The Runner: Volume 7, Issue 21 by The Runner

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News | Kwantlen policy student runs for Green Party MP 05 The Runner is student-owned and operated by Kwantlen Polytechnic University students, published under the Polytechnic Ink Publishing Society. Arbutus 3710/3720 12666 72 Ave. Surrey, B.C, V3W 2M8 778.565.3801

www.runnermag.ca Vol. 07, Issue no. 21 Aug 25 2015 ISSN# 1916 8241

Cover Art: Danielle George is actually a robot, don’t tell her that though. The robot.. Er.. Danielle is working as staﬀ illustrator at The Runner. To contact her, whisper into a napkin then burn it, as is the custom for hiring illustrators, or shoot her an email at Danielle0George@gmail.com

EXPLAINER | What does KPIRG do? 06 Three Februaries have passed since Kwantlen students voted in a referendum that would see to the creation of a public interest research group, or PIRG. In a nutshell, it’s a movement to influence public policies and philosophies that started in the 1970s on U.S. college campuses.

CONTRIBUTORS Hailey Logan, Keith Harris, Kyle Prince, Natalie Mussel, Pifanida, Preet Hundal, Rosaura Ojeda The Runner recognises that our work, both in and out of the oﬃce, takes place on unceded Coast and Strait Salish territories, specifically the shared traditional territories of the Kwantlen, Katzie, Semiahmoo, Sto:lo and Tsawwassen First Nations. Our name is inspired by the hun’qumi’num meaning of Kwantlen, which is tireless hunters or tireless runners. Just as Kwantlen is adaptable and changing so is The Runner.

EDITORIAL DIVISION

CULTURE | Curating Kwantlen 07 Let’s take a walk around the Surrey campus. You step into the main courtyard and take a deep breath. Nothing is out of the ordinary. You head into the Cedar building to get your Timmy’s fix and notice something in the corner of your eye. Outside the window there’s a small cement book with a tree growing from it. You rub your eyes. No, you are not seeing things.

FEATURE | The Guide to Surrey Campus 08 It’s dangerous to go alone, take this...

Coordinating Editor / Tristan Johnston editor@runnermag.ca

COLUMNS | India’s Neighbours 14 Early this month, India and Bangladesh have put to rest what was possibly the strangest border dispute in the world. Executive Editor / Samantha Thompson deputy@runnermag.ca @sampthompson

Managing Editor / Connor Doyle

Production Manager / Kenny Chui production@runnermag.ca

Art Director / Charis Au

Photo Editor / Vacant photos@runnermag.ca

Web Editor/ Yaunna Sommersby @yaunnarae

Staff Writer / Kier-Christer Junos @kierjunos

Staff Illustrator / Danielle George

BUSINESS DIVISION Operations Manager / Scott Boux oﬃce@runnermag.ca / 778.565.3801

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From the editors

What does it mean to be a Kwantlen student?

Triston Johnston Coordinating Editor

I have been coming to KPU for a few years now. I first arrived after changing majors from sciences at Langara, to journalism here. My goal was to earn my degree and get out, and on with my life. This hasn’t changed. I can’t even finish my degree as fast as I would like—like a lot of “niche” disciplines, there are no higher-level journalism or communications courses offered in the Summer, so you can imagine how long I’ve been stuck here. Out of all of my friends who came to Kwantlen after high school, I’m likely the only one who hasn’t transferred to UBC or SFU. Maybe if either one had a bachelor of journalism, that might have been the case for me. Unlike other universities that have dorms, or are situated in small cities, we have very little student life to speak of. This is a problem that would be very hard to fix, given the fact that we have multiple campuses and that many students live great distances from the Surrey campus. I know someone in Langley who has to take courses

students have a reason to come to campus beyond their obligatory credit-qualifying courses. Do these factors guarantee your time at Kwantlen will be spiritually and recreationally fulfilling? Absolutely not. But they’re a resource if you seek them out. A place to begin. And hell, Kwantlen’s a growing boy—if you have an idea for a way to improve student life, maybe you can get in on the ground floor. That’s something even UBC can’t always offer you. Even though it’s a commuter school, I think studying here is whatever you make of it. I joined this newspaper as a contributor last September, became a staff writer, and somehow I became the editor. I’ve met others who started clubs last year and became high-ranking KSA members this year. I work with a great group of people, and now that I’m taking classes with students I’ve been around for a few years, the social situation is actually improving. Will it ever rival SFU or UBC in terms of, well, just about any matrix you can name? Not in my lifetime or yours. But you’re here now, not there. Whether you plan to get your degree at Kwantlen or transfer somewhere better in a year or two, you’re here now. Try to make the most of it.

in Richmond, and someone from Abbotsford who studies in Surrey. The public transit in Surrey and Langley is a drag, and I live in Richmond, meaning that even if I wanted to stay in Surrey after 8 p.m. I’m not getting home very easily. It’s much easier to hang out with my Richmond friends who I’ve known longer than to hang out with people who live in six or seven different municipalities. Unless you’re in a unique program, or need the quiet of the library, staying after school seems pointless. If I was at UBC, I could hang out in one of their lively bars—at Kwantlen I can wait in line at the Tim Hortons, if they even stay open past 5. Now, this isn’t to say there’s zero student life at Kwantlen. We have a plethora of student clubs, a student-run cafe with a stage, an arts and literary publication for creative-types and a team of KSA volunteers working every day to try and ensure

What’s up this MONTH! with Yaunna Sommersby! August 25-September 9 Tuesday, August 25 PNE City Pavilion: Vancouver Park Board golf team Exploring the golf courses at the PNE City Pavilion is the perfect opportunity to finetune those golf skills and learn more about the sport. Bring some friends and having a relaxing afternoon picnic at the rainbow tables. Maybe the Canucks will be there to practice for the off-season already… 11 a.m.-11p.m., East Hastings Street and Renfrew Street, Vancouver – PNE Fairgrounds. PNE admission.

Thursday, August 27 Studio Showing: Tara Cheyenne and Silvia Gribaudi The Dance Centre is hosting a studio showing of a duet that Artist-in-Residence Tara Cheyenne Friedenberg and Italian dance-theatre artist Silvia Gribaudi have been working on. Still only a work in progress, consider this performance a sneak preview before it is officially ready and premieres later on. 5p.m., The Dance Centre - 677 Davie Street, Vancouver. Free.

Saturday, August 29 New Brighton Park Shoreline Habitat Restoration Project Open House If you’re passionate about wildlife and shoreline conservation, this open house may be worth your while. Have a chance to learn about the proposed restoration project, share your thoughts and have an impact on conservation right here at home. 1p.m. – 4p.m., New Brighton Park - 3201 New Brighton Road, Vancouver. Free.

Sunday, August 30 Birds of a Feather: Hot Weather, Cool Birds It is always fun to learn something new and have the opportunity to enjoy the beauty of Stanley Park. Take a walking tour and learn about some of the birds that call Stanley Park home. By the end of the tour, you should be well versed in identifying birds and bird behaviour. 9a.m. – 11a.m., Stanley Park Nature House. By donation.

Monday, August 31 Academic Boost Camp Need some extra motivation to start the semester off the right way? Stop by the Surrey Campus Learning Centre for an Academic Boost Camp session. Get some advice on study routines, time management techniques and assignment planning to help maintain and boost your grades. 8:45a.m. – 3:30p.m., Surrey Campus Library – Learning Centre. Free.

Tuesday, September 1 to Thursday, September 3 Fall New Student Orientation Welcome to Kwantlen! You have registered for classes, spent a ridiculous amount of money on textbooks and now it is time to explore your new school. There are three chances for new students to experience orientation with the first event being at the Langley campus on September 1. Then Richmond and Surrey are next with orientations on September 2 and 3. Don’t miss out! 9a.m. – 3:30p.m., Langley, Richmond and Surrey campuses. Free. Register online.

Tuesday, September 8 to Wednesday, September 9 KPU Welcomes U Have questions about where to find your class? Want to know more about the campus events for September? Don’t be afraid to ask the faculty and student representatives working the KPU Welcomes U tables on campus. 8a.m. – 4p.m., Langley, Richmond and Surrey campuses. Free.

Tuesday, September 8 Weird Al Yankovic – The Mandatory World Tour Whether you’re a fan of his or not, you have to admit Weird Al is pretty hilarious. The singer has made a career from twisting some of music’s biggest hits and chat-toppers into ridiculous, high-energy spoofs. He is coming to Vancouver as part of his Mandatory World Tour; so just don’t let him catch you committing any “Word Crimes.” 8p.m., Queen Queen Elizabeth Theatre, 630 Hamilton Street at Georgia Vancouver. $62.25-$81.30.

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Criminology event emphasizes injustice on First Nations peoples Crim class explores FN justice issues.

Kier-Christer Junos Staff Writer

The Vancouver Art Gallery used to be a courthouse. But that was never a place where First Nations people saw justice. In many cases they either saw jail or the gallows. Brandon Gabriel of the Kwantlen First Nation emphasized these injustices to the attendees of his talk at “Pipelines, Paddles, Protecting our Coast.” Most of the people hearing Gabriel speak at the Surrey campus conference centre July 30 were from a criminology class called Aboriginal Peoples and Injustice. Lisa Monchalin, the first Aboriginal woman in Canada to achieve a criminology PhD, created the class. She says the event was purposed for sharing knowledge on pertinent justice issues affecting Kwantlen peoples and what’s important to them. “This event couldn’t have happened at a better time to educate people, considering KPU’s recent decision with the [memorandum of understanding],” says KSA aboriginal student representative Justin Bige, commenting on the controversial agreement between the university and Kinder Morgan. Besides the pipeline talking points, Gabriel showcased First Nations artwork and the stories that come with them. He featured the work of Marianne Nicolson in particular, which illustrated the story behind the Vancouver Art Gallery in its days as a courthouse. In the days when the Indian Act was first enacted,

Gabriel recounted, the courthouse used to have a small side office measured at about ten-by-ten at the bottom of a stairway. He described the room as, “Just enough for one little clerk to fit in and work out land issues.” “Every time an indigenous person—who wasn’t allowed to be represented in a court of law—went to go have a grievance with the land that was taken by some settler, they usually weren’t given the justice they wanted,” says Gabriel. “They were thrown in jail for asserting who they were.” He also mentioned indigenous people were hanged at the courthouse. Nicolson’s work

comments on this, in a piece called House of the Ghosts. By night, she used high-powered lights to project graphics onto the front of the Vancouver Art Gallery, graphics depicting the carvings of the houseposts at her family’s longhouse. Then, in between the houseposts is a transformation of the Canadian flag that illustrates death. Gabriel says the flag was, “A symbol of genocide for her people.” A belief amongst First Nations people is their spirits travel at night, and that’s why Nicolson created this light piece connected to her home—so

that the spirits of those who were hung there could feel welcomed. “That’s why it’s illuminated at night,” says Gabriel. “So that all the spirits who were wronged there are given safe passage so they may rest. And it’s telling the story because that’s what we do. That’s what our art does.” Gabriel thinks that showcasing contemporary native art “paints a different picture” than what most people are used to seeing in terms of First Nations art. “Which is kind of the totem poles . . . there’s a place for that,” says Gabriel. “But I think there are other voices coming forth from our communities that are using other tools, essentially saying the same things about our communities and telling their stories. They’re just using different mediums, which is great.” Gabriel found the group he spoke with very receptive, saying that it helps when there are, “People who are interested in the subject already.” These days at KPU, there are eight different faculties with indigenous content in their curriculums. And that reality hearkens to what the elder-in-residence at UFV Eddie Gardner once told The Cascade— “There’s such a beautiful renaissance of who we are as First Nations people nowadays.” “I agree. Eddie’s got it right,” says Gabriel. “And a lot of it’s coming from our young people, which is great, we need it. And what better time than now. There are issues in our communities that need to be dealt with. And I think we need to have as many people in places like this doing the work that we’re doing, and helping out wherever we can.”

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Explainer: Compass Card Rollout

Meet the new method, pretty similar to the old method.

Kier-Christer Junos Staff Writer

Don’t be that person struggling alone at the U-Pass dispenser this fall while your classmates are already together, albeit in misery, at the bus stop. Everyone will laugh at you and I promise we’ll write an editorial about it, and it’ll be hilarious at your expense. We only hope this article on the new Compass Card rollout will inform you hard enough to keep you out of the headlines. First, know that the U-Pass program hasn’t changed at all. It’s merely being synthesized electronically with the Compass Card, which has actually been available on all campus bookstores since April 24 without a deposit fee, according to the KPU website. This means no more paper tickets, and no more line-ups in the bookstore. After you get your card, get it registered on Compasscard.ca. There, you’ll be prompted to enter your card details: a 20-digit card number, a three-digit code much like a credit card

security code and, if you really want to, a name for your card. This is the website where you’ll actually add money onto your card—they call it “stored value.” Like how you used to buy paper U-Pass tickets on a monthly basis, you now have to load your Compass Card on a monthly basis with the U-Pass add-on. You can do that from any electronic device at Upassbc. translink.ca. You select your school from the dropbox, login with your student number and password, and voila: you can manage your U-Pass account and link the Compass Card with the add-on. The earliest you can do this is on the 16th of every month. Make a habit of linking your Compass Card sooner rather than later, as it can take up to 48 hours for the link to be processed. TransLink makes you do it every month for the sake of confirming your eligibility and deterring fraudulent use. On that note, in the case that you do “lose” your card, you can actually register another one and transfer the U-Pass add-on onto the new card instead of feeling damned for the rest of the month. Now comes the fun part. Regardless of

which transit method you’re using to sweat with strangers, you gotta tap-in and tap-out at the new fare gates and validators. They’re at the entry and exit points on the SkyTrain, SeaBus and West Coast Express (which you can get U-Pass add-ons for, too.). It’s all quite intuitive. The buses have card readers with the same tap-in-tap-out process. The difference is that the entry-exit points aren’t exclusive to the door positions. Still, TransLink announced recently that buses would only charge a one-zone fare after Compass is rolled out to all transit users in October—assuming that you’re tapping out. They have plenty of reasons for this. Vancouver Sun reported that, in part, it was to deal with a tap-out function glitch on buses, which apparently delayed the program for two years. Also reported was that it was a move to address concerns that riders could tap out early and avoid fares. So, ultimately, TransLink was like, “...whatever.” Tell you what. You should probably just avoid that kind of attitude and take heed if you don’t want to read “Hapless student who couldn’t” in the next edition of The Runner. Tristan Johnston

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Pipelines: how do they work?

Tracking the dead dinosaur juice from Alberta to your gas tank.

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Kier-Christer Junos Staff Writer

Whether you plot to overthrow the warlock Kinder Morgan or you just want to guzzle the hell out of the dead dinosaurs in the Earth’s crust—because a meteor just wasn’t insulting enough—you gotta understand the infrastructure that’s causing all the fuss in the first place. Pipelines. Are they “safe?” Should we stick the stuff in railcars instead? Is it true that the oil sands are actually the breeding ground of our alleged reptilian overlords? Before we answer that last really important question, let’s start with how the process works, from the oil sands to, let’s say, your car. Understand that many different shapes and sizes of pipelines exist for different purposes. There’s the gathering lines, which are up to a foot in diameter, and typically work from oil wells to oil batteries or refineries. They generally transfer crude oil, natural gas and unicorn blood.

Then there are feeder lines, which move products from storage stations to the mothership of the industry—the transmission pipelines, which can have a diameter of up to four feet. Folk say these are the arteries of Lord Morgan himself, and that in Canada these run for approximately 117,000 kilometres. That’s five and a half times the length of the Great Wall of China. These are classified as liquid pipelines and they generally transport crude and natural gas liquids—depending on the type of transmission line—within and across provinces or international boundaries, such as between Canada and the United States. Powerful pumps are positioned over kilometres of pipeline to get the stuff going at about a walking pace. The holy lifeblood eventually gets to the oil refinery, where the oil priests process the crude into usable products like gasoline. Finally, tanker trucks bring the blessed chrism to its final destination—a gas station, most likely. And that’s just one scenario. The great land-arks bring these refined oil products to airports, too.

Now, I’m assuming you’re aware that this obviously doesn’t happen without a hitch. Sometimes, somewhere along the way, someone fucks up real bad. When crude oil spills it can be quite permanently catastrophic, especially where bodies of water are concerned. If an oil firm has a little oopsie, they’re completely responsible for cleaning it all up, according to National Resources Canada. There’s no limit to the amount of money the firm must spend to fix the spill. Oil firms don’t like it either, as that’s a lot of money that’s now blackening and destroying the cute estuary just down the way. To ensure that there’s a Pacific freshwater answer to Finding Nemo, oil firms try to minimize risk by first being strategic with the route where they plan to build their pipeline. They supposedly consider a lot of different factors, like elevation, fault lines, population centres and more. The National Energy Board (NEB) says that pipelines spilled an average of 1,084 barrels of oil per year between 2011 and

2014, which is barely enough to fit in two standard freight containers. Pipelines move about 1.3-billion barrels of oil annually. That in mind, the NEB’s number is 99.999 per cent when it comes to product safely transported on federally regulated pipelines. Whether or not the yearly average for spills is acceptable is a story for a different article. And this is to say nothing about whether or not our reliance on oil, not our movement of it, is the real concern. Comparing this kind of crude transport to rail and truck transport shows that the latter two pale in comparison to pipelines despite any rate of accidents that pipelines have. Rail transport accidents, for one, are 4.5 times more risky than pipeline accidents according to the Fraser Institute report released August 13. I guess those Fraser nerds are pretty useful after all, though the report failed to answer if our purported reptilian overlords are indeed getting frisky in the bloodmeal of their long-deceased Albertan cousins.

Kwantlen policy student runs for Green Party MP Former KSA exec, KPIRG director, Board of Governors member looking at Ottawa.

Kier-Christer Junos Staff Writer

Richard Hosein felt discontent in his proving days at KPU. Calling himself an observer, Hosein has always thought many things could be made better. He says he’s been privileged to grow up in a racially and politically diverse family and it resulted in a “broad perspective” of the world he lived in. That attitude got him involved at Kwantlen Polytechnic University. He joined clubs, started some, ran for the students of colour representative on KSA council, served two-terms on the KPU board of governors—and when I met him in 2013, he shook my hand as someone running for the B.C. Green party as an MLA. Now he’s running to represent the riding of Fleetwood-Port Kells on the federal level. He says his time at KPU helped him get there. “I used to be an electrician prior to 2011,” says Hosein. “I had little experience with political engagement. I’ve had some. I’ve had friends and romantic partners that have gotten me involved in politics at various levels. I had limited exposure before. I think coming back to school and seeing the faith that my fellow students had in me representing them kind of ignited me and it was reciprocal to the way a lot of community members saw me as a community leader.” Regarding his political career at KPU, he

began by co-chairing a student leadership conference, and after Hosein began joining and founding clubs, he had the opportunity to share his politics with other students. The principles of anarchism, Hosein says, are at his “core values for an ideal society.” “Hopefully we can be in a society where we don’t need a government,” he adds. “I guess the best way to describe it in any contemporary context is the world of Star Trek,” says Hosein. “It’s a very inclusive, kind of, highly-developed world. It’s progressive, and maybe we can get to something like that, where we’re not fighting wars, extracting resources at an alarming rate, and where we’re not polluting our air and water.” Does he think it’s possible? “Anything’s possible,” he says. “I could sit here and dwell on all the bad things in the world … but as long as I have the privilege to have the possibility to make change, I’m going to engage in it.” Hosein is the co-founder of the Kwantlen Public Interest Research Group, which has a mandate focused on social and environmental justice. He says his time there hasn’t necessarily fit into his decision to run, conceding that it does, “cross over in the realm of public policy and the things Canadians care about.” But it’s ultimately the content of the work he did there—he’s trying to transition out of KPIRG now—that influenced what he’ll be engaged in as a candidate anyway. His policy studies influenced his choice

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to join the Greens, specifically because of his sustainability policy niche. He attended NDP pipeline discussion forums and Green party forums, eventually joining the Young Greens—a faction of the Green party that serves Green Party members under the age of 30—in 2012. He says he’s even developed policy adopted by the Greens. “After getting involved and realizing what the capacity and potential of running in a high profile political position, I realize

that I can work within the system to hopefully change it for the better,” he says. Hosein encourages students to do their research on their candidates, what they care about and how they plan to be a representative. “And make a decision based on your values,” he adds. Hosein says he believes in “good public policy,” which can come from any party; be it Conservative, NDP, Green or independents.

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Understanding the Kwantlen Public Interest Research Group KPIRG still fighting for social justice despite frictions.

Kier-Christer Junos Staff Writer

Three Februaries have passed since Kwantlen students voted in a referendum that would see to the creation of a public interest research group, or PIRG. In a nutshell, it’s a movement to influence public policies and philosophies that started in the 1970s on U.S. college campuses. The Kwantlen Public Interest Research Group (KPIRG) serves a mandate on social and environmental justice. The group says it’s non-partisan, meaning they’re not really allied with any political party. But it’s definitely political. KPIRG board organizer Justin Bige agrees that KPIRG is very much an activist and a catalyst. But still, what does that even mean? KPIRG is registered as a B.C. non-profit society, like the Kwantlen Student Association and the Polytechnic Ink Publishing Society. PIPS publishes Pulp Magazine and the student paper you’re reading right now. The KSA provides the inter-campus shuttle, those new-fangled refill stations and more recently those newer-fangled bike repair stations. We’re talking about physical capital here. What does KPIRG do? “I get that question all the time,” says Bige. “The social justice mandate of the organization, I think, it falls into a few aspects.” He cites education and community action among them. That involves organizing student workshops on, let’s say, inclusivity training, events themed around black history month, providing grants for other groups focused on social justice and even smaller grants for individuals.

Bige explains that, for example, KSA council member and seasoned slam poet Simon Massey qualified for the national poetry slam finals in Oakland, California. But since he’s a director on his Vancouver slam poetry authority, there’s a conflict of interest and they can’t send him themselves. So Massey looked for funding at KPU. The K S A a n d

KPIRG were able to help him out, the reason being, “Slam poetry is very social justice-oriented,” according to Bige. “He’s going to be bringing back a lot of information, networking, contacts for doing even bigger sorts of ... performing arts.” He says that they wouldn’t just give Massey the money and say, “Yeah enjoy the slam.” There are ben-

efits that need to be seen. To touch on their environmental mandate, KPIRG also currently maintains a partnership with anti-pipeline group PIPE UP, facilitating their meetings which organize against a controversial agreement between KPU and Kinder Morgan. At the very least, KPIRG makes sure the space is booked and set

up f o r their meetings. KPIRG aims to facilitate such partnerships that involve KPU students. “I sort of see KPIRG as this radical rocket arm attached to KPU, to push radical knowledge and education forward,” says Bige. Let’s dissect what that means. Where did humans start archiving knowledge in the

good old days? Libraries, obviously. And that’s among the things that KPIRG is trying to provide. Yes, very literally, a library. KPIRG curates the content as part of their social justice resource mandate. “We’re slowly collecting a social justice library,” says Bige. “Generally one of our huge vendors that we go to, and we haven’t been able to due to budgetary concerns this year, is the anarchist book fair.” The dream is to see students sign things out on their own, which they can do now, but access is difficult because of a lack of space. Bige says that lack of dedicated space is a large barrier against the success of KPIRG. He characterizes their sitting in the Pride offices as “squatting,” and says KPIRG is very fortunate that Pride has accommodated them. “I’d even say redact all of those from the interview,” says Bige, commenting on any instance that he said “KPIRG offices.” “Like, those aren’t the KPIRG offices. We’re in the Pride office.” He adds that the reality of their location hinders the execution of their mandates. KPIRG is also supposed to create a true, safe space in which individuals can participate. But Bige says it’s difficult for people to even access the office space because its larger connecting room is filled with people not necessarily trained in inclusivity. The current Birch building space on Surrey campus is simply not engineered for the access KPIRG needs to provide, according to Bige. “Each passing month that we go without having our own space is actually taking away from the chances of this organization being successful in the long run,” says Bige. “It affects the morale of everyone around.”

Puppy Therapy Takes a Bite out of Stress

St John Ambulance comes to Kwantlen students’ rescue with stress-relief program.

Preet Hundal Contributor

On Aug. 12, St. John Ambulance and their spirited pack of puppies made their way to Kwantlen’s Surrey campus. The general purpose of this organization, as stated by program coordinator Gerry Redmond, was to provide stress relief for Kwantlen students by allowing them to interact with special “therapy trained” puppies. St. John Ambulance itself is a prominent organization dedicated to teaching and practicing medical aid. According to the organization’s website, it began in the late 1800s and, by 1892, had branches “coast-to-coast” across Canada. Today, the employees of the St. John Ambulance are a “common and welcome sight during times of emergency across the country,” which proves how it has grown in supporting communities over the years. On the topic of puppy therapy, stressedout undergrads looking for their canine fix aren’t the only ones who benefit from the program. St. John Ambulance also brings their puppy friends to places such as care homes, hospices and hospitals. The overall goal of puppy therapy, Redmond argues, is

to bring forth a sense of “happiness, relief of stress, and companionship to troubled youths and adults alike.” Redmond went on to claim that puppy therapy is “absolutely proven to work” and since “it lowers blood pressure and relieves stress,” she believes it will be beneficial for students who are finishing up their semesters with projects and exams. According to some students who have experienced the program, interacting with St. John Ambulance’s lively canines definitely put their exam-focused minds at

ease. At the event, student participants and puppy therapists alike seemed soothed and ready to play—there wasn’t a stressed-out, exam-charred face in the house. Even some of the KPU staff got in on the fun, making fast friends with the canine crusaders. The program was so popular it even drew a few people from outside KPU who simply couldn’t miss out on the chance to frolic with the puppies. Regarding the training that these animals go through, Redmond said that the puppies undergo various exercises and

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must match a certain criteria to be allowed into the program. “To even be accepted into the program, dogs must be two years of age, any breed, must not be of wrong diet and under full veterinary evaluation,” she says. In addition, Redmond stated that one of the most pivotal traits a St. John Ambulance puppy must have is simply a “people friendly” demeanor. Judging by the positive reactions participants had from their experiences with the puppies, it’s clear that this trait was possessed by all of the puppies.

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Curating Kwantlen

A Walking Guide to KPU’s Public Art.

Charis Au Art Director

Let’s take a walk around the Surrey campus. You step into the main courtyard and take a deep breath. Nothing is out of the ordinary. You head into the Cedar building to get your Timmy’s fix and notice something in the corner of your eye. Outside the window there’s a small cement book with a tree growing from it. You rub your eyes. No, you are not seeing things. What you are seeing is The Book of Incubation (2012), an art piece by KPU Graduate Daryl Markiewicz.

Aves When you enter Fir building there is a ring of golden birds looking down at you. These birds were created by Andres Perez Castro in 2014 with plaster and gold paint. His piece, dubbed Aves, questions the idea of judgement within a community. “The reason they are golden is to provide to them a higher level of authority or a superior class,” says Castro. “The location is above the viewer to reinforce this idea of being superior [to] the viewer. A collection of birds [also] gives them more power, as if they are more than you, looking down to you as if they were perhaps judging you or checking on you.” Castro goes on to explain that, “The birds are also something out of the norm because right outside, there is always a few birds—but when you come into the building, seeing birds indoors becomes odd.”

The Book of Incubation Public art is art that’s been designed to be executed in a public space. The Book of Incubation, which was created in response to an environmental art class taught by KPU Fine Arts instructor Sibeal Foyle, is one such piece that has been planted out in the open in a non-particular setting.

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Arbutus Gallery The Arbutus Gallery, located in the atrium of the library, is one of the two galleries that have different exhibitions during the year. “Kwantlen is a community and there are different departments out there. [It] should not be confined into just one department,” says Keith Harris, a third-year fine arts student who currently has paintings up on display at the Arbutus Gallery. “Go out and meet other people. It [fosters] a type of community.” “[The Arbutus library] is quite an open hallway and it’s great to see people stopping and looking at [the art]. Sometimes they walk up close and actually look at it. It’s good that they are engaging in the [artworks],” says Harris. “They see other stuff going on and not just leaving classes and then going into another class.” Anyone itching to see more art can head over to the Fine Arts department in the left wing of the Spruce building. Many artworks are hung up to dry and displayed while art students weather through the semesters. Don’t be alarmed by anything out of the ordinary, since in Fine Arts, nothing is ordinary.

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The Continuation of Knowledge The second floor of the library hosts an award designed by Rosaura Ojeda, a KPU Fine Arts graduate from 2014. The design is situated in the Dean of Arts office and is a teaching award for teachers who are recognized for their outstanding instruction in the field of arts. “The design emphasizes the idea of teaching,” explains Ojeda. “There is a big circle in the centre and there are lines to expand like the rays of the sun. From the lines, names are stenciled on to them. The whole design emulates teaching and how teachers expand their knowledges and open up other people.” This design was commissioned by the faculty of arts, and a contest was held to choose the best student for the job. “We have an art department, and it’s important to show people what we can do and make people actually aware that we make art,” says Ojeda. “I think we definitely need much more [public art]. We want to show people why we want to make art, question things, and analyze things—and also to alter people’s environment in a more positive and creative way. We are already practicing art so why not make it more effective and put it into practice. Especially [if] it’s already in school!” Tristan Johnston

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It’s Dangerous to Go Alone, Take This... Guide to the Lands of the Surrey Campus.

Connor Doyle Managing Editor

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On the edge of the Surrey campus lies the dark and mysterious Smoking Forest, where only the most daring adventurers tread after class (or during class if you’ve got one of those insufferable three-hour-long classes in Fir). Wanderers move between the trees to reach the Desolation of Smog and the lands beyond, or scavenge around the mossy shrine at the forest’s mouth. But take heed never to linger too long, traveler. Legend tells of a powerful sorcery in these woods, ancient herbal magics that cause strange visions to befall all those who dwell within the forest. It sorta depends on what’s being smoked.

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Birch Town A mercantile hub for any discerning traveler, Bir ch is known primarily for its bustling marke tplace and emporium. Th is is where you trade all the gold you’ve acc umulated along your ma ny qu ests for more supplies—or else you just give it to Sodexo, the tem per am ental giant who slumbers in the hills above the city. Birch is als o wh ere you find the Temple of Justice, where many of Kwantlen’s fi nes t wa rrio rs go to fight the good on behalf of their fellow students. Be warned, with the arriva of a mysterious guild l from the west, there hav e been reports of a Tro infestation amassing aro ll und the Temple. Even so, we’ve found the inhabitants of the land to be decent, fun-loving fol k, if somewhat rowdy.

Arbutus This shining, ivory metropolis, birth place of wisdom, is home to the Tow er of Knowledge which houses the accu mulative scholarly writing of our land . There is much to see on the capital coas t, such as the Centre of Learning, where all adventurers who crave truth may seek the council of learned individuals (but don’t expect them to just give you the answ ers). Ascend the Tower of Knowledge and at the top, just beyond the Halls of Silence, you’ll find The Runner monaste ry. We humble scribes and artists spre ad our work across Kwantlen for your benefit, dear adventurer. Seek us out if you wish to join our hallowed institution. We pay!

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Imperial Province is the forNestled in the heart of the their and representatives. From tress of our tax collectors of airs aff ic crat duct the bureau exalted position they con rld wo the ng ppi of us are out ma the students while the rest s of their hold are the barrack from oss of academia. Acr and ce gra ir the so named for the mighty Kwantlen Eagles, t pas of ory mem le. Although the prowess on the field of batt land this n upo t age they brough governments and the dark and, the current council has hol the r ove still hang solemn glo a of tion erec ds towards the nounced plans to put our fun s. ent efit of all stud rious Union Hall for the ben in your lifetime. it see to ect Just don’t exp

Cedar, pride gate awaits the great city of Just beyond the glistening welcomed are tures from across the land of the Surrey campus. Adven awaken a l wil s whose potent concoction by the wizard Timhor-Ton’s, through us scio you (and help you stay con great voyager spirit within campus the of t ile travelling through this par that 8 a.m. Econ class). Wh the atop d che per Foosball Colossi that lie be sure to admire the famed s riou glo a h suc l forge could have birthed Cedar Court. What immorta a on ll sba foo to Why we have a monument monument, no one knows. dares ask. have a foosball table? No one campus that doesn’t actually

Grass Roots Tavern & Inn At the far end of Cedar lies a peac eful shire which has been the destination of weary Kwantlen trav ellers since time immemorial. Here you can purchase food and drink at a fair price, safe from the perils of the open road. With in the great mead halls of Grass Roots you might find the bards and minstrels singing their songs of olde—or, if it’s game night, watc hing the Canucks and drinking their sorrows away. Yes, at the end of a long and harrowing adventure, you can finally kick back at the tavern and regale your fellow wanderers with tales of your dari ng exploits across the land. At least until your next class begins in like—crap, five minutes.

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Your Student Government and You: Studies in the KSA Just in case you forgot that you pay for a student association.

Kier-Christer Junos Staff Writer

You know, not a lot of people really voted

for KSA council members when the elections went down last February. Just under 500 votes were cast in this school of about 19,000. But we can’t really blame the other 18,500—I mean, maybe they would tune in if they knew how much student money the KSA actually has. It’s in the millions. If they only knew about the historic, massive misuse of that money in the association’s recent past. Or perhaps the dark history of the Reduce All Fees party and their unfortunate 2011 successors. But that’s a scab we’ll pick off later. The point is, you should probably know how the KSA works. Things are constantly in flux with the student government, and because sometimes we understandably get caught up in other things and forget, a quick primer on Kwantlen’s favourite student union couldn’t hurt.

touch on ethics and policy development when it comes to making decisions in the future. They release all the minutes and agendas for their meetings on the KSA website, so anyone can access their business remotely. These are archived for posterity and accountability, so all union members can see they’re actually functioning. If they’re not working up to par, the executives must answer to KSA council, which consists of twenty-something representatives that Kwantlen students have voted for. You’ll have students representing the different campuses and departments at KPU, such as arts, horticulture, business; and even specific constituencies like students with disabilities, women, students of colour and more. All reps are to provide new ideas to improve student life for their respective constituency. This collection is the highest voting authority in the KSA and can overturn any decision made by the executive team. They also share a fiduciary responsibility in the student union, and must approve

firmed and we can only take their word for decisions to go in-camera. Sometimes they’re in for 15 minutes. Other times it can take over an hour. As harrowing as that sounds, there’s still more places for students to get involved.

KSA2210: Principles of Committing to a Committee Council members actually do more work in committees, all with specific purposes like student life, finance and others. Any student can apply to be part of these committees and Gonzalez says as of now all committees are “mostly full.” Apparently, they’ve been having luck with student engagement. These committees are the ground floor for new ideas when it comes to changing things at the union level and even the university level. There are six regular committees so far, including the student life committee which focuses on enhancing student life and deals with social justice and

KSA1101: Introduction to Student Politics “Essentially, the student union is there to represent the students as a whole, to provide services that the institution won’t or can’t,” says Allison Gonzalez, the KSA president and vice-president of student services. “And, also just to create a student life for students.” Gonzalez fronts the KSA executive—a group of four students elected by KSA council from amongst their ranks to oversee the day-to-day business of the student union. They’re mandated to work 40 paid hours per week, and oftentimes it means juggling school simultaneously. Besides her, Alex McGowan handles external affairs, Waheed Taiwo manages finance and Manpreet Bassi organizes student life. Any student can literally walk into their offices in Surrey campus’ Cedar building and talk to them face-to-face. You could even attend their weekly meetings on Thursdays, just to get the low-down in-person. Executive meetings typically concern club funding requests and unique capital projects, but here and there it can get pretty spicy, sometimes leading to debates that

monthly budgets. Council meets monthly for about three to four hours per meeting, alternating between campuses. Like the executive team, their meetings are public, and their minutes and agendas are just as available online. You could even sync their Google calendars to your Gmail account. Sometimes exec and council hold incamera portions in their meetings and these aren’t open to the public. You’ll be instructed to leave the room if you’re present. These portions can only be held for HR reasons, legal reasons and property reasons. However, we’ve reported in the past that previous executives have conducted business in-camera outside of these parametres. Ultimately what goes on in these portions can’t be con-

academic issues. Special committees pop up too, when the need arises. The special committee on academic affairs reports on issues of university governance and discusses academic policies at the KSA. That particular committee even has university senate and board of governors members. One of the most important committees is probably the standing committee on governance, which looks at KSA policy among other things to ensure proper governance in the KSA. Nobody would want a repeat of what happened a decade ago, after all.

KSA4100: Advanced Studies in Political Scandals Once upon a time (2005) some bad eggs

made their way to student council at the executive level, allegedly missappropriating funds to the tune of $2 million. For their actions, the student association sued them in a lengthy case that spanned five years and cost the KSA thousands more—only for the case to be dropped by a later student council that had familial connections to that first batch of bad eggs. The result was a whole lot of missing student funds and a national media circus around KPU. Look up “Chaos at Kwantlen” on YouTube and you’ll find some video coverage as example of the situation’s gravity. “We’ve learned from those mistakes in the past,” says Gonzalez. “Now we have a lot in terms of policy procedure . . . that help protect against that. We’ve made sure that’s not possible anymore.” She adds that they’ve, “developed a lot of regulation and a lot of policy on accountability of the student union.” The student union is organized in a more “formalized way,” according to Gonzalez. She says that includes how, “open our meetings are, how we post publicly, how we don’t do very much in-camera at all, so we try and be as public and transparent as possible.” “Because council elects exec, and exec elects the president, there’s a lot of accountability built in,” says Gonzalez. Accountability is a pillar the student union must have when they’re representing students. It must exist in the day to day business of the union, and it must exist when they’re tackling moves by the university that they believe aren’t in the best interest of students—like the recent agreement between KPU and Kinder Morgan. Gonzalez says the union called a special meeting of council in the wake of that controversial news piece. At the meeting she saw the most inspiring moment so far in her executive run—there they were, her fellow student representatives, all gathered at the last minute, all passionately discussing the policy they would take against something contrary to the values of those which they strive to represent each day. The KSA might not be perfect but it’s the only student government we have. It’s important you remain informed about what your representatives are getting up to, so when February rolls around you can pat them on the back… or dump them on their butts.

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KPU’s budgeting strategies aim for growth during period of frugal spending How are students implicated along the way?

Kier-Christer Junos Staff Writer

Kwantlen wishes it had a lot of things already. Like the Chip and Shannon Wilson school of design. Or the recently approved student union building. Even though the observable universe has lots of it, space happens to be tight on KPU’s terrestrial campuses. Can’t say much about prospects for the KPU Mars campus at this point, either. What we can say is that a lack of money is really keeping this spaceship from launching a couple of star systems further. It’s a lack of money that accounts for athletics teams getting cut, students having trouble getting into seats and perhaps even the university entering less-than appreciated mutual agreements with, uh, oil giants. But in spite of these financial frictions, KPU’s new VP of finance Jon Harding is optimistic about KPU’s future, and it’s all about the strategy. “Really, with reduced funding, it’s forcing the university to take a harder look [at] the way it’s getting sources of funds [for] existing programs,” says Harding, who has a background in forensic accounting and was the director of financial services at the B.C. legislative assembly. “As far as impacting students, the expectation is to have as little impact on students and their quality of education as possible.” According to the ministry of advanced education (AVED), The B.C. Skills for Jobs Blueprint gave KPU $496,720 for, “132 additional critical trades seats,” and $1.1 million for new trades training equipment to, “help students develop in-demand skills critical to supporting our economy.” But even though

new seats pop up here and there, KPU’s fulltime equivalent seats still sit at less-than half of the average B.C. post-secondary institution. For residents of the South Fraser—the region that KPU serves—postsecondary access is subsequently much more difficult. On July 26, a senior HR student posted a petition in a KPU book exchange Facebook group which was critical of course availabilities in her department. She purported that many HR students had to consider delaying graduation because of the nature of class availability. Many finance and business students expressed the same concerns. Post-secondary institution funding is a little skimpy these days. A 2014 KPU budget committee said they couldn’t rely on the government as a major revenue source anymore. They, like many other B.C. post-secondary institutions, have to get craftier when it comes to where they put their money. Administration isn’t running this ship into the ground or anything—Harding thinks the school is, “In a very good position financially.” Financial audits in March 2015 showed an $80.6 million surplus. Yet things are still tight. According to budget reports from the last five years, administrators have learned to expect less government money that directly runs the school,

and those reports show the that exact trend. Capital funding from the government—the stuff that makes gymnasiums, extra classrooms and rocket stations should we need them—is also much smaller. Vice-provost of students Jane Fee says, “There is simply no capital right now—the government’s not giving universities capital,” and that, “The only way that the university is being built right now is by having private donors.” The makeup of funding is changing. After fiscal year 2012/13, cash donations for capital expansion, special projects and student awards shot up by almost $5 million. That upshot doesn’t even reflect KPU Foundation donations (which students typically access), but rather donations going directly to the university. All this fiscal tightness considered, Fee says that the university lobbies,“Every single day of the week with government.” And how’s that been going? “Well, it’s not! It’s not,” says Fee. “It’s not just KPU, it’s really the state of higher education in Canada and in B.C. It’s not a time where the public seems to believe in investing in higher education, unfortunately.” Nobody at AVED was available for an interview, but a spokesperson from AVED

said in an email statement that KPU’s operating grant has increased 33 per cent (from $47.5 million in 2001/02 to $63.3 million in 2015/16), and that, “Public post-secondary institutions are autonomous and make their own decisions on how to best use resources.” Despite this information, the trend of government grants according to KPU’s data from fiscal years 2011–15 show decreasing figures, along with heightening tuition. “What we now have to do,” says Fee, “is take our existing budgets, because we know there’s not gonna be money falling from the sky, and we have to in some cases realign those budgets to allow us to meet the goals of those plans.” That implicates programs like KPU athletics, where budget reallocations sentenced award-winning sports teams to what will possibly be their final seasons. KPU’s budget allocation committee in 2014 aimed to educate the university community in “financial realities” as part of the new budgeting model they created. They essentially wanted a model that was more transparent, that allowed for more flexibility for the university to respond to changing demands. A model that was altogether smarter. As part of new strategies, Harding says that the university is, “Looking at opportunities where we could meet demand for student programs.” So, if more business classes happened to be in demand, maybe the university could meet them there. He assures that demand is only one component, and that there are government mandates to grow certain program areas and curriculum. Speaking to the recent athletics department budget cuts and Vision 2018, Fee says she wouldn’t call such moves “efficiencies,” but rather an “alignment of budgets.” No matter what you call it—alignment, allocation, cuts.—there will be an impact on the student level. It might mean playing your last season as a KPU Eagle. It might mean not getting into a core course. God forbid it means delaying your graduation.

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SEPTEMBER 2015 Sunday

Monday

Tuesday KPU Welcomes U: 08:00-16:00, KPU Langley KPU Welcomes U: 08:00-17:00, KPU Richmond KPU Welcomes U: 08:00-19:00, KPU Surrey KSA Welcome Week/Kwantlen St. Market Sneak Peek: 11:00-15:00, KPU Richmond Kwantlen Gaming Guild–Club Meetings: 15:00-16:00, KPU Surrey KPU Science World Speaker Series–David Burns, organic food to pipeline crude: 19:00-21:00, Science World at TELUS World of Science

KPU Womens Soccer–KPU vs. Langara College Falcons: HOME, 12:00-14:00, Newton Athletic Park KPU Mens Soccer–KPU vs. Langara College Falcons: HOME, 14:30-16:30, Newton Athletic Park

KPU REC FITNESS CLASSES–Rise & Shine Yoga: 07:00-08:00, KPU Surrey KSA Welcome Week: 11:00-15:00, KPU Surrey KPU REC FITNESS CLASSES–Betterbody Bootcamp: 12:00-13:00, KPU Surrey KPU REC FITNESS CLASSES–Hip Hop: 12:00-13:00, KPU Richmond KPU REC FITNESS CLASSES–Basic Yoga: 13:00-14:00, KPU Richmond KPU REC FITNESS CLASSES–Small Group Personal Training: 13:00-14:00, KPU Surrey KPU REC FITNESS CLASSES–Betterbody Bootcamp: 16:30-17:30, KPU Langley KPU REC FITNESS CLASSES–Yoga: 17:30-18:30, KPU Langley KPU REC FITNESS CLASSES–Yoga Flow: 17:30-18:30, KPU Richmond

KPU Club Days: 11:00-15:00, KPU Surrey KPU REC FITNESS CLASSES–Krav Maga: 11:30-13:00, KPU Richmond Take 30–Counselling Services: 12:00-13:00, KPU Surrey KPU REC FITNESS CLASSES–Core Yoga: 13:00-14:00, KPU Richmond KPU REC FITNESS CLASSES–Jiu Jitsu: 13:00-14:00, KPU Surrey Kwantlen Gaming Guild–Club Meetings: 15:00-16:00, KPU Surrey KPU REC FITNESS CLASSES–Basic Yoga: 17:30-18:30, KPU Surrey

KPU Womens Soccer–KPU vs. VIU Mariners: HOME, 12:00-14:00, Newton Athletic Park KPU Mens Soccer–KPU vs. VIU Mariners: HOME, 14:30-16:30, Newton Athletic Park

KPU REC FITNESS CLASSES–Rise & Shine Yoga: 07:00-08:00, KPU Surrey KPU REC FITNESS CLASSES–Betterbody Bootcamp: 12:00-13:00, KPU Surrey KPU REC FITNESS CLASSES–Cardio Kickboxing: 12:00-13:00, KPU Richmond KPU REC FITNESS CLASSES–Hip Hop: 12:00-13:00, KPU Richmond KPU REC FITNESS CLASSES–Basic Yoga: 13:00-14:00, KPU Richmond KPU REC FITNESS CLASSES–Jiu Jitsu: 13:00-14:00, KPU Surrey KPU REC FITNESS CLASSES–Small Group Personal Training: 13:00-14:00, KPU Surrey KPU REC FITNESS CLASSES–Taekwondo: 13:00-14:00, KPU Surrey KPU REC FITNESS CLASSES–Betterbody Bootcamp: 16:30-17:30, KPU Langley KPU REC FITNESS CLASSES–Yoga: 17:30-18:30, KPU Langley KPU REC FITNESS CLASSES–Yoga Flow: 17:30-18:30, KPU Richmond

LinkedIn Photobooth: 09:00-16:00, KPU Richmond Kwantlen Gaming Guild–Richmond Revolution: 10:00-18:00, KPU Richmond KPU REC FITNESS CLASSES–Krav Maga: 11:30-13:00, KPU Richmond KPU REC FITNESS CLASSES–Cardio Kickboxing: 12:00-13:00, KPU Surrey Take 30–Counselling Services: 12:00-13:00, KPU Surrey KPU REC FITNESS CLASSES–Core Yoga: 13:00-14:00, KPU Richmond KPU REC FITNESS CLASSES–Jiu Jitsu: 13:00-14:00, KPU Surrey KPU REC FITNESS CLASSES–Taekwondo: 13:00-14:00, KPU Surrey Leadership Workshop–Volunteer 101: 13:30-14:30, KPU Surrey Kwantlen Gaming Guild–Club Meetings: 15:00-16:00, KPU Surrey KPU REC FITNESS CLASSES–Basic Yoga: 17:30-18:30, KPU Surrey

Volunteer Expo 2015: 11:00-14:00, KPU Richmond KPU REC FITNESS CLASSES–Krav Maga: 11:30-13:00, KPU Richmond KPU REC FITNESS CLASSES–Cardio Kickboxing: 12:00-13:00, KPU Surrey Career Services–Resume Workshop: 12:00-13:30, KPU Richmond Take 30–Counselling Services: 12:00-13:00, KPU Surrey Who You Are Matters!–An Exciting New Career Series: 12:00-15:00, KPU Richmond Co-op Info Session #1: 13:00-14:00, KPU Surrey KPU REC FITNESS CLASSES–Core Yoga: 13:00-14:00, KPU Richmond KPU REC FITNESS CLASSES–Jiu Jitsu: 13:00-14:00, KPU Surrey KPU REC FITNESS CLASSES–Taekwondo: 13:00-14:00, KPU Surrey LinkedIn Workshop: 14:00-15:00, KPU Richmond Kwantlen Gaming Guild–Club Meetings: 15:00-16:00, KPU Surrey KPU REC FITNESS CLASSES–Basic Yoga: 17:30-18:30, KPU Richmond

LEGEND Fitness and Recreation Club Events Inclusivity and Wellness Food and Fun! Varsity Sports Music Skills and Career Building KSA Events Other Great Events! Volunteer Opportunities

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EVENTS CALENDAR Wednesday

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Friday

Saturday

KPU Welcomes U: 08:00-16:00, KPU Langley KPU Welcomes U: 08:00-17:00, KPU Richmond KPU Welcomes U: 08:00-19:00, KPU Surrey KSA Welcome Week: 11:30-13:30, KPU Tech Tea & Treats–KPU International: 13:00-14:00, KPU Surrey Kwantlen Gaming Guild–Club Meetings: 15:00-16:00, KPU Richmond KPU Womens Soccer–KPU vs. Capilano University Blues: HOME, 17:00-19:00, Newton Athletic Park KPU Mens Soccer–KPU vs. Capilano University Blues: HOME, 19:30-21:30, Newton Athletic Park

KSA Welcome Week: 11:00-15:00, KPU Langley

Kwantlen Entrepreneurial Student Association– Club Meeting: 12:00-14:00, KPU Surrey

KPU Womens Soccer–KPU vs. Douglas College Royals: HOME, 13:00-15:00, Newton Athletic Park KPU Mens Soccer–KPU vs. Douglas College Royals: HOME, 15:30-17:30, Newton Athletic Park

KPU REC FITNESS CLASSES–Rise & Shine Yoga: 07:00-08:00, KPU Surrey KPU Club Days: 11:00-15:00, KPU Richmond KPU REC FITNESS CLASSES–Krav Maga: 11:30-13:00, KPU Surrey Music@Midweek–Saxophone & Piano Duo: 12:00-13:00, KPU Langley KPU REC FITNESS CLASSES–Taekwondo: 13:00-14:00, KPU Surrey Tea & Treats–KPU International: 13:00-14:00, KPU Surrey Volunteer Opportunity–Shoreline Cleanup: 14:00-16:00, KPU Surrey Kwantlen Gaming Guild–Club Meetings: 15:00-16:00, KPU Richmond KPU REC FITNESS CLASSES–Basic Yoga: 16:00-17:00, KPU Surrey KPU REC FITNESS CLASSES–Betterbody Bootcamp: 16:30-17:30, KPU Langley KPU REC FITNESS CLASSES–Yoga: 17:30-18:30, KPU Langley KPU REC FITNESS CLASSES–Relaxation Yoga: 17:30-18:30, KPU Richmond KPU REC FITNESS CLASSES–Yoga Flow: 17:30-18:30, KPU Richmond

Leadership Workshop–Volunteer 101: 11:00-15:00, KPU Surrey KPU Club Days: 11:00-15:00, KPU Langley KPU REC FITNESS CLASSES–Belly Dance: 12:00-13:00, KPU Richmond KPU REC FITNESS CLASSES–Betterbody Bootcamp: 12:00-13:00, KPU Surrey KPU REC FITNESS CLASSES–Zumba: 13:00-14:00, KPU Richmond KPU REC FITNESS CLASSES–Small Group Personal Training: 13:00-14:00, KPU Surrey

Group Volunteer Opportunity–Richmond Food Bank: 10:30-13:30, Richmond Food Bank Leadership Workshop–Characteristics of Effective Leaders: 12:00-13:00, KPU Surrey Kwantlen Entrepreneurial Student Association– Club Meeting: 12:00-14:00, KPU Surrey Can’t Stop the Serenity Fundraiser–Women Organizing Opportunities for Women: 18:00-20:00, KPU Surrey

Group Volunteer Opportunity–Aboriginal Pow Wow: 10:00-22:00, KPU Surrey

KPU REC FITNESS CLASSES–Rise & Shine Yoga: 07:00-08:00, KPU Surrey LinkedIn Photobooth: 09:00-16:00, KPU Surrey KPU REC FITNESS CLASSES–Krav Maga: 11:30-13:00, KPU Surrey Music@Midweek–Guitar: 12:00-13:00, KPU Langley Explore Arts!: 13:00-16:00, KPU Surrey KPU REC FITNESS CLASSES–Taekwondo: 13:00-14:00, KPU Surrey Tea & Treats–KPU International: 13:00-14:00, KPU Surrey Kwantlen Gaming Guild–Club Meetings: 15:00-16:00, KPU Richmond KPU Marketing Association Speaker Event: 15:30-17:00, KPU Surrey KPU REC FITNESS CLASSES–Basic Yoga: 16:00-17:00, KPU Surrey KPU REC FITNESS CLASSES–Betterbody Bootcamp: 16:30-17:30, KPU Langley KPU REC FITNESS CLASSES–Yoga: 17:30-18:30, KPU Langley KPU REC FITNESS CLASSES–Relaxation Yoga: 17:30-18:30, KPU Richmond KPU REC FITNESS CLASSES–Yoga Flow: 17:30-18:30, KPU Richmond

Sustainable KSA Electronics Recycling: 11:00-14:00, KPU Surrey KPU REC FITNESS CLASSES–Belly Dance: 12:00-13:00, KPU Richmond KPU REC FITNESS CLASSES–Betterbody Bootcamp: 12:00-13:00, KPU Surrey KPU REC FITNESS CLASSES–Zumba: 13:00-14:00, KPU Richmond KPU REC FITNESS CLASSES–Small Group Personal Training: 13:00-14:00, KPU Surrey Leadership Workshop–Volunteer 101: 13:30-14:30, KPU Richmond

Kwantlen Entrepreneurial Student Association– Club Meeting: 12:00-14:00, KPU Surrey

Sensational Saturdays–Interpreting Course Outlines & Using Learning Aids: 10:00-11:30, KPU Surrey Sensational Saturdays–Effective Reading & Note Taking : 12:00-13:30, KPU Surrey Sensational Saturdays–Using Study Time Effectively & Preparing for Tests: 13:30-14:00, KPU Surrey Sensational Saturdays–Time & Task Management and Personal Organization: 14:00-15:30, KPU Richmond

KPU REC FITNESS CLASSES–Rise & Shine Yoga: 07:00-08:00, KPU Surrey Volunteer Expo 2015: 11:00-15:00, KPU Surrey KPU REC FITNESS CLASSES–Krav Maga: 11:30-13:00, KPU Surrey Music@Midweek–Voice, PIano & Bass: 12:00-13:00, KPU Langley Career Services–Resume Workshop: 12:00-13:30, KPU Surrey KPU REC FITNESS CLASSES–Taekwondo: 13:00-14:00, KPU Surrey Tea & Treats–KPU International: 13:00-14:00, KPU Surrey LinkedIn Workshop: 14:00-15:00, KPU Surrey Kwantlen Gaming Guild–Club Meetings: 15:00-16:00, KPU Richmond KPU REC FITNESS CLASSES–Basic Yoga: 16:00-17:00, KPU Surrey KPU REC FITNESS CLASSES–Betterbody Bootcamp: 16:30-17:30, KPU Langley KPU REC FITNESS CLASSES–Relaxation Yoga: 17:30-18:30, KPU Richmond KPU REC FITNESS CLASSES–Yoga: 17:30-18:30, KPU Langley KPU REC FITNESS CLASSES–Yoga Flow: 17:30-18:30, KPU Richmond

OCTOBER 2015 Volunteer Expo 2015: 11:00-14:00, KPU Langley KPU REC FITNESS CLASSES–Belly Dance: 12:00-13:00, KPU Richmond KPU REC FITNESS CLASSES–Betterbody Bootcamp: 12:00-13:00, KPU Surrey KPU REC FITNESS CLASSES–Zumba: 13:00-14:00, KPU Richmond KPU REC FITNESS CLASSES–Small Group Personal Training: 13:00-14:00, KPU Surrey Leadership Workshop–Volunteer 101: 13:30-14:30, KPU Langley

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Group Volunteer Opportunity–Surrey Food Bank: 09:00-13:00, Surrey Food Bank Kwantlen Entrepreneurial Student Association– Club Meeting: 12:00-14:00, KPU Surrey Indoor Soccer Tournament: 12:00-17:00, KPU Surrey

KPU Womens Soccer–KPU vs. Quest University Canada Kermodes: HOME, 13:00-15:00, Newton Athletic Park KPU Mens Soccer–KPU vs. Douglas College Royals: HOME, 15:30-17:30, Newton Athletic Park

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India’s Neighbourhood.

Tristan Johnston Coordinating Editor

Early this month, India and Bangladesh have put to rest what was possibly the strangest border dispute in the world. Along their shared border were more than 160 enclaves—small plots of land that belong to one country but are surrounded by another country, and in some cases, surrounded again by another country, and so forth. Similar border oddities can be found in other places around the world. Geography nerds will surely know about Baarle-Hertog and Baarle-Nassau between the Netherlands and Belgium. In some cases, half a restaurant or house could be in one country while the other half was in another. One could wake up in Belgium and shower in the Netherlands. Of course these countries are part of the EU, where most nations have no border controls, so such oddities are quaint tourist attractions. This is not how it is in India and Bangladesh, where even “silly” borders are serious business. Before Aug. 1, the inhabitants of these small enclaves, some no more than a few square kilometers, would have to go through border control on the way to school, or to get groceries. It seems absurd—it would be one thing if these plots of land held any strate-

gic or economic value, but they don’t. The reality is that ever since the departure of the British Empire, the governments of India and Bangladesh have been kicking the metaphorical can down the road, saying that they’d get around to it “eventually.” Luckily, India has a pretty good relationship with Bangladesh, and a Pew survey conducted in 2014 suggested that 70 per cent of Bangladeshis have a favourable opinion of India. Their relationship with Pakistan is a little rockier. Their troubles started in the 1950s, when Britain left South Asia. The British decided it would be best to carve out the map along cultural lines—thus Pakistan, with an overwhelming Muslim majority population, governed by an Islamic republic, became their own country. India was a secular state with a Hindu majority and a Muslim minority. Today’s Bangladesh was actually part of Pakistan, then known as “East Pakistan” until they became independent in 1971. However, these divisions weren’t smooth at all, leading to the biggest populations transfer in history—millions of Sikhs and Hindus from new Pakistan moved into India, and millions of Muslims moved to new Pakistan. Many died along the way in violent clashes and riots. There’s an area in the north—Kashmir and Jammu—which remains a difficult issue to this day. If you look the region up on Google Maps right now, you’ll see a spaghetti plate of dotted lines as India, Pakistan and even China claim varying extents of the land. Pakistan controls one-third, though “it’s basically run by military,” says Shinder Purewal, a political science professor at KPU.

“It’s really a delicate issue between the two, and it has been the source of three wars between India and Pakistan.” Before the British withdrew, the region was inhabited mostly by Muslims, but was controlled by a Hindu Raja: Hari Singh. Though his people wanted the territory to become part of Pakistan, the Raja wished to remain neutral. Because of this, tribal militia crossed the border with support from Pakistan. With no one else to turn to, the Raja asked India for help, but would only get it if they agreed to become part of India. The Raja accepted this deal with reluctance. This led to the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947. But is the Kashmir region valuable? “In terms of natural resources, no, but strategically it’s very important, because you’re facing China, and it’s linking India also to Tibet,” says Purewal. “If the whole of Kashmir was under India’s occupation, then China wouldn’t be able to build

any direct links to Pakistan, which they’re doing at present.” “In terms of resources, it’s one of those spots where Indians would like to travel, because it’s a very beautiful valley. It has its attraction. It grows a lot of fruit, which is vital for the economy, but so far, nothing major [in regards to] under-the-earth natural resources.”

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Video Game Logic

Hydraulic Empire could have been a simple ﬂash game.

Kyle Prince Contributor

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After two solid hours of slogging through Hydraulic Empire, I’m eight levels in and feeling like I’ve accomplished nothing. The story revolves around you defending(?) your town or country against your own people by attacking(?) areas further and further from the starting point. I use question marks with both of these terms because, although this was intended to be a fairly straight-forward Tower Defense-style game, as I progressed through the levels I was clearly pushing further and further into enemy territory. I had crossed a line and was no longer truly defending—now I

was the aggressor. Perhaps there could be a clever analogy made here about how feudal systems “defend” against their populace through force and intimidation, but either the analogy is just too darned clever for me, or the layout and gameplay simply don’t reflect this interpretation of the story. As a disclaimer, Hydraulic Empire is still in development, but they’re selling the Beta on Steam, so it’s at least considered close enough to completion to be tested. And to its credit the game does have a very good tutorial, making it very easy for players to pick up the already intuitive control system.

This doesn’t make up, however, for other areas in which the game’s help would be appreciated but is thoroughly lacking. The upgrade system is complex only in the sense that it doesn’t explain anything to you, and gives you only the bare minimum of information about what you’re doing and how you may accomplish your goals. On top of that, you have nine character upgrades to play with and four skills that use “mana”— which is great, since at the beginning there’s a part of the story that tells you magic and wizards are evil and were oppressing your people, but now you get to use mana to power your skills. Could this be a plot twist? Will this pay off in a big way towards the end? Unfortunately, I couldn’t bring myself to play the game long enough to find out. Hydraulic Empire is simple, repetitive, and very reminiscent of flash games I used to play online as a kid. It even comes with the same sound effects and music too— the tones are repetitive, grating and loud enough to make me recommend playing with the volume off. In its defense (pun absolutely intended), the difficulty of the game’s levels keep you on your toes, and might force you back into previous levels to grind out a few more kills and experience. There’s also enough variety in the selection of towers to allow for some small measure of customization in each

level if you don’t stack upgrades onto one tower. They do make it very easy to modify which towers get the upgrades, which is a nice change from some other games in the genre that force you to plan out all of your future skills the moment you achieve your first skill point. If you’re looking to be competitive, Hydraulic Empire does offer leaderboard stats showing high scores, so there’s a bit more than just finishing the levels. Beyond that, the real saving grace of the game is the ingenuity of its enemies. You’re a robot defending against other robots and they really took that into consideration. Smaller ‘bots can get a boost from larger ‘bots. Fast ones can hop onto big ones and combine to become faster and stronger, as well as other benefits they gain from being around complimentary ‘bots. It’s enough to keep me interested in the game, if only to find out how they capitalize on this system as development continues. As it stands now, the fact that the game is still in its beta stage really shows through in the gameplay. Maybe once they hammer down the dents and smooth the rough edges I’ll be able to say a few more nice things about Hydraulic Empire. Until then, I’d say the game is a little too reminiscent of Transformers, and that’s pretty damn far from a ringing endorsement.

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Capricorn Dec. 22 - Jan 20

You’ll be a good seven bites into that sandwich before noticing the guy who sold it to you is watching and cackling evilly to himself.

Two out of three ain’t bad? That’s a success rate of 67 per cent. Raise your standards Meat Loaf, you’re better than that.

While it isn’t immediately clear whether or not you’ll ever truly “drop that dun dun dun,” what is known is that your efforts to do so have irrevocably lowered the national dialogue.

Pisces Feb 20 - Mar 20

Aries Mar 21 - Apr 19

Taurus Apr 20 - May 20

You will star in an upcoming Smurf holiday special. Which holiday will be celebrated depends on whether or not you use tinsel to decorate the pentagram.

There is nothing in that cave worth dying for.

When the apocalypse hits, you’ll be one of the lucky few to find a new home on Earth 2, but will be disappointed to find it’s a hackneyed retelling of the original.

Cancer Jun 21 - Jul 23

Aquarius Jan 21 - Feb 19

Leo Jul 24 - Aug 23 Release a diss track against yourself.

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Sagittarius Nov. 23 - Dec 21

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Libra Sept 24 - Oct 23

Scorpio Oct 24 - Nov 22

If anyone ever mistakes you for Garfield you gotta play it cool. Say, “Yeah, I’m Garfield,” then slip on a pair of sunglasses. “I’m Garfield as fuck.”

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