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David Suzuki draws a sold-out crowd to TRU Justin Moore STAFF WRITER Ω David Suzuki descended the stairs from the third floor of the Campus Activity Centre on Friday afternoon with a smile on his face as he socialized with Kamloops citizens, students and local sustainability organizations, including the TRU Eco Club and the Kamloops Blue Dot Network.

The 82-year-old scientist, environmentalist and British Columbian sported a green North Face jacket as he indulged in catered snacks with attendees of his latest documentary, Beyond Climate, which would feature some hours later to a sold-out crowd.

The film, directed by scientist and filmmaker Ian Mauro and narrated by Suzuki chronicles various British Columbian communities living through the current impacts of climate change, working to slow its

disastrous effect.

Mauro and Suzuki both have been touring the film across Canada to spread awareness on the impacts of climate change, interacting with communities like Kamloops and providing hope for the future.

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For figures involved heavily in environmentalism, like David Suzuki and Elizabeth May (who visited earlier in the week), the 2019 election year rides on climate reform. (Justin Moore/The Omega)

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David Suzuki and director Ian Mauro talk climate change CONTINUED (COVER) "I just want to remind you that you're in a room with David Suzuki ladies and gentlemen," Mauro proclaimed, exciting the audience into applause.

The pair spent forty-five minutes speaking about their journeys as scientists and activists for the environment, being accepted into Indigenous groups from Haida Gwaii down to Vancouver Island and taking in their knowledge.

"Everything I've learned about the environment in a deep way has been taught to me by Indigenous people," Suzuki said.

Suzuki credited much of his start towards a life of activism and enlightenment on these issues to Indigenous groups and elders that passed down their knowledge to him as a scientist and broadcaster.

In a further conversation after the film, Mauro pulled up a slide on the projector showing the projected plus 30 degree days in a Kamloops summer using a program called the Climate Atlas

of Canada.

"In an average summer, you will know this; you have about 25 plus 30 [degree] days here. In that high-carbon far future, 2050 to 2080 that's going to double. It's going to jump to about 61.8 plus 30 [degree] days in an average summer in Kamloops," Mauro stated.

"This isn't a place where you come check out a movie and walk out the door, this is your future and this is what we need to collectively respond to. It's not to freak you out; it's how to get you prepared."

The conversation often shifted to political involvement in climate events, with Suzuki urging that all political leaders in all parties start to make climate their number one issue and told voters to elect anyone that does so.

Before ending the talk, Suzuki commended TRU Sustainability and their recent platinum STARS award, the first university to receive one in Canada, telling them to "go out and challenge

Suzuki and Mauro’s post-film talk covered all things climate and even Suzuki’s personal life. (Justin Moore/ The Omega) your fellow academics, those other campuses and go, 'You're going to waste money and you're

Kamloops locals set out to join the Blue Dot program Kamloops Blue Dot Network is collecting signatures in an effort to join other Canadian municipalities in the David Suzuki Foundation’s program Justin Moore STAFF WRITER Ω Around the world, over 100 countries have some form of legal recognition of human rights to necessities such as clean drinking water, healthy food and clean air.

What may come to a surprise to many Canadians is that our country does not have such laws in place.

Noticing this in 2014, David Suzuki and his foundation created an online petition, the Blue Dot Program, a grassroots-focused program that now over 170 municipalities in Canada have signed to get the same standards recognized in the Canadian Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms.

While British Columbian communities like Vernon, Nanaimo and bigger cities such as Vancouver

have agreed to sign the Blue Dot petition, the City of Kamloops has yet to join the cause. That's not without trying though. A group of local calling themselves the Kamloops Blue Dot Network has created their own petition for Kamloops residents to sign.

"They're all things we take for granted," George Johnson said.

"They're all under threat now in various places. In some places in Canada, people don't have access to healthy food, for example."

Johnson is one of the organizers for the Kamloops Blue Dot Network that began gathering signatures a year ago after many conversations with other locals who are concerned about changing climates.

With over 1000 signatures already, the Network is aiming for another thousand before they descend upon the Kamloops City

Council, asking to join their fellow Canadian municipalities.

"Clean air is now an issue in Kamloops," Johnson said referencing the recent summers of dense forest fire smoke. "People are starting to wake up and go, 'We need to do something about this'."

However, Johnson didn't want to criticize the City, quoting their sustainability efforts, food share program as well as TRU's recent sustainability initiatives and awards.

The City's involvement with the Blue Dot program would open up access to a municipality toolbox with resources that the City could use to focus their efforts for clean air, access to healthy food and clean water, if they choose to sign.

"We probably should have been on it earlier, but better late than never, right?" Johnson said with a laugh.

Kamloops Blue Dot Network was out in force at David Suzuki's event in the CAC last Friday. (Justin Moore/The Omega)

not going to reduce your carbon footprint'."

At the end of the night, both

Suzuki and Mauro were met with a standing ovation from the crowd.

TRU rolls out consultation for students and faculty TRU community will be able to digitally vote for improvements Christian Varty NEWS EDITOR Ω As of early March 2019, the administration at Thompson Rivers University have announced that they want to hear from both faculty and students to make improvements to the school. The process will take place over a year and gives the opportunity for everyone involved with the university to give their opinion on their experience and make recommendations for the administration.

“A university does not exist in isolation. It is part of the communities it serves whether those communities are in close proximity or a click away through digital communication,” TRU’s new president Brett Fairbairn said in a press release. “It’s important we have as much input into this process as possible, to ensure the vision we arrive at truly reflects our hopes and aspirations for TRU.” The process by which students and faculty are encouraged to engage in takes place entirely online. TRU has launched a new website that can be accessed by the weblink, tru.ca/envision or by Google searching Envision TRU. Envision TRU is a website that allows people to interact and collaborate with other people putting forward suggestions for the university, as well as sharing their own experiences. The website functions similarly to a web forum wherein people write messages that other people can vote on and interact with. The

message prompt is set under specific parameters that make it so people don’t have entirely free range over what they say. It is broken into two disparate components; the first being a prompt for a feature of the school you appreciate and then the second is a way to improve the university.

Fairbairn encourages students and faculty to check the website often for updates as there will be a number of ways for people to participate, including online conversations as well as smaller, in-person focus group sessions.

In addition to this, the website will also have information on project phases, timelines, ways to participate, reference materials and easy access to an online and interactive platform TRU will use throughout the process.

While the website has been up and running for less than two weeks at the time of publishing, there have already been over 250 registered users, and over 280 “thoughts,” as is the vernacular on the website. The upper echelon of interaction on these thoughts currently stands around 40 votes.

Those votes are conducted on a one-to-five star voting system that results in an amalgamated rating.

“Our university’s relationship goes beyond the education provided, to many other positive social and economic impacts," Fairbairn said in the release. "It’s natural that we want to hear from the broader community, beyond our students, faculty and staff.”

TRU anticipates having a new vision and set of strategic priorities in place for spring 2020.

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For years concerned residents have complained about the safety of Westsyde Road, the congestion of traffic, the speed people are driving and the resulting near misses or accidents on this major artery connecting the Kamloops North Shore with Westsyde. Recently another accident sent three people to the hospital and I join everyone reading this in wishing our fellow citizens a full and speedy recovery. Anyone who’s driven that road knows it could have just as easily been them.

This isn’t a new issue and there will likely be more near misses and accidents in the future. Not to mention, such dependence on one exit route raises legitimate concerns about our ability to quickly evacuate people if this growing neighbourhood was ever threatened by wildfires or other harms.

Many people are understandably frustrated with the current situation.

But there is a simple way to alleviate traffic congestion on Westsyde Road and at the same time forge a more united Kamloops: a Westsyde-Rayleigh connector bridge. A simple bridge that connects Rayleigh to Westsyde would not only link two of the city’s most disconnected neighbourhoods but would help businesses on either side of the bridge flourish and thrive.

A Westsyde-Rayleigh connector bridge would help deal with traffic issues, promote tourism and expand markets and access to services for citizens in both

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neighbourhoods. For example, Rayleigh residents could more easily access Privato winery, the Westsyde pool and a variety of stores and services in Westsyde.

While Weststyde residents could more easily access a safe and ready route to the highway, opening up destinations like Sun Peaks.

The bridge would also serve as a way of uniting the city. Right now, the neighbourhood of Rayleigh is disconnected from the rest of the city. You have to go through the lands of the Tk’emlúps te Secwe̓ p emc to get to it. With a bridge, this enclave would be linked, truly uniting the city for the first time in its short history.

Building bridges is not a new topic of discussion for Kamloops, but the one that most commonly comes up is the Singh Street bridge supposed to link Rabbit Island, Mission Flats and create a second link between the North and South Shores. I’m not saying the Singh Street bridge is a bad idea. I am just saying that a Westsyde-Rayleigh connector bridge makes more sense right now.

With Kamloops current development plans, around 18 per cent of new growth will be in the North Shore.

So, I’ll throw it out to you Kamloops. Is it time to build bridges in this community? Is it time to link our great city together for future generations?

It's your call. *Robert Wisla, a concerned fourth-year TRU student*

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Federal scandal takes another Liberal MP TRU community gathers to

Decorated Liberal MP steps down amidst Lav-Scam discuss legalization in Canada Christian Varty NEWS EDITOR Ω At a crucial time for reelection for the Liberal Party of Canada, they have found themselves mired in controversy over accusations that senior ranking officials attempted to direct ex-Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould to let Montreal-based engineering giant SNC Lavalin off of their bribery charges using a corporate remediation act known as a deferred prosecution agreement.

The two major developments in the story include Jane Philpott stepping down from her role as president of the Treasury Board due to the scandal and the recent testimony of Gerald Butts. Butts is a long time friend of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and served as his Principal Secretary before resigning on Feb. 18.

“Unfortunately, the evidence of efforts by politicians and/or officials to pressure the former Attorney General to intervene in the criminal case involving SNC-Lavalin and the evidence as to the content of those efforts have raised serious concerns

for me,” Philpott wrote in a letter to the Prime Minister on why she chose to resign. “I have been considering the events that have shaken the federal government in recent weeks and after serious reflection, I have concluded that I must resign as a member of Cabinet.”

“A minister must always be prepared to defend other ministers publicly and must speak in support of the government and its policies. Given this convention and the current circumstances, it is untenable for me to continue to serve as a Cabinet minister,” Philpott explained as to why she felt the need to further distance herself from the Trudeau government.

Philpott’s resignation follows in suit with the principled approach of stepping down from her position, much in the same vein as why Wilson-Raybould left caucus. On the other side of the coin, Butts resigned while claiming that he believes he did nothing that would warrant the amount of criticism that has been placed on the Prime Minister’s office.

“Any accusation that I or the staff put pressure on the Attorney General is simply not true,” Butts

said in his resignation letter. “I categorically deny the accusation that I or anyone else in his office pressured Ms. Wilson-Raybould. We honoured the unique role of the Attorney General. At all times, I and those around me acted with integrity and a singular focus on the best interests of all Canadians.”

Butts’ recounting of the events is in direct opposition to what Wilson-Raybould has testified. Doubling down on his initial resignation letter, Butts testified regarding his version of events on March 6 saying: “What happened last fall is in fact very different from the version of events you heard last week. It is based on direct communications with the former Attorney-General and her staff, contemporaneous notes I took in meetings I attended personally and debriefs from people who attended meetings I did not.”

While Wilson-Raybould did present her accounts of what happened to the House of Commons Justice Committee opposition leader Andrew Scheer has said that her statements have not gone far enough and is currently pushing her to continue sharing her experience.

Given it's an election year, the scandal doesn't help the Liberals' chances of winning. (Twitter Trends 2019/Flickr)

Amidst the growing information, students discuss the effects of cannabis on campus Cailyn Mocci ARTS EDITOR Ω Amidst cannabis legalization in Canada, university students have been left to navigate the substance’s new regulations on their own. TRU senior respiratory therapy students Rebecca Banazon and Irish Montemayor, along with the help of Chelsea Corsi of the TRU Wellness Centre, opened the conversation up to see where TRU students and faculty stand.

In a four-part focus group, members of the TRU community were asked to hold nothing back while answering. In small groups, no more than eight people, questions were asked regarding how legalization has affected students in their experiences on and off campus.

One comment that showed up many times throughout the focus group was that legalization is still in the early days and thus too early for many students to gauge the effects that the substance may have on their day-to-day lives. Many felt that while it is legal they would still avoid smoking in public for fear of possible repercussions.

TRU currently has put in place a policy that prohibits the use of non-medicinal cannabis on campus. According to the Alcohol, Cannabis and Tabacco policy (ADM 05-3), campus community members that wish to continue to use medicinal cannabis must provide proof of medical support that is satisfactory with TRU’s policy.

Many of the students that showed up to discuss the current smoking culture on campus were open to both the

idea of legalization and TRU’s policy banning the use of recreational cannabis on campus.

Students raised concerns with “second hand high” if TRU opened the use of cannabis on campus; a differing factor to the use of alcohol and tobacco on campus.

Concerns about the lack of education were also raised by attendees. Many students in the group believe that in general many do not fully understand the effects that cannabis may have on an individual. Without this knowledge, students feel as if someone who is only now using cannabis due to legalization won’t understand how it may affect their body, health and wellbeing.

Kimberly Webster, a fourthyear psychology student posed concerns with the possible dangerous health effects on cannabis users younger than 25; which is the bulk of TRU’s population. Webster voiced to the focus group that in her studies of substances on the young brain, cannabis could cause great damage to key brain processes needed to study and learn.

“We need to look at it from a health standpoint,” said Webster.

As it stands, TRU students have not seen a huge change in the smoking culture on campus since the introduction of legalization in Canada. With the law change fresh in everyone's’ minds and new studies being released those who attended the focus group showed interest in the new information that could come from these studies and hope a greater level of education will be pushed further by the federal government.

Rethink Your Things: stir sticks, drink warmers and other names We may have exiled straws, but there’s another plastic menace right under our nose Justin Moore STAFF WRITER Ω Remember using straws? It was only last year that the crusade to end the reign of the single-use items began as the aptly named the "straw ban" that swept across the globe, eliminating the use of straws in small businesses right up to large food chains and entire cities like Seattle and Vancouver.

The viral sensation, voicing cries from environmentalists, sparked change in the hearts of many and within a year we pushed ourselves and corporate business to adopt stainless steel and paper alternatives that were already on the market.

Quite a feat for a company like

Starbucks, with over 280,000 coffee houses across the globe. Their goal is to eliminate plastic straws from their stores entirely by 2020, paralleling pledges from other companies like McDonald's and A&W. However, we shouldn't be too quick to pin the planet's green medal on the coffee chain just yet. There is still some single-use plastic that has gone under our noses for over a decade now.

They're called Splash Sticks officially but you know them as coffee warmers, stir sticks, drink stoppers, swords for ants— you know.

This siren topped spill stoppers are about as elusive as Starbucks' secret menu, rolling out in 2008 without much information despite the significant press they received. As the story

goes, the splash sticks were a product of Starbucks' website mystarbucksidea.com, a site guests can submit their ideas and recommendations for their preferred coffee chain to implement.

The invention itself dates back a few years earlier to Vietnam in 2004, when Tom Burns, a rocket scientist for Boeing at the time, spilt a coffee on himself, vowing to one day leave rocket science behind to create a device that would plug coffee lid holes. (Insert rocket science joke here.)

StixtoGo, owned by Royal Paper, now distributes to over 30,000 stores worldwide and while no public information could be found, I'm sure Starbucks is one of their clients. Just compare the design of Starbucks' sticks to the StixtoGo "swirl" design.

So what's so bad about these multipurpose swords? They're moderately reusable, with StixtoGo promoting their re-use on their site. The sticks are made out of a recyclable polypropylene plastic, which can be melted down and recreated into something new depending on its resin.

Like many plastics in our life, the problem is how we dispose of them when we're done. It's far too easy to toss the green sticks in that black garbage bag to live an extended life in the landfill but even recycling the plastic stir sticks comes with its own issues.

“Plastic stir sticks should not be placed in the curbside blue bins or brought to our depots because at the receiving facilities those items would simply fall through the cracks while

on the sorting belt. Anything that is less than an inch wide would likely just end up in landfill,” Kairi Sibul wrote in an email from Recycle BC. Recyclable or not, even our provincial recycling program discourages the use of Splash Sticks. They don’t even accept biodegradable plastic in their program, recommending only the basic wooden sticks to stir your coffee, which you have to properly dispose of in a provided organics bin.

The best solution it seems is not to use them at all. Besides mobile orders, Starbucks baristas keep the splash swords on their side of the counter. It's our conscious decision to ask to have one of these plastic sticks bestowed upon our white and green coffee cups.

Like come on, you don't need to be a rocket scientist not to spill your coffee.

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Students pitch their business ideas for prizes

ICE Club hosts elevator pitch competition as their inaugural event Juan Cabrejo BUSINESS EDITOR Ω The TRUSU ICE (Innovation, Creativity and Entrepreneurship) Club hosted their inaugural Tip of the Iceberg elevator pitch competition last Friday, providing students with an opportunity to compete for monetary prizes by presenting their business ideas in three minutes or less. Contestants would present their ideas in any format of their choosing to a judging panel of local business experts.

Awards of $1000, $700 and $500 were granted to the top three pitches, along with a $300 prize for the most socially responsible idea.

The panel consisted of both business professors and successful entrepreneurs including associate professor and founder of the ICE Club Bruce Martin, associate professor Farimah Hakem Zadeh, Brad Wood, co-founder of DataBox Technology Solutions, Stacey Krolow, founder of Pepper – Your Badass Business BFF and Tim Hoogenboom, visionary behind HealthFare Restaurants.

Pitches were judged based on feasibility, explaining a practical step-by-step process to implement and mobilize the business idea, how innovative

it is compared to existing ones in the market, along with its relevance to solving a real-world problem. Students presented a wide variety of proposals, ranging from ridesharing apps to sustainability-focused social media platforms.

The most innovative ideas consisted of a painting business using mobile technology, a craft beer delivery service, a financial support system for farmers in developing nations and a TRU pedestrian crosswalk. Overall, the judges seemed pleased with the pitches brought forward and provided some constructive criticism for further elaboration of the business plans.

“I’m not speaking totally on behalf of the judges, but I would say we had a consensus that there was a lot of really great ideas here, all kinds of creativity in terms of original thinking,” Martin said. “If there were a consensus about where things could improve, I would say taking your ideas [and] considering more about the practical application and validation of your ideas across the board, that could be strengthened.”

Despite the ICE Club still in its early stages as an organization, the group wants to dedicate their efforts to facilitate networking opportunities for all students in their endeavours.

TRU students Harjit Kaur, Liberatha Murebwayire and Chitwan Sekhon reached third place by proposing their financial support system for farmers in developing nations known as “Green Dream.” (Juan Cabrejo/TRU Omega) Communications student and ICE Club founding member Alexi Orchard, stresses how the club wants to appeal to students of all disciplines, not just business students.

“We were officially [registered as] a club only about a month ago, so as you can imagine we have been racing to get this event together and to put our mark on the TRU campus,” she

said. “We are still in our early stages as a club, but our mission is to cultivate creativity and collaboration of the innovative minds that exist all over TRU's campus.”

Martin is very appreciative of the support the club has garnered recently and hopes the group continues growing.

“I want to thank the founding committee of the ICE Club;

hopefully it’s something that’s going to grow with people like yourselves joining it and running similar sorts of events and making all sorts of cool innovations happen across campus and Kamloops,” he added.

Congratulations to Kenton Sanderson, Miranda Roberge, Liberatha Murebwayire, Harjit Kaur, Chitwan Sekhon and Allan Voykin for their awards.

Community Matters tour brings Elizabeth May to Kamloops The Green Party leader took an evening to talk all things climate and the 2019 election Justin Moore STAFF WRITER Ω The Federal Green Party Leader Elizabeth May visited Kamloops last Monday, March 4 at St. Andrews on the Square. May is currently touring across Canada calling her time with locals Community Matters.

May recalled her last visit to Kamloops during the discussions around Ajax Mine back in 2017 which was later rejected by the Federal government then rejected due to air quality and environmental concerns.

May told listeners to look back and celebrate their victory over Ajax, saying, "We move so fast that we forget to celebrate our victories because as soon as they're over, we recognize things are so much worse everywhere else."

The Green Party leader continued to speak and emphasize the importance of this election year and how the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Report, keeping the planet's temperature below 1.5 degrees, would play into this year's political outcome.

"It's not just the hope for a goal, the world's scientists have told us that that is an essential goal

May spent 20 minutes talking about her wishes for the future of Canada. Decarbonizing Canada was just one of the many topics May covered in her talk, pushing the idea of a clean east-west energy grid. (Justin Moore/Ω) if we want to survive," May said.

"While we have a chance to do a significant fundamental course correction on climate policy, it's this election. The election in 2023 is too late."

May spoke of her hope for

a greener Canada with a new climate policy that shifts away from fossil fuels while still keeping Canadians employed, a transition to greener power in every community through geothermal, solar and wind power.

"Our number one infrastructure need right now is to improve our east to west electricity grid, so that where we have renewable energy in excess, we can provide at a good price to the province next door," May said.

Instead of investing in the Trans Mountain Pipeline Project, May would have liked to see an investment towards further decarbonizing Canada's energy grid.

"Alberta has the country's best potential for solar, we want to capitalize on that, it also has great wind potential and by having an east-west grid, British Columbia could be selling into, but we have to make sure the price is good because we want to make this transition healthy for Canadians," she said.

For May, it all comes down to the vote in October of 2019, saying that climate strikes and student walkouts happening around the world on the topic of climate reform are the main ballot issues of this year.

"It isn't carbon taxes, yes or no, it's do we want to ensure the human civilization is going to survive? If so, every single person that's thinking about these issues, regardless about how you think you want to vote, you have to vote," May urged.

The Green Party's tour will continue through Canada with the use of Via Rail and electric vehicles to travel between communities in keeping with the party's and May's values.

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TEDxTRU returns for its second year

This year's event focused on bringing the community together to better lives Cailyn Mocci ARTS EDITOR Ω TRU welcomed back for their second year TEDxTRU, bringing together the minds and ideas of our community and sharing in the wealth of that knowledge. This year’s theme, Acknowledge, Deconstruct and Empower, revolved around the community working together to better themselves in both their work and personal lives.

TEDxTRU is an independently-organized TED event focusing on the issues and ideas within the community, honing in on what’s important to Kamloops.

This year’s event worked to engage the community to become catalysts for societal change and self-evolution.

The Saturday event was a success in bringing to light ideas and experiences that many may not have full knowledge in.

Concepts such as climate change, generational trauma, self-advocacy and more were on full display at the second TEDxTRU event.

The afternoon’s first speaker, TRU Sustainability’s James Gordon, took on the topic of climate change but in a more personal way, with his love for outdoor hockey. Gordon spoke of the dangers this beloved Canadian past time is facing and with rising

temperatures the game of shinny might quietly slip into extinction.

“If we lost outdoor hockey many northern communities would mourn but in the grand scheme of things it would hardly get noticed,” said Gordon, “But it is a warning.”

TEDxTRU took a far more emotional turn with the personal tale of Juanita Lindley, an Indigenous woman descending from the Upper Nicola Band of the Syilx (Okanagan) Nation. She spoke of her personal battles with the generational traumas she faced growing up, being of the first generation to not attend the Canadian Residential Schools. Her traumas, which trickled down from a childhood raised by Residential School survivors, led to struggles with addictions and despair. Her fight and personal empowerment lead to her overcoming these addictions and acknowledging the grief that she was carrying along with her.

“What I didn’t realize growing up was my mother did the best she could, through the traumas she experienced, to give me a better life,” said Lindley.

“It wasn’t until losing my grandma that I was able to understand that loss, so I can actually grieve the multitude of loses that I have already experienced in my life,” said Lindley.

Other speakers included Darrick Morrison, director at Kamloops-based iTel Networks AI Platform Team, who led the audience in a mindful meditation and spoke to visionary activism and community-driven change. TRU professor Julio Viskovich spoke about his time at the social media marketing company Hootsuite and Marcia Dick, spoke about the little steps everyone can do to work towards a more waste-free lifestyle.

TRU student, Brody Butts, who is pursuing a Bachelor of Science spoke about surpassing the expectations of his doctors. Butts is a student with high functioning autism and throughout his life, many didn’t believe that he would be able to graduate and achieve the goals he is successfully navigating today. Carrying him through this winding world was his determination to become his own advocate.

Through self-advocacy, Butts educated the audience on the importance of acknowledging that those who have autism are truly capable of achieving the same as you.

TEDxTRU showcased the variety of voices that make up the TRU and Kamloops community, bringing a sense of inspiration and knowledge to all that came out to listen.

Morrison led attendees in a relaxing meditation after lunch before his speech on empowering change through technology. (Cailyn Mocci/Ω)

SD73 students pick up tools for Try A Trade day

Grade 6 and 7 students from across the school district got a chance to try all of the 12 trades that TRU offers, as well as compete in a spaghetti bridge building competition. (Aidan Grether/Ω)

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The Kamloops Film Festival is back on the big screen!

Sir

The House That Jack Built

Reviewed by Juan Cabrejo

Reviewed by Aidan Grether

Set in the bustling city of modern-day Mumbai, Sir follows the story of Ratna (Tillotama Shome), a young widow who leaves her home village to find a better life in the city and is employed by a wealthy family of builders to serve as a maid for their son Ashwin (Vivek Gomber).

Writer-director Rohena Gera takes the archetypal forbidden love tale to a luxury apartment and a few exteriors of the city, to focus on the small rituals of daily life. It was also effective in representing Ratna’s and Ashwin’s realities as being quite enclosed or trapped and finding liberation from contrasting social pressures. The character-driven script makes the protagonists relatable and enjoyable.

Rohena Gera’s Sir is a refreshing take on a classic love narrative and uses the opportunity to expose how the socio-hierarchical caste system has evolved to still be prevalent in modern-day Indian society.

Lars Von Trier did something in The House That Jack Built: Von Trier proved that a film can both be horrifying, while still incredibly captivating. The House That Jack Built follows Jack, with Matt Dillon (previously starring in both The Outsiders and Herbie Fully Loaded) acting his heart out as a twisted serial killer with a degree of what he considers “artistic” prowess. The story of Jack’s career in experimental art is told in five chapters, or “incidents,” each being bloodier and more gruesome than the last, yet it’s hard to be disgusted because of the dedication Jack pours into his acts.

What makes this film so compelling is how Jack seems to be asking to be caught. At multiple moments, he waves to or smiles at people who might end up as witnesses to his crimes. He leaves a stolen police cruiser with sirens blaring outside a building he has his next art piece set up in. Jack even tells some of his victims what he’s going to do to them, yet each future-victim or passerby does not seem to care.

Jack also seems to represent the director himself. At times, Jack wanders through the carefully arranged tableaus of his victims’ bodies much like a movie director evaluates scenes of his own films.

Simply put, The House That Jack Built is a love letter to all things great about horror films and film itself.

Frozen Sing-Along Edition

Capharnaüm

Reviewed by Morgan Hunter

Reviewed by Morgan Hunter

This is really interesting for the kids who have seen the film before and who want to sing along with these Disney princesses on the big screen.

Capharnaüm is a very touching political drama revolving around a young man's life that leaves the viewer with a deep sense of dread from seeing the reality that foreign refugees have to go through.

The show is the classic Frozen story with all the songs highlighted for the audience to sing along at their own leisure. Any child age between the ages of four and ten will love to see this due to its welcoming nature, with the entire audience at KFF singing along to all the songs with glee.

The film revolves around Zain, a 12-year old boy who is suing his parents for being born. The show tries to represent the life of an immigrant and does it so eerily well that it will leave goosebumps on any viewer. As well, it has such a heavy theme that is well executed that it will have even the most hardened of watchers with tears in their eyes.

However, anyone who didn’t like the film or who would be looking for a relaxing time should consider skipping this.

The entire cast gives an amazing performance with the lead absolutely killing it with his charm, his representation of self and his portrayal of the character.

Anthropocene - The Human Epoch

Never Look Away

Reviewed by Cailyn Mocci

Canadian documentary Anthropocene - The Human Epoch shows the growing destruction that humankind is slowly but surely causing on our only home, Earth. Directed by Jennifer Baichwal, Edward Burtynsky and Nicholas de Pencier, this documentary juggles the natural beauty of the many environments and the man-made reengineering of our planet.

This documentary beautifully contrasts nature with the man-made making the audience truly understand humankind’s desires to obtain full control of our planet. Anthropocene spans over six continents and 20 countries and beautifully notes that if humans don’t slow down soon we may be left with a barren planet.

Showcasing the damages of over mining all over the world, clear-cutting in the beautiful forests of B.C. and the growing danger of extinction of many of the Earth’s species (to name a few), Anthropocene brings to the conversation the facts many wishes to avoid.

Reviewed by Cailyn Mocci

Never Look Away beautifully blends the horrors and creativity of painter Kurt Barnert’s life growing up and living through Nazi and CommunistGermany. Based on the true events and spanning through three different eras of German history, the film sheds light on the work and process of creative minds of that time. The film dares you to look away but leaves the audience hanging on every event, beautiful or not.

The life of Barnert is showcased beautifully by taking on his perspective in key memories throughout the film, putting viewers into his shoes and holding his unflinching gaze.

Watching through the lens of Barnert, director Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck shows an undoctored gaze into the process of creativity. Through the historical lens, Never Look Away took a deep dive into stories you couldn’t understand just by reading a history textbook.

The use of Socialist Realism vs Modern Art in the film was a beautiful and subtle nod to differing opinions of East and West Germany. The film is long and demands attention, but the stories deserve every minute.

But wait, there's more. you can still catch the following films this week: $5 STUDENT TICKETS AVAILABLE AT THE PARAMOUNT THEATRE, MOVIEMART AND ONLINE. USE YOUR UPASS.

Wildlife

The Bromley Boys

Circle of Steel March 15 - 6 p.m.

March 16 - 3 p.m.

Shoplifters

Roma

Cold War

Kayak to Klemtu

March 13 - 6 p.m.

March 13 - 9 p.m.

March 14 - 6 p.m.

March 14 - 9 p.m.

March 15 - 9 p.m.

Ben is Back

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This Mountain Life Reviewed by Justin Moore

Much of British Columbia, a whopping 75 per cent is made up of mountainous ranges and communities of people that live a bit differently from the rest of the populous.

This Mountain Life features the lives of those figures, from alpine snow artists to sisters of the Queen of Peace in Squamish and a mother-daughter duo hiking the Coastal Mountains from Vancouver to Alaska, which has only been completed once before and never by a woman, let alone two.

Through breathtaking cinematography straight out of a B.C. travel video, director, cinematographer and editor Grant Baldwin and Producer Jenny Rustemeyer share the stories of eleven people living and thriving in the mountains of British Columbia that will inspire anyone to get out and see more of this majestic province so many of us call home.

It's hard not to feel immense pride for this province and those that live here watching this film!

Edge of the Knife (Sgaawaay K'uuna) Reviewed by Wade Tomko

Edge of the Knife (or Sgaawaay K'uuna in Haida) is the first ever feature film to be completely spoken in the Haida language.

While there are certainly some lighthearted moments, Edge of the Knife is a dark tale that tells the Haida story of the Gaagiixiid or the wildman. While the film is considered a drama, the main character’s transformation into Gaagiixiid yields some surprisingly supernatural horror/thriller vibes.

Though the story of the Gaagiixiid takes front stage in the film, one can’t help but notice the scrutinous attention to cultural detail that film crew took in producing this film. In addition to using the Haida language, set pieces and costumes appear as they would in a traditional 19th century Haida fishing village.

As much as Edge of the Knife is good supernatural drama, albeit slow at times, it’s also an intense cultural experience and a great tool to learn more about the Haida people and their language (a language that is nearing extinction). That alone makes it must watch.

Finding Big Country

Reviewed by Tristan Semeniuk A TELUS STORYHIVE film, Finding Big Country is a short documentary about the NBA Vancouver Grizzlies basketball team and super-fan Kat Jayme who is willing to do anything to track down her childhood hero and star of the team, Bryant Reeves, aka “Big Country”.

This short 43-minute documentary follows Kat Jayme, who goes around the city of Vancouver, B.C. asking around in search of any trace of the Vancouver Grizzlies basketball team’s existence. She contacts old team members, the manager of the team and anyone else who knew Big Country asking if they knew where the legend had disappeared to in the years after his retirement in 2001. She ends up travelling to the small town of Ganz in the state of Oklahoma, where the NBA star grew up.

With great cinematography and an interesting storyline, this documentary is a fantastic film to watch, especially for lovers of the sport. It is a story about persistence and failure, which ultimately leads to success in other aspects of life.

Suspiria

Reviewed by Christian Varty Based on the 1977 cult classic horror film of the same name, Suspiria takes a dive into the twisted world of the occult, dancing and foreign inspiration. The film is centred around a young woman named Susie who is an aspiring dancer.

Susie has her origin story rooted in Ohio and becomes a transient staying in Berlin with the intention to make her name as a professional dancer. Unbeknownst to her, the prestigious dance academy is run by a coven of witches that become enamoured with the young woman, but not necessarily for her dancing skills.

The movie has bends and contorts between two main story arcs. The story of Susie’s progression into the dark realization of the coven and a whodunnit at the behest of an aging psychiatrist whose client goes missing.

Suspiria pays homage to the original film, setting the movie in the year 1977. Throughout its massive two and a half hour run time Suspiria builds and toys with atmosphere rather than indulging in overused horror tropes.

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Mourning Becomes Electra: a bloody good time Kait Lampard CONTRIBUTOR Ω The team at the Actors Workshop Theatre have done it once again with their production Mourning Becomes Electra. A tale that originated from an ancient Greek myth, the play is a combination of a dramatic soap opera and a murder mystery.

The story involves the main character Vinnie uncovering scandal after scandal about her family and using her wit to get revenge for her father’s death.

The story is very gripping and intense, reeling in the audience within the first few minutes.

The set is the main door of the Mannon estate, which offers an eerie gothic and classy Victorian style, adding the immersion into the setting and atmosphere. The scene transitions are very smooth and the score was perfect at setting the tone.

The costumes were beautifully crafted and the makeup was spot on.

Each of the characters gave an absolutely stellar performance.

First, there’s Vinnie, our main protagonist who is fiercely independent while also being immensely protective of her family as she uses her intelligence to uncover the secrets of the murder of her father. There’s Vinnie’s mother Christine, who

has such a dramatic flair and love for the aristocracy, making her a wonderful contrast from her daughter. Then there’s Brant and Orin, both of which present the perfect amount of harshness and sensitivity as is needed for their personas and finally there is Seth, who is sort of the sidekick to Vinnie and is a wonderful comic relief.

Of course, there are also the minor characters, like Peter, Hazel and the servants, who all bring their own sort of charm to the stage. Finally, as this is a play about violence and death, let us talk about the on-stage effects that are used during some of the deaths. The bloodwork is expertly done and is absolutely bone-chilling. But even more so, the scenes where there is only ever a thick tension in the air are almost more eerie as the audience waits in anticipation.

That being said, there is a little light in the story, with some comedic moments that while are quite funny, don’t take away from the overall tone of the story. If anything it’s more in the way of easing some tension before the next round of frights comes around. Overall, Mourning Becomes Electra is a very inventive play that is well directed, wonderfully cast and has a wonderful setting and tone. This play is absolutely… killer.

Outreach session for Indigenous Intern Leadership Program March 14, 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Terrace Room (CAC) Learn more about the Indigenous Intern Leadership Program, which is a joint effort by the British Columbia Assembly of First Nations (BCAFN) and the Business Council of British Columbia (BCBC).

Drumming and Storytelling March 13, 3 - 5 p.m.

HOL BC Centre Paul Michel, Executive Director, TRU Aboriginal Affairs invites everyone to join him for storytelling and drumming with himself and invited guests.

IDays Flag Parade March 15, 2:30 - 3 p.m.

CAC Be on the lookout for the Actors Workshops Theatre's next event, their annual Directors Festival, which will take place from April 10-13. (Submitted)

Album review: Reflectionz You Knighted Christian Varty NEWS EDITOR Ω Vancouver-based rapper, Reflectionz’s latest album venerates the lyrical forward style of hip-hop that was prominent in the early 2000s and late ‘90s. This is done both implicitly and expressively throughout the record.

The opening track, Daily Bread is

an emblematic representation of the style that Reflectionz discusses and unfortunately falls short of recreating on the album. It’s a song that closely resembles other gritty east coast hip-hop contemporaries such as rapper and producer Apathy. So much so that it wouldn’t be a surprise if the Connecticut-based artist had an uncredited appearance.

When it comes to the direct acknowledgement of the style

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Reflectionz aims to embody there is no better representation than the skit, It Had a Meaning. The song is telephone recording played over a boombap beat that engages in a hip-hop trope almost as old as the genre itself, pontificating about what is real hip-hop while bashing mainstream acts. A secondary reference to that tried-and-true mainstay is the song Shot Em Out where Reflectionz rattles off his hip-hop Rolodex ranging from

Eminem to MF DOOM. Reflectionz You Knighted is a record that is comfortable with indulging in a style of hip-hop that has long since been abandoned by mainstream audiences in lieu of the new generation of mumble rappers.

Because of this, the record finds itself in the centre-right of the bell curve of quality. There are no particular lows of the record, but also no noticeable highs. Reflectionz isn’t trying to move the goal posts in the hip-hop game and instead nestles into a safe territory of quality, even if dated hip-hop.

The instrumentals on the record are consistent and from the mind of Vancouver-based producer Steps Necessary, who has previously worked with prominent Van City rapper Snak the Ripper. Unfortunately, at times this leads to the music sounding a little too reminiscent of the music released on the Stealth Bomb record label, in particular, Snak’s fellow Stompdown Killa, Merkules.

Yet the SDK boys are overrepresented in the Vancouver hip-hop scene, so it’s a treat to hear Reflectionz bring on a new roster of Lower Mainland talent. Included on the list is Van City veteran Emotionz with some local newcomers like singer 12:34 and SpicTacular.

All in all, it’s an enjoyable record that doesn’t push the boundaries but shows off some underappreciated talent.

6.5/10 - 90s Buick with a good sound system

Join us for an international celebration and TRU tradition - let's recognize the diversity on our campus! The Flag Parade will assemble in the CAC and walk over to the Old Gym. IDays International Showcase March 15, 3 -7 p.m.

Old Gym The capstone event of IDays is a colourful and exciting Showcase featuring traditional dress, a fashion show, educational booths, singing, dancing and performances by members of the TRU and Kamloops communities.

TRU Powwow March 16, 12 - 7 p.m.

Old Gym Everyone is welcome!

Come and experience the traditional Pow Wow culture. Both days offer unique experiences, traditional songs and drumming, incredible Indigenous dancers, great prizes and giveaways and the opportunity to connect to Indigenous culture in a unique and exciting way!

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Puzzle of the Week #19—ABC Language

(in the March 13, 2019 issue of The Omega) A language has only three letters: a, b, and c. Words in this language can be formed as follows. The first letter is one of a, b, or c. Each of the following letters in a word: - can not be the same as the letter immediately before, - can not result in a repeat of two characters in a row (“abcab” is not allowed because of the repeat of “ab”), and - can not result in a repeat of two characters in a row in reverse either (“aba” is not allowed because “ba” is the reverse of “ab”).

What are the words of this language?

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.

CFBX TOP 30 CFBX 92.5 FM, 350 Watts Kamloops, BC Music Director: Steve Marlow Charts to March 7, 2019 * indicates Canadian Content ** indicates a local artist Artist - Album (Label) 1) Pugs and Crows* - Uncle! (Independent) 2) The Mandates* - Dead in the Face (Teenage Rampage) 3) Royal Canoe* - Waver (Paper Bag) 4) nehiyawak* - starlight EP (Arts and Crafts) 5) Mitten Claps* - Can't Not (Independent) 6) Flesh Rag* - Inside Your Mind (Independent) 7) Dan Mangan* - More or Less (Arts and Crafts) 8) Brave Shores* - La Hoo La La (Universal) 9) Ina Forsman - Been Meaning to Tell You (Ruf ) 10) Ken Workman* - Cold Canadian Nights (Independent) 11) Blue Standard* - A Good Thing (Big Time) 12) Mother Mother* - Dance and Cry (Universal) 13) Daniel Romano* - Finally Free (You've Changed) 14) Willa Vincitore - Choices (Independent) 15) Tush* - Do You Feel Excited (Do Right!)

16) Earl Donald* - Where You Know Yourself (Independent) 17) Only a Visitor* - Technicolour Education (Independent) 18) Jock Tears* - Bad Boys (Inky) 19) The Reluctant Cosmonaut* - The Reluctant Cosmonaut (Independent) 20) The Corey Hotline* - Please Hold (Independent) 21) Mother Sun** - Flower/One Eye (Factotum Co.) 22) Sheila - Protect Your Art (Independent 23) Lounge FM* - Love Will Let You Down (Independent) 24) The Mirror Cull* - Demoralized EP (Independent) 25) Sister Speak** - The Stand EP (Reso Nation) 26) Roving Reporter - Joie de Vivre (Independent) 27) Harrow* - A Fire in the Mountains (Independent) 28) Did You Die* - Royal Unicorn (Blew/Rose) 29) Kaia Kater* - Grenades (Acronym) 30) High Parade* - The Ocean (Independent)

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MVB head coach reviews last season and looks into the future Pat Hennelly led the team to one of the biggest wins in program history Alvin Mutandiro SPORTS EDITOR Ω Success is always a subjective topic. For some, it is achieved in winning and others in growth and continued improvement.

The TRU men’s volleyball program has been successful in Canada West where they’ve reached the nationals and won a bronze medal.

The man who has overseen that for the last decade is head coach Patrick Hennelly.

Hennelly was appointed coach back in 2006 and has helped the program go from strength to strength over the years. He began as an interim head coach before being appointed full-time by then program director Kelly Olynyk.

Feeling positive about his team’s season, Hennelly felt the momentum they had at the start of the season was carried over from last year.

“We kept going from where we finished last year,” he said.

He also acknowledged that his team underperformed in the second half of the season. The ’Pack was 7-3 going into the break but ended the season 11-11, in

While the 'Pack may have had a good season, Hennelly expressed the need for consistency. (Andrew Snucins/TRU) seventh place.

Hennelly had a lot of praise for the team’s best player, Tim Dobbert.

“He is a world-class player,” he said, “a real stalwart in our offence and a great student-athlete.”

Dobbert’s impact will be missed greatly by TRU and the ’Pack will have to find an international

student to replace him. The difficult part will be getting a player who will provide similar production.

The biggest achievement for the WolfPack this season was beating Alberta, the win was the biggest in program history.

Hennelly felt the win was a big mental hurdle for the team to overcome as they had been beaten

by Alberta numerous times at the nationals.

The win was a massive achievement largely because the team was playing on the road.

Hennelly described playing on the road as giving his team a ‘50/50’ chance of winning.

The toll of travelling can affect preparation and the food can differ at each location but not having the pressure to perform in front of your home fans can provide an advantage.

Hennelly expressed the need for more consistency from his team and sited the difference in performance from before and after Christmas as an example.

He acknowledged that he expects his team to be one of the best in the country and he has every right to that belief given the program’s history.

WBB head coach Scott Reeves to leave program Reeves will be leaving the program after the team failed to make the playoffs for the third straight season

Alvin Mutandiro SPORTS EDITOR Ω The TRU women’s basketball team will be undergoing some changes over the summer as Scott Reeves will no longer be the head coach of the team.

The decision comes off a disappointing 2018/19 season in which the ’Pack failed to qualify for the playoffs for the third straight year.

Reeves’ departure will ironically coincide with that of his assistant Chuck Ferguson and program stalwart Michelle Bos. He was believed to be interested in staying on as coach but upon further review, the ’Pack decided to go in a different direction.

“I would like to say to the university alumni and current team that I am thankful for the opportunity to coach at the U Sports level for the past 13 seasons,” Reeves told TRU Athletics.

Reeves acknowledged that his time with TRU helped him meet some great people and create incredible memories.

The team’s best season under his leadership was in 2014/15 when TRU went 18-2 in the regular season.

That year TRU hosted and won a playoff game for the first time.

“As a program, we also have to make sure, for all of us, that we do the very best we can to keep moving the program forward,” Curtis Atkinson, TRU’s Athletics and Recreation Director, said in

Reeves isn't the first coach to leave the program this year. In January, Kelly Shantz left his role as the WSOC head coach. (Jonathan Amponsah/TRU) an interview with Kamloops This Week. “Whoever we look at to fill the role, we’ll look for the full package.”

Reeves’ departure marks the second coaching change in the 2018/19 season after Kelly Shantz

left his role as women’s soccer head coach.

He will leave TRU with a 102-171 regular season record in thirteen years, he was 18-93 in his first five years, years in which the program was still in its infancy.

With the recent changes TRU has sent a message to WolfPack fans; results matter.

The WolfPack is growing as a program and results play a part in attracting better talent, something that TRU need if they

are going to get a playoff spot annually.

With these changes, Atkinson has brought in a new era for the program. Hopefully, an era with more success than the previous one.

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