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Occupy Kamloops: Extinct or evolved?

A look back one year later at the movement that swept the globe, but failed to sweep Kamloops Allison Declercq Ω Contributor

As the stone figures looked on over the downtown Kamloops Library square in their usual silence last October, the quiet was broken as a crowd began to gather and discuss their concerns about social, environmental, and economic issues.

This year, on the anniversary of the Occupy Wall Street movement, 14 individuals appeared before the statues to once again speak their concerns and show their solidarity with the New York movement. On the anniversary of Kamloops’ own movement, Oct. 15, there was not a sound.

A patch of

green across from Spirit Square in the North Shore area of town hosted nine tents and many gatherings last year. This year the area stood empty.

Similarly, in 2011, online social media pages designated to the Occupy Kamloops movement brimmed with discussion, likes, and promises. There was an active Twitter account that tweeted of general assemblies, invitation and solidarity. The Facebook page hosted 168 “likes” right before the movement. A webpage hosting schedules and explanations of various issues appeared online. YouTube videos sprang up.

This year, the Twitter account sent its last tweet March 23. The Facebook page last posted Sept.

27. The webpage is still up — the last meeting notes dated Jan. 25.

But is the spirit of the move-

neous,” he said.

For example, he posts a note on Facebook, like the Don’t Dig it Dance for Oct. 12, a “fundraiser for a public forum on the AJAX mine proposal,” and people respond as they choose. Jordan believes new ways of expression — like the dance — will continue the movement. “It’s organic,” he said speaking of the discussion— spreading like tendrils.

“It will be interesting to see what happens.”

Cassie Tremblay, at the time a fourthyear nursing student, spoke of her participation in the movement. She was designated with media work—updating Facebook, for example — as well as dealing with managing and organizing camp affairs. Tremblay said the camp —Cassie Tremblay, Occupy Kamloops was a spontaneous move, something that evolved from participants, of the parade and assembly downtown, Those on the inside look back. talking for hours and then deciding to stay and continue their Hugh Jordan, a resident of discussion.

They “knew it was a tactic Kamloops, participant in the gathering and stew supplier to to help the movement” and dethe camp that sprang up after- velop discussion, Tremblay said. wards, described his experience So they stayed. With two genas filled with “a lot of informal eral assemblies a day, one in connecting up.” He compared the morning and one in the evethe Occupy protests in Kam- ning, Tremblay recalls, “you had loops and the protests he wit- people who would have never sat nessed around the Vietnam War. down together, in a circle talk“[I’d] never experienced any- ing to each other.”

She said it’s good the movement thing quite like this,” he said.

“There [seemed] to be a mobi- decentralized into smaller focused lization of people.” He spoke pockets so that groups of activists of the leadership orientation of in Kamloops who were impleVietnam protest marches: lead- menting change before the Ocers organized and people went cupy movement weren’t drowned along. Then he began to describe out by the movement itself.

“The most important thing the Occupy movement. “The way it operates is pretty sponta- that emerged was the network of people willing to engage,” Tremblay said. “The world taught us, in North America, to speak out.”

Brayden Stephenson, a frequent visitor of the camp, said he was comfortable in a supportive role providing camping supplies.

“For the first time in my life I felt like I participated in a democracy,” he said.

He had heard of Occupy Kamloops through Facebook. After the parade downtown, he recollects, some decided to set up camp.

He remembers the main complaint thrown at those in the camp was “go get a job,” which was ironic considering his time spent there was between shifts working in the kitchen and doing deliveries for a restaurant downtown.

Apart from outsider criticism the camp experienced a lot of discussion among strangers.

“What other place can you talk to homeless, drug addicts, politicians, reporters, passionate citizens and RCMP?” Stephenson ment gone? Or has it played its part and evolved: an old-fashioned operator who took the mass of disorganized cords in hand and linked each idea with the appropriate connection¬ — advocates and groups — then left the control board behind?

A protester, an occupier, a supporter and an observer recall their moments in the event and share what they see now — one year later.

“The most important thing that emerged was the network of people willing to engage.”

ABOVE: One protestor takes a very negative approach to the topic. BELOW LEFT: David Graham sits alone in protest on the TRU campus.

—PHOTOS BY MARVIN BEATTY

pointed out. “Real people you’ve never met before trying to make a safe environment.”

He came away with a stack of business cards. He said the movement connected people with their interests and contacts for specific issues. It was an example of “cooperative education, learning how to work together,” Stephenson said.

Marvin Beatty, a contributor to The Omega, TRU’s independent student newspaper, wrote on the gathering at the downtown library.

He had read about the Occupy Wall Street and Occupy Vancouver movements so he was curious to see how big it would get in Kamloops. But when he got there, he found a solitary student bearing a white flag.

“This is it?” Beatty remembers thinking. “There is only one flag.”

But it grew. What he saw later was “a real mixed group, a real range of people,” he said. Once the library square filled they started having speakers. Politicians followed.

People talked.

Beatty never visited the camp.

He said the first day said the most for the movement in Kamloops.

The camp didn’t drive the point.

After his article he lost track of Occupy Kamloops except for an instance on TRU campus, “I would describe the TRU Occupation as a one-man show at the time I saw it; consisting of David Graham sitting cross-legged in front of Old Main with a folded sign saying ‘Occupy TRU.’ He was cheerfully handing out brownies to passersby.”

If something had sprung up during the anniversary of the Occupy Kamloops movement, Beatty said, “I would have been very surprised.”

So has the Occupy Movement in Kamloops gone extinct? Or has it evolved into something else?

That depends who you talk to.

When asked at random about the Occupy Kamloops event four students responded.

The first, who asked for her name not to be disclosed, simply said, ”I don’t know what you are talking about.”

The second, Mohammad Almisfer, a graduate student, hadn’t heard about it either. He knew about it outside of the city, but “here in Kamloops,” he said, “I didn’t hear about it.” He feels professors should have talked about it to their students.

Najla Alsubaie, a student of four years at TRU, said she hadn’t heard of it either. She knew of the world movement, but didn’t know the details.

Brandon Harris, in his second year at TRU, said he “heard something in the papers,” but didn’t know what it was about.

So maybe it’s safe to say that while the Kamloops movement didn’t turn heads like the Wall Street version of the protest, those involved will continue to spread the ideas of the movement itself in other ways — and the concepts at issue will likely never lack for interest from the public.

ON THE COVER: Abbey McAuley fends off a defender from the Vancouver Island University Mariners on Oct. 21 at Hillside Stadium. The WolfPack women will attempt to repeat as PacWest champions in the provincial tournament Oct. 26 to 28 — PHOTO BY ADAM WILLIAMS

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Like my friend and colleague Taylor Rocca (see below), I sometimes wonder about the value of this education I’m receiving — as I’m sure you all do at times.

I’m not talking about the monetary price that I’ll end up giving to the institution itself, nor am I referring to the lack of income I may be receiving due to the amount of time I put in here instead of in the “workforce.”

I’m talking about value.

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Do it.

Seriously.

not yet a decade in. And we get to be a part of the direction it takes going forward.

Granted, most of you will be content with your certificate, diploma, degree or other credential you’re investing in by attending here, but for those who want more value for their time and money invested, I encourage you to seek out these opportunities to affect change.

I also encourage you to get more than just a piece of paper out of the school when you’re done.

Find a volunteer opportunity (there are many that are exclusively offered to TRU students) or some other means of getting involved with the university community.

You make the choice in how you are spending your time and money here and the value of the service being provided. Credentials and contacts are all well and good, but as I said earlier, value is determined by the quality of product or service you get as a return on the cost.

Why not find and take advantage of some of what’s around you and add some value to your investment? editor@truomega.ca

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for (or demanded) for those goods or services.

It’s the same with education.

Am I receiving a quality product from this institution? Absolutely.

I’m receiving (eventually, I hope) a document that proves I’ve put in my time and learnt what I needed to in order to achieve a certain level of expertise in whatever I’m studying. In doing so, I can then more easily convince a future employer that I’m the candidate they’re looking for to fill the role they need filled in the industry I’ve chosen.

But is that all I get for the cost being asked of me? Absolutely not.

I’m gaining valuable experience in the field I’ve chosen (journalism, obviously) as well as the opportunity to be a part of an institution of value to society as a whole.

I get to contribute to the world in which we live and leave a mark for future generations.

It sounds grandiose (and maybe a bit cliché), I agree — but think about the opportunity you have by attending this institution.

This particular institution is in its infancy. Sure, it has been a place of higher learning since 1970 as Cariboo College, but as far as its current iteration, we are

TRUe Thoughts Taylor Rocca Ω Copy/Web Editor According to a study conducted by Statistics Canada, as of September 2012, 76.9 per cent of Canadian-born university graduates with at least a bachelor’s degree to their name are employed.

Seriously?

Only 76.9 per cent?

So...you’re telling me that when I get out of this institution, only three-quarters of my graduating class will find employment? And I’m paying how much to be here?

And I’m spending how many years to do it?

Normally I’m a big proponent for post-secondary education.

How could I not be? After all, this is my seventh year spent in post-secondary, split between two separate institutions.

Unfortunately these days I find myself wondering what I’m doing spending so many hours and so much of my hard-earned money on an education, that I could very possibly earn simply by going out into the workforce

and putting in my time there.

The same study indicates that 69.7 per cent of high-school graduates with some amount of post-secondary education, short of having completed a formal degree or certificate, are employed.

So, I could go to university or community college for one semester and have only a seven per cent lower likelihood of finding work?

According to 2006 Canadian census data, full-time employees with a high school education or trades diploma made an average of $43,681 in wages or salaries.

Meanwhile, full-time employees with any complete post-secondary education were making an average of $51,221 a year. That accounts for an annual difference of $7,540 in wages.

So while I might only have a seven per cent greater chance of finding employment after I obtain my university degree, the bigger payoff (literally) is that I will hopefully find higher wages and be able to pay off my mounting student debt sooner.

If I get into the workforce and that average holds true over, let’s say, a 35 year career, I can expect to make $263,900 more than if I only had parts of a post-secondary education.

Still, I find that less than comforting when I look at my tens of thousands of dollars in student debt and think to myself, “I could be getting paid to do what I am currently paying to learn in a classroom. Why have I taken this route?”

Having chosen a pursuit of journalism as my career, perhaps my scope on the issue is a bit

more narrow as I see many people entering the industry without journalism degrees or degrees at all. Why should I continue to accrue mass amounts of student debt just so I have a f lashy piece of paper to mount on my wall and tack beside my name on my resume?

Having worked in the industry as a part of a required journalism department internship over this past summer, I discovered that I was learning much more at a much quicker rate than I did through my first year in journalism school. Upon returning to journalism school this semester, I feel stuck in a rut. Not only do I feel course material is largely a repeat of what I was taught during my first year in the program, but I find myself sitting in a number of my classes wondering what exactly it is I am supposed to be taking out of the lecture material. And I’m paying for this?

With established connections in the industry and a steady offer of work coming from publications, who are offering to pay me for my work, what is keeping me in a classroom where I am simply feeding money to an institution that has stalled in broadening my knowledge base?

Some days I contemplate walking away from school to pursue real work.

Then I am reminded about that dumb little $20,000 piece of paper that will make me more hirable and likely bump my pay grade a bit. Well, here’s hoping that investment pays off. copy@truomega.ca

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Justice for sale?

Justice is for sale.

This was the message today from minister of justice and attorney general Shirley Bond.

The most systemic problem facing the justice system is that governments continue to use “access to justice” as a political catch phrase in order to advance their own ideological agendas.

According to the White Paper [a government document detailing changes to the justice system], we need to find a new way of coordinating the system. We need to create an annual plan which attaches “targets” to the justice system. We need to create ways of collecting data so that we can see “measurable improvements.” We need to find a way to keep a lot of cases from going to court by diverting those that aren’t worthy into mediation.

The clear intention of the B.C. Liberal government is to apply a business-model concept to justice, and in the interests of serving business-minded “efficiency,” to downloading the costs of justice to the private sphere and effectively privatize justice.

This is not good for justice.

Justice is not a commodity to which one can measure in dollars and seconds.

The failure of people to resolve their disputes privately is what gave birth to the court system. The purpose of courts and a publicly funded justice system is the fundamental principle that people could have their disputes resolved by an independent and impartial judiciary.

Justice is a fundamental principle of democracy. In the words of chief justice McLachlin, it is “a basic right” in this country and we have failed to provide equal access to that system.

By forcing this right, this foundational part of the fabric of our society, to pay homage to the priorities of the market, the economy and the balance sheet of the government; we are eroding one of the very principles that make our modern society possible.

An equal right to justice is part of the social contract. It is the government’s obligation to facilitate that right equally. By creating a framework that ensures “unworthy cases” stay out of the courts, this government is breaking the social contract.

— Chris Albinati, law student and TRU student senator

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A discussion with a Canadian media icon Stuart McLean entertains at Sagebrush Theatre and shares his opinion on the future of Canadian Journalism

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Ω Contributor “It was the best show on the tour so far,” according to CBC radio host Stuart McLean after his sold-out performance at the Sagebrush Theatre on Oct. 14 in a post-show interview with The Omega.

“One of the things about the show that makes me the happiest is that people of all ages get it,” Stuart said.

The audience can feel it too, as throughout the theatre there were people from as young as seven to as seasoned as 90.

During every performance, Stuart invites one lucky youngster to come on stage and assist him in giving a prize to the oldest and youngest person in the audience.

“Everybody seems to find a place they can connect with each through the show, and that’s one of the things that makes me the happiest,” he said.

The audience this particular night was very involved and participatory.

At one point Stuart went way off script and started answering questions that members in the audience were yelling out.

The musical guest was Harry Manx, a local British Columbian folk singer/songwriter who was absolutely incredible.

Stuart prides himself on hav-

ing musical guests who have grown and f lourished as musical artists on the Vinyl Café such as Matt Anderson, Dala, and Danny Michel.

“I feel like we’re doing more than just putting them on the show — we’re helping other performers,” Stuart explained.

Anxious student-journalists always want to hear something to comfort them, to assure them that their efforts aren’t for nothing — maybe one day they’ll make a difference — and when asked about the future of the industry, Stuart obliged.

“If journalism dies, our democracy will die,” he said. “The profession is changing and going through a transition” he said, adding, “there will always be stories and news and it’s up to your generation to be the storytellers.”

“If your heart is in journalism, set out to learn as much as you can.

“Follow your heart, it will lead you to the right place,” he said. Speaking with this Canadian idol of many, it was easy to absorb his passion.

“Journalism is writing the first draft of history, it’s one of the most important things,” he said.

I for one have no remaining doubts after seeing one of the giants in Canadian media do his thing and share his enthusiasm for the industry.

Bullying continues into higher education, the workplace Sophie Long

REGINA (CUP) — The idea that bullying is only an elementary or high school problem is far from being true. Bullying is a continual issue that can take place in post-secondary institutions and even in workplaces.

Yet, with teachers and parents working constantly to implement anti-bullying programs and acceptance messages for young children, why is this issue still present, and on such a large scale?

One of the things Ken Montgomery, an education professor and Director of the Saskatchewan Justice Institute, says contributes to this problem is the ways society continues to oppress minority groups without realizing it.

“Some folks have made the argument that anti-bullying programs aren’t all that effective, in large part because they try to legislate and don’t get to the teaching part,” he said. “There is some necessary teaching that needs to happen that addresses the normalized oppression that sets the stage for that intent to harm.”

These “normalized oppressions” were discussed during the University of Regina’s Pride’s National Coming Out Day event, held on Oct. 11. In their safe space, many students and members of Regina’s LGBTQ community spoke out about their experiences and fears related to coming out.

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Many felt as though they had to “pick their battles” and look out for “troublemakers” when coming out to coworkers, friends and even family members.

Several international students talked about fears of their sexuality being discovered at home and the possible violent repercussions they might face. One of the most common issues spoken about was the negative labels that several of these students felt they given by others.

“One of the paradoxes is that establishing those labels is an empowering act on one hand and they also help others to understand the complexity,” Montgomery said.

“Nevertheless they do act as labels, and whenever we label something, we are excluding [it] at some level.”

Exclusion plays a key role in the bullying cycle. Bullies often take advantage of labels, using

them to harm and isolate their targets.

The use of exclusion and isolation played a major role in Amanda Todd’s bullying case.

Shortly before taking her life, the Coquitlam, B.C. high school student posted a video on YouTube, which ended with the words “I have nobody. I need someone.”

“Normalized oppression sets the conditions for bullying, in my view,” Montgomery said. “I want to talk about bullying as the intent to harm, and I want to make that distinct from unintended practices, but they are connected in very important ways.”

Bullying can take many forms: verbal, physical, emotional, psychological and even cyber. Reports have indicated that cyberbullying, coupled with physical violence, were major components in Todd’s case.

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The amount of people bringing their own cups when they get coffee from Commons Grounds has gone down since last year.

This year, only 26 per cent of Commons Grounds patrons brought their own cups, a decrease of four per cent, Nathan Lane, TRUSU’s executive director reported to the students union council.

Lane did have some good news. While there may be less people bringing cups at TRU, the number that do at other universities is approximately 15 per cent lower.

Room bookings up The number of students booking rooms within the Student Centre has gone up.

The students union books out five rooms that have capacities ranging from eight to 55 people for students and campus clubs.

Nathan Lane, TRUSU’s executive director, told council that students have booked 414 hours worth of time this year, compared to 341 hours previously.

That’s means the use of the rooms is reaching full capacity, which is “quite good,” Lane said.

Women’s Collective to hold art show The TRUSU Women’s Collective will be holding an affordable art show in order to raise money for the YWCA Women’s Shelter.

The show will display and sell works of art, which will cost less than $50. The format for the sale will be a silent auction.

The shelter is a safe haven for women trying to escape abusive relationships.

The goal is to make art more accessible, Alexandra Moulton, TRUSU’s women’s representative, told council.

The show will take place in November, but the date is yet to be determined.

Lowering of f lags follows rules There are very specific times in which TRU’s five f lags are f lown at half-mast.

If a student or any employee dies, the f lags will be lowered on the day of their funerals, states TRU’s f lag display policy.

The f lags will also be lowered if a member of the immediate royal family, the premier, the governor or lieutenant general, or a local politician dies.

TRU’s president, as well as the provincial and federal governments, have the power to have the f lag f ly at half-mast as they see fit.

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International Intonation Unofficial collectives patch representation hole Google vs. Brazil, China vs. Japan and North vs. South Korea

Voice political party during the last TRUSU elections. Ω News Editor “When we ran for this election, we ran saying that we’d Lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans- create an LGBT, or Pride, Colgendered and queer or question- lective,” McIntyre said. “Since ing (LGBTQ) and graduate stu- we’ve been in office we been dents don’t have an advocacy working on that.”

Unlike the Women’s, First Nagroup within TRUSU’s structure like women, First Nations and tions and International Students’ international students do – of- Collectives, the two unofficial collectives don’t have an official ficially.

From an examination of the budget. Instead, they are drawwebsites of B.C.’s universities, ing money from the entertainTRU is the only university that ment budget on an as-needed doesn’t have any sort of official basis, McIntyre said.

“At this point, I do not believe representation or support organization for LGBTQ students there is a set number saying you hosted by either the students get ‘X’ amount of dollars to spend; however we believe any union or the university.

Unofficially, the students event that the Pride Collective union is running a Pride Collec- wants to host this year is important, so we’d be tive and Graduable to find that ate Students’ money to host Collective on a that event,” he temporary basaid. sis until official This year, approval can be TRUSU has budgained from stugeted $110,700 to dents at the next its entertainment annual general budget. $110,000 meeting (AGM) has been earin January. marked for event “I think that purposes such these are two imas the Kickstart portant groups on Barbecue and the campus that need Common Voices advocacy and lecture series, representation

leaving $700 for through the student union,” said —Dustin McIntyre the two unofficial collectives TRUSU president to draw from.

Dustin McIntyre.

“That’s why we believe it’s im- The three official collectives reportant that the members come ceive $28,000 all together.

There are no plans to introout to our AGM and ratify these duce any other new collectives two collectives.”

In order for any policy chang- at the next AGM. “At that point, we’d have five es to be passed at an AGM, there must be 50 members of the stu- collectives,” McIntyre said. dents union present. Last year’s “That’s a pretty full house.”

McIntyre was unable to say if AGM came up well short of that number, as only 39 students TRUSU’s council has been examining other policy changes for signed in.

Changes to establish a Pride students to vote on at the next Collective would also create AGM. There is still a TRUSU Pride a pride representative on the students union’s council, to be Club on campus. A new Pride elected by students. Graduate Collective wouldn’t affect their students already have a repre- status, McIntyre said.

“If people on campus still sentative, Katie Hutf luss.

Establishing a new Pride Col- wanted to have a Pride Club, lective was one of the major they’re absolutely more than platform items put forward by welcome to have that club,” he the victorious Your Vote = Your said.

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“I think that these are two important groups on campus....”

Tech Tips Last week, IT Services changed the way to recover a forgotten password to your myTRU account.

Previously, a student had to answer five questions or contact IT Services directly. Now, much like online banking, you will be asked to provide a secondary email account. Click the forgot password link and an email will be sent with a new password to your secondary account.

If you haven’t already done so, you can forward emails from your myTRU account to another address.

Under the email icon on the home screen of myTRU, click the options tab and select the forward email option.

Ken Brooks, IT Services lab technician would like to remind students of the importance of protecting personal information.

“Don’t leave any information available,” he said, adding he thinks students don’t understand get how important it is.

He said he found numerous email accounts left open in the Old Main computer lab and even printouts of passports and resumes.

Mark Hendricks Ω Contributor

Google’s troubled relationship with Brazil

Tensions continue to mount between Japan and China

on the causes for the dispute can be found in the Sept. 26 International Intonation.)

While both sides claim they want to resolve the situation peacefully, neither is backing down.

“On the issue of sovereignty, Japan cannot concede where it cannot concede,” Koichiro Gemba, Japan’s foreign minister, told the BBC.

China has begun conducting naval exercises in the East China Sea near some disputed islands.

Vessels from the marine surveillance and fisheries agencies are engaging in exercises

In another chapter of the ongoing troubles between Google and Brazil (see Oct. 3rd International Intonation regarding the detaining of a Google executive in BraWhere you can find out zil), the country’s National more: www.bbc.co.uk Association of Newspapers (ANJ) banned Google North Korea threatens News from using its conmilitary strike against tent.

South Korea Accounting for 90 per cent of the country’s disNorth Korea has issued a tribution, the ANJ conwarning to South Korea that sists of 154 newspapers it will conduct a military across Brazil, which have strike in the event of an antifollowed the recommenPyongyang demonstration. dations of the ANJ and South Korean activists barred Google from achave dropped anti-Pyongcessing their content. yang leaf lets from hot air Google News claims it balloons across the border increases traffic to these into North Korea. This has news sites that it gathers happened six times since content from by bringing Kim Jong-Un rose to power. attention to their head— IMAGE COURTESY CHRISTIAN FISCHER North Korea has threatlines.

WIKIMEDIA COMMONS ened a “merciless military Users then go to the strike,” according to the newspaper’s website to North Korean state-run Koread the whole story.

“Staying with Google News for the purposes of “sharpen- rean Central News Agency, in was not helping us grow our dig- ing response to emergencies in the event of any such activism.

South Korean defence minisital audiences,” Carlos Fernando missions to safeguard territorial Lindenberg Neto, ANJ presi- sovereignty,” according to Chi- ter Kim Kwan-Jim has promised retaliation if such an attack hapna’s state-run Xinhua news. dent, told the BBC. The disputed islands, known pens.

Marcel Leonardi, Google’s “The South is fully prepared public policy director, claims as the Senkaku Islands in Japan Google News generates “a bil- and the Daioyu Islands in China, to take out the source of the atlion clicks” to news websites have been a source of tension tack,” Kwan told South Korea’s since the Japanese government Yonhap news agency. around the world. nationalized three of the islands Where you can find out more: Where you can find out more: that both countries claim sovereignty over. (More information www.guardian.co.uk www.bbc.co.uk

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The Omega · Volume 22, Issue 8

Life & Community

The Little Big House: home to Kamloops punk and metal through generations

Samantha Garvey Ω Roving Editor

The Little Big House in downtown Kamloops is home to six people, depending on how you count it. There are four legally, another under a tarp in the living room (who recently moved inside from underneath the half pipe that fills the backyard) and one more, if you count the guy squatting in his van outside the back gate.

“I don’t know our landlord’s name. It’s Mike, or something. He lives in Victoria,” said Lewis Jay, tenant of the residence as well as a punk, metal music promoter. “He must be a really cool dude if he lets stuff like this go down.”

There’s the weed wall, cut-out magazines and photographs of marijuana in raw form covering one wall of the front living room with a Damned Grave banner overhead.

Art on top of layers and layers of previous art fills every other wall, including felt-pen messages, collages and a couple of colourful skulls downstairs.

There’s a back patio that can fit a surprising number of people awaiting a show. The shows take place in the basement.

It’s a small space that has been mosh-pit proofed. The stage has been moved around due to new logistical problems that have arisen, such as f looding against David Nasz plays bass alongside Lewis Jay on guitar for the far wall. Its newest location is their band FAMINE at the Little Big House show on Oct. 10.

accessible from the back door so —PHOTO BY SAMANTHA GARVEY that band equipment can be easily transferred into the venue.

“It was really unrehearsed punk.”

Jay is part of the seventh genThe vents above the stage barely Jay is a part of four active bands clear Jay’s head when he performs eration of tenants.

“It started five, six years ago. A and at least two others that are temand so have been covered with makeshift beanbags to protect bunch of people were interested in porarily not playing or recording.

He is usually found assaulting a having shows,” he said. from injury.

Jay said the crowd that arrives microphone while on guitar but he “Depending on the weather it occasionally plays drums. can get pretty hot down there,” to each show varies all the time.

He graduated high school last “We get tons of different peosaid Mike Knox who has been attending shows at the house since it ple,” he said. “Everyone tries it, year and now works creating silkscreens, including his own designs. opened. “And they keep the door some people end up liking it.

Radio-Schizo is Jay’s hour-long “Not everyone likes sweaty closed to not get complaints from weekly program on 92.5 The X at basement shows.” the neighbours.”

He added there are no other all- TRU where he has been a volunteer Four concrete walls, no open for two years and is on his 104th windows or doors and 60 or more ages venues in town. volume. bodies all moving, He described his thrashing and creatpassion for music, ing their own heat especially vinyl, as and energy. Not something that can to mention nine or outlive the artist. more amps generatThe house will ing the voltage and tolerate partying, ignition for the fans.

—Lewis Jay, Little Big House tenant and music promoter drinking, puking, Typically, there’s falling over, but if a show once a week, anyone gets violent at the least every As a promoter, Jay said he uses they’re out right away. three weeks. Bands come from a “The music’s violent so we don’t large network in the punk, metal, Facebook minimally as the RCMP had begun to check online for have to be.” grind scene.

Jay admitted there had been a “We’ve had bands from the UK, show dates.

There are attempts to make the fight the week before but it happens Greece, Italy, lots of Americans this year,” Jay said, adding more room as sound proof as possible. rarely.

He addressed a long list of myths than 500 different bands have The house is no stranger to noise played at the house over the last complaints. Jay said he starts the surrounding the house, including six years. Scotland punk band Oi shows early to try to end them smoking crack.

“Not true,” he said. “You can’t Polloi, formed in 1981, and Ottawa before noise by-laws begin at 11 grind core group F*ck the Facts, p.m., which is when the by-law of- come here and do drugs. People ficers will also make their appear- try, we tell them to get lost. People are just two among many. drinking and smoking, that’s fine.

“It’s amazing the musicians who ances.

“We won’t kick you out, unless “I guarantee they’ll be here toplay here.”

When willing bands are coming night,” he said, referring to the you’re perving out.

“We’re not Satanists. There’s Oct. 10 show that featured The through town, Jay doesn’t say no.

“It’s the unwritten code of being Great Sabbatini, Hand of the no cult.” Although, he admitted he Horsewitch and Jay’s own band couldn’t speak for the history of the a promoter.”

Little Big House. “There was some The network of out-of-town FAMINE. Jay began playing music at f*cked up sh*t back in the day.” bands that play at Little Big House This Saturday, Oct. 27, the house also hosts shows for acts from Ka- the age of 11 and with the help mloops who tour to their cities. It of his younger brother Eric, re- hosts the second Tribute Fest. Cost took years of dedication to estab- leased a three-song cassette in is five dollars without a costume and two dollars with. grade seven. lish and foster those connections.

Etiquette for the avid social media user

Keating Smith

The Other Press (Douglas College) New Westminster (CUP) — Social media is, for many, a necessary evil.

Keeping up with study groups, longdistance friends, or a too-busy social circle is close to impossible without the advent of online social resources.

But, while some use social media wisely, others are guilty of overkill.

Avoiding awful online etiquette is easy, if you avoid the following: The over-posted meme

Your word-vomit So, after a week of studying, you and the gang finally painted the town red last weekend, and you most certainly deserved it.

It can be hard to refrain from drunk Facebooking, especially with a surplus of smartphones on hand.

But take heed: when you litter your friends’ news feeds with nonsensical, misspelled status updates and blurry dark phone camera pictures, you are essentially puking all over the Internet.

Post a picture or update of the good times had that night. Just do it in moderation.

Everyone’s news feed seems to be completely clogged with the memelikes of cute cats and the American The “Vaguebook” presidential race. Do some of these makeshift comics make you laugh?

No one likes a whiner, and postOf course they do. That’s their obing every jective. Do emotion you see you feel them reth roughpeated on out the your feed day on multiple public times? display is Very like— IMAGE BY THE OTHER PRESS the online ly you do. equivalent With that in mind, do you need to re-post the of complaining straight into the ear meme yet again? Probably not. Look of everyone you know. Not only are at the bottom of the posting. If it vague, emotional status updates anhas 10,000 likes and 40,000 shares, noying, they’re rather pointless to chances are, a large portion of those boot. Would you not feel better talkin the social media world have al- ing to someone in person about your feelings instead of displaying them ready seen it. for the masses to see?

The elusive link Instagrammed life-shots The really cool and obscure arYour pet is really cute. You should ticle you found in the bowels of the Internet may be a good find, but a feel so lucky to have such a loving pictureless, ambiguous link is not animal in your life.

Do others need to see your pet 10 likely to garner much attention no matter how interesting the news ar- times a day in different poses with ticle/blog/new music may be. Why different photo filters attached to it not write a few opinionated lines on two different types of social mewhen you post it next time? That dia?

No. The same goes for your daily will grab attention and actually food intake. make your post worthwhile.

“Not everyone likes sweaty basement shows.”

Landscaper Brent Marshall prunes the Living Wall in the House of Learning on campus Wednesday, Oct. 3.

—PHOTO BY JOHN KING

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October 24, 2012

Arts & Entertainment

Album Review: July Talk

Travis Persaud Ω Contributor

After turning heads at during this past June’s North by Northeast (NXNE) concert series and a brief tour supporting the Arkells in September, July Talk released their self-titled debut album on Oct. 16.

If you’re thinking July Talk sounds vaguely familiar, it’s likely because you missed their opening set at the Tunes Against Tuition concert at Campus Commons in early September.

While an empty campus at 1 p.m. may not have been the ideal setting to see leading band members Peter Dreimanis and Leah Fay in action, July Talk will be returning to Kamloops on Oct. 31 to play a free Halloween show at Bailey’s Pub that you will not want to miss.

The contrasts presented by the black and white album art are immediately contextualized on the opening track as Dreimanis’s growl hauntingly dances around the bass line, only to be followed by Fay’s sickly sweet vocals entwined with the guitars’ slamming entrance.

The first song, “The Garden,” seamlessly f lows into “Guns + Ammunition” and the listener barely has time to grasp their bearings before Dreimanis forc-

ibly grips you, chanting, “When you leave, I cannot sleep and when you leave my body shakes.”

At this point you’re hooked and you want more.

Fay and Dreimanis continue to lead the listener into “Paper Girl” where Dreimanis spews, “I’ll be laughing in your head, until I want to stop,” characterizing himself in an authoritative position one can only imagine comes standard with a voice as deep as his.

July Talk runs full course, slowly bowing out with the slow-burning “Come Down Champion,” fading into the bluesy “I’ve Rationed Well,” ending the album just beyond the 30-minute mark.

The fleeting tension and angst depicted through the juxtaposing of Fay’s and Dreimanis’s voices makes it quite clear that she’s both his vice and muse.

Complete with highs and lows, full blown rock ‘n’ roll to groovy synth layers, July Talk is an adventure.

—IMAGE COURTESY WHITE GIRL RECORDS

Film review: Argo Becky Zimmer

The Sheaf (U of S) SASKATOON (CUP) — Ben Affleck’s new film Argo, based on true events, tells the story of a CIA mission to rescue six American diplomats hiding out at the Canadian Ambassador’s house during the 1979 Iranian Revolution and the take-over of the American embassy in Iran.

The plan to rescue the diplomats, concocted by Tony Mendez (Affleck), a CIA agent specializing in fake identities, involves a fake Canadian film and smuggling the diplomats out as the film’s crew.

With the help of John Chambers (John Goodman), a Hollywood makeup artist, and Lester Siegel (Alan Arkin), a Hollywood big-wig, he creates a fake production company and a fake script titled Argo.

Affleck’s dramatic approach does surprisingly well considering his previous films like Dogma, Mall Rats and Daredevil, which were less-thanserious compared to his more recent films Argo and The Town. Just like his character, Affleck’s direction focuses on telling a story and forgoes good guy/ bad guy labels.

The storming of the embassy in the opening scene provides background for the Iranian side of the conflict.

The Iranian protesters’ takeover of the American embassy was because of the Americans’ refusal to extradite Mohammad Reza Pahlavi back to Iran after his violent and abusive reign as Shah of Iran.

The events in Argo are not just old news. The modern revolutions in Eygpt and Syria mirror the fight for freedom that is still not realized in the Arab Spring. Dictatorships where powerful men abuse their power because of this the events portrayed in this movie are relevant to today’s worldwide political strife.

The Canadian ambassador, Ken Taylor, is played by Canadian actor Victor Garber in true Canuck spirit.

The ambassador Taylor takes in the American diplomats, risking the lives of his wife, housing staff and self.

Affleck does not snub this Canadian connection that was so powerful during the events of the film, nor does he present stereotypes of Canadians. The Canadians in the film take responsibility for the hostage removal operation to protect the American hostages still in the embassy.

If you ignore the increased film quality, the cars, clothes and hair styles make you feel like you are watching a film made in 1979. You can feel authentic tension between the six American diplomats, the Canadian ambassador, his wife and the hostages at the embassy. Every facial expression and every bit of body language shows the fear that was present during this turbulent time.

Whether a knock on the door or a strange look from security personal, little moments in the film are shot so well that you’re always left wondering if this is it for the diplomats. Argo solidifies Affleck’s assent into serious film making.

Hip hop at Heroes: Animal Nation with MC Lozen and Rob Banks

Canadian Music Corner Taylor Rocca

Ω Copy/Web Editor Calling Toronto home, The Rural Alberta Advantage (The RAA) draws inspiration for its songs from growing up along the northern and central plains of Alberta’s beautiful prairies.

Nils Edenloff, lead singer and songwriter for this Canadian indie-folk trio, provides a unique vocal track that conveys feelings ranging from angst to love-struck and heart-broken. Keyboardist and backing vocalist Amy Cole compliments Edenloff by harmonizing in a way that makes the listener’s heart melt.

The RAA broke onto the scene in 2009 with debut album Hometowns.

The title is fitting as Edenloff touches on Alberta towns from Lethbridge to the provincial capital in Edmonton. There aren’t enough good things to be said

Brendan Kergin

Ω Arts & Entertainment Editor Alt-country vets Elliot Brood are one of the great hidden gems in the burgeoning indie-folk genre that seems to be growing. In the last few years the indie/ hipster music scene has been rocked by a wave of folk/old-school country influenced bands, and Brood is one of the reasons it’s grown so quickly.

Originating in 2002 in Toronto, the band’s first EP was recorded in a home studio with Mark Sasso and Casey Laforet as a duo and Stephen Pitkin as the producer. Sasso and Laforet worked with a variety of other musicians at first, but Pitkin eventually joined full time in 2005.

The first full-length album, Ambas-

about Hometowns, as it is a Canadian folk gem. The heart-wrenching “Drain the Blood” cries to the listener as does “The Dethbridge in Lethbridge.”

On “Frank, AB,” Edenloff tells a historical fiction of Alberta’s 1903 Frank Slide catastrophe through the eyes of a created voice. Edenloff and Cole wail, eerie chills are sent down the listener’s spine as you can hear doomed voices buried underneath the rubble in Frank.

In 2011, The RAA returned with the sophomore release Departing. After grabbing attention with Hometowns, the band was recognized for its stellar work, receiving a Long List nomination for the Polaris Music Prize.

Featured on Departing is another collection sprinkled with Alberta flavour, including “Tornado ‘87” where Edenloff shares his childhood experience when a destructive twister ripped through his hometown of Edmonton in the late-1980s. sador, was nominated for a 2006 Juno in the roots and traditional category. The follow up, Mountain Meadows, got the same nomination in 2009 and was also short listed for a Polaris Prize.

Mixing Pitkin’s thumping, raw percussion gives a stomping beat to most of the songs with a variety of guitars providing nuances. Elliot Brood has many rootsy flavours, whether it be banjos leading them down the bluegrass path, ukuleles giving them a friendly, uplifting touch or an acoustic guitar with a more middle of the road sound.

Recommended if you’re looking for a Sam Roberts, Bruce Peninsula and Corb Lund crossover. The aggressive nature of Write It All Down For You may not be the most indicative of Elliot Brood’s style, but it should snare the average listener.

Brendan Kergin

Ω Arts & Entertainment Editor Whistler may not be New York City, but it doesn’t mean there’s no hip-hop community in the mountainside town. In fact, it has a whole nation, which came to Heroes on Oct. 17, another show in the Live Music Wednesday event series.

The trio going by the name Animal Nation planted their f lag at the Campus Activity Centre, but first had a couple friends take the stage.

Actually, Animal Nation’s guitarist Jeffery Waters took the stage first for a couple of warmup tracks, including a ukulelebased Nate Dogg tribute cover of “Regulate” and a few original folksy-hip-hop pieces not dissimilar to Jason Mraz.

DJ Rob Banks took over for a bit, solo on the turntables before MC Lozen took the stage for a longer set of original ‘90s-esque hip-hop with a skater f lair.

The headliners took the stage as a trio, with Waters on guitar, Steige (Tall Man) Turner and Mike (Armadillo Slim) Armitage.

While the earlier sets had been a little subdued due to the lack of attendance (maybe 30 attended at the peak), Tall Man and Armadillo Slim were able to pump a lot more energy into the room.

Switching between straight vocalist, an acoustic guitar and a drum machine, Tall Man tended to be the focal point while Armadillo Slim hid behind the turntables a little more, but when the beat was set Slim would jump out with big energy.

Together they had a friendly,

Animal Nation (pictured) and special guests MC Lozen and Rob Banks bring some hip-hop to Heroes Pub Oct. 17.

loose style, a little bit rowdy at times, balanced with a relaxed attitude.

The style of music leant itself to the personalities on stage as well – bouncy and fun loving verses for the most part. The set included tracks about being locked in a zoo (“Party Animals”) and bacon (“Bacon and Eggs”).

For the most part they played the slightly goofy jokesters, not a parody band, but a group looking to have fun no matter the location.

—PHOTO BY JULIA MARKS At the same time, a couple tracks, like “Wooden Roller Coaster,” which have a heartfelt core, add dimension to the group. The overall sound was a throwback in some ways to the DJ and sampling (of which they had a good-sized selection) which was more common in the ‘90s.

With a few friends in the crowd to play up to, including one with a spectacular standing flip, and some b-girl moves from MC Lozen, Animal Nation provided a unique and in some ways, a very Whistler sound.

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The Omega · Volume 22, Issue 8

Arts & Entertainment

Film review: CFBX Record Fair Beasts of the Southern Wild enters fifth year longing for her mother, filtered through the child’s curious mind. Ω Contributor Wallis portrays a very strong character, and although her spo“The brave men stay and watch ken dialogue in the film is reit happen. They don’t run.” luctant at times, her narration is What is it that makes people confident and wondrous binding who live in disaster areas come every scene of the film together. back to rebuild, time after time?

Her ferocity and bravery are alBeasts of the Southern Wild gets ways apparent. close to answering that question Typically in a movie about and provides a harrowing fatherimpoverished people, it’s asdaughter tale of survival along sumed that the ultimate goal is the way. some kind of upward The film tells the stomobility, but the resiry of six-year-old Hushdents of The Bathtub puppy (Quvenzhané want only to sur vive Wallis) and her father there and passionately Wink (Dwight Henry), resist all attempts to be who live in The Bathrelocated. tub, a fictional bayou However, the film is community on an isnot without its issues. land separated from the The mysterious Aumainland by the ocean rochs, portrayed as and a massive levee. long-lost mythical creaHushpuppy and Wink tures who used to eat struggle to keep their cavemen, serve as a kind relationship stable and of metaphor, but their fight often, leaving link to Hushpuppy and them at odds but ultiher situation is not apmately co-dependent. parent enough.

When her father’s health The shaky camera begins to fail, Hushpupstyle is also initially jarpy begins to search for ring, though it becomes her mother. much harder to notice as Beasts is a thinkthe film progresses. ing movie, and it’s one Beasts of the Southern that conjures up imWild might help you unages of post-Katrina derstand why someone New Orleans. Battered would continue to return by storms, f looded and to a place of chaos and increasingly isolated, turmoil simply because The Bathtub is porit’s home. trayed as a place where Even if it doesn’t, it’ll the struggle to simply leave you satisfied with stay home is sometimes an emotional tale of suroverwhelming.

—IMAGE COURTESY FOX SEARCHLIGHT vival in a world bloomFather and daughing with culture. ter share the screen with strong characters and environments rich in both culture and poverty. When a storm approaches, some choose to leave, but Wink’s resilience keeps him dug in at home with his daughter, prepared to fight off the storm with a bottle of booze and a shotgun.

Throughout the film, Hushpuppy provides poetic and even existential narration fuelled by the wisdom of her father and the

Contact arts@ truomega.ca to review films, albums, books or theatre productions for us!

Courtney Dickson Ω Contributor

Think your bedroom is messy?

You should check out House 8 where campus community radio station CFBX resides. Hundreds of records cover the floor and couches as The X prepares for its annual record sale.

CFBX will be hosting its fifthannual record sale on Oct. 28 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Sahali Mall. Admission is two dollars per person and there will be up to 200 door prizes for people in attendance.

Profits from admission and sales at the CFBX table will go towards equipment upgrades and repairs for the radio station.

As of Oct. 19 there were 36 confirmed vendors attending the sale this year.

Last year, 30 vendors and upwards of 200 buyers attended the event where $1,000 was raised in support of CFBX. In 2011 the event was held in the Terrace at the Campus Activity Centre. According to Brian Saunderson, a volunteer at CFBX for 10 years, they needed to change locations to accommodate the growing number of vendors and buyers.

The new location will also provide

better parking and will be easier to access for those unfamiliar with TRU campus.

Though the majority of the sale is dedicated to old vinyl, music equipment including instruments and turntables, CDs and memorabilia will also be available for purchase.

Steve Marlow, CFBX programming coordinator since 2000, is busy preparing for the sale, but is looking forward to it.

The long-term goal for CFBX is to relocate the station’s transmitter to higher ground in an effort to improve broadcasts. Marlow said this will cost thousands of dollars, but they hope to achieve this through fundraising.

Saunderson, who has coordinated the record sale since it was first established, said he has stayed at CFBX for so long because “it is such a rewarding hobby.” He hosts an alternative country music show called “Hurtin’ For Real” on Fridays at 8 a.m. and Sundays at 10 a.m.

There are approximately 80 volunteers working at the station right now.

CFBX plans to host more fundraising events throughout the year.

There are still vendor tables left to purchase for the event. The cost of a table is $25. For more information about this visit thex.ca.

Brant Zwicker, station manager for CFBX, takes a break from volunteering to browse some merchandise at last year’s Record Fair which saw more than 200 customers browse through 35 tables of records, cds, tapes, posters, stereo equipment and more. This year organizers expect more than 40 tables at the fair which takes place Sunday Oct. 28 at 10:00 a.m. at the Sahali mall.

—PHOTO BY SAMANTHA GARVEY

Puzzle of the Week #7 – Russian Roulette It is a boring Saturday afternoon so you and one of your friends decide to try a game of Russian Roulette. You know the drill: six chambers with one bullet in one chamber. Each turn, spin the ammo so that a chamber is randomly selected, then point the gun at your temple and click. (This is the original point-and-click interface.)

What is the probability that the first player will win? The second player?

Winning is defined as not being the player who gets shot. Midterms are not quite that bad.

The above scenario could conceivably go on forever, and since the day is already boring, pep up the game by spinning at the beginning only. This makes the game end in six turns at most. Now, what are the probabilities?

In the first scenario, after how many turns is it before the probability of the game still being in progress is less than 0.5? And in the second scenario?

Why are these two questions misleading?

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@ocis.net>. Submissions by others are also welcome. The solution will be posted the Wednesday after that in the Math Centre (HL210A). Come visit: we are friendly.

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October 24, 2012

Sports End of an era for WolfPack women’s soccer Adam Williams Ω Sports Editor

The WolfPack women’s soccer team wrapped up their regular season with an emotional win Oct. 21, as they defeated the Vancouver Island Mariners 3-2. For veterans Abbey McAuley, Chloe McAuley and Blair MacKay it was their final game at Hillside Stadium, bringing to a close five years of playing soccer for TRU. “It was exciting to finish with a win, it was the greatest feeling,” said co-captain Abbey McAuley. “But it’s sad. Once that final whistle blew it finally hit that it was our last game [at Hillside].”

It’s a sentiment that was expressed by all three of the ladies following the game, including MacKay, who summed her up feelings in relatively few words.

“Bittersweet. I really loved playing today but I’m said that it’s over.”

The team honoured MacKay, Abbey and Chloe following the game with flowers and framed photos of their play.

As the presentations were made and their career achievements recounted, all three fought back tears and received a standing ovation from the hometown crowd. Head coach Tom McManus spoke about their contributions following the game.

“How can you not miss them, they’re just three phenomenal la-

dies,” McManus said. “Blair has been such a standout defender for us forever, she’s solid constantly. Abbey’s got so much heart, she never gives up, even with a sore ankle she continues to work, won’t give up. Chloe, I ask her to get out on the wing, do this, do that and she says ‘Yep’ and goes out and does it.”

For the McAuley sisters, playing for the WolfPack has been a special experience. Few athletes have the opportunity to play on the same team as a sibling at the University level and Abbey spoke about what it has meant to share her five years on the WolfPack with Chloe.

“It was exciting to be able to share the last five years with my sister, but more importantly her first and last [years of eligibility],” said Abbey. “I got to see Chloe come in during her rookie year and leave as a veteran that girls look up to.

“We created memories that we probably wouldn’t have had the opportunity to if we didn’t play soccer together at TRU. I also enjoyed seeing her grow as a player and a person living in Kamloops. It’s sad to have our eligibility over, but I’m so lucky to be finishing with Chloe.”

Though they’re done at Hillside for the year, the three veterans won’t be calling it a career yet. They will head to Squamish next weekend for the PACWEST Provincial Championships in hopes of defending the title

Left to Right: Blair MacKay, Chloe McAuley and Abbey McAuley accept thanks from TRU Athletics and the WolfPack for their efforts over the years.

—PHOTO BY ADAM WILLIAMS

they won in 2011-12. The WolfPack enters the tournament as the number one seed and will face the Kwantlen Polytechnic University Eagles, a team they defeated by scores of 4-1 and 3-0 this season. McManus spoke about finishing the season on top and his plans moving forward.

“To me it’s very crucial, that was my goal at the beginning of the year,”

McManus said. “I’m proud of the girls, as far as I’m concerned they’re the champions right now, but we will be preparing ourselves properly to get ready to go to Squamish as well.”

For now, thoughts are focused on what is the end of an era for WolfPack soccer. With the departure of the McAuley sisters and MacKay in a few short weeks, the team will ex-

Adam Williams

“I’ve obviously learned a lot from him, I’m doing most of the coaching side of things, but he has a lot to give - especially with working to get the players stronger.”

The 2011-12 season will be a rebuilding year for the Wolf Pack, with a large portion of the team being new to the world of varsity ath-

perience a changing of the guard this off-season, but has its sights set on a return to the National Championships before that happens. It would be the perfect way to cap off the careers of three of the WolfPack’s best, just as Sunday’s game capped off their careers at Hillside.

“It was very, very emotional for sure,” Chloe said, “but it was great.”

WolfPack men’s WolfPack badminton soccer playoff bound makes a change at the top Adam Williams Ω Sports Editor

The Wolf Pack men’s soccer team is headed back to the playoffs.

With a win against Capilano University and a draw against Vancouver Island University (VIU) this weekend, the team improved their record to 7-3-4, good enough to clinch a playoff spot as the third place team in the PACWEST Conference; it’s a vast improvement on their 3-3-5 record last season.

“That was the first time in six years that we missed the playoffs and we knew we had a lot to prove,” said co-head coach John Antulov. “Our guys were really resilient this year and our leaders led and that was the big and that’s what we wanted.”

The ‘Pack will face Sunday’s opponent, the VIU Mariners, in the first round of the PACWEST playoffs.

In two games against the Mariners this season, the WolfPack has one win and one draw, despite a strong showing this weekend. According to Antulov, the ‘Pack’s performance Sunday could give them a psychological advantage next weekend at the provincial championships.

“These are the guys we’re probably going to be meeting in the first round of the playoffs so it was good to let them know they’re going to be in for a battle.”

For Justin Smeaton of the Wolf Pack, Sunday marked the end of a career at Hillside Stadium. Smeaton started the match for the Wolf Pack and played the entire first half.

He started the second half on the bench but came back in for the final minutes of the ‘Pack’s 1-1 draw on Oct. 21.

Smeaton is the only player leaving the Wolf Pack at the conclusion of the 2012 season.

Ω Sports Editor

For the first time in more than 25 years this weekend, Brad Pape watched the Wolf Pack badminton just for the enjoyment of the game.

“It was a nice change,” Pape said.

Pape, the longtime head coach of the badminton team, retired in April at the conclusion of the 2011-12 PACWEST season.

Replacing Pape as the head of the

squad is rookie coach Alex Perkin and his father Ross Perkin; the duo will co-coach the team this season. Alex is a graduate of the TRU Wolf Pack badminton team. His father is a longtime fixture in the Kamloops badminton community.

It’s been a relatively smooth transition for the duo and as Alex Perkin pointed out, there’s been great benefits to partnering with his father.

“It’s been good,” Perkin said.

The Wolf Pack placed fourth out of five teams this weekend, finishing ahead of Vancouver Island University but behind Quest University, Kwantlen Polytchnic University, Langara College and Douglas College. Anica Arduini and Lacey Banman had standout weekends for the team, Arduini finished fourth in singles and Banman was close behind her in sixth.

Perkin said he hasn’t felt a lot of pressure taking over from the Wolf Pack’s —Alex Perkin on Brad Pape longtime head coach.

He’s tried to incorporate lessons he letics. The team’s focus is primar- learned from Pape in his time as a ily on the future as the team will player into his own coaching style.

“He’s definitely a great coach, remain intact through 2013-2014.

“We’ve got a lot of new faces,” everyone loves him,” Perkin said.

Perkin said, “whether it’s people “He knows what he’s talking from throughout the city or peo- about, so I’m just trying to keep ple that have just tried out that we doing what he was doing and maypicked. So we’re starting more or be push the team a bit harder than less from scratch and we’re work- they’ve been pushed in the past, ing to improving our team every- so hopefully we can see some improvement.” day and every tournament.”

“He’s definitely a great coach.”

WolfPack Scoreboard

Ashley Raynes chases down a Mariners player on Oct. 21.

—PHOTO BY ADAM WILLIAMS

Soccer

Hockey

Badminton

Women’s 1-0 W vs Capilano University 3-2 W vs VIU Men’s 2-1 W vs Capilano University 1-1 Draw vs VIU

11-0 L vs Selkirk College

4th overall team finish

8-1 L vs Selkirik College

Anica Arduini - 4th in Women’s Singles Joey Chu - 5th in Men’s Singles

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