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POPADYNETZ POPS HIS THIRD THIS YEAR

Search is on for TRU's next president Sean Brady EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Ω Thompson Rivers University is looking for its next president. Current president Alan Shaver’s term will expire a year from now on August 31, 2018.

When his term is finished, Shaver will have overseen TRU for eight of its 13 years as a full university.

Previously, the University College of the Cariboo

(since 1988) had university-college status.

TRU’s senate will be appointing members to a search committee over the next month. Five faculty members, one staff member, one student, four administrators, three board of governors members and one representative jointly appointed by the Alumni Association and TRU Foundation will make up the committee to search for a new president.

Those interested in filling one of the search

committee positions can complete a nomination form and submit it to Angela Biro, support secretary for the senate steering committee. She can be reached at abiro@tru.ca, and applications are due on or before Sept. 12.

The committee is set to have its first meeting on Oct. 9.

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DITCHED PLANS — TRU originally said construction would be completed before school was back in, but now the timeline has been pushed back, and may continue until mid-semester. The construction is underway to provide utilities to the first building of The Reach, a private residential housing development located behind Old Main. Construction began in April. (Sean Brady/Ω)

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Shaver will have served in eight of 13 years as full university CONTINUED (COVER) The hunt for a new president may also involve a search consultant – an executive search firm that would assist the search committee and a national advertising campaign.

Shaver was reappointed president in 2015 following an open survey reviewing his performance. That survey garnered more than 300 responses, but the results were not released.

One public source of comment was TRU Faculty Association (TRUFA) president Tom Friedman, who said that there was a level of mistrust between faculty and administrators that had not been remedied, and that more transparency was needed.

Following his reapointment, Shaver told the Omega in January 2015, “There are people on campus that are not happy with their knowledge and engagement

with what’s going on, and so I have to do something about that and I’m determined to do something about that. We have to work as a team.”

But in April 2016, a confidence vote by TRUFA revealed that 81 per cent of faculty had no confidence in senior administration, and named Shaver as one of the six senior administrators.

The vote was intended to get the university administration to open up and communicate more with university stakeholders, something TRU responded to by holding its inaugural town hall meeting months later in September 2016. Friedman called that meeting “a very important step” in restoring trust and collegiality between faculty and administration.

That inaugural town hall will be followed up with another this fall on Tuesday, Sept. 26.

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CFBX campus radio begins volunteer drive CFBX, the campus/community radio station at Thompson Rivers University, will start its fall volunteer drive on Friday, Sept. 8, at the TRU Back-to-School BBQ and will run to Friday, Sept. 22.

CFBX is an entirely volunteer run and programmed radio station and is always looking for energetic and creative volunteers to help out on air and off air.

Volunteers do not need to be TRU students to get involved.

CFBX programs a wide variety

of music and spoken word programming with a non-commercial focus. Music programming includes folk, roots, classical, jazz, funk, blues, punk, metal, hip-hop and electronic. Spoken word programming ranges from social and political issues to sports and entertainment. In addition, CFBX is especially in need of volunteers for morning shows, classical music hosts and anyone interested in programming in a language other than English.

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CFBX is an excellent place to build up job skills in audio editing, interviewing, writing, organization skills and computer use. There are numerous ways to get involved at the station on air and off.

Anyone interested in getting involved with CFBX can call the station at 250-377-3988, email to radio@tru.ca or drop by the station at House 8, behind the Campus Activity Centre on the TRU campus.

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Photo from the inaugural TRUSU Food Truck Festival. (FILE PHOTO)

TRUSU continues campaign as food trucks return Student union to hold second annual Hungry for Choice Food Truck Festival Jennifer Will

NEWS EDITOR Ω Back for its second year, the Hungry for Choice Food Truck Festival will return to campus later this month.

Tatiana Gilbert, the president of the TRU Student Union, said that had nearly 2,000 students, staff and faculty signed the petition to introduce competition to campus food services.

“We now have successfully implemented food trucks to be

available on campus and we are hoping to expand that in the future, as well as introducing independent food providers in private campus developments,” Gilbert said.

Currently Aramark is the sole food service provider on campus. This lack of food options is what sparked the Hungry for Choice campaign last September. Gilbert said that with the successes from last year’s campaign in mind, this year the focus will shift toward a rare opportunity.

“The current food service contract is expiring and what we believe is that the campus community

should have a voice in contributing to that, in rethinking food service on campus,” Gilbert said. “There’s going to be more choice for students and what they’d like to purchase for food.”

Gilbert says that Aramark’s contract will expire some time within the year and that it’s important that students have a say in these kinds of decisions. Her plan is help give students more of a voice in this decision by first engaging them, encouraging them and by making them aware.

“We believe that students should

have a voice in this new contract renewal and that is going to be done through a full and comprehensive consultation. We are working with TRU to ensure that students are able to voice their concerns and their vision for what food service should look like on campus,” Gilbert said.

Creating diversity in food services on campus would help to create competition and variety in price, value, quality and hours.

Many of the concerns around food service has been directly related to the hours of operation, long lines and lack of quality food. Gilbert

adds that food has a very intimate connection to the kind of community that is created on campus.

“So, having that important connection between food and community and being able to celebrate the diversity of backgrounds we have here on campus in the form of food service, would be absolutely incredible,” Gilbert said.

The Hungry for Choice Food Truck Festival will take place on Sept. 21 from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. and will be followed by an outdoor screening of Wonder Woman 7:30 p.m. in the Campus Commons.

A trace of hope for fatal overdose awareness

Kamloops locals look to spark conversation around drug overdose and help reduce the stigma Jennifer Will

NEWS EDITOR Ω Back to school is a time when many students are buying their textbooks, meeting new friends and going to those infamous back to school parties.

In recent years, fentanyl has made its way into recreational drugs that many

students might expose themselves to.

In recent years the crisis is something that students, teenagers and members of the public need to become aware of and have access to the essential resources that they may need.

Sherry Robinson, one of the head coordinators for the Kamloops International Overdose Awareness Day, says that spreading awareness,

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reducing the stigma around drug use and mental health, along with making people aware of the resources available to them is essential for combating fatal drug overdoses.

“Young adults and teens are higher risk takers and when they are out partying and have had a few drinks, they are more likely to make impulsive choices,” Robinson said.

Robinson became involved in the Kamloops International Overdose Awareness Day to help spread this message, as well as for personal reasons.

“I lost my son Tyler Robinson to a heroin overdose that was tainted with fentanyl and that was in January of 2016. After he overdosed and I was grieving with that, I became aware of this thing called International Overdose Awareness Day and last year no one else seemed to be organizing it so I took it upon myself to get the ball rolling,” Robinson said.

The event took place on Aug. 31 in Riverside Park and was a grassroots event that was brought forward by people who are passionate about bringing more awareness to the community.

“It’s our second annual here in Kamloops. L:ast year we were at the farmers market with a small booth raising awareness locally and this year we have some funding that was offered to us through a local coalition called Addiction Matters Kamloops.

They received it through a research centre down in Vancouver. So, we

Sherry Robinson and fellow volunteers show their support (Submitted) are hosting a larger event this year at Riverside Park with the help of that funding,” Robinson said.

The day worked to be both fulfilling and healing, and was really set up to be a place to start a conversation, not only about the ever-growing opioid crisis, but for people in the community to learn and talk openly with others about drug overdose.

“It’s just the time to talk about prevention, how to prevent overdose, how to prevent substance use challenges and encourage a recovery-ready community,” Robinson said.

“When we come out and support and stay connected with people we love or our neighbours and friends, they are more likely to recover successfully,” Robinson said.

Robinson added that this event was

aimed at people within the Kamloops community, however Overdose Awareness Day is an international event and many cities partake in spreading awareness and reducing the stigma.

“It’s worldwide, it’s international now and it started way back in 2001 in Australia because of the opioid crisis that’s been surrounding throughout the past couple of years it has been spreading and growing throughout communities in North America.

That’s why we adopted the colour purple as a signature colour [for overdose awareness],” Robinson said.

Robinson hopes that the event can create a ripple effect in the community and get people to be aware and not ashamed to look for help when they need it.

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What did I miss?

The best summer flicks reviewed Jonathan Malloy FILM CRITIC Ω

While the summer was certainly chock full of Blockbuster releases going back as far as this past March, it didn’t seem to help the box office as theatres pulled in their worst summer season in 16 years. Though that doesn’t mean they were bad films. In fact, these are films that you definitely do not want to miss out on.

Wonder Woman Featuring a genuine and heartfelt story and told with a passion for the source material, Patty Jenkins did the unimaginable by giving DC’s fledgling cinematic universe a kick of adrenaline and making the best superhero experience of the summer. Gal Gadot is energizing as the titular woman of wonder who isn’t afraid to kick ass, take names, and show

the boys how it’s done. What’s that? You missed out on seeing this gem? Well, don’t worry, as TRUSU will be showing Wonder Woman on Sept. 21 outside the campus activity centre as part of this year’s outdoor movie night.

Baby Driver Unparalleled in its attention to detail, Edgar Wright’s action packed car-musical spun out in theatres earlier this summer to a kickin’ soundtrack and enough gas to lap its competition for days.

While this year’s iteration of the Fast and Furious franchise upped the ante with CGI cars by the dozen it was the practical stunts performed in sync with music that truly displayed a unique voice.

Wright once again displays an absolute mastery over his medium and ties it all together with slick editing and killer performances from Ansel Elgort, Kevin Spacey, and the radiant Lily James.

UPCOMING EVENTS NEW STUDENT ORIENTATION SEPT. 5 – 9 A.M. TO 3 P.M. Learn about the people, places, supports and resources available on campus.

TECHSTARS STARTUP WEEKEND SEPT. 8 TO SEPT. 10 Experience the highs and lows of starting your own tech company all in the course of a weekend.

30TH-ANNUAL BACK TO SCHOOL BBQ SEPT. 8 – 10 A.M. TO 3 P.M. Over 100 campus and community groups will set up tables around the Campus Commons with information, giveaways and door prizes

A Ghost Story

Does life matter? If you find yourself pondering this then this second collaboration between the trio of Casey Affleck, Rooney Mara and director David Lowery might fit your Nietzsche.

A simple love/death story spun into a galaxy-spanning, time-bending saga has one of the most important and gut wrenching scenes of the year: and yes it involves pie. A signal to all arthouse fans the film is: frustrating and confusing and impenetrable, but it is all the better for it.

The Big Sick Kumail Nanjiani is a funny guy. Those who know of his stand-up comedy and work on shows like Silicon Valley know that but little did they know of how he got to where he is today.

A somewhat retelling of how he met his wife, Kumail stars

against Zoe Kazan in a story co-written with his wife Emily V. Gordon. The Big Sick is an enduring and gentle portrayal of the ugliness of love and the hard work needed to keep it going that also features some of the funniest lines of the year.

The Lost City of Z The word epic is used to describe too many things lately yet rarely does it find more an apt use than in James Gray’s flawless film. Following a man’s decade long obsession of finding a secret lost city in Amazon, we follow as he leaves his wife, his children and the world for a grand quest that outlasts lives, and wars but never the unending desire for greatness.

Other films you should not miss out on include but are not limited to: Dunkirk, Annabelle: Creation, The Beguiled, Lady Macbeth and Beatriz At Dinner.

CFBX TOP 30 CFBX 92.5 FM Campus & Community Radio Kamloops, B.C. Music Director: Steve Marlow Charts to August 31, 2017 * indicates Canadian Content ** indicates a local artist 1) Broken Social Scene* - Hug of Thunder (Arts and Crafts) 2) Designosaur* - Seattle of the North (Independent) 3) The Garden - The Life and Times of a Paperclip (Burger) 4) Naughty Professor - Identity (Independent) 5) Powerflo - Powerflo (New Damage) 6) The Cavaleros* - Atomic! (Independent) 7) Pernell Reichert Band* - The Road (You Ain't the One) (Independent) 8) DWNTWN - Racing Time (Jullian) 9) Alt-J - Relaxer (Atlantic) 10) Dance Movie* - Pierce (Independent) 11) Walrus* - Family Hangover (Madic) 12) Teenanger* - Teenager (Telephone Explosion) 13) Arley Hughes* - Parts of Me (Independent) 14) Slates* - Summery (New Damage) 15) Shannon McNally - Black Irish (Compass) 16) Glen Campbell - Adios (Capitol) 17) No Aloha* - Sway EP (Independent) 18) Hawkins Johnston* - Autumn Highway (Independent) 19) Radio Caroline* - Take it All (Bulwark) 20) Zoe and Cloyd - Eyes Brand New (Independent) 21) Fran Jare* - Copy Cat Coo Coo (Superfran) 22) Goldtop* - You Possess Me (Spicy Tomato) 23) Western Jaguar* - Memorial (Independent) 24) Venus* - Venus EP (Second Best) 25) Silverstein* - Dead Reflection (New Damage) 26) This Way North - This Way North (Independent) 27) Xavier Rudd - Live in the Netherlands (Salt-X) 28) Rachel Baiman - Shame (Free Dirt) 29) Trombone Shorty - Parking Lot Symphony (Blue Note) 30) Adam Strangler* - Key West EP (Duprince)

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WolfPack men decisive over Vikes, draw 'Birds Sean Brady

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Ω The Thompson Rivers University WolfPack men’s soccer team opened their season at home decisively. They put three away against the University of Victoria Vikes and kept everything out of their own net.

The team’s Saturday, Sept. 2 home opener followed a successful pre-season, where the team proved to be competitive, drawing its first three games, winning its fourth 3-0, drawing another and then winning its last two in Portland, Ore. Mitch Popadynetz (fourth year) started off the scoring with his third of the year, and third in as many games. Thomas Lantmeeters (second year) followed up two and a half minutes later with his first of the year. There’d be no further successful offense until the final minutes of the game, when Justin Donaldson (third year) popped his first

goal of the season past the UVic keeper.

TRU now moves to 1-1-1 on the year after a loss and a tie in Prince George over the Aug. 26 weekend.

“It was nice to see that especially with Mitch (Popadynetz) scoring another one. It kind of calmed us down a bit. First home game and the guys were pretty excited. I think that got us going,” head coach John Antulov said after the game to TRU Athletics.

The next day the WolfPack men faced off against the University of British Columbia Thunderbirds – the fifth-ranked university soccer team in Canada. TRU ended up tying the T-Birds, now responsible for the only sort-of mark on their perfect record. The T-Birds are now 3-0-1.

Next weekend the ‘Pack men hit the road for the Lower Mainland, playing the TWU Spartans in Langley on Friday and the UFV Cascades on Saturday.

—with files from TRU Athletics

TRU's Mitch Popadynetz opened scoring on Saturday against the Vikes, with his third of the year. (TRU Athletics)

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