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Parking gets competitive at the edge of campus Wade Tomko CONTRIBUTING EDITOR Ω Students are back in class, but their biggest concern might not be their homework. The construction of new utilities under University Drive has cut access to the road and removed approximately 160 parking spaces by closing parking lot E near the corner of Summit and McGill, causing congestion problems along TRU’s

remaining roadways and making parking difficult.

Construction started in April and is likely to continue into October.

While many students were under the impression construction started later than it actually did, some were left wondering why TRU didn’t push harder to finish in the summer.

“I don’t know the exact reason why the construction is happening now, but it would have made so much

more sense to get most of it done in the summer when we aren’t going to be that busy here and parking won’t be an issue,” said Gregorson Mahon, a second-year TRU student. “I got here at ten yesterday, and I couldn’t believe I was actually able to find a spot. I eventually found a spot near the arts building. I got lucky, but it’s bad.”

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FILLED TO THE BRIM — TRU's distant parking lot N, located 34 kilometres east of Savona (and about the same from the Clock Tower) is seen here during the first week of classes, without a single free spot as work on utilities behind Old Main is expected to continue until mid-semester. Extra traffic comes after changes to TRU's parking and the closure of lot E. (Juan Cabrejo/Ω)

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TRUSU calls on feds to expand student grants Aidan Grether STAFF WRITER Ω The TRU Students’ Union has called on the federal government to change how the public funds of financial aid are used.

In August, TRUSU made a submission to a federal government budget committee calling for an expansion of the Canada Student Grants program and for changes to how the program is funded.

Currently, federal grant programs focus heavily on loan remissions, tax credits, and RESPs despite growing support from students and professors for need-based grants, which they say are more efficient and effective in meeting the desired outcomes of financial aid.

TRUSU’s expected outcomes of

financial aid are programs that “support sufficient and equitable participation, timely completion [of studies], and full transition from studies into the workforce,” including that the rate of transition “should be 100 per cent.”

“We’re aiming to enhance our federal financial aid system with no further costs to government,” TRUSU vice-president external Cole Hickson said. “We want to highlight need-based grants as the most efficient and effective form of financial aid, and then work to make them more available to students.”

TRUSU’s proposal asks that the federal government’s public investment into RESPs and tuition tax credit programs be phased out and that those dollars instead be invested into expanding the existing need-based grants.

The eight page report submitted to the House Standing Committee on Finance details the benefits and drawbacks of the current systems as well as the potential of need-based grants.

TRUSU’s position is that RESPs “help where it’s needed least,” and they fail to meet the desired outcomes of financial aid as they target students who would otherwise already attend higher education. A 2015 report on federal RESPs shows that 70 per cent of families with household incomes of $125,000 or more have RESPs, far higher than those in lower income brackets.

“RESPs disproportionately benefit higher income families, contrary to the purpose of financial aid,” Hickson said.

TRUSU’s report shows tax credits as “overly complex and

often unused” as students rarely make use of them until after they have either graduated or dropped out. Tax credits also do little to benefit low-income students who need the most help.

The Trudeau Liberal government has taken steps towards shrinking the program in their 2016 budget by phasing out tax credits on education and textbooks in 2017.

As stated in the 2016 federal budget, “These credits are not targeted based on income and often provide little direct support to students at the time they need it most.”

TRUSU’s proposal acknowledges the steps already being taken but asks for a continuation of the shrinkage by removing the largest education tax credit: tuition.

In 2016, the federal finance department increased the value of the federal need-based grants program for low and middle income students by 50 per cent, providing a grant of $3,000 for low-income and $1,200 for middle-income students. Further it stressed the importance of targeting based on income and support needed to ensure equity and participation.

Only three provinces, B.C., Manitoba, and Prince Edward Island, don’t make use of needbased grants.

The campaign to take resources from tax credits and RESPs and fund need-based grants is TRUSU’s latest attempt to increase student participation at TRU while also solving a problem many students are faced with.

MacEwan phishing attack prompts caution Alberta university taken for $11.8 million in targeted email fraud Jennifer Will NEWS EDITOR Ω On Aug. 23 MacEwan University was defrauded $11.8 million in a phishing cyberattack. The university received emails asking them to change account information for one of their vendors. University staff made the change without confirming that the messages came from the vendor they thought they were dealing with.

The Edmonton, Alta. post-secondary institution realized their mistake when the legitimate vendor contacted them to ask why they had not yet been paid. The money was then traced to accounts in Montreal and Hong Kong and has now been frozen in those accounts.

Hugh Burley the Manager of Information Security at Thompson Rivers University says that last year alone the information security office responded to about 12,000 phishing attempts.

Burley says that he thinks that problem with MacEwan was a lack of financial control and not following proper financial processes by verifying the source and getting approval from someone in a senior position before making a major

change in where vendor payments are sent.

“In most financial organizations or departments, there will be a second person who has to double check things. You usually need authority from two people to make a major change like that,” Burley said. “We have talked to our AVP of finance Paul Manhas and our VP of finance and admin Matt Milovick and we aren’t really vulnerable that way. We have very good participation from faculty and staff in forwarding us suspicious stuff.”

Burley notes that the MacEwan phishing attack was pretty straightforward in nature and it is along the line of something TRU might receive.

“I think we are always vulnerable, but maybe not quite as much as MacEwan was,” Burley said.

Although it can be hard to know the legitimacy of an email, Burley said there are ways for potential victims to identify a phisher before it’s too late. He said not to trust the display name of the person who sent the email and always double check. He also suggested hovering over links to look at where they lead before clicking, checking for spelling errors, not opening any attachments and even considering the salutation at the top of the email.

“Usually if you get an email from your friend it will say ‘Hi Jenn, I just wanted to touch base on our dinner next week.’ So, if you get it from a phisher it might say ‘Hello TRU student’ or your email address or something like that,” Burley said.

Most phishing emails seem very urgent in order to entice people to click or send information without fully evaluating the situation.

“Don’t believe everything you see, just like any process where critical thinking is involved. You have to look at your email and other solicited information and see whether it’s realistic,” Burley said.

One of the keys to avoiding a phishing attack is not giving out any personal information via email.

“TRU has a policy of never asking for information by email.

So, we’ll never ask you for your password,” Burley said.

Burley adds that if students or faculty receive any suspicious phishing emails, they can be forwarded to infosecurity@tru.ca and they will help further evaluate if the email is safe to open or not.

“When in doubt contact us at information security. We are available to students, staff and faculty,” Burley said.

Hugh Burley, manager of information security with TRU Information Technology Services. (Juan Cabrejo/The Omega)

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Master of nursing degree takes in first students Jennifer Will NEWS EDITOR Ω The long-awaited master of nursing degree program has finally kicked off after receiving university and government approval.

Dean of nursing Donna Murnaghan said that the master’s degree program will allow students to achieve an advanced level of nursing, leading to opportunities for nurses to have leadership training, to become educators for the next round of students and to do field research.

“We need nurse researchers to answer questions that will inform policy and practice healthcare delivery. So, a natural transition is the best way that I would describe it, that a graduate program allows for research, education, and advanced practice. That is really critical,” Murnaghan said The program gives students the option to do a thesis, a project or a paper which makes it unique compared to other graduate programs.

The program was built to give flexibility to students and can be

completed part-time or full-time.

Angela Achoba is one of the students admitted to the new program.

Achoba started her master’s in 2015 at UBC but has had difficulty making strides due to the commute time, her busy work schedule and her family life.

“I started here [at TRU] in 2007 with the nursing program. It has been great having all of these amazing instructors teach me and help me grow as a person and as a nurse and I really want to give back to the community. I want to give back by teaching here in a university setting or in a clinical setting, just give back to the newer nurses that are coming up,” Achoba said.

Achoba added that she wanted to pursue her masters in order further her own practice but also to be well educated in the field.

“Nursing is a program where lifelong learning is essential,” Achoba said. “I’m just very excited that this program has come to life.”

Murnaghan added that this program was many years in the making and the program is not only a success for the school of

The first class in the Master of Nursing Program at TRU. (Jennifer Will/The Omega) nursing but also for the university.

Murnaghan wanted to show her commitment to students’ success in the new program by starting her very own scholarship. The Dr. Donna Murnaghan Award for leadership and quality improvement will give $1,500 to one student

every year.

“I have had a long career in nursing. I started off as a young woman saying my whole passion was to become a nurse, and I graduated in 1975. I’ve been in education since 1978 and what I’ve observed is nursing students,

like most students, will struggle,” Murnaghan said.

“I just started putting money aside and thought, if I could help make the difference in one student’s life a year for the rest of my time, that would be pretty rewarding.”

B.C. Wildfire Service turns over staff as firefight continues Wade Tomko CONTRIBUTING EDITOR Ω The B.C. Wildfire Service has said that it would lose 30 to 40 per cent of its workforce as students return to school. Chief fire information officer Kevin Skrepnek said that losing such a high number of staff each year is just a reality.

“All of our firefighters are seasonal, and a big portion of them are folks who return to school. A lot of our dispatchers are post-secondary students as well,” Skrepnek said last month.

Due to the seasonal nature of firefighting, the loss of workers in the B.C. Wildfire Service is a yearly happening, with many firefighters finishing their contracts at the end of August. Despite this, the wildfire service makes sure to maintain a standing force of firefighters large enough to keep fighting fires well into September.

“A lot of our firefighters would have been done in late August, but there are ways we can offset this decrease though,” said fire information officer Ryan Turcot.

“We are bringing in additional assistance from the forest industry and from other provinces, the Canadian Armed Forces, local fire departments and even other countries if need be,” Turcot said.

“We do whatever we need to do to maintain the capacity required to fight these fires moving into September as this is a fire season that will go on for a while yet.”

As of Sept. 11, there are still 3,000 firefighters and other personnel fighting 168 fires throughout the province. Of those personnel, 1,400 are contractors, while 261 are from out of province.

Compared to previous years, Turcot stated that number of

firefighters in active service is quite large for this far into the season.

Yet this is likely due to the this year’s historic fire season. Since April 1 of this year, 1,225 wildfires in BC have burned approximately 1,169,126 hectares. With 4,302 evacuees still unable to return home, the end of this fire season won’t be any time soon.

“With some of these larger wildfires that are burning, they could be burning until snow hits

the ground,” Turcot said. “A lot of it depends on weather forecasts and how weather plays out over the next month or two.”

If need be, Turcot said that some firefighters may have their contracts extended, if they can make such a commitment.

Though it isn’t an option for all firefighters to keep working past their contracts end date, this season has provided many opportunities for continued work, with many crews opting to extend

their contracts by a few months, Turcot said.

While Turcot described this season as one of the B.C. Wildfire Service’s most challenging yet, he also said that it has provided a great learning experience for both firefighters and information units.

“This has been one of the most historic fire seasons on record, and there has been a lot of lessons learned that will come out of this season,” Turcot said.

A Canadair CL-415 from Quebec lands at the Kamloops Airport on Sept. 2. Quebec is just one of many places outside B.C. where firefighters are coming from to join the fight against one of B.C.'s worst wildfire seasons ever.

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Permitted lots underused CONTINUED (COVER) Several other students shared Mahon’s sentiment, wishing that the university had planned better for the first weeks of classes. Some suggested turning the area behind parking lot N into a temporary dirt lot, while others hoped that the lack of parking would mean a decrease in rates.

Some students, like Chantelle Pigeon (third-year social work), questioned what she would do if she could not find parking.

“Honestly I’m not sure what I’d do, I’d probably park illegally. I don’t want to have to walk twenty minutes. It’s super frustrating, but it should have been dealt with better before school started,” she said.

Other students suggested that they would even skip class and return home if they couldn’t find space.

Though the university has suggested students make use of Kamloops’ public transportation or carpool with friends, this isn’t always convenient for everybody.

Yet despite the lack of parking on campus currently, vice-president advancement Chris Seguin said that not all lots are being used to their maximum capacity.

“Our permitted lots are at 60 per cent, so we have a lot of different

options around parking. While our day-to-day lots are overwhelmed right now, there is a lot of capacity in our permitted lots. So we would really love students to look at that as an option for them,” Seguin said.

Seguin also suggested that students allow a little more time than they are usually used to for getting to class.

TRU has also been hard at work putting up signage indicating the capacity of each lot over the last few days, Seguin said.

“We are watching these lots every day, constantly. We have installed dashboards into our monitoring and we are actually trying to make those dashboards public to students, faculty and staff,” he said. “We can see each of the lots and how they are doing, whether they are over-prescribed or under-prescribed, and then we will alter our parking scheme to match the needs of students and staff.”

Despite the backlash, Seguin says that the upgrades will benefit the university for decades to come and greatly benefit TRU’s stakeholders.

“So while we tried to avoid it, they are necessary for all our stakeholders and we will try to get them done as soon as possible,” he said.

SCENES FROM ORIENTATION Faculty, students and newcomers join to celebrate the start of the new academic year and learn about what's to come.

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"It" a wickedly creepy and successful King adaptation Jonathan Malloy FILM CRITIC Ω Clowns, zombies, ghouls — the things that bump in the night. As children, fear could run amok with any imagination as the nights went on. This is even more fascinating as the feeling returns as an adult with Andrès Muschietti’s adaptation of the 1,100-page Stephen King opus of the same name that captures and elaborates on the intricacies of children's fear and the unmistakable anticipation of dread.

Transporting the setting 30 years into the future from the 1950s to the rad 80s, we follow seven children of Derry, Maine, as they are thrust against fear itself as the violent Pennywise the Dancing Clown once again begins to trap its young victims.

Previously adapted into a two-part ABC series from the early 90s this updated version brings on a bevy of extremely talented young actors and pits them against a freakishly devious performance from Bill Skarsgard as the deranged Pennywise.

Following skepticism from its initial announcement, this film worked extremely well in disarming any sense of worry I could have encountered. More violent and wickedly creepy than expected it only took only the first scene of the young Georgie Denbrough chasing his paper boat down the flooding street to display the malevolent nature the film achieves. The brilliance

of this project is in handling the deft tone of a mad house horror with a striking tale of youth coming to grips with their impending adulthood.

A bevy of incredible performances across the board from the likes of Jaeden Lieberher and Sophia Lillis, as Bill Denbrough and Bev Marsh respectively, that grounds the film in a believability and accessibility that allows for moments of tenderness and growth unseen in previous adaptations.

Muschietti creates a fully realized world around these characters, for when Pennywise does show his smug (read terrifying) mug the audience cannot help but understand the absolute pants ruining fear the children are experiencing.

Several extremely well crafted set-pieces build the scares in genuinely surprising ways from the aforementioned dreary opening to a scene with a slide projector that transforms in an unbearably tense moment that will surely stick with any viewer. The only components that do keep the film from attaining an absolute excellence are a film score that does play it too safe in its on-the-nose compositions and an over reliance on a particular type of jump scare that, while effective, does feel undeserved in the early half of the film. Yet, these do nothing to take away from those brilliant moments and the nightmares that will undoubtedly arise from the new interpretation of the demon clown.

Listing Stephen King’s best adapted works

"It" the authors most recent success, but just one of many hits Jonathan Malloy FILM CRITIC Ω With the newest adaptation of “It” crushing this weekend’s box office, Stephen King, once again cast into the critical and commercial limelight after his past few bombs, seems to have hit a homerun with his latest. While not all of his adapted stories have made amazing experiences, he has undeniably set the casework for some of the greatest films to ever grace the silver screen.

Carrie (1976) Brian De Palma faithfully adapted King’s first novel, about one student’s high school perils as she begins to uncover her psychic powers, into a violent and tense parable about the dangers of bullying. Sissy Spacek is vulnerable as the titular character until she is pushed too far and unleashes her fury in an iconic finale of sparks and buckets of blood.

The Shining (1980) Famously rejected by the writer, it is hard to deny the creative juggernaut that Stanley Kubrick would bring to King’s already fully realized material. Writer Jack Torrance attempts to spend the winter up at the Overlook Hotel with his wife and young son only to finally succumb to the madness that has been building inside of him. Or was it always there? Emotionally dense and creatively frightening, this is one of the greatest films of all time.

The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

One of the few films to shy away from the horror genre in King’s career, Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman would display career-defining performances as prisoners in the Shawshank prison as they serve their sentences through decades of maltreatment and abuse. Director Frank Darabont’s use scale would add to the short story’s intimacy and provide a gripping and uplifting finale unusually optimistic for the writer’s usual material.

The Mist (2007) Darabont would once again collaborate in bringing another of King’s novella’s to the screen by attempting to handle the other side of the emotional spectrum in creating to date one of the most emotionally haunting and depressing films to ever be made.

A drastic change to the ending, which King himself has said is an improvement to his own ending, casts a long shadow which is haunting, scarring, and sure to put a damper on any activities arranged for the rest of the day. Plan accordingly.

11.26.63 (2016) This eight-part Hulu series follows James Franco’s Jake Epping as a man sent back in time attempting to prevent the assassination of JFK only to become apart of the timeline itself, this under-seen series is gripping and tense in a way that seems almost trademarked to King’s style. Franco is subtle and delicate in his performance alongside Chris Cooper and Sarah Gadon making this a series that shouldn’t be missed.

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Vancouver Short Film Festival looks for student submissions The Oct. 13 deadline to submit your short films to the Vancouver Short Film Festival (VSFF) is fast approaching and the program is looking to add student content to its festival that will run from Jan. 26-27 next winter.

A way to show off your completed projects to an audience of likeminded individuals the competition awards cash prizes to the top films that show at the festival with $15 000 having been distributed last year. One such prize is the Best Student Film with student entries being offered at $20 US per film submitted.

Any genre can be submitted with a preference given to shorter films however, there is no stringent guideline on the length of film that is to be entered. Films accepted will be shown at the Vancity theatre in Vancouver and all submissions can be uploaded at VSFF.com.

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Fresh Horses

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Cailyn Mocci ARTS EDITOR Ω TRU’s Actors Workshop Theatre will kick off this year’s season with a coming of age story.

Fresh Horses, written by Larry Ketron and directed by theatre faculty member Wesley Eccleston, is a show that tries to make you feel for the characters and relate to their experiences.

The production mostly features second-year theatre students, plus Jeff Daniels, a more

UPCOMING EVENTS CLUBS DAY 2017 SEPT. 14, 11 A.M. TO 3 P.M Over 40 clubs and local organizations set up on campus available to provide info and interest in things to do on and off campus this year. Campus Commons.

SHINE DAY BBQ SEPT. 15, 11 A.M. TO 4 P.M. TRU respiratory therapy students host fundraising BBQ event for Cystic Fibrosis research. Save-On Foods.

SUPPORT FOR STUDENTS AFFECTED BY WILDFIRES SEPT. 15, 1 P.M. TO 3 P.M. Information session for students effected by wildfires who may need more support this year. Representatives from financial aid, services for aboriginal students, counselling and the dean of students will be available to answer questions. Old Main OM2751.

senior theatre student who plays the lead character Larkin.

Daniels said the audience will feel something in the character as he relates to the student population.

“He’s a 23-year-old kid trying to find his way,” Daniels said.

The production features several other characters all different yet the same in a way. The realistic production showcases the lives many young adults face while they try to navigate the winding roads of adulthood.

Eccleston said the realism in the production will be apparent

to the audience.

“It doesn’t entertain the fantastical, it deals with the real friendships and relationships and the matters of the heart” Eccleston said.

The play was originally written in the 1980s with events that were relevant to young adults of that time, yet things haven’t changed much. Katie Jones, an actress in the show, said that even though it’s been over three decades, the struggles and experiences these characters face are similar to today’s young people.

“How theatre touches us so deeply is when it provokes thought and feelings,” said Emily Whalen.

Fresh Horses is a play that will try to make the audience consider the lives of the characters and their own.

“No matter what stage of life you’re in, you can learn a lot by watching the show,” said Aaron Foster.

Fresh Horses will run Oct. 5 to 7 and Oct.12 to 14. Tickets can be purchased at the Black Box Theatre box office in Old Main or by calling 250-377-6100.

CFBX TOP 30 CFBX 92.5 FM Campus & Community Radio Kamloops, B.C. Music Director: Steve Marlow Charts to Sept. 7, 2017 * indicates Canadian Content ** indicates a local artist 1) Broken Social Scene* - Hug of Thunder (Arts and Crafts) 2) Arley Hughes* - Parts of Me (Independent) 3) New Swears* - And the Magic of Horses (New Damage) 4) This Way North - This Way North (Independent) 5) The Judys* - The Very Best Of (Heavy Like a Baby) 6) The Garden - The Life and Times of a Paperclip (Burger) 7) Slates* - Summery (New Damage) 8) Glen Foster Group* - Music Alchemy (Rescue) 9) Do Make Say Think* - Stubborn Persistent Illusions (Constellation) 10) Martin Kerr* - Better Than Brand-New (Independent) 11) Designosaur* - Seattle of the North (Independent) 12) Echo Beach** - Everly EP (Independent) 13) White Hot Guilt* - White Hot Guilt (Independent) 14) Viewmaster* - Alternative Classics (Independent) 15) Spaceport Union* - Permanent Frequency (Independent) 16) Aivery - Because (Siluh) 17) Tom Russell* - Play One More: Songs of Ian and Sylvia (True North) 18) Jason Buie* - Driftin' Heart (Independent) 19) No Aloha* - Sway EP (Independent) 20) Naughty Professor - Identity (Independent) 21) Shrimp Ring* - Activate Your Function (Party Sauce) 22) Tequila Mockingbird Orchestra* - We Make Really Party (Independent) 23) Andrea Nixon* - Diary of a Housewife (Independent) 24) Whitney K* - When the Party's Over (Egg Paper Factory) 25) American Lips* - Kiss the Void (Ancient Fashion) 26) Jon Stancer* - For the Birds (Independent) 27) Alt-J - Relaxer (Atlantic) 28) Late Spring* - Trembly Fog (Independent) 29) Ornament and Crime* - Burglaries (Independent) 30) Fran Jare* - Copy Cat Coo Coo (Superfran)

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A Radiant Heart offers beauty in sound and movement

Indonesian high school students dazzle Kamloops with cultural thanks Cailyn Mocci ARTS EDITOR Ω Those who attended Ardaya Zahran: A Radiant Heart on Sept.

7 at the Sagebrush Theatre were treated to a lively tale of love with the sounds and heart of Indonesia.

For their fourth year in Kamloops, 160 high school students ranging in ages from 12 to 17 years old from the International Islamic Education Council (IIEC) in Jakarta, Indonesia travelled to Canada to participate in a language and culture program. This program aims to build students’ English language skills as well as let them soak up new cultures around them.

The students planned this production as a special thank you for sharing our culture with them: a cultural exchange of sorts. As part of their thanks to their Canadian host community, the students performed an opera-like production featuring two young lovers,

Faisal and Annisa. Along with a story, attendees were wowed by the captivating traditional dances such as the Ratoeh Jaroe Dance, a harmonious blend of body movements and hands requiring excellent concentration and memory, and the Gaba-gaba Dance, originating from Maluku in Eastern Indonesia.

The story followed Faisal, the only son of Tuanku Umar and Annisa, the niece of nobleman Tuan Razak. After a rocky first encounter Faisal falls in love with Annisa and makes a long and tiring journey to seek out Annisa.

After many roadblocks, including pirates and dangerous days at sea, Faisal finally reaches Annisa who appears to be engaged to marry Prince Salman. The two men fight but ultimately give up and turn to Annisa to decide. Her decision to refuse Prince Salman leaves him disappointed and he leaves her, giving Faisal the chance to express his love and explain that after

she left he had turned into a man because of her.

The students have experienced many firsts of Canadian culture, from their first camping trip to visiting museums to gold panning, making their trip to Canada “all about the Canadian experience, not just the classroom,” according to Myrissa Krenzler, program coordinator at the International Training Centre at TRU World. IIEC President S. Indah Permata expressed during a video address before the show that her goal for those involved was to “develop global students” with knowledge and experiences that can carry them through life with success.

IIEC students performed a beautiful and captivating production that held your attention from the moment the curtain lifted off the ground to the instant it touched back down; sharing their culture with us in a beautiful and engaging manner.

Main character Faisal (centre) with friends following an encounter with love interest Annisa, as seen Sept. 7 at the Sagebrush. (Juan Cabrejo/Ω)

TRAVEL A new adventure in your own backyard Robert Wisla CONTRIBUTOR Ω

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Half an hour from Kamloops, along a straight road, the hidden rivers trail is close yet distant.

An exciting trail loaded with history is just 25 minutes from Thompson Rivers University.

This place of spectacular beauty is called the Tranquille River, named after Secwepemc Chief Pacamoos by fur traders of the Hudson's Bay Company, whose “quiet, easy manner” gave him the name Tranquil, according to BC Geographical Names.

This river meanders through a parched canyon set against the brown hills of Lac Du Bois Provincial Park, ending at the once bustling settlement of Padova where the former asylum dominates the skyline. If you have time after the hike, seeing this piece of British Columbia's history is well worth it.

To get to the Tranquille River one must follow Tranquille Road, which starts after the Overlander Bridge on the North Shore and continues all the way to Padova.

Along this road, hills known as

Cinnamon Ridge shine brightly, their golden sanded hoodoos peaking out at you along the way.

Continuing on Tranquille Road, you need to take Tranquille-Criss Creek Road (it's the one on the right across the railway tracks).

From there you can park your car in a small parking lot which is little more than a piece of cleared dirt off the gravel road. Be sure get some sunscreen and water ready as this walk is around an hour round trip.

You will first off notice the old turnstile gate, which creaks loudly as you go through it. All the old infrastructure following the Tranquille River Trail is from the days of the old settlement, and the rust that covers every remaining piece of metal does truly give you a feeling of immersion in the past.

Starting off is a lush forest, the greenery contrasts nicely with the dry hills above the small canyon valley. Along the route you may see people panning for gold.

Surprisingly, the river apparently still produces a fair bit for the adventurous prospector. As the river cascades through the small valley, trees have grown tall.

Keep your eyes wide open as there is a small wetland on the right side of the path just prior to the desert area. If you are lucky, frogs and the odd beaver can be spotted in this unique ecosystem.

As you continue along there comes a spot on the trail where it opens up and the lush canyon gives way to what feels like Canada's own little Sahara. On a hot day I’d suggest keeping this in mind as the higher the temperatures that longer the walk will feel. Remember again to bring water.

Not far on ahead is shade.

An old abandoned washroom facility is in a fenced in area, which also features picnic tables that are generations old. If you pack a lunch this is a lovely place to have a picnic.

After a nice lunch it is only 15 more minutes to the end of the hike and the highlight of the trip, an artificial waterfall, created by the old settlement’s water intake system. This concrete monstrosity stands tall, almost a watery playground for the adventurous kind. Be careful though as this area is not looked after.

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Puzzle of the Week #1 — Textbooks You are taking five courses, one each in Accounting, Biology, Computing Science, English, and Japanese.

The cost of the Japanese textbook is twice that of the English textbook. The cost of the Computing Science textbook is twice that of the Accounting textbook. It is also four-thirds of the cost of the Japanese textbook. The Chemistry textbook cost ten dollars more than the average cost of the other four textbooks.

If each textbook cost an exact number of dollars and you spent somewhere in the $300’s, how much did each textbook cost, and what is the total?

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/). Come visit the Math Centre (HL304): we are friendly.

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WolfPack women kick off season with hard losses Sean Brady EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Ω The WolfPack women’s soccer team is off to a tough start.

The women’s season started Friday, going up against the University of Northern B.C. Timberwolves. The T-Wolves opened scoring 29 minutes in when UNBC’s Rhianne Ferdinandi put it past TRU keeper Danielle Robertson. They followed up with another 18 minutes later, and then third four minutes after that.

Robertson did what she could, putting up 10 saves to UNBC’s one.

“We weren’t ourselves at all.

Between the bus legs and the moment of playing in your first league game – all the preseason prep and how well we played in Seattle went out the window,” head coach Kelly Shantz told TRU Athletics following the game.

Things didn’t improve in their second game of the weekend, when on Sunday they went up against the MacEwan Griffins.

MacEwan opened the scoring just shy of the nine-minute mark and it didn’t stop for 81 minutes. The Griffins took the game 7 to 2.

The two TRU put past MacEwan keeper Emily Burns were scored

by Camryn Curts, assisted by Natalie Verdiel, and Olivia Bates, assisted by Kelsey Thorkelsson.

Shantz said that MacEwan was able to punish TRU for its defensive mistakes, and that the team has work to do in regards to defensive responsibilities.

“Not unhappy with the girl’s performance – we need to relax.

We have work to do and they know it. On the upside, we got two goals from set plays. Both were the results of hard work

by Natalie Verdiel and Kelsey Thorlaksson,” Shantz told TRU Athletics.

The women will look to improve in next weekend’s prairie road games against the Saskatchewan Huskies in Saskatoon on Saturday and the University of Regina Cougars on Sunday.

—with files from TRU Athletics

TRU WolfPack women's soccer head coach Kelly Shantz said the team knows what they've got to work on and focused on the positive following two tough losses at the start of the season. (TRU Athletics)

WOMEN'S SOCCER (0-2-0) AWAY TEAM

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TRU (1-1 tie)

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MacEwan

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TRU (1-2 loss)

UNBC

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Saskatchewan

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Victoria (3-0 win)

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September 17

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Regina

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UBC (2-2 tie)

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UBC

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Lethbridge

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September 24

Victoria

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September 23

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Mount Royal

September 29

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UFV

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Saskatchewan

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Trinity Western

September 30

UFV

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UBC Okanagan

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Trinity Western

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UBC Okanagan

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UBC

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Lethbridge

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Calgary

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UNBC

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UBCO

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MacEwan

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