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Pride makes headway, still more to do TRU Student Confessions teaches lesson in civil discourse Anonymous campus confessions raise questions about online community building Jessica Klymchuk Ω News Editor Students were invited to admit their dirtiest, filthiest secrets online and they didn’t hold back. The eruption of turmoil in response to the behavior of students online hit last week, but the controversy had been building for months.

Campus confession pages attract thousands of students. TRU’s Student Confessions page was relatively small with its 2,000 likes in comparison to the University of British Columbia’s, which has over 13,000, and the University of Alberta’s, which has over 9,000. Chasing the pages has university officials playing whack-a-mole, but there’s no doubt that the digital bathroom stall walls are a popular outlet for students.

“We talk about ways to engage students through social media, and boy we sure had students engaged through social media,” said TRU dean of students Christine Adam.

For some students, it becomes a place to identify with others and share common experiences, something of a community. But Adam said TRU Student Confessions is less of

a community and more of a group of people going “wink wink, nudge nudge.”

The popularity of confession pages on college campuses can’t be ignored, said digital strategist Josie Ahlquist. The doctoral student studying leadership in higher education at California Lutheran University said the essence of these pages is the idea that the page is set up by the community, for the community.

But when they incorporate anonymity, instead of celebrating the community it will lead to negative and hurtful outcomes.

“Open forums are a great resource for online community building, engagement and dialogue, but confession pages are none of these things,” Ahlquist said via email.

TRU Student Confessions was an anonymously administered Facebook page that invited students to submit confessions that were then anonymously posted. The page garnered over 2,000 likes before being removed on March 26. The content of the page recently attracted negative attention and backlash from students when it began posting “confessions” that targeted minorities, particularly South Asian men.

Post 458 from the now deleted page

read, “To the Brown guys at CJs. Back the fuck off. Seriously. My being there and maybe showing a bit of skin is not an invitation for you to put your hands all over me.”

There were several posts of this nature, and lengthy comment feeds that had students in heated debates over whether or not the content was racist. One post requested that international men to stay away from local women. Posts were also becoming increasingly sexually graphic, sexist and often bordered on identifying specific people.

It was the second TRU Student Confessions page to appear. The original was created during the last academic year and saw the same decline into controversial territory. When a “confession” was posted in the fall about an identified TRU student’s sexual preference, people responded in anger and attacked the anonymous post for being homophobic.

Around the same time, the page was attracting suicidal confessions and increasingly disturbing confessions of self-hate and depression.

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TRUSU LGBTQ Collective celebrates its achievements and looks to the future Mike Davies Ω Editor-in-Chief As students try to focus on their final projects coming due, exams just around the corner and what they’ll do this summer, the TRUSU Pride Collective gave them a place to take their minds off it all April 4.

Students and faculty stopped by the booths on Student Street en masse to tie-dye shirts, have a colourful snack, dress up for a selfie (though not really a selfie, since it was a photobooth) and just celebrate their differences.

“We’re always trying to get more LGBTQ visibility on campus,” Nic Zdunich, TRUSU LGBTQ advocacy representative said. “This is a celebration of everything we’ve accomplished this year.”

Zdunich pointed out the headway made by the collective’s projects this

past year, including the Rainbow Crosswalk, the care packages sent to Russian LGBTQ refugees and generally improving the overall attitude towards gay issues, though there is more coming next year, he said.

“We’re hoping to introduce more gay culture to campus and Kamloops to try to wipe out homophobia through education.”

These may include drag shows, forum discussions on hot topic issues, and guest speakers.

“Pride’s a really trendy thing right now,” Zdunich said. “Lots of people on the bandwagon. There’s always the haters, but we have lots of people in our corner right now.”

They do seem to be gaining support at a fevered pace, perhaps because, as Zdunich said, “Everyone loves the rainbows.”

TRUSU LGBTQ advocacy representative Nic Zdunich sports some of what’s available at the Pride celebration selfie booth. (Mike Davies/ The Omega)

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A screen shot taken on Nov. 8, 2013, documented the administrator of the page responding to concerns, saying he or she would no longer be posting confessions that target individuals and requested that submissions omit any identifiers.

“Furthermore, if you are in extreme emotional duress and are posting about being suicidal, expect us to respond to see how you are doing, and perhaps even contact someone on your behalf,” the post continued.

This was around the time that the university started monitoring the page. Adam said she was becoming quite concerned about the nature of the comments. Duane Seibel, the director of judicial and student affairs, reached out to who they thought was the administrator of the page.

Although Adam said she couldn’t characterize that conversation, what resulted was the initial site being removed.

The second page was up right away, this time encouraging students to submit their most “heartfelt, disgusting, hilarious, filthy, raunchy and embarrassing confessions.”

On behalf of the university, Seibel again advised the administrators that the university was concerned about anonymous posts being made about students that could be considered harassing, humiliating or defaming.

He told the administrator to consider the content of the posts and ensure they weren’t contrary to university policy or Canadian law.

“I was concerned about, we all were concerned, about the anonymous nature of the postings, and particularly the instruction at the top of that group that encouraged students to confess their raunchiest, filthiest whatever.

So, I think it emboldened people,” Adam said, adding that there was no way of indicating that the posts were coming from people within TRU. “We do have an admission that, in some cases, they were created by the administrator just to get people frothed up,” Adam said.

Although she agreed the administrators had no consideration for the institution, Adam said people

were involved in it by virtue of being associated with the institution and that worried university officials.

When the second page was removed on March 26, a new page was created within hours. When The Omega reached out to the current administrator for comment, the anonymous person said the page’s purpose is “helping students to bring their voice in front of everyone while standing behind the walls.” He or she wrote, “It’s true that by keeping the face of the confessor hidden and allowing anyone to post anything can bring some controversies and that’s what happened because of the previous page.”

The anonymous administrator said they were not the administrator of the previous page and that they disagreed with the removal of the page because it was “stopping the student’s voice.”

Whoever they are, they aren’t alone in this opinion. Fourth-year business student Abijah Gupta wrote a letter to The Omega last week, saying the characterization of the page was distorted by the media and its removal was an act of censorship.

The frequent reference to “brown guys” wasn’t a direct reference to a certain race, since many races share this colour, he wrote in opposition to the accusations of racism. In an email conversation with The Omega, Gupta said although he condemned the posts that directly identified people, he believes the page brought everyone closer. Of the over 460 posts, many were people admitting crushes or public apologies for various things.

He said the platform promoted free speech, and that was its value.

“It provides a ‘safe cover,’ enabling people to speak out without the fear of repression,” he wrote. “It also acts as an information forum as people were not afraid to post details since their name wasn’t attached to the post.”

But Christine Adam said the anonymous nature is what is most concerning because the page becomes a place where people feel comfortable expressing hate, racism or homophobia without being called to account for it. When people can’t be held accountable for their actions, there is no valuable civil discourse taking place, she said.

In an email to The Omega, Seibel said he appreciates the positive aspects of online communities, but there will be a need for an ongoing dialogue and education to assist students in understanding the potentially negative impacts of inappropriate social media communication.

The new TRU Student Confession page, with 374 new posts by April 5, is more heavily moderated that its predecessors. The administrator wrote that he or she won’t be posting anything that targets a specific community, race or person.

“This page is owned by all TRU students and I am only posting their confessions after filtering and making sure nothing disrespectful gets posted,” the administrator wrote, adding that none of the posts thus far have caused controversy.

In response to being contacted by the university, the TRU logo has been removed from the page.

“I think what’s up there now is a little bit better,” Adam said.

TRU alumna Katelyn Scorer is protesting TWU’s prospective law school from her new institution, the University of Windsor.

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TWU law school gets pushback from Ontario Darko Milenkovic The Lance (U of Windsor)

WINDSOR (CUP) — The soonto-be first Christian law school in Canada is drawing the attention of law faculties across the country with its controversial requirement that students sign a contract saying they will uphold the sanctity of marriage between a man and a woman, prohibiting members of the LGBTQ community from entering the law program.

The discriminatory community covenant, a contract that must be signed by all students at Trinity Western University (TWU) in Langley, B.C., has caused some law schools to take a stand before the first Juris Doctor students are accepted to the new program in 2016.

Katelyn Scorer, a second-year law student from the University of Windsor, said agreements such as TWU’s mean members of the LGBTQ community are denied equal opportunities for education.

“It creates a quota system in Canada wherein heterosexual individuals have more opportunity at legal education than non-heterosexual individuals,” said Scorer. “I identify as a lesbian; so, I have less opportunity of law school options than heterosexual students.”

TWU received conditional approval for its proposed law program from the Federation of Law Societies of Canada Approval Committee and from the provincial government in B.C. The university has stood by their covenant, defending what they say is religious freedom, but their covenant has already begun to receive pushback from across the country.

It is up to each individual province to decide on the accreditation of TWU’s School of Law graduates.

The Law Society of Upper Canada

(LSUC), representing Ontario, has accepted over 300 online submissions from people and institutions either supporting or opposing TWU. The Faculty Council at Windsor Law, the law school at the University of Windsor, recently voiced its disapproval of the contract, passing a motion to ask the LSUC to withhold accreditation of graduates from Trinity Western until changes are made.

Scorer wrote the motion and presented it. “[The motion] is not taking the approach … of saying Trinity Western doesn’t have the right to open a law school,” said Scorer. “Our approach is more that they have the right — we accept and support religious freedom — however, we do not support discrimination and that’s what [TWU’s] community covenant clauses do.

“TWU based it off a 2001 case where they won and were allowed to open a teachers college. However … you have to consider the social context of that time. It’s been over a decade and social context has changed. The fight for equality for LGBTQ individuals has progressed.”

Mike Maher, vice-president of the Student Law Society (SLS) at UWindsor said the covenant could not be justified.

“Regardless of the intent of Trinity Western in including the discriminatory clauses, the effect is discriminatory,” said Maher. “No matter which way you attempt to justify the community covenant, it gives reduced access to law school seats for LGBTQ applicants.”

“Not giving credit to TWU degrees is the only way that the LSUC can meaningfully address the discrimination inherent in the community covenant,” said Maher.

LSUC will meet on April 10 and April 24 to determine Ontario’s response.

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Editor’s Note Mike Davies Ω Editor-in-Chief This will be my final column for this publication.

“No, Mike! Say it isn’t so!” you all cry out in disbelief.

Your dismay is understandable, even if I’m only imagining it.

I’ve been heading up this paper for the past three years, and was filling these pages for a year before that as both the sports editor and roving editor (as well as having a weekly column).

I’ve crafted and put before the world over 300 articles and opinion pieces on all kinds of topics and helped others craft and publish well over 1,000 more over those four years, and I’ve learned a lot about myself in that time.

I’m not just being egocentric here. This isn’t going to be a celebration of all I’ve accomplished or anything. I’m using my experience to share with you in this, my final edition

of “Editor’s Note,” the key bit of knowledge I’ve gained during my time here and it might help for you to know why you should bother reading it. I hope you can get something valuable out of it, because I’d hate for these past four years of my life here at The Omega to only be of benefit to me.

I’ve often found myself stuck trying to decide what to write about in these columns (I’m sure you all know the feeling when given assignments with open topics), and for some reason always gravitate back to time and stress management.

And for good reason.

Early on in my tenure here as Editor-in-Chief, I wrote what is still one of my favourite (and most relevant) columns to this day, entitled “Deathbed memories,” where I told you not to focus on your work or your studies, but to have fun instead, because nobody ever says, “I wish I’d worked harder” on their deathbed.

Okay, that’s not exactly what I said, but I did say that you should ground yourself in having some fun in order to fully appreciate your time here and not dwell alone in your books at the expense of having a “university experience” while you get your credentials.

At times, I probably could have done better at taking my own advice in that regard.

I spent a lot of nights at home (or at the office) over the years when I could have been out enjoying myself with friends,

struggling to grasp something for class or fighting my way through editing an assignment that would have been fine the way it was.

Not that I regret the time I put into my work. Just the opposite, in fact. I’ve loved every minute of it, but, as I said in “Deathbed Memories,” those nights at home (or at my office) aren’t going to be the ones that come to mind through the years when I think back about my time at TRU. When I think back fondly of my time here, I’m no doubt going to remember some of my time at work (mainly the fantastic people I got to work with) and how rewarding it felt to produce something for the community on a weekly basis that had some value to people, but the memories that will make me smile are the ones where there were people around that I cared about and who cared about me, and we were doing something that had nothing to do with our studies or our work.

Maybe someone fell down and hurt themselves. Ahhh… good times.

I’ve also written many pieces on mental health issues caused by stress and poor time management, the links between sleep and productivity, and enjoying your downtime when you can find some.

What I’m getting at, what I want to leave you all with (especially going into exam season again), is that it’s important for you to think about what you’re doing with your

time, because it has fartherreaching consequences than just not getting to study that last chapter of your textbook before your test or costing you an extra couple of bucks in the morning for another shot of espresso for your coffee.

It’s the most important thing I’ve learned in my years here. I was running this paper and the non-profit society that oversees it, taking two degrees and raising a toddler, so I know how tough it can be in terms of finding the time for everything.

The key is to recognize that you should be considering how you’re making use of it, find a balance that allows you to optimize it, and enjoying as much of it as you can.

Because, like me, you’ll soon be leaving this place, and you should want to be leaving it as a better person that you were when you got here and taking fond memories with you when you go, not going out into the world with a degree and a broken spirit, mentally anguished and trying to remember why you applied in the first place.

My thanks to the crew in the picture above and the previous ones I had the honour to work with during my time here for helping me make it about more than just a piece of paper (or stacks of papers on racks in the halls).

I’m leaving a better person than I arrived, and that’s thanks, in part, to you.

You’ll be what I remember. editor@truomega.ca

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Nobel Prize winner shares his thoughts on what can be done, and who can do it replacing light bulbs with low carbon alternatives, but that is dependent on the motivations Ω Roving Editor of individuals. Shogren said TRU faculty, staff, students people are often motivated by and Kamloops community costs and cited the example of members packed into a classroom Copenhagen, where most people in the science building on ride bikes and gas costs $10 per April 3 to attend a talk by self- gallon, which could be seen as proclaimed “climate agnostic” an inf luencing factor. and economist, Jason Shogren.

Shogren pointed out that a lot With standing room only, of recent policy has been guided more than 50 people listened by behavioural economics. as Shogren described how “Do we want to be riding a he measures probability of bicycle everywhere in January?” events and potential outcomes Shogren asked. regarding climate change.

For James Gordon, TRU’s In 1997, Shogren served environment programs as senior economist of coordinator, his job is all about environmental and natural engaging the people on campus, resource policy for the White to convince them to do the House under the Clinton little things that impact climate administration, he was a member change. of the Intergovernmental Panel Like Shogren, Gordon believes on Climate Change, which won that behaviours as simple as the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize, changing a light bulb can make and he is currently professor a difference. “We haven’t quite and chair for the Department of got the easy things figured out Economics and yet,” Gordon Finance at the said.

University of The major Wyoming. role for the TRU S h o g r e n department of de s c r ib e d environment his role as a n d a d v i s o r y, sustainabilit y determining is education, how to balance according to what people Gordon. want with Just recently what they need the department and the tradeorga n i zed offs between a Sweater the economy Day event and the on campus, environ ment, which spread stressing that awareness although the about the —James Gordon impact average person of may not care the demand Environment Programs about markets, for heating they are and cooling Coordinator, TRU s y s t e m s . important.

S h o g r e n According explained to to Gordon, the audience a p p r ox i m a t ely his system of 90 per cent of calculation, the campus’ describing the potential costs CO2 emissions come from of doing nothing and the cost heating the buildings. of doing something. If nothing Gordon said people often “pray is done there will be chronic to the god of technology” for a damages and catastrophic risks, solution, but it hasn’t happened according to the scientific yet. research, but if something is Gordon advised starting with done there will be a drop in the easy stuff, like not idling global GDP. your car in the winter, because “So long as business leaders according to him the engine does believe it’s a carbon constrained not need time to warm up. world, things will change not “Don’t be such a wimp, you from the bottom up, but the don’t need a warm cab,” Gordon midrange down,” Shogren said, said. “Put on a scarf.” calling it the most significant Gordon said composting is change in attitudes he has seen another way to make a difference, thus far. because when organic material Shogren said a major part of enters the landfill it creates an the problem is the developing anaerobic process due to a lack countries, like China and India, of oxygen which then produces who are heavily dependent on methane gas. TRU recently coal. Shogren said the developed began composting on campus world only produces “luxury as part of a pilot project being emissions” with coal, but the run by the environment and developing world produces sustainability department. “survival emissions,” and that Gordon said he wants people makes it more difficult to expect to recognize that it isn’t all bad them to cut down. news.

“The smartest thing I should The green economy and have done when I left the White green jobs are creating lots of House was build a consulting opportunity for entrepreneurs. firm and call it ‘Engaging For university students China,’” Shogren said. especially, according to Gordon, According to Shogren, 20 to 25 who called students the next per cent of targets can be easily generation of entrepreneurs with met by doing simple things like great opportunities.

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James Gordon brought composting to TRU in the hopes it will influence people to start doing it at home to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

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This week in science Possible life on a moon of Saturn, a new, more accurate clock, and improving future brain functions with exercise now Mark Hendricks Ω Science & Tech Editor

The most likely candidate for extraterrestrial life yet A new discovery has made Enceladus, one of Saturn’s moons, the most exciting candidate for extraterrestrial life within our solar system.

Scientists have discovered that this moon, previously thought to be only ice and rock, has liquid-water lakes underneath the surface. This discovery is the result of years of analysis from the Cassini spacecraft of images of icy-water geysers on the moon’s surface.

It is believed that the varying gravitational pull of Saturn causes the ice to flex and rub together. The resulting friction is enough to melt the ice, leaving lakes underneath the surface, which refreezes very quickly.

There are still unknowns. Enceladus is not large enough to have the gravitational pull needed to sustain its own atmosphere and the exact inner workings of the planet are not known. Scientists do, however, feel quite confident about this conclusion, according to lead author Luciano Less.

Find out more: http://www.iflscience.com

New standard for time The U.S.-based National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced on April 3 that there will be a new standard for measuring time in the U.S., NISTF2.

NIST-F2 is a new atomic clock and an improvement over the old NIST-F1. Atomic clocks measure time by analyzing the microwaves that electrons in atoms give off when

Research indicates that those who do cardiovascular exercise in their 20s will have stronger mental faculties in their 40s.

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they change energy levels. These are the most accurate measurements of time we have and they are used in most countries as international time distribution services.

The new NIST-F2 standard is three times more accurate than the previous standard. NIST-F2 isn’t expected to gain or lose a second in accuracy for over 300 million years.

Atomic clocks are used in nearly all financial transactions and are crucial in things such as GPS, which rely on frequency and time standards.

Find out more: http://www.nist.gov

Cardio in your 20s can help your brain in your 40s New research has indicated that cardiovascular exercise during your 20s can help improve memory and other brain functions later in life.

This new finding comes as a result of the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults study, which followed 2,700 men and women for 25 years.

The study found that young individuals who did better on treadmill tests then performed better on cognitive tests later in life. This is after accounting for all other healthrelated factors.

It is believed that the healthier heart associated with cardiovascular exercise enables it to more effectively pump blood and oxygen to the brain, keeping it healthier, too.

“Things that would be good for the heart are probably going to be good for the brain,” David Jacobs, one of the researchers involved in the study said to NPR. Find out more: www.npr.org

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Putting the brakes on crosswalk incidents Close calls at crosswalks being addressed a number of ways, but the problem continues Tayla Scott News Collective Intern The three-way intersection in front of Old Main is one of the busiest and most dangerous intersections for pedestrians on campus. Many students report close calls with motorists while crossing the rainbow crosswalk.

On March 4, a student was hit by a car while crossing.

The student was crossing around 9:30 a.m. when a car drove through the stop sign. The driver slammed on the brakes but wasn’t able to avoid contact with the student. The student only suffered bruises, but was very shaken up by the incident. The student recounted the story to Stacey Jyrkkanen, TRU manager of health and safety.

The driver stopped the car “long enough to roll down their window and swear at the person they had just hit for being on the road and then sped off,” Jyrkkanen said.

The student who was hit did not want to comment on the incident.

There are no cameras in the area and the driver still hasn’t been caught. The RCMP sent out a news release to help catch the driver.

The release stated: “The vehicle involved is described as a dark blue four door car, with a fin on the back and was being driven by a female driver at the time of the incident.”

Close calls with motorists at this intersection are often

reported to security or to Jyrkkanen, who confirmed that it’s one of the worst intersections for close calls with motorists on campus, although she doesn’t have exact statistics on the number of incidents.

“We don’t get all of the reports.

For every one you get there’s probably at least one close call that hasn’t been reported,” Jyrkkanen said. “I’ve been one of those close calls.”

Jyrkkanen once had to jump out of the way of a car while crossing the rainbow crosswalk.

“It has been a problem ever since we opened the House of Learning [in 2011],” she said.

Jyrkkanen described all the attempts to make the intersection safer for pedestrians.

“We put in stop signs, which people drive right through. We made the stop signs really, really big and people will still drive right through those. We put in two f lashing red lights,” she said.

The only thing that got drivers to slow down were the seasonal plastic speed bumps that were put down in the fall. They had to be removed for winter plowing but facilities will be putting asphalt speed bumps in once the asphalt plants open.

“This is all to try and stop people from just driving right on through and hitting people,” Jyrkkanen said.

Director of environment and sustainability Jim Gudjonson participated in a recent

TRUSU’s LGBTQ advocacy representative Nic Zdunich stands on the newly painted rainbow crosswalk in September 2013. (Photo courtesy Nic Zdunich)

competition put on by Carmanah Technologies.

Colleges and universities across North America competed to get more likes and shares on social media.

The prize was a free solarpowered crosswalk signal that Gudjonson wanted installed at the rainbow crosswalk.

“It’s one of the busiest crosswalks because of its proximity to the bus stop and also getting up to the gym and

the TCC,” Gudjonson said.

Unfortunately, the top three finalists were announced on April 1, and TRU was not among them.

Another hot spot for close calls with motorists is the crosswalk that leads off-campus to Subway.

“I was actually hit there back in November,” Stacey Jyrkkanen said. The student who hit her slammed on the breaks last minute, but still knocked her down. Then the student drove off

without stopping.

“The student told police I came out of nowhere, but that doesn’t just happen. You don’t just come out of nowhere,” Jyrkkanen said.

Both Jyrkkanen and Gudjonson agree that both pedestrians and drivers need to be aware of each other, and be more careful.

“The number one thing is to just slow down and be aware. It’s a stop sign and it’s there for a reason,” Jyrkkanen said.

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Arts & Entertainment

April 9, 2014

Students take the director’s chair Annual Directors Festival shares students’ directing skills in one-act plays Ashley Wadhwani Ω Arts & Entertainment Editor From April 7 to 12, the Actors Workshop Theatre will present their 15th annual Directors Festival, where 10 TRU students have taken the role of directing a one-act play of their choice. The festival is the year-end project of the fourth-year directing class – the final step in the theatre program after taking acting and technical classes.

Allison Clow, director of one-act play Awkward Silence, has learned a lot about the vital importance of good communication in a leadership role.

“One of the biggest skills you learn is how to communicate and having a respect as well. As a director you have to work with the actors, the technicians and the stage managers. You learn to respect the art in every aspect of putting a show together,” Clow said.

“You learn that communication, if it were to break down, is incredibly difficult to overcome so you’re learning the proper way to communicate with everyone around you,” said Christine Leroux, director of one-act play Just Knots. Leroux is interested in pursuing stage management post-graduation.

The actors in the plays are TRU theatre students, allowing students to explore the different roles of the set in a comfortable setting.

For Allandra Barton, third-year acting student and actress in the one-act play Awkward Silence, she said this has been a great experience acting as a character with little back story, allowing her to make it up herself.

“A lot of the time you have to comb through the script to find what we call given circumstances—things that have happened in the past that we comb through and find in the script; we didn’t have any of that so it was a blank slate to work with,” Barton said.

Like any class that spends a significant amount of time together, the actors and directors are all good friends, Barton said. This creates an interesting dynamic on set when directors need to take the lead and instruct and direct.

“The nice thing about having a professor as a director is they have obviously done this before so they have a very clear idea of what they want when they first go into the process, whereas with a student director you have to be fully aware that they are learning just as much as you are. You have to be patient with them as well as with yourself,” said Barton. “It’s

Dress rehearsal of Awkward Silence, a one-act play that will be shown at the Directors Festival, which starts April 7.

(Photo courtesy Allison Clow)

a challenge but an interesting challenge to see.”

Most of the third year acting students performing in the one-act plays will be taking the directing course starting in the fall 2014 semester. The experience of

watching the directors now will prepare them for the challenges they’ll face next year.

The 10 one-act plays are divided into two nights. The plays on night “A” will be presented at 7:30 p.m. on April 7, 9, and 11

and night “B” will be presented at 7:30 p.m. on April 8, 10, and 12.

For more information on ticket sales and show times, visit the Old Main box office located next to Starbucks in Old Main, or call 250-377-6100.

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Fefe Dobson cancels western leg of tour Canadian singer talks about her latest work, being in love and growing as a musician Ashley Wadhwani Ω Arts & Entertainment Editor Toronto-born artist Fefe Dobson, known for her hit songs “Take Me Away,” “Stuttering,” and “Ghost,” is at it again with her newest project Firebird. Her EP “Legacy,” was released in summer 2013 with her notably avant-garde music video released in October. Last week, her newest music video “In Better Hands,” premiered on Much and VEVO. Dobson’s newest song shares a particular uniqueness that Dobson has perfected: edgymeets-real. “In Better Hands,” tells the story of a broken heart that recovers, and finds love again. “[It’s about] past relationship, where you’re kind of remembering it and going back and realizing all the wrong and all the things that just suck. And now you’re realizing, ‘well, I’m in love’ – which I am now. I’m finally in love, and engaged – and the songs about being in better hands. I feel like I’m safe and can trust the hand that holds my heart,” Dobson said.

Dobson isn’t afraid to break boundaries from the powerful narrative before the song begins to her belting out “I’m in better hands” in front of her band in bare feet and a sheer black and white dress – an ensemble not many can pull off.

You can’t help but be reminded of Dobson circa 2003, rocking out in front of her band in “Bye Bye Boyfriend.” Since then however, the Canadian artist has grown and changed in ways aside from her engagement to Yelawolf, a hip-hop artist from Alabama.

“You know from 2003 to 2014 just as a human being that’s a good chunk of time, you learn who you are and grow and for me [it was] to become a woman,” Dobson said. “It’s natural to grow as a human, as a musician I’ve grown. I’ve learned more of what I like and musically how I want my style to sound, and what I want to sing about and how I want my vocals to sound.”

As the anticipation for Firebird to be released grows, Dobson continues to hone her style.

“For me it’s just being as honest as possible, and being as musical as possible… I want what’s in my mind to come out on a record – that was my main focus,” Dobson said.

Unfortunately, Kamloopsians will not get a chance to see the Canadian pop-rocker perform her greatest hits and new singles on April 4 at Cactus Jack’s Nightclub.

The western leg of Dobson’s Firebird Tour has been postponed due to “unforeseen circumstances,” according to Pamela Bustios of Chris Smith Management.

Although new dates for Dobson

performing out west have yet to be released, Dobson is ready to begin her eastern tour on April 10 in Hamilton, Ontario.

“I’m looking forward to seeing the fans and seeing them

again I haven’t been on the road for a while so rekindling that relationship and connecting again with everybody – honestly,” Dobson said. “I’m [also] looking forward to being

(Image courtesy Fefe Dobson)

in East City so I can do some vintage shopping.”

As for when Dobson will make her way to Kamloops she said, “I’ll be in Kamloops soon – we’re going to come back.”

Album review: Animals Bend Sinister breaks preconceived notions of how they should sound Ashley Wadhwani Ω Arts & Entertainment Editor Bend Sinister’s recent album Animals is creative and breaks the boundaries of the preconceived dos and don’ts of music today. With that said, it takes a particular ear to love them.

From a musical standpoint, the unpredictability you find in their instrumental contrasts their easy-to-follow lyrics. “Best of You” acts as an eight-minute journey, transitioning from an up-beat, pump-up anthem to a sadder and softer ballad. Both sides of the song share the same message in two different and powerful ways, but together lose their potential effect. Although the creativity is interesting and diverse, it would be better divided.

Dan Moxon nails it on the vocals, knowing when to show restraint and when to give it all he’s got – a talent.

“Better Things To Do” is very sound rich with Jason Dana taking the road of unpredictability at numerous

points on the drums. Although creative, this song is one to listen to but not dance to, and while being musically impressive, it falls short when it comes to entering hit-song material for the average listener.

According to the press release, Animals was recorded with Joe Marlett who has produced an array of different genres, including Queens of the Stone Age, and the production quality makes this album sound excellent.

Like Queens of the Stone Age, Bend Sinister pushes the threshold of rock, particularly in “Thunder and Lightning” where things get a little dark but maintain a catchy beat and take a modern twist on traditional rock.

The demonic voice at the end is a great reminder that music doesn’t have to be so serious all the time, a theme Bend Sinister carries throughout the album.

“Seventeen” takes first place for the best balance of creativity and hit song potential. A song about a girl wanting to be took home, with the gritty and grungy feel of the rock and

roll lifestyle is classic. But of course, the unpredictable way Bend Sinister executes their rhythm in “Seventeen” makes it memorable.

Animals ends with “It Will Never End,” sharing a more typical sound, which isn’t a bad thing.

Knowing the band is dynamic and f luid means that we can expect the next album to blow us away with surprise twists while being supported by a solid musical foundation.

“As much as possible, we let go of any preconceptions over how we think we should sound as a band and just let the songs come out,” said Joseph Blood, guitarist of Bend Sinister in their press release. Animals deserves high praise and respect for risky decisions and not worrying about judgment, but is certainly not for everyone.

If you like innovative, unpredictable and fun rock with a high priority on instrumental sound over vocals and lyrics, or want to jam out to something a little different, then Animals is a must-listen.

A “must-listen” according to our reviewer, Bend Sinister’s newest effort finds them wanting to, “let go of any preconceptions over how we think we should sound as a band and just let the songs come out,” according to guitarist Joseph Blood.

(Image courtesy Bend Sinister)

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Opinion Feature

April 9, 2014

The Adonis Complex?

Pressure for perfection causes low self-esteem in men, too

Amanda Siebert The Weal (SAIT) CALGARY (CUP) — As images of rippled muscles and hourglass figures f lood every aspect of western culture, it’s no surprise that pressure to fit Hollywood’s physical ideals plagues both males and females.

Though we have seen much research citing these ideals as the reason for low self-esteem in women, new research shows that an overwhelming number of men are being negatively affected by society’s pressure to look a certain way.

In a recent study conducted by medical journal, JAMA Pediatrics, researchers found that an increasing number of young males (17.9 per cent) had an unhealthily high concern towards their body image. In many cases, these concerns led to a whole host of psychological and behavioural repercussions, including, but not limited to, depression, future drug abuse and eating disorders.

Another study conducted by the University of West England showed that four in five men have body image issues, while 38 per cent of men said that they would “sacrifice at least a year of their life in exchange for a perfect body.”

So what does the perfect man look like, and why are some men willing to give up a year of their life to look that way?

Think of Barbie and G.I. Joe: While the ‘perfect’ woman sports long legs, perky breasts, and a tiny waist, the perfect man dons six-pack washboard abs, bulging biceps, and a manhood to go along with them.

Open an issue of G.Q. or Men’s Health and it’s no surprise why more and more men are striving to reach this borderlineunattainable level of vanity (veiled as health, of course) which some refer to as “the Adonis complex.”

The lengths that some men go to in an attempt to achieve these ideals are becoming increasingly risky.

Where supplements, performance enhancing drugs and steroids were once reserved for athletes and body builders, JAMA Pediatrics’s study showed that boys as young

as 12 years of age are now turning to similar muscle-building products.

Another study conducted by the American Academy of Pediatrics found that up to 40 per cent of teenage boys use protein powders, while an alarming six per cent use steroids. Another study published in the Sport Medical Journal found that up to 30 per cent of Canadian adolescents have tried a form of anabolic steroids.

The problem with this obsession lies not in the obsession itself, but in society’s general lack of awareness and consideration.

Most men know that making a judgmental comment about a woman’s body to her face is generally a no-no, but are we as considerate of men in this respect?

If men are meant to achieve Adonis-like bodies, then they should have personalities to match: strong, hard and unaffected, which is why it remains “acceptable” for men to be criticized regardless of how they may be affected.

According to a study conducted by Bridgewater State University, the discussion of male body image has been taboo for quite some time for this very reason. Like the stereotype of the man that won’t ask for directions, pride gets in the way of the well-being of many men, and many suffer from low selfesteem in silence because they fear that their masculinity will be questioned if they seek help.

It’s time that we recognize and address issues with body image on a more even scale.

We have seen a shift, albeit a small one, in the way that women are perceived because female celebrities and public figures are speaking out against the pressure that is put on women to pursue a Barbie-like body.

Until we see men of such stature addressing this situation on a public scale, it is important that we remember that any cultural shift starts small.

Next time you feel like making a comment about your buddy’s beer gut, your younger brother’s spindly legs or your uncle’s receding hairline, think twice. It is up to us to change the ideals.

Being healthy is one thing, but as much as we hear about female body stereotypes and image issues, it needs to be acknowledged that men are held to a ridiculous standard in our society, too, and it extends into their emotional responses and attitudes about showing emotions, as well. (Photo courtesy Chris Hunkeler/Flickr Commons)

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Farewell

The Omega · Volume 23, Issue 26

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Farewell... for now The 2013-14 Omega crew looks back on the year It’s been my honour

Mike Davies Ω Editor-in-Chief

Every year for the past three years, I went into this edition of The Omega knowing I was about to have a summer of making monthly editions by myself and planning for the upcoming publishing year, where I would once again hire a crew of dedicated student journalists in an attempt to entertain and inform you fine folks while you go about your studies and your lives.

This year is different.

This year I am passing the torch, as cliché as it is, and moving on.

As strange a sensation as it is, and as This is no farewell

Sean Brady Copy/Web

I didn’t really know what to expect when I was hired as Copy/Web Editor at The Omega. I had made some contributions and worked on the website prior to this job, but I never truly saw inside the institution until this past year.

What I saw was that this job is all about the people. It’s been an absolute pleasure to work with my friends and co-workers, who are one and the same.

For both readers and writers, this student paper is something that absorbs Where I learned that journalism is a verb

Jessica Klymchuk News

I’m not quite sure how to sum up this year and say goodbye. It’s been a trip, a cliché one at that, and I’m resisting all temptation to say it was like riding a rollercoaster. I won’t do that. You’re welcome.

I’m going with a different cliché. We often hear that there is a potential to learn more outside the classroom than within it. That has held true for me and working for The Omega taught me much of what I know today.

I learned that I do my best writing A small ripple in a big pond

Karla Karcioglu Roving

During my time at The Omega as Roving Editor, I covered a number of speakers, numerous events and met many people across campus.

I learned many things and passed it on to the campus community through my writing. I shared what I could, but I am certain I only managed to scratch the surface.

Thompson Rivers University is filled with interesting and

It’s not goodbye, it’s see ya later

Ashley Wadhwani

Arts & Entertainment

Looking back on the last two semesters, 177 days and 26 papers with The Omega to be exact, I would have never imagined that I would be writing this editorial right now.

I moved to Kamloops with my heart racing, so nervous to finally begin a program preparing me to eventually get a cool job working at a newspaper.

I didn’t expect that “eventually” meant contributing every week for 10 papers last semester, and taking the arts & So long, and thanks for all the fish

Mark Hendricks Science & Tech

The end of this year with The Omega is bittersweet. It was both my first and my last year as the Science and Technology Editor at the paper. It was also The Omega’s first year with a Science and Technology Editor.

I didn’t do as much as I would have liked to do, but I got to do more than I had any right to expect to.

From the beginning, none of us at The Omega were exactly sure what the role was going to entail. We loosely knew that we wanted to talk about research that was

tightly as I’d like to hold on such that the demons of Hell would have to rise up to tear me away, it’s time to move on.

It’s been an honour and a pleasure to work alongside such dedicated and talented folks throughout my tenure here.

I’ve helped a dozen or more journalists hone their craft on their way to doing what they love and helped a couple other ones realized it’s not really their thing. Every one of them has taught me something about myself, and I’d like to think that I’ve passed along some knowledge in exchange.

I’ve confirmed to myself—and it’s about damn time—that I do, in fact, want

to help people tell their stories to the world, and have improved skills I already had to help me in that goal as well as gained a few more along the way.

I’ve also made a few friends I’m not likely to lose.

I’ll be helping through the summer as Mr. Sean Brady transitions into his role as the next Editor-in-Chief of this fine publication, and will try not to pass along any of my deficiencies during that process, though he’ll bring his own with him. (Just kidding Sean.)

Again, always remember, this is your paper, and it’s up to you to tell us (or rather

them, now that I’m leaving) what you want from it.

Challenge what’s being told to you and celebrate in each other, my friends.

Four years is far too short a time to spend amongst such excellent and admirable people, but I’m beginning to feel a bit like butter scraped across too much bread, as Mr. Tolkien might say by way of a certain small man about to go on another adventure.

I bid you all a fond farewell.

Goodbye.

and transforms everything you give to it. And in return, you get a platform – for your voice, your art, your vision and your story, whether you’re writing your own or someone else’s.

A big part of my job at The Omega was to help make that transformation happen.

I got to take the work of others and make it the best it could be. And then I got to show it to everyone else, too.

The work of the Copy/Web Editor is very much a “man behind the curtain” kind of job, but it’s one that provides the very best view. In this position I have

seen the hard work of others pay off. I have watched our staff and contributors grow as writers, build upon what they’ve learned in the classroom and simply grow as people.

As for myself, I’ve had the great opportunity to edit nearly 400 articles across 26 issues. This has undoubtedly made me a better writer and editor. It has also provided me not only with practice, but something more – practice with a purpose I believe in.

I’ll be watching closely as my talented friends and colleagues move on in their

careers – some already have, and I can’t wait to see what they do next.

But you won’t be able to pry the dictionary and stylebook from my hands just yet.

In the next academic year, I will become The Omega’s Editor-in-Chief.

It’s a job I can’t wait to start, and I’ll be working over the summer to make next year’s paper the best it can be.

when I have a deadline pushing me to the brink like a noose around my neck.

I learned that your first byline will probably be spelled wrong and your mom will frame it.

I learned that the best way to make sure every member of TRUSU knows your name is to be the only guest who attends every board meeting.

I learned that if you take a picture of someone smoking pot for the front page and promise him he won’t be recognized, at least one person will prove you wrong.

I learned that there’s a time to be insistent and a time to hold back.

I learned that you probably won’t

realize you’ve made a wrong decision until you’ve already made it, so just do the best you can.

I learned that you should try and look good at press conferences, because at one point you’re going to be in someone’s shot and it will end up on Twitter.

I learned that people are busy and you aren’t at the top of everyone’s priority list.

I learned that the second you think you know what a story will be about, it will change.

I learned that pizza is always good on Mondays, especially when it’s free.

I learned that I say the words “budget”

and “finance” too much.

I learned that universities are not a place where everyone is holding hands singing “Kumbaya,” nor should they be.

To the people who got sick of my face and my emails in their inbox, thank you.

To the people who read anything I wrote, thank you. To the many people who took the time to be interviewed, thank you.

To my fellow editors, who are equally attractive and talented, I admire you.

To TRU, thank you for the many adventures, and the degree.

Adieu.

amazing things that you may be lucky enough to stumble upon, but more likely you will have to make the effort to search them out.

Luckily for me, it was my job to go out and find the stories that make up life on campus.

I am glad that I had the opportunity to work for the campus paper, it gave me the chance to do something I love. I got to share that passion with readers for eight months. Hopefully my work helped

create a positive ripple at TRU. I graduate this year and it is now time to pass the opportunity on to someone else.

There were two keynote speakers from different events this year that I couldn’t help but notice shared the same message about life, one that I couldn’t ignore. You can have an impact on this world by having an impact on those around you. Like a ripple in a pond you create change that f lows across the

world. Make a ripple that makes a difference for the better. Find the opportunities to do something you love. Be courageous and be successful.

entertainment editor’s chair for winter 2014… but it did, and so you’ll find me in the center pages of the paper letting you know what I think about albums and such.

Goodbyes are just as difficult when you’re the one waving out the window as the people you love drive away, and I think the end of this year is making me sadder than all of the other people writing on this page, because they’re awesome people that listen to me every time I open my mouth… which is a lot.

I’m going to hate not seeing them in their chairs around the table with me,

eating pizza and looking over that week’s paper before it’s sent out to print. But of course it’s bittersweet, because at the same time I’m so excited to see where the wind takes them, and even more excited to see another beginning in September when new staff take those seats. They’d better like pizza.

If I’ve learned anything this year, it’s to be genuine. Being genuine gets you the good interviews, and when you’re really listening, these experiences becomes more than just the experiences of reporting. They become the moments

you remember when you think of the best memories that make up your career.

With that said, if you’ve taken time out of your day to talk to me, thank you.

If you’ve written as a contributor for me, thank you. Most importantly, if you open up The Omega and don’t use my pages just to start fires, wipe up spills or to pack items when you’re moving, thank you.

Until September, adios!

coming out of TRU and science-related talks and events around campus, but none of us (or at least I didn’t) even know if that was going to be a large enough topic for a university newspaper.

My time with The Omega taught me so much, it was the first time I had to routinely come up with ideas for stories. I attended my first pitch meetings. It was my first time having to deal with contributors, both in seeking them out and working with them on stories.

I learned so much, and in such a short time, it’s over.

I got to do some incredible things during my time with the paper. Just recently I was able to sit down for 20 minutes talking to Jane Goodall, a living legend in every sense of the word. I watched as Chris Hadfield take the stage at TRU to thunderous applause. I listened to countless speakers and professors talk about research that could change entire industries.

Through it all, I was there, recorder and camera in hand.

I can’t express my gratitude enough for the opportunity that I was given with The Omega. Working at a newspaper isn’t

about personal achievements though, it’s about the readers. So to anyone that read my articles, my column, or work from my contributors, thank you. If I was able to inspire even a little bit of fascination and excitement about the world around us I’ve done all I could have hoped for.

Thank you all, and so long.

Mike Davies, Editor-in-Chief

Sean Brady, Copy/Web Editor

Jessica Klymchuk, News Editor

Karla Karcioglu, Roving Editor

Ashley Wadhwani, Arts & Entertainment Editor

Mark Hendricks, Science & Technology Editor

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The date and time can be expressed in the form “YY-MM-DD hh:mm” where each letter stands for a digit. (For example, as I write this, it is 14-03-27 14:38.) What is the earliest date/time where all ten digits are different?

You say that one really should use the full year? Fine by me. Expressing the date in ISO 8601 standard form–yes, there are standards for things like this–(format: “YYYY-MM-DD”), what is the earliest twenty-first century date where all of the digits are different?

This contest is sponsored by the Mathematics and Statistics department. The full-time student with the best score at the end of the year will win a prize. Please submit your solution (not just the answer but also why) by noon the secondto-next Wednesday to Gene Wirchenko <genew@telus.net>. Submissions by others are also welcome. The solution will be posted the Wednesday after that in my blog (http://genew.ca/) and in the Math Centre (in the HOL, fourth floor study area). Come visit: we are friendly.

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They arrived at the new business site and the owner read the card, “Rest in Peace.”

The owner was angry and called the florist to complain.

After he had told the florist of the obvious mistake and how angry he was, the florist replied, “Sir, I’m really sorry for the mistake, but rather than getting angry, you should imagine this: somewhere, there is a funeral taking place today, and they have flowers with a note saying, ‘Congratulations on your new location!’”

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The Omega · Volume 23, Issue 26

Still some discrimination, or too cheap to buy an updated sign?

The Omega received this photo recently with the question: “You wonder why women are still finding it difficult to be accepted in the trades?” and we thought we’d put it to you.

Do you think there’s still unacceptance of women in the trades? Do you have a story to share about being discriminated against because of your gender in a traditionally male-dominated field? We want to hear from you.

We print monthly over the summer and feel this would be a discussion worth having.

Let us know your thoughts. Email them to editor@truomega.ca with the word “discrimination” somewhere in the subject line.

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Membership Advisory the year at the...

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