Vol. 23 Issue 19
July 15, 2015 to September 8, 2015
Burning up in the atmosphere since 1993
Looking to the
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ACADEMIC SUCCESS CENTRE Final decision made in-camera to provide review of ASC’s services after one year
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ALL EYES ON THE ELECTION With the federal election just months away, here are five ongoing topics to keep watching
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SUSSING OUT THE SUB Thinking of exploring the new Student Union Building? Take a look at our handy guide
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The SUS Food bank has a new home
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Culture
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Got wood ... s?
Arts in Review
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Love’s Labour’s Lost is no loser
Sports & Health
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No eggs, no problem
UFV’s food bank has a new space in the SUB — and although it’s not officially open yet, it’s already offering help to students in need.
Levelling up the education system How can we motivate students to learn? Let them set the pace, says TEP graduate Stephanie Dyer.
Get out there and get it on! Local sexpert Georgia Gay has tips on how not to get caught while having sex outside.
Bard in the Valley wins Alex Rake’s heart with their Ivy League-set production of Shakespeare’s classic romantic comedy.
Having trouble balancing your health and your love for cake? Check out this ultra-healthy mug cake recipe from Tia Oostenbrug.
What gay marriage does (and doesn’t do) for LGBTIQ+ equality KODIE CHERRILLE
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
On Friday, June 26, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled, in a five-to-four vote, that same-sex marriage was allowed across the country. In a display of solidarity with the ruling, the colours of the pride flag were projected onto the White House. “When all Americans are truly treated as equal, we are more free,” stated President Obama after the ruling was declared. Indeed, the decision ought to be celebrated as a victory for those who have pursued the freedom of same-sex marriage in America for years. Being allowed to partake in a ceremony that, for some, marks the progress from lovers to family implies that gay couples are now allowed to start a family. But how much “more free” are gay citizens after such a ruling? They’re freer, in a legal sense, as they’re allowed to do a thing they couldn’t do before, but they aren’t at all free from other forms of oppression. Despite the ruling, and the victory speeches that followed, being freer does not mean being free from hate crimes, which disproportionately affect those who stray from the mainstream of sexual orientation. Nor does it liberate them from social and familial rejection upon coming out. And these issues are further complicated and added to if you’re intersex or transgender, and not white. Furthermore, if the squeaked-by Supreme Court decision at all represents broader social acceptance, then the opposition for same-sex marriage is still unsettlingly large. In Abbotsford, opposition is fierce, and pushback follows any gesture towards acceptance. The recent decision to fly the pride flag at City Hall incited a call to fly the pro-life flag, the Straight is Great flag (among a few others), as well as a letter to the Abby News that equates the decision to condoning “sexual immorality.” Of course, one can argue that when it comes to gay rights, progress is progress. Canada has quite progressive LGBTIQ+ laws, but they’re far from total equality, and the kernel of rejection — the thing that drives a writer to call a key tenet of one’s lifestyle “immoral” — remains intact. And embarrassments like the homosexuality scare of the ’50s and ’60s have yet to draw from the government a public apology. The scare — stemmed by the belief that gay people had less mental fortitude than their straight coworkers, and could more easily become communists — featured the usage of what they called a “fruit machine”:
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Legal freedom doesn’t equal freedom from oppression. a device intended to detect homosexuality by monitoring viewers’ responses to pornography. Convicted homosexuals would be fined, or even sent to jail. LGBTIQ+ issues are not immediately resolved at the bang of a gavel, nor at the raising of a flag. There are vestiges of old
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feelings that hold back true equality: there’s the pain of the past, and the convictions of those whose belief systems don’t hold people as equal on the basis of orientation. Equality still beckons from afar, and we’re not there yet, no matter how many rainbow-coloured Facebook photos there are.
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Welding safety tests continue
After test results show high traces of manganese, UFV considers its options
MEGAN LAMBERT THE CASCADE
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BRIEFS First and last year for Pride flag ABBOTSFORD — At the 3:00 p.m. Executive City council meeting on Monday, July 13, the City of Abbotsford finalized their new Flag Policy. This month, there has been vocal opposition from some residents regarding the city raising the Pride flag July 13 to 20. At the time, the flag policy was not finalized. The new policy states that the flag of the United Nations, the flag of a country recognized by the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development, when an official representative is visiting the city, the flag of an official sister city of the City of Abbotsford, or any flag which is required to be flown by contractual obligation are allowed to be flown at city hall. The Pride flag meets none of these criteria. Later that evening at the 7:00 p.m. public session, City Council accepted written requests for a number of pro-life flags as well as a flag from a farm, from residents asking for them to be flown outside City Hall.
Plane donated to UFV Aircraft Structural Technician program ABBOTSFORD — As of July 15, a Boeing 727 will have landed at the Abbotsford International Airport, to be used in classes for the Aircraft Structural Technician program so students can learn about aircraft repair, maintenance, assembly, and modification. The plane is originally from KF Aerospace in Kelowna, which is donating it to UFV. The plane will be landing at 1:40 p.m., with UFV administration, faculty, and students in attendance.
Fraser River sockeye salmon in danger from high temperatures CHILLIWACK — The small snowpacks on nearby mountains have resulted in less cold water in the Fraser River — meaning the water temperature is increasing for sockeye salmon. Warmer water leads to fewer plankton for salmon diets and to more predators (like mackerel) migrating from the South. Chief biologist Mike LaPointe says that because the Fraser Valley is having warmer and warmer summers each year, the warm water trend will most likely continue. — The Chilliwack Progress
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The results are in — there are high traces of the metal manganese in the UFV welding shop. Soon after UFV students began noticing traces of particulate in the new welding booths, a private company came in and took air quality samples while students wore respirators to continue working on projects. The booths were part of a $750,000 capital grant for welding ventilation upgrades from the BC government. The plan was to add hoods onto the open cubicles. Each hood has a fan with varying speeds — the fan turns on when the student enters the booth, adjusts its speed accordingly to how the student works, and then turns off when they leave. Dean of applied and technical studies John English says the grant was supposed to supply a more efficient system. “They’re supposed to be better at drawing off all the hazards that are produced during welding,” he says. But when powder started collecting on the hoods, an undisclosed private company — whose name was not released by press time — came in to take samples of the air. It turns out that the levels of manganese present in the
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English says that the snorkels are part of the problem, as well as the fans that do not run continuously. welding rods are above the WorkSafe BC industry standard, and the booths were not picking up enough particulate. “I’m actually pretty confident that we can solve this with an engineering system,” English says. “It’s just a matter of how big it is, and how much does it cost?” Other universities have also made use of the provincial grant. Welding shops in BCIT, Camosun College, and Okanagan College
have also installed the upgrades. BCIT Media Relations Coordinator Jocelyne Leszczynski says that BCIT hasn’t had any issues with the upgrades. “After talking to the dean, people in the school, and being there myself, there’s nothing wrong with it,” she says. “We’ve won awards for it, actually.” As for UFV, it may be the structure of the shop that may
“We need a system-wide way of addressing this,” he says. “We need to see whether this is something unique about us — which I doubt — or whether it’s at a system level.” English says the plan is to adjust the speeds of the fans — but if that doesn’t work, they’ll have to appeal to the province for a potential redesign of the upgrades. “We would have to go talk to WorkSafe BC and say we can’t be the only ones on Earth having this challenge,” he says. “We’d have to bring the province into the equation.” In the meantime, UFV ran a test Monday, July 1 to measure the particulate with the fans running at 1,000 cubic feet per minute rather than the previous 800 cubic feet per minute. The welding faculty also repositioned the air extraction equipment, long vacuum-like hoses called snorkels, closer to the students. English says this might work for the test, but it’s unlikely to be an efficient long-term solution. “We may not have, as the system sits there today, the total capacity to draw 1,000 cubic feet per minute off every snorkel,” he says. At time of print, the results of that test are not yet available. The Cascade will continue to cover this story in the coming weeks.
Science on Purpose
UFV science student chosen to attend elite forum in London, England MEGAN LAMBERT THE CASCADE
UFV chemistry student Kevin Kobes is headed to a forum for promising young scientists in London, England. The London International Youth Science Forum (LIYSF) held from July 22 to August 5, selects students from about 60 countries after an auditionlike process. Those shortlisted present research projects before a panel, and Kobes was one out of five candidates chosen to attend. “I did [my presentation] on regenerative medicine, so it’s more like stem cell research which is being done in modern medicine,” he says. Kobes’ presentation outlined the research he’s done at UFV in the Dean of Sciences Dr. Lucy Lee’s lab, where they studied the impact of insecticides on fish cells. Stem cell research is the focus of this year’s LIYSF conference, which aligns with Kobes’ interests. Accepted early into UBC Medicine, Kobes
is interested in surgery and regenerative medicine. “I’m excited,” he says. “It’s kind of like a dream come true.” The keynote speaker at LIYSF is Professor Fiona Watt, who is the director of the Centre for Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine at King’s College in London. “The science aspect of it is going to be amazing; I’m going to tour facilities like the Oxford Biomedical Research Lab, it’s super cool.” The conference also places an emphasis on cultural diversity, bringing students from around the world and ending the forum with an international cabaret one night of the trip. More than that, Kobes says the forum allows young scientists to connect. “On the Facebook group, I already have friends from Israel or from Italy, France, all kinds of places all over the world,” he says. Kobes will be running a blog during the conference on the UFV Faculty of Science website.
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Kevin Kobes will spend two weeks this summer in London with other students from all over the world.
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SUS food bank stocks up for September VALERIE FRANKLIN THE CASCADE
What’s more important — paying tuition, or being able to afford food? “Sometimes it is a choice,” says SUS vice president external Sukhi Brar. “It’s hard for a lot of people to comprehend that.” Brar has been spearheading the reopening of UFV’s food bank in its new space on the second level of the SUB in room S2115 — and although the food bank won’t officially reopen until September, it’s already offering assistance to UFV students in need. “We’ve been trying to accommodate requests as they come,” says Brar. Despite how quiet the campus is during the summer, Brar has already been receiving emails from people requesting assistance from the food bank, and estimates that it currently serves about five to 10 students per week. The reopening of the food bank will also offer relief for students who are living in residence and don’t have their own transportation; Brar notes that because of UFV’s distance from the city centre, these students are unable to access local resources like the Abbotsford Food Bank (AFB) or even local grocery stores. “I don’t think people in general on our campus realize how many students are facing food sustainability issues,” she says. “It’s something you keep confidential.” From points to hampers At the beginning of June, UFV’s food bank became an official satellite of the AFB, which now supplies it with food and other necessities. The AFB has also been helping Brar to remodel the UFV food bank’s system, which previously operated on a points system that allowed students to choose what they wanted based on how many points each item was worth; however, this created situations
where their stock was quickly depleted due to people sometimes taking the food bank’s entire supply of certain items, making it difficult to keep up with demand. “We’d have our shelves really full and then not so full, and not super reliable with what we had,” Brar says. Instead, UFV’s food bank will now rely on a hamper system which provides applicants with a pre-packed box of food and supplies. Depending on the number of people in the applicant’s family, different sizes of hampers are available, and can include other necessities such as baby formula if requested. SUS’s website will soon be updated with a request form that allows students to apply for one of these hampers online, and students will be required to input their student number into the form rather than presenting ID, as was previously required. Brar also plans to implement a discreet pick-up system that will allow students to collect their hampers at the SUS front desk rather than at the food bank itself. New space, new opportunities When UFV’s food bank originally opened in October 2013, it was unable to stock perishables because it lacked the room for cold storage in its relatively small C building space. The new and much larger space in the SUB has been equipped with two freezers and a fridge, which Brar hopes will soon offer perishable foods like milk and eggs to students in need. “It creates more options for us, because we have more space and because we have cold storage,” she says. “We can look into storing that kind of thing once we sort out our process with nonperishable foods.” As for the rest of the space in their new room, Brar says they’re currently consulting with students who use the food bank to see what they would benefit from most in that space.
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VP Internal Sukhi Brar is spearheading a new system for the food bank located on the second floor of the Student Union Building (SUB). Food and volunteers needed Keeping shelves stocked and applicants fed is a constant struggle that most food banks, including the AFB, face because of their reliance on donations — and because the UFV food bank relies on the AFB for supplies in turn, it may also be vulnerable to any supply shortages the AFB experiences. Brar was among a group of students who visited the AFB’s warehouse while its stock was at a 20-year low. “It was really scary because they just had nothing; they had very little on their shelves,” she says. As a result of having seen such a shortage firsthand, Brar is conscious of the need to plan
ahead in case that situation recurs. “If they got into trouble with their supply, that would affect us directly,” says Brar. “So being sustainable is the main success point for this year, at least in terms of what’s doable in a year.” Hoping to bolster the UFV food bank’s community connections in the case of a future contingency, Brar is reaching out to nearby grocery stores to see if they’re open to a sponsorship or partnership, and is also looking into whether various upcoming local events will accept food bank donations instead of charging for admission or parking. During SUS’s June board meeting, $8,000 was also transferred from the
student conference budget to the student emergency fund and the food bank, which may help to cover costs. “I really want to see us as a point where we have a system that’s really sustainable, where we have a constant level of food in our food bank, so whenever a student does walk in, they have access to what they need,” Brar says. The SUS food bank will be accepting donations on an ongoing basis. Students in need of assistance from the food bank or who would like to volunteer are encouraged to contact foodbank@ufvsus.ca.
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Board of Governors finalizes outcome of Academic Success Centre review MICHAEL SCOULAR THE CASCADE
After four months, the Board of Governors approved six motions. As a series of approvals and directives, they gesture toward the shaping of a future for the Academic Success Centre, a new student service that takes the place of Writing Centres at UFV, and was notably created without passing through the approval channels of Senate and the Board before its announcement in February earlier this year. “In our board package, we had I don’t know how many pages — it’s the most number of pages I’ve ever seen for any one topic,” says board chair Barry Delaney. “To read through all of that really underlined how strongly held the views were in that community
of people regarding the Writing Centre and the shift to the ASC.” The board’s discussion took place entirely in its private session, which Delaney says was needed — the board is the last stage of approval, and did not believe a discussion with members of the public present would allow for a completely thorough exploration of the matter. “There was lots of discussion and questions that were quite frank and candid,” he says. “And I worry that if we were in a public session, those candid, pointed questions wouldn’t be asked. And if they’re not asked, then perhaps you have a less robust discussion.” Delaney adds that this type of review, and the level of controversy attached to it was
new to the board, and that the board has the capacity to conduct other decisions that are not of a confidential nature outside its private sessions. “This is new for all of us, and we’re finding our way,” he says. “Our desire as a board [is] to be as transparent as we can. And we’re taking it right now on an issue-by-issue basis, but our intention is to be increasingly more transparent.” Senate’s recommendation for a review of the ASC once it is fully operational was passed, with a timeline of one year for its completion. “We specifically want to make sure that after the first year an assessment [is] done because of the importance of the changes that are being made and the
feedback that we received from the community and the students and the faculty,” Delaney says. Another motion adds the ASC to the board’s annual budget development and approval process. This follows news that the ASC’s budget has required additional funding beyond the $300,000 listed at its creation. Perhaps the most critical motion tasks the board and Senate, through its joint governance committee, “to establish a process for determining roles, powers, and responsibilities ... where clarification is needed.” Most comments on the Writing Centre-to-ASC change stemmed from the way the decision was made solely at the administrative level. By the time this was brought forward in meetings, the new
centre was already in motion, and postponement was not deemed an effective option. Delaney says this was a significant topic in the board’s in camera discussion. “We do want the board to hold management accountable by saying, ‘Look, how did this happen and how do we ensure this doesn’t happen again?’ in terms of consultation and process and engagement,” he says. The three other motions thank Senate for the timesensitive report prepared by one of its standing committees and direct the ASC to maintain its continued development, while also “[ensuring] that high quality support for the development of students’ writing skills continues” as an academic service at UFV.
Business
Double-tapping into the millennial mind Local businesses save money and increase sales with Instagram MEGAN LAMBERT THE CASCADE
The days of skimming over ads in the newspaper are almost over — the emergence of social media allows businesses to market themselves in a cheap and effective way. Let’s take Instagram. Feeds full of cooltoned textiles and hand-crafted latte art can reach thousands of millennials — appealing, just like traditional advertising, to an ideal lifestyle. Having your business on Instagram is like saying, “Here. Put our product on your dream pin board.” Instagram’s business website states that because of its 300 million active users, it’s the way to reach the consumer. “We give brands the ability to reach an engaged audience, deliver messages in a focused visual experience, and publish content in a creative, high-quality environment,” it reads. And it works. The website features case studies of large corporations who have seen increases in brand awareness. It’s not just for the corporate world, either. Abbotsford coffee shop Oldhand Coffee Co. and home goods and apparel boutique Spruce Collective are on Instagram, and they’re not looking back. Their profiles have reach — Oldhand has about 2,400 followers and Spruce Collective has 4,800 at time of print. “It seems to really help us connect with our consumers and our demographic,” coowner of Spruce Collective Lily Ellis says. However, likes on an endless roll of trendy photos doesn’t always translate to dollars in the till. Johannes van Vloten says sometimes likes are more about the idea of going to Oldhand. “We might get 250 likes on our picture, but it doesn’t at all translate sometimes to
Image: Johannes and Kristina van Vloten (Above), Sharalee Prang Photography (Below)
Local businesses in Abbotsford are reaping the rewards of posting actively online. the flow of the day,” he says. He adds that followers on Instagram recognize their products, but people don’t always rush in that day to buy them. But Ellis says although keeping up online allows you to inspire people, sometimes they are so inspired that they come in for specific items, rather than just shopping when they are in the mood to browse. “We’ll post something in the morning, and often we’ll have multiple customers come in in the day and say, ‘Oh, you posted this, I’m here find it,’ or they’d call in by
phone to put things on hold,” she says. Using Instagram allows Spruce Collective and Oldhand Coffee to stay up-to-date on trends, regardless of how quickly they are evolving. Instagram lets businesses have a two-way conversation with the consumer: we ask, they answer. An article in the Globe and Mail says that this is especially beneficial for small businesses who can appeal to niche markets. “Small businesses tend to be more agile and have way more freedom to produce
great creative content,” it says. This is what Oldhand Coffee does — Johannes and Kristina van Vloten live in the Fraser Valley, so they know their audience. “At Easter time, we advertised about Paska, for example, which is a very specific Mennonite sweet bread. We put it on Instagram, and people flooded through the doors trying to get it,” he says. It’s cheap, too. Instagram accounts are free to set up, and the cost of putting out an attractive ad takes a few taps on a smartphone. Ellis says they wouldn’t seriously consider using traditional marketing. “Social media works for us so well that we don’t feel the need to pay for newspaper ads. It’s expensive, and it’s just for one day, and it’s a tiny ad. We feel that when we can basically have an online gallery that’s free, and free for our consumers, it has much more impact,” she says. The van Vlotens are of the same mind — Instagram is working just fine. “People have spread the word so well through social media by tagging their friends and sharing our posts and coming in and posting pictures of them and their friends,” Johannes van Vloten says. As local businesses started up by friends — or in Oldhand’s case, a husband and wife duo with a new baby in tow — staying afloat in a market alongside big players like Tim Hortons and Walmart can seem impossible. But, their unique profiles offer the consumer something different — something that can’t be bought or copied. That is, until sponsored ads from corporations begin to pay for priority in news feeds. With files from Kodie Cherrille and Sonja Klotz.
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Twenty years of teaching began with a phone call from nowhere EKANKI CHAWLA
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In his 20 years at UFV, Yvon Dandurand has served as professor of criminology, department chair, dean of research and industry liaison, and associate vice-president of research and graduate studies. He approaches research in a method that links it closely to teaching and learning. Dandurand’s research areas include counter-terrorism, organized crime, youth justice, children’s rights, violence against children, violence against women, crime prevention, and justice institutions in postconflict society. What brought you to UFV? I received a phone call from someone I had never heard of, and he mentioned that there was a competition for a position and that I should apply. At that point I had never heard of UCFV. I did not know even know where Abbotsford was on a map. So I got the phone call, I came for the interview, and before I got home someone had called and left a message on my answering machine saying I had the job. So that’s what brought me here. You mentioned you didn’t know where Abbotsford was, so where were you living before that? Before that, I was mostly in central and eastern Canada. I was teaching at other universities like Queens, the University of Ottawa, and other places. At that time, I was already in British Columbia working for United Nations Research Institute. I had been away from teaching for several years and when I was thinking about possibly coming back to teaching, I thought I’d like to teach in a place that had a stand-alone criminology program. I also wanted to work with young, dynamic faculty members. I was hoping for a institution that was primarily focused on teaching. Although I do a lot of research, I knew I wanted to be at a place that was committed to teaching. So when I came for the interview, I saw it was a small university not in a big city, with energetic faculty and a dedicated criminology program, and I thought, “This is a perfect fit.” And look: I’ve stayed 20 years. How would you describe the culture, the feeling you got from when you first started at UFV? Well, it was very collegial, so
Dandurand says staying relevant is key to keep students learning. that was one thing. Also, the university was prepared to experiment, be innovative, and to try different things. In my field of criminology, UFV was one of the best programs in the province. It was geared towards helping students find their place in the criminal justice system. It was an applied program with lots of opportunities for students to acquire skills and practical experience. What kind of courses did you start out teaching? Whatever they needed at the time. I taught research methods, youth justice, methods of professional intervention, psychological explanations of crime, comparative criminal justice, and probably some introductory courses. These were the first few, I think, but again, it was 20 years ago. Does that differ from the courses you teach mostly now? They are basically the same. However, I did change maybe a little bit of the way I teach. Like everyone else, I made it to the 21st century. Things have changed in term of student expectations. Also, when I started teaching, which is more than 40 years ago, there were more students who were studying full-time.
Therefore, the students had more time for their studies. Of course, when I started teaching it was just chalk and a blackboard. When I arrived at UFV, people were just discovering the internet and many faculty had no idea how to use the internet. Now that has changed obviously — more electronic facilitation. Nowadays, students have great access through electronics to libraries, to hundreds of journals, and to all kinds of things online that bring more interesting material to the course. I encourage students to make use of these throughout the classes. Aside from your 20 years at UFV, how long have you been teaching? Well, my career’s been partly teaching and partly working [and] researching in the field and even outside of the field. I have been teaching, with some interruptions, since 1974 in various criminology and sociology programs. I also produce and write a lot of practical how-to books for professionals and practitioners like how to socially reintegrate offenders, how to combat terrorism, how to develop a restorative justice program. In a way, that is also a part of teaching.
What kind of changes have you made in your teaching approaches or methods over time? Well, I make use of the online resources. I haven’t made great changes. I’ve always been the same kind of teacher, but things have become more available. I’ve always insisted on the courses being interactive and research-based. I’ve always insisted on making the course fun and emphasizing relevance. Relevance is key so that students know why they’re learning something — not because I like it but because they need it in one way or the other. Most of my courses now are hybrid, which means partly in class and partly online. If you’ve taken one of those courses you know that it can be ongoing all week. So, it’s not just, “Oh, we meet for three hours and we forget and do something else for the rest of the week, then five minutes before [class] you try to cram in the chapter.” The learning is based on a more continuous interaction with the instructor and with other students and learning projects. That’s possible in a way it wasn’t before. Have there been any students or colleagues who have been particularly helpful or influential in what you do as a professor? Hundreds of students. Most students who really participate in a course I teach give me something. Sometimes it’s a small thing, sometimes it’s more. Sometimes you don’t even realize what you have just received and vice-versa. It takes time to appreciate that gift. Decades later I sometimes get calls from students who are now retired and they tell me what they remember learning from me. There are also so many students who sometimes force me to look at things differently. Also, they encourage me to think differently about the profession, or about teaching. I am always welcoming feedback and I always try to get as much as I can. At UFV, I would say the colleague that has influenced me the most, at least at the beginning, was Daryl Plecas, a formidable teacher. Of course, UFV is a collegial school so everyday we influence each other in different ways. But Daryl has an amazing commitment to student learning. I’ve rarely met a faculty [member]
who has that kind of commitment. He did lots of things that got me to reflect on how I could improve. I have learned quite a few things from him. What kind of projects, like course development or research, have you worked on here at UFV? Too many. I was part of the team that completely developed the master’s program that we now have. That was the first master’s program at UFV. It was not just the program, but the whole graduate studies enterprise, because UFV had never done that. I’ve also developed and redeveloped individual courses. Every year we do something new, something different. It’s not always one person; most often it is a collegial process. I could mention two other experiences that were a little out of the ordinary. The first one was with Dr. Rosetta Khalideen, the former dean of professional studies. We conducted a study for the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada on how international cooperation between Canada and universities abroad helped introduce new methods of teaching and a more student-centred approach to teaching. The second one is the work I am currently conducting, with colleagues at the Hanoi Law University, in redeveloping a new curriculum on children and the law, based on modern methods of teaching. While we often talk of UFV as a single entity, each student or teacher will take something different out of UFV — how would you describe what you’ve taken out of UFV, and how you’re still changing it? UFV for me is a place where I can exercise my talents. UFV has always been very supportive. UFV has always provided me with the environment and the support that I need to excel in what I do. So I feel very loyal to UFV. Twenty years ago, when I first came to UFV, I was proud to be part of the dynamic team of faculty members deeply committed to teaching. Since then, we all got old of course, but now there is a new young faculty team. I’m extremely lucky because I get the chance to work with them. This is all a part of my UFV experience.
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Level-based education solves the passing problem STEPHANIE DYER UFV ALUMNA
Today, we see students get passed through the school system, sometimes barely scraping by with any knowledge of the content they’re being taught. It is increasingly hard for teachers to hold students back, and staff are often left having to coddle students along the way, giving them a passing grade when they have clearly proven they don’t know the content. Why are we failing ourselves, our students and our futures like this? We seem to be allowing students to graduate from high school with the mindset of, “Hey, I can barely show up and try, and still get by? Neat-o!” This is not neat-o at all; it is a travesty. Perhaps this is why employers are noticing a lack of work ethic
in their new workers. They’ve learned that they can put in minimal effort and still pass, so why would they change their mindset? But it is imperative that we do change that mindset! An effective way to educate our youth would be a self-paced system, where students go through education, completing certain concepts and bases of knowledge before they can move on to the next “level” or grade. Rather than the mindset of, “Okay Johnny, it’s now September and that means you start Grade Three today,” it would be: “All right Johnny, now that you actually understand and have mastered printing, we’re gonna move on to the next level.” It would be more about the knowing and understanding of concepts, rather than the calendar-dictated system of today. Students would not move on until they proved
they knew the content. We are not all the same; we learn in different ways, grow in different environments, and go through life at different rates than those around us. Why, then, do we have such a regimented system based solely on age and calendar for our learners of today? If students miss a lot of school and don’t know what they need to know in their gradebased curriculum, they still get pulled through with a passing grade, moving on to the next “level,” while not really having completed the steps required to get there. This is not fair to all students. In an education system where every student is learning at his or her own rate, there might be less incidence of comparing one student to another. I feel it embraces the ideal of individuality and that we all learn
UFV SPEAKS Robert
“I would say almost daily, thanks to the Internet and other resources ... You’re always just blasted with petitions [such as] change.org and all these things. It is hard to get involved, but my mind is at least involved.”
Alex
at different rates and landmarks. It is like giving 10 people the same video game to complete. They may all go about each level in a different manner. Some of them might complete levels best in the morning, some in the evening, some in small spurts of playing, and some in long, tedious hours of completion. Some of these players will finish the game in a few days, some in a week. Some might take a month or more, depending on their lifestyle. But in the end, they all went through the process, and came out triumphant, independent of how they got there. Apply this analogy to that of learning and education, and I truly believe that we could reform the system that exists today, for the better. As a perpetual optimist, I see this self-paced schooling working in a three-fold manner; teachers teach the concepts, students
learn it at whatever rate they need to understand the concept wholly, and then they showthey-know in a number of ways. They could write a standard test, make a project, write an essay demonstrating their knowledge, verbally relate what they know, or find some other innovative way of demonstrating knowledge. At the teacher end of this selfpaced schooling, there would need to be a large amount of flexibility and room for each individual student. But as a recent graduate of UFV’s TEP program, I feel these ideals of individualism and flexibility are already foundational skills in the new teachers of today. I have hope for the “levels” to which the new and future teachers of today may take our students.
How often do you think about politics? Miki
“I am not a political person so I don’t usually think about it so carefully. I am interested about politics in my home country — but not in Canada — because it influences my family.”
Breanna
“I probably think about politics a little too much as of recent. You know there’s a lot of pressing issues that involve my future that I just really feel that I should get a part in it. I don’t want politicians getting all the say — I want my voice heard..”
“Usually when I do it is when I apply for student loans. You look at the parties that have been in power in the last couple terms and none of them have really done anything to help the students.”
Navkiran
Michael
“I don’t think about politics anymore because I am from India and it is very into politics. It is not a good game. I prefer not to think about politics anymore.”
Kulveer
“I only think about politics when I see it in the newspaper ... but I don’t like to care about it much because [in India] where I am from, whenever there are politics there are always some games going on.”
“For me, when I had a job in China, that is when I was concerned about politics more often than right now ... Politics is important because it is our lives and our society, [but] as a student currently I am primarily focused on my studies.”
Shanara
“I think of politics every once in a while, because I will be able to vote this year so I have to start thinking about it and the future of the country.”
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Keeping an eye on the election DYLAN THIESSEN CONTRIBUTOR
The fixed election date legislated by Stephen Harper’s Conservatives has a variety of implications. Here are five things you can watch for over the summer leading up to this year’s federal election: Fair Elections Act The 2015 election will be the first to operate under the rules set out by Bill C-23, more commonly known as the Fair Elections Act. One of the biggest changes is that voters are not able to use their Voter ID cards as an acceptable piece of ID, which will effectively disenfranchise thousands of voters, many of whom are among demographics that historically have low turnout rates. A group, however, comprised of the Council of Canadians, the Canadian Federation of Students, and three individuals, have filed for an injunction, which would postpone the implementation of these rules until after the upcoming election. It is likely that they would then challenge the bill on constitutional grounds after the election. Duffy trial It is likely most of you have heard of Mike Duffy, the former Senator who is currently in court over a
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$90,172 cheque that was given to him by former Prime Minister’s office (PMO) chief of staff Nigel Wright to help cover up some questionable expense claims. The trial, which began on April 7 and has been going for over two months, is on hiatus until August 11, almost ensuring it will run into the campaign period if not the election itself. When the trial resumes, it will resume with a bang, as Nigel Wright is set to take the stand as a witness. It remains to be seen how the drawn-out trial will affect the Conservatives come October 19, but it is not likely to help. Advent of Canadian PACs The fixed election date means parties can begin campaigning well before the official campaign period, and this has led to a number of political action committees (PACs) more commonly seen in American politics. Unlike political parties, these organizations can receive donations from corporations or unions, and there is no limit on the amount of donations they can receive. Further, the donors list never has to be disclosed. So what does this mean? More attack ads, more secrecy about donations, and a serious blow to the integrity of Canadian democracy.
Polling There are a variety of organizations that conduct polls on voting intention, and the best resource out there is threehundredeight.com, run by Eric Grenier. He amalgamates all publicly available polls into a single poll to provide a succinct and more accurate picture of voter intention. Polls will only increase as the election draws nearer — just remember to take them with a grain of salt. Poll results can encourage or discourage supporters from a particular party to show up based on their results, and as we in BC know all too well, though they may be fun, they are not always accurate. Electoral boundaries The 2015 federal election will be the first to see 338 MPs elected — an increase of 30 from years prior, resulting in changes to over half of all riding boundaries. CBC noted that these different boundaries, with the 2011 vote count, would have created eight different results in ridings across the country, though the biggest difference in 2015 will not come as a result of the new boundaries. The addition of 30 new seats will make a majority government a more difficult feat, especially given the still-close three-way race between the Conservatives, NDPs, and Liberals.
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Nestle saves British Columbia in unprecedented act of corporate heroism SIDNEY FALCO FUTURE CORRESPONDENT
BC had already spent over 80 per cent of its wildfire budget and things were looking grim. The wildfires that had been burning all summer long finally connected in mid-August, becoming one “superfire” engulfing southern BC, and there were few resources available to stop it as it destroyed half the province, leaving over a million dead. That is, until thousands of Nestle water-bombers took to the sky and eliminated the inferno all at once with over a billion litres of Nestle products, including Perrier, Nestea, and Nesquik chocolate syrup.
“Forest fires are not a human right,” explained Nestle CEO Peter Brabek in a press conference held on the ashen remains of Abbotsford, BC, where the last of the superfires was put out. “These fires ought to be privatized, so that they might have value.” Critics of Nestle’s intervention note that the company’s use of its products instead of regular water doubles as a blatant marketing ploy and as a dishonest method of assuaging the public’s negative opinion of the Water Sustainability Act, which will allow corporations to extract water from the province for $2.25 per million litres in 2016. “The public will be all like, ‘We better give these dudes water cuz they’re heroes and stuff,’ and
they’ll forget how that’s exactly what they thought sucked a couple months ago,” said child activist Little Lisa Stevenson in a public speech she gave at Sunnybear Orphanage, which has seen a boom in business since the superfire. CSIS is currently investigating everyone who signed the petition to stop the water deal between BC and Nestle, including Little Lisa. “Nestle is Canada’s greatest hero,” said spokesman Hugh Tilly-Tarianism. “We don’t want anyone protesting our heroes, do we?” Besides, freedom of assembly, association, and speech are like water — not human rights.” August 31, 2015
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YOUR GUIDE TO NEW SUS SERVICES IN THE SUB BY KODIE CHERRILLE THE CASCADE
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Whether you’re a new student walking into any UFV building with a new sense of purpose and wonder or a seasoned fourth-year who has watched every stage of the construction of the building with the beak-like beams protruding from the front, you might be wondering what’s going to be in the Student Union Building (SUB). Well, here’s your go-to guide. After seven years of financial negotiations, revised floor plans, and construction, the Student Union Building is now open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. during the summer, and will have a grand opening celebration in the fall.
Fair Grounds coffee shop On the first floor, there’s a bright blue area with a counter and a silver metal folding door that holds the new coffee shop, called Fair Grounds. SUS president Thomas Davies says ethical manufacturing and organic farming of the coffee is part of what gave the coffee shop its name. “It has a ring to it. It fits the mandate or the theme of what the coffee shop is doing,” he says. On June 23, SUS held a free coffee-tasting event where students, staff, and faculty visited the SUB to try out coffee and baked goods. SUS collected votes from about 150 people, and one of the winners are a roast from Doi Chaang coffee co., partly owned by the farmers who grow its coffee. Davies says the part-time job postings for Fair Grounds, set to open in early August, are available online. Food services coordinator Lauren Southern will be overseeing the operations of the shop.
The Canoe restaurant Replacing AfterMath, the SUS restaurant located next to the gym, the Canoe is on the second floor of the SUB. Davies says the restaurant has an expanded kitchen, meaning SUS is able to provide catering for events inside the SUB, but that the menu has not been finalized yet. “Over the next few weeks we’ll be testing and trying out some different things and seeing what works well, so I’d expect by early August things would be set,” he says.
IT Services centre Is your computer being a jerk and keeping you from looking at cat gifs when you should be doing homework? The IT Services centre can (probably) help you with that. The IT Services centre on the third floor of the SUB will look at students’ laptops, cell phones, tablets, and towers and offer help with tech-related issues. The service was added on to SUS fees at $4.98 per semester, after a referendum passed in January 2015 to fund the centre. Though the service has not been offered during summer, SUS has been collecting fees to help train staff and stock the centre with equipment. Services will include diagnostics, computer virus removals, and phone and tablet screen repairs. While the labour is free, any required parts for the repair will paid for by the student. If parts are required for a repair, the centre will contact the student for permission to purchase them before the transaction is made. Students in Chilliwack will be able to drop their faulty technology at the CEP SUS office, where it will be shipped to the Abbotsford campus, repaired, and shipped back to Chilliwack. SUS VP Internal Ricardo Coppola explained that the centre will hire somewhere between three to six UFV students, depending on how many hours each student can put in. “Personally, I think it’s going to get really busy,” said Coppola. “But it’s something that we’ll just have to see… we’ll take things as they come.” UFV student Alan DeJesus is the manager of the IT Services centre. Floor plans from: ufvsus.ca/facilities/content/floor_plans.html
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The Weekly Horoscope
Star Signs from Moira Mysteriosa
Aquarius: Jan 20 to Feb 18: Reality will soon burst in and vomit all over your carpet like a drunken teenager. Consider renewing your insurance. All your insurance.
Gemini: May 21 to June 21: The path to happiness can be a troubled one. Invest in a shotgun and master your threatening gaze.
Libra: Sept 23 to Oct 22: The man in the long black coat is not your friend, but he speaks truth.
Pisces: Feb 19 to March 20: Moira has seen your future, and it looks like a pudding fight. Did you bring a change of clothes?
Cancer: June 22 to July 22: Your spirit animal is the colour purple. (The actual colour, not the novel.)
Scorpio: Oct 23 to Nov 21: If you had the dream, you know what you must do next.
Aries: March 21 to April 19: Judging a pie-eating contest will bring you answers to the questions you have not yet asked. Shhhh, don’t argue — just start baking.
Leo: July 23 to Aug 22: Your spirit animal is the colour purple. (The actual colour, not the novel.)
Taurus: April 20 to May 20: Soon.
Virgo: Aug 23 to Sept 22: Transforming your closet into a steel bunker is perhaps not the most mentally healthy hobby. Have you considered crocheting?
Sagittarius: Nov 22 to Dec 21: Most of your problems could probably be solved by getting more tattoos. Capricorn: Dec 22 to Jan 19: Do it. Do it. Do it.
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As the summer evening winds down, drop by Mission’s Twilight Concert Series in Fraser River Heritage Park for a concert by donation every Wednesday and Friday. Music starts at 7 p.m. Bring a lawn chair or something comfy to sit on, and for the full experience, bring a picnic dinner! You can find information on performers at heritagepark-mission.ca/twilightconcerts.html.
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Abbotsford’s own musical festival continues from 6 to 10 p.m. every Thursday in July. Relax on the grass while listening to free live music from local bands, sample the goodies offered by food trucks, browse the wares of various local artists and crafters, and enjoy a frosty beer thanks to the festival’s park-wide liquor license.
JULY FREE OUTDOOR SWING-DANCING CLASSES
Drop by Highstreet’s central plaza every Tuesday night from 6 to 8 p.m. for free outdoor swing-dancing classes hosted by Suburban Swing Abbotsford. Don’t know the first thing about swing? No problem — new dancers are welcome, and you don’t have to bring a partner! Dancers are advised to wear closed-toe shoes, but not sneakers.
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Come out for Fraser Valley Pride and celebrate who you are! The festivities start at 11 a.m. at Trethewey House and go all day. The fun continues into the evening with a special Dinner and Drag hosted by fabulous local drag queens at 5:30 (tickets $40) and the Flair Dance Party at 8 p.m. Everyone is welcome! Find more information on other local Pride Weekend events, including dances, outdoor movies, and art exhibitions at fraservalleypride.com.
FRASER VALLEY BIENNALE ART EXHIBIT: “LOVERS AND FIGHTERS”
What does it mean to be a lover or a fighter? Local artists explore this question with their work in the Fraser Valley Biennale. Drop by the Kariton Art Gallery for a reception from 6 to 8 p.m. to celebrate the exhibition’s launch, or check out the exhibition at the the Kariton Art Gallery (July 25 to August 18). The Reach Gallery Museum will also host a biennale exhibit in September.
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Check out this annual display of gorgeous classic cars from before 1979. The show takes place at the Atchelitz Threshermen’s Association site in Chilliwack from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m., and admission is free! For more information visit fvccs.ca, or email info@fvccs.ca.
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The Concert in the Park series continues every Saturday afternoon beside the Kariton Gallery in Mill Lake Park. Drop in from 4 to 5:30 and from 6 to 7:30 p.m. for a broad variety of local music including folk, indie rock, jazz, funk, and even a hint of jug-band. On August 22, there will be free cookies at a special Night of Thanks, and an arts fair starting at 2 p.m. Check out abbotsfordartscouncil.com for the schedule.
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The Agrifair is back and bigger than ever with contests, rides, demolition derbies, singing competitions, chuckwagon racing, Lego, concerts, and more. Event runs from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. every day except Monday, when it closes at 5 p.m. Student tickets are $10, so bring your student ID. More info at agrifair.ca.
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Science World is coming to Abbotsford, at least for one afternoon! Check out this presentation from 2 to 2:45 p.m. at the Abbotsford Community Library (in Abby Senior Secondary). Be prepared for plenty of audience participation and entertainment as scientists demonstrate the wonders of physics and chemistry. Fun for all ages.
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Snowbirds, Breitlings, and Horsemen, oh my! The famous Abbotsford Air Show begins on Friday with a twilight show starting at 3:30 p.m., and full-day shows on Saturday and Sunday starting at 9 a.m. More information on ticket prices and attractions onabbotsfordairshow.com.
AUGUST MISSION FOLK MUSIC FESTIVAL
The Mission Folk Fest is back for its 28th year with a rich variety of music from around the world, held in the beautiful Fraser River Heritage Park. Weekend passes for adults are $100 if bought in advance, or $130 including camping. Check outmissionfolkmusicfestival.ca for more information on ticket prices, performers, and more.
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Dust off your cowboy boots and head to the 143rd Chilliwack Fair! Activities include a rodeo, lawnmower racing, and an antique tractor pull, as well as concerts, animals, and games. Check out chilliwackfair.com for more information.
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The stargazer’s survival guide MEGAN LAMBERT
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It’s very easy to die while stargazing. However, there are a few ways to stay happy, warm, and alive. The first tip I have is to bring friends. They can help you carry things, bring extra snacks, and keep you safe from wild animals or creepy mutants that may be lurking in the neighbouring corn fields. Also, bring bug spray. The best way to ruin a beautiful view of twinkling stars in the night sky is by slapping away a swarm of bloodthirsty and disease-ridden mosquitos. If you can, bring a citronella-scented air freshener. Avoid candles; there’s a ban on all open flames right now because the grass is dry and susceptible to catching fire easily. A wildfire is just another way you could die from stargazing. The Fraser Valley’s temperature rises to a boil in the summer, making us feel like we’re in a pot of fermenting sweat. Don’t let this fool you — it cools off around 10 p.m. Bring blankets, pillows, and either a sleeping bag or a tarp to put on the ground to keep you comfortable, clean, and warm. Speaking of the ground, one way I find myself encountering death is by almost getting run over by cars. Do not lie on the road. Find a friend with a pick-up truck and lie in the bed, or lie on the hood of your car. If you don’t have access to a truck or your car is too fragile to support the weight of people, go into the park and lie in the open area between the trees. Bring a lantern and something reflective so you are visible. Rather than an imminent danger, like the
threat of being flattened by cars or eaten alive by bugs, I mostly find myself facing the threat of dying from heartbreak due to blurry photos. As a social-media junkie, my mantra is “pics or it didn’t happen,” so snapping a shot of the stars is high on my priority list. Watching the night sky is a humbling and transcendent experience, where we realize we are merely mortal. Seeing how large the universe is allows you to forget your small and earthly problems for a while. If you don’t feel the need to share that on Facebook, I get it. But if you’re like me and you want to have pictures to look back on in your old age, bring a DSLR camera to capture the experience. Don’t use your smartphone. Some phones have beautiful cameras, but starry skies are among the most difficult scenes to capture. A DSLR will give you more freedom to adjust the settings to get the effect you want. An article from the Nikon USA website explains how to take photos of the night sky: “To photograph the stars in the sky as pinpoints of light, start with as wide an F/stop as your lens allows and [a] shutter speed of about 20 seconds. Any more time than that and the stars will begin to blur. Increase the ISO as needed for a good exposure.” To this, I’ll add just one thing. Bring a tripod. Your camera will take in more light and therefore take longer to snap the photo, so having it in your hands means it’ll be prone to shaking and will thus become blurry. A tripod will make your camera stable, giving you more control over the angle and frame of the photo. Lastly, beware of falling meteors.
Image: Dread Pirate Jeff/ flickr
Insects, blurry photos, and getting hit by a car are all surefire ways to die stargazing.
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Getting frisky al fresco: outdoor sex etiquette for the first-timer GEORGIA GAY
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“Sun is shining, weather is sweet, make you wanna move your dancing feet,” Bob Marley sang — but sometimes the sunshine makes you want to get other parts of your body moving, too, especially when you’re spending the day alone in the great outdoors with a special someone. Sure, you’re sweaty and hot and the humidity makes your fleshy bits clap weirdly, but there’s nothing like getting it on in the middle of the forest to make you feel at one with nature. Now, having sex outdoors is illegal, which means that under no circumstances should you ever even consider doing it, regardless of how fun and daring and erotic it really, really is. But for those naughty miscreants who insist on doing it anyway, here are a few guidelines to keep you out of trouble.
Hit the right spot This is the most obvious one, but some people — looking at you, couple who were humping against a tree in Centennial Park last month, barely 30 feet from the road — clearly need a reminder: pick a place where no one is going to see you. If you’re going to do it in a park, make sure it’s a big one. Parks and beaches are crawling with families throughout the summer months, so find the quietest, shadiest clearing as far off the beaten path as you can get. Bonus points if you have to climb, swim, or duck under thick foliage to get to it. Before things start getting hot and heavy, take a look around and make sure that you really are alone. Just like putting a condom on, it makes the mood a little less impulsive, but it’s for your own safety — it’s worth the peace of mind to know that there aren’t
any exploring kids around who might stumble into your lovegrove and inadvertently learn about a whole new kind of birds and bees than they were expecting. Or parents. Or RCMP. And if you really can’t find anywhere that’s guaranteed to be private, you can always go back to your car and get down in the back seat instead. Hey, at least you’ll have air conditioning. Make yourselves comfortable Discovering that you’re lying on a spider nest is the second-fastest way to kill a boner. (The fastest is to step on a Lego.) The object is to feel good, right? That isn’t gonna happen if you’re trying to avoid lying on mud, broken twigs, dog poop, and all the other treasures of the forest floor. Bring a blanket or towel and get comfy — heck, you can even bring a tent if you’re feeling shy. Speaking of comfort, don’t forget the sunscreen. There are tender
parts of your anatomy that probably haven’t seen the sun since you refused to keep your swim diaper on at the beach and your mom shrugged and said, “Meh, who cares, he’s two.” While the resulting lack of tan lines is great, if you want to avoid a sun-spanking that makes your eyes water every time you sit down, sunscreen is your friend. And if you’re heading for the beach, for the love of God, know this: making love on the sand is only sexy in the movies. Trust. Don’t be an asshole Ah, the oft-forgotten 11th commandment. In this case, not being an asshole includes, but is not limited to: not trespassing; not having sex on a nude beach (you’ll make everyone there look bad and get their beach shut down, you asshole); not making a serious attempt to hide yourselves from those who don’t want to know about your sex party;
putting your goddamn condom in the garbage; putting your goddamn condom in the garbage. Keep an eye on the exit Agree on an emergency escape plan in case you’re discovered, and keep as much clothing on as possible. This is where skimpy, easy-to-wear clothing like board shorts, dresses, and bikinis come in handy; it’s not easy to run while trying to tug too-tight skinny jeans over your sweaty legs. Let’s face it, half an hour of fun is not worth getting arrested, no matter how awesome sex al fresco may be — but isn’t the exhibitionist risk part of the thrill? That is, for those frisky, daring deviants who insist on fucking majestically under the blue sky of the great outdoors. I would never condone such sexy, exciting adventures. Nope.
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Theatre
CHARTS Blonde 1 Yukon On Blonde Furman 2 Ezra Perpetual Motion People Diamonds 3 Nick City of Quartz Eve 4 Titans Chasing The Devil Jupes 5 Les Some Kind of Family Daze 6 Teen A World Away
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Blind Guardian Beyond the Red Mirror
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Donnie Trumpet and The Social Experiment Surf Peach Kelli Pop III
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George Warren 10 Pistol Oceapur 9 Monks 11 Dave All Signs Point to Yes DeMarco 12 Mac Another One High 13 Cheap Idle Howard 14 Barna Quite a Feeling Boots 15 Little Business Pleasure The Archers 16 Unleash Time Stands Still
17 Joywave How Do You Feel Now? 18
Diamond Youth Nothing Matters
19 Young Novelists 20 The Made Us Strangers Dear Rouge Black To Gold
Shuffle
Love’s Labour’s Lost finds what community theatre’s all about
DAVE CUSICK
PROGRAM DIRECTOR / HAMBURGLER
Summer is a magical time of year, when all seems as it should be. Some songs, even in the dark, rainy months, can make us feel sunny on the inside. Bananarama “Cruel Summer” This song (not to be confused with the crappy remake by Ace of Base) became popular because of its use in the classic 1984 film The Karate Kid (not to be confused with the crappy remake starring Jaden Smith). It’s about summer’s underbelly; overheating, separation from someone you love. In the film, it really drove home how Daniel LaRusso felt alienated in his new California school, which provided the impetus for him to learn karate. Wax on! DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince “Summertime” By 1991, Will Smith was 23 years old, star of a television sitcom, and had moved past the novelty songs like “Parents Just Don’t Understand” that had started his career. “Summertime” has an easy groove that lets you know that everything is going to be all right if you just pop open a fire hydrant. Toro y Moi “Empty Nesters” In the doldrums of last winter, this song got released and I thought, “Summer will come again.” And it did. Husker Du “Celebrated Summer” Clocking in at 4:03, this song, off their second full-length, Flip Your Wig, is twice as long as most of what the band had produced up to this point. But their growing maturity, coupled with nostalgia for their unsupervised, unhelicopterparented summers, brought out some new tones in their 1980s Minnesota garage hardcore. “Getting out of school meant getting out of hand. Was this your celebrated summer?” The Beach Boys “Good Vibrations” Need I say more? Go see that Brian Wilson biopic, by the way. So good.
Bard in the Valley’s production brings Shakespeare’s tangled webs to the Ivy Leagues.
ALEX RAKE THE CASCADE
The sun has this troublesome habit of setting in the west. Even more troublesome is that west was exactly the direction the audience faced as they waited for Bard in the Valley’s outdoor production of Shakespeare’s Love’s Labour’s Lost to begin. As show time got closer, I grew very nervous about how I couldn’t see the stage for the big ball of fire burning my retinas — then, miraculously, the sun disappeared behind the set right as the first scene opened. Community theatre is full of these setting-sun moments. A million things can go wrong in any live production, professional or not, and the potential for catastrophe compounds when it’s volunteers running the show. And things did go wrong; there were all kinds of issues with the microphones. Sometimes they wouldn’t turn on, and other times a loud static sound would boom from the speakers while the actors tried to deliver their lines. But what separates a good show from a bad show isn’t really how much does or doesn’t go wrong so much as how the cast and crew deal with it. The mic mishaps were not only handled professionally by everybody — actors would just talk louder, or someone would go off-stage to bring on a different mic — but they were quickly and easily forgotten as soon as the performers made the audience laugh. And man oh man, did Bard in the Valley ever put on a funny show! Love’s Labour’s Lost is the story of a group of guys swearing off women for the sake of study, and how a tricky group of ladies toy with the silly men and their impossible oath. The men try to woo the women while keeping up appearances to each other that they totally won’t undermine their bro-code, and the women are, unbeknownst to the men, completely aware of this. There is also a sub-plot involving incompetent messengers and mixed-up love letters. It’s all very funny on paper, but it’s even funnier live thanks to the sharp delivery of the performers, quite a few of whom have performed in UFV Theatre productions. This particular production is re-situated in a modern Ivy-League setting, which fits well with the theme of a bunch of guys locking themselves
Image: Mandy Dyck
away to study but doesn’t really affect the quality or clarity of the play either way. What the re-situation does, though, is allow for hilarious costuming opportunities. One scene takes place during a masquerade, but instead of everyone walking around in typical masque-wear, the ladies just put on shades à la Clark Kent and the men show up dressed like bikers. It’s ridiculous and awesome. While everyone did well with their roles — Darcy Knopp as Berowne was particularly engaging during his sad, drunken soliloquy — the showstealers were Annastasia Unger as Costard the clown, Luke Stevens as Armado the Spaniard, and Lauren Trotzuk as his sassy assistant, Moth. Unger is vibrant, energetic, and just annoying enough to make the disrespect her character faces all the more funny. Stevens is loveably ridiculous in his role, and even though his accent sounds more Italian than Spanish, its flamboyance is wonderful. Trotzuk really knows how to use her face; little sarcastic half-smiles and pissed-off eyebrows convey their own non-verbal humour. Also, she sings beautifully. Trotzuk is the production’s musical director, and the show contains two original songs by her. The songs are in a modern musical style, and the lyrics also use noticeably modern language. This would normally be terribly jarring in contrast to the Shakespearean stuff coming out of characters’ mouths the rest of the time, but in this case the jarring is good. The absurdity of the contrast itself is funny, and one of the most memorable aspects of the show. Overall, this production is a good example of lighthearted community theatre. The fact that the show is outside at such a nice time of year and that truffle-oil popcorn and Township 7 wine are readily available definitely contribute to the entertainment. Even if you’re the kind of person who finds Shakespeare unbearable and incomprehensible, Bard in the Valley’s Love’s Labour’s Lost will make you choke on your opinion, if not on your own laughter. Bard in the Valley’s Love’s Labour’s Lost continues to play at Township 7 Winery July 17 and 18 before moving to the Spirit Square Stage in Douglas Park in Langley City for a run covering July 23 to 26, July 30 and 31, and August 1 and 2. All shows are at 7 p.m. except Sundays, which are at 2 p.m.
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S undBites
Colin Stetson and Sarah Neufeld
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Mini album reviews
Waxahatchee Ivy Tripp
Never Were the Way She Was
Kacey Musgraves Pageant Material
Ciara Jackie
Although his previous albums are considered solo efforts, rarely is baritone saxophonist Colin Stetson actually alone. Putting aside the brilliant marriage of Stetson’s playing with the way it’s produced (over 20 microphones are used in one take to capture Stetson’s playing, breathing, and even the percussive mechanics of his saxophone, the whole mix given a serrated edge by ambient artist / master of tension Ben Frost), Stetson frequently collaborates with vocalists to add, um, a voice to his already-distinct work — something human to pair with his machinelike mastery of the sax. Never Were the Way She Was also belongs to Arcade Fire violinist Sarah Neufeld, and she definitely brings her own voice to a collaboration with one of the more unique virtuosos of the 21st century. She delivers chill-inducing vocals while dancing around Stetson’s percussive stomp in “The Rest of Us,” adding urgency to the already-furious track. She offers a woozy, pitch-bending counterpoint in the mournful “Won’t Be a Thing to Become,” and a more delicate kind of menace alongside Stetson’s snarls in “With the Dark Hug of Time,” which threatens to collapse into a black hole of deliciously dense bass. Elsewhere, like in “In the Vespers,” busy, Philip Glass-like arrangements might push the listener away from close listening until a saxophone’s roar distances the piece from the blistering arpeggios. Other flirtations with drone, like brief closer “Flight,” are nowhere near as potent as “Dark Hug.” Ultimately, the collaboration is a successful melding of Stetson’s precise and rhythmic playing with Neufeld’s understated, atmospheric style, and they each draw moments of haunting beauty from each other.
I wanted to love Waxahatchee’s Ivy Tripp. A friend described it to me as “guitar-based writerly rock,” and that description, combined with a photograph of a twee, forest-dwelling hipster on the cover and song titles like “Bonfire” and “Summer of Love,” made me expect something sweet and earthy and substantial, like a summery Feist album. Sadly, it’s none of those things. Most of Ivy Tripp features Katie Crutchfield’s rough, untrained vocals clawing their way out of a thick grey blanket of guitar fuzz, which may be meant to be moody and evocative but comes across as muddy and unprofessional. Acoustic songs occasionally peek through the fog, such as “Stale by Noon,” which features a refreshingly clear and clean nine-note guitar riff — but the riff, which begins to grate on the nerves after 30 seconds, is repeated throughout the entire song. The. Entire. Song. Most of the other songs don’t feature more than four or five chords, either, and have a wandering, aimless structure that never seems to reach a satisfying bridge or chorus. As for the lyrics, they’re all sung in first person about the various pitfalls of love, and are either incomprehensibly opaque (“Travel the world ivy tripping / with no spotlight”) or a little too simple (“I know why you would long for your past / I know why you would run away so fast”). A vein of selfcentred millennial anxiety also weighs the album down: “I wasted my boredom hastily / I’m a basement brimming with nothing great,” Crutchfield sings in “The Dirt.” The final product is unmelodic and repetitive with all the sophistication of a Buzzfeed listicle. If guitar-based writerly rock is your jam, keep looking — this isn’t one you’ll play more than once.
Cheerful whistles, oasis-invoking strings, gentle acoustics, and drawn-out, definitively country vocals set the stage for Pageant Material, Kacey Musgraves’ fifth release. “Dime Store Cowgirl” is a good example of an overdone country theme, taking the country-girlmeets-big-world, “can’t take the country out of me” theme and setting it to acoustic guitar riffs I’m sure I’ve heard somewhere before. Yet it has a charming authenticity, and is perhaps fresher because of the company it keeps on the album: “This Town” with its Fraser Valley-relatable depiction of small-town life, and many of the tracks’ testaments to the fact that, despite feeling like a fast, modern world, in many ways we’re not modern or glossy at all — we’re still tied to our hometowns, our families, our simple, straightforward ways of living, and our sort-of endearingly kitschy idioms (“mind your own biscuits and life will be gravy,” for example). Homespun honesty versus image and glitz is a featured theme in the title — and my favourite — track, and it all ties up unobtrusively in the line, “I ain’t pageant material; I’m always higher than my hair, and it ain’t that I don’t care about world peace, but I don’t see how I can fix it in a swimsuit on a stage.” On the production side of things, filling out the acoustics-and-vocals combo with a 10-piece set of strings brings a bit of gleam. Musgraves’ voice flows slow and simple with instruments that evoke a sense of familiarity — and sometimes, familiar isn’t such a bad thing. It’s charming, gently thought-provoking, and easy to slip into for a while.
Strings swell and violins climb in a spiral as if to royally introduce a princess — and, after a beat, out comes Ciara rapping “I’m a bad motherfucker.” “Jackie (B.M.F.)” sets the tone for an album that promises a surprise around every corner, then doesn’t deliver. Nearly every song has a major change in rhythm or tone, but that’s as far as variety goes. The lyrics are pretty commonplace: “Don’t you know that we’re just getting started,” from “Stuck On You,” or the quintessential “Oh, oh, oh” in lieu of real words on “Fly.” Moments like these take the focus off of what the song is saying, instead leaning on the electronic accompaniment to make you feel something. Even then, much of the instrumentation sounds like something I’ve heard before — maybe from the musical presets of 2009 Garageband (for example, ‘beat 1,’‘beat 2,’ etc.). That said, Ciara doesn’t need or want to prod at your feelings or satiate your artistic palette. Naming the album after her mother, Ciara ends on a track that begins with noises from her infant son as if to make a statement about the circle of life and motherhood. But really, it’s just fun. Jackie is a summer album, with sweet beats and sassy lines about dancing at parties, wearing high heels, and being an independent woman. It’s perfect for a small set of speakers at the beach when you’re psyching yourself up to feel good in your bikini.
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Film
Dancing in the dark
Magic Mike XXL combines musical fantasies and mundane realities MICHAEL SCOULAR THE CASCADE
Magic Mike XXL opens with a medium close-up of Channing Tatum seated on a porch swing, waves and evening breeze and twilight suggested by the sound design (by Dennis Towns, whose editing and mixing work is among the best at combining the mundane echoes of small interiors and the filtered ambience that lives outside). Here he is: the reason you came to see this, but he’s all business, staring off into the middle distance, thinking, we’ll soon find out, about his dissatisfying domestic life and the day-to-day nags of building a moderately successful business. “We have got to get a retail space,” he says a few minutes later to his one employee. “I am so sick of these contractors nickel-and-diming us all day.” Where the first Magic Mike ushered its audience behind a fantasy life into an oiled-up family, this one reminds: careers are short. Like last year’s Step Up All In (a movie that deserved to be talked about in the same breath as other “art’s nice, but I don’t see the money in this” works like Inside Llewyn Davis and Frances Ha, but wasn’t, because critics take Greenwich Village folk singers and New York City modern art apprentices seriously, not street dancers), Magic Mike XXL combines contemporary fears and dreams of career stability with musical abandon, set to fluid, steady camerawork. And where the first Magic Mike was driven by its ascending star plot, XXL is loose, a hangout movie, where dialogue flows with background jokes, catch-up questions, and taunts. Dance sequences, no longer taking a backseat to getting-to-know-you conversations, break out in any space they can be invented in, none of them as mundane and cloistered as the Xquisite club where just about the whole dream-work life of the first Magic Mike took place.
Steven Soderbergh did not direct this sequel, but he’s still around as cinematographer, editor, and producer, and for that reason some might still see this as his work — many of his technical collaborators remain in their same roles, and the only major shift is that the director now is Gregory Jacobs, Soderbergh’s regular assistant director, whose two previous works are small-scale genre flicks. But where Soderbergh is sometimes hailed as an independent star (depending on who you ask, you might get as many as a dozen ideas of what his best movie is), Jacobs’ approach to the world of male entertainers is, suprisingly, more in sync with both the world of Tampa drag clubs, exclusive parties, and pleasuresense overload, as well as the ideas in this sequence of films: both the construction of bliss in its ideal, uncomplicated form, and the snags and pressures that bliss is an escape from. Soderbergh, who has spoken repeatedly of the “tyranny of narrative,” pits, de-bones, twists somewhat straightforward scenarios. He has endless nostalgia for the New American cinema of the 1970s, but also takes the past as a challenge, to recreate it (particularly in The Limey and The Good German), only so that it can be scuffed and shown as more fallen and less simple than you remember it. The audience zigs, Soderbergh zags, etc. So where Soderbergh shot the first Magic Mike’s dance scenes in shadows, from a distance, in a small, cramped space that can fit, with difficulty, a couple hundred people, Jacobs embraces the musical tradition: an early quasi-improvised awakening dance by Tatum is part Gene Kelly exuberance, part clumsy dreamer kicking over equipment and breaking tables; club scenes are lit and timed to heart-swelling DJ-set transitions (Bando Jones’ “Sex You” comes in pin-drop still, then takes over the scene, but not so much you can’t still hear the slap of a dancer’s hand claps); and some choreographed
long takes strike like the heart of a liberated Broadway, large and unabashedly direct, the camera swinging as if to raise an audience off the Earth, into the headspace of performers and the women they dance for. The wonder of these movies is how they do not seem to unnaturally bend to Tatum as a star, yet give him and the rest of the cast a fit, in terms of humour, in terms of emotional range, in terms of physical skill that carries with it years of dedication. In a world of perfect, theme-spelling hero scripts and their quick-witted sarcastic comebacks, Tatum is sometimes dumb; he starts to say something that sounds smart, until he hears himself saying it; he pulls off a great move, but in a kitchen, without the benefit of a sound system and an eager audience. Even though his appeal as an abovethe-title actor could seem to be beyond the people surrounding him, not only does he seem to belong with the group, all almostgetting-a-break, all worrying-the-end-isnigh, he actively shares the spotlight on both sides of the production. Tatum is not credited with writing the script or choreographing any numbers, but screenwriter Reid Carolin and choreographers Alison Faulk, Teresa Espinosa, and Luke Broadlick have spoken of his close involvement. As for the cast, a lot of the appeal of these movies is seeing less-prolific actors flourish in the demanding but freeing atmosphere of dance-devising and execution: Jada Pinkett Smith, in her best work since her collaborations with Michael Mann and the Wachowskis a decade ago; Stephen “Twitch” Boss, from the last three Step Up movies (where Tatum got his start as well); Matt Bomer, Adam Rodriguez, Joe Manganiello, and Donald Glover, known mainly for television roles; Gabriel Iglesias, a comedian; Kevin Nash and Michael Strahan, former professional athletes; and Andie MacDowell, who has not had a film role this good since the 90s. Carmen Cuba, the casting di-
rector here, for Soderbergh films since The Girlfriend Experience, and for the sprawling, similarly likeable ensemble of Sense8, can apparently call it when an actor has the ability to create a performance of joy, safety, and grounded sexuality, no matter what a glance at a resume highlights. Most movie romances are elitist: they say love is going to happen between two very narrowly selected people. They will bond over esoteric quirks and their soundtrack will be bands you’ve probably only heard of if you’re cool. They will live in places you probably won’t even bother to flip to in the real estate pages. In Magic Mike XXL, a movie set in sleepless hotel rooms, roads, not airplanes, and in vans where people talk about the Backstreet Boys and junk food, love is, in an obvious way, linked to money: it’s how you get in the door to see these men, it’s what you shower them with. But as Smith, in her emcee motivational sermons says, and as Glover, in a late night car conversation calls it, this is, though some may scoff, a kind of democratic catharsis: it’s the same “you deserve to be told you’re beautiful” stage drama of Justin Bieber’s in-concert “One Less Lonely Girl” calling up an audience member, but for people who know the banality of betrayal, and the disappointment, for example, of a statistic like how 96 per cent of the opening week audience for Magic Mike XXL was women. A common reaction to the Magic Mike movies is some variation of a verbal fainting spell, maybe the word “pornography,” an attempt at mockery. But anyone who’s seen the movie knows how crowds react to it, and how, in the dance scenes, like in Sofia Coppola’s video for Phoenix’s “Chloroform” (but turned up to 11), the constant repeating shot is of women, ecstatic, knowing it is their desires that are being listened to.
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SPORTS & HEALTH
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A guide to hiking in the Fraser Valley By Vanessa Broadbent
UPCOMING
EVENTS Every Thurs & Sun SUP Yoga
Sea to Sky Parks and Inner Vision Yoga have partnered to offer Stand-up Paddleboard Yoga on Cultus Lake. The 75-minute class, open to all skill levels, costs $25 and includes a paddleboard rental. For more information or to register visit seatoskyparks.com.
CASCADE FALLS 40 M
30 MINUTES 0.75 KM
LINDEMAN LAKE
Easy
3.4 KM
Not only is Cascade Falls pretty much the shortest walk ever, but you get to see a waterfall from a suspension bridge. It’s a bit of a drive, but the view definitely makes up for it.
BRIDAL FALLS
July 25 Windy Joe Hike Mount Waddington’s Outdoors is hosting a hike on the Windy Joe trail in Manning Park. The trip costs $99.99 and includes transportation and lunch. For more information and to register visit mtwaddingtons.com.
2 KM
Easy
If you want an easy hike with a gorgeous view, Bridal Falls is the place to go. The short distance makes it the perfect hike (actually, it’s more of a walk) if you’re short on time.
Intro to Kayaking Join Mount Waddington’s Outdoors on the Harrison River for an introductory course in kayaking. The course costs $119.99 and includes transportation, equipment, and lunch. For more information and to register visit mtwaddingtons.com.
Every Monday Free pole fitness class The Goddess Movement on Sumas Way offers free pole fitness classes every Monday at 6 p.m. If you’ve been thinking of trying out this fun, unconventional form of exercise but don’t want to commit to a membership yet, book your spot online at www.thegoddessmovement.com. All sizes, fitness levels, and body types welcome!
1.5 KM
700 M
4.5 HOURS
Hard
Cheam is one of the harder hikes in the Fraser Valley, but it also has one of the best views — a panoramic view of the Fraser Valley as well as Jones Lake and Mount Baker. Unfortunately, the trail head isn’t easily accessible without a four-wheel drive, so plan ahead.
SUMAS MOUNTAIN 100 M
45 MINUTES
The short but not-so-easy hike is worth it when you reach Lindeman Lake at the top. It’s a perfect spot to spend the day and swim. For those more daring, the trail keeps going to the other side of the lake.
9.5 KM
MOUNT THOM
July 26
Intermediate
CHEAM MOUNTAIN 50 M
30 MINUTES
300 M
2 HOURS
Easy
715 M
6.5 HOURS 13.5 KM
Hard
The hike up Mount Thom (from the trailhead on Ryder Lake) is easy, short, and ends with a great view of Chilliwack. Those who are up for more of a challenge can try the longer trail which begins on Promontory mountain.
Sumas Mountain is a long and difficult hike, but the occasional views of the Fraser River along the way, as well as the detour at Chadsey Lake, make it not so bad. The trail is not as well maintained as others, so be careful when hiking, especially after a rainfall when the trail could be muddy.
TEAPOT HILL
ELK MOUNTAIN
2 HOURS 5 KM
280 M
Intermediate
Teapot Hill is a short hike, but just hard enough to still feel like a workout. The view of Cultus Lake and Columbia Valley is the perfect ending. Be sure to look for teapots along the trail!
4 HOURS 7 KM
800 M
Intermediate
Elk Mountain may not be as many kilometres long as other hikes in the area, but that doesn’t necessarily make it easier. The trail can get pretty steep at times, but there are a few viewpoints where you can stop and catch your breath.
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Team Canada finishes in sixth place at Universiade VANESSA BROADBENT THE CASCADE
UFV Cascades golf player Aaron Pauls, along with coach Chris Bertram, helped the Team Canada men’s golf team finish in sixth place at the Summer Universiade in Gwangju, South Korea last week. The universiade, which is similar to the Olympic Games, hosts over 12,000 students from 170 different countries. The event takes place every two years, each time in a different country. The games started on July 3 with the golf portion of the tournament taking place from July 8 to 11. This year’s team consisted of
UFV’s Aaron Pauls, as well as Dylan Cave from the University of Waterloo and Russell Bowie from Queen’s University. The athletes qualified to be part of the team after finishing in the top three positions at the Golf Canada University Championship in May. The tournament was Pauls’ final event of his golfing career with UFV, and he tied for 34th place in the individual standings. The top three spots of the tournament were held by Japan, France, and Korea, respectively, with scores of 554, 557, and 561. Teams Canada’s final score of 574 left them in sixth place out of 20 — the best the team has ever done. Image: Chris Bertram / twitter
Have your cake and eat it with no eggs and next-to-no effort TIA OOSTENBRUG THE CASCADE
Student budgets can be brutal. They make you question every dollar you spend, and there are so many different factors to consider such as tuition, entertainment, personal care, food, and so on. While McDonald’s value menu items can make a whole meal under $5.00, and chocolate bars are usually $2.00 or less, an organic granola bar costs upwards of $3.00. On a limited budget, it is easy to lose track of maintaining a well-balanced and healthy diet. When I first started attending university, I didn’t think much would change. I love baking, and continued baking in my spare time. I went out with my friends, had amazingly rich, decadent desserts and meals; I was having a good time. Eventually, my pants started to feel a little tighter and I knew things had to change. I still wanted to enjoy my snacks and baked goods, but going out all the time was paying a toll on my bank account. I turned to my trusty laptop and began scrolling through health food blogs. There were several commonalities I noticed in my browsing, one of which really hit me hard: whole eggs were rarely used! As a baker, this seemed strange to me but after experimenting with several of my favourite cookie, muffin, and cake recipes, it turns out that the bloggers were right: eggs are pretty
unnecessary. Eggs are delicious. They can be prepared in so many different ways and have so many different purposes. But they are also quite fatty, high in cholesterol, and the yolk contains the bulk of the calories in the egg. Egg whites are the most nutritional portion of the egg and are high in protein with very little fat. There are only 17 calories in one egg white, compared to 75 calories for one regular whole egg. I don’t know about you, but I don’t usually eat just one egg for breakfast. I began using only egg whites in my baking, or completely substituting the egg for something else. Some of my favourite egg replacements are bananas, apple sauce, coconut oil, tofu, and ground flax seed. All these replacements depend on what type of food item you are making and how many eggs you are replacing, so do your research before you start baking or cooking. Generally, if you are making baked goods, such as muffins, breads, or pancakes, using bananas or apple sauce as the egg replacement is the best option. They are low in calories and add extra fruity flavour. Play around with recipes and see what you can create without eggs. It will take some time experimenting, and you might have a few flops, but this is truly one of the easiest ways to keep enjoying your treats while cutting out unwanted calories. Try out my favourite mug cake recipe if you ever are craving something doughy and delicious!
Customizable Mug Cake Recipe 1 medium ripe banana, mashed 2 tbsp. milk or your choice of milk alternative 1-2 tsp. of honey or agave syrup 4 tbsp. of flour or your choice of flour alternative ¼ tsp. baking powder A handful of your favourite mix-ins Mash your banana in a separate bowl. Combine all ingredients in a coffee mug. Try to use a larger mug as your batter will puff up a lot while it is cooking. Fold in your mix-in ingredients (I love using blueberries, but if you were looking for something sweeter you could try chocolate chips or a spoonful of peanut butter). Microwave on high for two minutes. If your cake still looks sticky on top, keep microwaving for 30-second intervals until the top is dry to the touch. Let your mug cake cool for a few minutes before diving into regret-free delight!
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