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TRUSU campaign against sweatshop clothing prompts immediate response Karla Karcioglu Ω Roving Editor

Saint Mary’s University Student Association President Jared Perry announced on Friday, Sept. 6 that he would be stepping down as president of SMUSA. (Michael Langlais/ The Journal)

Rape chants finally being addressed at two post-secondary schools Mike Davies Ω Editor-in-Chief Who gets groups of people together to chant enthusiastically about raping underage girls? The Student’s Union at St. Mary’s University (SMU) in Halifax and the leaders chosen by the Commerce Undergrad Society (CUS) at the University of British Columbia’s (UBC) school of business, that’s who. The chant, the fallout from one version of which has reverberated nation-wide, has been taught to students for years, according to statements made by SMU Student Association (SMUSA) president Jared Perry to the SMU Journal shortly after the controversial video was posted to Instagram during frosh week. “Y is for your sister, O is for oh so tight, U is for underage, N is for no consent, G is for grab that ass, – Saint Mary’s boys, we like ‘em young!” was the chant at SMU Sept. 2, lead by more than 80 Orientation Week leaders and yelled by more than 350 students. After seeing the uproar over the video, Perry stepped down from his role as chair of the board of directors of StudentsNS, an alliance of various Nova Scotia

student associations, though not as president of SMUSA, saying he wanted to remain in his position to help build awareness and “target sexism that he feels is pervasive on campus,” according to the SMU Journal. He later resigned from his position with SMUSA as well, as has Carrigan Desjardins, who held the position of SMUSA vice president student life and was in charge of Orientation Week.

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slightly different from the SMU chant, but very similar in both wording and message. According the Ubyssey article, the chants themselves are not the issue of concern to the CUS, but instead the location and publication of the activity. “While the CUS had been chastised in the past for the cheers, Chen said the undergraduate society now works to make sure the chant stays private,” according to

At the Back-to-School BBQ hosted by TRUSU on Sept. 6, the union launched a new campaign called “Sweatshop Free Campus.” The campaign focuses on recent issues with overseas garment factories, brought to light by recent tragedies such as the Rana Plaza disaster in Bangladesh, according to TRUSU president Dylan Robinson. After investigating the various clothing products available to students on campus, TRUSU found that many of the products come from companies that may contract with factories that have poor human rights and labour records, Robinson said. The goal of the campaign is to get TRU to agree to sign on with an organization called Workers Rights Consortium (WRC), which monitors factory conditions and workers’ rights. At the barbecue, TRUSU called on students to add their names in support of the TRU Board of Governors joining the WRC.

Late Friday afternoon, The Omega spoke with TRU’s bookstore manager Glenn Read to discuss TRUSU’s latest campaign. The bookstore carries merchandise from companies TRUSU named in their campaign f lyer. Read had no knowledge of the campaign and called it an attack. He said he felt TRUSU didn’t need to go this route, and that if they had approached the bookstore first, they would have been willing to discuss it. “I don’t think anyone really wants to work with sweatshops,” Read said. “Sometimes you just don’t know. “Sometimes it goes through many different companies before it reaches the sweatshop.” By the end of the day, The Omega learned that TRUSU and Read had resolved their differences, and that they would now be working together to find alternative clothing suppliers while keeping prices similar to what they are now. “It is workable,” Read said. “I just wish I had been more in the loop. “We will be exploring further to see what we can do in the future.”

Y is for your sister, O is for oh so tight, U is for underage....” —St. Mary’s University chant

Shortly after the SMU chant story broke, The Ubyssey published a story online about a similar situation at the Sauder School of Business at UBC. The UBC chant is reportedly, “Y-O-U-N-G at UBC, we like ‘em young, Y is for your sister, O is for oh so tight, U is for underage, N is for no consent, G is for go to jail,”

The Ubyssey. The Chen being quoted in the story is Jacqueline Chen, co-chair of Sauder FROSH, the three-day orientation organized by the CUS.

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Check your tags if you’re worried about whether your clothing comes from companies suspected of utilizing sweatshop labour.

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September 11, 2013

University decides to save money over water

(Graphic by Sean Brady/ The Omega)

Karla Karcioglu Ω Roving Editor The International Building’s 12 environmentally-friendly dualf lush toilets were replaced with standard single-f lush toilets this past March after maintenance costs increased when students kept trying to f lush paper towels. High-efficiency dual-f lush toilets were found to use an average of 26 per cent less water than standard single-f lush toilets in tests conducted by the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation. Though the changes were made to alleviate environmental impact, maintenance costs became a concern. A plumber was being called to the International Building (IB) one to three times per week according to TRU’s plumbing supervisor Tom O’Byrne. The cost to call in a plumber to fix the clogged pipes was approximately $150 each time, O’Byrne said, adding that there was concern over the inconvenience created for staff and students when bathrooms were out of commission for repair. From April 1, 2012 to March 31, 2013, the plumbing costs for IB’s 30 dual-f lush toilets amounted to $3,931.61, compared with $1,043.77 for 22 standard single-f lush toilets in the Arts and Education building. The replacement single-f lush toilets each cost $400, with the total cost of the replacement amounting to $5790.70 including parts, labour and taxes, according to Lincoln Chua, associate director of infrastructure at TRU.

The facilities department’s initial solution to the problem was to remove paper towels from bathrooms, but O’Byrne said students were unhappy with the change. Another attempt was made to disable the lower f lush option on the toilets, but the problem continued.

In the seven months since the replacements were installed, the new set of single-f lush toilets has only required one call to the plumber. “It’s one thing to save water,” O’Byrne said. “The dual-f lush toilets were the wrong application for that building.”

Community corner The Omega believes strongly that, as a society, we need to look out for each other and help those around us whenever possible. It is only through cooperation and coaction that we build and retain strength as a whole. It is with this in mind that we will be offering a

“Community Corner” in the upcoming publishing year, where we will advertise one fundraising or other community effort each week. Email editor@truomega.ca with your event or cause and our editorial staff will choose one group to feature each week.

Do you know a top 2012-13 certificate grad who contributed to TRU life? The Senate Awards & Honours Committee will soon be awarding the 2013 Lieutenant-Governor’s Silver Medal To submit a nameor obtain further information, email Student Awards & Financial Support at awards@tru.ca or call 250-828-5026. Nomination Deadline: Sept. 30, 2013 The recipient will have contributed to the life of TRU or the community, have attained a 3.50 GPA or Dean’s List, and completed their certificate on a full-time basis

TRU’s interim director of environment and sustainability James Gudjonson called the situation “challenging.” He acknowledged that although students caused the plumbing issues with the dual-f lush toilets, the school itself should accept some responsibility for failing

to educate them on the possible damage that could ensue from misuse. An awareness campaign is now being developed by Gudjonson’s department to alert students when new technology is installed to alleviate environmental impact.

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“We had problems a very long time ago with the cheers being public in a sort of way and the dean seeing,” Chen is quoted saying, going on to effectively say that the CUS doesn’t have an issue with the chant as long as it’s not performed in a public place. Chen is quoted in the Ubyssey article as saying, “There’s only so much you can do with somebody who wants to publicly state something, but we do get them to remove it [from social media] if we do find it…. That’s a big thing for us.” First-year Sauder student Chelsea Maguddayao, who was on a bus where the chant was sung, confirmed this position. “They specifically told us right before we cheered and everything that you can only cheer it on the bus and you can’t go elsewhere and cheer it outside,” she said. The CUS has issued an open letter stating that while they do not accept responsibility for these actions they, “will be taking all feasible steps going forward to ensure all unacceptable behavior is fully eradicated from our orientation events.” Chen, who had previously told The Ubyssey, “It’s not something we can control, to be honest,” was a signatory on the letter, which states, “We have always held a no-tolerance stance regarding activities and behaviour that condone harmful actions towards our students in any way.”

Gillian Ong, vice president engagement of the CUS, who had previously told the Ubyssey, “Whatever words come out of the leaders’ mouth we cannot directly control,” also signed the letter saying the CUS, “will be turning a critical eye on all of our services to ensure that as an organization, the Commerce Undergraduate Society is inclusive and safe for all participants at all times.” The University itself has issued a statement saying, “Such behaviour would be completely inconsistent with the values of UBC and the Sauder School of Business and completely inconsistent with the instruction that the Commerce Undergraduate Society receives on appropriate conduct prior to FROSH,” and is signed by both Robert Helsley, dean of the Sauder School of Business and Louise Cowin, UBC vice president for students. Disciplinary action is being considered by the administration. With files from Cydney Proctor/SMU Journal and Arno Rosenfeld/Ubyssey Editor’s note: If you’ve seen or heard anything like this in your time at Thompson Rivers University, The Omega would like to hear about it. Contact editor@ truomega.ca with your story.

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Your degree is worth the same as everyone else’s What will you do to set yourself apart?

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Editor’s Note Mike Davies Ω Editor-in-Chief I’d like to again welcome you all to another semester and another year of post-secondary education to complete as you hurl yourselves ever forward into — what exactly? That’s my question for you in this, the second of many weekly publications our team will produce this year. What are you hurling yourselves toward? Gone are the days where you went off to university from high school in order to complete a degree to give yourself a significant leg up — if not guaranteed advanced placement — in the job market, increasing your value significantly to growing companies in an ever-growing economy. No, really! That used to be the understanding. In a recent article in The Province, retired university history professor and co-author of the book Campus Confidential Bill Morrison agreed. “The days are gone when a BA meant you had your ticket punched to the middle class,” he said, and added that the concept of base-level university education is being “oversold,” as it is promoted as a way to guarantee a higher income and better job prospects. “It doesn’t guarantee anything,” Morrison said. Also gone are the days when young

people would venture off to postsecondary to find out what path they were to take through life, broaden their minds to the possibilities of the world and develop expanded dimensions and diversify their thought processes and structures. With the “progression” of the institutions themselves towards being money-making enterprises and creators of the future workforce, there’s simply no option right now for most people (those willing to go deep into debt or those receiving exceptional levels of financial assistance excepted) to engage in such broadening, humanizing and personally valuable experiences for any length of time. And honestly, you can do that without spending the money on tuition these days if that’s your thing. So with these things said, what are you doing here? If the degree itself won’t get you a job, and it’s too expensive to just mess around taking classes that interest you, what’s the point? And why are you being so negative, Davies? I’m not being negative; I’m being a realist. If you just wanted a guaranteed job after you leave here because you have a piece of paper, I hope you’re studying over in the Trades and Technology building. Most of you are not, though. Most of you also aren’t planning to go on to master’s degrees and then doctorates. So wait … are some of you actually still under the impression that this piece of paper will get you a job after this, after all? Uh oh — okay, maybe I can help here. While it’s true that many jobs — I’m assuming the ones you’re interested in pursuing since you’re here — will require you to have received a degree or diploma of some kind even to consider you for the position. If this is the case, it’s a minimum requirement to get your resume placed on the “will consider”

pile of the hiring manager’s desk. That’s it. So what are you going to do between now and then to make you stand out? How do you move this future resume from the future “will consider” pile to the “will call for an interview” pile, so you can then have the opportunity to convince them, in person, that you’re the one they want for their organization? There are too many answers to this question for me to go through here. Depending on what this hypothetical future career is, it could be any number of things, but you do need to start planning them, so figure it out. Maybe it’s volunteer humanitarian work with a non-profit who has similar interests as the ideal future employer in this scenario. Maybe it’s independent research in the field that you present at a conference (we have a few of those opportunities right here, by the way) to demonstrate your commitment and interest. Maybe it’s a portfolio of work that you complete while you study or a leadership experience like student

governance or a winning entry in some prestigious competition. I can’t speak to you all individually, nor am I qualified to do so (there are people at TRU who are, and I recommend talking to them, too), but I can tell you that if you send in a resumé to an employer that has a bachelor’s degree as the only qualification you’ve acquired, you’d better not wait by the phone. There are too many people, who hold undergraduate degrees in various fields, stocking shelves in department stores and rocking the headset at the drive-through of their local fast-food joint already. Let’s not add a bunch more because you didn’t think ahead about what’s going to set you apart from all those people in these classes that want the same gig you do. Oh, and come on back next week for my advice on how to make this experience about more than just getting a job afterwards. I know, “Make up your mind!” right? It’s all about balance, my friends. I’ll explore that next week. editor@truomega.ca

Sri Whorrall receives her Communication and School Support Certificate June 15, 2012 at the Spring convocation at TRU. I hope she had some extracurriculars to add to it. (Omega File Photo)

Binge drinking has consequences

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Wellness Matters Courtney Dickson Ω Wellness Columnist

Just a couple of years ago, a young Canadian student lost his life because he had a few too many. Binge drinking might seem like a fun way to let loose with your friends or give young adults the confidence to talk to some hot guy, but the practice might cost you your life. Of course being drunk can make you look like an idiot, at least to the sober people in the room. Not only does a drunk look stupid, but also burdens those nearby. When you’re falling over drunk, your friends are busy trying to decide how to help you, whether to take you home, get you water or decide if you need any help at all. They’re likely concerned you’re going to get kicked out of the bar or someone’s house. You’re

ruining their night. They’ll tell you 100 times “it’s okay,” but for those of us who have been that friend, we know it isn’t. Not only does this create issues with others, but the larger community could suffer as a result of your irresponsibility. If you get hurt while drinking and have to visit the emergency room, you might be taking time away from someone who really needs help. The World Health Organization wrote an entire report on alcohol-related injuries in emergency rooms, finding that somewhere between 10 and 18 per cent of emergency room visits are a result of alcohol use. The World Health Organization report also found that 3.2 per cent of deaths are caused by alcohol. A year after the death of Johnathan Andrews, a student at Acadia University in Nova Scotia, Acadia rolled-out an alcohol strategy to deal with on-campus partying, hoping to save the lives of students who may be pressured into having a few too many. Resident advisors are able to enter dorm rooms to check for alcohol, parents are encouraged by the residence to discuss drinking with their children and they have created designated areas for students who are of legal drinking age to consume alcohol. They’ve also spoken with local bars to ask them to be wary of the amount of alcohol they’re serving to each individual.

In 2010, a Queen’s University student fell to his death from his room in residence, and police confirmed alcohol was likely a factor, as he had been actively involved in frosh week at the time. That same year, another Queen’s student died when he fell through a skylight. Excessive alcohol consumption was considered as a factor in that death, as well. As many have noted, though some schools have put in place a zero-tolerance policy for alcohol, students still have the ability and freedom to do their drinking elsewhere. Though students have this right, they also have responsibilities. A lot of people

see drinking as a challenge. I can’t count the number of times I’ve heard someone say “I bet I can drink you under the table.” This kind of peer pressure is a reality. The Canadian Centre for Substance Abuse published guidelines for low-risk drinking, and recommends no more than two drinks for every three hours of consumption. For every alcoholic drink, you should have a non-alcoholic drink (water is ideal). It’s normal to want to go have a drink with the boys (or girls), but being responsible and educated about alcohol is part of being an adult.

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Returning for his third year at the helm of the publication, Mike is, somehow, just as excited about the year as he was when he was first informed he’d be taking over at the top (though much less nervous). Having recently completed his requirements for the now defunct Bachelor of Arts (English Rhetoric and Professional Writing) degree, he has moved on to formalize his journalism training in the journalism, communication and new media department, and should complete that program this coming spring. Only time will tell what he goes on to from there. He has a strong belief in community journalism, a passion for the written word and a deep desire to share people’s stories with the world — a good set of traits for one in charge of a community publication like The Omega, if he does say so himself.

Editor-in-Chief

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Everything that ends up in these pages goes through him last, but you’ll also find a weekly editorial (topics vary widely) and the occasional feature or piece of news coverage with his name on it, as he still wants to write despite it not being his job to do so — and he’s in charge, so he can if he wants.

Courtney Dickson

Cour t ney Dickson, The Omega’s arts and entertainment editor and TRU’s self-proclaimed worst chef, originally hails from Calgary — but don’t hold that against her. She spent a good chunk of her childhood at Shuswap Lake and roaming around Kamloops and she basically considers herself a British Columbian now.

Let him know what you’d like to see more or less between the covers of the paper and on the pages of the website. This is more your paper than it is his. He’s just curating it for you.

She’s a big fan of country music and won’t hesitate to tell you. For skeptics of her musical taste — don’t worry. She also earned significant hipster cred by living in Toronto’s Kensington Market and has interviewed a bunch of bands you’ve probably never heard of.

Justine Cleghorn is a fourth year journalism student at TRU. She was a regular contributor for The Omega last year and moved up the ranks to become the news editor this year.

On top of covering the arts scene at TRU and in Kamloops, Courtney will be writing a weekly column about student health, as she became wellconnected to that community during her time as the roving editor last year.

After studying in different parts of Canada, the United States and South Africa, Justine found herself in Kamloops.

You’ll probably see her racing around campus and staring at her phone through red glasses, tweeting about something a professor said, how much she misses her cat or a weird story she found on the Internet.

She recently returned home to Saskatchewan for the summer to work at CKOM News Talk Radio in Saskatoon as a producer for two news talk shows. She’s also an experienced broadcaster. She returns as a play-by-play announcer for Wolf Pack Athletics after being their game host last season. Although she’s studying in B.C., Justine is a prairie girl at heart. You can spot her rocking plaid with her trusted water bottle in hand. She’s hoping to breathe some life into the news section. If you have any ideas for stories or if you are interested in gaining some writing experience, give her a shout!

If you are interested in contributing to the arts and entertainment section, send Courtney an email and let her k now.

News

Justine Cleghorn

Born and raised in the Kootenays, Sean spent a few years at Selkirk College studying history, writing and web technologies. After working in the Okanagan for a few years, he decided to pursue journalism and moved to Kamloops to attend TRU. Now in his final year of a Bachelor of Journalism degree, he’s keen on putting his skills to work here at The Omega. Sean also helped to bring The Omega’s new website online, and hopes to continue working to enhance the paper’s online presence. As this year’s copy editor, Sean will help to bring out the best in the work of The Omega staff and contributors.

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Karla Karcioglu

Outside of work, Sean often finds himself behind a camera, shooting all there is to see as he explores the beauty of Kamloops and its surrounding areas.

Karla is a fourthyear journalism student who moved from the Lower Mainland to Kamloops to attend Thompson Rivers University.

Sean Brady

Adam is entering his final year of the bachelor of journalism program and will be graduating from TRU in the spring.

She is a first-generation Canadian on her mother’s side, a second-generation Canadian on her father’s side and feels lucky to have family across the globe who provide her a unique opportunity to travel and gain an appreciation of many different cultures.

This will be Adam’s second and final year as The Omega’s sports editor. He just recently finished eight months as an intern at the Kamloops Daily News and will be returning to KDN as a sports reporter in the fall. He has also contributed to a number of publications as a freelance writer, including The Hockey News, Canada West University Athletics Association and HockeyNow.

Karla enjoys having fun and being silly — and some days she’s certain that her hair has a personality of its own. This past summer Karla spent her time interning at Kamloops This Week where she learned many valuable skills in journalism and she hopes that the connections she has made in the Kamloops community through her years of living here will help her create stories that are relevant to the community and to TRU students. Karla believes that hard work and passion will take her where she wants to go and she is excited to start this academic year as The Omega’s new roving editor. She hopes to use this opportunity to learn and to share her love of journalism with other TRU students, staff, faculty and the Kamloops community.

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Sports

Adam Williams

Adam will make sure you’re never left in the dark when your friends talk about “That local sports team.” He will use his experience and connections in Kamloops to bring you a complete picture of the sporting world at Thompson Rivers University.

The Omega · Volume 23, Issue 2

Arts & Entertainment

Film Review: The Shape of Rex Courtney Dickson Ω Arts & Entertainment Editor Factoria Films released their first full-length feature film in 2012, but it was most recently screened this past summer at The Royal in Toronto. Indie filmmakers Layne Coleman and William Hominuke teamed up to write, produce and direct the Canadian drama that few movie buffs have been privy to. The film opens with presentday Rose (Monica Dottor), one of the main characters, going to see a lawyer (Ryan Hollyman), who she knew years before. Rex was her boyfriend when they were teenagers, and according to the rest of the story they were each other’s “true love.” When Rex sees Rose, there’s an immediate feeling of nostalgia and tension is apparent right within that first scene. Both Rose and Rex are happily married to other people (Rose’s husband is played by the wellknown Lorne Cardinal), however upon seeing one another, they both begin to question their marriages and viewers get a glimpse into their past. This leads to a passionate affair that takes its toll on each character. The film jumps back and forth between the present and the ‘80s, when Rose and Rex were experiencing love during their youth. Young Rose is played by the talented Vivien Endicott Douglas and is complimented by Brett Donahue, the handsome young Rex. The Shape of Rex closes with Rex and Rose’s daughter meeting her father for the first time. Though Angela is the reason Rose sought

Album Review: Jubilee Jessica Klymchuk

seamlessly flood from one phrase to the next. Yet, the folk aspect rings clear Ω Contributor in the rhythm, like the steady advance of a heavy train. After making their silver screen debut “18th of December” and “Picture in Safe Haven, The Deep Dark Woods on My Wall” both lead with an electric emerge with their newest creative psychedelic sound but quickly revert venture, Jubilee. The album comes two to a traditional-sounding folk style, years after the release of The Place I with the psychedelic falling to the Left Behind, which landed them a Juno background. Although, at times the nomination, an Americana Emerging psychedelic synthesizer accompanies Artist nomination and a Canadian Folk the traditional folk in a way that makes Music Award nomination. it hard to differentiate the two. Ryan Boldt, “Red, Red Chris Mason, Rose” introduces Lucas Goetz, Geoff a lighthearted and Hilhorst and Clayton more upbeat version, Linthicum make in which the vocals up The Deep Dark act as the steady Woods. Lead singer train. The lyrics Vivien Endicott Douglas and Brett Donahue take the lead in the Boldt writes much are a contrast to the Canadian drama The Shape of Rex. of the lyrics for The upbeat strings and Deep Dark Woods, piano, with a tinge of (Image courtesy Factoria Films) however Mason, heartbreak and regret Rex out in the first place, the between young Rose and Rex Burke Barlow and in the narration of ending seemed out of place, since seemed particularly authentic, Linthicum also sorrow. this seemed to play such a minor which is likely why Douglas was share the credit for As for the track (Image courtesy Six Shooter role in the plot. nominated for an Alliance of Jubilee. that nods to the Records) Though there are some strange Canadian Cinema, Television and Most of the album album title, “Gonna scenes and corny phrases, Radio Artists award. Even still, was recorded in Have a Jubilee” they are dealt with beautifully, the performances by Rose (Dottor) a cabin in the Rockies, near Bragg leaves out the psychedelic for the most particularly the part where young and her husband (Cardinal) gave Creek, Alta., though the group hails part for an acoustic vibe with heavy Rose explained to Rex how she Douglas a run for her money. Dottor from Saskatoon. A press release from vocals and lyrics: “My heart is on buried her newborn child at 14 portrayed the fear and obedience Six Shooter Records says the live fire, the devil’s everywhere, the sun and then proceeded to make him that any person in trouble with the recording allowed for a collective and in shining but I can’t stand the glare.” Rex sandwich. This, of course, one they are with ease. spontaneous approach. The Deep Unlike other tracks, several voices join all happens after an awkward sex This tale of adultery and Dark Woods revisited the times of the melancholy for the chorus. The song scene. Also, rather than using the nostalgia is not only dramatic, but psychedelic and electric folk for title might mislead you into thinking typical “555” to precede a phone educational in the sense that it uses Jubilee with the use of the novachord, it’s a cheerful tune, but you’re more number, the directors chose to put Saskatoon’s landmarks to help tell celesta and vibraphone, all first used likely to find that in “Bourbon Street.” the number 244-7435 on the screen. the story. in the early days of psychedelic synth “East St. Louis” and “The If anyone wants to call that number, For those who have never experimentation. Beater” have the most electronic and let me know if a young girl named visited the city, it may entice them If that was the tone they were trying psychedelic prominence and likely Rose answers. to visit the prairies for its calm to set, they certainly succeeded by incorporated the most experimentation. Compared to other Canadian appearance. The cinematography picking “Miles and Miles” as the Even with the steadiness of a train films, the script, acting and camera was memorable, leaving the viewer opening track. The psychedelic vibe ringing in every track, each time you work all exceeded expectations. with the feeling of a warm breeze echoes through the electronic rifts and listen you’ll hear something new, The emotion and chemistry on a quiet summer’s day. haunting softness of the vocals that something you missed the first time.

Toxic Masculinity Sophie Isbister The Other Press (Douglas College) VANCOUVER (CUP) — Director and filmmaker Jennifer Siebel Newsom sees a “boy crisis” happening, and as the mother to a young boy, it concerns her. She is the director of the acclaimed documentary Miss Representation (2011), which shed light on the harmful ways in which the media portrays — or erases — women and their experiences. Her next project is a Kickstarter-funded documentary called The Mask You Live In, which is currently in production. She introduces the five-minute trailer by saying she is increasingly sensitive to the extremes of masculinity that will be imposed on her own son. “Who will he become as an adult man: a sensitive, caring, and compassionate human being? Or a depressed, lonely, and disconnected portrayal of masculinity, limited by cultural stereotypes?” she asks. What words do we normally associate with masculinity? Tough, strong, stoic, a leader who never cries and “mans up.” Men and boys who don’t follow these stereotypes are mocked and ridiculed, labelled with feminine terms, like “pussy.” The gender binary of male/ female, and the idea that men are tough and women are weak, are concepts that are harmful to everyone: to boys and girls, and to men and women. To gather information for her documentary, Siebel Newsom reached out to sociologists and psychologists, as well as boys and youth in American schools. “Our kids get up every morning; they have to prepare their mask for how they’re going to walk to get to school. Hopefully

they can take the mask off so they can focus on learning,” youth worker Ashanti Branch says in the trailer, explaining the title. “A lot of our students don’t know how to take it off. The mask sticks with them all the time.” Reaching out to people in your community is an important first step to starting the discussion, a discussion that college and university-aged people should be having. This is a time in our lives when we are learning about ourselves and the way we present ourselves to the world. Husain Vahanvaty is a Douglas College student seeking a degree in social work who is currently working with at-risk youth. He says that in his experience with youth, he has noticed the effects of masculinity. “You can’t really be sad about your situation, you can’t be upset that you’re given a shitty lot in life,” he explains. “You have to be angry about it, you have to hustle, you have to deal drugs, you have to go get into fights [and] you have to do a lot of drinking.” But Vahanvaty says that the documentary trailer fails to point out class intersectionality, which is a criticism shared by Vancouver resident and activist David Miller. “A key point in the film is the experience of urban AfricanAmerican youth who are asked what they hide. They mostly say it’s anger,” Miller states. “I obviously can’t speak for their experience, but I’m sure it is not just the performance of [the] masculine stereotype which serves patriarchy. What about class? What about racism? What about capitalism? What about the education system which attempts to mould them?” In a society that is deeply stratified by gender and race, it isn’t useful to look at such things in a vacuum.

“Sure, it’s good to focus on one aspect. But if you want to get to the root you need to look at all aspects of the forces that shape and determine us without our consent,” Miller states, also noting that the documentary doesn’t mention the patriarchy, which he describes as “a system of power and domination that for some reason we don’t want to acknowledge,” and implies that the absence of the p-word might make the documentary more palatable to a wide audience. Vahanvaty mentions the patriarchy, but not by name. He notes the challenges of the quest set out in the documentary. “You’re working against thousands of years of culture,” he says. True, for thousands of years, women were systemically subjugated by men. Structurally, things are becoming more equal, but in terms of our socialization, there is still room for improvement. By divorcing the idea of toxic masculinity from the systems of oppression which uphold it, Siebel Newsom does her cause a disservice. The type of assault on masculinity that Siebel Newsom brings to light in The Mask You Live In is a product of the patriarchal system under which we have all been raised. The fact that young boys are raised to play with trucks and girls are raised to play with dolls does not mean that men innately want to drive big machines and that women are innate caregivers; both sides of the gender binary have an equal capacity to want both things. Miller notes that harmful ideas about masculinity are ingrained in this system. “You can’t separate masculinity from patriarchy so in order to end the latter you must destroy the former,” he says.

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Madison Paradis-Woodman, Douglas Students’ Union College Relations Coordinator, agrees that the strict adherence to gender binary is harmful. “I believe we are doing a disservice to boys by pressuring them to blindly adopt blanket masculinity at face value,” says Paradis-Woodman, adding that the statistics in the documentary trailer – such as that boys under the age of 17 drink more than any other demographic – do not surprise him. “We teach at a young age that expressing feminine emotions is inappropriate,” he says. “I believe that to facilitate men opening up more, we need to redefine what it means to be a man and express masculinity.” He suggests some beneficial structural changes, such as media initiatives to rebrand masculinity to be more human and compassionate, and a national campaign educating youth.

Paradis-Woodman thinks the documentary is a step in the right direction, and that screening it on campuses would be a good idea. “This documentary would spark a fulsome discussion around gender and expression, and it would also be informative and engaging,” he agrees. It should be the responsibility of the academic cohort within colleges and universities to spearhead discussions on gender expectations. These discussions should be inclusive: there should be spaces made in which men can feel comfortable expressing feminine-associated emotions. And the conversation should continue to challenge and smash stereotypes. Siebel Newsom’s documentary The Mask You Live In is a hotly anticipated slice of the pie, to be viewed as a jumping-off point for an ongoing analysis of the systems which socially define us.

Life & Community

Orientation week wraps up with major networking opportunity TRUSU held their 26th annual Back-to-School BBQ on Friday, Sept. 6. Despite a rainy morning, the weather cleared and sunshine made an appearance right in time for the festivities. The barbecue was host to tables and booths by groups from the campus and community who offered a wide array of free stuff to passersby. Also to be mentioned are the free burgers, hot dogs, soda and musical entertainment.

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“All of the draws and just seeing what’s around town.”

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“Seeing all the different types of things on campus and in Kamloops that you can do and be a part of.”

Top: TRU WolfPack cheerleaders Pamela Tulliani (left) and Marizza Flores battle to see who gets to be top of the pyramid (we assume) at the Back-to-School Barbeque Sept. 6. (Mike Davies/ The Omega ) Middle: Just a sample of the free stuff that The Omega’s roving editor, Karla Karcioglu, acquired at the BBQ. (Karla Karcioglu/ The Omega ) Bottom: Jeremy Androsoff, a volunteer with CFBX radio, gets into character as he spreads the word about campus media. (Mike Davies/ The Omega )

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The Omega · Volume 23, Issue 2

Arts & Entertainment

Indie B.C. bands take Campus Commons at Tunes Against Tuition Mason Buettner Ω Contributor TRUSU’s annual Tunes Against Tuition concert took place on what was forecasted to be an overcast and rainy Saturday afternoon. Contrary to what meteorologists had to say, the sun shone down on hundreds of students gathered in the campus commons for an exciting and enjoyable show. Vancouver-based band Mother Mother headlined the afternoon, after stellar performances by Kamloops locals Van Damsel and Kelowna’s We Are the City, both of whom gracefully opened the afternoon‘s festivities. Overall attendance was up from last year’s event with the biggest crowd showing up just in time to dance to some upbeat indie rock tracks. Van Damsel opened up the afternoon promptly at 1 p.m. and played consistently for nearly an hour. The crowd at this point was already close to the same size as the turnout for last year’s headlining band Arkells.

We Are the City played a shorter set than the other two bands, but it was a treat to listen to nonetheless. They played songs from their sophomore release Violent, released in June. The band brings a unique sound unlike any other band in recent times. Students were enthusiastic and appeared most excited about seeing Canadian indie-rockers Mother Mother take the stage. Highlights of the band’s part of the show included their cover of Nirvana’s “In Bloom” as well as their encore performance of “Ghosting,” off of their 2008 album O My Heart. TRUSU made their presence known during the afternoon by setting up a booth, announcing the performers and canvassing throughout the crowd of students. TRUSU also brought in a couple of different food trucks into the campus commons area to keep students from going hungry throughout the show. All photos by Mason Buettner/ The Omega

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Eat to live, live to eat Presented by iLive2Eat.com Mike Davies Ω Editor-in-Chief I stopped in for a business lunch at Duffy’s Pub on Hillside Drive (across from the Staples plaza) on the first NFL Sunday of the year, expecting it to be packed. To my surprise, it was not. I sat at a table as I waited for my colleague and ordered a pint (yes, it was that kind of business lunch) and watched some football as I perused the menu. Not your standard pub fare. Though they do have the typical deepfried appetizers you’d expect, they also have dishes like “Venice Beach Fish Tacos,” and “Chipotle Chicken Panini,” which sounded so good it’s what we ended up ordering. The chicken in my panini was slightly dry, though the flavour more than made up for it. Peppery with a slight lingering burn — the pleasant kind — and just a hint of sweet. Also perfectly accompanied by the Beef Noodle Soup on offer that afternoon. According to my friend, the fish tacos were similar. “A tasty balance of sweet and spicy with enough substance not to leave you hungry,” he said. All I know is they went down as fast as my Panini did, by which I mean I didn’t put it down once it was in my hands. You’re not going to break the bank if you head up there, either. Obviously pub eating shouldn’t be a regular occurrence if you’re on a budget, but it’s a nice treat once in a while. My lunch (including a second pint) cost $24.20. The staff is friendly, the atmosphere is cozy, they’ve got a dozen or so beers on tap — both the popular mass-produced stuff and some for a more refined palate — and they’ll loan you some darts for the dartboard. I’ll give it an overall 8/10.

Above: My Chipotle Chicken Panini was delicious, even if the chicken itself wasn’t as juicy as I normally like. Top Right: My colleague’s Venice Beach Fish Tacos were, in his words, “A tasty balance of sweet and spicy.” Bottom right: You’ll find a beer you like, or else you don’t really like beer. (Davies & Brady/ The Omega)

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Personal Prison Max Hill The Peak (SFU) BURNABY (CUP) — In Canada, it’s called the Special Handling Unit. Most prisoners know it as the SHU, or by colloquial titles, such as “the hole” or “the hotbox.” It’s a tactic reserved for prisoners that are deemed particularly dangerous or threatening and its prevalence is increasing. Between 2010 and 2013, the number of inmates admitted to the SHU per year rose from 8,000 to 8,600, and experts expect that this number will continue to grow. But solitary confinement is more than a punishment. It’s a form of psychological torture. For between 22 and 24 hours a day, prisoners are confined to bleak, unfurnished cells for months — sometimes years — on end. They are often denied access to TV or even radio, and are isolated from other prisoners. Most inmates in solitary confinement are allowed a limited supply of books, a bar of soap, photographs of friends and family members, tools for writing and little else. Some cells lack windows, and virtually all of them are under constant video surveillance. Ingoing and outgoing mail is heavily monitored. Visits from friends and family — if allowed at all — are aggressively watched and are devoid of any physical contact. The cells themselves range from about 60 to 80 square feet and the concrete “yards” in which prisoners are allowed to exercise for approximately an hour each day are rarely much larger. Ironically, solitary confinement was originally envisioned as a humane alternative to the sadistic prison conditions of yesteryear. Social activists of the time – Quakers and Calvinists chief among them – saw solitary confinement as a more ethical alternative to the rotting, overcrowded jails and Hammurabian “eye for an eye” punishments of the day. They were the first to consider the prison system as a potential conduit for rehabilitation; the Walnut Street Jail, built in Philadelphia in 1790, was the first prison to resemble our modern institutions. Expanding on their revolutionary idea of isolation as punishment, Eastern State Penitentiary was established in 1829 as the first jail made entirely of solitary cells. But despite noble intentions, the system was quickly revealed to have unintentional effects. Prolonged periods of solitude led inmates to such ends as psychosis, anxiety and suicide. By 1890, over a century after Walnut Street Jail first opened its doors, the United States Supreme Court condemned the practice of solitary confinement. Inspired by a wealth of medical evidence from around the world, they stated: “A considerable number of prisoners fell, after even a short confinement, into a semi-fatuous condition…others became violently insane, others, still, committed suicide, while those who stood the ordeal better were not generally reformed.” But in the recent past, solitary confinement has regained popularity. According to The Globe and Mail, about 850 of the 14,700 prisoners in federal Canadian prisons are in the SHU. Our neighbour to the south is even worse: over 80,000 prisoners are held in solitary confinement in the United States at any given time — the highest percentage of any democratic nation. Inmates are chosen for solitary confinement based on a wide variety of criteria. Prisoners who are considered at risk of violence from other inmates, such as pedophiles or witnesses, are held in the SHU as a form of protective custody. Super-maximum security prisons – better known as “supermax”

prisons – are composed almost entirely of SHU cells. Prisoners are also put into solitary confinement based on their alleged connections to prison gangs. Many of these connections are tenuous at best — leftist literature and writings on prison rights can be considered sufficient evidence for incarceration, as well as unverified accusations of gang affiliation from prison informants. One of the most infamous supermax prisons in North America is Pelican Bay State Prison, located just outside of Crescent City, California. Of the 1,126 prisoners held in the prison’s SHU, over half have been in solitary confinement for at least five years; over 78 of those inmates have been confined for more than 20. Having been put in solitary confinement in an Iranian prison himself, photojournalist Shaun Bauer’s investigation of Pelican Bay in 2012 is eye-opening. He describes the cells in the prison as smaller than the one he was confined to for 26 months. His had a window, whereas the rooms in Pelican Bay do not. All of the gang validation proceedings — that is, the system through which the prison’s gang investigator makes his case for a prisoner’s involvement — are internal, with no judicial involvement. Of 6,300 validations submitted to Sacramento for approval in the past four years, only 25 were rejected. Only the gang investigator and the inmate are present during the sentencing. Bauer’s report is not only remarkable due to his unique experience with solitary confinement — it is one of the few available reports of its kind. There is an absence of accurate statistics concerning many supermax prisons in the United States and Canada. “There are no meaningful mechanisms for accountability in provincial and territorial corrections,” Debra Parkes, a University of Manitoba law professor, told The Globe and Mail.

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added headaches, chronic fatigue, heart palpitations, chronic depression and violent fantasies as potential symptoms. Roughly half of all suicides occur in solitary confinement. “People who have been in long-term solitary confinement almost inevitably emerge with major impairments in their ability to cope with the larger world and the larger community,” Dr. Grassian told The Globe and Mail. Canadian prisons have also seen a rise in violence within the past decade: between 2007 and 2012, the population of Canada’s prison gangs rose from 1,421 to 2,040, according to CBC News. This rise correlates with the rise of solitary confinement tactics. But these tactics only serve to separate gang members

or is suspected of having committed, or intimidating or coercing him or a third person, or for any reason based on discrimination of any kind, when such pain or suffering is inflicted by or at the instigation of or with the consent or acquiescence of public official or other person acting in an official capacity.” Juan E. Méndez, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on torture, has spoken out in favour of banning the practice altogether. “Considering the severe mental pain or suffering solitary confinement may cause, it can amount to torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment when used as a punishment,” he told the UN General Assembly in 2011. “Indefinite and prolonged solitary confinement, in excess of 15 days, should also be subject to an absolute prohibition.” The Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture is a treaty that would allow a subcommittee of the United Nations to perform routine investigations into the places where “people are deprived of their liberty,” in order to ensure that no torture is taking place. As of this article’s publication, Canada and the United States have yet to ratify this protocol. The question then arises concerning those prisoners who pose a threat to correctional —Juan E. Méndez officers and their fellow prisoners. “There will always be a few UN Special Rapporteur on torture inmates who simply prove too dangerous to be in the general population,” says Jamie Fellner, the senior counsel for the United States Program of Human Rights Watch, an organization which from each other, rather than rehabilitate advocates for the preservation of human them into contributing members of rights. society. “For them, some form of segregation After all, prisoners in solitary may be the only option. But even then, confinement have no access to prison the nature of segregation should be programs and treatments. Even if these rethought. No one should be confined in tactics are successful in segregating gang small, empty cells with nothing to do – members and reducing rates of violence and no one to talk to – day in and day out, in prisons – rates that have been climbing year in and year out.” steadily within the past five years – those This thought is echoed in the recent prisoners who eventually see the other hunger strike taking place in California side of a jail cell are often incapable of re- prisons. Beginning on July 8, 2013 and assimilating into Canadian society. the hunger strike reached its 50 day mark Considering the presumably well- last Monday and, at time of publication, intentioned beginnings of the practice, is ongoing. we have to ask ourselves: is solitary It is the largest hunger strike in confinement ethical? California’s history. Originating as a The United Nations defines protest towards the harsh conditions torture as “any act by which pain or of Pelican Bay’s SHU, it has spread suffering, whether physical or mental, to several other Californian prisons. is intentionally inflicted on a person for An estimated 400 prisoners have such purposes as . . . punishing him for participated in the strikes; one of the an act he or a third person has committed participants has since committed suicide.

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“We essentially have no idea what goes on inside them.” Although information concerning the treatment of Canadian prisoners in solitary confinement is troublingly sparse, there is little doubt about the psychological effects of the process. According Terry Kupers, a psychiatrist at the Wright Institute, is that there is a series of symptoms that occur so universally that it can be seen as a syndrome. Stuart Grassian, one of the most prominent specialists in this field of study, has referred to this as the “SHU syndrome.” Grassian described symptoms like increased sensitivity to stimuli, hallucinations, memory loss and impulsiveness as resulting from prolonged periods in solitary confinement. Craig Haney, a professor of psychology at the University of California, has

Among the prisoners’ demands are to “end group punishment and administrative abuse,” “expand or provide constructive programming and privileges for SHU inmates,” and “provide adequate nutrition and food.” They have also demanded that prisons “abolish the debriefing policy and modify gang status criteria.” Debriefing is the most common means through which inmates escape solitary confinement. Prisoners are persuaded into offering incriminating information about their fellow inmates to correctional officers. Prisoners argue that this process places inmates in unnecessary danger, and leads to them being targeted as “snitches.” Jeffrey Beard, the secretary for the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, has characterized the strikes as a “gang power play.” In a recent op-ed for the Los Angeles Times, he vilifies and dehumanizes the inmates participating in the protest. “Many of those participating in the hunger strike are under extreme pressure to do so from violent prison gangs, which called to strike in an attempt to restore their ability to terrorize fellow prisoners, prison staff and communities throughout California,” he writes. But Beard’s article refused to acknowledge the tortuous and dehumanizing conditions of solitary confinement in North American prisons. In an article by Angela Y. Davis for The Sacramento Bee, she calls the strike “a courageous call for the California prison system to come out of the shadows and join a world in which the rights and dignity of every person is respected. If there ever was a time for the United States and Canada to reevaluate their use of solitary confinement as an ethically acceptable form of punishment for prisoners, it is now. The California prison strike only serves to highlight something that many of us already know, but choose to ignore: that solitary confinement is still in widespread use in North America, despite being considered torture by Amnesty International, the United Nations, and the majority of the free world. “The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons,” Fyodor Dostoyevsky once wrote in his novel, The House of the Dead. We must consider the way in which we treat our prisoners in North America, whether or not they are violent, whether or not they are gang members. Our prisons are intended as a means of keeping inmates safe and rehabilitating them; solitary confinement does neither.

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The Omega · Volume 23, Issue 2

Wallace making his presence felt Former WolfPack star returns to TRU after two years in the NCAA Adam Williams Ω Sports Editor It’s not every day that a new player becomes a team’s captain, but Justin Wallace isn’t just any player. Wallace, son of the men’s soccer team’s co-head coach Sean Wallace, is back with the Wolf Pack for the 2013 season. He played for the NCAA’s Simon Fraser University Clan in 2011 and 2012, helping to lead the team to the Division 2 quarterfinals in Evans, Georgia in 2012. This will be Justin’s second season as a member of the ’Pack; he last played for the team in 2010, when he was named the rookie of the year by the Pacific Western Athletic Association. It was a difficult decision for Justin to leave SFU, but so far the transition has served him well. “I was talking my dad and I followed the team a lot last year,” he said. “The team, with the type of players they had, was really exciting and I wanted to be a part of it. I think being able to be coached by my dad and play with my brother and a lot of close friends from high school was something I really wanted to pursue.” Wallace is an offensive-minded forward that should give TRU an added punch in their opponent’s ends this season. Following his award-winning year with the Wolf Pack, he was named the NCAA’s newcomer of the year in 2011. In 22 games with the Clan last season he amassed 27 points, including 10 goals, and was second on the team in scoring.

He had two goals and two assists in the Wolf Pack’s three preseason games and added another goal and an assist on home-opening weekend, as the Wolf Pack locked up victories over the Capilano University Blues, 2-1, and the Vancouver Island University Mariners, 4-2. “I think the calibre of player he’s become — after leaving TRU and going to SFU for two years — definitely strengthens our team and adds a very offensive f lare to the already offensive-minded players we have,” Sean said before the weekend’s matches. Justin brings an element of leadership to the Wolf Pack as well. He will be one of the team’s four captains this season, along with Ashley Raynes, Corey Wallis and Braeden Burrows; Burrows is a returning member of the team this season as well; he spent last season recovering from a knee injury. “His biggest thing is he’s matured as a player,” Sean said, of Justin. “You come out of high school and you’re all wide-eyed and looking to take it all in and think you can beat everybody. He had success here in his first year . . . he’s just grown as a player, matured to the point where he knows when he should be taking on the game and when he should sit back and sort of be a part of the overall play of the team.” Sean said Justin’s years in the NCAA served him well, he benefited from the depth of the players around him and the quality of training he received. Now back at TRU, he will be a cornerstone of the offence in this, his fourth year of eligibility.

“His job . . . is to make changes in the game,” Sean said. “I guess what I’ve seen over the last couple years is he’s become a game-changer and really lives up to that. Big time games he really comes to the forefront.” For Justin, it was time to make a change after spending two seasons with SFU. Coming home to play at TRU for his dad and with his brother — Nolan Wallace, the 2012 Pacific Western Athletics Association rookie of the year — was an opportunity he couldn’t pass up. “It’s really exciting,” Justin said. “It’s special, it’s not too often you get to play for your dad and [with] your brother at the same time. I love playing for my dad and John [Antulov] as well. . . . “Playing with Nolan is a lot of fun, we get into it in practice sometimes and it’s that sort of competitive sibling rivalry we have going on which makes the team better and makes each other better.” With the transition made, his focus now turns to the year ahead and helping the Wolf Pack get back to the Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association national championship for the first time since they hosted in 2008. Early signs are the Wolf Pack will be stronger offensively this year, which should help them improve on their bronze medal finish last season. “If we play well every weekend and we play to our strengths and our game plan then I think we’re going to be successful week in and week out.”

Bekkering and company dominate in home-opener Nathan Weissbock Ω Contributor It’s not how you start a game, it’s how you finish it, and the Wolf Pack women finished their home-opener with a victory against the Capilano University Blues. Though the women were down by one goal for nearly the full first half, Bronwyn Crawford managed to slip in a beautiful cross-field header, assisted by Alanna Bekkering, in the 45th minute to tie things up. The ’Pack didn’t stop there, scoring yet another goal shortly after the half, when a corner kick was punted by Bekkering, allowing Jaydene Radu to hammer in another goal and give TRU the lead. With this last goal putting them ahead of the Blues, the Wolf Pack went to the last whistle of the game protecting its 2-1 lead, despite the all-out offence of the Blues. “Alanna Bekkering was outstanding today,” said head coach Tom McManus after the match. “She was constantly going after the ball and just doing a great job for us.” Other players were quick to praise Bekkering’s game as well, focusing on her on-field effort

Justin Wallace returns to the ‘Pack after spending two years with the SFU Clan in the NCAA Division 2, and will captain the team for the 2013-14 season. (Photo courtesy TRU Athletics)

WolfPack Bites The WolfPack women’s golf team finished in third place in the opening tournament of the Pacific Western Athletic Association season. Natasha MacKenzie and Britt Riehl combined 369 in the two-day event, finishing behind the University of the Fraser Valley Cascades and the host Vancouver Island University Mariners. MacKenzie finished fourth overall, shooting 167, while Riehl finished in tenth with 202. On the men’s side, the WolfPack’s six golfers finished in sixth with a combined score of 632. Brent Pound was the top TRU golfer, tied for second with a 142. Ryan Skinner was tied for 21st with a 159 and Nic Corno was tied for 29th with a 165. Matt Rittinger and Blake Gozda were 37th and 38th respectively, shooting 177 and 180.

The WolfPack men’s soccer team has named Corey Wallis, Justin Wallace, Braeden Burrows and Ashley Raynes its captains for the 2013 season. On the ladies side, Alanna Bekkering, Bronwyn Crawford and Smylie will captain the defending champions.

Alanna Bekkering again led the team in scoring during homeopener weekend, being involved in four of the five goals scored by the team over the two games. (Nathan Weissbock/ The Omega)

and teamwork. “I’ve played with Alanna since I was ten years old, so we have always had this connection where we will make eye contact on the field and she will just put the ball right where I want her to,” teammate Bronwyn Crawford said.

Bekkering scored two goals against the Vancouver Island Mariners on Sunday, leading the ’Pack to a 3-1 victory. Kelsey Martin also had a goal. The Wolf Pack will head out on the road for three weeks, playing their next game at Hillside Stadium Oct. 5 against the UBCO Heat.

Interested in covering WolfPack sports? Contact Adam Williams at sports@truomega.ca or on Twitter @AdamWilliams87

September 11, 2013

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