The cascade Vol. 23 No. 28

Vol. 23 Issue 28

November 4, 2015 to November 10, 2015

Bananin’ and pajammin’ since 1993

A guitar god in a banana peel: Costumes and jams at Captain’s Cabin p. 9 Budgets and health clinics A look at SUS’s board meeting and Extraordinary General Meeting

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Protesting November Why November really, really bites

CG-why?

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When special effects get in the way of a good movie

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Opinion

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Culture

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Arts in Review

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Sports & Health

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Suffer from seizures?

Get a check-up on your genes! Science on Purpose explores epilepsy with Dr. Tara Klassen and how the disease is correlated with hereditary conditions. Sonja Klotz reports.

Is gender a tired discussion?

Sonja Klotz says no, no, no. In fact, discussion must remain constant as definitions of gender shift.

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Volume 23 · Issue 28 Room S2111 33844 King Road Abbotsford, BC V2S 7M8 604.854.4529 Editor-in-Chief kodie@ufvcascade.ca Kodie Cherrille

What do you get when you cross UFV alumni and the Reach Gallery?

An awesome one, that’s what, reports Terrill Smith.

The world of architecture: one percent math, 99% Invisible Dave Cusick gives us a survey of the (surprisingly) entertaining stories found in a podcast about architecture and design.

Ball. The basket kind, and the volley kind Vanessa Broadbent talks women’s basketball with fourth-year player Shayna Cameron, and men’s volleyball with head coach Kyle Donen.

Editorial

Staring at the ceiling

Finding the time and headspace to be “meaningless”

Managing Editor (interim) katie@ufvcascade.ca Katie Stobbart Business Manager jennifer@ufvcascade.ca Jennifer Trithardt-Tufts Production Manager brittany@ufvcascade.ca Brittany Cardinal Copy Editor kat@ufvcascade.ca Kat Marusiak News Editor megan@ufvcascade.ca Megan Lambert Opinion Editor alex@ufvcascade.ca Alex Rake Culture Editor (interim) vanessa@ufvcascade.ca Vanessa Broadbent Arts in Review Editor martin@ufvcascade.ca Martin Castro Sports Editor vanessa@ufvcascade.ca Vanessa Broadbent Webmaster brayden@ufvcascade.ca Brayden Buchner Video Editor mitch@ufvcascade.ca Mitch Huttema Production Assistant danielle@ufvcascade.ca Danielle Collins Advertising Rep ishpreet@ufvcascade.ca Ishpreet Anand Staff Writer jeffrey@ufvcascade.ca Jeffrey Trainor

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KODIE CHERRILLE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

There is something you should be doing right now that is more important than this.

At this point of the semester, I tend to fall into a frame of mind that measures up all my decisions and actions against each other. Every action feels minute when put under this scrutiny, and I feel then more than ever the urgency in my thought. Get out of bed (there’s something), take a shower (you should be doing right now), eat (that is), brush teeth (more important than this).

In these moments, I feel tasked with being meaningful all the time. Social life, play, and boredom become superfluous, and get written out of my cluttered schedule.

It’s easy to get caught into thinking that everything you do ought to be for the end result, and it’s easy to feel guilty when your behaviour doesn’t help propel you to some singular, desired outcome. In this frame of mind — when you might engage in the act of “sleep math” (the strategic cutting-out of

morning rituals like breakfast or a shower for a few more minutes of much-needed sleep) — spending an evening at Captain’s Cabin dancing to music from a local band whose guitarist is dressed up as a banana feels like a waste of time. Twenty minutes of lying down and staring at a ceiling seems absurd.

As a university student, it’s difficult to make time for yourself. Due dates and study notes get all the more imposing as November comes around, and the negotiations and trade-offs of sleep math become applicable to more than just sleep.

But it’s essential to preserve some meaninglessness in your life. Play gives you the space to compete and experiment without the risk of failure. Socializing has been correlated to higher mental resilience, and provides a sense of personal and social grounding that is very much required when things get demanding.

The thing about meaninglessness is that it’s never ***entirely meaningless. Going to a music show or staring at a ceiling might seem so when you consider pencilling it in between work and schoolwork, because at

the start, it doesn’t fit with the plan.

Weighing out the value of every experience requires you to already know those values. Yes, if it’s the night before the final, you should probably study and not watch a movie. But try not to develop a total aversion to what could be perceived as meaninglessness.

Otherwise, you only work with the things that are most familiar and useful to you, and you deny yourself an important dimension of personal growth, the kind that’s sparked by happenstance.

Last week, I shaved. Before that, I went for a run; after, I had a beer. I probably spent two hours on things that I would more or less write off at this time of semester. I didn’t pencil those hours in or make mental negotiations. Sometimes I felt like there were more important things that could be happening, but I didn’t rush. It feels good to have a place for “meaninglessness” in one’s life.

I lied down on the floor and stared at the ceiling.

The world didn’t end, and I felt alright.

Contributors Esra Al-Abduljabar, Catherine Bell, Drew Bergen, Harvin Bhathal, Dave Cusick, Glen Ess, Sonja Klotz, and Terrill Smith Distributors Vanessa Broadbent and Tia Oostenbrug Cover art: Brittany Cardinal

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NEWS

BRIEFS TSSU strike ends, students to receive grades BURNABY (SFU) — The SFU Teaching Support Staff Union (TSSU) voted on October 28 to cease job action and accept Final Offer Selection through binding arbitration. This means the two parties (TSSU and SFU) will revisit bargaining over a period of 21 days.

TAs and sessional instructors will be allowed to release student grades as soon as possible, although the university has warned that the bargaining process may be a lengthy process.

— The Peak

U of Ottawa to support refugees in certification, scholarships OTTAWA (CUP) — The University of Ottawa has set up a $400,000 fund to finance programs to help Syrian and Lebanese refugees. U of O’s Faculty of Law Refugee Sponsorship program will train law students and lawyers in sponsorship and pair them with Canadians that wish to sponsor a refugee. A post-secondary certificate program, in partnership with the American University of Beirut, will combine online and on-site learning for people in refugee camps. The university is also reserving scholarships for refugee students who may arrive in Canada over the next year.

— The Fulcrum

Second $10,000 SUS scholarship winner begins first year at UFV ABBOTSFORD (UFV) — The second annual SUS Premiere Entrance Scholarship winner Roop Warraich is starting his first year at UFV. The SUS Premiere Entrance Scholarship gives one student $10,000 per year paid for from UFV student fees and is renewable for four years to fund their education and live on campus. The student must have a 90 per cent GPA, commit to volunteer with SUS for five hours per week in the fall and winter semesters, and have demonstrated exceptional leadership skills and community involvement.

Warraich declined an interview.

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SUS discusses possibility of student clinic on campus MEGAN LAMBERT THE CASCADE

At the last Board of Directors meeting last Friday, October 30, the Student Union Society (SUS) discussed the possibility of a health centre on campus.

According to the proposal, the clinic would handle six key areas of health: psychological and emotional well-being, sexual and reproductive health, routine medical care, treating pre-existing conditions, sports and medicine, and vaccination services. It would be limited to UFV student use only, and the initial service would be run by Dr. Cherniwchan with the potential for co-operation with UFV programs such as kinesiology, health sciences, and business. SUS had proposed the idea of creating a traditional medical clinic and dental service in the Student Union Building (SUB) to the university last year, but there were concerns from UFV regarding the operations and liability of running a clinic on campus. However, the new proposal, headed

by Dr. Darin P. Cherniwchan from the Fraser Valley Travel Clinic, had already had expressed support from the faculty of health sciences dean Joanna MacLean, and the UFV president’s office.

SUS president Thomas Davies noted that the costs would be roughly $50,000, but that the operational costs after the start-up would be covered by an MSP fees paid out by the government.

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The proposed clinic could see co-operation with kinesiology, health science, and business students.

“A part of that fee goes to the doctor, while another part of it goes to the clinic,” he said. “[It] would pay for the consumable clinical supplies as well as other upkeep costs.”

The board discussed the possibility of moving the clinic into the Equalities Resource Centre space on the third floor of the SUB, as it is seeing low usage by students. “A lot of what was envisioned for the Equalities Resource Centre has actually been fulfilled,”

SUS vice-president external Sukhi Brar said.

“It doesn’t make sense to duplicate something.”

Davies said that he will get more operational details and a potential layout for the clinic.

The Cascade will continue to cover this story in the coming weeks.

With files from Jeffrey Trainor.

SUS EGM makes quorum, extends election period MEGAN LAMBERT THE CASCADE

On Tuesday, November 3 in the Student Union Building (SUB), the Student Union Society (SUS) had its second try over the span of one month to make quorum for an Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM). SUS required 47 students to attend the meeting, and at 5:51 p.m., there were 53 students.

The meeting sought to approve the auditor’s report from the 2014-2015 fiscal budget, change bylaws to extend the SUS election period by a month, and consequently make changes to the elections policy.

The meeting started at 5:55 p.m. and approved the meeting minutes from the AGM in March

2015 with no amendments.

Vice-president internal Ricky Coppola presented the updated SUS 2015 - 2016 operational budget showing an increase of approximately $2,000 in insurance expenses for the SUB, displaced funding from the student grants line, and a $3 raise for SUS executives.

After the raise, president Thomas Davies, vice-president external Sukhi Brar, and Coppola are paid $12.25 per hour — comparable to student union executives at Kwantlen, SFU, and UBC, who all make more. Coppola said that even though executives are required to be present for 30 hours per week in writing, that they are often working upwards of 40 hours per week.

“Our pay was the lowest that

we could find,” he said. “Some of our past executives have had to resort to financial aid.”

The budgeted $8,000 per year for student grants was removed last semester through the SUS Board of Directors, as UFV has an educational enhancement fund. According to the budget update, $5,000 of that funding is currently going to UFV emergency student grants and $3,000 of it is going towards the SUS food bank on the second floor of the SUB. To align their election period to UFV governance groups, SUS proposed to amend bylaws 23, 30, 31, and 36 to extend the SUS election period from March 31 to April 30 each year. Coppola said that this is to ensure students will be engaged in elections af-

ter final exams. “That way students don’t have to worry about final exams and the election,” he said. Brar agreed, noting that it’s easier for new SUS executives to come into their roles on April 30 — after they finish finals. The motion passed with a majority.

They amended the elections policy to reflect these changes.

Coppola showed one section of the audit report from the 20142015 SUS operational budget last year, opining that SUS was in good standing with the standards of other non-profit organizations.

The EGM adjourned at 6:15 p.m.

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Science on Purpose

Stitched into your genes Epilepsy research shows the answer isn’t medication but inheritance SONJA KLOTZ CONTRIBUTOR

One in three people will experience a seizure in their lifetime, and one in 26 will develop epilepsy. The cure can’t just be found in drugs, and Dr. Tara Klassen, an assistant professor in the UBC faculty of pharmaceutical science, is encouraging people to look deeper.

On October 27, the UFV biology department hosted a lecture on personalized medicine and molecular diagnostic risk prediction in epilepsy. Her research is primarily based on personalized medicine, since epilepsy is relatively common. “[It’s about] the right drugs at the right time, in the right dose, for the right person,” she said.

Klassen defines epilepsy as “epilepsies” since it is not a single, unified disorder, but rather a phenotype. There are varying causes that contribute to this disorder, and the scope, range, and severity is different in everyone with epilepsy.

That is why Klassen thinks researchers should be looking at individuals — right down to their genes — to help treat their particular condition.

“Treatment in epilepsy doesn’t prevent the development or prevention of the disease,” she said. “Currently, therapies are intervention-based.”

She said this is a major problem not only for doctors in providing the right type of personalized medicine for their patients, but also for families and patients who may be prescribed a one-size-fits-all diagnosis.

In her lecture, she touched on three distinct aspects of her research: the ion channel made up of protein molecules with disease genes, epilepsies that occur in pediatrics, and risk prediction. In the first half of her lecture, she introduced

the structural functions of the ion channel. She states that it is the “single largest class of disease genes” that functions as both the primary cause for diseases and disease modifiers. A mutation in the voltage-gate of the calcium channel in particular can cause a range of disorders, such as neurological diseases, epilepsy, migraines, or development delays. This can vary depending on what part of the channels these mutations occur, and would be determined by the patient’s genes.

“There are 60 individual ion channel genes that are distinctly connected to 100 disease disorders,” Klassen said. “The problem is that they are both the cause of the disease, and yet the principal targets in drug therapies of diseases.”

For instance, the anti-epileptic drug (AED) acts like an ion channel that can either block or modify how the voltagegate of the patient’s channel will act. The voltage-gate functions as a critical member of the molecule, as it opens and closes in response to the changes in the channel.

However, this drug becomes problematic

“ ... the scope, range, and severity is different in everyone with epilepsy.” if the patient’s channel is already dysfunctional. Adding a drug like AED can backfire if the channel doesn’t accept it, as it creates a resistance to the drug itself.

Klassen said that in treatment there are many attempts to diminish the seizure frequencies, but they fail as they neglect to manage the other conditions that are caused by the same genes in the ion chan-

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nels.

“The drugs are working only when the seizures are gone,” she said. “[However] we don’t try to actually stop any neurological delays.” For Klassen, this is where the role of genetic studies comes into play, as anticipating the cause of disease can be useful in preventative measures.

Predicting a patient’s risk for epilepsy is done through diagnostic testing where researchers can observe mutation patterns in an evolutionary context. Preventative risk assessments can also be done by creating an investigative data bank to catalogue all the diagnostic tests previously performed on patients. This includes literature about all documented gene mutations that can help determine the correlations between the mutations, the control population, or patients with extreme or rare conditions.

By using structural homology silicone models, Klassen’s team is able to run every mutation in the database and create genetic risk predictions for prospective parents. With these algorithm-based diagnostic tests, doctors can determine

whether or not one or both of the parents have inherited a gene mutation. For example, if each of the parents is a “heterosite” — meaning that they individually have a single gene mutation copy — it may not be a major issue. However, the child may have a higher chance of inheriting both genes, potentially making them a “homosite,” and more susceptible to diseases such as epilepsy, diabetes, arrhythmia, cardiac diseases, and more.

Klassen strongly emphasized the critical need to continue observing gene mutations not only to reduce seizures and symptoms related to epilepsies, but also to personalize and predict specific gene mutations prior to birth.

Furthermore, she also explained that there is a need to understand epilepsies as being not only influenced by genetics, but also by environmental factors like other neurological and cardiac diseases. This is where the individual’s lifestyle plays a vital role in personalized medical treatments.

With audio files from Kat Marusiak.

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Prof Talk

A fountain of knowledge Steven Marsh talks research in watershed and hands-on learning

MEGAN LAMBERT THE CASCADE

Prof Talk is The Cascade’s oral history series, featuring the people best qualified to talk about what UFV has been like over the course of its first few decades: its professors. Each week we’ll interview a professor from a different department, asking them what UFV was like before it was UFV, and how they expect things will continue to change here.

Steven Marsh is head of the Geography department, and has been teaching at UFV for 24 years. He teaches courses pertaining to climate and the environment.

So what brought you to UFV? I got hired. I was teaching at a couple of other places and I got offered some courses here and over time I was finally regularized. I’ve been a regular faculty [member] for about 6 years.

Did you have to move to teach at UFV? If so, what kind of change was that?

I moved to BC looking for employment, period. So I moved from Saskatchewan and my wife found work out here. So I followed, and I drove around quite a bit.

I’ve taught at Kwantlen, and I’ve taught at UBC, SFU, [and] UFV. We moved out here two years after I started teaching here. We were in North Vancouver before that.

How would you describe the culture or the feeling you got from [UFV] when you first started teaching?

The culture here? A little bit more lowkey, not like larger institutions at the time. Being out here in the Valley is a bit more country-like, not like a large city.

What kind of courses did you start out teaching? What was that like?

I started teaching first year geography, so Geography 101, 102. I taught both in Abbotsford and in Chilliwack, they’re fun.

You have to know students really well because you have to teach a lecture and a lab. Lecture is one aspect of teaching, but when you teach the lab you’re more one-on-one contact to get to know the students better.

Does that differ from the courses you teach now?

My upper-level courses are mostly labbased, so I probably do more outside activities. I enjoy that better. Lecturing is okay, but having the field experience and being more one-on-one applies better to students, for me.

classes, you have a lecture period and a lab period and then you try and blend the two together so that you’re still doing the lab work but it’s inter-mixed with the lecture. So you’re not sitting and listening for three hours of lecture. So there’s definitely more applied learning, more problem-based learning.

What kind of changes have you noticed while teaching at UFV? Lots of changes. Changes as far as forcing students using the internet, and then you force them to use the library, what kind of sources they use, what kinds of materials they use, going more from print to internet-based. Students don’t really change a lot. Each group has slight changes, but very similar. Weakness and strengths are basically the same. Same problems that arise in classes 20 years ago still arise today. So not huge changes but basically the biggest change is when we went to a college to a university college to a university.

Have there been any colleagues or students who have been particularly influential in what you do as a teacher?

Oh, you always have mentors. You look back at people in the past and their style, approach, how they deal with students.

So hopefully you pick the better ones.

For me, one person who stands out is my supervisor from grad school, Alec Paul.

His style is kind of low-key, but definitely an engaging and more applied learning style. As far as students, you get students who are really enthusiastic and there are students who stand out as far as their willingness to go with the next level and get more involved.

Over the last few years, the students who have worked with me as research assistants — I’ve had students going back over twelve years and some of them really stand out as far as their preparation and engagement, their willing to do more.

I’ve had a lot of students present at conferences, create their own research plans.

Next spring I’ll have students go to Woods Hole, it’s a research institution in Massachusetts for practicums. So they get more hands-on doing analytical techniques in labs that we can’t offer here. You make those kinds of connections and see students thrive when they get away from here, which is good.

“He thanked for inspiring me, but that’s why we do what we do.”

Could you describe the change in UFV when comes to the surrounding geography and community?

The city’s growing. There’s definitely been growth and changes. Demographics are different, the type of people living here are different as people move out from Vancouver because of housing costs in Vancouver. It’s cheaper to live out here.

So you’re seeing a change in the population and the demographics.

What kind of changes have you made in your teaching approaches or methods over time?

Or have you found one style that works?

No, you always change. Each class you make more hands-on, more applied learning, you change things up. In some of my

What kinds of projects, research, pedagogy, and/or course development have you worked on at UFV? As far as research, all of my research is water-focused. So I’m involved in the Global Rivers Observatory. We’re a group of scientists working on watersheds worldwide, so we stretch across the North. We’re working on the Fraser, so we collect samples (myself and my students) for the last 6 years. I’ve expanded into small creeks. Students can develop

their own research plans and follow them through. It gives them something different, it’s unusual here because it’s a project designed to go on for a couple of decades.

Because to identify long-term change in water courses, you have to have a long period of time to monitor and find out if anything is happening in the watersheds.

While we often talk of UFV as a single entity, each student and teacher will take something different out of UFV. How would you describe what you have taken out of UFV and how you’re still changing it?

It’s been an experience. The things I’ve done, from my research to study tours.

I’ve been involved in study tours for about a dozen years. It’s those outside experiences. Experiences in a classroom are similar, but it’s a different experience being down in southwest or at St. Helens when it erupted. So it was a small eruption but it was pretty cool and the students really got a charge out of it. We were interviewed by newspapers and TV stations for the next half hour after the event.

It’s an experience when you work with students and you see where they grow and develop, especially if you see a student in first year, kind of a struggling student, and by the time fourth year comes they’ve grown dramatically. They’re more confident. They can write better, their critical thinking is at a different level.

They’re ready to go out and find something where they can make a difference.

It’s interesting when you hear back from students like that. I taught a course to a student at UBC quite a few years ago and I he was really inspired by natural hazards and he went on and did a Masters in response management and is now second in command for disaster management in the Greater Toronto area. He thanked for inspiring me, but that’s why we do what we do. We make few connections, but when we make those connections it’s kind of cool.

This interview has been edited for length and clarity.

With files from Esra Al-Abduljabar.

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Five reasons November can shove it ALEX RAKE

THE CASCADE

I’ve got beef with November. Of all the months in my calendar, it is the worst for a million reasons.

For the sake of brevity, here are five.

It is agressively cold and wet. Sure, October’s a little chilly, and December is cold as hell, but November really hits you where it hurts. It may look crisp and sunny outside, but you know it’s going to be chilly because it’s autumn for goshsakes! So, you leave home wearing a light little coat. That was your first mistake. Your second mistake was not going back home immediately to wait until November’s over, because the sunny sky was just an illusion luring you into the reality of sudden, unrelenting rains. Cold, heavy rains. And just like that, you’re either dead or wish you were.

Then November slaps you with the reality that everything actually is dying. October’s colourful leaves begin making way for brown, sludgey plant matter at the side of the road, and the skeletons of trees shiver to warn you that nothing is safe. Animals start going into hibernation, because they know it’s the only thing worth doing at this time of year. This is not the kind of reminder of death that Halloween or a good book gives us; there is no joy, no perspective, only bleak hopelessness. And then Remembrance Day comes to remind us that war is a thing and that we should feel bad about it.

This is another problem with November: the lack of celebration. Sandwiched between months with arguably some of the best celebrations in our culture, October’s Halloween and December’s Christmas, the fact that the only official holiday is a solemn affair puts a further damper on the month. The US gets its Thanksgiving, sure, but Canadians get no official, widely-recognized celebration to get us through dumb, depressing November.

What we do get as university students are final assignments. Many, many final assignments that we’re somehow supposed to feel enthusiatic enough about to complete with a sense of achievement. But November makes me too aware of mortality and the void that is existence — how am I supposed to maintain enthusiasm about Shakespeare’s potential

views on post-modern teenage love-making? What does that even mean? I hope my professor doesn’t know what it means either, and therein lies the reason it’s difficult to feel a sense of achievement instead of just a relief that the assignments are finally over: I barely care about what I’m doing in the November atmosphere.

All of this adds up to the fact that everyone seems to get crankier as November progresses. It’s cold death is everywhere, there’s nothing fun going on, and there is so much important stuff to do. It certainly doesn’t help that stores begin playing holiday music as soon as Halloween’s over, reminding us that there are no winter wonderlands to mystify us, or red-nosed reindeers to guide us in November. You can’t catch the holiday spirit this month, but you might catch an awful cold. Good luck!

But I’m not going to complain without offering some solutions. We cannot control the weather, but we can do our best to prepare for it; packing a large coat at all times may be a hassle, but it’s better than hating yourself because it’s cold and rainy. And though the scenery is drab, perhaps we can take this as an opportunity to further explore our environments, because the withering of your surroundings is only ugly if you are used to their summery state. Perhaps discovering a creek or a meadow and getting to know it in its deathly state will provide you with a sense of perspective.

As for celebrations, let’s just have some. Who cares what for? For love! For life! Gather some friends and have a feast of cheap pizza! Fight the late-autumn blues with a party, however that looks to you. This reconnection with other living souls will clarify what you are doing anything for, whether it be school, or work, or just plain living. Trivial final assignments can be bearable, even fun, if approached with a refocused perspective.

By railing against all the awfulness November insists on dumping on us, perhaps we’ll even be a bit less cranky, and a bit more empathetic towards everyone else trudging in their own way through this ugly month. Alternatively, we could enter hypersleep and wait for it to pass, but most of us aren’t escapists from the future, so railing will have to do.

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Were the weather hype reels too misleading?

DREW BERGEN

CONTRIBUTOR

A little over a week ago, a huge storm was supposed to hit Mexico. Of course, the storm made landfall and sort of just … puttered out. Did we get our expectations up too high? Did the news blow things out of proportion?

This is definitely not the first time something of this sort has happened. Practically every winter, my Facebook has been subjected to the constant assault of posts regarding a huge snowfall

that’s totally going to happen soon. And then, when the time comes, we have often been disappointed (or relieved) to find the public predictions to be wrong.

So what’s going on? Are our weather people being paid a little too much, or are we all just jumping to conclusions? To me, it’s the latter. Weather is a tricky matter, and so often our meteorologists can be wrong, even though they are quite accurate in the day-today menagerie of weather occurrences. When it comes to “Big Ones” though, unmet expecta-

tions are fairly commonplace. Of course, I could go on about the importance of weighing your bets accordingly, or acknowledging the chaotic nature of that crazy thing we call weather, but we the public are not totally responsible.

It’s interesting and important news that people want to hear.

Large storms and crazy weather are big news. There’s no doubt that when part of a record-breaking hurricane is expected to make landfall that the regular news networks will want to cover it.

Of course, combining this heavy

media coverage with some networks’ appreciation of blowing subjects out of proportion creates a tornado of hype and misplaced expectations.

I’m not saying we’ve been crying wolf regarding the weather, or that we can’t trust big claims regarding the weather whatsoever; again, weather is chaotic, and anything can happen. If the “Big One” does end up hitting, we do want to be prepared for when it comes.

But we and our media can generate high expectations for

matters as simple (and surprisingly complex) as the weather, and so it’s important to weigh our expectations accordingly.

One cannot simply become jaded or cynical with something as potentially dangerous as this. When it comes to storms, remember to be prepared, but also be careful not to buy into the hype. It’s a scary world out there, and you never know when the winds will change!

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SNAPSHOTS

Curtailed commentary on current conditions

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Meat Mongering

Adult Trick-orTreating

Jeffrey Trainor If you are not a vegetarian, I think it’s safe to say you may have a soft spot for bacon, hot dogs, and sandwich meat. However, according to a new study, our love affair with processed meats could be giving us cancer!

The World Health Organization (WHO) has released a report stating that processed meats can cause cancer, and are potentially as dangerous to our health as inhaling arsenic or asbestos, or smoking tobacco. To me this seems like a drastic over-simplification, and almost a tactic of fear mongering.

Based on the glorious taste of processed meat, I think all carnivores already knew that it probably wasn’t the best thing for them, but it seems far-fetched for the WHO to fling out a comparison to tobacco and asbestos. One thing that is absent from all the reports I read on this research is a number on how much meat you’d need to eat to match one pack of cigarettes. So yes, maybe I will hold off on the bacon every once in a while, but we’re all going to die from something, and in my books there are worse things to die from than bacon.

Secure phone = happy phone

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Alex Rakje

Catherine Bell

Drew Bergen

Halloween rules, but every year it gets a little sadder. As an adult, trick-or-treating is off the table, and now celebration is confined to house parties. Halloween parties are alright I guess, but they’re the same as the regular old parties that happen all year round, only with more candy and skeletons.

For me, the soul of the holiday has always been trick-or-treating: exploring unusual corners of town with a team of costumed weirdos, running into all kinds of beautiful trouble, and peering inside strangers’ homes. Candy is barely even the point! I wish there was some tradition of adult trickor-treating, not necessarily focused on collecting candy so much as on adventuring through the suburban darkness.

I suppose I’m just lamenting the decreasing enthusiasm for adventure amongst people my age. It’s as if, in order to maintain about ourselves a sense of professionalism or competence, it becomes regressive to participate in silly stuff. I feel it sometimes, too, but I think we ought to question that feeling, and resist it where it’s preventing us from going on adventures once in a while.

Lately, a lot of my friends have been getting new phones. After I tell them to get an iPhone or a Nexus, I’m sad to see them with a generic HTC or Samsung. Smartphone security is really important these days, especially with mobile banking. iPhones have great security by themselves since there aren’t third-party mobile iOS devices, meaning they always receive the required updates as long as your phone has space. Unfortunately, there aren’t a lot of fun things you can do with an iPhone, but buying an Android has its own tradeoffs. If you are going to get an Android phone, you should try as hard as you can to get a Nexus, because any brands besides Google’s rarely receive the critical updates needed for security. For vulnerabilities like Stagefright, having the right patch install while you’re sleeping instead of waiting months to know that you’re at risk (if you’re ever notified) feels safer. Nexus phones aren’t normally promotionally priced, so it can be a little expensive depending on your carrier. But they’re usually cheaper than an iPhone, and almost as safe.

If you’re shopping for a new phone this winter, especially if it’s a present, keep security in mind.

I understand that people want to get where they want to go. I understand that people have busy schedules. I understand that people want to exercise every inch of power out of every one of those horses. Yet if you rip past me when I’m already going 10 over the limit, do not expect anything but the strongest of scowls from me! Look people, I get that you buy your fast cars to show off, or are maybe just more concerned with your own person on the road. But if you feel someone is going too slow in front of you and they’re already going speed limit (or even a little faster), give them room. Be patient. Drive safe. Don’t be that guy. Or girl.

Or whatever.

Letter to the editor I’m writing to complain that I’ve seen a steady decline in the amount of quality and functionality of the disability “resource” centre over the 4 years I’ve attended UFV. It’s gotten to the point that I think a great many students with learning disabilities are unable to obtain the resources that they should be guaranteed to receive under human rights. I think the university has been putting this particular service at the lowest priority.

The problem with this is, they open themselves up to being sued because students have

a right to fair accommodation.

I bring this up because the system of exam accommodation requests is archaic: two weeks’ notice for a (redundant form) midterm, and four weeks’ notice for a final exam. The problem is as a student with ADHD it’s difficult to maintain organization and planning this much in advance. The other complaint I’ve had is that this could be accomplished via email, between the professor, student, and DRC without using paper and adding another step to an arduous process.

The next issue I have is their laying off of the DRC secretary who managed bookings, and was someone who was knowledgeable. This then left little time and energy available among the advisers to help students, get the rights they deserve, and access to forms and funding. This is because the three advisers were told they had to take over the job of the secretary and their own jobs for no more hours or pay. Now today I found out my adviser (one of three) is on extended leave.

The DRC also has blocked ac-

cess to just physically speaking with advisers via a locked corridor. This makes me feel very unwelcome and can’t be very helpful for blind students, or students with difficulty communicating in written format.

I find the DRC disappointing, and frankly becoming increasingly useless. The staff are overworked, the process of accommodation is outdated (resistant to being changed despite many better suggestions being made), the center itself is isolated and unapproachable, and in the end this is resulting in students not

being able to access resources that are their right. I’ve personally witnessed their decline in service over the years, and it saddens me. This is why I’m writing to The Cascade, because I believe this is going on in silence, and no one is talking about it. Perhaps because those with disabilities are often under-represented, and few people know what it’s like, nor care to.

—Erin Harris, UFV student

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The discussion of gender is far from exhausted

Image: Waldiwkl/Pixabay

The conversation on gender and power will look different across cultures.

SONJA KLOTZ

CONTRIBUTOR

Often times in my personal life, I have heard various individual and academic opinions about “feminism” and gender equality. I see the discussion of gender as a philosophical discourse rather than just an applied study within the social-political sphere, and so the topic of gender, whether discussed between friends over a beer or in a university classroom, can never be overexhausted.

Whether it is about gender roles, identity, or social-cultural norms, it is a question about human existence and how we relate to ourselves and each other. As I look back to when women began to voice their opinions about their place in society, I realize that these discussions of gender itself have only been taking place in the formal context for 167 years. For people in my generation, we grew up with ideas of gender justice and therefore have become somewhat immune to the radical aspects of feminism and gender itself. We as a society constantly need to re-conceptualize the notion of gender itself as science progresses, and perform psycho-social analysis of individuals’ journeys of self-identification.

I acknowledge that terms such as “feminism” and “privilege” get thrown about too often, which results in creating many misconceptions about true gender justice, and deterring people away from educational and empowering dialogues. However, it is these discussions that can inspire

further discovery and learning about how diverse the human being can be.

Since the late 19th century, gender as a social construct has become more diverse in its definition. The idea of gender as a spectrum has recently become the primary construct amongst academic circles and political power-houses as laws change and social norms come into question. I believe that it is through these controversial discussions that people get a sense of purpose, identity, and belonging. To some people it may seem as if society is simply repeating itself with these conversations; however, I would argue that we need to constantly go back to our understanding of gender as our society rapidly progresses with its technology and social research. As our communities and societies change, our philosophies of existence — ­ and identities — naturally change.

Today the World Health Organization defines gender as “to describe the characteristics, roles and responsibilities of women and men, boys and girls, which are socially constructed.” To add more of a sociological context to this abstract concept, Health Canada states that “Gender is relational-gender roles … through the relationships between women and men, girls and boys.” I believe that as relationships and societies change, the attributes and expectations of gender change, thus creating a need for constant dialogue between institutions of power and individual communities in whatever context it may be.

Gender is a powerful construct in every society, requiring exhaustive discussions about its meanings and applications. One way it can be applied is as a way to subordinate people by limiting their abilities to fully engage in certain spheres of society.

One example is that women do not have access to education in certain parts of the world due to religious constructs of what it means to be a woman. Gender is also multicultural, as different cultures translate the biological sex into a social construct, thus creating certain roles and functions in their societies and cultural systems. Gender is an identity every human being can self-identify with, no matter where they fall on the social-cultural spectrum between man and woman.

Gender is often seen as the most basic study of power relations in all areas of society, whether it is in the private household or in the labourforce. A classic example is the division of labour between the binary spectrum of man and woman. In our Western society, women were traditionally expected to stay at home and take care of the household, while men were expected to work in the public sphere and be the primary breadwinner for their family. The problem that can occur is that if the family would divorce, then the woman would have no source of secure income, and would be at a higher risk of living in poverty due to the lack of social services and accommodations in their communities.

Furthermore, to be a divorced woman

meant that they were a shame to society, whereas if a man was divorced they would still be able to live comfortably, despite the slight stigmatization that may occur after the fact. Here it is undeniably easy to see how the cultural expectations and social norms that are put on gender itself can definitely lead to other major social justice issues such as single women living in poverty and children not being provided adequate access to services like education, health and safe neighbourhoods. Even when talking about poverty or poor child development, gender norms are often a key driver behind these high rates in our communities.

Overall, we as a society have not exhausted the numerous discussions relating to gender as some may think. Because of the personal nature of the social construct and the contentious reactions that can occur from that, I believe there is much to be discovered and learned about as students, citizens, and leaders of our globalized society.

To say that the discussion around gender is overdone is to say that all basic human rights issues have been resolved. It is through the study of gender in which issues such as poverty, sexuality, and race are highlighted when looking at the socialcultural norms in society as a whole. When talking about gender, it is difficult to avoid any other critical social justice issues that pertain to the well-being and peacefulness of humankind.

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Below the Belt

UPCOMING

EVENTS

One car, two drivers: when your sex drive doesn’t match your partner’s XTINA SEXPERT

November 4 Peace and conflict studies presents Yonatan Shapira UFV’s new peace and conflict studies will be screening the documentary, Little Town of Bethelehem, which will be followed with a lecture by Yonatan Shapira. Shapira spent 12 years in the Israeli Air Force and now devotes his time to peacebuilding work in Israel and Palestine.

4 p.m. in B101. For more info contact steven.schroeder@ufv. ca.

November 5 Métis Day Awareness at UFV Abbotsford Join UFV’s Aboriginal Resource Centre in celebrating Métis Day

Awareness. 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. in rooms 1114 / 1116 in the SUB. For more information contact Josephine.Charlie@ufv.ca.

November 6-7, 11-14 Around the World in 80 Days Gallery 7 Theatre’s production of Around the World in 80 Days opens this week with performances on Nov. 6-7 and 11-14.

Tickets are $25; $20 for students. To purchase tickets, or for more information, visit gallery7theatre.com/80-days.

November 11 Remembrance Day parade Abbotsford’s annual Remembrance Day parade and service is happening again this year at the cenotaph in Thunderbird Memorial Square off of Veterans Way. The event is from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. For more information visit legionbcyukon.ca/ content/abbotsford-remembrance-day-ceremony.

Couples share many things: a bed, an apartment, perhaps a taste for Indian food. One thing couples are unlikely to share, however, is a sex drive. In the beginning, sure: it’s all coitus, all the time. But as relationships mature, it’s harder to keep this sexual synchronicity. This is because sexual desire, or sex drive, isn’t a static experience. Our sex drive may change over the course of a day, week, or month, and will change many times across our lifespan. Losing this carnal concurrence is understandably upsetting to many couples. Perhaps investigating the emotional and biological factors involved would sooth the anxiety of the situation.

There are many reasons for differences in sex drives, and finding a way through the situation usually requires opening up discussions about your whole relationship, not just the sex part.

Here are a few catalysts known to

cause couples to “drive” in different directions.

Different schedules I’m sure more than a few of you readers can relate to missing out on “play-time” because of different schedules. While one of you is juggling beacons in biology, the other is Netflixing alone. While scheduling sex is a tad unsexy, sometimes a planned romp session is necessary to keep itches scratched.

Conflict In the incandescence of a new relationship, fighting was a oneway ticket to hot make-up sex.

Fast-forward a few years, and the thought of touching your partner after a fight in anything other than disdain is unappealing.

Disagreements and bickering are a natural and expected part of coupling, but this disjunction can lead to a merry-go-round of anger and sexual frustration. Sometimes space or communication aren’t the way to go. Sometimes

banging your partner’s head into the wall during passionate sex is the recipe for reconciliation.

Physical or psychological issues We all come to relationships with our own brand of emotional and sexual baggage. For some it’s an easily curable STI, or a scar from a pair of particularly sharp nails.

For others, however, this baggage can carry the weight of heavier issues, such as sexual dysfunction, sexual orientation, problems with physical or mental health, medical or recreational drug use, or previous trauma. Like it or not, these histories become part of your relationship. One or both of you might be struggling with issues related to any number of these factors. They can leave us without energy or interest in sex.

Therapy can be very helpful in this case. Alternatively, talking about and working through these issues one-on-one can bring couples closer and begin to heal the divide.

Long-term committed relation-

ships require negotiation and compromise. For a relationship to be a happy and fulfilled one, this compromise needs to extend into the bedroom. It’s unrealistic to think that you will get everything you want, especially if you’re expecting it all from one person.

But, just as you compromise with your partner on which movies you see, what you have for dinner, and maybe even where you end up living, long-term sexual relationships require continuous sexual compromise. This doesn’t mean you should do anything you don’t want to do, but simply that you and your partner should look for ways to work through issues that are compromising a mutually satisfying sexual relationship. As with most relationship issues, communication and dedication are the keys to working through differences in sex drive, and working toward regaining your sexual synchronicity.

Rockin’ the cabin: spooktacular showing from valley bands GLENN ESS

CONTRIBUTOR / PHOTOS

Halloween parties are always a fun mix of crazy and weird, and the Friday night show at Captain’s Cabin Pub in Downtown Mission was no different. Featuring the bands Kin, Random Dander, Midnight Lions, and La Chinga, the show was an eclectic one, as the bands all brought their own individual style and sound, helping to create a contrast between one another while aided by the cozy setting of Captain’s Cabin.

For Kin’s first-ever bar gig, the trio pulled off a characteristically excellent showing, once again blending their moody, folksy sound with a more aggressive style. Lukas Blaak’s drumming was smooth, and combined with Keaton Sauder’s bass, they set the stage for guitarist and lead singer Trevor Blaak to use his voice to incredible effect. Usually they sound and feel a little more laid-back and contemplative, and while those elements were still present, this time they also showed a sharper edge, baring their teeth a little bit more.

It’s a sign of change and growth as musicians, as the youngest band on the bill came out and established a high bar for their contemporaries — a bar that Random Dander didn’t quite match. Despite a creditable and entertaining performance, too often they felt

rushed and overdone, with their guitars seeming to be in a constant contest with their two drummers to see which instruments could dominate a song, which reduced the vocals to an unfortunate bystander. Random Dander was full of energy and enjoyable to watch, but lacked variation and a certain flexibility that just didn’t click into place.

Midnight Lions were up next, and having seen them at the Jam in Jubilee and the Envision Concert Series over the summer, I was excited to see what they’d do this time. They duly delivered yet another exciting performance, with a classic, almost-pop style that got the packed dance floor going wild. It was extremely clear that they were there to have fun, with Simon Menard (guitar) and Brandon Clark (bass) dressed up like ‘80s hair metal musicians and all smiles, while Allison May (keys) and Conor Barclay (drums) added that calming, gentle touch to the performance.

On a side-note, Brandon Clark played while standing in front a fan, which made his luscious locks flow like he was in a hair product advert, and if I could, I would suggest that L’Oréal sign him up!

Closing act La Chinga was new to me, but it was very clear the trio had an almost telepathic connection with one another. With a badass vibe and a smoke machine, they came out and rocked the Cabin, with bassist and lead

singer Carl Spackler performing with an old school, hard rock, Lemmy Kilmister-style attitude. Jay Solyom (drums) provided a bruising performance as he battered his drums into submission, and at one point lost his grip on a drumstick but still somehow maintained the rhythm and kept the band going before an audience member got it back to him. The highlight of La Chinga’s performance, however, surely had to be the virtuoso performance by guitarist Ben Yardley, who began the show in a banana costume before peeling it off and shredding his guitar with an Eddie Van Halen-esque demonstration of speed and skill.

The night was a success, mostly due to the energetic, powerful showing by the four bands, coupled with a consistently full dance floor. The intimate, cozy (nigh cramped) nature of Captain’s Cabin made this Halloween party a terrifyingly fun night.

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A Crossword Orange

by KODIE CHERRILLE

ACROSS

Last issue’s crossword

3. This director took on the Kube’s A.I. It was one of the best things he ever did. (9) 6. Stephen King doesn’t think too highly of the Kube’s adaptation. (7) 7. After working with him on this war movie, Kirk Douglas got Kube the directing job on Spartacus. (12) 8. One big, scary rock. (8) 10. This action-loving actor saw some weird, sexy shit. (9) 11. Before he was a director, he worked in this similar medium. (11)

ACROSS 1. lorelai 5. magic 9. shark 11. starfish 12. scuttle 13. tail 14. aquamarine DOWN

DOWN 1. What Alex (A Clockwork Orange) calls the boys in his gang. (6) 2. All work and no play make this Jack a dull boy. (9) 4. Full Metal Jacket was set during this war. (7) 5. Peter Sellers plays this film’s titular ex-Nazi. (13) 6. The Shining saw very smooth, ariel shots from this steady cam. (9) 9. A humdrum film adaptation, with Humbert Humbert and all. (6)

The Weekly Horoscope Aquarius: Jan 20 to Feb 18:

You will see colours on the walls.

Pisces: Feb 19 to March 20:

@socalitybarbie could have been your best friend, but she didn’t think you weren’t authentic enough.

Aries: March 21 to April 19:

You will encounter a monster who preys on those who do coffee runs at 2 a.m. Run.

Taurus: April 20 to May 20:

Star Signs from Moira Mysteriosa Gemini: May 21 to June 21:

If the shoe fits, make sure you wear it with the other shoe too.

Libra: Sept 23 to Oct 22: At 6:53 p.m. on Tuesday night, you will suddenly feel compassion for that one kid in elementary school. (Surprise: he’s in your English class)

Cancer: June 22 to July 22:

Don’t worry — Taurus won’t be too much of a bother this week. Just try not to wear red.

Scorpio: Oct 23 to Nov 21:

A troll will meet you at your apartment building elevator. Ignore it.

Leo: July 23 to Aug 22:

Don’t worry — Taurus won’t be too much of a bother this week. Just try not to wear red.

Sagittarius: Nov 22 to Dec 21:

Virgo: Aug 23 to Sept 22:

Capricorn: Dec 22 to Jan 19:

The steady amputations of your limbs from last Halloween will slowly grow back.

Try to have a happy heart this week.

It’ll be a doozy.

Hats off to you, friend. You have survived the semester this far!

BY ANTHONY BIONDI

SPACED

Your fish will try to convince you to leave your final projects to the last minute. Don’t listen, no matter how bubbly it is.

2. riptide 3. shipwreck 4. nymph 6. walrus 7. underthesea 8. crustacean 10. saltwater

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More than just textbooks Annual appreciation day at UFV Bookstore showcases student talent VANESSA BROADBENT

THE CASCADE / PHOTOS

Being a student is expensive. We spend all of our savings (or take out student loans) on tuition, and then on top of that, there’s textbooks.

But the people behind UFV Bookstore understand the struggle and hosted their fourth annual customer appreciation day on Wednesday, October 28, 2015 to thank students for spending the little money they have there.

“I know there are new avenues for getting books, but we’re here all the time,” Cameron Roy, director of ancillary services explained.

“We want to recognize that you’ve used us as an option for your course materials.”

Despite the gloomy weather and the bookstore’s somewhat isolated location on the Abbotsford campus in the first floor of the Baker House residence, Roy says the event was a success.

“Today was outstanding,” he said. “I really, really appreciate the effort that people have made to come. It’s a bit marginalized by our spot on campus, but students came out.

“This year’s turnout was much better than last year and the previous years.”

As well as discounts and prizes, the event featured a fashion show of UFV merchandise and a talent show, which Roy highlighted as an incred-

ibly rewarding part of the event.

“Some of these kids come in quiet, and they get up on that stage, and I think, ‘Wow, this is incredible!’ I’m really proud of those kids who can do that. To me, that’s the reward for putting this on.”

Roy also sees the event as somewhere that students can showcase their talents, and he hopes to attract more UFV staff in the future.

“Some of the kids that I ask to come out have never performed in public before,” he said. “I’d like to attract more of the university community and employees to come and see how incredible our students really are.”

This was also the first year that the event partnered with the Lifesaver program.

“The Lifesaver program helps students in need,” Roy explained. “There are emergencies in student’s lives, and I see it as our corporate responsibility to respond where we can. I’m always confused when I hear that a student at UFV is homeless, or needs money for groceries and food.”

Roy’s main goal is still that the event is a way to thank students.

“It’s our way of giving back to students and clients and customers,” he said. “I really wanted to spend a whole day just saying, ‘Thank you.’

We’re here, we have jobs, because of students.”

Art on demand 1:4 at the Reach Contemplating what it means to be fully human

TERRILL SMITH

CONTRIBUTOR

On Thursday, October 29, four exhibitions opened at Abbotsford’s The Reach Gallery Museum as part of its Fall / Winter Exhibition. One of the exhibitions, Art on Demand 1:4, is both curated by, and features artwork from, UFV alumni.

The Art on Demand series, described by The Reach as “a rotating, café-style exhibition,” features the work of artists belonging to Emerge, which is an initiative for up-and-coming artists and aspiring arts professionals between the ages of 16 and 30. The initiative gives its members the opportunity to display their artwork at The Reach for anywhere from four to six weeks.

Each Art in Demand exhibition deals with vastly different themes and topics, with curator Alisha Deddens explaining that Art on Demand 1:4 “contemplates what it means to be fully human through examining the relationship between remnants, memory, and the body as a potent source of meaning.” Deddens, who graduated from UFV with a BFA in 2013, notes the significance of materials in this examination of humanity. “I think the use of unconventional materials is important to both artists, and

helps to define their pieces,” she explains. And unconventional the materials are indeed.

Daniel Hurst, who graduated from Trinity Western University with a BA in art and design in 2013, presents work in Art on Demand 1:4 created out of human hair. Hurst affixed the hair to seared dura-lar polyester film, creating abstract forms resembling fingerprint scans.

Through this, he explores the spiritual and scientific significance of bodily remnants. Deddens elaborates that “In some cultures, hair trimmings are often burned or buried, because it is believed that these remnants, although separated from the body, still carry the spirit of that person. Similarly, forensic science indicates that DNA found in hair carries something of a person’s essence through specific genetic coding.” Ultimately, through using human hair, Hurst joins the disparate knowledge systems of science and spirituality into one work to suggest that bodily remnants say something about our essential selves.

Fiona Moes Pel, on the other hand, explores humanity and identity almost entirely through the lens of spirituality. Moes Pel, who graduated from UFV with a BFA in 2010 and SFU with a BEd in 2012, “seeks to create images that pon-

der what it means to be viscerally human and spiritually attuned,” writes Deddens in her curatorial statement. She goes on to write that “Moes Pel depicts a variety of prayer poses, integrating this imagery with fleeting forms found in the natural landscape. Shapes such as tree shadows, snowcaps, and wave rhythms remind us that we apprehend our environment through our senses, and are part of something much larger than ourselves.” Like Hurst, Moes Pel used unconventional materials to facilitate her exploration of humanity and identity, affixing to wine-stained paper things such as graphite, charcoal, copper leaf, acrylic, and thread.

Deddens currently holds a curator position on the Emerge leadership team. When asked how it has been helpful, Deddens said that “Emerge is a great way for up-andcoming artists, arts professionals, and arts enthusiasts to be involved in their local artistic community, as well as give them the experience and opportunities new graduates and young artists might not otherwise get.”

Art on Demand 1:4 runs until Sunday, November 29, at The Reach Gallery Museum on 32388 Veterans Way in Abbotsford. Admission is free.

Image: Fiona Moes Pel, Tension, 2015.

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Podcast

CHARTS Vy 1 ElReturn to the Moon

2 Destroyer Poison Season 3 Nylithia Hyperthrash Blonde 4 Yukon On Blonde Order 5 New Music Complete

6 Ought Sun Coming Down Indian 7 Neon VEGA INTL. Night School Baby 8 War Death Sweats Rah 9 Rah Vessels & Al 10 Bob X’s

11 Lindermann Skills in Pills Kelli Pop 12 Peach III

13 BLEED The Hatred Inside 14 Annihilator Suicide Society & The Hunter 15 Folly Awake

16 Elsa Never Come Down and Colour 17 City If I Should Go Before You

18 Obsidian Time Erodes 19 The Facts 20 Fuck Desire Will Rot

Litterbug The Scent Of New Skins

Shuffle DAVE CUSICK PROGRAM DIRECTOR / THE PODFATHER

We at CIVL listen to a lot of music.

Like, A LOT of music. Here’s some songs I think you would like.

EL VY “Return to the Moon” Matt Behringer, lead singer of the National, and Brent Knopf, formerly of Menomena, have formed a side-project duo called EL VY (pronounced how you would say the plural of “Elvis”). They’re not the first to do this; James Mercer of the Shins and Danger Mouse formed Broken Bells, and Big Boi and Phantogram have teamed up to form the rap group Big Grams.

In all three cases, the side projects’ output is poppier than anything any of their parts have done separately. Yum! YACHT “I Thought the Future Would Be Cooler” Wouldn’t it have been better if we’d obsoleted gas stations, rather than video and record stores?

YACHT get it. (Which reminds me, I should get a physical copy of this.)

New Order “Restless” Bernard Sumner soon turns 60, and is making music now that at least holds up to, if not surpasses, what he was making at half that age. Growing old can be the best thing that happens to you.

Alvin and the Chipmunks “Always On My Mind” (played at 16 RPM) One day when I was seven, I decided to try playing a 33 RPM Alvin and the Chipmunks record at 16 RPM, and discovered that their voices were suddenly transformed into three grown men, singing very slowly and deliberately. The Internet recently discovered this idea, and some of the Chipmunks’ slowed-down ‘80s catalog makes makes some great sludge rock.

“Always On My Mind” is modeled after the Pet Shop Boys’ version of Willie Nelson’s original, and now it feels like some Trent Reznor you could slow dance to.

Aloa Input “Vampire Song” This is simply the catchiest song I’ve heard all year.

99% Invisible illuminates the world behind architecture DAVE CUSICK

CONTRIBUTOR

In 1977, the 59-storey CitiCorp building finished construction in Manhattan. It was just over half the height of the World Trade Center towers completed earlier in the decade, but was still distinctive in the skyline because of its 45-degree top, and because its bottom nine floors are stilts. This unique and bold architectural choice, was made because a condition of their building on the site was that they accommodate St. Peter’s Lutheran Church, which occupied one corner of the land.

The building had a chevron bracing structure, (rows of Vs, which would make the building lightweight, and allow it to sway in winds that came across either of its sides.) But years after the building’s completion, its chief architect, William LeMessurier, got a phone call from an architecture student. The student claimed that while the building could easily withstand strong winds directly on its sides, it could be knocked over by quartering winds — winds that came towards the corners and blew on two sides. This seemed preposterous, but if he was right, thousands of lives were at stake, not to mention LeMessurier’s career.

He was right.

This story is one of my favourite episodes of 99% Invisible, a podcast which describes itself as “a tiny radio show about design.” Other episodes include: How banks are built to prevent them being robbed (but still sometimes get robbed anyway); how, despite the ugliness of brutalist buildings, some peo-

ple are able to find beauty in them; and how entire subdivisions and towns in China are works of “duplitecture” — life-size replicas of Paris, London, and even Venice. But the designed world that 99% Invisible covers extends well beyond architecture.

It also explores technology: the Acheulean hand axe, believed to be the first kind of tool ever created by humans, and sometimes used by men to show prospective mates their skill; barbed wire, sometimes called “the devil’s rope,” which solved the problem of keeping cattle in and predators out; the development of the mouse as a primary computer controller; and the emotional reaction of thousands who were devoted to the Sims Online world when its makers, after failing to make a profit off it, chose to scrap the world.

Design can also mean the ritual of fortune cookies, the hope of finding lost children by putting their faces on milk cartons, and the allure of the Ouija board at middle school sleepovers. Systems are also designed: what happens at the dead letter office when your package becomes undeliverable? How did the shipping industry work before shipping containers? What effect did the New York power blackout of 1977 have on the development of hip hop? How many seconds would it take Central Casting to choose an actor to play you in the movie of your life?

Radio producer Roman Mars has a smooth voice, and frequently flatters his listeners by calling them individually a “beautiful nerd.” If any of what I’ve just told you appeals to you, then 99% Invisible is designed for you.

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Movies

Indie documentary Austin to Boston filled with clichés JEFFREY TRAINOR

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The sights and sounds of musicians touring has often been dramatized by the media. Yes, I am sure some big name artists do indeed “pop bottles” every night and “make bank” when touring, but most struggle to fill the gas tank going from place to place. The documentary Austin to Boston aims to explore this struggle-filled counter-narrative, but in the end paints a cliché picture of the indie touring experience.

Austin to Boston’s concept revolves around the tour of four folk artists zigzagging across much of the Midwest and Eastern United States. The motorcade is comprised of British musicians Ben Howard, Bear’s Den, and the Staves, along with American artist Nathaniel Ratecliff — all of whom are coming fresh off performances at Austin’s South by Southwest music festival. Together, the groups forge their own path across the corn fields of the Midwest and through the suburban sprawl of the East Coast, with only five Volkswagen camper vans for transportation (and lodging on most nights). Along the way we see collaboration between the artists and quiet reflections by each performer, as well as a

litany of shots of the open road.

The best aspect of Austin to Boston comes in the form of live performances by the artists at various venues throughout the tour.

Performances such as The Staves covering Sufjan Stevens’ “Chicago,” and the whole convoy accompanying Ben Howard on stage in Boston to perform his song, “The Fear,” work to show how creative juices can flow when artists are crammed together into tight spaces for long stretches of time. Shots of the artists lounging in the vans while working on new music are also juxtaposed with more informal situations that provide a bit of relief from the heavy

and weighed down concept of the tired, touring musician. These include the ladies from The Staves taking shots at a gun range — and actually enjoying it — and Ben Howard joining a pickup game of basketball in Chicago.

The most powerful section of the film comes near the middle, when the gang rolls into St. Louis, Missouri. At this point, the documentary shifts its focus primarily to Nathanial Ratecliff, and delves into the story of his life growing up in and around St. Louis. Ratecliff travels solo through the town of Hermann, Missouri, where he reflects on his childhood and discusses the death of his father, who was killed in a car accident when he was a young boy.

When Ratecliff reaches the intersection where his father was killed, he explains how the weight of his personal struggles has become the fuel for his song-writing.

This makes up one of the only legitimately touching and profound moments of the documentary.

Though Ratecliff’s account brings some solemnity to Austin to Boston, the downfall of this documentary is the predictability and triviality of the entire concept. Every indie musician and hipster cliché you can think of is present: baggy sweaters, sleeping in vans, jam sessions around massive

campfires, people questioning their profession and why they are making music, homesick artists questioning what home really is — it’s all there. These clichés end up making the movie feel forced. It is also evident that the situation was not a natural one, and the way they were interacting was not for practical reasons, but more for the sake of the film. For example, the route they take is highly redundant and could have easily been reduced with better planning. If they truly were indie as they claim, they would want to spend the least amount on gas possible. The concept of only taking camper vans feels forced, and makes it hard to connect with the people in the film on a more personal level.

The film wanders from place to place, tripping over itself and repeatedly displaying the same ideas and scenes in different ways. There is a conscious effort to make Austin to Boston feel “hipster” and “indie,” but all it does is leave the film feeling more pretentious and dishonest than it could have been. You will probably be entertained if you are a fan of any of the artists featured in Austin to Boston, but if you are unfamiliar with them, the film will ultimately leave you feeling like you’ve wasted your time.

Comic

Jem and the Holograms brings the ‘80s original to the present day CATHERINE BELL CONTRIBUTOR

In the 1980s, Jem and the Holograms was Hasbro’s girl-oriented answer to the numerous TV shows that catered to the male audience at the time. It’s been almost four decades, but there’s finally a new version of Jem in comic form, and it’s just as glam and overthe-top as the original. Jem and the Holograms Volume 1: Showtime compiles the first six issues into a trade paperback for readers to devour the introductory stage of the comic all at once. Thanks to artist Sophie Campbell and writer Kelly Thompson, the character design, plot, and story have been modernized while still following the then-modern standards of the 1980s cartoon. A lot of the plot and characters have changed, but at the same time could have fit in with the original run.

Showtime introduces us to the new story of Jerrica Benton, a 23-year-old chasing her dream of being a famous singer while battling extreme stage fright. After running away from a recording session for a video contest, she discovers a holographic A.I. named “Synergy” in her house during a thunderstorm. She immediately recognizes the potential of the hologram, and uses it to transform herself into “Jem.” Jerrica is short and a bit chubby, but her alter ego Jem is a towering 5’11 (not including her platform heels), with a slim figure and a more oval face — a projection of what Jerrica wants herself to be, and what she wants people to see her as. In this iteration of Jem, Jerrica’s secret identity is the result of insecurities about her body, as opposed to being work-related like in the original run.

Like Jerrica / Jem’s origin,

many things in the comics are similar but not the same as the original plot lines. Kimber dates Stormer instead of Stormer’s brother; Rio Pacheco is still Jem’s boyfriend, but their relationship is just starting instead of having been pre-established; and the Misfits’ creepy manager is nowhere to be found. (His destructive tendencies are rolled into a few other existing characters.)

Pizzazz, the lead singer of the Misfits, has a new backstory hinted at, but these first few chapters don’t focus on The Misfits at all (besides Kimber and Stormer’s budding relationship). As the comic continues, more changes will probably become apparent.

Thompson’s writing captures the spirit of the original Jem while updating the story.

These comics have the same high level of drama readers might expect from Jem — sabotage, food

fights, and relationship troubles are all present in the story so far.

Campbell’s art is a far cry from that of the 1980s series; with the characters no longer needing to be based on stock “girl” and “boy” doll models, everyone has a unique body, face, and hairstyle.

The amount of colour used in the comics is perfect, with some backgrounds that are purposefully colourless to allow the stark silhouettes and colours of the characters themselves to take centre stage.

Of course, the comic has both strong and weak points. The pacing seems slow in the first chapter, but picks up the further along it gets. There are other comics with a similar page count that handle pacing better, but while Jem can feel awkward at times, the pacing is never slow enough that you lose interest, or so rapid that you can’t keep track of what’s going on. There’s also an amusement

park scene that reminds readers that Jem is a Hasbro product with copious My Little Pony product placement — which would be less awkward if the stuffed ponies looked more plush and less like a character’s model was just dropped right onto the page.

These interjections don’t detract from the story, but they can feel very jarring.

This updated version of Jem and the Holograms is great for both those who know the original TV show, and people who have never heard of Jem. It manages to capture the spirit of the 1980s cartoon while being modern in style and having very few weaknesses.

There are a lot of comics with female leads that you should read right now, and Jem and the Holograms is definitely one.

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Album

Adam Wiener shakes it all over GLEN ESS CONTRIBUTOR

Retro, lowbrow, lewd, cheeky, and absolutely, beautifully, batshit brilliant. That would be a quick-fire review of Low Cut Connie’s third full-length album, Hi Honey, which is this reviewer’s number-one album of the year, by some distance. In fact, to quantify just how far ahead this album is over its competitors would require me to learn how lightyears work. To be completely frank, I’d rather spend that time basking in Hi Honey’s ridiculously thrilling brand of old school rock and roll.

The album is a nostalgic love-letter (or rather, lust-letter) to the original pioneers of rock, with plenty of rockabilly and even early soul music influences weaving in and out of this sweet, sassy set of songs.

Hi Honey carries with it a sense of playfulness; Adam Wiener, the band’s energetic pianist, lead singer, and creative fulcrum, never takes himself or his music too seriously. Low Cut Connie’s primary concern is getting people to go ape, dancing without a shred of shame, and Hi Honey duly delivers. Wiener whacks away at his

piano, taking you through a macho-man, masculine sound while subverting the whole thing through his lyrics, which are a balls-out, madcap ride through the joys of gender-bending. This results in the blunt, ridiculously self-effacing and courageously funny way that Wiener uses to easily discuss the joys of cross-dressing and sex.

Sex, lust, physical attraction — these are constant themes in music, just as they are ever-present in the real world. But for the most part, music dresses them up in

subtle innuendo, crooning ballads, and love songs. Hi Honey is deliciously straightforward in its approach to tackling these themes. The album opener, “Shake It Little Tina,” makes use of the contrast between doing “all the macho things / sliced and loaded chicken wings” with the joy in pulling “down my pants / put on my heels and dance.” The entire song bounces between the two extremes, but also includes this absolute gem of a line, when Wiener seriously states that he knows that “even though it’s pretty weird / even though I got a beard / If I put on something tight / I can shake it all night.” Hearing that line almost always sends me into a frenzy; there’s just something so electrifying in Wiener’s confidence. He carries that same frenetic, pulsating aura of cool into the rest of the album, delivering lines like, “It hurts my pride when you call me spanky,” and, “Ain’t no stranger to the ways of men,” in the bouncy, Jerry Lee Lewis-esque track, “Back In School.”

The sense of the charismatic, sexually confident casanova is taken to its absolute peak in the opening line of “Taste So Good,” where Wiener, over a guitar line

that sounds like peak-era Rolling Stones, unabashedly states, “Well I had a little thought that maybe baby you might taste so good.” However, while the album is a fun, feel-good, pelvic-thrusting, hip-gyrating salute to the original pioneers of rock and roll, it doesn’t shy away from softer, more emotional tones. “Little Queen of New Orleans” stands out in particular as Wiener lowers his pitch and the tempo slows, turning the song into an Otis Redding flavoured soul track. It’s this sudden emotional depth that sends my respect and love of Hi Honey into the stratosphere.

Adam Wiener makes me feel funny — there, I’ve said it. It’s true: his cheeky yet soulful delivery of lyrics that bounce maniacally from deeply touching to a sassy silliness; the way his powerful, yet oh-so-tender voice is so wonderfully accompanied by a bevy of guitars, pianos, and horns. Yes ma’am, Adam Wiener makes me feel funny.

You can catch Glen swivelling his hips on Friday afternoons at CIVL 101.7 FM

Nostalgia

Do rose-tinted glasses make the effects look any better?

DREW BERGEN CONTRIBUTOR

I would say I was practically raised by the Star Wars VHS box set, but that’s a complete lie, and I do love my parents. That doesn’t mean I didn’t watch Star Wars a lot as a young pup, and it definitely doesn’t mean I don’t have a lot of fond memories of that original trilogy. In particular, Star Wars: Episode IV — A New Hope, which, being the first movie in the series, would set the tone not only for a globally successful franchise, but also become the standard for special effects in a singular movie.

Through George Lucas’s company, Industrial Lights & Magic, Star Wars was an industry-defining series when it came to special effects. (Fun fact: part of Industrial Lights & Magic would later go on to become Pixar.)

However, even in the face of outstanding popularity, that’s not to say one can’t be influenced by the dreaded rose-tinted glasses.

So after admittedly several years

of not watching Star Wars, I decided to go back to its beginning and see how the movie stands today.

The first thing I look at when re-watching this movie is typically its special effects. It’s easy to forget, but Star Wars: Episode IV — A New Hope was first released in 1977. This is crazy to realize, because the ships and the effects all still stand up really well. The props, the costumes, the sets — everything looks very good. Even when looking as carefully as I could, it was very difficult to find any cracks in the movie’s visage; such as a hovering landspeeder actually being suspended by string, or the plating on a Storm Trooper’s glove perhaps being made of Styrofoam. Industrial Lights and Magic (also founded

by George Lucas) did an incredible job with its practical effects, still presenting an immersive and thrilling adventure despite being 38-years-old.

Of course, the movie has its bumps in the road. I opted for the infamous “remastered” DVD edition which enhances the vi-

sual and audio quality — both of which are welcome — and the movie looks great this way. But it also edits in a few extra scenes that make use of new, more modern special effects. These scenes feel wholly unnecessary and take away from the experience. From the jarring quality the poor CGI presents when juxtaposed with the terrific practical effects, to the overall lack of precedent for these extra scenes, the added content does nothing but take away from the movie.

Probably my biggest gripe with the extra scenes is that they make the tone of the movie very confusing. The original Star Wars: Episode IV is an adventurous movie; it combines thrilling action scenes with some rather intense encounters, yet still makes room for some fairly amusing scenes as well. The remastered edition feels as if Lucas was attempting to retroactively rebrand the movie as primarily for kids by adding more quirky comic-relief scenes involving goofy aliens or droids.

Despite all this, the movie was

still enjoyable. It had its hiccups — such as questionable editing choices in some scenes — yet those hiccups added to the charm and adventure of the film. However, the remastered edition is

anything but, and if you wish to see the film, I would strongly encourage you to find versions that are as close to the original as possible.

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A preview of men’s volleyball VANESSA BROADBENT

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UPCOMING

EVENTS November 8 Cyclocross at Mill Lake

This Sunday at Mill Lake, ValleyCross is hosting Abbotsford’s first cyclocross event (think Tough Mudder, but on bikes). Registration is $30 before November 8, and $40 the day of. For more information or to register, visit valleycross.ca.

Every Monday Hip-hop dancing The UFV hip-hop dance club welcomes students of all skill levels to participate in hip-hop dancing.

Classes are every Monday evening from 6 to 7:30 p.m. in the Great Hall in the Student Union Building. More information can be found online at facebook.com/groups/ufvhiphop.

Every Wednesday Free yoga classes Join the UFV yoga club for free yoga every Wednesday. Classes are from 1 to 2 p.m. in the Great Hall in the Student Union Building. For more information visit the yoga club’s Facebook page at facebook.com/ ufvyogaclub.

Ongoing Organized drop-in sports Now that school is back in gear, drop in sports are beginning again. Stop by the Envision Athletics Centre to join in basketball, pickle ball / badminton, soccer, volleyball, rugby, or ball hockey games. No registration is required and anyone with a valid UFV campus card can participate.

For more information and to see the full schedule visit ufvcascades.ca/ rec.

After a solid three weeks, the Cascades men’s volleyball team heads into their new season. Head coach Kyle Donen talks about the team’s strengths and weaknesses this year, as well as their recent winning weekend.

How was your training this year?

It’s been good so far. I think we’re off to a good start and feeling good about where we’re at so far in the season. We had a big win [Friday] night, and we’re feeling good about where we’re heading as well. We’re feeling good about the direction that we’re heading this year.

What’s your roster like this season?

It’s a mixture of about nine guys that are returning, and six brand new players to the team, so a good mix of young and old players. I think our balance has been really good this year. Our older guys are putting in the time and putting in the extra effort, and the younger guys are chomping at the bit to get

on the floor as well, which is what we need.

The younger guys are ready to contribute, and I have the confidence that they’ll be able to contribute the way we need to when the time comes.

What are the team’s strengths and weaknesses this season?

I think just some experience is something we’re looking to get more and more of. I think you can always ask to get more experience. I don’t think it’s necessarily our weakness, but with a couple different pieces in the lineup this year, I think it’s something that we need to continue to grab at. I think the biggest difference for us this year, one of our strengths, is that we’re a better team than we were last year. I think we’ve gotten a lot closer. I think we’re looking like a group that wants to play for each other — and that looks good for us into the future — and I think we’re only getting better with every weekend and practice that we have.

What are you expecting from the season?

We expect to be competing for a gold in the provincial championships. I think that’s defi-

nitely a goal that’s achievable for us, and we want to have an opportunity to be in nationals this year, so we need to put ourselves in that gold medal match to be able to do that. We’re striving for the highest that we can reach this year, and we feel that we have the pieces in place to be able to do that. And myself and all the guys on the team are motivated to get there.

How do you feel about how the season has been going so far?

I feel pretty good. We had a good start to the season with two good wins, had a tough fiveset loss last weekend against one of the top teams in the league. But we’ve rebounded already with a win last night, and we’ll play the same team again today, and we feel pretty confident going into it. I think it’s a game we’ll win. Then, we go into a bye week, and then we go on two tough road trips. I feel good about where we are, and I think that we’re heading in the right direction to continue to do better.

This interview has been edited for length and clarity.

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Shayna Cameron: four years and counting VANESSA BROADBENT THE CASCADE

After four years at Quest University, Shayna Cameron finishes her final year of eligibility as a guard with the Cascades women’s basketball team. Having just completed her liberal arts and science degree, Cameron is working on her prerequisites for grad school. Cameron talks playing for Quest, her future with basketball, and what she loves about the sport.

How did you start playing basketball?

I didn’t start until I was in grade nine and my good friend pushed me towards it. I shot my first hoop, and I’ve been addicted ever since then just because I love the hard work and the life skills that it can teach you — and the passion about it.

Do you play other sports as well?

I play soccer. Track and field was a big thing, and cross-country; I’m a big runner, and was in high school. I just eventually switched over to basketball one day.

What drew you to basketball?

I think it was the social connection you have with the coach and players. A lot of coaches have been my biggest mentors, and have helped me get to where I am today. I think that’s what really helped me; just having someone there pushing you in every aspect, and being challenged. That’s why I love basketball. It’s so evolving, so dynamic, and there’s always something you can learn. I look for that in sports, and in life in general.

You’ve played for Quest. Have you played for any other university teams?

I came out of high school, and the head coach came to me after a tournament. Something about Quest. I had never heard of it before, and I thought I would check it out. I loved that it

was academics, and that I could create history there — it’s such a brand new school in Squamish. I played four years there. I went to two championships there with the PacWest league.

I had great teammates.

How do you find playing for the Cascades compared to Quest?

College is a lot different than playing CIS. It’s the same relationship that I’ve gotten to create with the coaches and with the players, but it’s hometown now, and it’s my last year, and it’s been great. The CIS is definitely more physical, more up-tempo, and it’s just better basketball in every aspect. It’s faster, it’s quicker, it’s stronger.

The intensity and competition has increased from what I’m used to at Quest. Both of them are great — both of them instill work ethic, and a good perspective on life and being an athlete.

Are you planning to pursue basketball professionally?

If I could play professionally and go play overseas, I might go do that, but coaching is my ultimate passion. I want to be a head coach, either overseas, or for a CIS team in Canada, or possibly down in the States. I just love basketball, and I love being able to change people’s lives for sports. That’s the biggest goal for me. That’s what helped me, and I don’t think I would be where I am today without that support.

What draws you to coaching specifically?

I think it’s just being a mentor and a role model for kids, teenagers, or young adults like myself; just instilling that positive impact in the player that they don’t usually get at home. Teaching someone something for so long, you just see them grow. And it’s cool to see it click, and them get it, and seeing them progress as a person and as an athlete.

This interview has been edited for length and clarity.

Image credit: University of the Fraser Valley / Flickr

SCOREBOARD

UPCOMING GAMES

Men’s Soccer Oct 31 UFV Cascades vs. UofA Golden Bears W 4-3

Men’s Basketball Friday Nov 6 8:00 p.m.

Women’s Soccer Oct 31 UFV Cascades vs. UVic Vikes L 1-0 (5-3 PK)

UFV Cascades vs. UBCO Heat (home) Saturday Nov 7 7:00 p.m. UFV Cascades vs. UBCO Heat (home)

Men’s Volleyball Oct 30 UFV Cascades vs. VIU Mariners W 3-2 Oct 31 UFV Cascades vs. VIU Mariners W 3-0

Women’s Basketball Friday Nov 6 6:00 p.m. UFV Cascades vs. UBCO Heat (home) Saturday Nov 7 5:00 p.m. UFV Cascades vs. UBCO Heat (home)

Women’s Volleyball Oct 30 UFV Cascades vs. VIU Mariners L 3-0 Oct 31 UFV Cascades vs. VIU Mariners L 3-1

Men’s Soccer Friday Nov 6 7:30 p.m. UFV Cascades vs. UBC Thunderbirds (away)

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