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Slouching towards Edmonton PAUL ESAU University, or The Gatewayfrom

THE CASCADE Edmonton's own University of Alberta. On paper it's a meeting of some of Canada's best and One of the hard things about brightest young journalists, combeing a ruthless, cold-eyed jouring together to swap stories and nalist is trying to live up to that tactics, as well as attend seminars ruthless, cold-eyed reputation. with names like "Avoid Getting We here at The Cascadework hard Sued". In reality it's a meeting to follow leads, scoop stories, of Canada's best and brightest drink rum, and generally follow young journalists, co~g togeththe example of the great jour- er to engage in bouts of drinking nalists who've gone before, yet that would make Hemingway we also continually strive to imlook like a Jesuit priest. prove our craft in whatever way Now I personally attended the possible. It was in pursuit of this "Avoid Getting Sued" seminar, noble purpose that myself and and therefore I'm motivated to three of my colleagues journeyed add that the number of drinks to Edmonton last weekend for the conswned by your UFV repreillustrious WPNCUP (Western, sentatives (the four of us at the Prairies, and Northern Regions conference) over the course of the of the Canadian University Press) weekend can be counted on one conference, searching (obviously) hand and were paid for out of our for better and more effective ways own pockets. We attended all the to serve the UFV student body.,. events, .arrived bright and early WPNCUP is a gathering of every morning, and even avoided university papers from across getting stabbed, which is apparwestern Canada, papers like The ently pretty hard to do in EdOmega from Thompson Rivers

monton this year. We've returned more cold-eyed and ruthless than ever before, jaded as only student journalists can be, and ready to expose all the inadequacies of the present system.

Yet one of the defining principles of the conference, something that applies across all disciplines and careers (hint: it's not binge drinking), is the imperative to get involved. Too often students feel they have to wait until they've completed a degree to pursue opportunity in their chosen field, as if holding a certificate is the catalyst to their professional transformation. Many lose the opportunity to gain valuable experience, and therefore the opportunity for a balanced resume on the business end of graduation. Yet at the CUP conference I met individuals working on undergrad degrees who have already spent years _working in their chosen field and even running nationwide organizations. They chose to become in-

volved early on in their university careers, and that initiative is making them easily employable, even in this faltering market.

That's not say there aren't bumps along the way. One of the conference speakers, a former University of Alberta graduate and freelance reporter, shared about her experience writing for Us Weekly and being forced to stalk .Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart through the streets of Vancouver, even going through the pair's garbage to check their diet. She now writes for Exclaim, yet still talks with loathing about her period as the paparazzi.

So anyway, get involved, and get connected. For those of you who were wondering, they're really into sandwiches. ,.As well as a mall with a 5 per

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Wouldn't it ·be nice: Hopeful home-owners face uncertain future in B.C. NICKUBELS THE CASCADE

"One place we looked at had a laundry, but it was in this creepy shed out back."

"Yeah, I would guess that most suites aren't 100 per cent legal."

I listen to this exchange while seated on a navy blue couch in a modest hall-basement suite in East Surrey. Stacks of empty Cuisinart and KitchenAid boxes are piled high in front of a door to a shared laundry. Three different tenants rent portions of this house. Newlyweds Matt and Katie Tressel have invited me in to talk about their experience trying to find a place to live. After a long, frustrating search for a decent and affordable space, the couple seems relieved to have found anything liveable that also fits their budget, "I feel like we were restricted by our price range because we really didn't look at what's available at the higher levels," Katie explains. A young family with one child and another on the way rents the remaining hall of the basement level. "This is okay for us, but having this closeness to our neighbours is kind of weird."

Katie tells me that their fourmonth search was full of "dead ends and lost trails." There are few resources available to help the ever-growing number of renters find suitable accommodation. Major print publications like The Vancouver Sun who run a Homes section virtually ignore rental options in their coverage. During the couple's search, Matt was required to check Craigslist two or three times each day because the best listings would be closed within hours.

"The ones that have a good suite are gone like that," Matt says, snapping his fingers for emphasis.

Both Katie and Matt are college students working upwards of 20 hours per week trying to make ends meet. Katie has her sights on becoming a French immersion teacher and Matt, a musician. Despite their promising careers, they remain unsure when or if they will ever be able to move out of the renter's market. And they're not alone.

Home ownership was once a viable option for B.C.'s working families. But over the past decade, skyrocketing property values have shut out a new generation of potential home owners. According to an August report by the RBC, the

greater Vancouver area's afford ability has deteriorated significantly in recent years. The report determines affordability by calculating ownership costs as a percentage of household income. In British Columbia, the affordability index rating for a two-story home is inching closer to an all-time high of 80 per cent. The national average is only 49 per cent. Bear in mind that after a hefty 20 per cent down payment, banks will only grant a mortgage when the monthly payments do not exceed 40 per cent of a family's household income.

For most people in B.C., their income would not even support the mortgage on a condominium.

Living in an apartment or basement suite brings its own set of challenges. With neighbours so close, privacy is often compromised. As a working musician, Matt is unable to fit in much-needed practice time at home. Instead, he has to seek out empty rehearsal spaces at school. This makes it much more difficult to harness creative inspiration when it strikes.

"I think that the increasing rental population will completely change the culture of this area," he says.

"It's going to have a b1g impact on community as well because I don't think you11 get to know your neighbours the same way because they might move more frequently."

Katie is worried that this shift from ewnership to renting will put their lives on hold indefinitely. '1 don't want to have a family while we're renting a basement suite, but how do you afford to buy a house when you have a family?" she says. "I read an article about how women in BC are having kids super, super late and it makes sense now. It has a big effect on how our society is shaped."

Two days later, I call Habitat for Humanity Vancouver CEO Tim Wake to ask him how he would describe the need for more affordable housing in B.C. He answers me in one word: "acute."

Tim Wake is a former real estate developer who has spent the better part of his career advising municipalities on how to keep their housing costs low. He tells me the root of the problem is a very successful real estate market.

His solution? Greater collaboration between local government,

the private sector and non-profits.

Mr. Wake focuses on what he' calls, "middle sector housing": low-cost, shared equity housing projects for the middle income sector. The resale value of these houses would be capped below market prices at a steady incline.

A small number of co-operative housing projects along this model are just starting to crop up, such as Abbotsford' s Harmony project, or Yarrow's EcoVillage. In the meantime, Wake recommends that young people continue to rent and save money for a down payment until the housing market stabilizes.

In Abbotsford, an inspired group of young people are banding together to make the most of the housing cns1s.

At 10:08 on a brisk, autumn morning, I ring the buzzer at the street-level entrance to the Fraser Valley Inn. The aged redbrick building sits on the main drag of old downtown Abbotsford, a remnant of a bygone era, seemingly immune to the rigors of gentrification. On its north face, the gaudy red and white marquee of the Air Fare Lounge towers over the comer of Essendene and West Railway, while on the east side, there is an ancient and crowded liquor store. Among the building's other lease-holders are New Passage to India - a cozy little res-

taurant specializing in traditional Indian cuisine - and upstairs: the Atangard Community Project.

A few moments later, I am ushered inside by one of the project's directors, Sophie Suderman, who leads me past a rickety stand-up piano and up the stairs. The 18room single and double occupancy housing project takes up much of the Fraser Valley Inn's second floor. Each apartment in the Atangard is between 150 and 300 square feet, not including individual bathrooms, one of the conveniences of renovating an old hotel. Indie rock and the dizzying pitch of at least five voices laughing and talking excitedly over each other issues from the kitchen. Sophie takes me on a tour through the two guest rooms, four common rooms, and a bike storage locker that is so full it overflows into the laundry room.

A fresh _coat of paint covers the uneven surface of the walls and a mishmash of art and photography lines the halls. In another life, the Fraser Valley Inn was a run-down one-star SRO until it was shut down by the city in 2005 because of the social problems it created.

The Atangard group has since renovated, pulling up the old carpet to reveal a beautifully-aged plywood floor and stocking the common rooms with thrift store furniture, old pub chairs, bright paint and new kitchen appliances. It still feels a bit musty, but clean and lived-in.

"It's really what you make of it," Sophie tells me. For the 25 young people who live there, it's a home.

Since 2009, the Atangard has provided affordable housing in a community setting for students and working people between the ages of 19 and 35. Sophie tells me that she first started working on the project over four years ago in response to what she saw as a great need for reasonably priced, community-based liv~g for this neglected demographic.

"Our society is so driven to achieve and relationships fall to the side," she says. "A situation like this meets both the relational needs as well as the need for affordability."

She explains that it can be difficult for young people to split the rent in other community living arrangements because of the instability of this age group. ff one roommate decides to move out, ev-

eryone else is caught in the lurch.

The Atangard Community Project Society manages tenant-lease agreements and could absorb the cost of an empty room for a month if need be. So far, this has not been a problem thanks to a steady waitlist of interested tenants. Sophie told me that this demand has prompted discussions about how to create a similar arrangement elsewhere.

Passing by the comm~al dining area, I am invited by a few tenants to join them for pancakes and coffee. Everyone is in good spirits, decked out in sweatpants and t-shirts. A few laptops are open and everyone seems to linger around the table long after they finish their breakfast. Mark, who is sitting across from me, is tending to a Shirley Temple that he drinks out of a jam jar. "Every time I see him, he has one," Emily tells me.

The scene speaks volumes about the character of this community.

It's like a patchwork quilt: warm, tightly stitched together and possessed of a certain ramshackle charm. I ask my tablemates what it's like to live at Atangard.

"Practically speaking, it's very easy to live cheaply, simply here in this space because we have a lot of other things that are not included in a normal person's rent," Chad says. For instance, each tenant is expected to cook dinner once or twice a month for the entire group. That way, they can save money by buying ingredients in larger quantities and spend less time worrying about making a healthy meal. _Someof Atangard' s other projects include an auto pool and a community garden.

Although there are many benefits provided by community living, things are fai from perfect.

"It's important to realize it's not a utopia," Chad says. "We're talking in very idealist ways, when in reality this is something we're striving to achieve."

Yet Atangard does help fill a significant gap in today's housing market. It acts as a· reprieve for young people struggling to find a decent place to hang their hat. And when I ask Adam where he would be if not Atangard, he tells me bluntly: "probably a shitty basement suite for a couple hundred dollars more."

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The past week was Mental Health Awareness week at UFV. The fact that such events are held at all begs the question: how aware are we of issues surrounding mental health? For one, are we aware that the current model to "treat" mental illnesses is based on a biological medical model even though there has yet to be any evidence that mental illnesses are in fact a biological condition?

In an attempt to bring awareness to this issue and create a paradigm shift in how we understand mental illness, several students (with the support of UFV Philosophy professor Dr. Peter Raabe) have created the Student Association of Philosophical Counselling (SAPC), a division of the Association of Students for Philosophy. This association, which was founded last year, is currently the only one of its kind in Canada. It is dedicated to generating discussions regarding the applications of philosophy in mental health, and also allows some members to apply their knowledge by taking on clients in a pseudopracticum. These students have

cally offered by UFV called "Philosophy for Counsellors." They have found clients who are aware t~ey are students in training and are open and willing to undergo philosophical counselling.

So what is philosophical counselling? As the name suggests, philosophical counselling is an application of philosophy to counselling, a form of what some call "talk therapy." Philosophy is foundational in reasoning, logic and the pursuit it entails hence the "love of wisdom" that the literal translation of the Latin terms "philo" and "sophos" suggests. Philosophical counselling uses said reasoning and logic to identify the initial premise upon which a person's thoughts, beliefs, values and assumptions are founded. The thought processes of an individual are followed and "examined" for fallacies or inaccuracies, just as a logician would follow premise after premise to determine the validity of the conclusion and discover where any discrepancies lie.

It seems like a rather analytical approach, but in order to accurately "treat" the distress facing the individual, it is necessary to validate and address the cause of

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Report callsfordrastic changes to Canadian education system

HeadandHands, a clinic andsocial services organization forMontreal youth,hasscrapped itsStreetwork needleexchange program in Notre-Dame-de-Grace (NDG), potentially leaving hundreds ofusersinthewestendwithout clean needles andotherformsofsupport.

Juniper Belshaw, fundraising anddevelopment co-ordinator, saidthattheorganization wastold byMontreal's directeur desantepublique last August thatthe$75,000 required tofundthetwo programs hadbeenslashed fromtheirbudget.

Other organizations alsolosttheirfunding inthe roundofbudgetcuts,according toBelshaw.

Aspokesperson frompublic healthconfirmed the cuts,saying theywereultimately madeforbudget reasons, thoughtheresultsareunfortunate.

ByAug.19,Streetwork closed down,leaving the twoworkers outofajobandpotentially hundreds ofpeoplewithout support, whichincludes referralsto counselling andotherservices.

"Iliketothin~ofthesestreetworkers asthese harmreduction fairies; saidBelshaw, whosaid having toletthemgowas"brutal."

•AtHeads andHands, weworkwitha harmreductionapproach, whichhasalottodowithmeeting peoplewherethey'reat ... Ifsomeone ishaving sex,wewantto talkabouthowtohavesafersex.

Ifsomeone's usingdrugs,wewanttosay,'Hey, here'ssomeinformation abouthowtosmoke moresafely, howtoinjectmoresafely.'"

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the distress. Philosophical counselling attempts to resolve the core issue, not the symptoms or other issues that attempt to mask it.

Philosophical counselling has been treated as a last resort for many, primarily due to the skepticism which anything "philosophy" related is often subjected to, as well as the unfamiliarity of the approach and the time commitment required to pursue it. Moreover, our society has so many distractions and pills to provide quick fixes that dedicating time to something unfamiliar and perhaps uncomfortable is less than appealing to some.

Nonetheless, the students at UFV and several other pockets of philosophers around the world are adamant on shifting both the approach to mental illness and the notion that a degree in philosophy is of little use in the working world. They are confident that the way in which the world understands mental health is going to change. For them, philosophy is the answer.

In upcoming issues, the SAPC will now be writing a regular column in which they address the questions and concerns of students using philosophical counselling. Though submitted ques-

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Newcopyright billmayhavenegativeimpact

Sept.29,Bill C-11wasintroduced in Canada's entireeducation systemisneedofrestructur- OnThursday, ing,according toa newreport. theHouse ofCommons, marking thefourthattempt Released Oct.11bytheCanadian Council onlearning, toamend copyright l~islation bytheGovernment thereportsaysthatwithouta national rei_julatory com- ofCanada.

TheCopyright Modernization Actseeks lawinlinewithtechnology, an mittee,Canada's education system willdecline, leading tobringcopyright toa lossofeconomic productivity andinnovation. important taskgiven thevastamount ofmaterial online.

'Theytalkaboutthedysfunctionality ofpost-secondary available education,' saidGlenJones,a professor at theOntario However, theexecutive director ofCampus Stores Wayne Amundson, believes tliatitis"the Institute forStudies inEducation.

"There aresomecriti- Canada, cismsandsomeofthemarevalid,butIthinkit'sgoing exactsamelegislation asthelastattempt" andwill facemanyofthesamechallenges asitspredecestoofartosaythatit'sdysfunctional."

Thereportislikely to bethefinalpaperreleased bythe sor,C-32ofJune2010.

CCL,, whichissettoclose inspring 2012afterfederal Mostspecifically, hefeltthatitsprovisions will havea negative impact onCanadian students, who funding forthenational learning organization was withdrawn bytheHarper government lastyear. acquire muchoftheiracademic material online.

Whileadmowledging highparticipation ratesinpostThebilldaimstoofferabsolute protection of copyrighted material through"digital locks;while secondary education andpraising Canada's teaching staffandgenerally well-educated population, thereport simultaneously offering a"fairdealing exemption• acquired fornon-infringing purposes.

"WhatistheFuture ofLeaming inCanada?' criticizes the -onmaterial ForAmundson, it'stheunison ofthesetwoprovilackofa federalbodythatsetsnational goalsinterms ineducation.

Currently, education issues arehandled by sionsthatactasa barrier toprogress.

"Ithinkthattheabsolute protection fordigital individual provincial andterritorial governments. locksundermine someofthepositive stepsinthe 'Theprincipal causeoftheunacceptable anddeeply troubling stateofaffai~isthatourgovernments have proposed legislation; inparticular, thefairdealings failedtoworktogether todevelop thenecessary policies exemption foreducation; hesaid."This isanimportantacademic right,andthoseinanacademic andfailedtoexhibit therequired collective political leadership,' statedthereport institution should beabletousewhattheyneed constant worry ofviolating copyright laws.

Another criticism revolves aroundresearch anddevelop- without However, thedigital locks havethepotential to mentbecoming a priority ofuniversities, whichthen oftenmoveawayfromdelivering a comprehensive remove thefairdealing provision altogether. failtoaddress thatthereisa direct impact education infavour ofaimingtogainresearch funding "Many ontextbook prices asa resultofthesedigital lodes; fromthefederalgovernment.

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AtleastsixYemenis werekilled inthecapitalon Embattled PrimeMinister George Papandreou Tuesday inanintensifyihg crackdown bysecurity madea finalappealforsupportfromwavering onTuesday aheadofavoteonunpopular forces onprotesters demanding thatthepresident deputies stepdown. newausterity measures thatwillbeheldagainst a backdrop ofoneofthebiggeststrikes inGreece InNewYork, thefivepermanent members ofthe U.N. Security Council --Britain, China, France, foryears.

Unions representing aroundhalfofGreece's 4 Russia andtheUnited States--werehoping toagreelateronTuesday ona draftresolution million-strong workforce havecalleda 48hour strikeforWednesday andThursday to demanding Salehcomply witha GulfCooperation general Council peaceplanthatwouldrequire himto cede protestagainsta sweeping package ofausterity measures duetobepassedinparliament this power. week. · Ifthefiveagreeamongthemselves, theywould passthetexttotheother10council members in "I'masking foryoursupport.

I'masking forall thehopethatthepanel's15members wouldvote parties'supportbutwewillbetheoneswho onitbeforetheendoftheweek,diplomats told willonceagainbearthebutdenofthisdecision; Reuters oncondition ofanonymity.

Papandreou toldlawmakers fromhisrulingPASOK party.

Atleast34peoplehavebeenkilledinYemen in thepastfourdaysandwellover100havebeen Herejected anysuggestion thatGreece wouldbe injured.

President AliAbdullah Salehhasheldon forced outoftheeuroasa resultofthecrisisthat hasleftAthens dependent onforeign supportto to powerbuthassuggested hecouldresignin linewithanArab-brokered dealthatwouldgrant staveoffbankruptcy andappealed toEuropean forsupport. himimmunity fromprosecution foranycrimes he partners Juggling demands frominternational lenders mighthavecommitted.

Witnesses inYemen described anincreasingly foreventougheractionandpublic discontent at tensesituation.

Sanaaresidents saidprotesters home,hehasappealed forunityafteronesocialapproaching government buildings wereattacked istdeputyresigned inprotestoftheausterity bysecurity forces. package andothersthreatened tovoteagainst "Thenumber ofdeadisnowsix," saidTariq partsofit.

"Theparliament votemustgiveusthepowerto Nouman, a doctoratthefieldhospital setupby protesters inChange Square. negotiate atthesummit," Papandreou said."This negotiation mustenduncertainty andinsecurity."

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TonyParsonsbringsyearsof broadcastexpertiseto UFV ALI-SIEMENS nity members, faculty and stuTHE CASCADE dents. The event was sponsored

by the Centre for Education and Research and welcomed about At 72-years-old, TV news an- 100 guests in the theatre; during the session, Parsons sat and chor and recipient of an honorary answered the range of questions doctorate degree in technology Tony Parsons shows no signs of posed by attendees.

Parsons is known for having his slowing down. Currently co-anchoring the CBC News Vancou- dog under his desk while broadver report with Gloria Macarenko casting, so -a member from the and also the evening newscast on audience started the afternoon by CHEK-TV in Victoria, Parsons is inquiring about the newscaster's latest dog and its presence in the a news broadcaster well-known and well-lik~d throughout British newsroom. From there, it didn't take long for people to begin askColumbia. Proof of his popularity was the number of guests that ing some tougher questions about showed up to UFV's Chilliwack his personal feelings towards campus on Friday, October 14, situations in BC and where the world of news is headed today. where Parsons held a question Some would assume that sitand answer period for commu-

ting behind a teleprompter and reading tragic story after tragic story would have a negative effect on a newscaster, but when asked if these stories affected him, Parsons replied: "No, I think you grow a hard shell after a while, and· I've been doing this since I was 17, and my shell is pretty thick. Stories that affect me the most are the mistreatment of children and animals." Parsons commented on the story that affected him the most, the Clifford Olsen trial. "That was a terrible time, I reported that every night, the terrible things that man did - those kinds of things do affect you, but you don't show it on air," he recalled. · According to a video produced

by The Media Convergence Fo- and radio broadcasters. "Find the rum, newspaper circulation is smallest radio or TV station you down seven million over the last can and offer to do whatever you 25 years, and in the last five years can to get a level entry job," he online newspapers h·ave gained advised, "if you get in the door 30 million unique readers. This picking up coffee cups at the end year alone, TV broadcasting re- of the day, take it, because that cords have gone down an average leads to other things. My experiof 10.1 per cent. Parsons said he ence is that people who are hired to do menial jobs ... eventually get thought that, given the numerous types of news sources now avail- their chance."

Parson's willingness to answer able, consumers and particularly young people "are now subject to questions openly was appreciso many opinions that they may ated by the audience members. not be able to make that decision After the event was over, Parsons on their own." He added that it is stayed to pose for pictures and still up to people to decide how shake hands with his audience much they want to be informed. . members. The event will be available to view online in a few weeks Parsons was not all business - he also offered advice to aspir- for those who couldn't attend. ing journalists, news anchors

New-graphicdesignprogramlaunchedin Mission at UFV had been sugGRACEROMUND ' diploma gested before but had never been THE CASCADE Graphic design students will be pleased to now have their own developed and structured department following the official launch of a new Graphic Design program at the UFV Mission campus. The project, which resulted in the campus's first-ever flagship department, was created in partnership with the District of Mission, which invested $500,000 as seed funding.

Dr. Jacqueline Nolte, Dean of Arts, explained that Mission's community has sought the presence of a strong program on their campus for a long time, and that the concept of a Graphic Design

formally launched."We thought this would be a good opportunity to review and revise the program and provide the Mission campus with a flagship program," she said.

Graphic Design courses have previously been available at UFV on the Abbotsford Campus, though the courses have been a part of the larger Visual Arts department. Now the newly-reviewed courses will be instructed (in part) by full-time, dedicated Graphic Design department faculty.

Nolte explained that Graphic Design was actually once an independent department, though administration eventually chose

to close it down. "The Visual Arts folk advocated over a number of years [to reinstate it] because they thought there was a great loss, particularly in this digital age. It was imperative for this university to be offering something in terms of digital design, print and web.

Finally the administration has responded and it's in conjunction with fulfilling a community's needs and interests," she continued.

While Nolte noted the program's ability to provide an. exciting and relevant new field of study at UFV, Mission Mayor James Atebe emphasized the program's location at the Mission campus as a valuable community development.

"My belief is that a university

in our community is a strong engine for community and economic development, and by establishing a flagship campus with this program, this strengthens the community." said Atebe. "I'm sure that this program, given that it is an innovative project, is very relevant to a young and growing community."

The new program will be a 60 credit, two-year diploma. A Graphic Design minor and extended minor have also been developed as a part of the founding of this new department.

Nolte noted that "When a graduate enters the marketplace with a dipl<:>maonly, they would require a lot of initiative to succeed within the marketplace," adding that students could build on the

Graphic Design diploma and further develop their skills by putting it towards a larger degree.

"Because it is a very futuristic and innovative program, I believe that Mission is well-positioned to attract students all the way from Vancouver," said Atebe, noting that the West Coast Express would make travel from Vancouver to Mission easy.

Atebe also pointed out that the artistic aspect of the program has the potential to greatly influence and further develop the art sector of Mission. "The more [the University] is connected to our community, [the more] it acts as a catalyst for community development," he said.

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THE CASCADE artistic subversive (and no, I'm not There is nothing more depressing than walking through campus or across town on a fine autumn day-really the perfect sort of day-and appreciating the overwhelming lack of art and beauty which surrounds us. With nothing to keep me company but the vinyl siding of the never-ending tracthomes and the nauseating "strawberry" (which adorns the spires of our ivory towers), I can do nothing but lament the entirely pedestrian and provincial sort of attitude which has given rise to this most depressing civic-scape. We have abandoned art and beauty in Abbotsford, and certainly at UFV, in favour of ersatz efficiencies and poorly painted stucco.

I have in the past railed against the crime that is modernist architecture, and while I feel just as strongly today as I did then, I don't mean to rehash that particular diatribe here. Rather, under the influence of a very well made

talking about Damien Hirst), I've begun to contemplate just what it would take to make our city and our university not just more beautiful but more vibrant, too. And the solution that I keep coming up with is one that many might find distasteful: graffiti.

It's simply not possible for us to tear down the Peter Jones Learning Commons and replace it with something approaching the elegance and sophistication of the Radcliffe Camera. But it is certainly possible for us to banish the salmon-inspired blandness that currently adorns most every building on our Abbotsford campus. We could enlist our long suffering BFA students and local street artists to turn our walls into works, to make them beautiful and provocative and vivid. And I bet we could do it for cheap, too.

Sometimes I think about what elements make Abbotsford and UFV different from bigger cities and better universities. It's

true that in both cases, the city and our university are much smaller than many more vibrant or prestigious institutions and cities, but the most important difference is not one of numbers or resources. lt' s the difference in attitude • that we have here.

There is a pervasive attitude which exhorts us all to not rock the boat and to continue on our middling path to mediocrity.

If ever we are to rise above the utter cultural irrelevance that most of the Fraser Valley currently enjoys, we must begin to be fearless, rather than bland. Promoting public art on the campus and in our community is a small but significant step toward

no art-at all

that, and like most of the very best things in civic society, public art is potent and subversive. Even if you are like me and find much of modern art to be ·unworthy of the label, even something approaching art

is better than yet more vinyl siding.

Let's graffiti the school and the city and fight for a more beautiful community.

Occupy Vancouver has a cause grade dropped the period THE CASCADE of the mid 90s to mid2000s.

What is to be made ofthat OcVancouver has cupy movement which has taken allow£d us in BC hold across North America and the to see firsthand world? I've beentrying to wrap my the great wealth head around this question since it divide. Just hang began on Wall Street a month ago. out at HastPresent throughout any discussion ings and Main is the overarching theme that the for about two government has found its way into seconds and the hands of big money. Money that it can't be any is used to buy and shape the politimore evident. cal agenda in the favour of the elite What should be and rich corporations which have stapled to the no other purpose than to increase beautiful glass their profitability on the backs of the facade should be the designaworking class.

While the protestors initially tion of having the highest began on New York's Wall Street, and have beenusing Zuccotti Park low-income rate as their provisional home since, of all the large Canadian cities. the flames have sparked the rest of the country to join in. But really, So it can't be any how could it have not? Not only are surprise that the politicians now a commodity, the city, along with · Kelowna, Nelson, US is in such bad shape financially.

Unemployment is at record levels.

Nanaimoand Victoria are in step with the rest of Job growth is virtually non-existent.

Their debt has grown from $6 to Canada in giving rise to their own $14.7trillion, in 10 years. And the Occupy protests. top one per cent of income earners The Vancouver Art Gallery was, own a disproportionate 38 per cent on October 15,turned into Vancouof all wealth in America. This is all ver's version of Zuccotti Park. It's while banks were bailed out with unknown exactly how many people the taxpayers' stimulus money, just materialized on the first day, but inito have those banks sit on it instead tial estimates do peg it to have been within 4000-5000.In leery anticipaof feeding the economy.

But that's the US. We all know tion of the mass gathering, the VPD made it clear that they would have Canada is nothing like that, right?

Sure, we didn't have to bail our their presence known. And they have to be as they'll be scrutinized. banks out. And we have a solid economy, even if ij is a little too relijust as much the protestors. They ant on south of the border. Accordhave even suggested that people refrain from wearing masks - but ing to a study by the Conference Board of Canada, the rate of our really, what is everyone to do with inequality is growing faster than · their Guy Fawkes' masks? that country in which weve become The non-violent Occupy moveall too smug about. And when com· ment could quickly be slandered pared to 17 peer countries, Canada and credibility destroyed if any is the only country to have had its criminal act occurs. It would

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We,the 99 Per cent, come togetherwith our diverseexperiencesto transformthe unequal,unfair,and growingcfisparity in the dis1ributionof power and wealthin our city and aroundthe globe. We challengecorporategreed, corruptton,and the collusionbetweencorporate powerand government.We opposesystemicinequality, militarization,environmental destruction,and the erosionof civil liberties and human rights. Weseek economicsecurity,genuin€ equality,and the protection of the environmentfor all.

certainly be justifiable for the police to be ready to quash any activity that has the potential to tum things upside-down, as long as they don't demonstrate an abuse of power.

On the Occupy Vancouver website, they're offering tips on how the protestors should handle potential interviews. The direction is to make it clear that each individual is only speaking for their self, to have a few main points, to be aware of how they're interpreted, and to think of the audience. With that in mind, I was in attendance to talk to a few people regarding their own views.

It was interesting as it seemed that nobody was there simply for the spectacle.

There was Sheryl Mueller who was only there during the day. She made a succinct statement to me, "our voices have to be heard. And as a big voice, they'll hear it... they have

no choice but to hear it:' She's going to keep coming back until there is a change.

I also talked to a woman who would only give her first name, Darcy. Homeless, and withhet boyfriend and dog, she brought her tent up from Stanley Park. With the Occupy protest falling during the Homeless Action Week, this was her cause.

I then spoke with Jay Su.m,mers, who said that all that was wrong in the world was rooted in a "Global Greedfestival''. He brought up how corporations like Monsanto and large weapon companies sit on trillions of dollars while 30,000 children in Somalia have died in the last three months. Hes there for as long as he can be.

Weare inspiredand in isolidaritywith global movements includingthose acrossthe Midale East,Europe, and the OccupyWall StreetI Occupy Together movementin over IOOO cities in North America. l,:ijusticeanywhereis injustice everywhere.

Wehumbly acknowledge that Occupy Vancouveris taking{}laceon unceded CoastSalishterritories.

Weare committed to an inclusiveand welcoming ISRace, to a_ddressing is~u~s · of oppressionand cffscnm1nat1on,and to creatingan environmentwhereall the 99 per cent can be heard and can meaningfully participate. Weare also committed to safeguarding our collectivewell-beingincludingsafetyfrom in1:erpersonaT violenceand any potentialpolice violence.

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THE CASCADE tion being 2.5 The British Columbia Teacher's Federation has taken a lot of crap lately.Discussion for the new contract began in the spring with the completion of the last contract term on June 13,and that's the end of the story as far as government negotiation goes. The BCrF is asking for the reinstatement of funding and staffing levels prior to Bills 'O and 28, among other things. Meanwhile government appears to be using the persuasive, argumentative techniques of a child - covering their ears and singing "we've got nothing to offer!"

Bills'O and 28 stripped the p~ vincial agreement of many working and learning conditions, cutting $275million in education funding.

Most significantly,it restricted BCrF involvement in reducing class sizes and composition This is an issue that has arisen in the past. The last contract did not address this question, but in April the Supreme Court ruled that the government is not allowed to take away that right; it is essentially an issue involving the regulating of workplace conditions.

While clarification for class sizes isn't necessary, what is meant by class composition is the number of special education students and students with learning disabilities or behaviour disorders in classes. It can be challenging for a teacher to distribute attention when there are several students who could thrive under guidance but flounder if neglected, and BCrF is attempting to address this. With the Supreme Court ruling, the government is required to change this -yet they take no action Is the government intending to wait until next spring to correct their mistake, when their time allotted by the Supreme Court is up? BCrF is basically saying let's put it into the contract now, so we don't have to renegotiate it.

Salary increase, another contract demand, is a difficult thing to ask for without risling a negative media spin But B.C.has one of the lowest salaries in the country for teachers.

Lastcontract there was a pay increase for teachers, that being 16per cent over the five year period. With

per cent each year, the pay increase only works out to 3.5 per cent over that five-year period. For the currentcontract the government is offering no salary increase.

Thus, teachers will once again find their salary falling behind rates of inflation The government isn't just offering nothing, they're offering reductions.

Phase one of the BCrF strike began with the opening of schools.

It is actually a very interesting idea. It was made illegal to strike becauseteaching was ruled an essential service, so teachers found other ways. Teachers continue on with their work, still teaching in classes, but they no longer engage in administrative work. This means no supervision before or after classes, no staff meetings, and no extracurricular activity. There are no report cards, though teachers still make sure to communicate with parents and collectgrades, and there is no official reporting, nor passing on information to administration.

Phase one requires teachers not to communicate directly with admin Phase one has been going on for a month. There remains our obstinate government at the negotiating table. BCrF might be forced to take further steps. Further administrative services can be withheld; teachers remain voluntarily involved in activities such as coaching, and they could discontinue this. The labour relations board ruled that a two week strike will not affectstudents in the long term, so the BCrF might engage in a strike.

Thetypes of people who become teachers are clever and compassionate; no teacher gets into the field for the pay. It's a hard job that requires empathy, charisma and understanding. Teacherscare about their pupils

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Mr. Fortune was charged CONTRIBUTOR with abuse of 9-1-1communications.

No word on whether lemonade My call to 9-1-1went smoothly.

Now that fm waiting for the ambuis available at the Boynton Beach lance to arrive I can't help wonder as police station. you do, what's going on with those Responsible people also use 9-1-1.Robert Beatty,35 of Regina, wacky Amish? CBSNews reported the arrests of a roving band of Saskatchewan was driving to Moose excommunicated Amish who broke Jaw when he pulled over to the side of the road and called 9-1-1.Mr. Beinto the homes of mainstream Amish families and cut off the atty reported that he was too drunk beardsof the men inside. The police to drive. When police arrived they were not notified right away as the found Beatty patiently waiting for and take responsibility for their victims were not able to call 9-1-1 them. His blood alcohol level was (think about it, they're AMISH. Ah, 20. He was charged with impaired well-being not only in education but in welfare. Perhaps this is a generalnow you've got it)..While it's not in driving and later pied guilty; proof that shows that Canadians can be ization - but it cannot be denied that my nature to make light of crime, I kind of wish they could have called stupid but still be polite. a person who enters into the field 9-1-1.I'd love to have seen the video Not to be outdone, kudos have of teaching does not merely have a passion for their subject teaching from the police dashboard camera to go out to Tnnothy James Chapek goes so much further than that of the police chase; 300 horse power of Portland Oregon. Mr. Chapek was in the process of burglarizing Teachers give and give, and when police cars vs. one 1:lorsepower a home when the owner unexthings get taken away they stack the Amish get-away buggy. That would have been something to see. pectedly returned (at least to the workload higher to fill in the gaps, until they bum out and go on stress Unfortunately, unlike the Amish, burglar) along with his two German Ana Perez did phone 9-1-1.She Shepherd dogs. The burglar locked leave. himself in the bathroom and, wait So no administrative work reported that her boyfriend was for it, he phoned 9-1-1for help. Mr. sounds just fine. All that extrabeating her. Policerushed to the curricular stuff-the reports, the scene only to discover there was Chapek was arrested at the scene for paperwork, the meetings-is what no attack taking place. Apparently first-degree criminal trespass. Woof. takes teachers away from the stuMs. Perez was tired of waiting for Speaking of dogs, I'm guessing that four-year-oldRottweiler, Faith, dents. Now they spend their time in her boyfriend to pop the question, classes, only the necessities, doing so she phoned the police to scare received some extra doggie treats. him into action. A bit of a logic fail Faith is trained to hit the 9-1-1speed only what they're paid for doing.

Teacherscare enough about their there I fear. Ms. Perez was charged dial button in case her owner, Leana Beasleyneeds help. Ms. Beasley students to continue the essential with disorderly conduct and her task of maintaining the education of boyfriend? Strangely,he is still not suffered a grand mal seizure and fell from her wheelchair. Faith called students. They aren't being selfish, interested in marrying her. and you'd be ridiculous to call them Using 9-1-1in the quest for 9-1-1and her barlcing resulted in lazy. They are asking for the basic romance is more common than I speedy dispatch of emergency serright to be paid for their hours and would have thought Take the case vices to the door. Oh yes, Faith also their workload, which becomes of Bernadette Music, 43 of Northunlocked the door for the police. I increasingly more strenuous with __,. wood, Ohio. Bernadette called wonder if maybe the Amish might government cutbacks. But more 9-1-1to get the dispatcher's help in want to invest in some trained importantly, the BCrF is trying to finding a date. When police arrived dogs equipped with their own cell make the classroom a better enviMs.Music was urinating in the hall phones. Hey, don't shoot the mesronment for students of her apartment building. Problems senger.

I'm sure Alexander Graham If the government calls teachers' getting a date ...wow, now that's a work an essential service, then it Bell would be proud of how his mystery. should be treated one. The apathetic It's not only the lovelorn that seek invention is being used in the 21st empty-handedness on the governhelp via 9-1-1.No, let's not ignore century. Don't get me started on that whole Elisha Gray thing (Really? ment's side of the bargaining table the quest for a satisfactory cusis insulting, both to teachers and the tomer experience. Jean Fortune of LOOKIT UP 1HEN!). That will ~dents being defended.

Boynton Beach,Florida phoned 9-1-1 have to wait for another column to complain that he was not happy that he could not get lemonade with

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'' I'll probably get called a socialist for .this, but...'' halting that process? The Harper stood by its previous CONTRIBUTOR statements that were employed to end the Canada Post strike earlier The union representing Air this year, saying that this is for the Canada workers has reportedly can- country's own good, and that the celed a strike which was planned actions taken by the Government for Thursday after the government of Canada are being taken to J?rostepped in, effectively making the tect the "fragile economic recovery:' right for the workers to strike illegal.

But what's the real reason, SteSince this government intervention phie-boy? Some might (and do) into union matters, many Canadian contend that you're just trying to workers have been harshly critical send the message across that you of the Harper government's actions, don't like these big-bad red prolecondemning them as being undemotariat union movements getting in cratic, and a violating worker's rights. the way. Harper has a long-running Strikes are typically a way of al- reputation for not exactly being a fan lowing workers to point out probof these labour movements, which lems with management and order stand in the way, and are an inconin the workplace. They are a means venience to his Conservative party of communication, intended to send agenda, and he has a long history a message that things aren't going of being more than willing to push so hot and change needs to happen them around, and bully them a little. right away. So one might want to ask Of course, Stephen Harper and his - why is the government of Canada Tories are not the first government

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to have come to power that has not liked worker labor movements. History shows us there has been many.

There has been a harsh public outcry against the government intervention in favour of private business.

Toronto Star national affairs columnist Thomas Walkom said this about the matter, "it's a curiously lopsided kind of intervention H, as he insists, Harper wanted to protect the economic recovery, he wouldn't waste his time on Air Canada. Instead he'd use his government's muscle to deal with far more pressing problems that threaten Canadian jobs."

Yes, these strikes are inconveniences, but when the government disallows the workers of the nation to express their dissatisfaction with the way things are being run and managed, is that not a step in the wrong direction - perhaps even away from democracy?

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when you can't go on your holiday to Hawaii because the airline is not running, and it's no fun when you can't get your mail delivered to your house because the Post is on strike, but really - this is the stuff negotiations is all about. In order to repair

this fragile economy there must be a compromise between what the workers want, and what the other party's concerned want. Otherwise, this probably isn't the last strike we'll be seeing in the years to come.

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Thefollowing two lettersareresponsesto "Tossingthem over thefence and sweepingthem under the rug" and "Yes,we all want to kill babies,"two opinion piecesthat ran on page7 of our October12th edition.

Why sensitivity is an inadequate reason to stop talking about killing babies Isdebateinsufferable?Yes-when it is about trivial things. Is abortion trivial? No. So let us debate.

This is a response to Mr. Brown's article, "Yes, we all want to kill babies" - his pre-emptive response to Ms. Groen's article on infanticide and abortion.

My problem with his article is the disdain it shows for the abortion debate as a whole. He writes in his introduction, "The issue of abortion has been discussed and debated to death in the 23 years since th~ Supreme Court of Canada struck down all laws regulating abortion in this country, and in that time nothing persuasively original has appeared on either side of the debate," and in his conclusion, "The abortion debate is so insufferable because nothing new ever gets said. To see abortion equated with infanticide might be worth a few points for hyperbole, but the argument remains bad."

Why does he dismiss the debate so quickly? I think there is one main reason. This is that he wants to defend the feelings of women and avoid adding to their suffering. Debate can be pain. · ful, particularly when it is about sensitive issues like abortion. If an unborn baby is human (and I can't think of any reason to suppose it isn't) then abortion is murder. Calling it murder is a lot like calling a person who has aborted a murderer. Nobody likes being called a murderer, especially a woman who was in a difficult situation at the time that she chose to abort. So it is understandable that many may wish to forget abou~ or silence the reminders that the issue brings up. But we can't do that.

This is not really about the difficulty of weighing the values of

different peoples' lives, as Mr. Brown suggests. He says, "The true problem arises when all human life is valued universally.

When that happens, it is not easy at all to choose between the interests of mothers and babies." I think he is unconsciously conflating a person's right to happiness (substitute 'emotional health' or 'comfort,' if you like) with a person's .right to life. Happiness is a thing that may be regained.

Life, once taken, is gone forever.

I am not completely sure where Mr. Brown stands on the personhood of an unborn baby, but if we are absolutely convinced that the unborn baby is not a person, then I admit that the pro-life arguments seem needlessly painful. It would be obvious in such a situation that pro-choice is the better stance. (In that case, please try to silence Pro-lifers by showing how the unborn baby is not a person.

Don't try to silence Pro-lifers by saying something equivalent to, "I already know I'm right, so you should shut up and' stop hurting people." That is far more insufferable than any real argument.)

If we do believe, however, that an unborn baby is a person, or if we aren't sure, it is monstrous to support a pro-choice position.

We cannot simply remain silent, either, because not debating is far from. being the neutral, fairminded and sensitive act is often imagined to be. As things stand in Canada, the abortion debate is closed, and unborn babies are losing their lives so that we can be more comfortable. How on earth can we refuse to talk about it?

-James Linde

When is it, then, okay to murder?

How interesting to see a debate on infanticide unfolding in a single issue of the Cascade. I feel a need to defend a contributor who shares my opinion Although I may not agree with everything Ms. Groen said, I feel that the ridicule and facetious tone found in the rebuttal article is completely unwarranted.

Students should be able to voice opinions without being barraged by personal attacks reminiscent of an internet flame war, especially from an employee of the newspaper.

Having said that, I do agree with the majority of Ms. Groen's points.

Mr. Brown's main complaint with Ms. Groen's article seems to be the logical progression from the lack of abortion laws in Canada to the justification of infanticide. Having followed the Katrina Effert case, I would have to agree with this progression, despite how illogical it may seem at first glance. The judge overseeing the Effert case, Justice Joanne Veit, made the reasoning behind her "light'' sentencing quite clear: "The fact that Canada has no abortion laws reflects that 'while many Canadians undoubtedly view abortion as a less than ideal solution to unprotected sex and unwanted pregnancy, they generally understand, accept and sympathiz.e with the onerous demands pregnancy and childrbirth [sic) exact from mothers, especially mothers without support:" (www.cbc.ca) This quote and the events surrounding this case clearly show Canadian society has chosen to value the life of the mother over the life of the baby. This sentiment is easily transferrable to the abortion debate.

Mr. Brown, in his article, makes the assumption that Ms. Groen would lean towards the interests of the baby. I will not speak for Ms. Groen, but L as a pro-life advocate, am severely displeased with this assumption being drawn. Pro-life people arenottryingtosuppress women We are not ignoring the difficulties in childbirth and motherhood. We are advocating for the personhood of the child in the womb. The abortion debate is not a question of whose preferences supersedes the other; it is a question of whether or not women should be allowed to kill their children Not their foetus, not their "blob of tissue': but their children Mr. Brown states that "the true problem arises when all human life is valued universally''. I believe that the true problem arises when we do not value human life universally and we apply arbitrary standards to determine that value. History tells no lies when it shows the piles of dead Jewish people in the courtyards of Auschwitz, the bloody stripes on the backs of many African Americans in the southern States, or the Famous Five standing defiantly before the Supreme Court of Canada simply asking to be called a "person''. What were these cases but an aroitrary and irrational reduction (or complete disregard)of the value of the lives of certain human beings? Jews, African Americans, women, and unborn children have all, in turn, been told that they are not persons (and in some cases, that they are not even human). History, too, will look shamefully upon the dumpsters full of the mutilated bodies of babies.

Mr. Brown is correct in saying

that the death of Katrina Effert's son, Rodney, would probably still have occurred in a world where abortion was illegal. I am also aware that throwing Ms. Effert in jail will not bring Rodney back to life. But is it right to see her walk away from murder under the protection of Canada's Criminal Code and its justice system? Is it right to see the memory of Rodney's death tainted with the judge's words saying that Canada doesn't care?

Yes, Katrina Effert's situation was difficult. She might have felt alone and abandoned. She might have been.in severe physical and emotional pain. She may have been terrified of what her parents would think.

But can any of these difficulties fall under the "myriad of justifications"?

When is it okay to kill a child? The emotional wellbeing of one person, a mother, is never worth more than the life of another person (a child). A woman may heal from the trauma of sacrificing happiness for a ''liability" (the child) or realizing that she has made a terrible decision - but a dead child will never get back its life.

-James Vanderhorst

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Outsidethe Take-OutBox: The Water Shed Arts Cafe of plugging into one of the many convenient wall outlets to get their work done with their iPods blaring in their ears.

The Water Shed Arts Cafe in Walnut Grove is considered one of these places. Despite the rather cliched feeling of a coffee shop that serves sandwiches, sells local art and has local events - it's becoming rare to find a spot that does this authentically. It seems to be a shtick for businesses to play this AMYVANVEEN up - especially for chains to play THE CASCADE this up - so in this The Water Shed Coffee shops are not exactly in does offer something unique.

The atmosphere in this little short supply. The Fraser Valley shop was very friendly. There are is littered with Starbucks stores, Wired Monk locations and City some shops that have an exclusive Blends Coffee and Tea Houses. It feeling where new patrons feel seems that once a new shop starts like outsiders and the regulars get doing well, the logical thing is to all the best treatment. While there expand and chain it up. While this were some fairly obvious regulars can be nice for consistency and in th.ts place, I wasn't treated with knowing what to expect, some- any less amiability because it was times the consistency and expecta- my first visit. The long and nartion ruin the whole idea of a coffee row floor plan of the store offers more intimate seating in the back shop.

It would be ide-al to have a Cen- with more private tables and open tral Perk in every community - couches and comfy chair seating to something a little different, some- be discovered upon first stepping through the door. Also in the front thing not chained, and something where people can come and hang of the cafe, couches and chairs out and actually have conversa- have the advantage of a full and cozy fireplace. tions with one another instead While the shop itself was per-

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fectly pleasant, the fare was lacking. Granted they served my favourite tea - Mighty Leaf - and I got to enjoy a cup of Bombay chai in an extra-large mug, but even something as powerfully named as Mighty Leaf couldn't save the unsurprising cuisine.

I ordered a turkey and Havarti panini, which was rather interestingly made with raisin bread - the menu. said it was cranberry, but what I tasted was definitely raisin.

I certainly had the option to add a side for $3, but the rather diminutive size of the sandwich made me

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The ingredients of the panini seemed to be of quality and the idea of turkey and Havarti should always be a good one - but I found the choice of the bread to overwhelm the contents of the sandwich. I couldn't help but think the dish I had ordered was plagued with mediocrity.

This cafe is not one to be searched out for the food. The food is almost an aside to the atmosphere they're selling. The Water Shed can be rented out as a venue and its complementary combina-

tion of openness in e front and intimacy in the back would make for a rather enjoyable social gathering - but, like with many coffee shops, the food is not the main attraction, it's the casual experience of friendly socialization.

If a UFV student happens to live in the Langley area and they don't want to be one of a million vying for a table or chair in one of the many Starbucks around 88 Ave, then it would be foolish not to take advantage of The Water Shed for some quiet studying, a friendly smile and a good cup of tea.

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Amidst the mid-week monotony of classes, midterms and papers, many students have found a new ritual that helps to fill their stomachs and lighten their moods.

Every Thursday morning from 8 until 10 a.m., University Christian Ministries (UCM) hosts a free pancake breakfast at UHouse.

This event is the longest-running club event in the history of UFV. Derrick Uittenbosch, president of UCM, said that the club runs the event to serve the campus - they do it to follow the example of Jesus, who in the Christian religion placed an emphasis on serving others.

Most students who attended last week gave the same reason why they came out to UHouse for pancakes every week: it's free.

It's a hot, fresh breakfast on a cold rainy morning when many want nothing more than to sleep in under a toasty comforter, regardless of impending deadlines and due dates. A few students explained that what drew them out was the fact that they got to interact with a different crowd, over pancakes, coffee and newspapers. Others came in with their new friends from Baker House to converse and relax over breakfast together, and some more studious individuals slowly munched on their flapjacks while adding some last minute adjustments· to their final papers or cramming in those extra few minutes of study time before midterms.

The consensus seems to be that free, fresh pancakes provide that extra incentive to get out of bed on Thursday mornings after surviving the first half of the week, allowing students to tackle the rest of the week with a full stomach and just a little more enthusiasm. So the UCM welcomes all students to load their plates up with flapjacks and pour on that syrup-it's sure to provide attendees with enough of a sugar buzz to make it through that first class.

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CONTRIBUTOR even suggest it?) sexiness that has When one considers a trendy drink, a certain white cup emblaz~ned with a green mermaid may spring to mind. Frappucinos, cappuccinos, and caramel mochaccinos have reigned supreme in the category of hip, urban-cool beverages for the last decade or so. Tea has generally been regarded as a weak-man's coffee. Those days are over. With a new batch of tea vendors selling taste experiences in a 50g canister, tea can now have as much bite, flavour and personality as even the most well-personalized double espresso. The verdict is in.

Tea is officially trendy, and it is exploding.

In Abbotsford' s own Sevenoaks mall, two local tea hotspots have recently been added. Tea Desire stocks various brands of tea and tea paraphernalia, be it loose lea'f or in sachets, or teapots, cups, and cozies. The recent opening of DavidsTea has also capitalized on the how sweet it is to steep these days.

This is a place that definitely has its finger on the pulse of the tea trend, and grants true local connoisseurs (and those who just like a nice flavourful cup) the opportunity to choose from a variety of different blends bearing names that range from "Butter Ram" to "Raspberry Nectar." The store hands out free samples in what look remarkably like shot-glasses, and customers are given free reign to sniff their way around the enormous variety of loose leaf teas. Infused with sweet vanilla, various flowers, spices, fruit, and chocolates, these teas give the drink a won-

never been steeped before. There are seasonal teas, mood-oriented teas, sweet teas, and spicy teas.

Tea Desire and DavidsTea are local vendors of tea and tea merchandise that directly cater to the trend, and it seems that many people are catching the wave.

Other tried and true Abbotsford tea locales include Serendipitea, Traceycakes, and the Old Oayburn Store, which offers a dose of true English charm along with a classic cup of Earl Grey. The amount of young people who enjoy a tea-oriented setting is surprising. A visit to any of these locations will see tables of young patrons revelling in the delightfully finicky rituals of steeping and preparing the perfect cup of tea. "There is something really nice and comforting about having a really good cup of tea out of a beautiful teacup," says Ashley, a UFV student and self proclaimed tea addict. "There's a fun, ceremonious aspect to it, which I like. That, and it's just plain good!

There are so many different choices. I used to think tea was just what grandma drank!"

Gone, it may seem, are the days of the plain mug of black tea with cream and sugar. Banished forever is tea's image as the elderly' s drink of choice. Tea is more popular than ever, and has finally been classed as "cool." Plus, it turns out the new breed of tea drinkers are a deliciously exacting bunch. Many young tea enthusiasts will rave about the merits of loose leaf tea as opposed to those "vulgar paper sachets." Tea is often brewed in a

teapot or wit an infuser deserving of such a beverage. The quest for the perfect blend of tea is often a deeply personal and aesthetically important search.

However cool it may be, the benefits of tea extend far beyond the merits of keeping up with a slightly hipster-esque trend. Is health the main reason why hordes of young adults are ditching their lattes and opting for a cup of Vanilla Earl Grey infused with jasmine flowers? Certain teas, partic-

ularly Rooibos and Green Tea are proven to be rich in antioxidants.

It has been suggested that Green Tea possesses antibiotic properties, and the amino acid L-theanine (which increases mental alertness) is almost exclusively found in tea leaves. Of course, a good cup of tea is also much lower in calories than even the lowest-in-fat soy latte. Primarily water, it is hydrating and undeniably relaxing in the rainy autumn months. It's no wonder why tea is taking off. Perhaps

it's a backlash of sorts against a mass-market cappuccino culture tea is simple and straightforward.

The blends are personal, and they smell and look beautiful. Aren't we all looking for a little more beauty in our lives?

SQ go on out there, buy yourself a canister of loose leaf White Strawberry Tea (steeped in a clay Japanese teapot), and embrace a trend that is not only devastatingly good, but also ridiculously good for you.

Te a Time at Baker House helps with ·homesickness

LEANNAPANKRATZ CONTRIBUTOR Students with a taste for cookies, hot drinks and good conversation have a new destination every Friday on campus: Baker house, where a tea time is now being hosted every week from 2:30-4:30 p.m. The gathering is very informal, and provides a relaxed setting for UFV students to attain a greater sense of community.

Adaly Molina, accommodation liaison for UFV's International program, came up with the idea of Baker House Tea Tune when she realized there was a particular need among the international student population to meet other students and form connections after being immersed in a totally new environment.

"It is difficult for these students to come to another country," said Molina, "and many of them have expressed feelings of homesickness, or very real concerns over the potential difficulty of making lasting friendships while they are in this foreign country. The last thing we want is for these students to feel isolated while attending UFV." Molina recalled with a smile that her solution "was a matter of deciding one day that that I could sit in my office and wait for the students to come to me, or I could bring the help to them."

"It's about allowing these students to develop friendships and a sense of belonging in the student community," she continued, "Tea Tune promotes friendship, it promotes diversity, and it promotes community. It's all about unification and giving students yet another medium to learn from each other and connect."

This week's Tea Tune seemed to meet its goal of facilitating connections - a mix of both international and non-international students mingled, consumed snacks and hot drinks, and laughed with each other. As Tea Time is organized as a drop-in, various groups came and went. The setup is simple, and the atmosphere is extremely comfortable and casual. All students are welcomed to join.

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After years of debate as to whether games can be art, one designer, Dr. Pippen Barr, asked himself if art could be a game. He set off to recreate the piece Marina Abramovic performed at The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in 2010, and he's getting a lot of the same responses she did. Abramovic sat down at a wooden table, and did not move for 736 hours and 30 minutes. Museum attendees stood in line, waiting for a chance to sit with her. The experience of standing in line only to be underwhelmed by the end result is now a playable experience, thanks to Barr. The Artist is Presentchallenges the idea of what constitutes a game in just the way the original piece challenged the boundaries of art. Its artfulness is in the dialogue it opens up about art itself.

Barr, who lives in Denmark and teaches a course in experimental interaction at the IT University of Copenhagen, explains on his blog inininoutoutout that the game came from the way he found himself "constantly asking why about each element of a design· or game."

For a game that seeks other goals other than being fun, this is an increasingly important question to ask - and as Barr notes, it can also be quite difficult to answer. Working from this perspective, Barr explained his game as having two particular intentions - one to illustrate how "antithetical" waiting is to gaming (consider how much people complain about loading screens), and secondly, to criticise the approach contemporary games take in ensuring "fairness." Real life isn't fair, he told Gamasutra.

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Aqua - "Good Guys" The track "Good Guys" from Aqua's 2000 release Aquarius really sums up how I feel about my friends, they're some really "good guys." This song has an excellent rhythm backing the soaring pipes of vocalist Lene Nystrom. Perfect for a day spent sipping mojitos somewhere exotic.

The Hanson Brothers - "The Hockey Song'' What can be said about this cover of the Stompin' Tom Connors masterpiece? It's a classic piece of Canadiana. We all know the words, now sing along. It's everything about Canada · in one song... And it's punk rock man! I love this song.

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I love this album, ABCDEFG, but especially the track "The Same So-So Tune." The social commentary of the song is based in the fact that most artists these days are not as steeped in tradition like the members of Chumbawamba.

Instead just a shallow husk and some fancy glasses.

John Farnham - "You're The Voice" This track by John Farnham is not only the best song I've ever had the privilege of hearing, but, it's communistic overtones are so subtly hidden, Ol' Joe McCarthy himself once tried to have the song banned from entering American airwaves.

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We all know the world is not a fair place. Good things don't always happen to good people." His ~oal, he explained, was to make a game on the other side of the spectrum, because that pressure towards fairness was restrictive.

It isn't the first game he's made that has attempted to tackle questions of morality, or challenge traditional patterns or thoughts. For example, another game he made this year, Let ThereBe Smite!, faced players with a bartage of ethical conundrums to which they were forced to decide for the individuals in question - forgive or smite? In GuruQuest,a text adventure, players are challenged to beat the guru at his own game, as they consult with him on any matter of their hearts' desires. In Trolley Problem, players have just one chance to test themselves in "a series of gruelling ethical challenges from the all-time classic ethical thought experiments from philosophy." Perhaps it is no coincidence that Barr did his Ph.D. dissertation on "video game values."

He even took a stab at a common "serious games" idea: "could the booklet showing safety instructions on an airplane work better as a game?" In his game, Safety In-

structions in a timed type-off, Mavis Beacon style. Make a mistake or fail to type the full statement before the 10-seconds runs out and you'll have to watch the ho~c consequences before you can retry the scene. Sometimes-such as in the case of helping a child put on his oxygen mask-failing doesn't result in a retry, instead you simply move on to the next scene *despite* the horrific consequences.

The game is more light-hearted than it sounds.

Barr explained on his blog, however, that he prefers the description "curious game" instead of "serious game" because the connotations are better. "Games seen in this light might be thought of as asking some kind of question or poking around a subject, rather than 'solving a problem' as some recent discussion described game design as. Game making as problem solving is kind of depressing to me personally- game making as question-asking sorinds fun!" It's a valid criticism of the serious game train-of-thought, and one that says a lot about his current design philosophy.

With The Artist is Present, Barr has challenged notions of gaming; while doing a fairly decent job of emulating something that MoMA declared art. In fact, the free-toplay game on his website "closes" at the same time as the museum, meaning you can only really play the game between 10:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. (EDT). The line up is long enough that he actually hopes most people will get bored and quit after a couple minutes. When Rosie Gray told Barr in an interview with the VillageVoicethat she gave up because the line was so long, he responded with exuberance. ''That's so authentic!"

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donment by Fox in 2006 proved fruitless. Even if they don't come ence's heart, and for those of us through this time, Netflix may be Rumours of an ArrestedDevelop- who haven't taken forget-me-now a strong contender: with the bankment movie - or better yet, a whole pills since the last promise of new ruptcy of video stores across North new season - have been float- Development, let's look at some America, their subscribers are at ing around for years now. There other sources. First, Jason Bateman an all-time high. Airing this longhave been mentions of contracts, tweeted (@batemanjason, who awaited return would be a step in claims of scripts, and more. Again knew?): "It's true. We will do 10 the right direction. and again, though, fans have been episodes and the movie. Probably Ron Howard, the show's prodisappointed.

Doesn't creator shoot them all together next sum- ducer and narrator; adds some logMitch Hurwitz understand that mer for a release in early '13. VERY ic to the promises. In a press conferyou should never prolajse crazy excited!" Well, if Michael's on ence, he explained: "In fact, where a baby? Proverbially, of course. board, things are looking up a bit. everyone's been for five years beWe've been toyed with too many He's quite the cupid, you know. came a big part of the story. So, in times - perhaps many of you He can stick an arrow in my but- working on the screenplay I found have proclaimed "say goodbye. to tocks anytime (uh, moving along). that even if I just gave five minutes these!" - but this time, there's been Will Arnett backed this up with per character to that backstory, we confirmation from many angles. So his own tweet (@arnettwill, I'm were halfway through the movie what has us hoping? sensing a trend): "I'm peeing with before the characters got togethThe thing that got this ball roll- @batemanjason at the moment.. er." So maybe the empty promises ing was when Hurwitz confirmed and we can confirm that we are have come from storyline trouble the show would be returning. Yes, going to make new AD eps and in the past? The characters are just· he's done this before - but there a movie". Well, if G.O.B. says so, too awesome for just a movie? A are details this time. Perhaps they maybe it really is true. I mean, he movie can't single-handedly tell come from new cash flow: maybe doesn't do tricks, he's an illusion- the story without a hook to help it he found a banana stand, maybe ist, and tricks are for whores - so out? It makes sense. Thanks for the he joined up with Bob Loblaw and maybe he isn't trying to trick us? logic, Howard. Marry me. his profits from the retainer- either Trick, trick, trick?

It looks good this time, people. way, there are details. Apparently, Entertainment Weekly has con- Keep hoping, and in the mean there will be at least ten episodes, firmed' that the producers of the time, keep this advice in mind: with .each one focusing primar- show are in talks with both Show- watch out for loose seals, don't eat ily on a single character. Previous time and Netflix. Showtime has hot ham water, no touching, chickrumblings of a possible movie did attempted to come to the show's en dances could get you in trouble, not include such lofty ambitions; rescue before, though, and proved sex with a robot vacuum cleaner in fact, they seemed uncharacterthemselves no Steve Holt (you is generally a bad idea, Team-o-cil istically poorly-~ought-out for just mentally raised your arms in has some gnarly side effects, and a show that finely crafted every the air, didn't you?). Their talks analrapists are okay so long as move and mishap of the comically- to rescue the show after its aban- there isn't a space in between. dysfunctional Bluth family.

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ALBUM REVIEW

My Brightest Diamond - All T_hings Will Unwind

KARENANEY THE CASCADE My Brightest Diamond, the name of a group headed by musician Shara Worden, recently released All Things Will Unwind. The musicians who accompany her change frequently in number and instrumentation, but she remains a constant: singing, song writing, and playing a multitude of instruments. Her output until now has been fairly eclectic, ranging from recording her own songs in a Moscow apartment to working on tour with Sufjan Stevens. These experiences have all played a part in comprising this well-trained and diverse artist.

Worden is a classically-trained vocalist, having received her Bachelor of Music at the University of North Texas. While the school isn't known for its music program, her education nonetheless means that her voice is more finely honed than most on the radio today. This is a constant in her album: in each song, her voice remains consistently gentle and pure. While her training is operatic, she manages to omit the operatic timbre that creeps into some vocalist's sounds - the waver-y, window-shattering atonal quality that would sound

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out of place in contemporary music is thankfully absent. Although her voice remains a reliably strong force throughout, the rest of the album suffers from a crippling inconsistency.

The first track is a strong point.

"We Added It Up" is a modem take on a cabaret-style song (think

Fiona Apple, songs from the musical Chicago, or something you'd hear in the movie Amelie). The accompanying strings are light yet electronic; they wouldn't be out of place in a video game. Here, the gentle tone of Worden's voice works: the song is pure fun, for lack of a better ·description. The next

Future Islands On The Water

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On the Wateris the new album by Future Islands, an American synthpop band based out of Baltimore, Maryland. It boasts catchy riffs, which when combined with the singer's unique gravelly baritone voice, are quite stirring. 1his is their third album. The music is simple, yet full of emotion and wonderment, and stays resonant in the mind of the listener long after the stereo has been shut off.

The titular track "On the Water» is particularly memorable, in which the lead singer, one Mr. Samuel T. Herring, showcases his vocal talents to brilliant effect. The track is a very visual piece of music, painting a mental portrait with many vivid colours - a testament to the ability possessed by Future Islands to write quality music.

The lyrics, also written by Herring, are haunting and affecting. The melodies are straightforward and without pretense, lending a refreshing tone of sincerity to the album. All in all: a very good record.

Ben Lee is fascinated with the unconscious mind. So much so that the 33-year-old Australian singer/ song writer's eighth solo LP, Deeper into Dream, seeks to reconstruct that experience. A tall order for a pop record. Lee divides his latest project into three sections introduced by spoken word recordings of friends and relatives describing their wildest dreams, sometimes in person, sometimes over the phone. As when recounting a particularly vivid dream to your bored cubicle buddy, it is almost impossible to effectively communicate the essential feeling without getting lost in the details. Unfortunately, that is precisely what happens here. The album is too busy, bogged down by a thick layer of overdubs that more often smother Lee's impeccable pop song writing than complement it. That said, Lee's approach does work fairly well in small doses. "Indian Myna,» might be the perfect fit for that October playlist you're working on. But does the record work as a whole? Dream on.

Over the past decade, a music scene There are some bands I enjoy against from the 1980s has slowly made its my better judgement and Gauntlet way to the ears of indie rock fans Hair is definitely one of them. It's such worldwide. Dubbed the Dunedin an odd mash of ideas that it somehow Sound, bands hailing from the quaint works. The whole album sounds as and isolated New Zealand, particuthough it was recorded in a swimming larly those on Flying Nun Records, centre - a reverb-y, echo-y effect perpresented music of such quality and meates every song. This is the kind of depth, prophesying the pure pop mu- thing that generally goes terribly, terrisic that was to come from the 90s indie bly wrong, but somehow they make it rock scene in the United States. One work - and who knows - maybe it was of the most critically acclaimed acts to recorded in a swimming centre. come out of this scene, The Bats, are Then there's the nearly gratuitous use back by popular demand with their of cymbals, the way the vocals switch eighth album in almost 30 years, Free from tenor to bass in an instant, and All Ihe Monsters.Although the band's electro-techno beats - all told, these latest lacks the consistency of their things should work against each othbest work such as 1987s Daddy'sHigh- er, but somehow Gauntlet Hair pulls way, little has changed in the world of it together in an inexplicably cohethe Bats. Their trademark earnest but sive whole. It's understandably hard ·mild-mannered pop music remains a to stick in a genre, but it's so engagthing of wonder that never gets tire- ing that you'll play the whole album some. In fact, these melancholic songs through without realizing it. only get better with repeated listens.

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promise not to laugh or even react; otherwise someone can be left feeling humiliated, ashamed and vulnerable, and unwilling to try new things in the future. This game is a great way to open up to each other, but it will only work if you are both accepting and willing to try new things that may be a bit unusual or out of your comfort zone. Don't judge! Everyone has "strange" fantasies, including you.

Explore them.

THE CASCADE games and sex dice available for Regardless of how hot and spicy things may start off with your partner, eventually all sexual re. lationships fall into a rut. In some ways, that's a good thing. You know each other well enough to know what you both like. Yet it's concerning when the excitement fades away and sex, however pleasurable, becomes routine. There are only so many positions to try in the Kama Sutra book, and most of these are awkward and impossible anyways. So what does this mean?

Is the magic gone? Is it time to find anew lover?

Well, no. You can never stop learning. As any 60-year-old couple in a happy partnership of 40 years can tell you, sex can always get better. In fact, sex is said to be best in later life, when you know your body and your partner so well you're pretty much sex professionals.

Of course, one of the best ways to improve sex is to explore. Sure, it may feel like you've exhausted the possibilities and know already what you want, but like food there are many things out there that you won't know you like until you've tried it.

Games are a great way to explore sex with a partner. There are

purchase at any sex store; these can be especially great for Valentines or anniversary gifts. However, you don't need manufactured games to have fun in the bedroom; some of the best games out there you can play for free. Here's five of my personal favourites: Make Me Moan . Have your partner lie on the bed. It is now up to you to do whatever you can to make your partner moan (or gasp) before they cum; if you succeed, then you switch places and it is the partner's turn to try and make you moan. If you fail, it's'still your turn on the bed; but if your partner succeeds in making you moan then it's their turn again- as you can see, this game can easily turn into a long and hot sex session. The game isn't over until both of you have cum.

Hide and Seek Blindfold yourself and your partner .and have each of you hide a dab of·melted chocolate on your bodies. To win, you have to find and suck off all the chocolate on your partner's body. The loser has to give the winner oral sex. A good variation of this, if you have enough safe room and space, is to bind each other's hands as well;

to search with.

Cum Contest For more competitive couples, this can be a fun, ongoing game.

Using a timer, see how long it takes you to make your partner cum with a hand job versus how long it takes for them to i;nake you cum; the winner is whoever can last the longest, and the loser owes them a blow job to be redeemed at any time. There are many other variations of this game: you can see who can masturi:,ate the longest, give the longest blow jobs or make the other cum fastest during sex. The ideas are endless; you could easily make an entire book of personal

sex records - and don't esitate to get creative with them (furthest distance ejaculated, most consecutive orgasms, whatever piques your curiosity). And, if you're really .kinky, you can also play against other couples - or at least compare stats.

Secret Pleasure Have you and your partner each secretly write down three things you'd like to try in bed. Put the six options in a hat, and then draw one (this works best over several nights, drawing one per night).

Whatever is drawn has to be done (unless it really makes one of you extremely uncomfortable). For this to work, both of you have to

Guess What Have your partner lay down on the bed blindfolded and/ or tied down. Start to pleasure them sexually using different items (make sure anything going near the genitals is clean and sanitary though).

Make them guess which items you are using on them. If they get three right, then switch places and continue until someone cums. Like Make Me Moan, this game ends when both of you have cummed.

One interesting variation is to write dirty messages on your partner, and have them try to guess what letters you're forming just by the touch alone.

Humans are creative beings, and even as adults we still love to play and use our imaginations. There's no reason why sex of all things should be serious. Go to bed and have fun!

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CONTRIBUTOR nel always despised for being a I have always admired women with great style, particularly style that's heightened by strength and concrete self-identity - when a remarkable fashion moment is indeed a perfect reflection of the wearer and the distinctness of personality that chose it. My fascination with iconic designer Coco Chanel stems directly from this admiration. This was a woman who knew she had the potential to influence, and she wore that knowledge, and dressed women around the world in that knowledge as well. Singlehandedly, she crafted the symbol of status and good taste that the stark black interlocking Cs on a white background have come to represent.

Coco Chanel created herself.

Well, perhaps created is too soft a word. She clawed her way out of the conditions of her childhood with the same determination that wouid come to exemplify her fashion career.~orn Gabrielle Chanel in Saumur, France, to market stall owner and a laundress, her childhood was spent in an orphanage, where she learned to sew. The stark black and white of the orphanage nuns' habits would later influence her designs.

Upon leaving the orphanage at the age of 18, she began to perform in cabarets and bars in Vichy, France. It was here that s_he took the stage name "Coco," and became the mistress of textile heir Etienne Balsan. It was through Balsan's financial support that she could fund her hat-making hobby, and eventually opened a shop where she sold her creations. Not just an average hat shop, it was the birthplace of a global empire and of a life story swathed in determination, innovation and elegance.

She died aged 87 on January 10,

day of rest. "There is time for work.

There is time for love. That leaves no other time," she famously said.

"In the beginning, there was Coco." This is. the opening statement of a 2009 biography on Chanel by Karen Karbo and Chelsey McLaren. Where would the modern woman sartorially be without Coco Chanel? Her designs were groundbreaking, and contributed heavily to the evolution of the female. One might say she invented the contemporary woman - a woman who wears pants, simple jewelry, and clean, straight lines.

The modern woman - captured in a bottle through the direct scent Chanel No. 5, and in a garment through her trademark little black dress.

"Fashion is not something that exists in dresses only," replied Chanel when asked in the middle of her career about her influences.

"Fashion is in the sky, in the street, fashion has to do with ideas, the way we live, and what is hc\ppening.'' What an incredibly forwardthinking fashion philosophy! Especially when one considers the era Chanel established herself in. Her work was an alarming contrast to the Belle Epoque corsets, lace, and meringue-like hats popular in turn of the century France. Chanel stripped women of these embellishments, and provided a sort of fashionable asceticism - simplicity and starkness. What Chanel offered were light silk blouses, structured black and white suits, short black or beige dresses, and handbags that were beautiful in their simplicity - clothing that reflected a changing society. It was the dawn of the 1920s, and women were shortening their dresses, driving cars, and dancing all night, and needed garments that suited their fast lifestyle.

Her influence on modern fashion is enormous. Chanel was the first to tan for pleasure (on her lover's Mediterranean yacht), the first to make pants on a girl acceptable, and the first to show up to a resort ball on th~ French Riviera in a single strand of artificial pearls - all with the help of no one but a tremendous work ethic and a necessary cigarette. Chanel had many lovers, but truly only loved one man, Arthur Capel, whose untime-

ly dea in 1919,many say, was the driving force that allowed her to succeed. She disregarded marriage for its implications of feminine financial dependence. She is noted as integral to the women's movement for liberating women not in deed, but through allowing them the freedom to dress as intelligently, practically, and self-determinately as she herself lived. "Look for the woman in the dress," she said numerous times. "If there is

no woman, e dress is wo ess."

Today, the Chanel couture house is still running under the direction of German designer Karl Lagerfeld. Lagerfeld himself has stated that the brand still carries the spirit of "Madame," for her influence certainly extends into our modem day Westyle. If that is not a tremendous marriage of strength and style, I don't know what else may be. Vive la Chanel.

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Champion Jack's vintage and vinyl boutique opens doors in downtown Abbotsford

arnpion Jack's Emporium opened up last weekend, with a clothing sale and cheese samples that drew plenty of customers. The record and vintage clothing store is the first of its kind in Abbotsford.

Champion Jack's sells men's and women's dress wear, local artisan goods, vinyl records and tapes.

Storeowners Amelia and Jason Nicholas have been cruising thrifts stores and markets for a few years now, selling their vintage goods at markets and fairs in the Fraser Valley. Both Jason and Amelia combined have over a decade in the vintage wear business, picking for other shops such as Mintage and Black Market Vintage, going out and picking through racks and racks of clothing in thrift stores for selling at various markets in the Lower Mainland, or designing clothes and accessories for such bands such as You Say Party.

Amelia explained how Jason was always into music and records, while she was the enthusiastic one about vintage dress wear.

It's a match made in heaven. After spending a few years of testing the waters in the Fraser Valley, setting up stands at local fairs and becoming the go to place to shop at the Jam in Jubilee festival in downtown Abbotsford, the Nicholas' began thinking about opening up a store location.

"We had always talked about opening a store like this, and we started to do local markets and people would always ask where our store was, so finally with no money we decided to jump in and go for it," Jason said. "This is a huge accomplishment. We are very e racks flaunted a wide selec- excited that we got this far." tion of elegant boots and shoes, · Situated in downtown Abbotsclothing, as· well as accessories ford, on George Ferguson, Chamsuch as sunglasses, purses and pion Jack's Emporium might earn belts - and, of course, records. A Amelia and Jason a good living selection of classic coats for winter from their passion. The positive was displayed, as well as a collec- response at fairs and the fact that tion of unique old-fashioned Hal- there is no competition in Abbotsloween costumes. ford is an encouraging sign.

"We just want to provide a place of artistic freedom and a nice place to hang out, listen to records and to really support our community," Jason said, "we want to grow and become a fixture of the downtown Abbotsford scene."

The Nicholas' named their store after theµ- son, Champion Jack Winchester Nicholas, who was named after Champion Jack Dupree, American blues pianist.

"He'll hate us when he's 15," Amelia Nicholas laughed, though judging by his parents he'll be too welldressed and hipster to care.

The opening was busy. "It's been really good," Amelia said, "lots of people." The store set-up was relaxed and trendy, well organized and clearly priced.

For music lovers, Jason Nicholas said, they are looking to carry nu-

merous and diverse records. "Soon we will be carrying·a vast amount of new Vinyl, for people who are looking for that Arcade Fire Record or even the new Fucked Up record.

We are going to also be carrying concert tickets soon, and hope.fully save UFV students the gas money of driving out to Vancouver ... just come to our shop and hang out!"

"Things are being brought together nicely and we have big plans for the future, including in-store concerts and exploitation movie nights!"

Champion Jack's Emporium is open from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. weekdays, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturdays and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday. The store is located on 33784 George Ferguson Way in downtown Abbotsford.

Book Review Kate Morton-TheHouseAt Riverton LEANNAPANKRATZ ,1

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Kate Morton's New York limes bestselling novel, The House at Riverton (2007), tells the story of 98-year-old Grace Bradley, a "onetime housemaid of Riverton Manor, [who] is visited by a young director making a film about a young poet's suicide." This visit sparks a sudden recollection of memories that bring Grace back to her youth spent as a maid at the grand English country home of Riverton the residence of three captivating siblings named David, Hannah, Emmeline Hartford, and a mysterious young visitor named Robbie. Grace re.mains a loyal maid and confidante to the Hartford's, and sees them move in and out of each other's lives as they deal with World War I and its effects on British society. Most of all, Grace (through the quiet, all-seeing eyes of the household help) will watch the Hartford's impact each other both powerfully and disastrously.

The story culminates in a glittering 1920s house party that results in the suicide of a poet who had more effect on the young ladies at Riverton than the Hartford family would have one believe. "Set as the war-shattered Edwardian summer surrenders to the decadent twenties, TheHouseat Rivertonis a thrilling mystery and a compelling

love story."

While The Houseat Rivertonpossesses a stunningly intricate and involved storyline, the plot and setting themselves cannot truly elevate the novel to the status of

great literature, as Morton really does borrow a great amount from novels dealing with multi-generational sagas, English country houses, and World War I (namely Ian McEwan' s Atonement, which

utilizes a similar premise of an elderly woman looking back on the circumstances of her life). As a result, The Houseat Rivertonreads more like a homage to such novelists as McEwan, or mystery writers such as Nancy Mitford. Morton's obvious fascination with the era and literature involving it is apparent in her development of The House at Riverton,and readers can sense her joy in conveying specific images pertaining to the time period.

The novel is spectacularly researched down to minute period details. Such attention to historical accuracy combined with Morton's vividly descriptive writing gives readers a very clear picture of a pivotal point in history - the slow decline of an established social system. Morton presents the transition from stiff-upper-lip Edwardian aristocracy to the birth of a new Jazz Age as a backdrop to a story involving shell-shocked WWI veterans, servant loyalty, secret romance, an<;la mysterious suicide.

Some specific details are included in an interview with Morton located at the end of the novel. (an interesting inclusion that allows readers a glimpse into the author's creative process, and thoughts about characters and setting, as well as influences - Atonementand Nancy Mitford included).

The House at Riverton is an engrossing page-turner. While Morton's plot risks taking itself too seriously at times (events are occasionally drawn out with much more signifkance than n_ecessary), readers will note that .this is a novel written with heart and revelry in the material, and should be consumed accordingly. Morton's lush, evocative prose brings to life a tale that is sweepingly cinematic, and reads with the ease of watching a film. This novel is perfect for a rainy fall afternoon - escapism at its best The storyline, while elaborate and time-spanning, is simple and earnest. Morton captures the exquisite ache of a society in transition, and its effects on individuals in various social classes as they grapple with their changing world. While by no means a groundbreaking piece of literature, it certainly provides movie-theater heartbreak, drama, murder, love affairs, along with classic plot twists and romantic lines. It's ·a good old-fashioned mystery that provides good old-fashioned entertainment. In a world that depends more and more on irony and crazy artistic license, is this not a welcome change? One certainly might agree. Bring on the intrigue!

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Jafar Panahi has made some of the best films of the past decade, Somewhere Between (USA) not just from Iran, but anywhere.

Put a crying girl in front of a His films take the normal cruelties camera, and it's clear what will of life and turn them into narrahappen to the audience. When this tive poetry, often dealing with relhappens in a documentary inter- evant, contentious subject matter, view, the reaction ideally should yet abstaining from politics or blanot be to mimic the onscreen vi- tant persuasion. Left in his house suals, but to question what kind awaiting a verdict based on an of questions were asked to lead to initi@lsentence of six years in prissuch a reaction, and what the pur- on, 20 years banned from making pose of the questioning is. Some- movies because of the heated topwhere Betweenopens with director ics his films are about, Panahi does Linda Goldstein Knowlton on- the unthinkable and treats his own screen, receiving an adopted Chi- situation with ·the same astoundnese baby girl in slow motion, with ing level of reality and creativity in orchestral music filling in those ThisIs Not a Film.

Made up entirely of documentawho are a little slow in gathering ry footage, it has the spontaneous, just how important an event this is. true-to-life feel of Panahi' s films; This documentary, apparently, is for that baby girl. While the idea of yet for every minute of watching it trying to be the best mom ever by comes the dreaded realization that figuring everything out for a child every minute actually occurred, before they need to is inherently that these are the last minutes of parentaJ, the question is what the Panahi we might see for two depoint is from the point of view of cades. It gives the picture an added importance. These seconds matter, the audience.

Somewhere Between jumps be- and in them we see Panahi strugtween different adopted Chinese gle with this question of what filmgirls in different comers of the US, making really means, what this asking the same, stilted questions not-film's making could mean. The about just how difficult growing brilliance of Panahi comes through up is in a community not your own, in how he does not make this the how they feel about this and that point, central theme, or answer to etc., but never establishes much of a burning question in This Is Not a a purpose. Perhaps to fill out its Film, it just happens. Struggling to running time, the film segues into express himself in words, Panahi tourism advertisement as the girls turns to films to explain his own fly to various comers of the planet situation, but in part also opens up to meet and greet, and hopefully the idea of cinema as higher comfind answers. Yet it is in these far munication, as something that can away places the film finds some explain what we cannot in limited of its most hard hitting moments. language. That he does so in an It is not the tears, but the answers unplanned instance is proof that a they arise out of in a questionnaire world of cinema without Jafar Pain Barcelona, that are affecting; the nahi making films is a lesser one.

"I think the main thing is to editing together with a separate document'' is said at one point. In tearstained interview is blatant documenting and editing this time audience manipulation, though.

Same goes for the wordless reac- in his life, Panahi not only captures tions of a father in China. Some- the little bits of everyday life that where Between' s best parts are are completely real and devastatwhen the director isn't doing the ing to watch, but also the humour, questioning, when the confines of the joy that can be found in bleak finding something unfindable are surroundings. (Though, despite not placed upon its interview sub- the depressing reason for its makjects, and when sappy music isn't ing, it's far from bleak.) Shot partly inserted into scenes. But again, by iPhone, This Is Not a Film better there is very little eagerness to find exemplifies the idea that film can the unexpected, the uninvestigat- be created by anyone, in any situaed in this documentary. The girls' tion, than any other digital experistories are touching, but to what ment by a director. Not very many end are they divulging their secret could tum it into as eye-opening a thoughts? To prove that growing work as Panahi, but as the credits up is hard is to state the obvious. roll, we are left with the fact that A direction less trite and ignorant he won't be able to anymore, and than the idea of educationaJ video for whomever wishes to, the tools diaries for a daughter might have and resources are there. A film yielded something with a better that works as so many disparate sense of purpose, and a better rea- yet here connected things: deconson for the girls of SomewhereBe- struction of film, a finaJ love letter tween to spill their hearts out on a to cinema, a documentation of a day, ThisIs Not a Film is everything movie screen. movie-making should strive to be.

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Buddha Mountain has no right working as well as it does. Its three principle roguish characters provide the film's perspective: inane humour, (about a third of movie's lines, it seems, begin with "Fatso") physical comedy that seems to swing hardest when it misses, and perhaps worst of all, a disconnect that plagues their interactions with their landlady, chief among them.

Why this is so critical is that for all of the humour, both good and bad, what sets BuddhaMountain apart from the typical is the performance of Sylvia Chang as the woman renting out part of her home, from scene-to-scene both amusing and emotional, supplying the right amount to keep the movie afloat.

But we're stuck with the young adult view of boredom. Their unfeeling is off-putting, particularly in the cases of the older woman's love of music and melancholy periods as a result of tragic loss.

And then something changes.

On their trip to the titular destination in a train, the words cut out and the music takes over.

Now, hair flying in the pounding wind while driving, contemplative music that plays is little more than decoration, but it also represents a turning point in the movie.

The focus shifts from clubs, pop culture and fat jokes to the protagonist' s difficult position in life, Chang's character's own difficulties, and culminates in two scenes that sweep away memories of the brash, teenage pandering opening.

Familial tension, questions of satisfaction, and of grief, are hardly uncommon in film, but whether it's the lowering of expectations from the first half, or that the first half consciously drew these characters as archetypes waiting to be broken, the later scenes work. Buddha Mountain remains a movie with flaws throughout, in its often jerky editing, and complete lack of grace moving between comedy and drama, but Chang adds enough to the movie that by its ending (which also could have been improved) the main impression is a positive one.

Alps (Greece)

If you take away the bonds of friends and family, the love of sports and movies, work and education, people are pathetic imitators of imitators, desperate, cloying creatures. Now laugh. That is the outlook of Alps, which adorns its drab frames with these types of characters, in an attempt to say the above about life, art, or perhaps nothing. Much of the attention paid to Alps around its release has been its insular, cryptic divulging of little concerning plot or explanations for why people do the things they do, but that is mostly dressing for what is at its heart an unoriginaJ statement.

If there was more than this philosophy to Alps, there might be something worth looking for, but the main twist· director/writer Giorgos Lanthimos applies to his otherwise monotone movie is smatterings of sadistic humour.

The sheer blackness of deadpan non-sequitur questions without punch lines is initially amusing, but that is the only trick Alps has.

Its mashing of the quotidian and the psychotic is so one note as to prove tiresome by its laborious ending for its protagonist. P~rhaps to make a statement about the transience of identity, the most interesting characters in Alps are just about everyone but the one the movie devotes most of its running time to, but this accomplishes little that hasn't been done before, and better. Antonioni was able to make alienation more than a feeling attributed to an onscreen character, and Herzog' s My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done?as a recent example is a far more accomplished, harrowing and humourous look at life imitating artifice. Lanthimos can lay claim to quirky tales of inhuman depravity if he wants, but Alps exists in a niche that's not nearly as excoriating as it thinks it is. It's merely wretched.

Las acacias (Spain, Argentina)

In Las acacias, a truck driver drives a woman across a border.

Their journey unfolds in nothing but the grind of gears, rattling of windows, crunch of tires over dirt roads, and the silence between them. The suffocating normalcy of the affair draws the audience in, every eye droop, tum of the head, every word spoken (all 10 of them or so in the first half of the movie) is paid careful attention to. Like but not equal to the painful unrequited love of the films of Wong Kar-Wai, this first segment of the movie is obsessed with the minute.

The camera refuses to move from its resting place inside the truck cabin. Lead actor German de Silva recedes so far into his role that it's difficult to notice when the acting begins. There are more blinks than syllables in this movie, which makes one wonder what this style will lead to.

But Las acaciaseventually concedes, and moves forward with a substandard romance plot. The two give their accounts: he lost a wife, and she is without a husband, and guess what happens?

Director Pablo Giorgelli, perhaps not trusting the film's audience to have the patience to regard its dusty, unimaginative frames, also brings out a cute baby every so often to liven things up. While there's something to be said for the incredible lengths the film goes to show just how lonely and tedious a job like truck driving is, art house affectations are the more apt description for what provides this film with its only point of interest. While a film's elements are inseparable, at its core Las acacias has little to set it apart from typical commercial romance pabulum.

Just less words and longer takes.

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Final week highlights outweigh missteps Jean-LucPersecuted (France) Coming off the dissatisfying application of silence in La$ acacias and the insulting faux-documentary look of Empire North, Jean-Luc Persecutedwas a revelation. Featuring no words outside of its title and a breathtaking vista of hills and mountains, this midlength feature takes the sometimes deployed experiment of silence in modem film and utilizes it in a way that avoids coming across as anything but right for this movie, it isn't merely a gimmick. The absence of words leads to a different kind of storytelling, not a lesser one, one occasionally plagued here by going overboard in the depiction of actions to ensure nothing is lost in translation, but one that, in its economy, allows for greater range of expression. Words cannot be relied upon. Emotions cannot be explained away.

Director Emmanuel Laborie understands that silence is not a limitation, but an outlet through which images, faces and music can carry a film in an effective way, one that is convincingly portrayed here as having less pitfalls than a typical dialogue-driven production. The film would fall apart without a great performance, not in the normally accepted shouting, hysterical, serious acting style that is awarded, but one exemplified by lead actor Guillaume Delauney. Through his eyes and face, Delauney is able to convey every aspect of his character. He so capably plays the role of silence that he appears like an actor from the era when this style of acting was the norm, but there is no datedness to his role, or this movie. Picturesque high definition visuals and an evocative score place it quite clearly as a movie of today, just one that embraces a method of storytelling underused not because of its inexactness or inferiority, but because it is apparently so easy to forget how moving it can be. Jean-LucPersecuted is an impressive reminder.

Pure (Sweden) Another movie that: thrives on wordless images and a powerful lead performance is Pure, from first time director Lisa Langseth.

Alicia Vikander plays the central role of Katarina, born into the rotten side of her city, but a person with the knowledge that this is not all there has to be to her life. This story setup is a prototypical bildungsroman, at least until it isn't.

Of central importance in ltie movie is its music. Katarina finds an oasis and a yearning in the music of classical composers, seems drawn to the city's orchestra, and so too is the movie inseparable from its soundtrack. Sounds move from diegetic to powerful renditions that envelop scenes, of which the symphony's conductor (in the movie) emphasizes their intensity and speed. It is here we begin to see the acting of Vikander take shape.

Playing a teenager can sometimes take on the appearance of not requiring much acting at all, but the jump from the normal scenes involving Katarina, her mother and her boyfriend to the elevated scenes in which she strives to find something, what exactly she does not know, through music is as sensational as what she hears. Vikander finds a precarious balance between innocence and ambition, not flip-flopping as the scenes dictate but finding a range of emotion

within the two circles she moves in. From the verisimilitude of teenage arguments to the heightened intensity of where the story of Pure goes, Vikander never loses the audience, always is the ~chor for the movie.

Langseth and cinematographer Simon Pramsten know how to make Katarina and her story relatable, even when her actions or situation is not, immersing the camera's movements in her worldview, and showing a keen eye for framing her face. The familiar process of a new job is amplified through a repeated high angle, Vikander' s performance tentatively moving between innocence, en~ thusiasm and euphoria. The story and the characters are not new, but the involving work by director and actor _tum Pureinto something that neverthel_!!ss feels immediately fresh and is evidently well crafted.

One contentious issue following the screenings of Pure at VIFF was its ending, which be forewarned, will be discussed in the following paragraph. While the events of Katarina' s life tum messy, there is a tidiness to the proceedings of Pure that is undone by the ending. But this is not the movie going off the rails, or as one person put it, supporting immoral actions. The arresting following shots of the movie's climax do not recur; though the camera puts the audience into her head, that's not where the film takes place. Pure lives in a world where actions and their repercussions do not end up nice and neat, and despite how unsatisfying to some the movie may tum, it does not condone, does not wrap up, does not compromise the world it has brought to our eyes. Its ending certainly does not negate all the good that came before in the movie, and neither does it erase what would happen after the final fade to black. For has she reached a destination? Pure refuses to have a clean, facile end to its story - its realistic world of class tensions and unknown futures not undone, but preserved as credible by its ending.

The Artist (France)

Based on its aesthetics, The Artist would appear to be a nostalgia piece, a nice bit of remembrance for those that know the times depicted in its black and white picture. And yes, The Artist's tale of movies, depression, performance, and love is an entertaining one, but viewed in the context of VIFF this year, and seen on the day after news came out of the silent death of film camera production, it would do Michel Hazanavicius' s film a disservice to look at it only on its surface. Perhaps no scene in the movie is as beautiful as the one that takes place on a set of sideviewed stairs. Not one to attempt profundity in secret, the rising/ falling connection is quite obvious.

But aside from the movie's plot, and aside from the movies' past, this image, of one medium failing in its prime, for little reason other than the whims of executives who see only the value, not artistic, in what this change will bring, and audiences who see all the benefits of the new and forget the merits of the old, and another rising like a star, strikes at the heart of today's debate, even as it shows the past's.

This is probably not the main purpose or premise of The Artist, which is perfectly delightful in its own right, but this coincidence of topic added a certain relevance to The Artisrs timeworn photographic memory.

And what a memory it is. With a story that strikes at the real life highs and lows of the 1920s Hollywood actor and its silent conceit that works wonderfully when it comes to laughter, yet equally well is able to get at the humanity that is found and lost in performance, The Artist is both a pleasure to watch and a reminder of the fleeting nature of that pleasure. Jean Dujardin has received heaping amounts of praise for his part as the leading actor on three levels, and it is deserved, for he is able to not only pull off the role, but reflect the fact that this is a new movie dealing with an older time. Rather than attempt to mimic in every way a star of the time, he incorporates what makes silent acting work, the expression in every comer of the face, in his otherwise modem acting style .. There is no silly playacting mimicry here: even when an actual clip of an actor bearing a certain resemblance to his character turns up, we see the facial similarity, but don't recognize the tortured commitment Dujardin brings to the movie. And the supporting actors, both American and French, bring the same approach to their roles, embodying the characters of a producer, a co-star, and so on, without being tied down to one influence.

They take a part from the past and allow it to exist in the present- This level of commitment to making a movie set in a time period, and true to that time period, yet not copying its every frame, frees The Artist from trying to be something it isn't: a movie from the 1920s, and allows it to be what it actually is: a fine movie from 2011. .

Theatre Review: Witnessfor the Prosecution JAMES INGLIS group, and producer Patti Lawn done an outstanding job of creatCONTRIBUTOR have attracted talented players . ing these locations on stage. The The Guinness Book of World Recordslists Dame Agatha Christie as the world's bestselling author with more than two billion copies of her books having been sold. In addition to her books and short stories, Christie authored 17 plays and her own favourite was Witnessfor the Prosecution.She wrote the play in less than three weeks, based on her short story of the same name.

The play was originally produced in.1953. The original London run had 468 performances and Broadway ran 645. In 1957, success on the stage was followed by success on the screen in Billy Wilder's film version starring Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich and Charles Laughton. Now, almost 60 years after the play's debut, the Chilliwack Players Guild presents director Janet Carroll's interpretation of the timeless classic Witnessfor the Prosecutionat the Chilliwack Cultural Centre.

The Chilliwack Players Guild, an amateur, community theatre

on stage and in the wings for this production. The play, a court drama set in 1958 London revolves around the trial of Leonard Vole (Caleb Walde) who is accused of murdering spinster Emily French by bashing her over the head.

Vole's barrister, Sir Wilfred Robarts (Larry Hamm) fights to obtain an acquittal for his client, while Vole's German wife, Christine Vole (Katy Lowe) tries her best to show she is a loving wife.

The play begins in Sir Wilfred's chambers where he and solicitor John Mayhew (Ross Biondolillo) meet with Vole to discuss the situation. As the story unfolds, Vole is found to be the beneficiary of the victim's estate. With this motive established he is soon arrested by Inspector Hearne (David Hobson) and taken away and the mystery begins.

All the action takes place in Sir Wilfred's chambers apd in a courtroom at the London Central Criminal Court - the "Old Bailey."

Set designer Graham Archer has

transition between sets is amazing to watch as the stage transforms in just a few minutes. The director has made this shift part of the audience experience and the music selection as well as lighting designer Haley Smith's effects during this activity provides a fitting sense of intrigue for the audience.

The play is full of all the twists and turns an audience should expect from a whodunit. Larry Hamm and Katy Lowe dominate the show with their powerful performances. Hamm' s demeanor and style are reminiscent of the great British character actor Edward Fox. Hamm' s portrayal of Sir Wilfred is restrained, classy and polished. He commands the stage during the course of the evening.

Lowe's portrayal of Christine Vole is masterful and it was hard not to think of Marlene Dietrich's performance of the same role in the film, though Lowe definitely adds her own brand of spice to the part.

David Hobson, as Inspector Hearne, presents the quintessen-

tial Scotland Yard detective as portrayed in the books and movies of the 1950s. Pauline Horzelenberg, as Greta, certainly adds energy and light diversion whenever she is on stage. In the supporting cast, Janet Shield's portrayal of housekeeper Janet MacKenzie is worthy of the price of admission alone. Students of theatre could learn a great deal by studying her performance.

There are very few misfires and they could easily be rectified. The sound level for some of the dialogue seemed to be slightly low. The director has made some choices in the production that at times do seem to detract from the seriousness of the play as originally written. Christie added comic relief to reduce the tension of the play, but unfortunately the director has interpreted this to the point where, in a few instances, it borders on slapstick. Another decision has a witness portrayed with a severe speech impediment.

While it works in The King'sSpeech, here it results in being more of a distraction than an enhancement to the play.

AGATHA Cllusm's Witness for the e Prosecution

T e C . iwack Players Guild has created a fun production and the cast and crew provide a good night's entertainment suitable for audiences of all ages. The play has three acts and lasts two hours and 45 minutes, including _a 15 minute intermission. The play' s run concludes this week with performances at 7:30 p.m. on October 19, 20, 21 and 22. For tickets call 604391-SHOW (7469) or buy online at www.playersguild.cc}

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BASKETBALL

Men's Basketball team takes 94-76 victory over U-NBC KYLEBALZER ing the third quarter when we CONTRIBUTOR started to pull away. He is one of This past Saturday night, the UFV men's basketball team hosted the UNBC Timberwolves. The team got off to a good start in the first quarter with veterans Kyle Grewal and Mike James dominating on both ends of the court.

Coach Barnaby Craddock, who is in his fifth year as head coach, explained, "We need to stick with our defensive principles for longer periods of time and that's going to be a necessity to get some wins this season."

By half-time, the men in white led the game 42-34. After a scare in the third quarter, with UNBC getting to within four points, the Cascades pulled away. Guard Sam Freeman scored nine of his gamehigh 18 points in the third quarter; it was his efforts that kept the Timberwolves at bay.

"We've been happy with Sam's play. He played very strong dur-

those players ~at has been setting the tone for the team this year," coach Craddock said.

After a wine open fourth quarter, UFV was able to hold on for the win by a score of 94-76. Sam Freeman was the top scorer, with 18 points, followed by Kyle Grewal and Joel Friesen, who each scored 17 points.

Although this is the pre-season, coach Craddock is satisfied with the way the team is looking.

"Once we start to play the other universities in the next few weeks, we need to put four good quarters together to get some wins. We are pleased with our pre-season, but we got some work to do."

The Cascade's season doesn't officially start until November 11, but you can still catch their pre-season action as they host the Honda Way Tournament starting October 28.

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SOCCER

Men's Soccer: Cascades lose to Thunderbirds after a strong first half GRACEROMUND THE CASCADE On a cool crisp afternoon the UFV Cascades Men's soccer team faced a lough University of British Columbia Thunderbirds team. The Cascade men have had a disappointing season so far and went into the match with a 1-6-1 record whil_e their opponents were sitting at the top of the tables with a 5-0-3 record.

During an energetic start to the match, the Cascades were able to keep a lot of the action on the Thunderbirds half of the field and created a few good goalscoring opportunities. It didn't take the Cascades long to turn those opportunities into a goah Within the first 10 minutes and after a great save by goalkeeper Mark Village, Cascade midfielder Sasa Plavsic wa,c;able to find the back . of .the Thunderbirds' net.

"Colton [O'Neill] played a ball over the top and put me through," said Plavsic. "I had a good touch and I fired it off the post past the goalie" The Cascades were able to stay strong and hold on to their 1-0 lead for the rest of the first half. However, the Thunderbirds came out fighting in the second half and were looking for the equali~er.

Head coach of the UFV Cascades men's soccer team, Alan

Errington commented, "We needed to step it up and do a bit more in the second half because we knew [the Thunderbirds] would come flying out, but it wasn't in them." Within the first few minutes of the second half the Thunderbirds were able to put one past Village to tie up the game.

Play became tense when a hard tackle, within the Thunderbirds' penalty box, caused a penalty shot for the opponents.

This penalty shot resulted in a goal making the score 2-1. As the match drew nearer to an end, the Cascades seem to lose their focus and command of the field that

they had maintained so well in the first half. This lack of focus led to a third goal for the Thunderbirds. The final score of the match was 3-1 for the Thunderbirds.

"The third goal we caused ourselves by giving the ball away," commented Errington.

"We've competed well enough,

but we need to figure out a way to hang on and win."

The last home matches of the season will this weekend Saturday and Sunday at 2:15 p.m. against Lethbridge and then Calgary at Bateman Park.

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MEN'S SOCCER (Bateman Park)

October 22

Lethbridge

2:15 p.m.

October 23

Calgary

2:15 p.m.

WOMEN'S SOCCER (Bateman Park)

October 22

Victoria

12:00 p.m.

WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL (Envision Athletic Centre) MEN'S VOLLEYBALL (Envision Athletic Centre)

October 21 & 22 CBC

6:00 p.m.

October 21 & 22 CBC

7:45 p.m.

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL (Envision Athletic Centre)

October 21

7:00 p.m.

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SPORTS

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HOCKEY

Un~rafted player from Revelstoke, BC, finds a place _on-theCanucks JOEL SMART

with pure grit and determination.

The Canucks signed Volpatti as a THE CASCADE free agent on March 22, 2010, and he Aaron Volpatti, AKA Peppermint played just eight games of the 2009Patti, is only the second player from 2010 season and 53 of the 2010-2011 Revelstoke to ever play in the NHL, season with the team's AHL affiliate, the first in 25 years. The hardwork- the Manitoba Moose. During that ing 26-year-old should also inspire period, he managed three goals and aspiring hockey players in the prov- 13 points overall. He earned a name ince considering he was signed by for himself by taking on some of the the Canucks without ever being toughest fighters in the AHL, while drafted; on top of that he was late to also being able to play smart hockey. develop, not attending his first Ca~ A quick YouTube search shows that nucks prospect camp until he was 25. he knows how to throw a punch.

Though he only played 15 NHL An October 9, 2010, fight against games with the Canucks last season, the beastly Wade Brookbank showhe scored his first goal December cased the calibre of opponent Vol20 on a beautiful set up from Alex- patti can not only hold his own with, andre Boluc during a determined but actually declare victory against. fourth-line effort against the Saint Just eight days after his first goal, Louis Blues. Tanner Glass, a player he fought Philadelphia Flyer Sean who he's been repeatedly compared O'Donnell twice in the same night, to, slammed Alex Pietrangelo into with a decisive victory in the first, the boards to set up the play, and so and the slight edge in the latter affair.

San Jose Shark Brad Winchester a scrum developed after the goal. "I was ready to celebrate, then I'm like, found himself in a confused heap'OK, we might have something going legs splayed awkwardly on either side on here'," Volpatti told The Province of his. body-after the two chose to in an interview. "Either way, it would engage in a fight with a minute left in have been good," he laughed. Though the second period of their September it's unlikely he'll ever be known 29 preseason meeting this year. That for his scoring touch, the six-foot, Winchester looked like a hapless car215-pound forward is proving he's toon character afterward was further got what it takes to play in the League reinforced by the fact that it only took

Volpatti a single puoch to exact his justice. The fight (ifyou can call it that) has granted him "legendary"· status, with over 135,000 hits on YouTube.

The Canucks have faced increasing criticism lately over their lack of toughness, about the way they respond to goons on opposing teams taking advantage of their top players - or rather, how they don't respond.

After being called on their lack of grit and physicality last season, they've shipped away even more of it in the off-season. That means an increased role for Volpatti this year, as his is tasked with defending his team - effectively but also smartly.

Before being signed by the Canucks, Volpatti played three seasons in the BCHL with the Vernon Vipers (from 2003-2006) and four seasons with Brown University in the NCAA Division 1 (from 2006-2010). He was 18 before he began playing in the BCHL and 21 when he joined the team at Brown. According to The Province,his late start was because he felt that staying home and finishing school was more important - subsequently, he studied biology during his time at Brown. An academic tough guy, I guess the comparison to Tanner Glass isn't that far off after all.

The Heat Report: Heat open season with 3-1 record SEAN EVANS THE CASCADE The Heat are looking like a different team early on in the season, having found their scoring touch last weekend. Having won their first two games, the Heat headed into the weekend looking to continue their winning ways against the Rockford IceHogs on hoJlle ice.

On Friday night, the Heat played their home-opener in-front of a crowd of 5,450 fans. It was difficult to tell what the fans were most excited about, as the Heat had a promotion which included free hats and S2 beer. That said, the on-ice effort of the Heat did give the fans something to cheer about, eventually.

Most notably, the Heat were able to produce goals five-on-five. Ben Walter, son of team president and CEO Ryan Walter, opened up the scoring for the Heat in the first period with a wrist-shot from the face-

off circle,_to make it 2-1. The IceHogs responded with a power play goal, making it 3-1 with a minute remaining in the first period. Fifteen seconds later Paul Byron accepted a pass from T.J. Brodie and buried it,

Leland Irving allowed three goals on five shots. "It was kind of a shootout early on, but we settled in eventually," said head coach Troy Ward following the game. "I felt unfortunate for Leland on that first goal ... but the next two goals, I personally thought Leland should've had," Ward continued.

Irving did, however, find his game in the second period, standing tall for a coup!~ key saves during the penalty kill, keeping the Heat within reach.

Following a scoreless second period, the Heat came out of the dressing room for the third period looking like a different team. Rheault .scored a dandy of a goal just a minute in, splitting the defence and putting it top shelf. l'.orty-four seconds later, Greg Nemisz potted his secscoring his second goal of this young ond goal of the season, accepting a season. The ability to score multiple no-look, behind-the-back pass from goals has historically been lacking Dustin Sylvester and also shooting from the Heat, but early on in the top shelf. Just like that, the Heat season, things are looking different. had the lead and the building was In the first period, Heat goaltender, electric, despite most fans still mak-

ing their way back from the S2 beers.

Speed was key on Friday night, as Greg Nemisz noted following the game; "Our transition game was pretty good, I thought we made some nice plays off the rush ... Our ability to move our feet ... the speed and energy we play at, it was nice to get rewarded."

"Tonight definitely wasn't the way we drew it up," but, Nernisz continued, "we're developing some chemistry now, and it's starting to feel really good on the ice."

That chemistry carried over to their Sunday afternoon game against the IceHogs, but it was not enough to take their fourth straight victory. Despite out-shooting their opponents 33-13, the Heat fell 3-2 on Sunday. With 4:12 seconds remaining in a 2-2 draw, lceHogs Brandon Segal scored the game winner.

Next up for the Heat are the Milwaukee Admirals, who bo)lst a 3-0 record, this Friday and Saturday night.

FOOTBALL

Packers alone at the top as Lions fall to 49ers BALRAJDHILLON

seesaw battle; it was a game in which CONTRIBUTOR tempers flared, not only between the players, but also the coaches. Both teams exchanged the lead, but it was Prior to the start of the 2011/2012 Alex Smith's touchdown pass to DelaNFL season, no one would have be- nie Walker with less than two minutes lieved that going into week six the left in the game which gave the 49ers Packers and the Lions would be the the go-ahead score. The Lions got the only two undefeated teams in the ball back but were unable to generLeague. The defending Super Bowl ate a first down as the 49ers defence Champions, The Green Bay Pack- disguised blitz packages and attack ers, were expected to continue their Lions quarterback (®) Matthew success coming into the season as Stafford. Following the game, 49ers their core stayed intact. The De- head coach Jim Harbaugh was overtroit Lions, however, are the big ly excited as he made his way across surprise story of the season. Sun- the field to shake hands with Lions day morning, both teams were atop head coach Jim Schwartz. Harbaugh, the standings with a 5-0 record. while leaping, shook Schwartz's hand The Detroit Lions hosted the San really hard followed by an exaggerFrancisco 49ers in what was a great ated pat on the back. ·words were

exchanged which fired up the Lions two tackles and ran it for 93 yards. head coach as he chased down HarIn other news: The Philadelphia baugh and bumped into him while Eagles ended their streak of four returning words. The two had to be . straight losses as they barely escaped separated by officials and players. out of Washington with a 20-13 win The Green Bay Packers hosted the over the Redskins. Eagles ® Miwinless St. Louis Rams which, re- chael Vick completed 18 passes for alistically speaking, was a "give me" 237 yards, one touchdown and one game for the now 6-0 Packers. Pack- interception, but the bigger story for ers Q!3 Aaron Rodgers finished the all the wrong reasons was Redskins game having completed 17 passes for ® Rex Grossman. Through three 310 yards, three touchdown passes quarters, Grossman was only able to and one interception. On the other complete nine of 22 passes for 143 side, Rams ® Sam Bradford com- yards and an astounding four interpleted 28 passes ·for 321 yards and ceptions. Redskins coach Mike Shano touchdowns, but did throw one nahan had seen enough and benched interception. One of Rodgers three Grossman for ~e fourth ®· Back touchdown passes was a new ca- up ® John Beck, who hadn't played reer long as ~e dropped the ball off a snap since 2007, entered the game to WR Jordy Nelson who shook off and led Washington on its only

touchdown drive. Perhaps if Beck had started the Eagles may have suffered their fifth straight loss. The Indianapolis Colts fall to 0-6, as the Bengals beat them and improve to 4-2 on the season. It's proven that the Colts are nothing without sure-fire ® Peyton Manning, who is out indefinitely following off-season surgery.

Many question the depth of the Colts after falling to 0-6 on the season, especially compared to the Patriots in 2007, when they lost Q13Tom Brady for the season. That season, the Patriots went on to a 12-4 record without Brady, but the Colts can't seem to do anything right. The Colts may want to look into drafting a ® in the early rounds of next year's NFL draft.

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Students and .caffeine: Inside the bean ..

plained on Health Canada's website, this drug affects our brains in a way THE CASCADE very similar_to a much more dangerous drug: heroin. Both drugs amp up the levels of dopamine in our brains, Dogs may be man's best friend but caffeine is the best friend of ev- and this makes us happy - for lack of eryone else. It keeps us awake, helps a more technical explanation. Prous lose weight, reduces our risk of dis- longed use of both drugs cause the eases like diabetes and Parkinson's, body to stop producing adequate levand gives us something to wash down els of dopamine on its own, which those timbits with. However, it's got partially accounts for the addictions some risks - and as it turns out, many formed to both caffeine and heroin. of those risks hit the student demo- Long story short, if you drink enough graphic pretty hard. coffee, you really do turn into a First, let's clarify. Caffeine is a moody jerk without it.

Another danger of excessive cafdrug - a naturally occurring one, called trimethylxanthine, but a drug feine consumption is weight gain. nonetheless. Furthermore, as ex- While ingesting caffeine in natural

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forms can help with weight loss, the drug is typically ingested in the form of coffee, pops or juices.

While coffee can be taken without cream or sugar, other beverages tend to be high in sugar and low in nutritional value.

This means that if you consume a large amount of caffeine for its feel-good and stay-awake properties, it's important to be careful about how you're getting it in your body. Unless you're looking to gain weight, of course and if that's the case, try cupcakes. They taste better.

Caffeine can also be consumed in pill form. These pills can be purchased in drug stores or suppl_ement stores; 4Ever Fit pills, available at Popeye's supplements (among others) contain 200 mg of caffeine per pill. To put this in perspective, the Starbucks nutritional guide states that a tall cup of dark roast coffee contains approximately 260 mg of caffeine. While these pills contain less caffeine than the average cup of coffee, they can still be very dangerous. When consuming pills► the caffeine enters the body's system very quickly and suddenly. A cup of coffee, conversely, may take an hour to ingest. The gradual nature that coffee is consumed with gives the body a

chance to acquiesce to the stimulant, meaning any negative effects are minimized. Caffeine pills have been associated with a whole host of dangers, as noted on warnings on the bottles: heart problems, migraines, low blood pressure - the list is endless.

Taking caffeine pills for weight loss can be very dangerous, especially when taken in conjunction with ephedrine. Both sti~ulants work similarly in the human body, effecting blood flow and adrenaline output. Because of this, taking the pills in conjunction heightens the. danger of each of the side effects, and can even be fatal - typically in the form of heart failure. Health Canada mandates that it is illegal tq sell caffeine and ephedrine together; in 2006, 4Ever Fit packaged a bottle of each together in a "convenience" pack, and they were subsequently pulled from the shelves despite the fact that the stimulants were bottled separately.

Another danger of caffeine is ingesting it in conjunction with alcohol.

As the ScientificAmericanjournal explains, "caffeine can reduce the sedative effects of alcohol; this may allow someone to drink for longer periods of time." Translation? The caffeine makes you alert, meaning it's difficult to tell if you've reached your limit. A particular danger is the energy drinks available that have·alcohol in them already: the level of alcohol in these can be as high as that of four beers, yet the sugar added makes them taste less strong. Given this, it's easy to drink too much without realizing it - and if you haven't learned that sugary drinks make for gnarly hangovers, count yourselflucky and stay away.

Non-alcoholic eni:rgy drinks have their own set of dangers. Their levels of caffeine are quite high-as much as 300 mg in a single can-yet they are often consumed very quickly. Recently, Health Canada has put forth an initiative that requires the amount of caffeine to be under 180 mg, but this is still higher than their recommended dosage of 80 mg for adults.

Further, they are now requiring that all ingredients and nutritional information are listed on the side of each can, along with labels warning consumers - not ~nlike the images and warnings that adorn each pack of cigarettes. The dangers of these drinks reach further than just their levels of caffeine: for example: in a can of Coke there are 30 mg of sodium, and in a can of RedBull there are 200 mg of sodium. Given the dangers of caffeine to the heart that already exist, those pre-class pick-me-ups aren't such a great idea.

Studies show there are many benefits of caffeine, not the least of which is keeping you awake on all-nighters.

The ways we ingest caffeine aren't always so healthy. If you're looking for a good alternative, try a piece ofhighquality dark chocolate (about 40 mg of caffeine), oi: a mug of unsweetened green tea (60-70 mg). If you're looking to eliminate caffeine from your diet, remember that it occurs naturally in many sources - chocolate, sugar, and all types of teas among them.

Above all, remember that caffeine is a drug: you can become addicted to it, and withdrawal comes in the form of some pretty vicious migraines. Treat it appropriately.

Sports you've never heard of:

Elephant Polo BANZCHAUHAN fective for commanding

the elephant to go and stop.

I CONTRIBUTOR There are some simple rules to elElephant polo was first played in ephant polo. First, and most obviousIndia around the turn of the 20th ly, there is a penalty if the mammoth century by members of the Maharapachyderm lies down in front of the ja's Harem. It is much like horse polo, goal line. Players are secured in rope but played while riding elephants. harnesses, and the game will stop if It is played in Nepal, Thailand, Sri a player's harness becomes too loose.

Lanka and Rajasthan, India, where Every once in while the small ball they hold the World Elephant Polo will be stepped on and buried into the Championships. ground, and a restart is called. The There are strict rules about el- game is 15 minutes long, and is diephant welfare within the game of vided into two seven-minute chukkas Elephant Polo. Early on, a soccer ball (halves) with a whistle being blown by was used, but elephants tended to the referee to mark starts and stops. squish the ball, so it got changed to a Both elephants and playing pitch standard polo ball, which is white and ends are changed after the first chukthe size qf a tennis ball. Players use a ka with three of these •giant elephants five to twelve foot bamboo cane (de- on each side playing. Sometimes the pending on the size of the elephant), elephants get so excited that they with a polo mallet head. The marked themselves kick the ball through the pitch is only three-quarters the size goals, which still counts as a point! of a standard polo pitch, at 100 by 60 Elephants love this game because meters, despite the great size of the they get extra rations during tournaelephants - this is due to their slower ments and while the elephants are speed .. waiting, they can search for a bananas In Elephant Polo, two people or tear leaves off the trees. Accordride each elephant; the elephants are ing to officials, 80 kg of food per steered by mahouts (an elephant driv- day is consumed by this giant beast. er), while the player tells the mahout With six elephants in each game, a which way to go and hits the ball. potentially potent amount of stinky Most of the mahouts speak Nepali to excrements may be released by the their elephants; who become used to elephants, which makes for an· unthe mahout's signals and commands fortunate mess, especially for those . over many years. Pressure is applied wearing Ralph Lauren pants. to the back of the elephant's ears with WEPA (the World Elephant Polo the mahout's bare feet. However, Association) was co-founded by Jim because of the elephant's thick skin, Edwards and James Manclark, who Nepali verbal commands are more ef- came up with the idea in a bar in St.

Moritz, Switzerland in 1982. WEPA is the first organization in modern times to create and host elephant polo as a game with organized competitions. Each December the WEPA tournament has been hosted by Tiger Tops in Meghauly where temperatures soar up to 35 degrees. The modern game is an invitational event and has sponsors from many different

countries and includes teams such as the transgendered, "Lady Boys", and the "ScrewlessTuskers."

According to AdelaideNow, an elephant went on a rampage during a 2007 game, injuring two players and destroying the Spanish team's minibus. Players have also fallen off the elephant when their harness became . too loose, however that has only hap-

pened a few times.

Like an upscale tailgate party, its mostly high society players and crowds drink champagne and eat cucumber sandwiches. Ice-cold fresh .coconut milk can also be bought by the crowd to enjoy in the high heat.

Luxuries or not, players still get covered in elephant dung by the end of a match.

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