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news@ufvcascade.ca Jessica Barclay — News Editor

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

NEWS

UFV //

NEWS BRIEFS

Russian interference predicted in Canadian elections A study out of the University of Calgary is predicting Russian interference in Canada’s federal election campaign, though the possibility of damage is quite low. The interference is reportedly due to competition for the Arctic.

According to the author of the study, Sergey Sukhankin, Russia’s power to impose damage is low, and disinformation efforts are more for Russian citizens than to actually sway Canadian voting choices.

“Perceived as one of Russia’s chief adversaries in the Arctic region, Canada is a prime target in the information wars, with Russia potentially even meddling in the October 2019 federal election,” Sukhankin wrote.

UFV will no longer accept cash payments for large transactions

Tuition, student and housing rental fees to be made as payments accepted are through a financial institution

- The Canadian Press

Exclusion from school activities not uncommon for students with disabilities A report from BCEdAccess, a not-forprofit advocating for children with disabilities in the school system, found that students with disabilities are being excluded from activities in B.C. schools. Parents were able to self-report instances of exclusion in schools online. Around 3,610 incidents were disclosed in 492 reports received up to the end of the 2018/19 school year, with about 27 per cent involving a full day of being excluded.

“Some parents reported being asked to not send their child to the first one to four weeks of school, being excluded because of bullying, not allowed on field trips or not being able to take their child to school unless they could stay with the kid all day long,” Abby News reported.

- Abby News

Money laundering. Sept. 10, 2019. (The Cascade)

JESSICA BARCLAY UFV will be moving towards the elimination of cash payments for tuition, student fees, or housing rental fees, starting this semester, in response to recommendations by the B.C. government.

Dave Pinton, UFV director of communications, said that for UFV the changes will help to preserve the integrity of UFV’s payment system, as payments accepted are through a financial institution.

“From our perspective, eliminating cash helps preserve the integrity of the financial process and supports the safety and security of our students’ payments,” said Pinton. “It really just follows the best practice adopted by most post-secondaries in B.C. and right across Canada.”

There is also a component of added safety for the students themselves, as carrying around large amounts of cash is generally not secure or safe.

The policy change comes after the B.C. government's recommendation and request that post-secondary institutions review their cash accep-

tance policies in the wake of concerns over money laundering within universities.

A report for the B.C. attorney general, Dirty Money — Part 2, alleged that post-secondary institutions may be susceptible to money laundering schemes. The B.C. government is looking to quickly reduce this avenue in their efforts to crack down

“It really just follows the best practice adopted by most post-secondaries in B.C. and right across Canada.” on money laundering practices in the province.

Pinton said that UFV’s choice to review the policy was not related to concerns over money laundering.

Students will still have plenty of

options available to them for fee payments. The university accepts debit for in-person payments, cheque, online banking transfer from Canadian financial institutions, money order, bank draft, and wire transfer through Western Union. Credit cards are accepted for payments from international students and for continuing education courses.

Most transactions around the university can still be done with cash, however, as the change in policy only affects large transactions. The UFV Bookstore accepts cash for purchases, as do the coffee shops and cafeteria.

The policy was put in place for Sept. 3, but Pinton said small cash payments for fees may be accepted at the university’s discretion; however, starting in the winter semester there will be a strict no-cash payment policy.

“If something does come to us we’re going to encourage [the student] to use one of the other methods of payment,” Pinton said. “But during the first semester, those who come to the registrar's office, for example, and have to pay in small amounts of cash will still be accommodated.”

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Tricycle purchased for use by students and staff Centre for Sustainability says expanded bikesharing program could be in UFV’s future MIKAELA COLLINS The UFV Centre for Sustainability has purchased a tricycle for students and staff to borrow, providing a carbon-neutral alternative for short-distance transportation. The $550 trike was purchased with money from an award given to the centre by the university in 2016, but the program will be expanded if it sees success.

“It’s basically a pilot to see how it goes, where the challenges are, what the uptake is like, and the demand for it,” Blair McFarlane, UFV’s energy manager, said.

“As the university district expands and becomes more at the forefront, building this community around UFV, we foresee there being a true bike-share program in the future.”

A tricycle was chosen over a bike for its greater stability, visibility on the road, and the large basket between its rear wheels — also, for an element of fun. The bright red trike is a good way to get people engaged and discussing alternative forms of transportation, according to MacFarlane.

The trike share is one of several initiatives by the Centre for Sustainability designed to support and encourage cycling among UFV students and staff. The cen-

tre also implemented the bicycle repair stations at Building E in Abbotsford and Building A in Chilliwack, and the bike lockers and bike racks on both campuses.

The locations for these repair stations and lockers were strategically chosen to place the end of commuters’ journeys near showers, change rooms, and lockers in UFV’s fitness facilities.

“For people who are commuting, one of the barriers might be ‘I don’t want to arrive to school or work sweaty,’” McFarlane said. “Now you can, but you can still shower and change, and those amenities are right there.”

Building E’s showers and change rooms are free to use without a fitness centre membership, and lockers may be rented in Building E by fitness centre members, or in the Student Union Building by any student.

The trike is available from the Campus Planning and Facilities Management office in B150, and can be taken out for two hours at a time between 8:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. Bookings can be made online through the Centre for Sustainability. A lock is provided with the rental, but students will be held responsible for the cost of replacement if the trike is stolen while in their custody, and repairs if it is dam-

aged.

According to McFarlane, development in the UDistrict may help alleviate the infrastructure issues that prevent many people from cycling to UFV. The UDistrict is a high-density, mixeduse neighbourhood being planned by the city for development, which will be cen-

"It’s basically a pilot to see how it goes, where the challenges are, what the uptake is like, and the demand for it." tred around UFV’s Abbotsford campus.

According to the neighbourhood plan on the City of Abbotsford’s website, there will be an emphasis on cyclist-friendly street design, end-of-trip facilities, and off-street bicycle parking. The Salton pedestrian walkway, which gives pedestrians and cyclists an alternative route across the highway rather than the McCallum roundabouts, was installed as

part of the UDistrict plan.

“There’s a lot of barriers to cycling, whether that’s [a lack of] separated bike lanes on municipality streets, weather concerns, or infrastructure, or the sweatiness factor,” McFarlane said.

Citing the high cost of driving and the increasing difficulty many face finding parking at UFV, McFarlane said that eventually, “Cycling could be that missing piece for a lot of people within a certain radius [of UFV].”

The Centre for Sustainability’s next project is to install a stationary bike on the Abbotsford campus which, when pedalled, can be used to charge a cellphone.

This active charging station was made by UFV trades and technology students as part of the City Studio program, in which students work directly with the City of Abbotsford to address real local issues, like encouraging the use of public parks by providing charging stations. At UFV, the station will be a showpiece designed to connect people with energy production and consumption.

Feedback from students and staff on the trike-share program can be sent to sustainability@ufv.ca and will be crucial to making the program accessible and valuable to the community, McFarlane said.

The tricycle. Sept. 1o, 2019. (The Cascade)

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OPINION

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

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The commodification Dear Robin of wellness JESSICA BARCLAY On the surface level, recent trends towards wellness and physical and mental wellbeing seems to be a positive movement.

Space to be mindful of our workloads and take care of our bodies, especially in academia where many people push themselves to their limits, is something our society has been lacking and it shows.

Many universities are overwhelmed with the demand for mental health services. At UFV, lineups to see a counsellor can range from days to a month despite the university's ongoing efforts to increase capacity, especially for emergency appointments.

Problems arise when self-care and selfawareness become a commodity where consumption seems to be the requirement rather than something holistic that one can do for oneself. The current ideal of wellness is one centred in privilege and being financially well-off.

Instagram feeds overflow with images of conspicuous consumption as influencers tell followers how to be like them and achieve health. You need Lululemon leggings, hydroflasks, and a fancy retractable straw. Social media influencers peddle detox tea (a laxative in a pretty box) to followers. If only we had an organ to remove toxins from our bodies for us at no cost.

Clean eating often means buying the more expensive, grain-fed, free-range, organic, GMO-free food options.Healthy eating comes from power bowls and green juice full of expensive, organic ingredients. Mindfulness, being thoughtful of our actions and our environment, is something taught at a five-day retreat in the mountains and not something experienced and practiced in everyday life.

Buy matcha, buy bullet coffee, buy a $20 meditation session, buy anything Gwyneth Paltrow has touched. Consume to

achieve the ideal. Consume to be healthy and thin.

Globally, the wellness market is booming. According to a report by the Global Wellness Institute, wellness was a $4.2 trillion market in 2017 and is on the rise.

Between 2015 and 2017 the industry grew 6.4 per cent annually. Compared to the global economic growth of 3.6 per cent, it’s safe to say the industry is flourishing in the current economic and social climate.

In a world run on the economic ideals of capitalism, it may feel like wherever you are, someone is trying to sell you something. It’s no wonder, though, because we’re buying it in bulk.

Much of the wellness industry is built on unregulated and unregulatable buzzwords whose only function is to up the price tag of a product, riding the line between science and pseudoscience. This should not be the standard of health and wellness, as the lifestyle and health the wellness industry portrays is not achievable for the masses nor should it be desired.

Whether students have been in postsecondary for quite some time or are just entering this world, university is a highstress environment full of quick-fix food options and excessively late nights. It’s not good for your health, both physically and mentally.

At the same time, investing in an industry that thrives on failure is not good for your wellness or your wallet. Products can’t quick fix life; Lululemons won’t make you go to the gym and eye cream won’t make your skin glow if you haven’t slept in three days.

Go to sleep, keep a planner, eat enough food to sustain your brain as you embark on your educational journey, and save your hard-earned cash for things that truly contribute to your health.

ROBIN HALPER Life is tough and confusing and weird.

We all need help sometimes, and when you need an expert opinion, you turn to an expert opinion-giver like Robin Halper. Whatever problem you’re facing in life, Robin will have a solution. The Cascade cannot guarantee the effectiveness of Robin’s unique approach to life, but if you’re in a jam, get some advice by writing to halp@ufvcascade.ca Stressed to the nines Dear Robin, It’s only been the first week of class and I’m already stressed out of my mind about all of my assignments, my two jobs, keeping my fashion on brand, and keeping my breakfast interesting. There’s just too much to do and so little time. Help!

Sincerely, Overwhelmed in Autumn

tant. But don’t overwork yourself, because you can always get a student loan if it comes to that and steel-cut oatmeal is always nutritious, flexible, and filling for a delicious breakfast. Now go and take a bath.

Robin Buddying up Dear Robin For one of my classes, the prof is letting us choose our buddies for our final project and we’ve got to let her know in two weeks. Usually I’ve had the profs assign partners for these types of things, so I’m a bit worried that I might end up with a slacker.

Plus the semester’s only just started, so I haven’t had the chance to feel the vibes on everyone yet. Any tips for selecting an adequate assignment buddy?

Sincerely,

Confused in class

Hey,

Hello,

I hate to burst your bubble, but everyone’s stressed, so calm down and get your priorities straight. Firstly, I feel that you’re probably someone who shoots for straight A’s on everything, correct? Well, guess what? C’s get degrees too. Relax and do a good job on your assignments, but you really don’t need to get in the high 90’s all of the time. (Unless you want to be a doctor, of course.) Next, I recommend adapting a capsule wardrobe — Google it; it’ll change you. And finally, breakfast and working to feed yourself breakfast are super impor-

Mmm, yes, choosing a buddy for an assignment brings school’s greatest conundrum. Everyone wants to be paired with a keener but not everyone in the class is a keener.

I won’t waste your time by sharing my successes and failures in this department, but one thing you need to know is that you can learn everything you need to know about someone by the way they dress. Best of luck.

Robin

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Childless by choice Just because I’m married doesn’t mean I want to have kids CARISSA WIENS When I see people bring their babies to hip breweries, I think, maybe I could be cool like that. I’ll get some tattoos, wear sick hats, and carry a swaddling baby in my arms while I socialize with a posse of like-minded people. It could work. I would be giving life to something other than myself while raising it to be a selfless world changer; therefore, I’d be making the world a better place. But then the baby starts crying. The crying turns to wailing. The wailing turns into bloody-murder screaming.

Then I decide no to the baby idea.

It’s a cycle that starts every time I go somewhere in public and see young parents with their (at the time) well-controlled baby.

Many of my past classmates from high school got married young (I’m no one to judge; I did the same) but are now popping out babies. Maybe this has something to do with the religious high school we attended. I digress. But when I see the Instagram photos of their ethically sourced baby clothes and top-of-the-line strollers

and oh-so-cheerful birth announcements, I can’t help but wonder if that is what I will want too.

I know for sure that it’s definitely not something I want now or anytime soon, but maybe later in life.

Seve r a l months ago my pa r t ner and I left a family gat her i ng somewhat earlier than everyone else. My uncle made a comment as we were leaving about how my partner

and I needed to go early in order to work on producing grandchildren for my parents. There’s not much to do in the moment when you’re halfway out the door but to turn your head and act like he d i d n ’t s a y a n ything at all.

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Many r e l a tives were my age or younger when they were giving birth, and have not held back on reminding me of that. Recently my

mother told me that she does not need grandchildren anytime soon. Phew. But as you can see, children are an eventual assumption for someone who is married in my family.

As I enjoy my final semesters of university and consider taking my academic life further, how could a baby fit in there or even in a career that already takes up plenty of time? Hell, how could a baby fit into someone’s budget?

But then I think about my parents and my in-laws. What if they never receive grandchildren? I have siblings, but I don’t want to assume what their life choices may be. Would my parents feel a gaping hole in their hearts that only a grandchild or two could fill? While I am married, I don’t want to cause my parents any sadness by not giving them grandchildren; I feel that I almost carry a responsibility to them.

Of course I don’t have to decide anything now, but the more I think about the struggles of parenthood and the more the babies cry at the breweries, I think that maybe my partner and I will be fine without children and not give in to the pressures of family.

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OPINION

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

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Discipline or democracy?

What democratic schooling has to offer ALEISTER GWYNNE Last June, Windsor House, a school in North Vancouver, was permanently shut down. The main reason for the Windsor House’s closure was a major budget deficit primarily caused by the school not having a permanent location and having to rely on rented buildings, according to a CBC article from the time of closure. What set Windsor House apart was that it was a socalled democratic school.

Democratic schools diverge from conventional educational methods by allowing students to direct their own studies however they see fit, and teachers offer help and guidance but make no demands.

Instead of a series of classes with assignments to be completed, a democratic school allows students to learn whatever they are interested in without the pressures of mandatory minimums, deadlines, and standardized tests. Furthermore, students and teachers are treated as equals for the most part, and students have direct input on decisions that affect the school.

It sounds too good to be true. Given a completely free hand, one would think that students would slack off, flounder without direction, or develop serious gaps in their education that would hurt them down the line. This does not, however, seem to be the case. According to a recent CBC News article, Sophia-Joe Lunny, a former student of Windsor House, is currently studying at UBC. Far from hurting his prospects, Lunny has benefited by being accustomed to independent learning and being self-motivated, according to the article. UBC professor E. Wayne Ross is quoted as saying that students who completed Windsor House’s program were better critical thinkers and more able to advocate for themselves.

Teachers did give grades for the purposes of enabling students to be evaluated for post-secondary enrolment, but while at

school, grades were not emphasized, and were only revealed if they were specifically asked for.

However, I do not think that the environment at a democratic school is for everyone. I may be one of these people. I would not know what to do with myself if I were given total academic freedom. That being said, I suspect that in my case, and in those of many others, the problem is not

ing students to satisfy their own natural curiosity, whereas traditional education smothers it by associating learning with loss of freedom, and tedious busy-work.

More and more, I grow concerned about the effect conventional schooling is having on the minds of young people. Recent trends in public education are further stifling the ability and desire of students to learn on their own and to exercise their

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nature, but nurture.

I was a curious child once, and I still am at heart. Often the urge to find the answer to some question, or the desire to express my visions tugs at me. Sadly, in the world of conventional education, these independent motivations toward knowledge and achievement are not allies, but enemies.

Merely learning is not sufficient; we must learn what our teachers tell us to learn, and we must perform the necessary rituals to signal that we have done so. In time, learning comes to feel like a chore, even when it is self-directed. Democratic schools appear to nurture a love of learning by allow-

own creativity. What will it mean for the arts and sciences when the curiosity and inventiveness of the newer generations is stunted and associated with undesirable tedium? What will it mean for politics when the average person is conditioned to expect, and perhaps need, the guidance of strong authority at all times? I think we are now seeing the results, and they aren’t pretty.

It is a terrible shame that the Lower Mainland’s only democratic school has been shut down at a time when we need this type of education more than ever.

Lunny and others have not only survived

but thrived in the outside world. The world we live in is a chaotic one where adaptability, originality, and determination are what win the day. Even in the best of all possible worlds, the helping hands of our parents and teachers cannot always be there. I would go so far as to say that democratic schooling does a better job of preparing youths for the world than conventional schools do.

The parents who sent their children to Windsor House are petitioning the Vancouver School Board for a replacement.

I hope they are successful, but we ought to go farther than one school. Perhaps it would be possible to have a small democratic school within a regular school. My own high school, King George Secondary School in Vancouver, did just this with its own City School. Better yet, I think some principles of democratic learning should be implemented throughout the public school system. Foremost among these to make sure that learning rarely or never feels like a chore. This cannot be done by constantly telling them what to learn, and by extension what not to learn.

Someday, I hope I will again be able to pursue my passions with the energy and enthusiasm I once did long ago, and which those lucky few like Lunny always have.

As things currently stand, our society demands that everyone meet a certain set of arbitrary standards and demonstrate fulfilment of those standards in extremely specific ways. This does not suit everyone’s learning style, physical and mental abilities, or material resources, with the result that many people struggle unnecessarily or get left behind. What really matters is whether one can play to their strengths and have a positive and adaptable mindset in whatever situation one finds oneself. I hope in the future, instead of forcing students to fit the patterns and standards of education, education will adapt itself and work for the student instead.

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BRIEF BITS OF BITE-SIZED BREVITY

SN S AP HO TS

CURTAILED COMMENTARY ON CURRENT CONDITIONS

Illustrations by Mikaela Collins

To the first-years

UFV just added a volleyball net over the basketball court outside the SUB. Add that new piece of sports equipment plus copious amounts of first-year students looking to make lifelong friendships at this commuter campus, and bam, you’ve got commercial-worthy laughter in the sunshine.

All of this first-week merriment causes me to feel uneasy. I wish these naive first-years could see that after today or tomorrow they probably will never talk to those randoms again whom they played a

match of clumsy volleyball with. I want to let the first-years know that they can only try so hard in classes, but no matter what, they’re going to fail a quiz. I want to tell them that no matter how chic/minimalistlooking their planners are, they will still end up procrastinating on their final projects. And lastly, I want to let them know that they better play all the volleyball that they can now, because soon enough, the rain will come and never leave until June.

SUBpar food options

I have a confession to make: I’m a campus food virgin. I’m in my fourth year at UFV, and I have yet to order food on campus. It’s gonna take a lot more than a weekly special at Triple O’s to sway this chick from her hardearned cash. After all, I’m the kind of independent woman who brings her own snacks to movie theatres and who has an impressive arsenal of coupons. Truth be told, though, I’m ready to be wooed. How I long for a

food vendor on campus with more affordable food options. How I hunger for a sandwich that I can customize myself. How I yearn for the smell of footlong buns baking in the oven.

How I hope and pray for a survey at the bottom of my receipt that’ll give me a free cookie with its completion!

Oh, wait a second. I’m just craving Subway again. Whoops!

Chandy Dancey

Carissa Wiens

A rant against textbooks Hopeful Apocalypse

I’m gonna be totally honest here and say that I’m kind of waiting for the apocalypse to happen so I can stop worrying about what to do with my future. I won’t have to become anything because I’ll probably be backpacking across the country searching for fellow survivors (I’ve always wanted to travel to Northern Canada) and trying not to get eaten by whatever horrible beasts have invaded the earth. Sure, there’s a huge likelihood that I’ll be eaten alive,

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but hey, at least I won’t have to hand over my last hundred dollars every month to pay off my student loans (it’s cool though; I didn’t want to eat this month anyway) while I take more and more courses with less and less of an idea of what I actually want to do with my life. Anyways, I wouldn’t be overly devastated if the world happened to cave in on itself tomorrow.

Darien Johnsen

It’s the first week of a new semester, and my to-do list is the length of my arm: update my U-Pass, buy a parking pass, get an oil change, buy a new bike lock ‘cause my old one was stolen last semester, organize my binders for all five courses, get my schedule for my on-campus job, and the task I hate most of all — buy textbooks. With every class comes at least one textbook, if not two or three, and with nearly every new school year comes a new edition of that textbook, making reselling your used textbooks difficult, and finding the right questions you are assigned for homework impos-

sible. What’s even worse than buying textbooks that cost almost as much as the course’s tuition is buying the freaking access code to be able to take part in some online assignment that is required for no more than five per cent of your grade. I will never pick up one of my old textbooks, nor remember anything I read in one of them again. Their sole purpose is to be read, memorized, and regurgitated in an essay, midterm, or final exam, and then forgotten. Let’s just do away with bulky textbooks and their stupid access codes forever.

Andrea Sadowski

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Abbotsford is known for being the “City in the Country,” but what if we could bring the country into the city? Archway Urban Farm is doing just this by establishing a small farm plot in the centre of the downtown core. Funded partially by grants from local partners and partially by profits made from selling the food they grow at local farmers’ markets, the farm is hoping to impact people’s mentality towards food, ways of living, and well-being.

I had the pleasure of participating in a balcony farming workshop hosted by the urban farm in July, and took home my own little patio garden filled with jalapenos, baby tomatoes, chives, and parsley, which I’ve been munching on ever since. When I signed up for the workshop, I thought it would be a good chance to get my hands dirty, and I would walk away with a cute little plot of veggies to take care of, but I didn’t expect that my little garden would be such a delight to have around.

As I’m meal planning, I realize that I don’t have to run out to the store to buy onion or herbs; I have some right outside my window. Since my balcony garden brought me such joy, I was inspired to learn more about how our community could benefit from urban farming, so I sat down with the farm manager, Marina Gibson, on a sunny day in August.

The farm plot is the brainchild of Gibson, who has a degree in agriculture. In the spring of 2015, she became passionate about establishing an urban farm in Abbotsford after seeing a Facebook post about Sole Food Farms, an urban farming project based in Vancouver. After doing more research, she put together a proposal and started knocking on doors until she eventually connected with Archway Community Services. She introduced her idea and inquired about the possibility of obtaining some land to see it come to fruition.

“I’ve always felt that it was divine inspiration, because the timing was perfect. When I knocked on their door was about the time where they’d already been having some meetings saying we have this bare land, we’d love to do something green, we don’t have anyone to do that for us, and we don’t know what it would look like,” Gibson said when we sat at the picnic table on the farm.

Since then, the connection between them has remained strong, and the farm has been thriving for the past four years. Gibson works on the farm as a full-time volunteer, spending about 900 hours there each season to keep it up and running.

“It’s been an amazing partnership, in large part because what community service does and where my heart lies just intersect really well.”

She’s enthusiastic about the preservation of local food production and believes that connecting people to their food will help them realize the value of local farming.

“We’re surrounded by agricultural reserve land, so we have to preserve that land. We can’t give away our food security to other countries, but we’ve got such a population demand on space, it drives the prices [of the land] up. So, how do you justify holding all that land when you could build on it? The reality is we need to eat food; people need to see what it takes to grow food. People need to connect to the fact that fresh food tastes better, it’s healthier — there’s so many benefits to having local food.”

She’s concerned about the state of global food production and explained that there are a lot of things coming down the pipe that may threaten our food security. The compounding effects of climate change on food security include water shortages, soil erosion, the monopolization of production by corporate entities, genetic pollution, loss of biodiversity — the list goes on. Gibson said that while there is a need and a place for intensive agriculture and global production, it’s still important to foster a connection between people and their food.

“This isn’t going to feed the world, but it has a place and a purpose within the larger framework of feeding people.”

Gibson explained that the goal of the farm was to establish a learning space along with a social enterprise — a business that focuses on social well-being, while also being able to cover its own costs and hire staff members on a full-time basis. For that, they require a physical expansion so they can grow more produce to sell, because they can’t grow enough to support the full vision on their current plot of land. Gibson said that while the city is on board with the growth of urban agriculture, it’s just a matter of practicality for securing a larger space.

At its core, the initiative of the project is to help the city’s most vulnerable. Gibson explained that a men's addiction recovery house comes to the farm for a few hours every week. She said that the biggest impacts of the farm take place in one-on-one conversations with residents; they can benefit from a community garden, not just by consuming locally grown, healthy food, but because of the connection to a green space and to life. She believes the farm carries with it informal therapeutic benefits.

“Last year there was a fellow who stopped by the gate, and he just

kinda said he likes to look at the space. And we got into a discussion because his story was that his wife had died a few years back. He felt bereft in life and unanchored and also felt worthless because of having lost that relationship, and how much it knocked him back. So now he was street-entrenched.

Just connecting and speaking is part of that community outreach. So that’s what I mean when I say I want people to be able to connect to life: that they can look at the greenery; they can look at the lushness.”

We spoke about the recent changes happening in Abbotsford’s downtown core, and how urban farms may be able to help combat some of the negative effects gentrification could have on residents. The farm could not only act as a therapeutic space, but as a way to reclaim space that is being taken over by modernization initiatives.

“I think it’s just that greenness, in amongst the whitewash, in amongst the asphalt, all the concrete, busyness, harshness that you have day to day — [it’s important] that you have a place of softness or green. It’s not forest-bathing, but it’s still nature-bathing by just being here.”

It was clear that the farm was a place for community. As recent UFV graduate Lorenzo Bonetti and I sat down to discuss his experiences on the farm, a student there as part of the Canada Summer Jobs program puttered around. Bonetti graduated from UFV in 2018 with a sociology/anthropology degree, and became interested in urban farming after taking a workshop with Archway Community Services on urban food security and food sovereignty. He was hired onto the urban farm as an agricultural intern for the season, and has been loving it ever since.

“We’re surrounded by some of the most productive and luscious agricultural land in all of Canada, but there’s still people that live in the city that are removed from that — [from] things grown with a little bit more intention.”

He said they’re not asking the cities to take on urban farming initiatives themselves; rather, they could build a path for citizens and nonprofits to take charge and do things themselves, whether financially or in terms of land. Bonetti explained that agriculture is often focused outside the city centres, but that it runs in the veins of Abbotsford. The City of Abbotsford’s current community master plan, Plan for 200K, recently launched an online survey initiative that makes it easy for citizens to give feedback on projects.

“Abbotsford, I think, has taken a really positive step in some of that community planning, even in terms of community engagement.”

He said that the best thing for cities to do is support their

citizens in the process of reclaiming their passions — food production included.

area here. As a whole, we need to see who is being excluded from these conversations.”

“There are people passionate in the City of Abbotsford about so many different topics and initiatives, and that passion is really what drives community. So instead of the city going out of its way to do those things because it’s what the people want, find ways to support your citizens. Allow them to flourish and build those things.”

Bonetti talked about the Farmers’ Market Nutrition Coupon Program, a collaboration between Archway Community Services and the B.C. Association of Farmers' Markets. The coupons are given to community organizations, including Archway, who hand out vouchers for free to members in their different programs.

These coupons can be redeemed at farmers’ markets for fresh produce, at no cost to vendors. This helps to grow not only community connections, but also provides fresh, healthy produce for lower-income individuals, building up our local food security.

Bonetti echoed Gibson’s desire to acquire more land and expand into the city. Along with this, the garden is considering satellite plots run by volunteers, sometimes even plots as small as a patch of garden along sidewalks. By having local volunteers take responsibility for their own small plots of land, they are held accountable to each other and to the neighbourhood, which builds a sense of collectivity.

“Instead of all just flowers,” Bonetti said in reference to city gardens, “maybe some beautiful herbs and things like that in there as well; they’re so beautiful and fragrant. Things like chard is such a beautiful plant when it grows, so colourful and big. So there’s beautification aspects to that work that are in line with the city’s visions for some of its new neighbourhood plans.”

Increasing food literacy and growing the connection between people and their food is one of Bonetti’s passions when it comes to urban farming. Food literacy increases people's knowledge of not just the growth and preparation of healthy food, but also understanding the impact that food choices have on health, environment, and economy. Bonetti said that having big farm plots attracts attention when they’re placed in city centres; being central makes it easier for people to pick up vegetables or herbs while on their way home from work or school.

“You want to be where the people are: that’s how you take the first step towards engagement.”

Bonetti explained that in the past, farmers’ markets have been places where people can come pick up cheap produce directly from farmers, but modern farmers’ markets tend to be more expensive, as people pay a premium for local goods. Archway Urban Farm is working towards combating that to make urban farming more inclusive.

“We’re hoping to work more closely with the low-income or the homeless community in the

Midway through our conversation, a volunteer community member who was picking up trash came into the garden and approached Bonnetti and I to chat about recent events regarding social politics Abbotsford.

“See, something like that,” he said after the man left. “We love having the doors open. We’ve got people from all walks of life coming in and having conversations.”

Bonetti said that the farm can contribute positively to the development of Abbotsford by building micro-scale connections through one-on-one outreach. They currently work with elementary schools, addiction recovery centres, and just passersby who are curious about the farm, or find that it brings them happiness to see a green space in the city.

“We want to use the farm to influence positive change in people’s lives — people from all walks of life,” Bonetti said. “We’re trying to facilitate some of those therapeutic aspects of gardening. It’s very rewarding to see these immediate impacts. Growing food and having a garden, having that green space, is just one way to build community, even if it’s just one person at a time, we’re so happy with that.”

If you want to help support Archway Urban Farm, you can visit them at the Abbotsford Farm and Country Market at Jubilee Park on Saturdays from 9 a.m. - 1 p.m., or during their farm gate sales from Tuesday to Friday from 9:30 a.m. - 4 p.m. on Montvue Avenue, across from the Old Court House.

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CULTURE

VOL. 27 // ISSUE 17

culture@ufvcascade.ca Andrea Sadowski — Culture Editor

Community Event //

Second year of the Chilliwack Sunflower Festival All your Instagram dreams come true!

KAREN WHITE It is the second year of the Chilliwack Sunflower Festival and people from all over the Lower Mainland, and even the U.S., are coming to see the 20 acres of beautiful flowers. The owner of the festival, Kate Onos-Gilbert, is excited to share her fields of flowers with the community.

Along with the 35 different types of sunflowers, there are three acres with over 54 different varieties of dahlias. Adding these dahlias to the festival gives it that splash of colour that we are all used to seeing at the tulip festival.

“We are a tulip grower, so we have had tulip festivals for 13 years and last year we decided to try at sunflowers. We have been here three years in Chilliwack and before that we were in Agassiz,” Onos-Gilbert said.

Onos-Gilbert is the owner of the Chilliwack Tulip Festival, which is unaffiliated with the Abbotsford Tulip Festival; they are

a different grower and a newer festival. This was Onos-Gilbert’s second year of running the Sunflower festival.

“The dahlias are brand new this year. They are a really fun flower that just add a lot more colour for your bang,” Onos-Gilbert said.

There are several different photo opportunities throughout the fields with props that people can use to get that Instagram photo everyone craves. There are even high bridges built so people can take photos over the tops of the tall sunflowers.

The festival was made up of mostly couples and families coming to get flowers and photos together. When you enter the gates, you get a stamp which allows you to come and go throughout the day.

“Our numbers are good and steady. It’s been nice, people love it, and they are coming from all over. Lots from the States the past few days, so that’s been interesting,” Onos-Gilbert said.

There are many things to do

at the festival including a u-pick field, a variety of food trucks, lawn games, the Chilliwack Rotary Train, and a covered picnic area for some shade to enjoy food and drinks.

“We added a few more games because we have a lot of lawn. The kids at heart love the games... We have u-pick available throughout the whole festival, and new this coming two weeks will be our giant pumpkins, which we are going to celebrate. You can see a couple of them on your walk, but we’re gonna look for them amongst the weeds this coming week so that people can explore them in the next two weeks. We are hoping for at least over a thousand [pumpkins], but we are not sure what’s in there yet,” Onos-Gilbert said.

The Chilliwack Sunflower Festival is still going until Sept. 15, so if you haven’t got your sunflower fix yet there’s still some time to go. There is tons of free parking.

You can buy tickets in person or online, which is slightly cheaper.

Chilliwack Sunflower Festival. Sept. 2, 2019. (Karen White/The Cascade)

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CULTURE

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

UFV //

Column //

First annual Pride Cascade Kitchen: Conference held at UFV PB Energy Balls Progress: Celebrating our History, Envisioning our Future NADIA TUDHOPE UFV hosted its first-ever Pride Conference this weekend, with keynote speaker Jack Saddleback. Emphasis was placed on this event being billed as the first annual conference, especially by President Joanne MacLean, citing the importance not only of building and engaging, but doing so on a regular basis.

“I’m very pleased that we have tonight, but also tomorrow to continue this conversation,” MacLean said in her speech on Friday evening.

Keynote speaker Jack Saddle-

Saddleback’s speech emphasized the colonization of Indigenous cultures, and the way larger institutions have enforced heteronormativity and cisgender normativity onto Indigenous cultures. He taught his audience Cree terms of gender identity: Iskwew (woman), Iskwehikan (trans woman, or a trans feminine identity), Ayahkwēw (nonbinary or genderfluid), Napêhikân (trans man or trans masculine identity), and Napew (man). Saddleback stated that the “in-between” people, the three identities in the middle, have been “attacked by colonization.”

UFV 2019 Pride Conference. Sept. 7, 2019. (Nadia Tudhope/The Cascade)

back captivated his audience with humour, heart, and the sharing of deeply personal experiences growing up as a queer person in Alberta. Saddleback is a Cree, two-spirit, transgender gay man. In his kickoff speech on Friday, Saddleback highlighted how Cree values were ingrained in his upbringing.

“I was allowed to be the young genderqueer kid that I was,” Saddleback said. This follows the Cree teaching that “If the child is happy, the community is happy.” However, as he grew older, his family started encouraging him to dress more feminine, because he would be going out alone into the colonized world, and he could not figure out why he was having to feel this “odd sense of self.”

Saddleback held his audience captive as he shared experiences of growing up as a genderqueer child forced into a binary, into the sex he was assigned at birth, and of his suicide attempt as a youth.

On Saturday, Sept. 7, the conference continued, beginning with another speech by Saddleback in Evered Hall on reconciliation, decolonization, and the queer community. The conference ran eight more sessions after this in four time blocks so that in each time period participants chose which of two seminars they wanted to attend, and included a 90-minute lunch break to participate in Pride on the Green.

Pride on the Green included a number of resources for youth and LGBTQ+ individuals, such as Foundry, an initiative building a province-wide network of health and wellness resources, services, and supports, and the Mpowerment Project, an HIV prevention program tailored to young gay and bisexual men. Trinity Memorial United Church also attended to demonstrate their support for LGBTQ+ individuals and their inclusive vision for the church. Trinity Memorial is a participant in Af-

firm United, an organization of members of the United Church of Canada who help ministries become safer sacred spaces and foster support and community for people of all sexual orienta-

“I’m very pleased that we have tonight, but also tomorrow to continue this conversation.” tions and gender identities. As well, Pride on the Green advertised UFV’s own LGBTQ+ spaces: the Pride Collective and Equality-Diversity-Inclusivity Centre.

The sessions of the conference itself comprised of the following: LGBTQ+ Literature and Censorship in the Fraser Valley; Intersectionality and Barriers to Reporting — A Discussion; You may want to date a Transwoman; Changing Attitudes towards Bisexual Individuals in Abbotsford; Mpowerment: Queer and Trans Youth organizing on Sexual Health; Advocacy & Conflict: Harnessing both for Change; Creating Dependable Allies; and Queer and Christian? No Problem.

The Pride Conference is representative of how far the university has come in the past few years. Kyle Baillie, director of Student Life and Development, spoke about the inception of UFV’s rainbow crosswalk. When it was first proposed in 2016, Charlie Steele, former president of the Pride Collective, told him that the university did not deserve a rainbow crosswalk. Ballie stated that the Pride Collective made a list of changes UFV would need to make in order to deserve that crosswalk, and after becoming the first university to have a nonbinary gender option in school paperwork, and one of the first to have a “no questions asked” name change policy — which includes all university documentation and happens in less than 24 hours — Steele gave the go-ahead to paint the rainbow crosswalk. Of the 12-item list, eight have now completed.

“This work is never gonna be done. I recognize that. We have to keep working, to keep fighting,” Baillie said.

PB energy balls. Sept. 7, 2019. (Chandy Dancey)

CHANDY DANCEY The Cascade Kitchen is a student-run food column that brings you budget-friendly recipes and cooking tips. Check back bi-weekly for something new to try in the kitchen, or if you want to see your own recipe featured next, get started by reaching out to culture@ufvcascade.ca.

It’s easy to skip breakfast when you’re busy commuting to school, waking up late, or are just not hungry in the morning. Peanut butter energy balls can be a great way to sneak in some protein to get you through the day, or give you an energy boost whenever you may need it. The peanut butter/oat/honey base is extremely versatile for changing the recipe to suit your tastes; you might enjoy adding protein powder, dried fruit, or even seeds.

Ready in: 10 minutes.

Makes 12 balls Ingredients: 236 ml (1 cup) peanut butter 59 ml (1/4 cup) honey or brown rice syrup 10 ml (2 tsps) vanilla extract 355 g (1½ cups) rolled oats 118 g (1/2 cup) shredded coconut 79 g (1/3 cup) chocolate chips Pinch of salt Tip: You may want to add less sweetener if your shredded coconut and peanut butter are sweetened already.

Instructions Mix the peanut butter with the honey in a medium-sized bowl.

Add the rest of the ingredients and combine.

Scoop up about a tablespoonful of the mix and roll it into a ball.

Let the balls sit in the fridge to harden for half an hour or serve immediately. Enjoy!

This recipe is from the lovely Texanerin Baking blog.

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SPORTS

sports@ufvcascade.ca Alex Jesus — Sports Editor

VOL. 27 // ISSUE 17

Interview //

Men’s soccer head coach Tom Lowndes speaks on the Cascades’ 2019 season ALEX JESUS UFV has had its share of success across its athletic programs, but one that rarely disappoints is its soccer squads, who routinely make the playoffs and compete with the best in the Canada West conference. The players on the men’s team are a big part of that, but it took work to get there, and the grind of introducing new players continues to be far from effortless.

Tom Lowndes, the program’s head coach, has been there for the ups and downs. The optimism regarding this season is a rollover from the positive results of last year, which saw the team move on from a tough campaign the year prior.

“I think we were happy. I thought we had a good year,” said Lowndes regarding last year’s season. “A lot of people wrote us off at the start of the year because we had a poor year the year before, and that was the first time in my time here that we haven’t made the playoffs.”

The Cascades were able to turn that around in 2018, which of course was motivating for the coach and the program.

“It was nice to prove a few people wrong and have a good run and get to the final four.”

The takeaway from last season for Lowndes was not so much a tactical adjustment, but rather a structural improvement that saw them develop as a group.

“I think it was just our overall culture and our overall belief in the group and the program that, you know, it doesn’t matter what other people think. All that matters is what we be-

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lieve and what we know we can do.”

The Cascades’ success is connected to their ability to recruit talent to the soccer program, with 2019 being no different. So far, things are looking good according to Lowndes. There are 12 new recruits, and with some of the new players matching the skill level of the current Cascades, the coach has high hopes for their current season.

Not only is the class good as a whole, but some will start getting minutes right away for UFV this year, signifying a very successful group.

“I think when our team’s relaxed, you have to have a culture where they want to come every day and they want to come to practice; they want to work hard.”

“There will be two or three that will compete right away, and two or three of them have played minutes straight away. There will be some others that are on the fringe and some others that we know will be players by year two, year three.”

It’s not easy for players to make the jump into Canada West with success right away, due to the increase in difficulty from youth to U SPORTS soccer.

“You know, I don’t think we do a good enough job of preparing youth players to come from U18 soccer to university. It’s a big step up.”

Switching gears to this season, coach Lowndes is optimistic despite a rocky

start to the season with the Cascades sitting on a score of 1-2-1.

“That opening weekend I don’t think we deserved to lose both games.

I thought we were unlucky, actually, but going on the road this past weekend was tough ... think we executed our game plans well; we stuck together.”

“I thought we did [stick together] and, in the end, some quality moments showed through, and we were able to get the win and hopefully take that one into a four-game homestand.”

As a coach, there is no doubt that Lowndes, much like the team, has learned and grown over his five years as head coach at UFV. He’s constantly working to improve and learn.

“I think for me now going into year five as head coach and then year seven total, it’s just ‘Can we continue to get better? Can I get better every day? Can we push the players to get better every day?’”

Lowndes also commented on his own personal growth since he’s been at UFV. “For me, I was very intense and very gung-ho year one and year two because I was so eager to prove to myself, prove to people that I could do this, and I think I’ve mellowed that a little bit. Maybe not as much as I should,” he said with a laugh. “I think when our team’s relaxed, you have to have a culture where they want to come every day and they want to come to practice; they want to work hard.”

A big factor for Lowndes is the work he sees his players put in, which makes sense for a coach determined to get the best out of his squad.

“That’s the biggest thing for me. If I see my players out there working their

UFV Cascades Sports Scores Sept. 6– Sept. 7, 2019

Men’s Soccer Game/Date: UFV Versus UBCO Friday, Sept. 6 Result: Tie (1-1) Game/Date: UFV Versus TRU Saturday, Sept. 7 Result: Tie (1-1)

Women’s Soccer Game/Date: UFV Versus UVic Friday, Sept.

6 Result: Loss (0-1) Game/Date: UFV Versus UBC Saturday, Sept. 7 Result: Tie (1-1)

socks off and working hard, battling for each other, there’s no better compliment as a coach because that means that they’ve fully bought in and they believe in what you’re trying to do.

That would be the big thing for me.”

Come see the Cascades in action this upcoming weekend at home when they take on Calgary on Friday at 8:00 p.m., then versus Mount Royal on Sunday at 1:00 p.m.

SPORTS

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

Men’s Soccer//

Back-to-back ties at home for UFV men’s soccer NIC JACKSON After a three-game road trip, the UFV men’s soccer team returned home this weekend for back-to-back games at the Matsqui Recreation Centre. Although prior to this weekend the Cascades sat at a record of 1-2-1, this weekend marked the first time the Cascades would play at home since their first win of the season.

The Cascades hosted the University of British Columbia Okanagan (UBCO) Heat for the first of the two games. Heading into the weekend, the Heat held a record of 3-1. For most of the first half of regulation, the score remained tied, with neither team able to find the back of the net. However, after 30 minutes of play, UBCO’s Sam McDonald received a pass from teammate Luke Warkentin, setting McDonald up for a quick dish into the net.

As the clock continued inching closer to the end of regulation, the game stood at 1-0 for the Heat. Finally, after 71 minutes of play, Gurmaan Jhaj was able to place himself in front of the net with the ball, close enough that he decided to shoot. Jhaj’s shot was blocked by a Heat player, but lucky enough for the Cascades, the ball hopped over to Sahib Sidhu. With the Heat goaltender still on the ground, Sidhu chipped the ball into the top corner of the net. Not only did this goal tie up the game, Sidhu’s goal marked the first time the second-year had scored wearing the Cascades uniform. Although both teams were hungry to take the lead, the game would conclude at 1-1.

After the Cascades’ tie against UBCO, the men’s soccer team had less than 24 hours until they hosted the Thompson River University (TRU) Wolfpack. In the second game of the weekend for the Cascades, the scoring started early. After only eight minutes of play, TRU’s Josh Banton took the ball away from the Cascades and found the back of the net. The Cascades had difficulty answering the plays from TRU for the rest of the game, but would not leave goalless.

Fortunately for the Cascades, there was extra time added on to the end of regulation due to injuries throughout the first 90 minutes of play, which first-year Mikael Mainella took advantage of. After a long throw into play caused a scramble in front of the TRU’s goalie, Jackson Gardner, Mainella worked his way forward until he was tight to the net. One quick pass from Jhaj allowed Mainella to tuck the ball past the Wolfpack’s goalkeeper.

With little time left after the Cascade goal, the game concluded with a score of 1-1. Despite coming out of the weekend without a win, the Cascades can rest knowing they battled back from a deficit twice over the weekend to clinch two points in the standings. After the weekend the Cascades sit in fifth place in the Canada West Pacific standings.

The Cascades still have two games at home before hitting the road again. Their next games are against Calgary Dinos on Sept. 13, and the Mount Royal Cougars on Sept. 15. These games will be held at MRC Sports Complex in Abbotsford.

Sahib Sidhu. Sept. 7th, 2019. (UFV Athletics)

Women’s Soccer //

First weekend for women’s soccer starts them 0-1-1 on the season After a successful pre-season, the Cascades head out on the road to face the Vikes and the Thunderbirds NIC JACKSON

Andrea Perkovic. Abbotsford, BC. August 29, 2019. (UFV Athletics)

After going 4-3 in the pre-season against National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) opponents, the Cascades were looking to bring their momentum with them into the regular season. Starting on the road, the Cascades opened the weekend in Victoria against the University of Victoria (UVic) Vikes on Friday, and in Vancouver against the University of British Columbia (UBC) Thunderbirds on Saturday.

On Friday, Sept. 6, the Cascades ventured to Vancouver Island to start their regular season against Victoria. UVIC and UFV stood locked at 0-0 after the first half, with the Vikes having only one more shot than the Cascades. Unfortunately for the Cascades, the tie would not stand the entire duration of the game. At just over 71 minutes of play, the Vikes’ Nikki Virk was able to find the back of the net with a 20-yard shot.

While shots were tied throughout the game, the difference was the shots that hit the net. With both teams capping out at 10 shots, the Cascades were only able to make six shots, opposed to the Vikes’ nine. Virk’s late-game goal resulted in the Cascades starting their season off 0-1.

Continuing the weekend, the Cascades made their way back to the mainland to face off against the UBC Thunderbirds. This was the first time the teams had met in the regu-

lar season since last October, where the Cascades and Thunderbirds tied with two goals each.

For most of the first half of regulation, the score was locked with neither team able to capitalize on their opportunities. After 38 minutes however, Bryana Buttar stopped the Thunderbirds from advancing up the field by intercepting a UBC pass. With possession 22 yards out from the net, Buttar lobbed the ball over the Thunderbirds goaltender, marking the first goal of regular season for the Cascades and for Buttar.

The Cascades were able to hold this 1-0 lead for the majority of the game. Unfortunately for the Cascades, as the contest came closer to concluding, the Thunderbirds remained on the attack. Throughout the second half of play, UBC took eight shots, doubling the Cascades’. As the game was only minutes from concluding, the Thunderbirds were able to capitalize from their late-game pressure, bringing the score to 1-1. With less than three minutes left of play, neither team was able to find one more goal.

At the end of the Cascades’ first weekend, their record stands at 0-1-1. After a six-day break, the Cascades will continue their season at home against the Manitoba Bisons on Sept. 13, and the Winnipeg Wesmen on Sept.

14. Both games will be held at Matsqui Recreation Centre.

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STUDY BREAK Crossword //

VOL. 27 // ISSUE 17

Made by Andrea Sadowski DOWN

ACROSS

1: An individual, group, or company that controls all of the market for a particular good or service.

3: Satisfactory but not exceptionally or especially good.

2: A point in a road in which two or more cars come together.

4: The study of human societies and cultures and their development.

6: A close-fitting elastic cap worn while swimming to keep the hair dry.

7: When someone is feeling tense, nervous, or irritable.

8: What someone says to you when they want you to leave.

LAST ISSUE’S

ANSWERS: Across: 1: varnish 6: scarlet 7: rose 8: east 9: skeleton 12: frog 13: ducks 15: evil 16: seal

Down: 2: nurse 3: hydrogen 4: stunt 5: Greek 9: safari 10: luge 11: oodles 14: keel

5: An extremely strong reaction of anger.

6: A male friend.

9: Doesn’t smell like anything.

10: You have five of these on each foot.

11: A sash worn with a kimono.

12: Experiencing a sudden, overwhelming fear that causes you to act irrationally.

13: One of life’s greatest pleasures; what you do with food.

14: Deficient or inadequate.

15: A small water buffalo, native to Sulawesi.

Cascade Calamities

Illustration by Elyssa English

Horoscopes //

Your weekly life predictions as told by Ang the Great Leo — Jul 23 to Aug 22 You know that one class on your schedule this semester that you are already dreading?

Stop worrying about it so much. Turn all of that negative energy over this one class into a fabulous, positive vibe; be the brightest of all shining stars in that room and ace it!

Sagittarius — Nov 22 to Dec 21 The number one way you will beat the stress of the start of a new semester is to practice gratitude. Focus on the little things each day that bring you joy, make you smile, and fill your heart with rainbows. Write them down so you can look back later when you’re feeling grumpy.

Virgo —Aug 23 to Sep 22 There is very little time left before the days start getting shorter and colder, therefore be intentional about spending all the time you can outside while you still can! You will thrive this week by soaking up the sun’s rays and being one with nature.

Capricorn — Dec 22 to Jan 19 You know that great, big, huge, adventurous goal that has always been at the back of your mind, yet you haven’t had the time, finances, or courage to pursue it? This is your moment!

Realign your life to achieve your loftiest goal this week; it will be so worth it!

Gemini — May 21 to Jun 20 Focus on slowing down this semester. You may feel like you have a lot of balls up in the air right now and a few of them are bound to drop. Don’t be afraid to ask for help. Maybe ask an Aries!

Libra — Sep 23 to Oct 22 It’s time for you to take a fun course for once.

You’ve been grinding hard for who knows how long; it’s time for you to take whatever course that actually brings you joy. Whether that be painting, mindfulness, creative writing, or microeconomics — whatever floats your boat.

Aquarius — Jan 20 to Feb 18 Your word of the week is “family.” Go hang out with your mom. Call your grandma. Chill with your brother. Go for ice cream with your niece. Spill some tea with your cousin. Focus on spending quality time with those in your bloodline.

Cancer —Jun 21 to Jul 22 Tell people what you want this week. How are you supposed to acquire all of your heart’s desires if you are too afraid to ask? Ask and you shall receive!

Scorpio — Oct 23 to Nov 21 Just a heads-up: people are going to drive you CRAZY this week, but keep your cool.

Choose your words carefully. Nothing is worse than saying something a little too passionate in the heat of the moment only to regret it later. Have some patience.

Pisces — Feb 19 to Mar 20 It’s time to expand your taste in music. With a full moon in your sign right now, you should really try broadening your horizons. Try listening to playlists you’ve never considered before, or take your weirdest friend’s recommendation, and let it grow on you!

Aries — Mar 21 to Apr 19 You are bold. You are strong. You are fierce.

There is probably someone somewhere on campus needing your help. Whether it be to start a club, volunteer with an organization, or help your struggling friend pull up their GPA this semester, look for these opportunities and go for it! You got this!

Taurus — Apr 20 to May 20 You need a coffee. Make it a triple-shot — no foam latte with caramel drizzle. You deserve it.

Why not have a brownie with that coffee while you’re at it? Treat yo’self this week!

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arts@ufvcascade.ca Chandy Dancey — Arts Editor

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

ARTS

YouTube //

Diving deep into the microcosmos

CHANDY DANCEY Journey to the Microcosmos (JTTM) launches viewers into the world of microscopic life hosted by Hank Green with stunning, aquatic footage from James Weiss, a microbiologist and self-confessed pond scum enthusiast. The show features unique cultures from his own collection as well as samples collected from soils, ponds, puddles, and seas.

JTTM is the latest YouTube channel produced by the Green brothers’ production company, Complexly Media. Complexly Media has also produced SciShow and CrashCourse, both being wildly popular YouTube channels that offer bite-sized scientific and educational material to the digital masses. By adding a third sciencebased channel to the mix, it’s natural to think that Complexly Media might be tiring out their niche, but JTTM keeps it fresh by veering in a new direction: the microcosmos.

While one video might feature a simple algae colony harvested from commercial blueberries, JTTM also excites view-

ers with the promise of exploring what thrives on extracts from an untouched forest in Europe and from the permafrost of Siberia.

Each episode focuses on a microscopic species or a broad question such as “How do tiny things move?” or “What’s up with tardigrades?” JTTM works hard to make its content digestible and fun for anyone to watch by not being overly concerned with the exact science of everything. In a discipline that thrives on precise wording, this is refreshing. The script doesn’t shy away from getting philosophical or poetic either. Organisms, for instance, are endearingly described in one episode as “little balls of chemicals working to get what they need … they are each a little soup that wants.”

The voice-overs do assume that the viewer has a working knowledge of basic cell structures — as I’m sure we all remember, the mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell. However, anything beyond a cell’s organelles is explained in just enough detail to not confuse those not science-inclined. In fact, the information it offers is remarkably close to what’s covered in first

year university biology. What’s a prokaryote or eukaryote anyways? How did cells originally develop a mitochondria or chloroplast? Furthermore, a large number of species featured in the show, like diatoms, amoebas, and cyanobacteria, are studied extensively in first-year biology labs.

For the average viewer, having access to expensive microscopes or microbiology textbooks might not be feasible. JTTM does a great job of bridging those gaps to make science more accessible to any demographic in an easy-to-follow and visually appealing package.

The channel is not just educational but also hypnotically relaxing; any episode could easily be ASMR-evoking (ASMR being a relaxed, tingly sensation in the scalp/neck) with its slow-panning camera, Green’s monotone narration, and the calming electronic music. The music of JTTM really “cells” the series as a whole, pun intended, and the genius behind it is Andrew Huang — a Canadian musician who’s been making content for the internet since 2009. The background noise of each episode consists of echoing notes, evoking the image of floating gently through

an intergalactic ocean, your ears picking up on alien frequencies. The visuals are also surprisingly soothing. The organisms studied look like tiny extraterrestrials, shaded a non-threatening blue, green, red, or translucent shade. There are no deadlines, interpersonal problems, or job interviews for these little fellas; there’s just the job ahead of trying to make it in an aquatic landscape. It’s easy to get lost in their simple lifestyles when ours as students are so often filled with stress and due dates.

Although JTTM uses cell structure vocabulary offhandedly, it’s still an amazingly accessible production that showcases the beauty of microscopic life. Each episode encapsulates the wonders of microbiology without any of the math associated with the sciences; it helps show that science can be enjoyed by all. While I wouldn’t recommend JTTM to any germaphobes out there, those with a curiosity for the world around them or a passion for relaxing, educational material will love this show featuring little creatures in a big world.

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VOL. 27 // ISSUE 17

Album //

CHARTS

AARON LEVY

1 Becky Ninkovic

TOWN CRIER

Woe

2 Mr. Merlot

City Sex Vol. 2

3 Jom Comyn Crawl

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Ada Lea what we say in private

Witko 5 Kristin Zone Of Exclusion Gronberg 6 Lia The Shady Pines EP

7 Gal Gracen 8

Arcadia (single)

Snackland Anyway, Wizard Time

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Necking Cut Your Teeth

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Q&A with David Ivan Neil on his new album What is Love

CIVL Station Manager Aaron Levy watched Valley locals Blessed rock Vancouver as direct support for Australia's Tropical Fuck Storm last week, and this shuffle tributes four of the Oz quartet and their formative Drones' more notable releases.

Tropical Fuck Storm “You Let My Tyres Down” This song was performed at an elevated pace, providing an excellent danceable feel for this epic guitar slasher that sounds more like an Aussie murder ballad than a love song, despite its devotional take on growing up in a small suburban town around families that you may have qualms with.

The Drones - “Jezebel”

When you can't stop the need to connect. When your love is Mauno overwhelmed by the reasons Really Well love is difficult. When you can't escape the driving desire Nick Moss Band feat. to connect and absorb yourDennis Gruenling self in another's light, regardLucky Guy! less of the overarching reasons not to, this song gets to the Jacko heart of why.

Die Young

The Drones - “To Think That I Once Loved You”

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Fiuran Faoinsgeulan

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Lina Tullgren Free Cell

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Skinny Local Androids of India

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Purple Mountains Purple Mountains)

Auricle 17 The Dopamine Junkie Gizzard 18 King Lizard Wizard

& The

19 Walter Trout Survivor Blues

20 Steve Strongman Tired Of Talkin’

Singer Gareth Liddiard (no relation to UFV Cascades soccer star and recent Cascade Zinepublished short story author, Ryan) performs this sad and nearly sickening ballad of being sickened by the feelings you've shared and exposed to someone who ultimately couldn't care too much more than not at all, anyway.

The Drones - “Shark Fin Blues”

Infest The Rats' Nest

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SHUFFLE

Not your AM radio kind of love songs

The “double A-side" from the sophomore 2005 release by the Australian juggernauts of rock, roll, and songwriting, whose guitar meanderings almost foreshadow the slicing, jagged interruptions of “You Let My Tyres Down,” the record is titled Wait Long By the River and the Bodies of Your Enemies Will Float By.Hey EI, the AR's an option for any asshole wanna talk and pop shit.”

David Ivan Neil. June 1, 2019. (Raunie Mae Baker)

love songs, but not your typical AM radio love songs, as Neil puts it, but rather love songs I recently got to talk to local about “the idea of love, how you musician David Ivan Neil, who feel doing something you love, released his first “semi-pro” alor dealing with people who love bum entitled What is Love. This you and trying to understand alternative folk musician takes different forms of love.” a playful, easy-going approach when writing his music, with lyrics about people living in Walmart parking lots, the strug- "It was just us drinking beers gles of using Tinder, and of his own journey as an indie-folk and recording ourselves; my artist here in the Fraser Valley. friend would play guitar and I David described his new album as an evolution from lo- would write the lyrics and sing. fi records of a guy recording Ever since then I’ve just really himself on a cassette tape to a enjoyed creating music." mid-fi, semi-professional album. With the help of another local musician, Simon Bridgefoot, Neil was able to create a Although Neil confesses that polished, easily accessible alhe may not know what key evbum available for purchase as a ery song is in, he has been writdigital album, cassette tape, or ing and playing music for about vinyl record. Neil describes it as 18 years, so he had a wealth of “the same kind of song-writing, songs to draw from when cresame kind of mentality, just ating this album. A passion for cleaned up a little bit.” making music was sparked in What is Love is comprised of his early 20s, when he and his

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friends formed a band.

“It was just us drinking beers and recording ourselves; my friend would play guitar and I would write the lyrics and sing.

Ever since then I’ve just really enjoyed creating music.”

Neil’s songwriting process involves writing lyrics, picking up a guitar, and just starting to strum until he finds a tune that goes along with the words.

“Come To Bed” is a song on the album that Neil wrote in half an hour by playing around on a two-stringed guitar, riffing out the lyrics as he went.

My personal favourite song on the album, “The Great Explorer,” has a slow, melodic guitar and soft harmonica playing behind beautiful lyrics of the exploration of love: “I’m a great explorer / I discovered my heart / It was lost in the dimples of your face / That appear when you smile my way.”

Neil describes his favourite song on the album, “Free,” as “a CONTINUED ON PAGE 19

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Live action adaptation lets down childhood nostalgia

REMINGTON FIORASO The Lion King is the third Disney live-action adaptation of 2019 that takes a beloved classic from childhood and turns it into a cash grab playing on nostalgia. While the movie offers impressive visuals, the changes are not always positive.

Rather than simply reanimating the film, the producers focus on incorporating realism in the remake of The Lion King. It was impressive to watch scenes from the original be recreated on the African plains, yet the visualizations are not done well when it comes to the characters.

There is a lack of expression from the animals. I believe that young Simba suffers the most from having no emotions like playfulness, sadness, or fear being conveyed to audiences.

The vocals of the movie also did not help in making the film feel true to the original. The film seemed as though it was simply trying to throw as many celebrity names into the casting as possible to entice fans to watch the movie. While it was hilarious to hear John Oliver from Last Week Tonight as Zazu delivering the daily news and commentary between Scar and the other characters, other actors like Seth Rogan (as Pumbaa) and Beyoncé (as adult Nala) are unable to capture the

same emotions as the voice actors in the original.

The remake seemed to offer very little improvement over the original animated movie. 2019’s The Lion King was close to a scene-by-scene retelling of the original with some scenes removed, shortened, or expanded upon. For example, Mufasa’s death is slightly modified from the original. There is a recreation of the stampede scene where Mufasa saves Simba. As a change from the original, the canyon is harder to climb and Scar hits the face of Mufasa when trying to “save him.”

One of the most memorable scenes to me from the original was Simba seeing the ghost of Mufasa in the sky. In the original, it was powerful to see Mufasa’s figure in the sky speaking to Simba, but in the remake, clouds emerge and Mufasa speaks to Simba without being seen. I understand that the film was trying to take on a more “realistic” approach, but it lacks the magic and reduces the thought-provoking connotations attached to the original, including growing up, loss, betrayal, and belonging.

Unlike the classic lyrics, “Hakuna Matata / Ain't no passing craze,” I hope that the live-action adaptations for Disney films are just a passing craze. The Lion King remake does not have the same charm as the original. The reason why the recent

Dumbo remake worked was because the film was changed to focus on the relationships between new human characters rather than a scene-by-scene recreation. While the recent Lion King is basically a cash grab, the film has

been profitable, thus enticing the company to produce more remakes. If you have an interest in seeing the film, I recommend waiting for a streamable copy or simply rewatching the original animated film.

Not your AM radio kind of love songs CONTINUED FROM PAGE 18 song about love, but about my love of making music and my love of going to shows and seeing other bands … about buying shirts from guys and giving them your CD. Just coming to terms with your own abilities, your own range, and just doing your own thing.”

See Neil perform at Carport Manor on Sept.

13 with Alex Rake and the Leaves, and consider buying a digital copy, investing in a vinyl record, or busting out your old cassette player to listen to his new album!

Neil would like to thank Simon Bridgefoot, the producer of the album / all-around sweet guy, along with Kristin Witko, Alex Rake, Drew

Riekman, Jason Sylvester, Philip Dyck, and his wife Marla Sawatzky who all contributed instrumentally to the album. Also to be included are his video people: Casey Kowalchuk, Mitch Huttema, Miranda Huttema, James Frost, and his label Tim Clapp and the Kingfisher Bluez.

Neil encourages listeners of his album who are interested in hearing more about local talent from the Fraser Valley to check out Common Room Music, where you can find all the details for upcoming shows at venues such as Carport Manor, Vicinity Lounge, and Tractorgrease Cafe. They also hold songwriters’ nights and retreats to create a community of local artists.

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