped were white. “African-Americans are still the underclass in America. The election of Barack Obama is a significant token, in the sense that over the years, we’ve seen the election or promotion of AfricanAmerican leaders into the military, politics, especially President Bush era, we had Colin Powell, Condoleezza Rice—these were all token because at the end of the day, not much [in the way of] structural change has taken place.” According to Pew Research, in 2013 the poverty rate of white Americans was 10 per cent, versus 28 per cent for black Americans. The definition for poverty was a family with two adults and one child with less than $18,751 in 2013. As well, 32.8 per cent of black children under 18 live in poverty, compared to 12.4 per cent of white children. However, there has been a fair amount of progress made in the last 50 years. According to the US Census Bureau, 20 per cent of black people over the age of 25 had a college degree in 2010, versus only four per cent in 1970. 84 per cent also have a high school diploma, a vast improvement over 31 per cent in 1970. “Progress has been made indeed,” says QuistAdade, “and unfortunately some people have used that . . . as a reason to be complacent. You see what happened in the ‘60s and beyond, and compare that to what’s happening today, you can say, ‘Oh, we’ve come a very long way, so more or less we’re okay or better off now.’ But I don’t think that’s the approach we should take.” It’s getting more difficult to remain ignorant in the year 2015, when we have notepad-sized computers that can quickly access

the wealth of human knowledge and connect to other people anywhere in the world. “I tell students all the time that we are those leaders that we seek. We can’t blame the school, the system, we can’t blame the curriculum—we have to accept responsibility and make the change ourselves,” says Shabazz. “Especially those who are educated, those who mean well, who seek social justice.” “When talking about racism, we should also look at the intersection of race, class, gender. Ability, disability, sexuality, because they are a combo, as it were.” says Quist-Adade. “One affects the other in terms of life chances, possibilities of people. We should not only be fighting for racial justice, but for class justice, gender justice, LGBTQ justice. It should be done in tandem, together. You can’t have one section of the population doing well. Both the victim and the victimizer suffers, at the end of the day.”

“I tell students all the time that we are those leaders that we seek. We can’t blame the school, the system, we can’t blame the curriculum—we have to accept responsibility and make the change ourselves.”

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KPU Brew for You KPU’s brewing expert breaks down the process.

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Kwantlen is a school that understands the greatness of a fine craft beer. After all, it’s the only school in British Columbia to have its very own brewing program complete with its fully functional in-house brewery. A new generation of brewers is learning the trade within the walls of KPU Langley right now, ensuring that Canada will be well stocked with the elixir of the gods for decades to come. KPU’s brewing and brewery operations program opened in September of last year in limited capacity, as many of the facilities required for the hands-on aspects of the twoyear program have been a work in progress. This month these facilities are undergoing the final inspections and are expected to be ready for use in the coming weeks. Part of the facility was made possible by a sizable donation by NSI Newlands, a brewery manufacturer and supplier in Abbotsford. “I think we are going to have a phenome-

nal brewing system,” says Dominic Bernard, one of KPU’s brewery instructors. “The pilot brewery we’re getting is actually going to be a much nicer system than what some of the local small breweries have.” Bernard holds a degree in chemistry and a masters in brewing and distilling. He worked as a brewer for several brewing companies around Canada before an unfortunate back injury cut his career short. Not willing to let injury take him away from his craft, Bernard earned a degree in teaching and found himself at KPU, imparting his art to the next generation. “It’s a really nice blend of everything I’ve dabbled in,” says Bernard. “It’s science, it’s biology, it’s chemistry, engineering. It’s really all-encompassing.” To mark the occasion of the brewery’s completion Bernard takes us step-by-step through the process of bringing life to the greatest of all beverages from “green to glass.” What follows is a brief, condensed runthough of what students will learn throughout the brewing and brewery operations program.

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Step One: Mashing

Step Four: Fermenting

The process begins with simple field-grown barley which is then converted to malt and “mashed.” “In the mash, what we’re doing is we’re taking the complex sugars, the starches from the malt, and we’re breaking them down into more fermentable sugars,” says Bernard. This is done by mixing the malt with hot water. The specific temperature will determine the body of the beer. “The nice thing we will have with our system is . . . a mash mixer that will allow us to do these step mashes. We can come in at a lower temperature and easily ramp it up to a higher temperature, so that will give the students some really cool experimentation possibilities.”

The wort is then cooled and fermented, with agers fermented at a lower temperature than ales. Yeast and oxygen are added at this point. As time goes on, the fermented mixture will produce carbon dioxide and ethanol. This happens for four to five days as the beer matures.

Step Two: Lautering After the mash we’re left with a sweet liquid called “wort.” This wort contains the basic ingredients for beer as well as a whole mess of byproducts that must be removed. “We need to recover the sweet wort and leave the spent grain,” says Bernard. Students will use a device called a lauter tun to remove the extract from the spent grain.

Step Three: Boiling The sweet wort is then placed in a brew kettle for boiling, which deactivates any remaining active enzymes and sterilizes the beer. Unwanted compounds are also removed in the boil. Hops are added at this point to control the level of bitterness, aroma and overall ﬂavor—the more hops, the more bitter the beer. A “gooey, green” substance called trump forms at this stage from spent compounds. To remove this, the wort is placed in a whirlpool to separate out the trump.

Step Five: Conditioning Next comes the conditioning phase wherein the yeast is removed. This is done by cooling the beer close to the freezing point, causing the yeast to settle to the bottom. The nowcold beer is then left to sit to remove any “chill haze.” We’re left with nice, clear beer. Proper conditioning will make for a smoother taste. “If you want a nice, clean, crisp, clear beer you’ll want to filter out that chill haze,” says Bernard.

Step Six: Filtering Finally the beer is filtered one last time and carbonated. At this point we are left with the final product—drinkable, delicious beer.

Step Seven: Filling

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All that’s left to do now is packaging the product. KPU students will either be filling kegs or bottling the results of their labour. Some of the final beer will be used for chemical analyses, to insure quality and to be graded. Beer is graded on alcohol level, pH levels, quality and bitterness. Not to worry though, because students will, of course, get the opportunity to sample their product. Students in the brewing and brewery operations program will participate in each of these steps from beginning to end, as well as learning the theory of the chemistry and microbiology involved in these processes. This is just a condensed overview of the process, and naturally students will receive a better understanding of the science of brewing—as well as the art. “I think the students are going to get a really good understanding of the process from start to finish,” says Bernard. “And I think they’ve been getting really good course information with the lab stuff, but I think it’ll be great once we can exercise and strengthen the concepts that we’ve done in class with the hands-on component. I think that’ll be huge.”

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The Missing 43

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“Because they took them alive, we want them back alive.” These are the words which continue to reverberate from both protestors and parents in Iguala Guerrero Mexico, where the forced disappearance of 43 students from the Ayotzinapa Normal School has led to international co-operation in getting them back. Last fall, these young students, learning to become community teachers, were arrested by the municipal police force and handed over to a local narcotics gang, the Guerreros Unidos. The violent street encounter resulted not only in the continued disappearance of the 43 students, but the immediate death of six and the injury of 20. The clash between the corrupt Mexican state and the indigenous schools socialistic ideology is rooted in historical revolutions of the country’s past, something powerfully recognized in the documentary The Missing 43: Mexico’s Disappeared Students by VICE News. Using the documentary as a springboard, a discussion was held at KPU’s Surrey campus by the Critical Criminology Working Group (CCWG) and Kwantlen Public Interest Research Group (KPIRG) on Feb. 2. In attendance was the grassroots organization Building Bridges Hu-

In Da Club The Kwantlen Filipino club.

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man Rights Vancouver, who led the talk around the urgency for a student movement in solidarity against a state crime such as this. For Roberto Ramirez, a member of the organization, “The international community’s response to the events . . . has been there, but it’s not really in the agenda of mainstream media worldwide.” With still so much developing, the event provided not only a photo opportunity with KPU students to show families and communities affected by the disappearances their support, but also a chance to financially contribute to the fundraising campaign of Solidaridad Con Ayotzinapa Vancouver. With a goal of reaching $10,000 the hope is to “bring community radio to rural communities in Guerrero, . . . radio technology necessary for creating community support and to look for the disappeared students” says Ramirez. Being aware of the power of social media, since these communities don’t “have the economic means to have computers or access to the Internet . . . they rely more upon community radio to communicate with each other.” So far, the efforts of groups like Building Bridges, along with others in the Vancouver area and different regions around the world, have gathered $3,000 for their cause. “We’re going to reach this goal very soon . . . people in Ayotzinapa are going to be able to have the equipment to bring their

try to make connections between faculty, students and groups that are organizing in local communities. “From our perspective, this was an important event. It’s crucial that we find out in solidarity . . . with the community there what has happened raises issues about activities of the state and what the Canadian state is doing or not doing with regards to its alliances with the Mexican state.” For Shantz, this involves raising questions about certain Canadian companies and the context that they’re operating in, such as Goldcorp that utilizes the free trade agreement and is directly profiting from extracting resources in areas of social unrest. “I think we can put some pressure on them locally . . . whether that’s with the corporations or even on the Canadian government.” Ultimately, the main message of this event and more to come later in the month, both from CCWG and independent organizations outside KPU, was one of solidarity between people, local and abroad, to raise international attention on injustices which can only be resolved if treated as global community issues.

now has upwards of 100 members throughout the Kwantlen campuses who congregate on the Surrey campus for their meetings. As the president claims, these members have come from all across Vancouver and the Lower Mainland to join in on events, learn about the culture, or just hang out and make friends along the way. Member of the club, John Dizon, says he “just wanted to go back to

[his] roots, you know . . . become more knowledgeable. Interact with like-minded people.” As a club, they go out together, join in events together, and generally try to make sure all of their members can have a good time. As for Cotez’s plan for the club, right now he just to make sure things keep running “smoothly, openly and fairly.” The club recently hosted a movie event on Feb.

13, that included icebreakers before a showing of a Filipino film with English subtitles. The hardest part of running the club, Cotez explains, is keeping people informed and consistent, since they do have members from across all campuses while mainly hosting events at Surrey. However, as Dizon mentions, “This is a social club, like [a] social event kind of thing, and I like being in that kind of environment.”

The Filipino club has humble origins: one man and a search for a feeling of community, of belonging; and a search for friendship. “I was sitting at the Tim Horton’s down by Cedar, and a there was a group of Filipino people on my left side and they kind of found me,” says Victor Cotez, president of the Filipino club. “I was awestruck that I didn’t know them, and so I decided that I’m going to look for a club if there [was] one, and there wasn’t. No one had even tried, so I started the club with a few friends.” Cotez goes on to explain what his club his about, and even to dispel some rumours. First off—there are no restrictions on who can join. “It’s a social group and it’s all-inclusive,” he says. The club has grown since those early days and, with its totally inclusive policies,

message to their communities and to continue to raise awareness in solidarity . . . to address this injustice,” says another member of Building Bridges, Claudio Ekbaul. A “sense of justice” is something he hopes students take away from the event. “Unfortunately, what we have seen in the last 20 years or so in Mexico is an implementation of a model that has a lot to do with the economics of so called free trade agreements, particularly the North American free trade agreement . . . a very draconian system,” says Ekbaul. Sharing his sentiment, KPU professor and editor of CCWG Radical Criminology journal publication, Dr. Jeffrey Shantz, understands the importance of analyzing crime more broadly from economic and political power struggles. “It’s part of the mandate of the CCWG that we . . . hold events that look at issues of social harms . . . to look at state crime because there’s clearly a sense that there was state involvement in the disappearance or possibly murder of the 43 students,” says Shantz. “Universities are supposed to be a public space,” he continues. “And we want to make that space available to community groups that are doing important social justice work, and who they themselves may be lacking resources.” Another part of CCWG’s mandate is to

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Grammy Awards Highlights A night of new and old for the recording industry award show.

Yaunna Sommersby

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Music has had an incredible year with new talents having a chance to shine and established artists reminding us why they work in the industry. The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS) was

started in 1957 and is an organization that strives to improve the lives and cultural condition of those involved in the music industry. The NARAS is also the organization responsible for putting together, nominating and awarding the Grammy Awards. Rapper L.L. Cool J hosted the 57th Annual Grammy Awards at the Staples Centre on Feb. 8. His fourth consecutive time hosting the show,

he is a seasoned veteran and ran a tight ship. Through either awards or performances, the Academy honoured emerging talent and established talent alike. Usher performed Stevie Wonder’s “If It’s Magic” to honour the music legend, and it really was magic when Stevie Wonder walked out on stage near the end of Usher’s performance to help him finish off the song.

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The Foreigner is a great distraction for those midterm blues Arts Club on Tour production brings humour to the Surrey Arts Centre.

Jessica Brynelson Contributor

Do you ever hope for some “me” time, where everyone around you would just leave you to your own devices? The Foreigner, an American play recently brought to the Surrey Arts Centre, both celebrates and lam-

poons this idea for the enjoyment of the audience. The play is set at a fishing lodge in a rural town in Georgia, and focuses on two Englishmen who are visiting: Staff Sergeant Froggy Le Sueur and Charlie Baker. Charlie is a proofreader for a science fiction magazine and Froggy works for the army teaching about explosives (students of theatre will recognize a Chekhov’s gun when they see it).

Charlie is a shy and quiet man whose wife is unfortunately quite ill. Sgt. Le Sueur, an interminably cheerful bloke, brings his pal Charlie to the lodge in an attempt to distract him from his troubles. Our intrepid proofreader tries desperately to get out of the trip, begging Le Sueur to let him leave, telling him that he simply cannot talk to anyone at the moment—but in a hilarious

Other memorable performances of the night include Madonna, Hozier and Annie Lennox, Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga, and Ed Sheeran. Plus, Sia surprised the audiences at the show and at home with her unannounced performance of “Chandelier.” Hozier and Annie Lennox performed a powerful medley of “Take Me to Church” and “I Put A Spell On You” that just may have stolen the show. Ed Sheeran performed his hit “Thinking Out Loud,” but he also performed “Mr. Blue Sky” with Jeff Lynne’s band Electric Light Orchestra. Having several performances with emerging talents and established talents alongside each other was an interesting choice, and great way to bring both sides of the industry together. Recent breakthrough singer-songwriter, Sam Smith, was the biggest winner of the night, taking home four of the six awards he was nominated for. One of the biggest (and best) surprises of the night was Beck winning Album of the Year for his album Morning Phase. However, Kayne West decided to pull a throwback Thursday and nearly crashed Beck’s acceptance speech. This year’s Grammy Awards highlighted how the music industry is constantly evolving and willing to support new talents. Piracy and the digitally connected world have led to changes within the industry, but if the past year is any indication, music has a bright future.

twist Le Sueur takes this comment quite literally and proceeds to introduce Charlie to everyone as a complete foreigner who does not speak or understand any English. Thinking him less than a fly on the wall, the other visitors speak freely with him around, believing that he has no understanding of what they are saying. Charlie begins to find humour in his stay as he finds himself “privy to everybody’s inner thoughts,” says actor-turned-director Evan Frayne. Charlie proceeds by playing jokes on some of the other, narrower-minded guests, though the hilarity is also accompanied by some very “heart-warming moments”. It’s the “juxtaposition between the small moments and overall comedy” of the play, as Frayne says, that makes it really great. This particular tour is a revamp of Pacific Theatre’s 2014 production of the play, whose award-winning cast members are back and better than ever. Frayne describes his production as “a farce, a really funny play,” and definitely recommends that you take a break from your daily life, be it midterms, Mondays, or regular ol’ mundanity... and enjoy the show. This production will be on tour throughout the Lower Mainland, beginning with the Surrey Arts Centre from Feb. 18 to 28.

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Canadians Have the Right to Die Supreme Court rules some Canadians can ask for doctor-assisted suicide.

Joseph Keller Contributor

In early February, the Supreme Court of

theoretical level, the issue takes on a very different light when you are looking at the very real prospect of a rapid drop in quality of life towards an inevitable end. This can be seen in the pleas of those who have argued for the right to end on their own terms. Sue Rodriguez, the woman who petitioned the Supreme Court in 1993 for her own right to die said to a House of Commons committee: “I want to ask you gentlemen, if I cannot give consent to my own death, then whose body is this? Who owns my life?” No one understands the value of life better than those who have had it taken from them by disease. We have no business dictating to them how they are to spend their final days. Under normal circumstances, suicide is generally considered to be a grave mistake because it is a permanent solution to temporary problems. This is not the case when it comes to degenerative terminal illnesses. This is not a rash decision made by someone in the wrong

Big Brother could have his eye on you Communications security establishment seeks to nip “radicalism.”

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The Communications Security Establishment

You would have to go to the source from where radical thought stems from, and seek to educate those who are being manipulated by propaganda and false truths. Today’s current political situation in the Middle East is troubling because of the manipulation of a religion by puritanical and politically sophisticated leaders. These leaders, like Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, seek to use a religious text to establish a “religious” state. To do this, ISIS has a social media presence and propaganda police which reinforce their rhetoric and indoctrinate their population to believe in a “just” and “holy” cause. However, ISIS is more about politics and using religion as a pretext for their violence. They do not represent an Islam which many Muslim Canadians belong to. Still, there are those who support groups like this. Nations like Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Malaysia are just some of the nations which have surveillance in their mosques to prevent Imams from preaching anything which may radicalize their youth. It is necessary to prevent crimes, radicalism,

frame of mind, rather, it’s one made logically and certainly not taken lightly with the facts laid out by a medical professional. This is not a pleasant topic to think about by any means. We all hope that we and the people closest to us will never have to make a decision like the one made by people like Sue Rodriguez. However, I personally take comfort in knowing that should I ever have face an illness that takes all quality from my own life, I will have the autonomy to decide when enough is enough.

extremism or terrorism in a manner which is consistent with our liberal democracy. However, if we want to subject our entire population to surveillance to prevent crimes and such, then we are being dishonest with ourselves if surveillance is the only proper solution. As Canadians, we have to be critical of what our government seeks to impose upon us, and ensure they’re not simply going to draft bills under the guise of “national security.”

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(CSE) could potentially be spying on you, that is, if you’re a “terrorist” or aiding terrorist activities. Now think about that sentence: “if you’re a terrorist.” What does it exactly mean to be a terrorist? The term has become wholly politicized and is used by ruling parties of various nations to justify their combative efforts against regimes they see as illegitimate or of terrorist nature. While the U.S., Canada and others combat “extremism” or “terrorism” in the Middle East, they’re going to attempt to make sure this does not occur in their own countries. How does one go about that? Pretty simple: they seek to use spy agencies that check documents that are uploaded to document sharing websites. According to a CBC report, this is precisely what project “Levitation” by the CSE does for three websites: Sendspace, Rapidshare and defunct Megaupload.

The issue of combating extremism or terrorism has real implications. We have to be honest about how to go about dealing with homegrown terrorism and with certain individuals who support terrorist organizations. But that does not mean subjecting the entire Canadian population to the “guilty until proven innocent” mantra which is what spy agencies seek to do. The issue is even more complex with racial profiling or discrimination. For example, the stereotype for a terrorist has shifted now to a ‘jihadi’ bearded Arab male, but in the late 20th century, terrorist groups like the Front de libération du Québec (FLQ), Sons of Freedom, Euskadi Ta Askatasuna (ETA) and the Irish Republican Army (IRA) did not fit that stereotype. The solution to combating extremism, radicalism, or terrorism is diﬃcult and simply subjecting the whole Canadian population to surveillance, which would be empowered by Bill C-51, is not the right solution for our liberal democracy. Combatting these “isms” is diﬃcult, but it could be done in proper ways.

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Canada ruled that certain terminally ill Canadians have the right to die on their own terms with the aid of a medical professional. This unanimous decision comes after decades of debate and heated controversy as Canadians have argued whether the inherent value of life trumps an individual’s right to make a decision on their own life. While the morality of doctor-assisted suicide will remain a hotly debated topic, the Supreme Court ruling will put the final decision where it truly belongs—in the hands of those people staring down an inevitably prolonged and painful end. For years, even the exploration of this subject has been a lightning rod for controversy and stigma. High profile figures in the debate such as the infamous doctor Jack Kevorkian have garnered public scorn from certain circles, earning Kevorkian the unflattering moncure “Dr. Death.” KPU’s own Russel Ogden has had his research on

assisted suicide shrouded in secrecy for almost a decade and found himself in a sort of partial exile from his own institution due to a confidential agreement. It’s the hope of right-to-die supporters in Canada that this ruling will give new legitimacy to their school of thought and alleviate some of the stigma of even talking about this unpleasant yet very important issue. It’s easy to understand the unease of detractors. After all, no one likes the thought of losing a loved one especially when there might be some time left. What needs to be understood, however, is that in certain cases it is far more inhumane to force a person to cling to life when the quality is gone and recovery is no longer a possibility. This is why the list of countries that allow terminally ill people to decide for themselves when to say goodbye is ever-growing. The Supreme Court recognized this when they stated in the introductory paragraph of their ruling that those who are forced to live with terminal illnesses, “may be condemned to a life of severe and intolerable suffering.” Regardless of how someone might feel about the decision to end their life on a

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City of Surrey wants negative Facebook group shut down Calls for censorship of Only in Surrey unfounded.

Amanda Paananen

Not long after the anonymous Facebook group “Only in Surrey” was launched, news outlets declared that Surrey, B.C. was one of the seven most intelligent cities in the world. In the world. Both these events begin to illustrate the paradox that is Surrey. For instance, according to the RCMP’s 2013 statistics, the city’s violent crime rate has dropped 10 per cent since 2012. This would be great news, except that certain types of violent crimes have increased such as homicide (78 per cent), identity theft (64 per cent) abduction/kidnapping (29 per cent), and sexual assault (26 per cent), during the same period. The “Only in Surrey” Facebook group, which has amassed over 14,000 likes, typically features negative content about Surrey. The

page’s cover photo depicts a flaming, postarmageddon landscape with the city’s stylized name and motto: “City of Surrey . . . The Future Lives Here.” Anonymous posts on the page include crime news stories, Snapchats of eccentric characters and other things people perceive as oddities. Recently city officials, including Surrey Mayor Linda Hepner and Surrey Board of Trade CEO Anita Huberman, have publicly denounced the group. Hepner expressed her disgust by accusing the page of “negative imaging” and “city bashing.” Both women have called for the page to be taken down. Huberman has stated the Facebook group “just damages our city further” and targets “vulnerable populations.” By this, she is presumably referring to posts depicting Surrey’s visible homeless population. Photos from around the city show used condoms and needles, people sleeping on the streets and

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telltale shopping carts filled to the brim with someone’s possessions. Huberman further suggested the individual(s) behind “Only in Surrey” attend city council meetings in order to enact more effective change for the city. While it’s lovely Hepner and Huberman are concerned for their city’s reputation, it’s city officials, such as themselves, who should be actively addressing homelessness, drug use and crime. It is not up to a Facebook page to offer solutions, and calls for its censorship only sweep these bigger issues under the rug.

Adventures on the 319 I, the lowly tourist, merely travel to Surrey from Vancouver for both work and school. While most days are nothing less than pleasant, any negative experiences that have occurred seem to be disproportionately clustered around the 319-transit line. In par-

ticular, I was once indecently propositioned at a 319 bus stop, in broad daylight, by what appeared to be somebody’s elderly grandfather. A language barrier further complicated this awkward, drawn-out scenario, so a lot of pantomime was necessary. Another time, while riding the bus to Scott Road station, I discovered my seatmate openly masturbating next to me. No kidding. And I won’t even get into Scott Road Station, other than to say—I assume it must be licensed by the amount of public drinking I’ve encountered. It’s true, the Facebook page casts the city in a seedier light, but the fact remains: Surrey has a very real problem with homelessness, mental health, and crime. While taking photos of unsuspecting people sleeping in the streets and posting them for others to poke fun is definitely not the answer, neither is calling for online censorship. In fact, it comes across as a politically driven way to shoot the messenger.

Statutory release should stay this way Don’t punish good behaviour.

Kyle Prince Contributor

According to the Corrections and Conditional Release Act, statutory release means that: “Most inmates under federal responsibility must be given statutory release if they have not been granted full parole; however, the Act stipulates that inmates serving a life sentence or an indeterminate sentence cannot be granted statutory release.” The act notes that specific departments can analyze certain files for analysis if the offender is likely to commit a serious offence before the expiration of their sentence. Those who are granted statutory release are the ones who are not at risk of reoffending, have had good behaviour, and have already served two-thirds of their sentence. Having them live out the rest of their sentence in prison only puts more strain on our prison system and has little to no impact on the behaviour of those who would be eligible for statutory release. Their good behavior is likely to continue outside of their cell, and would be supervised as a precaution. Essentially what the new law aims to do is extend

the stay of rehabilitated prisoners and punish them for their good behaviour and progress. Statutory release isn’t the same as returning to a normal life. Bill C-10, which made amendments to the Corrections and Conditional Release Act, states that, “Under statutory release, offenders may finish serving their sentence under supervision in the community, subject to strict conditions, as do inmates on parole.” This is only fair, for a crime was committed, and the time is being served. However, even with these strict conditions, Ottawa believes it is too lenient and is attempting to get a longer stay in prison for convicts. To put this into perspective, Norway has a “humane prison” which mimics life out in the rest of society. The maximum sentence is 21 years and the convicts are allowed a wide range of freedoms within the prison walls. Private cells, a full gymnasium, 75 acres of walking space in a planted forest, and communal kitchens--this prison treats the convicts with respect, rewarding good behaviour and teaching them that their time served doesn’t mean they must continue to be criminals. The Canadian government seems to take the opposite stance. By extending the time served before statutory

release, the message being sent is one of further punishment, regardless of behaviour. The new stance on statutory release would have it limited to people serving all but six months of their sentence before being considered for release. Considering the length of stay for some prisoners, this could be the difference between serving 14 years, or 21. Assuming someone has shown that they are progressing and regret their actions, and

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are adhering to the prison rules and have had good behaviour for over a decade, do we really think that another five or seven years will add that extra time needed in order for them to truly be ready for society? It’s doubtful. It may be optimistic, but it’s logical that if someone has been acting appropriately and generally exhibiting better behaviour than what we might find outside of prison walls, then they ought to be granted statutory release.

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Adv e r t is e m e n t There is still more time to apply for Personal Credits of up to $3000 for educational, language or cultural programs. Individuals who received a Common Experience Payment under the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement are eligible for up to $3000 in Personal Credits for education programs and services. These include courses at universities, colleges, trade or training schools or for programs and workshops provided by community-based groups or cultural centres for activities related to Aboriginal language and culture. Personal Credits can be used by a Common Experience Payment recipient, shared with up to two family members or pooled for group education services. The deadline to apply has been extended to March 9, 2015. Help with completing the Personal Credits Acknowledgment Form is available. Find out more at www.residentialschoolsettlement.ca or by phone: • Main information line: 1-866-343-1858 • Assembly of First Nations: 1-866-869-6789 • Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated, Iqaluit: 1-888-646-0006 • Inuvialuit Regional Corporation, Inuvik: 1-867-777-7092 • Makivik Corporation, Quebec: 1-418-522-2224

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Video Game Logic: Drew

and the Floating Labyrinth Boxes and blockses and Drew.

Kyle Prince Columnist

Drew and the Floating Labyrinth won me over. Not at the beginning, mind you—the simple controls and easy-to-grasp design of the game didn’t have me holding my breath. But at some point while I was playing, I really got into it. There isn’t one thing about this game that makes it stand out for me, but it’s a work of art. Completely hand drawn, without any sort of computer generated animation, it does an excellent job of pulling you into the story. This is impressive considering the short amount of actual gameplay there is. I managed to get through every level of the game in about 90—minutes. Two and a half hours, if you count my second playthrough without dialogue or subtitles. To be fair, there is something to playing without the voiceover, but past that the game unfortunately doesn’t have much replay value. The first playthrough is definitely worth the 90 minutes. There is an interesting story within the game, and enough to pay attention to. Drew and the Floating Labyrinth is an adventure/puzzle-platformer game with a good variety of challenging, yet fun puzzles for the player to solve. Each stage adds a new twist and, to be honest, there were more than a few times that I had to hop, skip and jump my way back to the beginning just to get a better view of a particular part of the level.

Essentially, what you’re doing in this game is finding a way to get from point A to point B, making your way from one colorful block to another. The challenge here is that the pathways aren’t visible. There are clues around the level, either on the blocks themselves or in some other part of the surrounding area. Sometimes the level requires a leap of faith. Sometimes it’s careful planning or a sharp eye that will get you through, and sometimes it’s good old fashioned trial-and-error. Starting off simple, the game goes through several stages of different types of hints, teaching you how to interpret each of them in turn, some of which are quite complex but still solvable. Just like the progression of the levels, hints are dropped about the story, either by Drew’s companion, or by the levels themselves, and it’ll take a keen eye for detail to pick up on what it’s leading to. I’m usually not a fan of platformer games, but Drew and the Floating Labyrinth has at least opened the door to that genre for me. Sure, it has its pitfalls, but it’s a game that’s been put together well and the art style works perfectly for what the game is. I would say it sets itself apart from the rest by having your own mind be the enemy in the game. The only thing slowing you down or making you fail is whether or not you can figure out the level. There’s no enemies to blame, and no timer counting down. It’s just you, some blocks, and a matter of perspective.

Recommendation I’m giving this game a positive review because even with, or perhaps in spite of, the short amount of time spent in the game, there’s still a deeply entertaining story and engaging gameplay that makes you think outside the blocks.

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WHY IS UKRAINE VALUABLE?

Going Global Why is Russia so fixated on the Ukraine?

Tristan Johnston Columnist

NOW What started as a protest against the suspension of a Europe-Ukraine trade agreement quickly spiraled out of control into violent protests over the course of several months. Former President Viktor Yanukovych was replaced with Petro Poroshenko. Russia eventually capitalized on the unrest and invaded the Ukraine after hosting the Winter Olympics, capturing Crimea.

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The “F” Word Women’s Memorial March.

Aileen Tran Columnist

The Women’s Memorial March is spreading extra love on Valentine’s Day for those missing and murdered women of Vancouver Downtown Eastside (DTES). Every year on Feb. 14 for the last 25 years, an annual movement is held to spread awareness of the emotional, physical and spiritual violence against the

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To this day, ﬁghting continues in Eastern Ukraine, and over 4,000 people have died. There has been some confusion as to why Russia would violate the sovereignty, unprovoked, of another country in an age when most of Europe is without borders in the traditional sense (e.g., Schengen). Simply put, Putin understands the chess game, and he also understands that the populations of Crimea, Donetsk and Lugansk are pro-Russian. He wouldn’t have sent troops to Ukraine if he would be strongly opposed. The only response from the Americans and the Europeans has been strong words and eﬀective sanctions. No one wants to start a war in Europe.

women in the DTES community. The movement was initiated by First Nations women after a murdered woman’s body was found mutilated on Powell Street in 1991. According to Dr. Dara Culhane’s (author and SFU anthropology professor) contribution piece to the American Indian Quarterly, there have been about 61 reported cases of missing aboriginal women from Vancouver’s DTES since 1983. That number continues to grow every year. The march not only honours and remembers these marginalized women, but also spreads awareness of their mistreatment at the hands of society and the RCMP. The concept of hierarchy of victimization, an idea that filters victims to determine who is more newsworthy than others, affects these women in horrendous ways. The women who go missing from Vancouver’s DTES do not fall under the standards of what the media or the general public would pay attention to or care about—the standard of being a white, upperclass woman with looks that can please the general public will stand at the top of the hierarchy. Kristen Gilchrist, a PhD candidate in the department of sociology at Carleton University,

Ukraine is a strategically key swath of land. Since the Russian Heartland is flat and indefensible, they desire as much bufferzone as possible. Russia has already made great progress in courting Belarus as a major ally, and Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia are under the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Countries under NATO include most of Europe, the U.S., Canada and signatories are obligated to defend any other ally should they be attacked. Also important is the location of Crimea, where Russia still has had their Black Sea Fleet since the fall of the U.S.S.R. The Ukraine also hosts a large portion of Russian gas pipelines. Control over these would further allow them to influence pricing and taxes of that resource. 80 per cent of the Ukraine’s gas is imported, mostly from Russia. Another interesting fact to consider is that the period after the collapse of the U.S.S.R. has been one of the longest in history in which the Ukraine has been independent. It has once been part of the Ottoman, Austrian, Polish and Russian Empires. “Ukraine,” roughly translated, means “borderlands.”

RUSSIAN GEOPOLITICAL DECISION PROCESS Russian politicians are very concerned with their security and stability. To Canadians, this may seem strange, however, to the north: we have

did a study on missing aboriginal women in the media. She found that when it comes to aboriginal women alone, “More than 500 . . . have gone missing or been murdered in Canada since the 1980s,” yet white women were mentioned in the local press a total of 511 times compared to only 82 times for the Aboriginal women. Therefore, anyone who ﬁts into this standard is more likely to be invisible in the media and is neglected by the public—which is what happened to Vancouver’s missing and murdered women since most were aboriginal and some were sex workers. Gilchrist’s study ﬁnds that these types of women are “high-risk” since they are more prone to be the victims of violence as sex workers. This label puts blame on these women, marginalizing them, for putting themselves “voluntarily” into these bad situations and lifestyle. The disappearance of women from DTES has been traced back to the 1980s, but it did not stir up a concern until they found out as many as 27 of the missing women were murdered by Robert Pickton from the late ‘90s to the early 2000s. Pickton later admitted to more murders than he was convicted for, the number grew to

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frozen wasteland, to the south: the strongest military force in the world and best friends, the United States, and massive oceans on either side. For Russia, their core of agricultural and industrial centres—St. Petersburg, Moscow and Volgograd—lie on the European plain. Large swaths of flat land that are extremely difficult to defend. Though technology has taken considerable upgrades since the Cold War, technology still has limits. The Americans had vastly outclassed the North Vietnamese in the 70s and Iraq in the last decade, but they still failed utterly to achieve their objectives. Terrorist groups like alQaeda and the Taliban have eluded the Americans by hiding in mountain caves—despite advanced bombers—satellites and drones. It may seem strange to us that the Russians are so concerned with security. However, Russia doesn’t consider Western nations to be trustworthy, and the majority of Putin’s advisors are Cold War veterans who consider military capability over words and ﬂags. Not only this, but Russia is all too aware of its history. Over the last 600 years, Russia has been attacked by the Mongols, the Swedish, the Polish, the Ottoman Empire, Napoleon and Hitler. They’ve also been caught by surprise several times, in the 1930’s, Germany was utterly broken and ruined after WWI, by 1941 they had conquered much of Europe and penetrated deep into Russia. Thus, Russia has, at various times, done their best to make sure that they have buﬀer zones and retreat plans. In international politics, each country is acting to preserve their own interests, security and stability. The future is hard to predict, but the Ukraine is likely to be treated like a buffer state by all parties.

about 49. David Hugill, author of Missing Women, Missing News, mentions that there have been many cases where the police coldly dismissed reports of this disappearing “type” of women, telling families to “check the needle exchange” or otherwise “they’ll turn up eventually.” The United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women stated: “Hundreds of cases involving aboriginal women who have gone missing or been murdered in the past two decades have neither been fully investigated nor attracted priority attention.” The annual Women’s Memorial March started in Vancouver, but now has spread throughout Canada. Many other cities are uniting as a community on every Feb. 14 to express solidarity with women who are against the violence that is happening to them on a daily basis. They come together to express their frustration for the lack of justice for their missing sisters, daughters, mothers and friends. The gathering of these women and their allies in the community will help those who need emotional support during their time of grieving.

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