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RUSU’s annual general meeting took place on Thursday, Jan. 28, giving students the opportunity to hear a

summary of the union’s activities for the year.

Approximately 40 students attended the meeting.

Two special resolutions were on the agenda for the meeting but were not discussed or voted on because the meeting did not meet the quorum standards set out in TRUSU’s bylaws. The bylaws demand that 50 members or five per cent of TRUSU’s membership (whichever is smaller), be present for special resolutions to be voted on.

The first special resolution proposed that the union’s VP Finance position be renamed the VP Equity and have its responsibilities completely changed.

The second resolution proposed the removal of the Services Committee, which facilitates the UPASS and student health and dental plan, amongst other services, from TRUSU’s standing committees.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2016

Feeling the pinch of the low loonie at TRU TRU library, IT feeling the effects of the state of the Canadian dollar Jim Elliot NEWS EDITOR Ω The recent drop in the Canadian dollar’s value has affected every part of the Canadian economy in some way. The effects are also felt in many

departments here at TRU. The Canadian dollar is currently trading at about 70 cents on the U.S. dollar and some projections indicate that it may fall as low as 59 cents.

Most analysts are blaming the dollar’s fall on the low price of oil, which along with the dollar

The Canadian dollar is currently trading at about 70 cents on the U.S. dollar. (MorboKat/Flickr Commons)

has recovered slightly in the past few days, though the trend up until now has been downward.

TRU is suffering cost increases in a number of departments which do business in other countries, mainly the U.S. The most noticeable effects have been felt in the IT department, where software licenses from U.S.-based companies are having a big impact, according to VP Finance Matt Milovick.

Milovick also said that TRU’s library was experiencing inflated costs as a result of cross-border business, as well.

Penny Haggarty, TRU’s collection services librarian said that the already rising cost of library materials is only aggravated by the low dollar.

“The vast majority of library materials come from the U.S.,” Haggarty said.

Haggarty said that the price of books is expected to rise four per

cent this year, and the price of academic journal subscriptions by more than 10 per cent. These figures do not include the added expense of buying from the U.S. when the Canadian dollar is trading so low.

Haggarty said she believes that a request for additional library funds to reduce the impact of the falling loonie has been discussed with the university but she was unsure about its status. Milovick said that the request from the library would be addressed by the Provost’s Office, and a recommendation will be made soon regarding how to fund the new library expenses resulting from the low dollar.

Milovick also said that TRU is experiencing challenges sending representatives to conduct business in other countries.

“Even if it’s not travel in the states, a lot of countries

are benchmarking their costs against the U.S. dollar, so TRU World has seen some uplift in their travel costs as a result of the strength of the their dollar,” Milovick said.

News 1130 in Vancouver reported that SFU had received requests from Canadian students, mostly student athletes studying in the U.S., to transfer back because the low loonie is making their studies unaffordable.

Despite the challenges, Milovick said that a $500,000 fund, which the university administration built into the 2015-16 budget when the dollar first began to slide, would cover the new costs caused by the low dollar. Milovick said that he did not expect any disruptions in services or routines at the university as a result of the low dollar and that he expects the fund to cover all new costs.

TRUSU hosts AGM, special resolutions go unaddressed Union bylaw disallows special resolutions to be voted on with less than 50 members in attendance

TRUSU President Melissa Gordon responds to questions from members at TRUSU’s Annual General Meeting on Jan. 28, 2016. (Tristan Davies/The Omega)

Jim Elliot NEWS EDITOR Ω CONTINUED (COVER) “There will have to be a conversation at the board level about whether we want to reintroduce those at a future general meeting.

Moving forward, until the next general meeting, the plan will be to operate under the authority we have from the membership, which is with a Services Committee and a VP Finance,” said TRUSU Executive Director Nathan Lane when asked if the resolutions would be reintroduced at a later date.

The bulk of the meeting was the board of directors fielding questions from members on the union’s annual report and budget.

The annual report detailed TRUSU’s campaigns undertaken over the year, including the retooled menu at Common Grounds and the TRUSU EDU program which VP Finance Ryan Makar said has been suspended due to a lack of interest from students.

The report also said that TRUSU’s online services, which include buying and selling textbooks, organizing carpools and housing and putting students in touch with tutors, are being underutilized due to competition and a lack of awareness.

For example, the TRUSU book exchange has 601 users compared to 3,816 members on the most popular Facebook page for buying and selling textbooks at TRU. The Kamloops Blazers, who previously offered discounted tickets through TRUSU have withdrawn

the partnership to offer discounted tickets directly to students.

TRUSU has since formed a partnership with local Junior B hockey team the Kamloops Storm to replace the Blazers.

Some interesting trends presented in the budget included

the rising cost of the speakers TRUSU brings to campus for their Common Voices Lecture Series and a total restructuring of the fund that TRUSU uses to grant funds to clubs and individual members.

TRUSU budgeted $40,000 for

the lecture series this year, compared to $30,000 last year.

Some topics raised by student members attending the meeting were TRU’s policy on refunds for international student tuition and the new structure of the TRUSU grants system.

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The time to act... was then

Students’ union engagement is a problem that hasn’t been addressed Sean Brady EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Ω Thursday’s TRUSU annual general meeting (see opposite page) was a real letdown. Not because of what the union reported to its members, not because the special resolutions on the table passed or failed, but because attendance was so poor.

University should be a time when students learn how to engage with governing bodies.

In many ways, student government is the perfect body to engage with. It holds regular meetings (TRUSU’s are every two weeks), it has plenty of people available to engage with on anything the union concerns itself with, it has a large group of elected representatives and it has a governance structure that isn’t too complicated.

If you’re a student, you know you’re paying a lot of money for both tuition and fees. When was the last time you looked at that list of fees and wondered how they were spent? Well, if you were at Thursday’s meeting (and given the attendance, you probably weren’t), you’d know what TRUSU did with your money. You’d see how the union succeeded and how it failed.

You’d have a chance to question the executive and union’s elected directors on how they used your money. You’d have a chance to ensure accountability.

Only a couple of people did

that, though. And good on them for doing so. One gentleman behind me questioned every large spending item he could, seemingly without much understanding of the budget he was looking at, but that’s fine in a meeting like the AGM because the elected members are there to explain the documents being presented and be accountable for their decisions.

The bar for quorum (the minimum amount of members needed to make decisions valid) is not very high. Only 50 students have to show up in order for the decisions made that night to be valid. Only twice in the past five years, however, have more than 50 students showed up to a TRUSU AGM. While I think there’s more the union could be doing to ensure that its meetings are attended, the blame doesn’t rest solely on their shoulders. Last year, when students were called on to make decisions about this year’s student leaders, only nine per cent of students showed up to vote. Nine per cent.

At various students’ unions across B.C., quorum requirements are typically higher. At Kwantlen Polytechnic, which has roughly the same number of students as TRU, 100 members are needed. At two schools that are smaller than TRU, University of Fraser Valley and Capilano University, 100 students and 75 students respectively are required to pass special

resolutions at meetings. Only UBC Okanagan, which is smaller, matches TRU’s quorum requirements of 50 students.

From Feb. 9 to 11, TRUSU will hold a referendum on adding international students to the health and dental plan. It would mean that those international students who become eligible for the plan would pay the same $248 premium that domestic students pay. There would be no fee increase for anyone other than those new members joining the plan. For the referendum to succeed however, 20 per cent of the union’s membership, or approximately 1,800 students, must show up to vote on the matter. Considering past turnouts, including last week’s annual general meeting, it seems unlikely (and unfortunate) that required number of voters will show up.

The union is now campaigning for that referendum, and I wish them the best of luck and genuinely do hope that students flex their democratic rights and show up to vote, but perhaps more should have been done earlier to address the engagement problems the union is now facing. Perhaps after an AGM that did not meet quorum, a referendum that did not meet its threshold of voters to be binding and yet another student election with single-digit turnout will the union see that it has a major problem on its hands. editor@truomega.ca

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Makerspace hosts an open house for curious creatives Networking, workshops and demos in a space for artists at Kamloops Makerspace Jennifer Will CONTRIBUTOR Ω Their mission of Kamloops Makerspace is to foster the creative community in the region by establishing and operating a space in Kamloops for hobbyists, inventors, artists and innovative people. On Friday, Jan. 29, the opened their doors and welcomed the community to show how they’ve done that.

Makerspace is a non-profit organization that has recently partnered with Kamloops Innovation, a business committed to growing a locally-based technology public. This recent partnership gives the team at Makerspace the ability to host this event and grow their community.

There was a large crowd gathered, many discovering this space for the first time. At the open house there was an assortment of delicious food and refreshments to be had during the mingling and networking between artists and creators from the Makerspace and anyone else who decided to drop in.

Along with the tour of all the different workspaces were ongoing demonstrations for many of the different tools and gadgets.

There were demos for the CNC

router and shopsmith multi tool as well as the CNC milling machine and many others.

This building offers itself up as a unique host to any artists and craftsmen or anyone with a creative itch. The Makerspace is equipped with a wood shop, electronic work shop and a metal shop. They have capabilities to do 3D printing and many other types of projects as well. They

offer regular memberships for $50 per month or a keyholder membership for $100 per month.

Memberships include full access to the building and all of its tools with helping hands from creators who are experienced in many different fields and that have a passion for innovation.

“That idea of people being able to share and collaborate, it allows us to share our

knowledge, resources and tools while sharing information and bettering the whole rather than just one person,” said Brad Allan, one of five board members at the Makerspace. They currently have 55 people who hold memberships.

The Makerspace has lots of exciting workshops and events coming up, such as the introduction to Arduino lighting that will

be held in February, along with the CNC router 101 workshop that will be held in March. Every Wednesday night they host a H4CK night for technology-based projects that starts at 6 p.m. and goes until 8 p.m. This is free and welcome to all, allowing patrons an opportunity to create and take advantage of the space and equipment while gathering insight from other artists.

The scene at the Kamloops Makerspace open house on Friday, Jan. 29. (Jennifer Will/The Omega)

Films for Change series shows “This Changes Everything” Showing of Naomi Klein’s documentary precedes her visit to TRU in mid-February Marlys Klossner ARTS EDITOR Ω “This Changes Everything” was the latest showing in the Films For Change series, sponsored by TRU’s Department of Environment and Sustainability and the Kamloops chapter of the Council of Canadians.

Narrated by Naomi Klein and based on her book of the same name, This Changes Everything is an optimistic documentary that

calls to action a stance against fossil fuels and advocates for more sustainability.

Compared to previous showings, this event drew a larger crowd of over 100, nearly filling the room. The investment of the audience was apparent, with the viewers gasping at surprising facts and laughing at the statements of global warming deniers.

The film started close to home with the oil sands near Fort McMurray and the efforts of the Beaver Lake Cree to save their land.

Next was Hurricane Sandy in New York, seen as the karmic result of capitalism, followed by fossil fuel plant leaks in Montana; protests against a gold mine in Haldiki, Greece; proposed coal power plants in India; smog in China and successful protests in Germany.

A main argument for the production of fossil fuel power plants is jobs, which the film addressed. A worker at Fort McMurray suggested that switching existing plants to renewable energy would require just as

many jobs, and the same kinds of jobs that fossil fuel processing requires.

The film was followed by a discussion period mediated by trades instructor Bruce Campbell.

Panelists were Randy Sunderman, an economist with a degree in biology; Nancy Flood, a Biology professor at TRU and Arthur Manuel, member of the Neskonlith Indian Band and spokesperson for the Indigenous Network on Economics and Trade.

The next film in the series will be Milk, a documentary about

breastfeeding, which will be shown in the TRU Clock Tower on Feb. 24. Admission is by donation.

Films For Change coordinator James Gordon put forth an open call for Kamloops groups to submit films for the following months. For more information email dnastrong1@gmail.com.

Naomi Klein will be in the Irving K. Barber Centre in the House of Learning on Feb. 17 for a discussion with local indigenous people about indigenous people and climate change.

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Play review: “I’ll Be Back Before Midnight” Annie Slizak COPY EDITOR Ω If you’re tired of watching the same old murder mysteries on TV, why not try one at the theatre?

Western Canada Theatre’s I’ll Be Back Before Midnight opened this past week at the Sagebrush Theatre, and as far as murder mysteries go, this one was surprisingly well-done, especially since it’s much harder to pull off “scary” on stage.

As always, WCT has done an amazing job with the set, including many small details that, while not important to the play directly, add so much to the atmosphere of the room. The music ranges from eerie ambience to toe-tapping swing, which seems odd, but kind of works, especially to help set the time period in the early 1980s.

I’ll Be Back Before Midnight is a two-act play, set in one room of an old farmhouse. Jan and Greg Sanderson (played by Brieanna

Blizzard and David Van Belle) are cityfolk who have decided to rent the place. Jan is visibly afraid of being so secluded in such an old house, while Greg welcomes the peace and quiet he expects for his sabbatical.

Greg’s affectionate sister, Laura Sanderson (Alana Hawley) and the neighbouring farmer from whom they rented the house, George Willowby (Paul Cowling) are soon introduced. Right from the beginning, it is obvious that Cowling’s character is meant to be the comic relief, and the actor certainly delivers. Cowling has perfected the happy-go-lucky drawl of a farmer, which only makes it that much more enjoyable when he discusses the murders that have occurred in the area.

While Cowling has his character down to a T, Blizzard’s is a little over the top. I get that Jan is scared, but almost all of her lines are delivered as if she has just run a marathon and is completely out of breath. Her dialogue feels

contrived and her actions are a bit over-acted.

That being said, the scariest parts of the play are when we are brought into her head and in the scenes during which it is only her flashlight lighting the entire set. When the legitimacy of Jan’s knowledge is questioned, the audience is left to wonder whose perspective we are actually seeing things from and what we are to believe. The play does a good job of replicating that feeling that grips you in the middle of the night; the thoughts of “was I dreaming, or did that really happen?”

As the play progresses, the audience is given more and more clues as to why this couple decided to rent the house in the first place, the real relationships between characters and what exactly it is that is making Jan so paranoid. We are bombarded with so many plot bits, that by intermission it feels as though there are too many loose ends to be tied

up, and it is difficult to see where the story is headed.

Although I left feeling a bit confused with how much was tied up in the end of the play, the mark of a good playwright is his ability to keep his audience thinking about his play long after they leave the theatre, and he succeeded here.

Although there are many tongue-in-cheek classic horror story elements, I’ll Be Back Before

Midnight is successful in bringing the murder mystery genre to the stage. The scary parts are truly scary, and although it was a bit much, I can truthfully say that I never would have expected that ending.

I’ll Be Back Before Midnight runs from now until Feb. 6.

Student tickets priced at $19 are available at the Kamloops Live!

Box Office or at kamloopslive.ca.

Album review: Anti Rihanna’s most recent album showcases a much different sound Nicolaus Waddell CONTRIBUTOR Ω It has been four years since we’ve heard from Rihanna, which is quite a stretch seeing as she released an album annually between 2005 and 2012 ending with her last album Unapologetic.

Rihanna is back with the somewhat surprise drop of her eighth studio album Anti, an experimental hip-hop record less focused on commercial success and more focused on what Rihanna wants to hear and say.

The record features 13 brand new songs with the previously-released singles Four Five Seconds, Bitch Better Have My Money and American Oxygen nowhere to be found on the new album.

Many of the songs centre around themes of love with sex, men and drugs and are quite short, averaging around the three-minute mark with the exception of Same Ol’ Mistakes running nearly seven minutes long.

Rihanna’s vocal talent is showcased on this album with songs like Love on the Brain featuring strong vocal control and power.

The album begins with Consideration which addresses her split with long-time record label Def Jam Recordings. Rihanna was originally discovered in 2003 and signed to Def Jam to release her first album Music of the Sun back in 2005 which spawned her first successful single, Pon De Replay.

Rihanna has now been signed to Jay-Z’s label Roc Nation with whom Antiwas released. The song talks about needing to do her own thing and asking if she will ever receive respect, to which she answers “no.”

It is interesting to note that on her 2010 release of Loud, Rihanna features no writing contributions whereas almost every song on Anti features a writing credit from the singer herself.

Kiss it Better, co-written by the controversial Natalia Kills, proceeds after the James Joint interlude. This song has the most potential for being a single after the album’s lead single Work.

Work, featuring Drake, is an up-tempo, Jamaican, dancehall-inspired beat and serves as the most commercially-friendly song on the album. It’s no surprise that this was chosen as the lead single and

it instantly hit number one on the iTunes chart in over 70 countries around the world upon its release.

Tempo-wise, the album begins to slow down after Work with Desperado and the jerky and distorted sounds of the Travis Scott-assisted track Woo. Needed Me features production from DJ Mustard and serves up some of Rihanna’s best lyrics to date. Fans have instantly pegged it to be about female empowerment with the lyrics talking about Rihanna being needed by a man in a relationship rather than the other way around.

The album ends on a slow note with Close To You, a piano ballad which describes losing a connection with her lover.

In addition, a deluxe version of the album has been released and features three more up-tempo songs titled Goodnight Gotham, Pose and Sex With Me. Although not full of the radio-friendly hits which Rihanna’s career was built off of, Anti is a refreshing return set to dominate the first quarter of 2016. It’s almost as though Rihanna is trying to prove her artistry and credibility as a vocalist and songwriter on this album

Roc Nation rather than trying to make as much money as possible.

It will be interesting to see how the album is received by pop music

consumers and whether it will spawn any more commercially-successful singles over the course of 2016.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2016

HEART HEALTH IN YOUNG ADULTS WHY YOU SHOULD CARE WHEN YOU’RE YOUNG

by Lauren Hoot, Contributor Ω It’s February, and some might say that love is in the air. Valentine’s Day has us surrounded by paper hearts, candy hearts and heart-shaped balloons.

But, it’s time to push aside the heart-shaped, red velvet cupcakes and start thinking about something else: your own heart.

If you’re a young person, you might not be aware that your current habits will likely catch up with you as you age, especially when it comes to cardiovascular health.

Joanne Jones, a senior lecturer from TRU’s School of Nursing, said it’s not uncommon for young adults to be uneducated about their health, especially when it comes to their heart.

“A lot of young adults aren’t aware of their cardiovascular health, but they should be,” she said.

Young adults have developed a rough idea of what habits are good and bad for their bodies and make superficial attempts to follow what they are told are healthy guidelines. They don’t really know how daily exercise is beneficial or why those nights of binge drinking are so hard on the body, but they continue their sluggish attempts at a healthy lifestyle and, basically, just hope for the best.

The problem is, they might not see the physical benefits or detriments of their daily habits for another 20 years.

It might take a while to realize that the weight you’ve been carrying around for years could have contributed to your high blood cholesterol, your avoidance of exercise has dangerously increased your blood pressure and your pancreas isn’t looking so great anymore, thanks to your more-than-regular consumption of alcohol.

The point is, young people say they pay attention when they really don’t. They don’t care. And why should they?

Heart health is an ongoing conversation for people approaching their 60s, but it is rarely discussed

among young adults. It makes sense for older adults to discuss their health concerns, but doesn’t it also make sense to educate young adults so they can avoid some of these preventable problems in the future?

Jones agreed and stated that educating young adults has a lot to do with their family values as they grow up.

Young adults between the ages of 19 and 25, specifically, have little concern for their long-term health, she said.

“I think a lot of those people and the reasons they don’t think about their heart health, or they’re not concerned about their heart health, is because there’s no understanding of the long-term consequences,” Jones said.

And it’s true. In fact, many young adults have no idea about how to take care of their hearts.

Most of us know how to care for basic responsibilities, typical things like our vehicle or our cat, but the organ literally keeping us alive is a virtual stranger.

Part of the problem that young adults face is the environment they are submerged in. And, that includes university life.

“I look at a student population, especially university population, and just what a student life is and it does not promote heart

health. You think about how many hours students sit in a desk or in classrooms without moving,” Jones said.

Jones has been teaching for 27 years at TRU and said she observes these habits often in her classes.

“It’s interesting, when my students have a break – because I generally teach in two-hour blocks – very few of them get up; they just sit and chat or are on their phones, whereas that’s a perfect opportunity to get up and just walk in the hall.”

Jones said two habits in particular – smoking and inactivity – are major contributing factors to cardiovascular trouble in the future.

“Smoking affects every vessel in the body. It doesn’t necessarily have to be the heart where it shows up, it could be in the brain.”

She said that smoking is also known to cause peripheral arterial disease, a circulatory problem that reduces blood flow to limbs as a result of narrowed arteries.

Her biggest piece of advice to young adults? “Get up and get

HEARTSTATISTICS Between 1994 and 2005, the prevalence of high blood pressure increased 127 per cent for those between the ages of 35 and 49. Diabetes increased by 64 per cent and obesity by 20 per cent over the same period — all major risk factors for heart disease There are more than 250,000 young Canadians in their 20s and 30s with high blood pressure Someone in Canada dies from heart disease or stroke every seven minutes Over the past decade, strokes in people in their 50s have increased by 24 per cent and, in those in their 60s, by 13 per cent. Even more troubling, recent international studies predict that stroke rates among younger people (ages 24-64), will double in the nedxt 15 years.

moving.”

“And it makes sense if you think about it. If you’re moving, you’ve got good blood and oxygen supply circulating around the body,” Jones said.

A healthy heart doesn’t just provide peace of mind, it also has physical benefits to your entire body and overall health.

Chelsea Corsi, a Registered Nurse and co-ordinator of TRU’s Wellness Centre, said that our emotional health is equally as important as a healthy diet and fitness plan.

“Emotional well-being is extremely important and is really the crux of our overall wellness,” Corsi said.

“When we are emotionally well, we are able to be self-reflective and have a strong sense of who we are as a person.”

Emotional health plays an important role in our physical health, including cardiovascular health.

When we are emotionally stable, our health acquires the benefits of a positive mindset, and when we are emotionally unstable, it can take a physical toll on our bodies.

“There is finally a lot of documented evidence about the link between emotional well-being and physical health, cardiovascular health just being one facet of this,” Corsi said.

Realistically, heart problems are more common within the older population.

Alice Miro, the manager of health promotion for the Heart and Stroke Foundation of B.C. and Yukon, said that many of these problems are avoidable if risk factors are recognized earlier in life.

She pointed out one interesting problem in particular, when it comes to recognizing risk factors.

“A 2011 Foundation poll showed that Canadians in general have a false sense of security that is cutting their lives short. They overestimate their own healthy behaviours,” Miro said.

The same poll listed other statistics, like how almost 90 per cent of Canadians rate themselves as healthy. The reality is that nine

out of 10 Canadians have at least one risk factor for heart disease and stroke. Or how only about a third said they are not physically active or don’t eat a minimum of five servings of vegetables and fruit per day. The reality is about half of Canadians don’t meet the physical activity and healthy eating recommendations. Finally, 18 per cent of Canadian adults say they are obese. The reality is that almost one quarter of Canadian adults are obese.

These statistics are worrying, but they aren’t shocking.

We’re constantly bombarded with ways in which we can make our lives easier. Fast food outlets on every street corner, drive-thru banking machines and working from home are all very convenient, but each contributes to societal laziness.

Miro said that while she is unaware of any current marketing initiatives that specifically target young adults, many recent videos, blog posts and news stories feature young survivors.

“We also released a new app that helps Canadians assess their risk of heart disease and stroke and take action to address their risk early on.”

“Apps are tools that enable us to engage and support a younger population early on in their adult life,” she said.

When young adults have tools that can encourage heart health education, they can make healthier decisions.

Miro notes that simple changes to daily life can make a big impact on your health in the future.

“Healthy living habits acquired early in life have much greater chance of ‘sticking with you’ through the years.”

Some simple steps can make a difference when it comes to attaining longer, fuller lives, and the benefits are huge. Here’s what the Heart and Stroke Foundation suggests: • Getting 150 minutes of moderate to vigorous activity per week reduces the risk of heart disease, stroke, high blood pressure and diabetes by 30 per cent. Canadians can achieve this in bouts of 10 minutes or more. Being inactive can shave almost four years off a person’s expected lifespan.

• Eating five+ servings of fruit and vegetables a day can reduce the risk of heart disease and stroke by about 20 per cent. Low vegetable and fruit consumption can shave 1.3 years off a person’s expected lifespan.

• Controlling high blood pressure can cut the risk of stroke by 40 per cent and of heart attack by up to 25 per cent. High blood pressure can shave two and a half years off a person’s expected lifespan.

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Snowshoers pack their gear to a cabin near McConnel Lake as part of the TRUSU Adventure U Outdoor Club’s weekend trek. (Gabriel Rivett-Carnac/Submitted)

Snowshoeing with TRU Adventure U Outdoor Club An Australian student’s take on her time in the Canadian wilderness Dominique Bayens CONTRIBUTOR Ω Having been in Canada for a little over a month now, it has become apparent that I do not live up to the standards of the stereotypical Aussie travelling the land of maple syrup.

No, I didn’t come here to snowboard, I’m not really that adventurous, I don’t really know who Crocodile Dundee is and no, I haven’t seen a Great White Shark before. I was disappointed in myself that I wasn’t able to fulfill the expectations of my new Canadian friends.

In an endeavour to alleviate the crushing weight of my own mediocrity, I signed up for the most adventurous activity I could find, with the least chance of breaking any bones.

I would be snowshoeing with the TRU Adventure U Outdoor Club.

We were to spend a night in the B.C. wilderness, battling the elements and snowshoeing through harsh terrain. Actually, we’d only be staying in cabins about 2 kilometres from a main road, but I digress.

Ready to get off the beaten track, I packed my bags with only the bare essentials and some normal essentials like a phone charger because surely there would be electricity in the wilderness. How else would I be able to keep my phone alive to upload photos onto Instagram and make all my friends jealous?

We set out early Saturday morning, making the half-hour journey to McConnell Lake via bus.

I was feeling a little tender from the beers consumed the previous night, but nevertheless Adventure Studies teacher Craig Campbell

drove with exceptional skill and I only had myself to blame for any queasiness felt.

Upon arrival at the lake we were all given snowshoes and with our rucksacks on our backs and toboggans dragging behind us we set out across the frozen lake to the cabin.

At this point, I was reminiscing on daytime movies I watched as a child, where the kids are playing on the lake when the ice gives way beneath them and they are dragged by the current to their impending death. Fortunately, I’ve just seen one too many movies and we all made it across unscathed. Though I did see my life flash before my eyes at one point when my foot found the layer of water beneath the snow.

The cabins were everything I had ever dreamed of – small, wooden, snow-covered and fairytale-like – everything I’d thought of when dreaming of Canadian cabins. The leaders started a toasty fire in the old stove with fishing magazines from the 1970s. No joke. There were advertisements in there for “7-Up, the man’s mixer.” What a time to be alive.

In order to become better acquainted with our new comrades, we played the traditional introductory games and soon enough we were all getting along like a cabin on fire.

After filling our bellies with lunch, half of the group put their snowshoes back on to go exploring, while the other half stayed back to play cards. Being the queen of the wilderness that I was by this point, I decided to keep warm and stay in.

Plus, someone had to stir the giant pot of jambalaya that was to be our dinner. What greater responsibility could there be than making sure

our only source of nourishment did not burn on the bottom?

In the afternoon we made our way back to the lake for a lesson in avalanche rescue. Having never seen snow before arriving in Kamloops and coming from somewhere that is basically flat and mostly covered in red dirt, standing on a frozen lake learning how to dig your friend out of an avalanche is a surreal experience. Or maybe that was just all the blood rushing to my brain trying to keep it warm. Either way, with the guidance of our ever-wise wilderness expert and leader Pate Neumann, I am pretty much ready to climb Everest now.

The rest of the evening was spent sharing travel stories, warming our toes, learning how to chop wood and my personal highlight: building a campfire and making s’mores. No, I have never eaten a

s’more before. Yes, it was everything I dreamed of and more. Soon enough it was time for bed. It was going to be a cozy night, with 12 of us sleeping side by side on wooden bunk beds with only our sleeping bags and foam pads to sleep on.

Surprisingly, I awoke the next morning well-rested and ready to take on any avalanches that may come my way. I realized I should probably do some actual snowshoeing since I had told pretty much anyone who would listen that I was going snowshoeing, so I strapped myself in and followed Pate into the forest with the rest of the gang.

It turns out snowshoeing can be kind of difficult.

I was sweating in no time. I had no idea where we were and was focusing on not falling into air holes, but luckily for me, Pate guided us

along, sharing survival tips and fun facts about the forest along the way. We even found what I thought were bear footprints in the snow.

They were rabbit footprints. I’m Australian, okay!

Sadly, it was time to say goodbye to the beloved cabins and head back to the big smoke. I was already reminiscing on the weekend, and talking about it like it was the good old days. We packed up our bags and loaded the toboggans to make the return journey back to the bus. Tired and cold, but filled with bounding enthusiasm we drove back to Thompson Rivers, making plans to go again as soon as possible.

No, I still haven’t seen a Great White shark but I can dig you out of an avalanche, so take that Crocodile Dundee, you unadventurous bastard.

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Coding comes to B.C. school curriculum B.C. government set to add computer coding to the provincial curriculum by the end of 2016 Wade Tomko NEWS EDITOR Ω At the inaugural BC Tech Summit on Jan. 18, Premier Christy Clark announced a plan to address the shortage of skilled workers in B.C.’s technology sector by adding coding to the province’s curriculum.

Promising to fully implement computer coding into the B.C. curriculum over the next three years, Clark could not speak as

to how the changes would be implemented exactly, though other government officials have said that teachers will be given opportunities before then to learn about coding.

The new curriculum partly features new standards in mathematics and science as well as a new and redesigned “applied design, skills and technologies” (ADST) component. By the end of high school, the B.C. government is hoping that most students will be able

to code, debug algorithms and use various coding techniques, including visual programming.

As far as TRU is concerned, department of computing science chair Faheem Ahmed believes the government’s initiative is great for the university as well as the province.

“I think it is great initiative and it will help the students to understand the programming or to at least have some knowledge of what programming is,” Ahmed said. “They will be able

Coding: the frontline of a tech-focused curriculum. (Wade Tomko/The Omega)

to understand and able to write small programs, which is quite necessary for all disciplines now because there is such a wide use of computers everywhere.”

Despite the implementation of this initiative, Ahmed thinks that the changes to B.C.’s curriculum will have little effect on how the university’s computing science program operates. Instead, changes to the program will likely happen at the administrative level, as TRU makes moves to support a larger volume of computing science students into a program which has already seen growing numbers in enrolment in recent years.

“I think the difference will be potentially more students coming into this field,” said Kevin O’Neil, senior lecturer in the department of computing science. “Another benefit, I think, is that students will be aware of coding when they come to university. Even if they go into a different discipline, I think more of them will take coding at university as they understand how it is an important tool for the future.”

However, this move by the B.C. government is not without concern. O’Neil wonders if

teachers across the province will receive the training they need in time to start implementing the curriculum changes.

“They will need time to be trained and most of them just don’t have the background to be able to,” O’Neil said. “Right now computer science is not a teachable subject in B.C. What I mean by that is I could teach math or history or physics, but computer science is not classed as a teachable subject in B.C.” O’Neil expects the ability for students with degrees in computing science to obtain teaching certificates to be one of the first changes implemented. He also believes that this may be the time for the B.C. government to add a ministry specifically responsible for supporting the province’s technology sector.

Whatever changes come out of this initiative, Ahmed is sure that TRU and its computing science faculty will be prepared.

“The university has been quite supportive of us and we’ve been getting new faculty over the years, as well as new resources,” he said. “Yet careful planning is key as well, because computing science will likely be many students’ destination for TRU.”

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TRU program helps train Kamloops inmates Trades and Technology at TRU working with the KRCC to provide skills and opportunities to inmates Nikki Fredrikson CONTRIBUTOR Ω Some inmates of the Kamloops Regional Correctional Centre (KRCC) now have more job options thanks to a Trades and Technology program at TRU. Since November, the university has been working with the KRCC to start a level one construction craft training program for inmates.

Through the program, six inmates have learned basic construction skills, taken courses like math and finished a handson assignment. The majority of the participants have actually worked on construction sites before, but lacked the certifications to back up their existing skill sets.

Heather Hamilton is TRU’s manager of industry and contract training. She worked to make the program a reality.

“We had discussions with [KRCC] – this fit, the duration, the length of the program fits best up there because the inmates are provincial inmates, so it’s two years less a day when they go through sentencing.

It’s a very small window for training. This program fit the

window we had,” Hamilton said.

Another person invested in this program is trades dean Lindsay Langill, who said that getting practical training to the inmates was something he focused on when developing the training.

“If we are going to make any change in their lives, my belief is that we have to do something that appeals to them and many of them gravitate to practical applications,” Langill said. According to Langill, helping the inmates find their passion could change their whole pathway and behaviour in a positive way.

Inmates are led through the seven-week program with class work totalling 30 hour per week, taught by TRU instructors.

“I believe in having an instructor who is very confident in their teaching and teaching manner,” Langill said. “Having an instructor who is very calm, a very understanding individual, knowing what he or she is doing is making all the difference in the world.”

The program has requirements set by KRCC that the inmates must meet to be considered for the courses. The inmate students must be non-violent

offenders with a sentence that works with the program’s time frame. The six who successfully completed the program were between 20 and 30 years of age, but there is no age restriction.

This program allows graduates to go on to gain apprenticeships and work towards their Red Seal, a certification that shows a standard of excellence within the trades.

“We have given some contacts. Our school is having discussions with local industry to see if anyone can take them on.

One student has been released.

He is already making those contacts,” Hamilton said.

According to Hamilton, many of the students have never finished anything, so recognizing their success was important.

TRU and KRCC put on a graduation ceremony to celebrate the completion and accomplishments made throughout this program. Both Langill and Hamilton emphasized that the inmate students are no different from any other student taking courses at the institution.

“Even [with] one success, we can call the program successful,” Hamilton said.

Although it’s unknown whether the inmate program will run again next year, TRU facilitators hope to see the program expand to heavy duty mechanics, welding, carpentry and metal fabrication. If it receives funding next year, the program will continue to give the inmates of KRCC the opportunity to learn and gain confidence to make a positive change for their future.

(Nikki Fredrikson/The Omega)

Report released on thoughts of suicide amongst Aboriginals TRU expert on First Nations mental health discusses newly reported StatsCan findings Wade Tomko NEWS EDITOR Ω A recent report put out by Statistics Canada has found that nearly one quarter (24 per cent) of First Nations living off-reserve have had suicidal thoughts in their lifetime, compared with the non-Aboriginal average of 12 per cent.

A previous study from the First Nations Information Governance Centre puts the rate of suicidal thoughts for on-reserve Aboriginals at 22 per cent.

The report, which looked at suicidal thoughts among First Nations living off reserve, including Métis and Inuit aged 26 to 59, was released on Jan. 19. Based on data from the 2012 Aboriginal Peoples Survey, the report examined associations between mental health and socio-demographic issues, as well as many other characteristics.

Three of the highest contributing factors to suicidal thoughts amongst off-reserve Aboriginal populations listed in the report were self-reported or physician-diagnosed mood and/or anxiety disorders, drug use and lack of high self-worth.

In some of the groups looked at, heavy drinking, marital status and overall health were

also associated with suicidal thoughts.

When looking at residential school experience within the individual or within the family, suicidal thoughts were associated with all Aboriginal groups when combined (male, female, First Nations living off-reserve, Métis and Inuit). However, suicidal thoughts linked to residential school experience were found to be more prevalent in three groups in particular: off-reserve First Nations women and Métis men and women.

Roderick McCormick, BC Innovation Council Chair in Aboriginal Health and a national expert in First Nations mental health says that the actual numbers for suicidal thoughts in the Aboriginal population are probably much higher.

“StatsCan only looked at suicidal ideation and it is probably that the stats are much higher because it tends to be underreported. There is stigma attached and people don’t talk about it,” he said. “But if you look at suicide completions or even attempts, there are records of that in the hospitals and health centres and it’s much, much higher amongst Aboriginal people” McCormick notes that within the general population, suicidal

thoughts aren’t uncommon, though they often go unreported. McCormick does believe however, that the association of residential schools with intergenerational trauma is quite a significant finding.

“With the legacy of residential schools, it was just sort of one part of the systematic process of colonizing and assimilating indigenous peoples, yet it accomplished a number of bad things, such as the ability to identify and express emotions,” McCormick said. “I think it’s had a really harmful effect on that.”

McCormick thinks that the last federal government’s cutbacks to Aboriginal social services have also been a “big factor.”

“With the last federal government, we did see a lot of the healing programs cut, such as the Aboriginal Healing Foundation,” McCormick said. “It’s ironic that when the Truth and Reconciliation Commission started they cut the major national programs for Aboriginal healing.”

As far as solutions go, McCormick doesn’t believe pumping money into the problem will fix it. Instead he believes the strategy should be to empower communities and to reclaim

traditional healing methods.

“You get better by becoming reconnected,” McCormick said. “I know that sounds real simplistic, but in interviewing

people on their healing journeys, I’ve found getting reconnected is where your sense of meaning, identity and strength come from.”

Rod McCormick, BC Innovation Council Chair in Aboriginal Health.

(Wade Tomko/The Omega)

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10 Puzzle of the Week #14—Shared Cats Suppose we have a group of cat lovers who share cats. There are five cats to be shared, and everyone has three of the cats.

There would be ten people, and each cat would be shared by six people.

Orders from our feline overlords are that, instead, we have seven cats, and everyone has four of the cats. How many people are there? How many people share each cat? (Or if you prefer, how many staff does each cat have?)

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WolfPack splits weekend games Things get positive for men’s volleyball as difficult season winds down Cameron Doherty SPORTS EDITOR Ω The TRU men’s volleyball team had a positive weekend splitting a pair of games against one of the top-ranked teams in the country.

Coming into the weekend TRU knew they were going to be in a tough spot. Sitting at a record of seven wins and eleven losses, the ‘Pack entertained the University of Manitoba Bison, the fourth-ranked

team in Canada.

The first game of the weekend went the way that most people would have expected with the Bison winning 3 sets to 1. It was a different story the next night however as TRU proved that even though their playoff hopes may be slight, they aren’t ready to give up hope just yet, coming out Saturday night and winning the match 3 sets to 1.

This season has been a difficult one for the ‘Pack. A team that is used to playing in the postseason

Middle Sam Taylor-Parks, a bright spot for the ‘Pack this season, prepares to spike the ball. (Tristan Davies/The Omega)

has found itself on the losing end of many tight games.

While it would be easy for the WolfPack to get down-spirited, head coach Pat Hennelly says that the young players on the team have stepped up and are gaining valuable experience.

“There’s talk of Sam (Taylor-Parks) and Kyle (Behiels) being two of the better rookies in the league and it’s hard to argue with that because they’re out there consistently putting up numbers and making plays,” Hennelly said.

Even though this year may not be panning out the way that the ‘Pack would have hoped, Hennelly said that the young core of the team is coming together ahead of schedule.

“I think people talk about us being in a full rebuild next year, but the rebuild is already on and it’s going to be a really nice bright future for this program so I’m happy with everything I’ve seen so far. That’s the one bright spot of the season really, is that these guys came in with a pedigree and they’re living up to their names so it’s good to see,” Hennelly said.

Along with the play of the young members on the ‘Pack, another bright spot on the year has been the continued dominance of Brad Gunter.

For the last five seasons fans of the ‘Pack have been treated to Gunter elevating above the net and attacking the ball with a ferocious left-handed

The All-Star game is broken The NHL All-Star game doesn’t work and probably never will Cameron Doherty SPORTS EDITOR Ω Well that was… something. The most recent iteration of the NHL All-Star game took place this past weekend on Jan. 30 and 31, and while the hockey world seems to be falling over itself in a hurry to congratulate the NHL for finally figuring out the oft-tinkered-with game format, I’m here to rain on that parade and point out why the party in Nashville was just more of the same.

First off, a little credit where credit is due. The 3-on-3 divisional playoff format (the fifth different format for the competition since 1995), is the best that the NHL has put together in a long time.

With fewer skaters on the ice all of the players had more room to manoeuvre and pull off some of the skill moves that could only be attempted in a meaningless game.

The new format also had the added bonus of being staged as a mini-tournament of 20-minute-long games, stopping the run of marathon games with scores of 17–12 in which even the players

were clearly bored halfway through the contest.

However, just because this version was better doesn’t mean it was good. It just points out how terrible past versions of the game have been.

The biggest problem with the game, and one which is the hardest to solve, is that hockey is a sport that needs to be played with 100 per cent effort.

You can’t blame the players for refusing to play hard, there is no incentive for them to risk injuring either themselves or anyone else.

However, the games of glorified shinny, in which players are afraid to get too close to each other while avoiding back checking like the plague, that ensue because of this are worse than boring, they are unwatchable.

The players are in the midst of a gruelling 82-game-long schedule and a week-long break to recover from the multiple bumps and bruises that they have accumulated leads to only players in their first all-star game and players from the team hosting the event to even give the appearance of effort.

Pretty much the only thing that people will remember about the

games on Sunday is the amazing story that is John Scott. As much fun as it was to see the hulking bruiser out there with the best players in the world, scoring goals, getting into mock fights and winning the Most Valuable Player award, the thing to remember is that the joy of John Scott is not repeatable.

Even if the NHL were to add an enforcer spot into the all-star lineup every year, the magic will have worn off. Just because the league got lucky that Scott stole the show this year does not mean that the game is fixed.

That’s not to say that the entire weekend is irredeemable, the skills contest event that takes place Saturday night before the All-Star game is always fun to watch.

It allows the players to show a different, often goofy, side of themselves to fans that are used to only seeing them in the high-pressure environment of the NHL. The mini competitions themselves also allow the players to exhibit their immense skill in a format that doesn’t try to be anything other than what it is, a fun event for the fans where the points don’t matter.

TRU celebrates their 3 sets to 1 victory Saturday Jan. 30.

(Tristan Davies/The Omega) swing time and time again.

While everyone who has seen Gunter play knows how good he is, the fact that last week he became the all-time Canada West leader in points and kills came as a surprise even to him.

“I didn’t know that I was getting close to it whatsoever. It brought my energy and confidence up, so obviously that helps a lot in these final games,” Gunter said.

CIS volleyball made the switch to the rally point scoring system in 2000, so Gunter’s record means that he has been the most prodigious attacking player in western Canadian volleyball in the last 16 years.

The record points not only to

Gunter’s skill but also his consistency and longevity, putting up numbers game in and game out for five years while playing for the WolfPack.

“Records are made to be broken but I think this one is going to stick around for a while,” Hennelly said.

With four games left in the year TRU finds itself on the outside looking in at the playoff race in Canada West; even winning out won’t be enough to guarantee them a playoff spot.

“The playoff hopes are dimming by the minute. We are now in the situation where we need help from other teams to really make it happen, regardless of how many wins we put up,” Hennelly said.

HOCKEY DAY IN CANADA COMES TO KAMLOOPS Starting on Wednesday, Feb. 3, a four-day-long celebration of our nation’s favourite pastime begins here in Kamloops.

Don Cherry, Ron MacLean and the rest of the Hockey Night in Canada crew will take over the Sandman Centre to broadcast across Canada.

WEDNESDAY, FEB. 3 6 p.m. - 9 p.m.: Opening Faceoff (Sun Peaks) THURSDAY, FEB. 4 11:30 a.m. - 2 p.m.: Scotiabank Hockey Day in Canada Celebrity Luncheon (TCC) 7:30 p.m. - 10 p.m.: 50th WHL Pro Am Alumni Game (Sandman Centre) FRIDAY, FEB. 5 7:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.: Breakfast with the Cups (Free) Stanley Cup and Memorial Cup on display (TCC) 7:30 p.m. - 10 p.m.: The Music of Hockey hosted by Ron MacLean (Sandman Centre) SATURDAY, FEB. 6 8 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.: Scotiabank Community HockeyFest (Sandman Centre) 9 a.m.: Scotiabank Hockey Day in Canada On-Air 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.: Ron MacLean Live from Sandman Centre 10 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.: Kamloops Major Midget Game – Kelowna vs Kamloops (Sandman Centre) 3 p.m. - 4:45 p.m.: Kamloops Blazers Pregame Party (Sandman Centre) 5 p.m.: WHL Game Edmonton Oil Kings at Kamloops Blazers (Sandman Centre)

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