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The flags are back in town After a six month rest the international flag display is up again (but it’s called the SUB Atrium community flag display now).
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The Last Guardian The Last Guardian isn’t perfect, but that’s exactly what makes it so endearing.
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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2017
EDITORIAL
Wiped out The downside to being part of a risk averse generation VANESSA BROADBENT EDITOR-IN-CHIEF/PHOTO
Of course it would be during a rainstorm, on the Oregon coast and three hours away from the closest mechanic, that my windshield wipers decided to stop working. A drastic change from how I imagined my reading break to start out, I quickly learned just how hard driving without wipers can be. A combination of driving slowly and pulling over when the amount of rain became unbearable, it took almost an extra two hours to get to Newport where I was planning to spend the night. The next morning was a dilemma: I could head to Eugene, taking a nearly four-hour detour from my planned route all the way down the coast along the 101, and potentially have to wait days for a part to come in. (One of the many downsides to driving a German car.) Or, because the weather forecast promised three straight days of sunshine, I could buy a bottle of Rain-X, use those three days to camp on the beach as originally planned, and simply hope for the best and deal with the worst if and when it happened. It was a tough choice and I even hesitated at the stop sign, second-guessing myself while staring at the road sign with an arrow showing which way to Eugene and which way back to the coast. Heading to Eugene and fixing my car was obviously the smarter option, and the clear skies guaranteed I would make it there safely. But the whole point of this trip wasn’t to choose the smart option — if I wanted to do that, I would have stayed home and spent the reading break catching up on homework and studying for midterms instead of hoping that my most recent paycheque would stretch far enough to get me somewhere sunny and back. Plus, detouring meant wasting some, maybe even all, of the three days of sunshine that I had been
looking forward to ever since the 14 day forecast showed them. I’m proud to say that I made the right decision and it didn’t take long at all until I was on a beach as intended — waiting on the windshield wipers was worth the risk. These kinds of risks aren’t always worth it — I’m not encouraging putting your safety at risk for the sake of adventure — but sometimes they are. It’s the “safe options” that slowly create a lifestyle that’s more concerned about what could go wrong than what could go right. As a result we miss out on opportunities that, yes, could end negatively, but could also turn out better than we imagined. Kayt Sukel, author of The Art of Risk: The New Science of Courage, Caution, and Chance, explained in an article published by Fox News that taking risks, what she describes as making any decision that has an uncertain outcome, can come with more benefits than just occasionally yielding good results. Sukel explains that rather than reminding parents of all the dangers that their children could potentially encounter, activists and educators are now suggesting that parents encourage and let their children take more risks on their own. “It’s because we’ve learned that taking chances in school and play offers incredible opportunities for children to learn how to problem solve, to regulate stress and emotion, to take initiative, to improve their physical skills, to work better with others … seasoned risk-taking offers those very same opportunities to adults by helping individuals gain the priceless experience they need to make smarter, better decisions,” she writes. Despite this, most of us find taking risks intimidating and a study completed by UBS Wealth Management Americas showed that millennials aged between 21 and 36 are the most risk averse generation since the Great Depression. This can obviously have its benefits and the Financial Post reported on a study
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I’d rather spend reading break on a beach in California than at home studying any day. conducted by Tangerine that found that 62 per cent of Canadians between 18 and 34 are already saving for retirement. Half of those started before the age of 25 — a significant increase from the 18 per cent of Canadians between the ages of 35 and 56 that reported to be saving for retirement at the same age. However, the fear of failure and rejection that comes with this risk aversion translates into almost every other area of life as well: the Atlantic recently reported a decrease in millennials becoming involved in politics or running for public office, and, despite being labeled as the “hookup generation,” millennials are having sex less often and with fewer partners compared to other generations, according to Vancouver Metro News.
This pattern of always playing it safe has become more than just something we do when necessary, but is preventing us from experiencing life to the fullest. I still don’t know if choosing the ocean over windshield wipers was the right decision — but I’m writing [most of ] this on a beach in the Redwood Forest in California while watching the sun set as the tide comes in, so I’d say so. Update: It was only partially worth it. Turns out Rain-X doesn’t really work well enough to make it all the way back home from California in the pouring rain, but it also turns out that fixing your windshield wipers can cost $900 (American) to fix, so it’ ll have to do for now.
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NEWS NEWS BRIEFS
Presidential re-search The search continues after president-to-be wihdraw application Photo: UFV Flickr
Women’s basketball moves forward in playoffs The UFV Cascades women’s basketball team is on their way to the quarter finals of the Canada West playoffs after defeating the Calgary Dinos this weekend. In a best-of-three series, the team responded to Calgary’s 6748 win on Friday with final scores of 61-59 on Saturday and 69-60 on Sunday. The Cascades will now face the Saskatchewan Huskies starting on Thursday at the University of Saskatchewan. - UFV Cascades
No more dispensaries in Abbotsford As a result of a Supreme Court ruling last week, marijuana dispensaries can still be charged by the City of Abbotsford. The bylaw dictates that business licences cannot be granted to dispensaries because they are still illegal federally. Dispensaries within the City of Abbotsford could be fined, but Justice Miriam Gropper said the ruling is related to land use more than criminal matters. - Abby News
UFV blanket initiative In an effort to cut down on the amount of space heaters used on campus, UFV’s facilities department is offering blankets to employees. Space heaters are a common source of blown electrical breakers and can cause problems with heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems. Blair McFarlane, UFV’s energy manager, is spearheading the project which has already distributed around 70 blankets, and only 25 are left. - UFV Today
Women’s soccer adds new recruits The UFV Cascades women’s soccer team has announced six new recruits, all from Surrey, B.C., that will be joining the team for their upcoming season starting this fall. The recruits include: 5’5” midfielder Harneet Dadrao, 5’7” goalkeeper Joven Sandhu, 5’7” left back Taylor Nekic, 5’3” midfielder Mackenzie Toop, 5’7” forward Sarah Parker, and 5’7” midfielder Katrina Frankenberger. The recruits come from three different soccer clubs, Coastal FC, Surrey United, and Surrey Guilford United, and are from five different high schools. - UFV Cascades
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After an extensive search to find a replacement for Dr. Mark Evered following his retirement at the end of June this year, the search for a new UFV president and vice-chancellor is resuming after the successful candidate decided to withdraw their application. With current president Mark Evered’s retirement date approaching, the initial plan was for the selected candidate to start on July 1. However, Board of Governors chair and member of the presidential search committee John Pankratz explained that won’t be happening anymore. “At the start of the whole process we had this wonderful time table that we worked out with our consultants, and the committee was going to have everything wrapped up in a neat bow about a month before Christmas,” he said. “Then real life happened and here we are — it’s been quite a process.” The 13-person committee conducted interviews in the fall and were in the final stages of the hiring process when the selected presidential candidate withdrew their application. “It all had to do with family circumstances that just wouldn’t allow him to make a commitment on our timeline here,” Pankratz said. “He just felt if he could not give a hundred per cent unreserved commitment he had to withdraw, which is unfortunate.” Now, with no replacement in place for Evered, the committee has decided to appoint an interim president to start on July 1 and fill the position until a new candidate has been selected. A vote will be made at the Board of Governors meeting on March 2 to decide who will fill the interim position. In the meantime, the search for a president will continue, but not from square one. “We’re not going to need to do that because a
lot of the fundamentals, the foundation pieces, those have already taken place,” Pankratz said. “We’re going to be refreshing and starting a new advertising campaign.” However, a new search committee will need to be formed. “We’re going to have to re-establish a search committee as we go forward, and simply because we have some people whose terms are expiring and so there will be some rotation,” Pankratz explained. “My expectation and my hope would be that we have much of the same search committee that had been involved to this point forming the bulk of the membership of our reconstituted committee. But there will be some changes.” Pankratz also noted that the upcoming provincial elections on May 9 will also influence the hiring timeline, with a potential closing date for application in late June or mid-July. “The uncertainty on the election results, certainly from a non-B.C. applicant’s point of view, even a B.C. applicant’s point of view, I think people are going to be wanting to see what comes in in May,” he said. “I would expect our closing date to have to go beyond the results of the election.” Despite the results of the election, Pankratz is expecting the new application process to yield a variety of new candidates for the position. “It’s interesting, in the world of post-secondary recruiting, what I’ve learned over the last little while is that a difference in a year makes a large difference in terms of who is available to express interest in a search like this,” he said. The search committee will also continue to work with Boyden Global Executive Search, who offered a guarantee component in finding a candidate. “Our contract with Boyden was such that there’s no additional professional fee costs to the university for continuing the search,” Pankratz explained. “We will be spending money on advertising and bringing candidates in for inter-
view, but their contract with us had a guarantee component which means they’re going to get somebody for us.” Regardless of the guarantee, Parkratz noted that the committee strongly supported continuing the search with the help of Boyden. “That received unanimous endorsement by the board, largely due to the comments of individuals who served on the search committee or worked directly with the consulting firm,” he said. “We’ve got confidence in the work that Boyden is doing.” Despite the delay in the hiring process, the successful candidate is still set to be offered the standard five-year contract. “There is no requirement but what’s normal and what would be considered industry norm would be a five-year term,” Pankratz explained. “Signing someone to a three-year contract, usually what you’re saying to that person is ‘We don’t have 100 per cent confidence in you’ so there’s kind of a dual messaging in that.” However, this time around there is a bit more flexibility with when the start date will be since the interim president would be signed to a definite one-year contract. “We knew when Mark’s retirement was and that was a pretty defined date.” Pankratz said. “In the event we’re able to find a suitable candidate, and I know we will, if they’re able to come to us before July 1, by all means we want to get someone plugged into the permanent role as soon as it’s practical to do so. In the meantime, Pankratz and the rest of the board are optimistic and ready to move forward with the presidential search. “Certainly, we are not where we wanted to be right now, but having said that, there are those things that do fall out of our ability to control,” he said. “This is not where anybody wanted to be, but that doesn’t necessarily mean anything bad.”
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NEWS
Making the connection UFV working on providing better WiFi Photo: UFV ITS
JOEL ROBERTSON-TAYLOR NEWS EDITOR
UFV is undergoing a major WiFi makeover. The upgrade, a $450,000 expansion, will improve the wireless network in order to meet growing needs of the institution for the following three years. This new system will be fully utilized in June this year. The project itself is lead and organized by UFV’s information technology services (ITS) department. While there is not a set budget for annual follow-up upgrades, the system will be continually reassessed to keep it up to date. Future upgrades would vary in size depending on what kinds of expansions are needed. “The estimates that we get are that there is anywhere from 2.3 to 2.7 devices on average per person. So a phone, tablet, maybe a laptop,” said manager of IT infrastructure, Brian Daniel. It’s not uncommon for the Abbotsford campu`s to see 25003000 devices connected at one time. When the upgrade is finished, it will be able to support 7000-8000 people, with up to three devices per person, connected at once. “It used to be that somebody had a telephone or laptop and that was all, and they weren’t logged in all the time,” said Daniel. “Now everyone is connected all the time and you’ve got data streaming constantly.” The beginnings of the program largely came out of a student survey for university development. The survey revealed that 47.8 per cent of students wanted better WiFi. The next highest ranking issue was a need for more computer labs, with 24.1 per cent of students wanting more availability of labs. “That says right away this is the number one priority for students on campus, to get WiFi access,” said Daniel. The wireless program became the centre of attention after UFV replaced their older network provider, Provincial Learning Network (PLNET) with a new higher speed provider two years ago. The new provider, BCNET, is a consortium that interconnects 106 higher education and research institutions across B.C. and is a much faster network. BCNET is an upgrade from PLNET,
which serves most K-12 schools and at one time all the colleges and smaller universities in the province. “The number one thing was to fix the internet feed, which we did by getting onto BCNET. The next thing on the list after that was to lift wireless, that was our next highest priority,” said Daniel. The project is largely an infrastructure upgrade. It will nearly double the amount of access points across UFV campuses increasing range and speed. A wireless access point essentially converts a cabled ethernet signal to wireless internet. It broadcasts so multiple wireless devices can receive connectivity at once. “The access points are similar to what you might think your WiFi router is,” said Daniel. “You’ll see them mounted on ceilings in a lot of places throughout the university.” Because a wireless access point’s range is limited, multiple access points are needed to increase range across large institutions like a university campus. Access points are connected by switches to a common central wireless controller. The controller is the central management point for the network. It keeps everything organized so that movement from one access point to another is seamless. This is important to avoid connection issues when walking through hallways or between buildings. “Another thing that’s really exciting is we’re expanding to install external access points,” said chief information officer, Darin Lee. In Abbotsford, there will be about a dozen outdoor access points. Part of the discussion about where to boost the network involved looking at ways to open spaces for transitional and flexible class and work spaces. Access points will be installed so that the network can be accessed from the courtyard, between buildings as much as possible, and near bus stops. Along with the network upgrades, ITS will make a shift towards making eduroam the primary WiFi network at UFV. This means that the networks UFV wireless and UFV secure will be phased out, likely within the next few months. “UFV wireless and UFV secure are really deprecated networks, they’re older technology,” said Daniel.
Eduroam is a world-wide roaming access service for research and education institutions and has a presence in 70 countries. The benefit of eduroam is that once a user is logged in, they can connect anywhere without a web-based login. The way it’s configured, a registered user will automatically connect to any eduroam network anywhere in the world. Whether a user goes to SFU, UFV, or the Central University of Punjab in Punjab, they’ll connect to every network. Once the network launches, ITS will conduct another survey to gain student feedback about its quality. They are also interested in hearing feedback from network users once the upgrade is complete.
SUS hires a new executive director JOEL ROBERTSON-TAYLOR NEWS EDITOR
In January, UFV’s Student Union Society (SUS) hired Mark Wellington as their new executive director (ED). The ED position is responsible for overseeing the services wing of SUS operation and its personnel, and is directly responsible for oversight of the finance department, food and beverage and IT services, and the communications department — the ED essentially oversees everything that the elected executives don’t. The Student Union has been without an ED for nearly a year. In the summer the SUS board of directors passed a motion to have the SUS president assume the role and responsibilities of the ED position until a hire could be made. SUS board members cannot discuss the conditions around the previous ED Meghan McDonald’s departure because of a confidentiality agreement. Currently, the ED reports to both the board of governors and the SUS executives, but the relationship is subject to change under different governance. It is common for the ED to act as liaison to and with the executives while reporting to the board.
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Wellington comes to UFV’s SUS highly experienced in work with student organizations. He most recently worked with UBC’s graduate student society (GSS) where he served as the general manager. His influence at UBC’s GSS extended to revamping and reorganizing financial reports and budgets, as well as financial operational protocols. He was also involved with the implementation of the GSS active bystander program, a program that equips graduate students with skills to reduce sexual assault and cultural and gender harassment incidents. He also played a major part in making improvements to the student orientation program. Before UBC’s GSS, Wellington was the senior manager of the student organizations and grant support services at the university’s student council of Western Ontario. He also holds a master of arts (MA), history / political science from the University of Western Ontario “Mark matched our candidate profile. He has extensive senior management experience in operations, student affairs, and student government. Additionally, he has significant programming experience, which is an area that our Student Union Society is
keen to develop and expand,” said SUS president Sukhi Brar. Brar also said that it is rare to fill an ED position with someone who has expertise in student affairs, student government, and operations management. Typically only one of these three areas of work is engaged with previous experience. “We’re also excited about Mark’s experience with developmental / transitional student programming,” she said. One of the new initiatives that the Student Union is currently working on is to shift away from providing financial reports quarterly to providing them monthly. Wellington said in the July 31 SUS board meeting that this was one of his priority goals coming into SUS. The change will lead to the redesigning of budgets enabling more timely forecasts of profits and losses. The idea is to have a tighter leash on budget analysis and promote transparency. Mark’s experience in redesigning financial budgets is a very important asset. “I’m stoked about him because he represents huge capacity building for us,” said Brar.
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NEWS
The flags are back SUS installs SUB atrium community flag display Photo: Alexandrah Pahl
VANESSA BROADBENT EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
After nearly six months since its removal, the Student Union Society’s (SUS) international flag display — now called the SUB atrium community flag display — is flying strong again. The display was an initiative created in partnership with UFV International, and was implemented in July of last year in the atrium of the Student Union Building (SUB). “About a year ago, we had an idea to create a flag display in this building as a welcoming gesture to our international students,” current SUS president Sukhi Brar explained in an email. “Originally we had planned to launch a flag display that represented the home countries of all of our international students.” The original plans also included updating the display every semester with the flags of the home countries of new international students coming to UFV. However, the changes ended up including the Sto:lo Nation, Métis, Canadian, and pride flags, as well as flags with logos for each of UFV’s student societies (CIVL Radio, ***The Cascade, and SUS). “After our initial launch we received a lot of student feedback on additions our student community wanted to see and we went to work expanding and redefining this flag display,” Brar said. “What emerged from that is the SUB atrium community flag display.” However, the addition of the new
flags stalled the process and it wasn’t until over the reading break last week that the display was installed again. “Expanding the international flag display to the SUB atrium community flag display required commissioning custom flag orders,” Brar explained. “Submissions for the flag display rolled in from our respective partners throughout the fall semester. We received our last flag addition this month.” For Brar, it was worth the wait. “We expanded the flag display because we want to be welcoming to our diverse student body in this space,” she said. “My hope is that when any member of our campus looks up in the Student Union Building they see a flag that they can identify with and that makes them feel welcome and celebrated in this space.” The expansion also saw the installation of a plaque, which Brar noted was “to explain the intent behind the SUB atrium community flag display” after confusion arose from students wondering why only some countries flags were included. The plaque, which is mounted outside of the SUS office, outlines what flags the display includes, and states that it will be updated to “represent the current student population” at UFV. Going forward, the display, which is also supported and funded by UFV’s President’s Office, UFV International, and the Chief Financial Officer’s Office, will be updated on an annual basis.
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US border agents search electronic devices
Canadian municipalities offer protection for migrants
The issue of digital privacy rights has gained more attention recently after a Canadian journalist spoke publicly about their travels across the U.S. border, revealing more of the grey area of legalities around searching digital devices in U.S. airports.
With Donald Trump’s influence on immigration, Canadian cities and municipalities have stepped up with the intentions of protecting undocumented migrants.
An increase in the number of complaints concerning the searching of digital devices made to the American Civil Liberties Union and Electronic Frontier Foundation shows that these practices aren’t being well received. Border Protection stated that searches have jumped up approximately 500 per cent in the final year of the Obama administration, which accounts for less than 1 per cent of all the international arrivals.
These movements to protect the migrants are creating tensions among immigration officials, law enforcement, and municipalities. City councils in Montreal, Quebec, and London, Ontario have passed motions granting non-status immigrants ability to receive municipal services without being deported. Councils in Regina, Saskatoon, and Winnipeg have plans to implement similar policies.
Azaria sentenced for murder Elor Azaria has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for the convicted killing of a Palestinian man. The incident took place 11 months ago in Hebron. It began when Azaria, an Israeli soldier, witnessed a stabbing carried out by two Palestinian assailants. According to sources, the assailant was arrested and was lying on the ground incapacitated when Azaria shot him. Rallies and gatherings showing support for the young Palestinian grew as the trial advanced. The support for Azaria was countered by Palestinians calling for a life sentence.
The government claims to having no policy changes from the presidential transition.
Law enforcement have adopted new policies such as the “don’t ask” rule, where police make an effort to serve victims and witnesses without inquiring about immigration status.
An important takeaway is that the prosecution recommend a three- to five-year sentence, Azaria being charged with only an 18-month prison sentence for manslaughter. The top punishment for manslaughter is 20 years in jail
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-CBC
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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2017
OPINION
Being pro-life goes beyond birth PANKU SHARMA OPINION EDITOR
There’s a vision for the world that I can readily see in mind that might bring some sort of conciliation between both sides of the abortion debate. This isn’t meant to be an indictment of pro-life as a whole and admittedly the abortion debate is also not an issue I’ve been particularly outspoken about in the past. This has been partly because of life experience and partly because I don’t feel comfortable speaking on it as a male who will never have to actually be pregnant. The vision I see though, is taking the conception of value in human life and applying it across the board in how we shape our society as a whole. Critics will often label opponents of abortion rights and access as “pro-birth,” which I think when examining the public messaging, narrative, and policy options given can be well deserved. Instead of fighting over the extreme cases, why
not advocate for policy that I think both progressives and the pro-life should be able to agree on (baring anarchist)? Take the value of importance of life and fulfill our obligations as a society before and past just the moment of birth. We need to have a thorough system in place to provide support, money, and counselling to young and expectant mothers so they have their accessible and clear options ahead of them. Condoms and sex education should be universal so those resources don’t get overburdened and so young people can make informed health decisions and keep themselves safe when it comes to sex. There will be less unexpected or unsupported pregnancies where abortion will be an unfortunate necessity or option. Our education system and social services need to be available and thorough for the sake of the child after birth. We live in one of the most prosperous places on Earth, with a standard of living beyond what people could imagine just a few generations ago. No child should go hungry; unfortunately many do. The value
of the life saved will be affirmed and the support meaningful. If there is a value in life it should be applied to those already living; better policing, better governance, better representation, protection, and support for the marginalized, better health care and treatment, better education, and a sustainable future for this planet so the lives to be born will have a world to be born into. The point I’m trying to make is that if the issue was framed and approached on a bigger picture level, that if the goal was only answering “How do we make a world where there are less abortions necessary?” and not the morality and scientific mudfight of what constitutes life and what constitutes a good exception when it comes to the act itself, that our energy from both sides would be better spent driving to a common goal. If I missed the mark feel free to let me know.
Clark’s cash and money in politics Remember when old paper bills used to feel “sweaty”? PANKU SHARMA OPINION EDITOR
If there is anything good to be said about Trump, at least he has made formerly less engaged members of the public more conscious and rightfully angry with the role of money and corruption in politics. It’s nothing new, but at least we’re more willing to yell and organize to do something about it now than most of us were just a few years ago when the post-Occupy Wall Street fatigue had really sunk in. Yet while more people might be willing now to talk politics, we do face the obstacle of having to pry our eyes away from the carnival show south of the border. But trust me brothers and sisters, the show at home, while less vulgar and loud, is just as riveting. Money, both old and corporate, and in some cases both, is no stranger to politics in Canada. Every election cycle you will be bom-
barded with reminders of price tags for failed or promised government projects — but also with accusations of $10,000-a-plate dinner fundraisers and seedy business connections. It makes us feel a little icky and politicians know it, but yet it happens every year and we chalk it up to the realities of needing money to run successful campaigns; there is staff to be paid, signs and Facebook promotions to be bought, and branded office supplies to be ordered. The federal Liberal party has managed to find itself dirtied already with mentions of pay-to-play politics, general entitled impropriety, and their golden boy being gifted private jet flights to island holidays hosted by his millionaire friends. Yet it doesn’t get much better, even in B.C. with the provincial Liberals (who don’t overlap or coordinate as much as you’d think with the federal Liberal party — indeed they are much further to the right and closer to the Progressive Conservative model) and Christy Clark
has found international fame last month as the focus of a well-documented and spread New York Times piece titled “British Columbia: The ‘Wild West’ of Canadian Political Cash.” In the leadup to what is bound to be a relatively exciting race in this great province, what better way to build up our notoriety abroad than as a haven for corporate interests, unlimited political donations, and shady rule making. Every vote counts, but it would be naive to think that sometimes money doesn’t have a more immediate power as far as politicians and parties are concerned. Clark isn’t the only one taking advantage of the undue influence we have allowed as citizens, and I doubt even regulations and public outcry will make her the last, but when she and the party elite have spent the last few years building an image of a business- and industry-friendly party it is a little suspect when you start wondering how much your support matters over the ones filling her pockets. Then
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you get to the whole thing of her getting paid not only by the taxpayers but an additional stipend by her party; and although there might be a perfectly reasonable and best practiced reason for that, I can’t help that it makes me almost as furious as the vaguely righteous but not specific on details or context outrage that people had with Clinton’s emails. As long as staffers, officials, and organizers need to be able to buy lunch and pay rent, money will never be completely out of politics; but there’s a line that we’ve let get crossed a long time ago that has at this point probably been paved over to build a parking lot or gaudy gold tower for a brother-in-law of someone we expected to govern, lead, and promote our best interests. Maybe we’re angry enough to do something about it. Or maybe we’ll feel less angry if we just take another nap and wait another few years.
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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2017
OPINION
SNAPSHOTS
Curtailed commentary on current conditions
Martin Castro
Quintin Stamler
Illustrations: Amara Gelaude
The Left isn’t on the Left
O’Dreary Governance
Nowadays, the term “liberal” has come to be used, generally, to refer to political and social positions which are perceived to be on the left of the political spectrum. Obama was labeled a communist by disgruntled Americans, and the Canadian Liberal party has also been characterized as “socialist.” This is entirely incorrect. Both Obama and Trudeau are, if anything, federalists. The “liberal left” is not the left, it’s actually a little to the right of the centre. There is not a single major political party right now that is socialist, let alone communist. The implication being, of course, that if what we perceive as (and often attack for) being on the left is actually a political and social trend that’s on the right of the spectrum, then what we think of as the right (especially now that we’re seeing the “resurgence of the right”) isn’t actually conservatism or republicanism. It’s fascism.
Look, I’ve not made up my mind on what exactly will be my go-to insult for Kevin O’Leary — both because it remains to be seen if he’ll make it out of a dozen-person leadership race and also because there’s always the chance there’s something I’ll like or tolerate about him. I just don’t care enough yet to find out. What has gotten my goat, however, has been the wave of support I’ve seen framed around the fact that because he’s a good businessman he will make a good prime minister. First off, I’m not sold on whether or not he’s a good businessman because the only metric I know so far is his fame and reality television credits. Even if he was, that doesn’t make him an expert economist or add credibility to every sentence in which he mentions the words “jobs.” Also, since when did we trust people whose profession is motivated by profit, and built upon a system that keeps exploitation of its workers in its best interests too? When did we assume that by virtue of that profession someone will be better equipped to govern in the best interest of others? That’s not to say that businessmen or the wealthy are inherently unfit to lead; I’m just saying the opposite isn’t true either.
Panku Sharma
Inkling for an Inking
Pass on Gas
Years have passed since getting a tattoo was often on my mind. The questions you ask yourself are endless. Am I gonna go with some Chinese character that means courage or love or some bullshit like that? Or maybe something closer to home, a symbol of my heritage? There’s no doubt that going full-blown Russian gangster would be awesome — but expensive. And how would my parents react? Does that even matter? I haven’t been able to find a tattoo or a reason to get a tattoo that I am confident would satisfy me forever. The biggest fear about it is that you could be unhappy with the tat 10 years down the road. I believe it all boils down to confidence: how confident you are that you’ve picked the right tattoo. Now don’t just blurt out your answer, because the answer is yours, and yours alone. At the end of the day all that matters is how the tattoo makes you feel, and if you are confident your feelings for the piece won’t change five, 20, 50 years down the road, then by all means, put it on your forehead.
Getting gas has to be one of my least favourite things to do in the world. There’s nothing I hate more than getting out of my car, especially when it’s cold, to just stand there and pump gas. I know it’s not that big of a deal, but when I just want to get where I’m going it seems like the biggest inconvenience — so much so that I usually end up putting it off until I’m at the point where I need to pray that I can make it to the closest gas station. Fortunately, I’ve found a place where getting gas isn’t an inconvenience. Unfortunately, it’s Oregon, which is too far away to drive to every time I need to fill up my car. In Oregon, every gas station, by law, is full-serve. This comes with cons as well, but I’ll take them any day if it means I get to stay in my warm car instead of awkwardly standing there and literally watching the money being drained out of my bank account. It’ll be more entertaining for the attendant anyways.
Vanessa Broadbent
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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2017
FEATURE
Written by: Bradley Peters Illustrations: Molly Jones
“I have formed a union at my work. I’ve been the president of the union since its formation. We submitted a list of demands and the manager received it. After they received the list we had an altercation with the managers. After the altercation, the managers locked the doors,” states Shima Akhter, a 23-year-old single mother recalling her experience as a Bangladeshi garment worker in the social documentary The True Cost. “And along with the managers, 30-40 staffers attacked us and beat us up. They used chairs, sticks, scales, and things like scissors to beat us up. Mostly, they kicked and punched us and banged our heads on the walls. They hit us mostly in the chest and abdomen.” Shima is one of nearly 40 million garment workers in the world today who prop up a $3-trillion industry, many of whom earn slave wages, which for Shima amounts to $10 a month. The globalization of the garment industry, where corporations contract factories overseas to mass-produce clothing for a fraction of the cost, has resulted in a dramatic decrease in the price of our apparel. Deals like $5 t-shirts and $25 sweaters, buy one get the second half-price, may seem, on the surface, a positive result to the majority of consumers. But the repercussions of this trend have far reaching consequences, from people to the planet, laws, economies, and even our unassuming university in the Valley. “I kind of see the issue from two sides,” said Abeni Steegstra, president of the global development studies club at UFV. “On one hand, it’s the consumers choice, and we can essentially vote, and change the market trend with our purchases. But that can’t be it alone, because our government is elected to work for the people and champion human rights. There are still laws and regulations that need to be changed within countries. Right now regulation in the clothing industry is largely private, so companies are regulating themselves. It’s really pointless.” This style of hands-off government, where capitalism must be left unfettered by the dirty paws of government regulation in order for the market — our economy, wages, product values, etc. — to balance itself, according to demand, is called “neoliberalism,” and it has had devastating effects on our planet and society for decades. This neoliberalism, and its obsessive quarterly-profit protocol, has companies hunting a new “bottom-line” across the globe, constantly pressuring manufacturers for cheaper contracts under threat of taking their business elsewhere, to China or Nepal, or some other subjugated community. In the late-1950s, only one out of 25 garments purchased in the United States was produced abroad, proclaims Vicki Carnis’ paper “Sweat or No Sweat.” During the 1960s and 1970s, however, manufacturers began moving their operations
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Don’t think about the garment workers Our consumption culture’s deadly consequences
outside of the United States. Currently, more than 97 per cent of clothes and shoes sold in the United States are made abroad. Poor countries are desperate for the business, seeing it as a way to lift themselves, or at least a few of their shrewd members, out of poverty. They are often forced to cut corners in order to meet the unreasonable demands. This results in horrific human rights violations, unethical work practices, and in many cases, murder and suicide. “The Rana Plaza disaster is an example of hypercapitalism and deregulation pushed to its inevitable conclusion,” states Carnis. On April 24, 2013, the Rana Plaza building in Dhaka, Bangladesh, which housed five garment factories in four of its eight floors, collapsed and took 1,133 lives with it, making it the deadliest garment factory disaster in known history, writes Alexandra Rose in her paper “The High Cost of Cheap Clothing.” Another 2,500 people were gravely injured, many disabled permanently. One survivor, 22-year-old Rebecca Khatun, who “lost her left leg, right foot, and five of her family members, including her mother, in the collapse, recalled the morning of the catastrophe as follows: ‘We didn’t want to enter the building because of the huge cracks detected the day before, but the manager told us, ‘Unless you go in, you
won’t get paid and you’ll lose your job.’ So, we entered, but I vowed then that I would collect that month’s salary and quit.’ She remained crushed underneath a beam until rescuers found her the following day.” The managers of the factory, including Rana himself, were caught attempting to flee the country and released on bail; the case remains postponed to
“On one hand, it’s the consumers' choice, and we can essentially vote, and change the market trend with our purchases” this day. The owner, Mohammad Sohel Rana, and former chief engineer are in custody, but at least five of the others accused are on the run, according to Al Jazeera news. Bangladesh accounts for almost 25 per cent of the U.S.’s imports. Despite the collapse of Rana Plaza the industry saw
a 16 per cent rise in exports to the U.S.: $23.9 billion from the time of the collapse to March 2014. One year prior, when the Tazreen Fashion factory in Dhaka burned during the night of November 24, 2012, it injured 200 and killed at least 112 while its 600 employees were working unethical overtime. At the time, the factory was producing clothes for Wal-Mart, Sears, Walt Disney Co., and other major, multinational retailers. The vast majority of the victims, as is almost always the case, were women. “Rather than leading exit strategies to minimize the death toll,” writes Alexandra Rose, “managers told workers to ignore the fire alarms, calling it a mock fire drill, and ordered them to return to work. Nine mid-level officials padlocked the exits, preventing workers from leaving the building. The main gate, the only entry and exit point of the factory, was found locked just after the fire began, exposing the fleeing workers to excruciating smoke inhalation and suffocation.” Lifethreatening practices such as blocking factory exits are a common tactic used to keep employees working, and are often hidden under the cover of night. “It is important to remember the deep effects of our shopping habits,” affirmed Steegstra. “Not only on the garment workers, but on the cotton industry as well. It’s easy not to think about the raw
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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2017
FEATURE
materials. The issue of Monsanto’s Bt cotton monopoly in India is, in my opinion, one of the most heartbreaking stories I have ever researched. Indian cotton farmers have one of the highest suicide rates in history.” The multinational agrochemical corporation Monsanto is monopolizing the agriculture industry around the world by patenting seeds, a profiteering scheme based on dope-pusher principals. “Bt cotton is a cotton in which a gene has been added to withstand chemicals,” proclaimed Vandana Shiva, a prominent Indian environmental activist. “Bt cotton was offered to farmers as a way for Monsanto to own the seed.” Monsanto hooked farmers on a seed that withstands heavy pesticide use in order for farmers to produce enough of a product to support an unsustainable industry model. Little did the farmers know that they will now be forced to return to Monsanto to purchase new seeds each season, at inflating prices, in order to re-stock their leased farms. The farming communities are riddled with diseases due to the relentless use of pesticides. Entire communities suffer from mental disabilities, physical deformities, cancers, and more. Mothers await the death of their severely disabled children. The farmers sink further into debt until one morning they are found in the cotton field, poisoned to death after drinking their own pesticide. “I think a big problem is that it’s easier to identify the issue, but as soon as you recognize that, it’s harder to know where your place is, and what you can do to help,” said Steegstra. “In global development, I would say that much of my degree has been identifying the problems, but finding a solution is more complex. Certain brands were boycotted after the Rana Plaza incident. Corporations abandoned their factories in Bangladesh to escape the controversy, and then those factory workers were out of work and the response from the developing world was ‘Stop boycotting us, we have no jobs now.’” This obstacle is a key argument of hypercapitalists: that globalization brings jobs to impoverished countries, and offers an opportunity for them to lift themselves out of poverty. This would be true, if companies allotted space on their quarterly reports for ethical development and humanitarian practices, but within the ideology of pure capitalism there is no room for stifled monetary progress, and contractors are forced to compete with ceaselessly tightening budgets. There are, however, companies that are establishing a new business model, one based on fair work practices that put people and the planet before monetary gain. It’s called “ethical capitalism,” and it constitutes at least two essential elements: a focus on creating long-term economic and social value, and a commitment by business to act as stewards over the full spectrum of its influence — customers, employees, suppliers, society, investors, and the environment, as explained by Stanley Bergman in The
Huffington Post. Numerous companies are transitioning towards this way of doing business, from People Tree to Patagonia: a testament to the growing desire consumers are showing for these kinds of
“I’ve been so passionate about this issue for so long, and it finally seems to be coming into fruition, so I’m super excited” options. Ethical capitalism is proving itself not only as a humanitarian success, but also as a more developed and sustainable way of doing business. Employees become more invested in the success of the business, the retention rate skyrockets, the company gains a more experienced, harder working and dedicated workforce, product quality goes up and correlatively so does customer loyalty. These types of humane companies are consistently becoming more common and recognizable. Of course, many major corporations are attempting to sink their teeth into this growing market by “green-washing” products with meaningless labels and sleazy marketing campaigns. This greenwashing makes it difficult to discover authentic and dedicated ethical companies. “I think that it is important for students to know tangible ways that they can actually help,” said Steegstra. “Shopping at a thrift store is big, especially environmentally, but be aware that thrifting isn’t a complete solution. There are still fundamental issues that need to be resolved. Look up ethical brands, because then you’re employing someone, and they are being treated fairly. Clothing swaps are great. Petitions are something underrated that you can sign immediately online. You can also write a letter to your MP.” Another simple step you can take when shopping is to ask yourself, before you buy an item, Will I wear this 30 times? If the answer is yes, consider purchasing, if the answer is no, reassess your prerogatives, and remember the garment workers. These are important tangible steps we can take as individuals, but it is also important to feel a part of something bigger, to gain a deeper gratification that only comes from the knowledge that you’re ensconcing yourself in an enlightened, forward-thinking movement. But that might not be the case at UFV. Our University of the Fraser Valley recently disassembled our fashion and design program. This was a financial “bottom-line” decision, no doubt. Students
enrolled in this program either had to uproot their lives and transfer to another university, or take whatever credits they acquired from these classes and transfer what would fit into electives for another program. What does this decision represent in terms of our values as a scholarly body, when support for the arts is the first academic branch to be chopped? What hope do we have as a community to spawn local designers, artists, and entrepreneurs who can spearhead this pressing issue when our tuition allocators perpetually stunt artistic innovation? Regardless of this suppression, ambitious students and faculty are fighting for progress. The Sustainability Centre has been struggling for six years to convince the university board to budget funds for textile recycling bins on campus, as well as compost receptacles, according to a source who wished to remain anonymous. Members of UFV’s Sustainability Centre and global development studies students have been petitioning for ethically-sourced clothing at the campus bookstore. “Global development club hosts a variety of events,” remarked Steegstra, smiling. “We do movie nights, and one major event per semester. Last semester, in December, we hosted a fair trade market in the SUB where students could come and learn about shopping ethically. We also had local vendors come to sell their stuff. Last year we also did an ethical clothing fundraiser, which we are going to do again this year. After the clothing drive event this March, we are planning on doing an H&M sit-in protest.” As passionate and informed citizens seeking to improve our society's way of life, the odds are stacked against us. There are people in power who are profiting from the status quo, but it is imperative that we continue to align our actions with our beliefs. Every decision we make, every action taken, every word spoken, and every dollar spent is a counter-punch to a malfunctioning system. “I’ve been so passionate about this issue for so long, and it finally seems to be coming into fruition, so I’m super excited,” exclaimed Abeni. “It all begins with us: individuals making a statement. That’s why we are doing this clothing drive, and a sit-in at H&M with everyone there that is game. We just have to make sure nobody wears anything from H&M that day.”
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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2017
STUDY BREAK v CROSSWORD ACROSS
DOWN
1: Number grid-based game of chance, popular with the elderly
1: Meat preparer
4: Extensive knowledge of understanding; clever or shrewd
3: Obvious, not secret or hidden
2: Longform fiction
7: Animal doctor
4: The personal manner in which one dresses (or writes)
8: To maintain the current state of something. Also a hit 1978 song by Toto (three words)
5: Nineteenth-century Italian composer; composer of Rigoletto
11: Italian capital 12: Filth or uncleanliness
6: New York baseball team, or slang for Americans
13: Facial hair feature residing in front of ears
9: The fear of something yet to come
15: All-grown-up caterpillar
10: Zoboomafoo’s primate species 13: Acronym of UFV’s S building 14: Cunning or deceitful
LAST WEEK’S ANSWERS: Across: 1: Spam 3: Tuna 5: Wimpy 7: Soviet Union 11: Alpha 13: Noun 14: Yoyo
Down: 1: Sap 2: Muffin 3: Taboo 4: Awake 6: Yeti 7: Sydney 8: Visa 9: Urban 10: Onion 12: Leo
Made by Jeff Mijo
v HOROSCOPES
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Astrological mysteries interpreted by Master Moji
Aries — Mar 21 to Apr 19 Can’t find your favourite exam-taking eraser? It was probably stolen by a person you thought was long gone from your life, now returned to enact incredibly petty acts of revenge over something they took as an insult, which you don’t even remember.
Leo — Jul 23 to Aug 22 There’s one thing that I think it’s vital you know, for Fun party tip! Pickpocket everyone’s phones, hack into them, and switch their ringtones around to other guests’ ringtones. Then sneak them back into their pockets, and start making some calls. Watch chaos ensue. Everyone will love it and think you’re a real swell friend!
Taurus — Apr 20 to May 20 our life needs more hurdy-gurdy music in it. And I don’t mean it would be better if you listened to more hurdy-gurdy music. I mean you need it.
Virgo —Aug 23 to Sep 22 This week you will come down with a really bad case of the hiccups. The secret cure nobody tells you about, however, is to let go of your existential dread for once in your life.
Gemini — May 21 to Jun 20 Who was like, “Hey, what if I just grabbed this roundish thing that fell out of a chicken and heat it up, maybe it’ll taste good?” I don’t know about you, but even if I was a caveman, I don’t think I’d be sampling random animal deposits.
Libra — Sep 23 to Oct 22 Got any big plans for the mid-term break? I’m going to be attending a fancy astrologers’ retreat in the mountains to learn enhanced horoscoping techniques. It’s going to be really cool! They have a spa, telescopes, a professional chef… and the best part is, I’m pretty sure The Cascade is paying for it all, because I’m such a valued member of the team! Your student fees at work. Editor’s note: We’re not paying for anything this chump wants.
Cancer —Jun 21 to Jul 22 No one matches your practical tactical tackle!
Scorpio — Oct 23 to Nov 21 Be the Batman you want to see in the world.
Sagittarius — Nov 22 to Dec 21 Those dreams are back, aren’t they? The ones where you find great bargains on retro video games, but just can’t pick what to get as you sort through cartridge after cartridge, desperately wishing you could afford them all. Well, I hate to break it to you, but those are omens. But in the real world, you’ll be choosing between… well, let’s not get into that. Just try to prepare yourself. Capricorn — Dec 22 to Jan 19 This is the perfect week to try dying your hair an outlandish colour that doesn’t appear in nature. Possibly multiple. Maybe get a crazy haircut, too. Pisces — Feb 19 to Mar 20 An armoured fellow with a big sword once showed up at my friend’s zoo at closing time. He said his favourite animals were the elephants, and asked if he could see them. My friend said no, that they were resting and needed some quiet time. So then the man asked if he could see one of the big cats. My friend told him “No! The lion sleeps too, knight.”
Aquarius — Jan 20 to Feb 18 If you find yourself in an awkward situation this week, just lean into it and start talking about that weird smell coming from something in your room that you just can’t find..
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CULTURE
Art of the Month January
Headache
The Veil
Behind Closed Doors
Artist statement: My name is Lynda Walchuk, and I suffer from migraines. This print shows the strength of two hand-trees holding my head during an episode. The drippings from the trees are the release of pressure. I hope by doing this print, it will call for attention to migraines and care to those who suffer from them.
Artist statement: This photo etching is inspired by the poetic and spiritual beauty of the Tibetan sky burial, a practice that acknowledges the connections between humans, animals, and the Earth, as well as the impermanence of life. Views and behaviours towards death and the body have drastically changed since ancient times, resulting in this death ritual’s disappearance from mainstream culture.
Artist statement: My work in photography is largely inspired by personal narratives and female retrospection. I constantly explore this, alongside my fascination for film and cinema, which are major influences for me conceptually and aesthetically. I highly construct my images with dramatic lighting, props, and actors while creating a dialogue with American consumer culture. I also revisit these researched and developed concepts through the mediums of painting and collage.
Lynda Walchuk Photo intaglio print
Jessica Peatman Intaglio on stonehenge paper
Jenna Cook Digital Photography
Toy Guns
Chantelle Fawcett Spray paint and acrylic on canvas Artist statement: Throughout my time at UFV I have been inspired by street art. Street art emerged as an art form that took the art out of the gallery, ultimately out of the art world, and put itself into the stream of the everyday. I aim to create works that use the practice of street art to convey how contemporary individuals occupy our spaces. Street art embodies a response to institution in which art works within the everyday. By creating these works I give insight to the practice while creating a critical discussion about where street art fits within the art world.
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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2017
CULTURE SCORE BOARD SCORES
Life is a box of Swiss chocolates: The things they don’t tell you
Men’s Basketball: Feb 16 UFV Cascades vs. Winnipeg Wesmen L 82-76 Feb 17 UFV Cascades vs. Winnipeg Wesmen W 78-71 Feb 18 UFV Cascades vs. Winnipeg Wesmen L 84-59 Women’s Basketball Feb 17 UFV Cascades vs. Calgary Dinos L 67-48 Feb 18 UFV Cascades vs. Calgary Dinos W 61-59 Feb 19 UFV Cascades vs. Calgary Dinos W 69-60 Men’s Volleyball Feb 16 UFV Cascades vs. CBC Bearcats W 3-0 Feb 18 UFV Cascades vs. CBC Bearcats W 3-0 Women’s Volleyball Feb 16 UFV Cascades vs. CBC Bearcats W 3-1 Feb 18 UFV Cascades vs. CBC Bearcats W 3-2
UPCOMING GAMES Women’s Basketball (Canada West playoffs): Thurs, Feb 23 6:30 pm UFV Cascades vs. Saskatchewan Huskies (away) Fri, Feb 24 6:30 pm UFV Cascades vs. Saskatchewan Huskies (away) Sat, Feb 25 2:00 pm UFV Cascades vs. Saskatchewan Huskies (away)
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Before I left on this crazy adventure to study abroad, everyone told me how much fun I was going to have, how this experience would change my life, and how I was going to meet so many people. When I started to feel sad and lonely, it only got worse because I felt guilty. I felt like I wasn’t living the experience I was supposed to. This is the part of studying abroad that people don’t really talk about. No one tells you that you will feel lonely, you will have down days, you will want to pack up and go home. I first had these feelings about two weeks into my exchange. I hadn’t spoken to my parents or friends in a few days and I was shut into my apartment
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due to a cold. This was when I started to feel really isolated. No one had moved into my apartment so far, and I had only seen a couple people in the hall in passing. On top of all this, I was having negative thoughts about my relationship that had ended the day I left for Europe. I wanted to pack up and go home; the sadness was so intense. The weather in Lucerne is very similar to the Fraser Valley, and on gloomy days it is very easy to not want to leave the house — then I could just stay inside by myself, and hopefully not get any sad thoughts. Orientation week came around at the perfect time. I started meeting so many intelligent and motivated young adults and everyone I met seemed to be very outgoing. While around big groups I tend to be more quiet and observe for the first little while, but I made the decision right there, that if I was asked to do anything, by anyone, I would do it. It was comfortable to stay in my room alone, cook myself dinner, and watch Netflix, but I didn’t come all this way to feel comfortable. I came here to experience new things and get to know new people from literally all over the world. One comment an orientation week leader made was that it’s nice to keep in touch with your friends back home, but if you are always on your phone and never open to your new surroundings, you won’t get the full experience you came here for. When I got to know my fellow exchange students, I was surprised by how encouraging total strangers could be. Everyone wanted to go out and experience new things, you never had to do anything alone if you didn’t want to. For example, I told a couple of girls I was having a tough week and just wanted to go out. They met me at the train station that evening, and we had the most expensive Coronas any of us had ever bought (8 CHF each — over $10 Canadian). We got to talk, got to know each other, and got to be distracted for a little while. I have done so much in the past week and a half, continuously pushing my comfort levels to the point where I thought I was going to burst. I could not be more proud of myself for facing these challenges head on and overcoming them. I hiked
up a mountain, I joined a foreign-language social volleyball team, I presented to a class of my peers in a language I did not know one word of five days prior. I want to be real about my experience here and it’s not all funny stories and gorgeous landscapes with no Instagram filter required. Some days I just want to wake up, meet a girl friend at Old Hand, and know exactly what I am ordering in a language I fully understand. But then I remember that’s comfortable and if nothing else, I can be uncomfortable for six months of my life. Right now I am trying to enjoy mystery food and unfamiliar company. It’s not easy, but I am learning. I am meeting people who are a bit younger than me, but their motivation is so inspiring. Their stories and life experiences are so different from mine, but yet the same. I realized that I am exactly where I need to be at this point in my life. I didn’t realize how complaisant I was becoming in my day-to-day back home, how I was just settling and not really striving. I often wonder what it will be like when I get back home. Will my ex-boyfriend have a new girlfriend? Will it be weird? Will my friends have made new friends? Will my mom want me to move out because she likes having the house to herself? Will my friends feel sorry for my broken relationship and look at me differently? Will I even want to go home? These are things I simply cannot control, and in this moment I have to learn that they don’t matter. What matters right now is making this experience the best I can — this is my time to paint Switzerland a nice, sparkly, hot pink hue in true Jennifer style. To end on a funny-ish note, I took a German class which I thought was for beginners, and turned out to be more of a refresher for people who already know German. So now I can count to 100, list the days of the week, tell the time, identify certain items in the grocery store, and say please and thank you in German. Auf Wiedersehen!
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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2017
CULTURE
First all-female BFA grad class hosts silent auction
JEFF MIJO CULTURE EDITOR
For the 2017 bachelor of fine arts graduating class, the end of the semester is fast approaching, and they plan to finish their degrees with a bang. From February 20 to 23, they’re running a silent auction to raise funds for their final exhibition as students. As the first all-female BFA graduating class, they’re putting their own spin on the annual event, and hoping that all of UFV comes to the auction to enjoy — and perhaps purchase — some art to help them make this year’s exhibition unique. “You don’t have to go to Vancouver to find really good artists or art,” explained Jessica Peatman, one of the eight soon-to-be graduates. “There’s a lot of amazing stuff here.” In addition to Peatman, the class consists of Christina Billingham, Chantelle Fawcett, April Martin, Marla McGill, Alyssa Rice, Reece Spofford, and Amanda Vergara. According to Vergara, “The silent auction is one of the bigger fundraisers that we do to get money and funding for our exhibition.” They hope to raise at least as much as recent years, between $2,000 and $2,500, though McGill added, “We lost a bit of funding from the school this year, so we almost have to cut some things out of our final show or raise a little bit more.” The works for sale at the auction include paintings, print
projects, and sculptures, created by the graduating class themselves, as well as other students, alumni, faculty, and members of the community. “For student work, the bids will start at $10 to $15, but we have some faculty [with] established careers in arts, so theirs will probably start at around $50,” said Fawcett. “It’s a really good opportunity for someone to get a really good, professional artist’s work for an affordable price.” There will also be items available for immediate purchase for those who prefer not to wait for the auction to end, including pins, t-shirts, and prints. The exhibition that the students are raising money for will open on April 28. Inspired by their status as the first all-female BFA graduating class, they’ve opted for an underlying theme to tie it together. The exhibition is called Intension(elle), and Fawcett said that with the art, they “look at how women navigate through the art world, because it is a male-dominated industry. That theme resonates through everyone’s work in some way.” Although Peatman added, “All of us are different too, but the title gives a general theme to capture everyone’s ideas.” The women also felt that this year was different in terms of their organizing dynamic. “I’m excited about how much care and thought is put into every detail,” Billingham said. “I think men are awesome, but I don’t think that would be the case if half of us were men. Women are meant to live in community and work in community, and I think
that is true to us.” Raising funds for the exhibition is a critical part of the final year, explained Vergara. “We have it catered, we have a bar, we have to make catalogues, so we have to fundraise for all that cost. And it’s free to everyone at UFV, too,” she said. It isn’t just a chance to present the skills they’ve honed over the past four years, however. “Part of the exhibition too is to give us that real-world experience of exhibiting our work professionally,” said Fawcett. “You can read about it all you want, but not until you actually do it do you learn everything. There’s so many things you learn by doing this process that you wouldn’t learn from reading in a classroom setting. It’s an opportunity, and they send us off with a little bit of real-world experience.” The silent auction, which was originally scheduled to take place earlier in the month, was postponed due to snow and will now run from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. February 20 to 23 at the S’eliyemetaxwtexw Art Gallery (B136). Spofford encourages everyone to come check it out, saying that “It can be an interesting experience to buy work and then see that artist blow up in the next couple years. You never know, you could be getting your hands on some real gold.” With files from Vanessa Broadbent.
UFV students serve up delicious Valentine’s dinner An evening at Rivers Dining Room in the midst of couples, romance, and delicious food QUINTIN STAMLER BUSINESS MANAGER
The Valentine’s theme was present at the Rivers Dining Room Valentine’s dinner on February 16, but not overbearing. Attendees comprised of mainly couples, ranging from young lovebird students, all the way to well-seasoned power couples, and the food was prepared by UFV’s culinary students. I had never been to the Rivers Dining Room before and wasn’t sure how it would go down exactly. The style of the event leaned more to the formal side, with an upfront pick of entrée and dessert. The four-course dinner was spectacular from start to finish. Starting things off was a roasted squash soup which I need to learn
how to make, because it was delicious. And it has squash in it… so it must be healthy. Our chardonnay pairing was sweet and complemented the soup quite well. Next up, the endive and romaine salad with bacon balsamic vinegar and tomatoes landed in front of me. At first I thought it was going to be dry, but the balsamic vinegar went a long way. The entrée was the highlight of the night. Given four options, the choice between chicken, salmon, steak, and portabella brie wellington wasn’t too difficult for me. When faced with decisions such as these I always go for what is new, what I haven’t tried yet. The mushroom wellington was fantastic. It sat in the centre of potatoes and carrots, waiting for me to carve into it. Those meals where you savour one item
in particular, normally the main portion of the meal, are the most memorable, because there is less to remember. Your entire attention is on one piece and you relish every bite. I enjoyed the potatoes and carrots, they were cooked nice and soft, but next to the wellington there wasn’t much comparison; it was the focal point of the meal. To top it off, the entrée was paired with a zinfandel, merlot, cab-sav blend which honestly was one of my favorite reds — and I drink a lot of red, probably too much. Finishing off the night was dessert. My date ordered a cheesecake and I got the strawberry crepe. Between the two, the cheesecake was hands down the winner, coupled with a sweet moscato. The culinary students put on a great evening for the attendees, I just wish I had the oppor-
tunity to taste everything on the menu! At the end of the event, chef David Bensmiller commented that this group of students was one of the strongest yet, and they aren’t done yet. On March 15 and 16, students will have the opportunity to attend a spring fling evening event with beer and cider pairings. April 19 and 20 offers a cherry blossom celebration with pairings of wine acting as a great way to end off the winter semester. It can be difficult to find opportunities to experience other students’ work. You see a painting in the halls, read about a study in the paper, but this was a fantastic and rare showing for the culinary students. I am looking forward to attending the events to come!
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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2017
ARTS IN REVIEW v ALBUM REVIEW
Cherry Glazerr’s Apocalipstick grazes greatness MARTIN CASTRO ARTS EDITOR
I used to love Metric. Old World Underground, Where Are You Now? and Live It Out had no bad songs on them. I bring Metric up because prior to 2012’s Synthetica (which I gave them a pass on because, even though most critics panned it, “Lost Kitten” was just too sweet to hate) the band was everything it should have ever been: a vaguely grungy indie-rock band that was unapologetic of the feminine influence Emily Haines brought in without sacrificing the fact that they actually made rock. (Think of a toned-down and much-less ‘90s version of Joan Jett & The Blackhearts.) Fast-forward to 2017 and Los Angeles threepiece Cherry Glazerr’s Apocalipstick has picked up the baton and burst forth rather quietly onto the scene, managing to move further into rock than bands like Metric did, while still retaining their playfulness. “Told You I’d Be with the Guys,” the album opener, gives us two essential things right off the bat: the first, lead singer Clementine Creevy’s uncompromising vocals, which fluctuate between a cigarette-in-the-back-of-a-smoky-room croon and a kicking-a-hole-in-the-wall yell so flawlessly you’d think they had the same emo-
tional grounding, and a pop disposition which is grounded with just enough dissatisfaction to make the track perfectly bittersweet. This is where Cherry Glazerr really shines. Whether it’s cranking out garage bangers that inexplicably turn towards shimmery, summersweet pop hooks (I’m looking at you, “Humble Pro”), or would-be slow-dance anthems like “Only Kid on the Block,” there’s a mixture of playfulness and unbridled energy that permeates every track on the record. It’s not overly aggressive, but enough so that we are jolted awake, and kept awake the whole ride through. And if there’s one track that showcases this quasi-punk aesthetic it’s the head-banging “Sip O’ Poison,” which is probably the most hectic track on the record. Everything about the track is in our faces: the drums, the bass-line, even the synth. It’s incredibly simple in terms of structure; there’s a tempo that gets set and kept throughout the track, and for the most part, there aren’t many breaks for individual spotlighting of elements, the band’s working as a unit at this point. A rollicking, sometimes-amorphous, but alwaysfun unit. “Lucid Dreams” on the other hand, is straight pop. Sweet guitar riffs frame yearning vocals. This is where Cherry Glazerr is at their most Metric-like. That said, it’s not entirely rehashed
material, as it comes off like a perfect song to soundtrack a bittersweet collection of sepiatoned photographs of someone’s teen years. The fact that Cherry Glazerr is capable of putting together a fuzzy romp of a track like “Sip O’ Poison” as well as a more straightforward pop piece like “Lucid Dreams” makes the band much more appealing than they would be if they only stuck to one of the two options. It’s through this mechanism that Cherry Glazerr (just barely) escapes being labeled a one-trick pony. And then we have “Nurse Ratched,” which first appeared on 2014’s Had Ten Dollaz EP. Two things: “Had Ten Dollaz,” the first track on the EP that spawned “Nurse Ratched,” should have made Apocalipstick’s final cut. And second of all, having heard both versions of “Nurse Ratched,” the difference between a more DIY approach on the EP and a much more refined final product on this record is immediately palpable. Despite this, “Nurse Ratched” will easily win you over if you’re on the fence about Cherry Glazerr. It strikes a balance between satisfactory build-up and self-indulgence that the rest of the record either toes very finely, or just misses. The vocals on this song epitomize what’s so appealing about Cherry Glazerr as a band, and to top it off, the build-up that
ends in a guitar solo in the last half of the track is wholly gratifying. It’s fitting, then, that the album’s eponymous closer should end the record off in a manner as cacophonous as the apocalypse itself, all reverb and distortion. So long as they don’t fall into complacency, expect great things from Cherry Glazerr.
v MOVIE REVIEW
The Red Turtle shows us what animated movies could do if they just tried hard enough MARTIN CASTRO ARTS EDITOR
Michaël Dudok de Wit’s The Red Turtle is perhaps the most inventive animated movie I’ve seen all year. That might not be selling it too much given that the year’s just getting under way and I haven’t really seen any other animated movies, but I guarantee that The Red Turtle will at the very least be unlike most other major animated releases. To begin with, it has no dialogue. At an hour and a half, the film manages to tell its story without a single word being spoken by any of its characters. A man is shipwrecked on an island, and we see him struggle on the beach, attempting to build a series of equally ineffective rafts for himself until, at last, he manages to tie enough logs together and make a sail out of foliage. It’s a pretty impressive raft. It lasts all of five minutes. Some
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nameless animal destroys it. We find out later it’s a strikingly red-coloured sea turtle. Throughout the film, we try to imagine the character’s inner dialogue. And it manages to, through gestures and actions, convey emotion and thought with a precision that’s at the very least surprising, and at the most awe-inspiring. If anything, The Red Turtle challenges the tradition of animated films being exclusively for children in a manner that’s less simple-minded than movies like Sausage Party have in the past. And more importantly, the film challenges the way in which we take in stories delivered through a visual medium, particularly because the film itself is more of a myth in the sense that it incorporates folklore traditions in presenting a story that deals with a situation that has been overplayed to death (a shipwrecked man has to rescue himself or survive) and transforms it into one of the most emotionally-charged animated movies I have ever seen.
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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2017
ARTS IN REVIEW v GAME REVIEW
CHARTS
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Kristin Witko Union
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The Wild Reeds The World We Built
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Obsidian Into Oblivion
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Striker Striker
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Terrifier Weapons of Thrash Destruction
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SHUFFLE AARON LEVY
STATION MANAGER
The Last Guardian is a game that demands patience
Station Manager Aaron Levy is the only one not on security detail who came to work as regularly two weeks ago as anyone but head groundskeeper and Wheelbarrow host Greg Aitken, all due to the...
Snow Informer
A song so popular in the ‘90s James ‘Buddy’ Rogers among Canadian cool cats and By My Side dime droppers, that all a suburban youth had to do was say Michael Kaeshammer “You know sagodagosomething No Filter and I go blahaham,’ and everyone from miles around would all erupt in “Ah licky boo-boom Mitchell Ko naaahahaaaaw.” Brilliant lyriThis is Hell cism from the Jamnadian. Tropic Harbour Glowing Eyes
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Communism Communism
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Jens Lekman Life Will See You Now
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Royal Canoe Something Got Lost Between Here And The Orbit
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Merkules Scars
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Saint Soldier A Stray (single)
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Snak The Ripper From The Dirt
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Harpdog Brown Travelin’ With The Blues
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Hoops Routines
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Tennis Yours Conditionally
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Ghost Thoughts Purple Period
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Weed Born Wrong Love
The Dismemberment Plan Spider in the Snow This is, as I’m so known to say in shuffles over the course of the past year or three, likely my least favourite turn on what is essentially an otherwise perfect and revolutionary, energetic alternative, nearly post-rock album from a time I refer to fondly as the late-‘90s. Snow Everybody Wants to Be Like You Do you know someone like this? Making a comeback with all eyes on them? Trying their darnedest to fit in with the crowd while at the same time earning the envy and ire of all those who don’t? Don’t fool yourself, you’re never alone. Check yr phone, yo, now go! By Divine Right Come For A Ride Jose Contreras is one of the most unsung, talented, and well traveled / used Canadian musicians and producers over since the advent of the age we call the ‘90s. Everyone from Feist to Holy Fuck’s Brian Borcherdt, members of the Meligrove Band, Brendan Canning, and more have played bass behind him.
CHRISTOPHER TOWLER CONTRIBUTOR
For those not in the know, The Last Guardian is a recentlyreleased Playstation 4 title by critically-acclaimed game director Fumito Ueda (known for previous titles Ico and Shadow of the Colossus). The Last Guardian stars a young boy who awakens to find himself in a distant and foreign land, next to a gigantic griffin-bird-dog-cat-like creature named Trico. At first, Trico is actively hostile to you, the player character. Badly wounded, the creature acts defensively and unpredictably. However, upon bringing Trico a few snacks and after removing the spears embedded in its side, you begin to earn Trico’s trust, and thus begins not just the journey to escape this place, but an emotional bond that has stayed with me far past the game’s ending. The objective in The Last Guardian is very simple: together, you must find a way out of this dark and foreboding landscape. The only way to accomplish this is to work together with Trico to leap across massive chasms, scale towering castle walls, and burrow deep below the earth. This seemingly simplistic mechanic is a clever disguise for what the game is actually trying to accomplish: cementing your symbiosis with Trico. On your own, you can do very little at all. In teaching you to guide Trico, the game also teaches you to depend on Trico. And this is the most significant aspect of the game by far. Games that feature escort quests are a dime a dozen, the difference here is that by building your dependence on Trico into the fabric of the gameplay itself, the game teaches you to trust Trico. In doing so, you connect with the beast, and every time the game asked us to part ways, I genuinely felt bad for leaving Trico alone to howl out of loneliness. I know of very few games that have been able to evoke such a keen sense of emotion with almost no dialogue, I was overcome with an almost primal compulsion to return to and assist my partner. For anyone who has ever owned a pet, this game will speak directly to your heart. Recently, The Last Guardian has come under fire from critics for technical issues in which many criticize the game’s dated control scheme, awkward camera angles, and Trico’s hesitance to follow your directions, resulting in some oftentimes frustrating periods of waiting while Trico contem-
plates your commands. I will not defend The Last Guardian for its control scheme and camera angles, these are legitimate complaints (though the game did have a long and troubled development history which spanned 10 years and across two consoles). It is complaints about Trico’s reluctance to instantly obey your commands, however, that interest me the most. To me, these critics miss the point entirely, and perhaps have unintentionally revealed a deeper truth about the state of triple-A videogames. Trico is a beast, and, like any animal or pet, is unpredictable. They have their own agency and deep inner lives all their own. If Trico were to instantly follow my commands, there would be no relationship, no bond, no respect for the character of the creature. It would just be another video game power trip; Trico reduced to a mere vehicle for accomplishment, or at worst, a weapon to be wielded rather than a companion. It is exactly the beast’s hesitance before making a jump or playful pondering that make Trico so believable. Hands down, though he doesn’t speak at all, Trico is one of the most memorable characters to come out of video gaming in possibly a decade. And that really says a lot about the state of mainstream video games. There is no room for anything that doesn’t feel like a fast-moving power trip. Anything that might require some downtime, thoughtfulness, or just outright patience is seen as so outside the status quo that it is to be considered “broken.” The Last Guardian is not a perfect game. But it is a piece that exemplifies the expression that sometimes something can truly be more than the sum of its individual parts. What’s more, The Last Guardian gives us a glimpse of what the medium is truly capable of, with the meaningful interactions between the boy and Trico only possible in video games. The Last Guardian is an imperfect masterpiece that sacrifices some technical aspects for a grander artistic vision that succeeds on a very deep and emotionally resonant level. The Last Guardian has recently received a permanent price cut due to poor sales so if you are interested, now is a great time to pick it up. For anyone who has ever owned a pet, or shared a special bond with an animal, this game will speak directly to your heart in a way few other games are capable of. Just be patient with it, spend time with it, and nurture your relationship. The Last Guardian isn’t perfect, but that’s exactly what makes it so endearing.
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UPCOMING EVENTS
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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24, 2017
FEB
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PINK SHIRT DAY CANADIAN LITERATURE: MAZO DE LA ROCHE
@ Lifetime Learning Centre (Mission) 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
FEB
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BFA GRADS SILENT AUCTION
HARLEM GLOBETROTTERS
@ Abbotsford Centre 7:00 PM
HELLO, DOLLY! (MUSICAL)
CANADIAN CHAMBER CHOIR AND AMABILE CHOIR
A TOUCH OF BRASS
LITERARY ARTS WEEK - GARRY GEDDES AND ANN ERICKSSON READING
@ U-House (UFV Abbotsford) 2:30 PM
PRESIDENT’S LEADERSHIP LECTURE SERIES: DR. HALLDOR BJARNSON
@ Abbotsford Arts Centre 7:00 PM @ Matsqui Centennial Auditorium 7:30 PM – 12:00 AM
FEB
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@ SUB (UFV Abbotsford) 4:30 – 5:30 PM
@ Global Lounge – B223 (UFV Abbotsford) 4:30 – 6:00 PM STONE COLD JUSTICE (DOCUMENTARY AND DISCUSSION)
@ B121 (UFV Abbotsford) 5:00 PM UFV SUSTAINABILITY MORNING
@ G Building Atrium 8:00-10:30am
BFA GRADS SILENT AUCTION
@ S’eliyemetaxwtexw Gallery — B136 (UFV Abbotsford) 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
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@ A305 (UFV Abbotsford) 1:00 – 2:00 PM
@ A210 (UFV Abbotsford) 5:00 – 7:00 PM
HELLO, DOLLY! (MUSICAL)
@ Abbotsford Arts Centre 7:00 PM
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MAR
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MAR
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@ Mission Campus 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
HELLO, DOLLY! (MUSICAL)
@ Abbotsford Arts Centre 2:00 PM
RECORDING MUSIC FEARLESSLY
NINJASPY / DIE HEXE / LIKE BEARS CONCERT
ONE MAN DARK KNIGHT TRILOGY, A BATMAN PARODY
@ Vineyard Community Centre (Chilliwack) 6:30 – 10:00 PM
@ Chilliwack Cultural Centre 7:30 PM
MAR
HARLEM GLOBETROTTERS
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FRIENDS WITHOUT BORDERS
PET LOVERS SHOW
MAR
CAREER AND LIFE PLANNING EVENT
@ Global Lounge – B223 (UFV Abbotsford) 4:00 – 6:00 PM
@ Abbotsford Centre 2:00 PM
@ TradeX (Abbotsford) 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM SCHOLARLY SHARING: IS PEACE AND CONFLICT STUDIES PART OF MY FIELD, TOO?
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@ U-House (UFV Abbotsford) 1:15 – 2:45 PM
@ A1202 (UFV Chilliwack) 4:30 – 7:00 PM
OCCUPATION OF THE AMERICAN MIND (DOCUMENTARY SCREENING AND DISCUSSION)
COMMUNITY DINNER
@ B121 (UFV Abbotsford) 5:00 - 7:00 PM
FRIENDS WITHOUT BORDERS
I AM WOMAN! HEAR ME LAFF!
VIRTUAL TOUR OF HEBRON
@ B121 (UFV Abbotsford) 5:00 PM
@ Chilliwack Cultural Centre 7:30 PM
MAR
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UFV HIRING NOW! FAIR @ SUB (UFV Abbotsford) 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM
MESA LATINA (SPANISH LANGUAGE GROUP) @ A305 (UFV Abbotsford) 1:00 – 2:00 PM
LIBT CRYPTOPARTY
@ C1015 (UFV Abbotsford) 7:00 – 9:00 PM
MISSION WRITERS & READERS FESTIVAL
@ Abbotsford Arts Centre 7:00 PM
@ Kariton Art Gallery (Abbotsford) 2:30 – 4:30
@ Global Lounge – B223 (UFV Abbotsford) 4:00 – 6:00
GAMES NIGHT
SOIRÉE CULTURELLE
MAR
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@ SUB (UFV Abbotsford) 4:00 PM
MESA LATINA (SPANISH LANGUAGE GROUP)
@ Global Lounge — B223 (UFV Abbotsford) 4:30 – 6:30 PM
HELLO, DOLLY! (MUSICAL)
@ TradeX (Abbotsford) 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
@ Abbotsford Arts Centre 2:00 PM
FEB
MAR
PET LOVERS SHOW
HELLO, DOLLY! (MUSICAL)
EAST AFRICA PHOTO EXHIBIT
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@ Phoenix Ballroom (Abbotsford) 9:30 AM – 1:00 AM Feb 25
@ S’eliyemetaxwtexw Gallery — B136 (UFV Abbotsford) 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
@ The Reach (Abbotsford) 12:00 PM
FEB
MARDI GRAS
FEB & MAR
MESA LATINA (SPANISH LANGUAGE GROUP)
GAMES NIGHT
@ A305 (UFV Abbotsford) 1:00 – 2:00 PM
@ Global Lounge — B223 (UFV Abbotsford) 4:30 – 6:30 PM
GAMES NIGHT
UFV THEATRE: BAKKHAI
@ Global Lounge — B223 (UFV Abbotsford) 4:30 – 6:30 PM HELLO, DOLLY! (MUSICAL)
@ Abbotsford Arts Centre 7:00 PM TOM COCHRANE
@ Abbotsford Centre 8:00 PM
@ UFV Performance Theatre 7:30 – 9:30 PM
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