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Loanless and out of luck

TRU’s work-study program is looking for workers, but there’s a catch Alexis Stockford NEWS EDITOR Ω

Leah Caldow is on her second university stint. Returning to school after five years in the workforce, the third-year journalism student was hoping for a work-study job with TRU’s Alumni Association, but she quickly hit a wall.

“It was exactly up my alley,” she said of the position. “Doing marketing events, helping out with the social media and stuff like that, and I really wanted to do it but I found out that I had to get a student loan.”

As a mature student with investments who rents a basement suite from her parents, Caldow found she was not eligible for a loan and therefore not eligible for the workstudy program.

“I work currently, so I wasn’t going after it for financial reasons,” she said. “I was going after it for an experience side. It was just more frustrating that I couldn’t gain the experience that I wanted because the biggest thing that we get ingrained in our head that you are going to get hired based on the experience you gain in university and I want to do everything in my power to be well rounded in that way.”

TRU’s work-study program provides over 100 part-time jobs to students on campus. Based on financial need determined by their loan assessment, TRU Student Awards and Financial Support determines how much each student may work, to a limit of eight hours a week.

“Basically they just need an assessed need of about $2,400 a year to max out on the number of hours, and [for] most students, that’s not hard for them to do,” student finance advisor Lisa Smilie said.

Applicants must also be full-time students and maintain a 2.00 GPA. Kate Lochhead has worked a work-study job since September in the fine arts department, a position that mirrors her own field of study.

She said she hopes to go to grad school for printmaking and thought the position could double as work experience and supplement her student loans.

“It’s less [time required] than any other job I’ve ever had and it doesn’t necessarily pay the best money, but it’s really helped me so far with maintaining my grades because I work at the school, therefore I am always at the school doing homework, et cetera,” she said.

“We’d love to be able to open it up…”

Originally funded by the government, TRU took over work-study after the government program was cancelled. According to Smilie, all applicant requirements were also adopted by TRU, including the need for a student loan. The requirement was also cemented by the collective agreement between TRU and the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), which allowed the work-study program to run beside union jobs.

According to Smilie, since TRU took over the program it has expanded from largely case-by-case placement to something much larger and more structured.

“The last few years have been awesome – good experience with CUPE and TRU working together to increase the number of positions for students and to offer them to more departments,” Smilie said.

Despite citing the program’s growth, Smilie also said the finan-

Students must have a loan to access over 100 work-study jobs available on campus. (Alexis Stockford/The Omega)

cial aid office recognizes that the loan requirement is unpopular and that she would like to see the policy change. She said she commonly sees students express interest in a position, only to learn that they are not eligible. Some work-study positions never get filled.

“As long as we can assess their need ... and make sure that it’s a program that’s open to the neediest of students ... we’d love to be able to open it up to other students,” she said.

Faculty echoed Smilie’s sentiment. “There’s lots of students who want to do it but simply aren’t allowed,” geography chair Darryl Carlyle-Moses said.

The geography department em-

ploys two work-study students each year. According to Carlyle-Moses, 50 to 75 per cent of those students come from the geography department, with the remainder drawn from related disciplines such as biology or natural science.

“We have benefited from it as a department and I’m confident that the students have also benefitted from the experience. I think it’s a win-win situation,” he said.

He added, however, that the department has not always been able to fill their work-study positions and he would like to see students with financial aid getting priority, with the position available to other students if no other candidate is found.

According to Student Awards and Financial Support manager Gordon Down, changing program requirements has been on the table for several years, but the issue has never moved past discussions between CUPE and TRU. “This last round it was at the top of TRU’s list of things they wanted to change, but then they agreed with CUPE to just roll the [collective] agreement over without any changes,” Down said. “So both parties had things they wanted to change and none of those were implemented.”

CUPE’s collective agreement expired last March. Down said he does not know when bargaining will begin again.

“Storm of the decade” put a chill on student services last week Alexis Stockford NEWS EDITOR Ω

Students needing the Bookstore or TRUSU met with frustration last week when the largest two-day snowfall since 1927 closed the Campus Activity Centre (CAC) due to power loss.

Almost 40 centimetres of snow fell Jan. 5-6, closing all schools in Kamloops, including TRU. Four buildings on campus, including TRU’s radio station CFBX and the CAC

were left in the dark after a transformer was damaged by the excessive snowfall.

“There was a lot of snow on top of the transformer and then it melted and got it wet,” said TRU media relations and communications manager, Diana Skoglund.

She added that the problem would not be fixed until at least Monday, Jan. 12 In response to the continued outage, TRU encouraged students to order textbooks online to be picked

up at a designated spot on campus within 36 hours of ordering.

“We’re making arrangements for staff to get in [the Bookstore] now to be able to work in the dark,” Skoglund said Jan. 7.

Director of ancillary services, Glen Read, said bookstore staff received around 400 online book orders for pick up.

Alternative locations for student cards, TRUSU inquiries and UPass renewals were also set up in Old Main while the power was out. Stu-

dents without an updated UPass were also able to access the bus by showing their student card until Jan. 9.

According to TRU political science professor Derek Cook, the fact that students were unable to access textbooks during the first week of class is both inconvenient and detrimental to student learning.

“I’ve got lots to say and I can give them things to read… we’ll just have to catch up. But it’s an imposition, especially in courses where there’s more of a set schedule, like account-

ing,” he said. “How are they going to deal with that if they don’t have the book?”

The university brought in generators to power select student services Jan. 8, although food services remained closed. TRUSU immediately reopened their member’s services desk and the promised textbook pick-up was set up in the CAC. The bookstore itself reopened Friday Jan. 9 and added extended hours over the weekend and into this week to make up for the early semester closure.

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“Je suis Charlie” has become a statement of support for those who stand with the people of France following the Jan. 7 terror attacks on the offices of satire magazine Charlie Hebdo and the subsequent manhunt and hostage situations following. Certainly not all of those making the proclamation agree with what Charlie Hebdo had to say, but it’s not about the politics, it’s about the expression.

“Je suis Charlie” is a proclamation that freedom of expression is vitally important. When as many as three million gathered across France to express their support, they made that much clear.

Charlie Hebdo was provocative and offensive to many, to say the very least. The magazine didn’t pull any of its punches. In fact, it looked for the sore spot and poked away at it. When it was met with a violent response in 2011, when its offices were firebombed, it doubled down and used its platform to attack with words those who attacked it with violence. It did this repeatedly and seemingly without fear of reprisal, and it did so because it knew the power of the almighty pen. It knew how ridiculous a violent response to the written word would be. I’m sure those who worked there, including the magazine’s editor Stéphane Charbonnier, who was among those killed, also knew how possible a violent reprisal could be. But they kept on publishing.

I have a certain amount of re-

spect for those who stir up controversy with their words alone.

Those who challenge the status quo are those who keep us from complacence and mediocrity.

They’re not always right, they’re rarely politically correct and their actions almost always offend someone. Is it the most responsible way to express ideas? No, but it is effective.

You don’t have to aim for the sore spot to provoke such a disproportionate response, though.

I’m reminded of TRU’s own freedom of expression incident that occurred in 2012. Its consequences were nowhere near as dire, but they weren’t good, either.

The artwork of Sooraya Graham was once pulled from the walls of TRU. Her artwork, a photograph, featured a woman wearing a niqab holding a bra by the straps and looking down at it. As we reported in April 2012, Graham’s artwork had been taken down by a TRU World advisor, but it wasn’t the university that asked for it to be taken down. The university’s response was a condemnation of the act and called for the art’s reinstallation, promising to cover all costs related to damage.

But Graham’s story didn’t end once the artwork was reinstalled.

The story drew the eyes of the world’s media. Stories appeared in CBC, the Daily Mail, the National Post and more. Eventually, the discussion slowed to a halt, but not for Graham. As reported by us a year later, Graham received death threats via email, was followed around on campus and her car was vandalized. She had been rattled

by the experience and the attention she received over her artwork.

She needed antidepressants and anxiety medication to deal with it all. Finally, she abruptly left Kamloops behind in her fourth year of university before completing her degree. The response to Graham’s artwork was a measure of its success, but she didn’t set out to be bullied and intimidated and she didn’t deserve to be.

For most, it’s easy to agree that Graham’s situation was undeserved. But let’s face it, it’s not always easy to defend someone’s freedom of expression. Take, for example, the Westboro Baptist Church – the American group behind outrage-provoking acts like protesting the funerals of gay soldiers while holding signs that read “God hates fags,” or worse. The group is rarely met with violence, but instead often encounters other groups like the Patriot Guard Riders, an organization formed to drown out the protests of the Westboro Baptists by waving flags in front of their signs and singing over their chants.

I couldn’t imagine a better response. The Westboro Baptists have endured a number of freedom of speech-related lawsuits, and legally, it appears that they stand on solid ground. It must be hard to champion the rights of people with such despicable views, but I’m thankful that they are around to test the limits – just as I am thankful to Charlie Hebdo for all it has done for freedom of expression, especially in the face of very real threats. editor@truomega.ca

Welcome back. It’s been a busy winter break hasn’t it? I mean Christmas, New Years, redemption at the World Juniors, and then who could forget Old Man Winter dumping on us like he did.

But somehow we managed to survive, and believe me when I say some of us almost didn’t, but we’re here again. I guess we didn’t learn our lesson in the fall and have returned for another round. I kid, but only mostly. After all, there are students that want to be here, that are getting the most out of their education, and are hopeful about the future and opportunities upon graduation. And if you aren’t one of those students, then why not?

That should be everyone’s ambition on coming to university. I mean, if you don’t think you’re going places with your life, then why are you here? I know exactly why I’m here; I need to learn real life lessons, some abstract theories to make me sound smart at parties, and I need to have a slip of paper saying I completed school so that I can get a job. Don’t mistake my cynicism for anything other than me being a general clown.

I worded that the least flattering way I could, but that’s my thing.

I like being here, and you should too. But I’m sure there are a lot of you guys that started university right after high school and feel yourselves burning out on all the learning you’ve been doing, and I can sympathize with that. I took a couple years away from education after high school.

Worked in a kitchen for a while, learned a lot about the real world, and then came back to class. And that worked great for me.

But seriously people, if you feel like going to class is bothersome and a drag, take some time off. Get yourself a minimum wage job for a while.

You’ll figure out pretty damn quick why you started going to university in the first place. Nothing committed me to my education more than working for years with people far older than me, who were working that same dead-end job as a career.

Let that settle in for a bit. Working a minimum wage job with people who are committed to it as a career.

That could be you. It really could and it’s real easy for that to have happen.

Step one is to disregard your education, step two, step three, profit. Except you won’t profit. You’ll be working a dead-end minimum wage job for years, and if you can even afford the standard of living, you’ll actually be doing well for yourself.

And once you’ve turned thirty and are still flipping burgers at McDonald’s for 11.25 an hour, recommend to the fresh-faced high school graduates that they shouldn’t turn their backs on education. leahys112@mytru.ca

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Why the Painted Turtle may not be “Revelstoked” about winter A TRU grad student is studying the effects of dam activity on turtle hibernation patterns Ryan Turcot

SCIENCE & TECH EDITOR Ω

Stretching from Revelstoke to Castlegar is the Arrow Lakes Reservoir, a 230 kilometer-long man-made body of water that was formed by flooding and combining two separate, shorter lakes into one body of water in the 1960s.

To power the Hugh Keenleyside Dam in Castlegar, the reservoir’s water levels annually rise and fall by as much as 20 metres, roughly the same height as a five or six-story building.

TRU graduate student Amy Duncan wants to know if these fluctuating water levels pose a threat to the Western Painted Turtle population that resides within the reservoir. The focus of Duncan’s thesis research, which began in January 2013, is to identify patterns between the fluctuating water levels and the overwintering, or hibernating, patterns of the turtle.

“I’m working under BC Hydro,” Duncan explained. “The reservoir levels are managed by BC Hydro, and they are interested in knowing how the water levels affect the populations.

Because painted turtles are a blue-listed

species, or at least this population is, it puts them on a lot of people’s radar. If there are effects, I want to find out what they are.”

In British Columbia, a blue-listed species is a wildlife species that the Ministry of Environment has determined to be at-risk, but not yet endangered or threatened like a red-listed species.

For the painted turtle to overwinter, they require a habitat that will not freeze or become deprived of oxygen.

Part of Duncan’s research looks at the effect that water levels have on the turtles’ overwintering habitat. Another aspect of the research involves tracking how the behaviors of the turtles are affected.

“There are two different tactics on how turtles are overwintering,” Duncan explained. “Some of the turtles seem to be congregating [into groups] in different areas, while other turtles don’t have any other turtles around them during the winter. So I’m looking at that.”

To conduct these studies, Duncan is studying three sampled populations of turtles, all of which were located just south of Revelstoke, B.C. The first two populations are located directly in the

A research assistant prepares to drill into the ice above the reservoir to find overwintering painted turtles. (Amy Duncan/Submitted)

reservoir, while the third population is located in a nearby pond unaffected by the reservoir’s fluctuations in water levels. This third sample serves as a control group, which helps isolate the reservoir’s fluctuating waters as the independent variable when Duncan compares results between the populations.

The first step in her research was identifying the precise locations that the turtles were using to hibernate.

“When I was doing field work, we captured the turtles throughout the spring and summer,” she explained.

“When I started, there were already some turtles out there from previous research projects with transmitters on.”

Wireless transmitters attached to the turtles help researchers like Duncan locate and track the turtles from above the water.

“My supervisor, Karl Larson, had a previous student working on the same population of turtles, and he wanted to continue researching them but with a different topic.”

With the transmitters in place, Duncan was able to track the turtles even as the surface of the waters froze over.

“I followed those turtles over the winter, locating them and drilling holes in the ice to take water measurements.

In the following spring I tried to recapture the same turtles I had followed. I also captured more turtles and added more transmitters.”

Duncan’s endeavor is ambitious, but she has supporters at her side to help accelerate the progress of her work.

“I’m working with the Okanagan Nation Alliance,” she explained. “They sort of partnered with my industrial sponsor, which is LGL Limited, Environmental Research Associates. Each month I had a field technician from the Okanagan Nation Alliance coming out with me. I also had some volunteers from TRU come and help me do my field work.”

Two years into her project, Duncan says the study has been informative, but also admits it is more complex than she anticipated.

“So far in my results, I have seen a lot of variation. Just between these first two winters, the turtles seem to be doing different things, and the conditions are quite different. This means I have a lot more to look at in my data, but this also means it’s more difficult for me to come to any concrete result. I can’t just say the turtles did the same thing year after

MSc student Amy Duncan holds one of the Western Painted Turtles that she is studying. (Natasha Audy/Submitted)

year. There is no easy answer, and that’s what I’m struggling with right now.”

With her Master of Science in Environmental Science program coming to an end, she hopes to wrap up her research within the next few months.

“The end of April would be my twoyear mark for my master’s program, so I hope to be done by then, or be defending my thesis around that time,” she said.

Duncan’s research has already received some public exposure. She has presented her work at various conferences and forums throughout B.C., including the Columbia Mountains Institute of Applied Ecology’s Annual Researchers’ Forum in Revelstoke.

She hopes her research will contin-

ue to gain traction within the scientific community in the near future.

“Right now our lab is applying to a conference in France,” she said. “It’s a conservation biology conference. We’re really hoping to make it to that, and I’ll be able to present there.”

Duncan also hopes that the lessons learned through her research will eventually help other researchers get a head start on similar studies in other regions.

“My research will be used locally within the population I studied but, potentially, the results of my research could be used for other conservation management plans in other populations that are affected by anthropogenic use, like reservoirs, or other areas that are affected by humans.”

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Film review: Exodus: Gods and Kings One of the most well known biblical stories lit up the big screen in December, sparking copious amounts of chatter regarding its historical accuracy, special effects and choice of cast. “Exodus: Gods and Kings” follows Moses (Christian Bale) and his quest to challenge the ideals of Pharaoh Ramses ( Joel Edgerton) in order to revolutionize 1300 BCE Egypt.

The film’s director, Ridley Scott, has a plethora of popular movies under his belt, including “Alien,” “Thelma & Louise” and “Gladiator.” His notoriety in the business triggered a high amount of anticipation for “Exodus: Gods and Kings,” and on top of that there was no expense spared on special effects and costumes with his $140,000,000 budget.

If you are planning to watch this

movie based solely on authenticity to the written story, be warned that there are many inaccuracies in the plot when the two are compared.

So many, in fact, that Egypt itself has banned the movie from playing in its theatres due to its misrepresentation of the Bible’s version of the story.

One major issue that has been brought up is that not one of the main actors or actresses are of colour, which is disconcerting due to the fact that the story is set in ancient Egypt. Bale, Edgerton, Sigourney Weaver and Aaron Paul all play vital roles in the plot, and yet all of them are Caucasian.

Another debated problem is that God is depicted as a little boy in the film, the role played by 11-year-old British actor Isaac Andrews. While Andrews’ performance is undeniably impressive, not only for his age but the intensity of the role, the fact that Scott chose to have a child portray God caused uproar

for many viewers. It is widely speculated that there should have been no physical representation of God, but for the movie’s sake it seems to work.

Although the film has its downfalls, the 3D special effects, costumes and general magnitude of what went into making it is admirable. Often switching from breathtaking colour to distressing darkness, there is never a lack of something to look at. The 3D visuals add an element of intensity that would most likely make the film much less interesting to watch if it were without it, making it feel like you are part of the action alongside Bale and Edgerton.

If you’re planning on seeing “Exodus: Gods and Kings” before it runs its course in theatres, keep in mind that its director and Hollywood roots may amount in a slightly incorrect plotline, but you won’t find yourself with a lack of entertainment or visual details.

of screen time (despite not having been a character in the book) is on par with that of Jar Jar Binks.

At least Jar Jar Binks provided some variety. Alfrid is the same joke, rinse and repeat. This is perhaps the only issue of extension that is painfully obvious in the film. The battle sequences provide some amazing visuals and are probably some of the best in the Middle Earth saga. But much like how George Lucas was with Episode III, director Peter Jackson goes completely overboard with the use of CGI. It certainly provides some intense sequences, especially during the final confrontation with Gandalf and the Necromancer. Also, Smaug’s destruction of Lake

Town is terrifying and beautiful to watch. But as a result, whatever magic the series had left is sucked out of the film by the end.

One issue this trilogy ender doesn’t share with The Return of the King is a dragged-out ending. In fact, it is the shortest film in the whole Middle Earth saga and it actually suffers from its length. The editing is rather weak as the battle’s narrative becomes jumbled and there are several times where one gets the feeling something is missing.

While the extended versions of the Lord of the Rings films may have been unnecessary, this film feels as though it would benefit from the extra scenes.

The movie serves its purpose to

end the trilogy. It closes the story and even adds in some tie-ins to the LOTR trilogy, even if they come off as extremely phoned in. But it serves to entertain and in fact, it is the most constant film of the trilogy. Much like Star Wars Episode III, it provides some of the most entertaining moments in the trilogy. But unlike Episode III, The Battle of the Five Armies purpose is overshadowed by an obvious want for money.

It’s sad to say that Episode III, despite its atrocious acting and pathetic dialogue, will stand as a strong testament to the Star Wars saga than The Battle of the Five Armies ever will for the Middle Earth saga.

Rachel Wood

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Battle of the Five Armies is hollow, yet entertaining Jeremy Hannaford

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The Hobbit trilogy has concluded and it has left a oddly familiar taste in the mouth. Almost as though as we have seen something like this before.

It’s because we have. In essence, Peter Jackson’s trilogy is the Middle Earth equivalent of the Star Wars prequels.

The Hobbit trilogy is certainly not as flawed as the Star Wars prequels but they follow the same pattern. The first film is the overly drawn out disappointment, the slow sequel acting as the build-up to the finale, and the third the most empty yet most entertaining of the three. The similarities between these two trilogies is staggering when given further thought.

The Battle of the Five Armies may be the climactic end to the trilogy but does little to hide how shallow it truly is. Considering how few chapters remain in the book and how much extra content was added in the previous films, the amount of actual story content in this final film is almost on par with a Michael Bay flick.

But the overall quality is better, somewhat.

The film is primarily composed of three pieces. The confrontation with Smaug, the struggle with Thorin’s sickness of the mind, and the Battle of the Five Armies. But oddly enough, the film with the least amount of character development still produces one of the most layered characters in the LOTR franchise.

Despite the complaints he has received when the film’s began, Richard Armitage delivers a truly layered performance as Thorin Oakenshield. The sickness of the gold twists his mind and we see how his greed affects his standing with the group and Biblo Baggins. It is a shame however that his is the only major piece of character development in the film.

Other characters get far too little screen time or far too much. The Master’s snivelling right-hand man Alfrid (Ryan Cage) gets more screen time than most of the main characters do and it serves no purpose other than to remind the audience he is a selfish swine. His character’s usefulness, annoying presence, and excessive amount

JANUARY EVENT LISTINGS Jan. 16 - Stickybuds at Cactus Jacks

Jan. 16 - Noir by QTC

Jan. 22-31 - Western Candian Theatre: Liberation Days

Stop by Cactus Jacks for some dance floor friendly music brought to you by Stickybuds aka Tyler M from Kelowna, B.C. Doors open at 9 p.m. General admission is $5 and can be bought online at cactusjacks.ca or at Doctor Love & Hemp City.

Set to fit the theme of rock n’ roll mixed with high fashion, Quentin Tecumseh Collier’s newest collection will be at Hotel 540. Guests are asked to participate in the event’s theme by wearing all black. The event starts at 7:30 p.m. with an after party until 2:30 a.m. Tickets are $15 at eventbrite.ca.

Get lost in the dramatic story of a Dutch woman and a Canadian soldier following the life changing events of the Second World War, when Canadian forces liberate the Netherlands. Approximately 120 minutes long, tickets for students are $18 through the Kamloops Live! Box Office.

Jan. 23 - Jan. 24 - Jerry Doucette

Jan. 24 - Lauren Mann and the Fairly Odd Folk

Jan. 29 - Live at TRU! Maxim Bernard

The Blue Grotto welcomes Kelowna’s own Jerry Doucette for some rock n’ roll inspired tunes. The event is 21-plus, with a $5 cover charge. Doors open at 8 p.m.

The Art We Are introduces Lauren Mann and the Fairly Odd Folk to Kamloops where Mann will be performing solo.

You’ll be sure to hear her old songs as well as her more current works infused with some creative licensing. The show starts at 7 p.m. with an $8 admission at the door.

Live at TRU! presents French-Canadian pianist Maxim Bernard in the Clocktower Theatre at 12:30 p.m. Join Bernard for the hour as he commemorates the 100-year anniversary of the First World War through his handy key work. Live at TRU! events are free and welcome everyone.

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Kim Anderson ARTS EDITOR Ω

The front doors were locked.

Confused, I walked around to the other entrance, it was propped open.

I pushed the door slowly and peered inside. I’d never seen Cactus Jacks in the harsh light of day before, so I looked around apprehensively.

I walked right inside – I was, after all, supposed to be there. I had an interview scheduled with Rob Medves and Mikael Finley. I scanned the bar, and never having met Rob before, didn’t even know who I was looking for.

Suddenly an enormous man appeared to my right. I spun on my heel and was shocked. I stand at five foot nine, so tall men usually don’t surprise me like that. But he was literally a giant man. In an instant my shock and surprise melted away when he flashed his wide grin, warmly reached out to shake my hand and introduced himself.

In the short amount of time that I’ve been covering shows at Cactus Jacks and working with Rob, he was never anything but kind, generous and genuine. He always treated me like a professional, when in reality, I was just a student stepping into this editor position, desperately hoping that no one would discover how little I knew about what I was doing.

On Sunday, Jan. 4, days after celebrating his 46th birthday, Rob passed away.

He leaves behind a legacy of hard work, motivation and genuine kindness to his expansive, far-reaching bar family. In trying to make sense of this loss, those who knew him or worked alongside him are echoing the same sentiments.

“He was the best boss I’ve ever had. He was very approachable.

At first you didn’t know how to approach him because of his size.

Once you got to know him, he was really easy to talk to,” said longtime friend, co-worker and doorman at Cactus Jacks, Adam Lupasko.

“When he threw functions, it was done out to the nines. Nothing was an object. He knew how to cultivate that experience and bond between everyone around him. That’s why there’s such an outpouring of emotion now. It’s not easy to say goodbye to all of that, especially so suddenly.”

Since he passed, there has been an astounding outpouring of grief and sharing of memories via social media. Many of the stories are based on the fact that Rob really was larger than life.

“We were sitting around at work making jokes. I was joking that he was so strong, but that he couldn’t lift me. He literally did a wrestling move, flipped me over, grabbed my crotch and lifted me over his head.

He could’ve thrown me like 10 feet if he wanted to. It was just amazing, the raw power he had,” said longtime friend, former coworker and Commodore manager Dino Bernardo.

Despite his size, he was known to diffuse situations with his words, not with force.

“He never led with his fists, he always led with his head. It was never his first inclination to be rough.

He would give his heart and soul to anyone, in order to help them,” Bernardo said.

Rob never failed to take care of

his staff, his family and patrons. He was a steady and constant presence at Cactus Jacks, who will be missed intensely.

“He took the time to get to know everyone and talk to them. He was so accommodating, so nice. Always had an ear for you. He’d always take time out of his day and life for you,” said friend, coworker and Cactus Jacks doorman, David Harris.

“His presence. He was such a nice guy. He spoke and people listened.

But if he needed to yell, he’d put the fear of God into you,” Harris said.

He was passionate about his work, and always put the success of the club first, but he consistently managed to have fun on the job.

“It was the end of the night. This one kid wanted to come back into the bar after 2 a.m. He’s looking at me, I look away for a second and he bolts for the door. So I stuck my arm out and his legs kept moving but his head stopped. I helped him up, made sure he was OK and he left peacefully. At the end of the night Rob called me up to his office. I thought he was going to let me have it. But, he had the video up and he played it and we both just started laughing,” Harris said.

The nightlife, and club industry, affectionately known simply as “the industry” among those a part of it, is, in one word, unique. Industry workers experience a vastly different reality when it comes to their professional and social lives.

Compared to a typical 9-5 job, industry work is the polar opposite.

You are working while everyone else is off, awake when everyone else is sleeping, stone sober while everyone around you is scrambling desperately to the bar for last call.

For this very reason, not everyone is cut out for the job and many cannot survive in the sometimes cutthroat industry. The tough hours, the problem patrons and the physical and mental strain isn’t for everyone.

But those who are able to get past those very real barriers can thrive.

“To work in a nightclub you have to be a certain kind of person. You have to be outgoing, sociable and carefree, but not careless. You have to be industrious. You have to have a strong work ethic,” Lupasko said.

When a group of people, who all possess that unnamed personality trait, that “x-factor,” get together as a team, the relationships formed and memories made can be life changing.

“It’s like a family reunion every night. It’s the same core people, but there are new faces all the time. You never know what’s going to happen.

If something does happen that’s a big deal, you’re there for one another. Whether you’re a doorman helping a bartender or vice versa, you are there,” Harris said.

For the patrons, a nightclub can be a pulsing oasis, a place to ditch inhibitions and make friendships.

But in an instant, that paradise can shift to a life-threatening situation.

It is this reason precisely why industry staff become so close, so quickly.

“The bar is the reason why I am the person I am today, [because of ] the people that I work with and the situations that I get in. I am helping patrons, but you also have to stop situations before people get hurt.

You are constantly relying on that guy next to you,” Harris said.

The intense friendships, the “bar

Rob Medves was an industry veteran who leaves behind a legacy of success, strong work ethic and genuine kindness.

(Hugo Yuen/The Province)

family” that is forged during the weekends when the clubs are at capacity and the drinks are flowing are long lasting and in most cases, permanent.

“No matter what you’re doing in life, or where you are, you always have that industry history in common. I took four years off, then came back but it was like I never left. It was like riding a bike,” Lupasko said.

The Cactus Jacks staff have a tough road ahead, having lost such a great leader, but strong families support one another and bar families are no exception.

“They’ll try and move on, but those are big shoes to fill. He was such a great man. A lot of that staff will be lost for a long time. But they have each other, and people like us to help them get through it,” Bernardo said.

They will undoubtedly look to each other for support in the coming months to grieve this loss of the big man who left behind and even bigger legacy. Rob may have moved on, but the bar family that he built at Cactus Jacks will remain intact and bonded forever.

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NEWS

January 14, 2015

Dalhousie students barred from classes over Facebook posts

Men in dentistry scandal to take separate classes as external investigation starts Rachel Ward

THE WATCH (CUP)

The Dalhousie University president announced Jan. 9 that 13 dentistry male students have been barred from attending regular classes. The students were members of a Facebook group in which some posted misogynistic and sexually explicit comments. The group was banned Monday from degree-required clinical work.

“No woman who has been harmed by this will be sitting in a class next to one of the Facebook page members,” said President Richard Florizone in a press conference that afternoon.

Those men have been barred from regular classes, but may take classes remotely or in a separate on-campus classroom. When questioned, Florizone did not explain the logistics of this decision.

Florizone also announced the school has commissioned an external task force to assess the dentistry department’s culture and policy.

The revelations mid-December of misogynistic Facebook posts, sometimes naming female dentistry students, shook the Dalhousie community. Some expressed outrage through the social media hashtag #dalhousiehateswomen, a public statement and an online petition to expel the men, which almost 50,000 people signed.

The posts from the private Facebook group, 2015 DDS Gentlemen’s Club, were made public by the CBC and the Coast. They show male dentistry students voted on which female student to have “hate sex” with. Members also joked about getting women unconscious with chloroform or nitrous oxide, in order to “bang until stress is relieved,” and using a penis to “wean and convert lesbians and virgins into useful,

Madison Foster addresses the crowd at Dalhousie University. (Nick Holland/The Watch)

productive members of society.”

Several posts also named female students directly, according to these media reports.

One man not participating in restorative justice process The school is undertaking a restorative justice process, one of the informal options in the sexual harassment policy. Fourteen women and 12 men are taking part, said Florizone at Friday’s press conference.

“I understand the thirteenth elected not to take part,” he said, refusing to explain further.

All men involved — including “the thirteenth” — will be assessed individually by an internal committee of dentistry professors called the Academic Standard Class Committee (ASCC). This is meant, according the Dalhousie website, to determine whether the students meet professional standards.

At the press conference, Florizone confirmed the Royal College of Dental Surgeons of Ontario had asked for the names of the 13 to be released, which Florizone refused, citing privacy reasons. Several other provincial organizations have joined the call by speaking with media outlets.

In the press conference on Jan. 9, Florizone said he did not know how many of 14 women in the restorative justice process had been named on the Facebook page.

Four dentistry students wrote a letter three days earlier to say they disapproved of the process and felt pressured into participating.

Florizone released a statement saying the school is dedicated to just process. He echoed that in this latest development.

“We care about everyone who has been harmed in this, even if they haven’t chosen to take part,” said Florizone. “What we’re hoping is that some of the other measures we’ve announced today, and this week – the suspension, the work of the ASCC, the broader task force – starts to meet some of their needs just as well.”

Faculty complaint rejected by university

Students gather to protest the university’s handling of the scandal. (Nick Holland/The Watch)

A complaint was filed on Dec. 21 by four faculty members, Francoise Baylis, Jocelyn Downie, Brian Noble and Jacqueline Warwick. The complaint called for a formal investigation through the Student Code of Conduct so that the women impacted could remain anonymous and that the decision would be made public.

The school responded to the complaint over the weekend of

Jan. 10, and decided that the complaint was not eligible for consideration under the Code of Student Conduct and will instead be dealt with by the Faculty of Dentistry Academic Standards Class Committee.

University commissions external task force Barkhouse will lead the Task Force on Misogyny, Sexism and Homophobia in Dalhousie University Faculty of Dentistry, a group of herself and two other members, which she will chose with the president. Dalhousie chose Barkhouse, said the release, because of her extensive background working on gender equality.

The investigation will review the dentistry school only, by considering documents belonging to the university, interviews with people involved and submissions from dentistry students and faculty, according to the terms of reference.

Goals include answering questions such as when the Facebook group was created and whether others have ever existed, what policies exist regarding misogyny, sexism and homophobia and what training students and faculty receive. Missing from the list is analysis of the individuals’ involvement.

The task force is scheduled to wrap up June 30, 2015 with two reports on policy change recommendations for each the dentistry school and the broader university. Florizone said results will be made public.

With files from Sophie Allen-Barron

NEWS

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Climate change may wipe out Chinook salmon Edmund Henry

THE UBYSSEY (CUP)

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While the wildlife of B.C. faces many uncertainties due to the changing global climate, new research shows that the future of the Chinook salmon, also known as the king salmon, might be an especially grim one.

Along with several members of an international research team, UBC Zoologist Anthony Farrell found that there is a 98 per cent chance that B.C.’s population of Chinook salmon could suffer irreparable losses by the year 2100.

In their study, researchers investigated whether the Chinook salmon could adjust to changing temperatures and their limits to these temperatures, based on their heartbeat.

While human beings are able to regulate their body temperatures around 37 degrees Celsius, the body temperatures of invertebrate animals like amphibians and fish are determined by their environment, which is increasingly getting warmer.

According to Farrell, while salmon could adjust their physiology and even perform better in certain

warmer temperatures, the Chinook salmon’s heartbeat becomes irregular and fails to function at 24.5 degrees Celsius.

“You get to a certain temperature, and then at that temperature, you go downhill,” said Farrell. “It’s a bit like falling over, you’ve got this trajectory of global climate warming [and] those couple of degrees [are] going to make all the difference.”

As the temperature of the water that is home to the Chinook salmon continues to increase, it is possible that their former home may become unliveable in the next 85 years.

“It’s that kind of precipitous decline,” said Farrell. “Once you reach this threshold temperature, things just end in a bad way.”

According to Farrell, the prospects of reversing this alarming trend look bleak. While the most obvious solution would be to put a complete stop to global warming, this type of change seems unlikely. The study suggests smaller, more realistic steps such as making habitats cooler and practicing aquaculture, where humans cultivate the salmon themselves. “[Global warming] is very easy to ignore, but I think ignoring it is one’s peril,” said Farrell.

“Social Plastic” an effort to reduce plastic pollution Leah Scheitel

CAPILANO COURIER (CUP)

A new business called the Plastic Bank has been making headlines by taking on plastic that washes up on ocean shores. The Vancouver-based company is only two years old, but has already made an impact on various shorelines.

The aim of the company is to be a social enterprise that focuses on the triple bottom line – profits, planet and people. It was the brainchild of David Katz, who along with the help of Shaun Frankson, turned his idea into fruition.

“David Katz is the CEO of the Plastic Bank, and he’s a bit of a world traveller. He’s been to many of the places in the world where you get more plastic waste on the beaches than you do sand,” explains Frankson, who now works as the vice-president and strategist for the Plastic Bank. “Both David and I have grown up mostly around Victoria, and have been surrounded by water our whole life so when looking to start an entrepreneurial adventure, the goal was to really create a company that could have the potential to impact at least a billion people and really look at the root cause of where ocean plastic comes from.”

The goal is to help impoverished people of third world countries by turning plastic into somewhat of a makeshift currency. The more plastic a collector brings in from the ocean’s shores, the more they stand to earn for their efforts.

“What we kind of discovered is that in most developing countries, it’s very common for people to dump plastic waste into the rivers

and waterways as a disposal mechanism. That’s where a huge portion of the ocean plastic comes from.

So when we are looking at the root cause of ocean plastic, we are looking at it as a business opportunity, the opportunities revealed that if we can just revalue plastic, it becomes too valuable to be waste and really too valuable to end up in the ocean,” explains Frankson.

While there are recycling programs in most countries, they aren’t as standardized as Canadian recycling programs, as Frankson learned on a trip to Peru. “The common thing of how typical recycling works is that someone will go out, collect recyclable resources and negotiate with someone on the spot to sell them that resource.

Whether it’s metal, glass or select plastics, [they] will negotiate on the spot, then somebody will go and negotiate to some guy in the truck, and then that guy in the truck will negotiate to some guy in the warehouse, and you have this whole chain of uncertainty, where the prices change everyday,” he says.

What the Plastic Bank will do is offer people an above market price, cutting out the negotiating, and therefore making it more beneficial to both the people and the shorelines. “We make plastic waste a currency, where we have a consistent, above market rate for the plastic. Anyone knows they can go and collect the plastic and receive a consistent amount that is higher than any negotiated-on-the-spot kind of rate and start creating a whole livelihood around recycling,” notes Frankson.

Social Plastic was a term coined by the Plastic Bank, and works as

a trademark to prove that products have been made with socially conscious and recycled plastic.

“We have a global trademark on Social Plastic, so again you can very much think of it like a Fair Trade Certified [label],” Frankson explains, “Anything that collects through the Plastic Bank with the certain criteria of helping people’s lives is what we sell as Social Plastic. It’s recycled plastic with a social impact.”

Lush Cosmetics has partnered with the Plastic Bank on their pilot project and some of their pack-

aging now contains Social Plastic.

“Lush Cosmetics was the first to use our pilot project, Shoreline Plastic, in their sea spray bottles which was kind of taking a worstcase plastic, proving that it fully works, and putting it into their standard manufacturing process.

So they were the first to go ahead and purchase that plastic that has been in the ocean,” says Frankson.

Worst-case scenario plastic is exactly as it sounds – the worst kind of plastic that can be found in the ocean being recycled and reused. As Frankson describes it, it’s

“plastic that has been in the ocean, been out in the sun degenerating.”

While the Plastic Bank’s main focus is not on the local shores of British Columbia, Frankson says that there is a good reason for it.

“There just wouldn’t be enough plastic almost anywhere in BC to make it worth the transportation sites. We just work in developing countries where it’s collected, sorted, bailed into giant shipping containers to be brought to the manufacturing places — but in a good way, as you just wouldn’t be able to find enough plastic to ship in BC.”

Vancouver-based business Plastic Bank hopes to do something about washed-up beach plastic. (epsos/Flickr Commons)

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How much snow does it take to have at least half of the general population stay home?

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 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 (HL304). Come visit: we are friendly.

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SPORTS

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Wheelchair basketball comes to TRU

Wheelchair athletes compete in basketball tournament and explore new sports Tayla Scott

SPORTS EDITOR Ω

The Bulldogs, a Kamloops wheelchair basketball team, was undefeated in a tournament on the weekend of Jan. 10 at the TRU gym. The Bulldogs, a team under the Kamloops Adapted Sports Association, won all their games over the weekend against two Vancouver teams, the Cable Cars and the Classics, and a Kelowna team, Okanagan Thunder. It was a close win against Kelowna, with a final score of 41-40 on Sunday.

There was also a multi-sport event held with the tournament where everyone was encouraged to attend and try various wheelchair sports like rugby, tennis and adaptive golf, but no one attended the event.

Tristan Smyth, interior regional co-ordinator for the BC Wheelchair Sports Association, was running the event and said he wasn’t disappointed by the lack of attendance. It was his first time running the event and he hopes to promote it more next year.

“There’s the demographic that plays wheelchair sports and then there’s the demographic group that stays home and doesn’t really know what to do with themselves. We’re trying to find the people that we haven’t reached out to yet,” Smyth said.

Stu Wymer, a Bulldogs player, explained that wheelchair basketball is similar to regular basketball, with some differences regarding travelling.

“Any wheel input, break, push, stop, you have to dribble the ball once,” he said.

Oleg Bondarchuk (left) and Tristan Smyth (right) help Alec Kendal, an Okanagan Thunder player, try a racing wheelchair for the first time. (Tayla Scott/The Omega)

“I got hurt in 2007 and the following year, 2008, I met Tyler Tingle and he was running the Kamloops Bulldogs and we’ve been coming ever since,” Wymer said.

Wymer is very involved in adaptive sports in Kamloops. He plays tennis, rugby, sledge hockey and curling. He will also be ice racing every Sunday for

the next six weeks.

Athletes attending the basketball tournament had the chance to try out adaptive track and field chairs, and equipment that was brought by Oleg Bondarchuk, head coach of Kamloops Track and Field. Bondarchuk has recently created a wheelchair track and field team, which is due to start practis-

ing within the next two weeks.

“Each athlete, he’s very individual.

Each injury, each disability is very individual. Everything that we coach in the regular track and field, it’s already been coached and everybody knows the techniques. But here it’s something really new and very exciting,” Bondarchuk said.

Bondarchuk is waiting for a new wheelchair to arrive that will be used for adaptive javelin, shot put and discus.

He plans on getting more racing chairs for athletes to train for 100, 200 and 400-metre races.

“You never know, maybe you could become the next Olympian,” Bondarchuk said.

Recruits to run with the ‘Pack WolfPack will gain promising talent for the 2015-16 season Tayla Scott

SPORTS EDITOR Ω

Jorri Duxbury helped lead the ‘Pack over the Heat with over 30 steals. (TRU Athletics)

100 points per night

WolfPack women down UBCO twice Tayla Scott

SPORTS EDITOR Ω

Women’s basketball scored over 100 points two nights in a row on the weekend of Jan. 10. They won both their games against the UBC Okanagan Heat.

Head coach Scott Reeves said the ‘Pack has only scored over 100 points one other time, in 2011, but it has never happened two nights in a row.

“We shot the ball extremely well, from three-point range and from twopoint range. When you shoot over 50 per cent you’re going to score a lot of points,” Reeves said.

The 103-61 win against the Heat on Saturday gives the ‘Pack a seven game winning streak. The ‘Pack is currently leading the Explorer Division with nine wins and one loss.

The women had five players scoring in the double digits both nights. Rookies Emma Piggin and Michelle Bos scored the most points individually on Saturday night, with Piggin with 20 and Bos 19.

Bos is currently second highest for rebounds in the league, averaging 12.8 per game. Jorri Duxbury is fifth in the league for steals, averaging 30 per game.

“We have a pretty talented group.

We work hard at getting good shots in our offence. You work at taking a good shot,” Reeves said.

“I’m really proud of their effort. Everyone did their job and that’s why we had success.”

With 10 games down and 10 to go, it’s still too early for Reeves to predict who will be hosting playoffs.

The top three teams in the league will make it to the post-season in March.

Every year the ‘Pack says goodbye to talented athletes and says hello to new recruits. Over 10 athletes have already stated their intentions to play with the WolfPack next season, and there will be many more to come.

Volleyball The men’s volleyball team said goodbye to an outside hitter who recently quit school, according to head coach Pat Hennelly. The ‘Pack will send off four other players who will be completing their eligibility at the end of the season, including team captain Matt Krueger.

However, the team isn’t desperate to find recruits as they already have more signed than any other ‘Pack team, with four already committed to play next season.

Tristan Dexter, a 6’ 2” left side and Kyle Behiels, a 6’ 8” middle will be moving on from their high school teams in Edmonton to play with the WolfPack.

The team will also bring in two more out of high school with Sam Taylor-Parks, a 6’ 7” middle from Kelowna and Charlie Bringloe, a 6’ 6” right side from Waterloo, Ont. Hennelly is especially excited to have Bringloe signed.

“We think he’s the best right side in the country,” Hennelly said.

Bringloe will be mentored by current

right side Brad Gunter, who has one more year of eligibility remaining.

“Being able to play one season with right side Brad Gunter will really benefit my playing for the next years. I will be able to learn a lot from him and hopefully be able to use it to help the WolfPack in the next seasons,” Bringloe said.

“It’s hard to say he’s a replacement for Brad but we think he’s a guy that has a good ability and plays like Brad,” Hennelly said.

Women’s volleyball has only signed one recruit so far. Kendra Finch, a 5’ 11” player from North Vancouver, is the new recruit who can play multiple positions from outside hitting to libero.

Basketball Men’s basketball has signed Jeff Tubbs, a 6’ 2” point guard from West Kelowna who can play multiple positions. He has experience as team captain of his high school team.

The ‘Pack will be losing forward Tallon Milne and two guards, Brett Rouault and Brett Parker.

“We probably need to replace some wing, scoring and some perimeter play,” said head coach Scott Clark.

Clark would like to sign another four players to the team before next season and will be especially looking at players graduating high school.

“It takes a guy a year to get acclimated to the system of play, to university academic rigors... I think having some longevity is really important,” he said.

“Some kids have been attracted to come and visit, which maybe in the past didn’t happen. I think that’s because the name Thompson Rivers University and the campus itself is growing and the name itself is expanding and because of that, we’re attracting more, better athletes.”

Soccer Women’s soccer said farewell to goalkeeper Emily Edmundson and midfielder Bronwyn Crawford, who both completed their eligibility when the season ended in October.

The hole in net will be filled by newly signed Deanna Brady, a high school goalkeeper from Richmond along with current player and backup goalkeeper Shalayna Isakson.

The team will also gain two Kamloops recruits, midfielder Brittany McDonald and midfielder/forward Nikki Manwaring, both who have played under head coach Tom McManus on multiple youth teams throughout high school.

Men’s soccer has signed midfielder/ forward Mitchell Popadynetz from Nelson B.C. Popadynetz played a season with UBC, scoring a goal at the Canada West final. He transferred from UBC this year but had to red shirt for the season due to CIS transferring regulations.

WolfPack coaches will continue to search for recruits to round out their rosters for next season.

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