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Orientation and barbecue welcome students to campus Samantha Garvey Ω Roving Editor

Orientation Day and the Backto-School Barbecue were two informative and entertaining events for TRU students last week.

The Centre for Student Engagement and Learning Innovations, TRU’s newest department was responsible for Tuesday’s orientation presentation at the Tournament Capital Centre (TCC) and the resource fair at TRU’s Campus Commons.

“This was the most successful orientation ever,” said Sukh HeerMatonovich, manager of student engagement and retention. Based on the number of t-shirts given away at TCC, Heer Matonovich estimated 1,340 new students attended orientation while approximately 1,000 visited the resource fair.

Heer Matonovich said the goals of the centre are to encourage interaction between students and faculty. This is based off of research by the National Survey of Student Engagement, whose findings suggested students wanted more engagement with their institutions.

Another challenge the new division attempted to tackle was the information and support staff are able to provide to students, ensuring information is up-to-date and consistent across all TRU staff.

The day’s barbecue saw 140 kilograms of meat given away in hot

One of the new security phones on campus is located behind the Brown Family House of Learning beside the newly installed bike racks.

—PHOTO BY DEVAN C. TASA

One of the new security phones on campus is located behing the Brown Family House of Learning beside the newly installed bike racks.

—PHOTO BY SAMANTHA GARVEY

dog and hamburger buns, including vegetarian patties.

After a successful Orientation Day on Tuesday, tables were erected again Friday for the Back-to-School Barbecue hosted

by Thompson Rivers University Students Union (TRUSU). Kristopher Ruston and Paul Filek provided the entertainment on-stage at Campus Commons.

There were approximately 120 groups and organizations tabling to new and returning students,

which TRUSU president Dustin MacIntyre estimated to be around 4,000.

“The first week was well coordinated,” Heer Matonovich said, adding that the two events as well as the upcoming Clubs Day work well together to reach out to new students.

This year’s orientation was different from previous years in that the aboriginal and international student orientations were not separate.

That’s what you said For this week’s issue, we patrolled the grounds looking for your answers to this question:

Why did you choose TRU?

Julie McNutt

Alex Buonassisi

Raphael Jamin

“I’m from here, so it’s definitely easy to come here. It’s more affordable to stay in town.

“I’ve heard good things about the science program here so that also helps.”

“Because it’s a beautiful school and [a] beautiful city.

“I went [to the University of British Columbia before.] I also wanted variety.”

“Because of the engineering transfer program they have. I did a lot of research into it. There’s a really high level of graduation from it. As well, it transfers to most of the schools I’d like to go to afterwards.

“It gives me the chance for smaller class sizes for starting out and then I already have my foot in the door for going to the large universities to finish.”

First year sciences

First year law

First year engineering

Distinctive emergency phones installed

Devan C. Tasa Ω News Editor

Those returning to TRU may have noticed the hard-to-miss yellow poles with blue lights placed in parking lots and along paths.

The poles contain stateof-the-art, emergency bluelight telephones, four of which have been installed on campus grounds over the summer holidays with another waiting to be added, said Warren Asuchak, the university’s assistant facilities director.

“It’s all about safety and making people feel comfortable about walking on campus,” he said. “We think they’re awesome.”

The distinct phones have few buttons, allowing easy access if somebody runs into trouble.

They also indicate when something is wrong with a f lashing blue light.

Each phone costs approximately $5,000, Asuchak said.

The first two phones were installed in Lot N, located behind TRU Residence and Conference Centre.

Because the parking lot was in an outlying area, TRU administration was concerned about student safety.

“Security was really important to administration,” Asuchak said, “so they wanted to make sure we lit the lot very well so it has excellent lighting and we

wanted to make sure the emergency phones were accessible.”

Those two phones sparked a reaction from TRUSU. “We went to the institution and we said we’d like to see more of these high-tech phones and they listened,” said Dustin McIntyre, the students union president.

“No one’s approached us [with concerns], but it’s better to be proactive than reactive on this.”

The students union identified more than 20 “great” locations, Asuchak said.

“We’re just going to work together with TRUSU to try to upgrade to these new phones,” he said.

After talking with TRUSU, the university purchased an additional three phones.

Two of those phones were installed in areas that have had increased foot traffic due to the expansion of the university.

One was installed at the new bike rack located south of the Brown Family House of Learning, while the other is located in the Campus Commons near the International Building.

The remaining phone has yet to be installed. More phones will be purchased as additional money and resources become available.

The emergency blue-light telephones are used on other campuses. There are 39 at Simon Fraser University and other campuses around the province have implemented similar safety measures.

Congratulations to Tim Unaegbu for winning himself a 500GB external hard drive for headlining the back-to-school festivities article. Get in touch, Tim.

ON THE COVER: While students might not be excited about the return of deadlines, they were excited for Arkells who headlined Tunes Against Tuition on Sept. 8 held on the Campus Commons. PHOTO BY TAYLOR ROCCA

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Some are admired for their acting or musical talents — though just as often people pay attention to them simply because they’re physically attractive — and for some reason that makes them worth the attention.

The downfall for the celebrities is that because of their popularity — no matter the reason for it — they are scrutinized for their actions. Sure, they get their extra attention when they’re doing admirable things, but they’re also analyzed when they do things that are — let’s say “less than admirable.”

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Do it.

Seriously.

like they watch for Snooki or someone from Dancing With the Stars to stumble out of a bar.

Maybe they wouldn’t tazer people to death in airports.

Maybe they wouldn’t harass the women in their ranks to the point where some of those women suffer breakdowns, wrecking their lives.

Why don’t we start paying attention to them while they’re doing good things like chasing down thieves, hunting for child abductors and protecting our communities, and praising them wildly for doing so?

Maybe if we gave them the kudos they deserve when they do their jobs right, they’d assume we’d also watching be watching if they do something wrong, and reconsider their possible actions.

I don’t care that Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes broke up, I really don’t. I care even less that Chad Kroger and Avril Lavigne got together.

What I do care about is that our police are doing what we pay them to do, which is keep us safe from those who don’t want us to be. I also care that they’re not doing what I don’t want them to do, which is being terrible humans. editor@truomega.ca

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I propose we turn this attention towards our police officers.

Many of these people do a dangerous job to try and keep our communities safe for us. This should be admired and celebrated. We should consider these actions and commend these people for them.

Doesn’t that make more sense than dissecting the reasoning behind a Hollywood break-up, or praising a multi-millionaire musician for giving some money to relief efforts after a tragedy?

Unfortunately for some of these officers, it will mean that we’re also paying attention when they do things like…you know… kill people or treat women like shit.

Maybe people like British Columbian RCMP member Cpl. Benjamin (Monty) Robinson, who was recently issued a conditional sentence (meaning he will serve no jail time for his actions despite being found guilty) for obstruction of justice, would think twice about drinking at a party, getting in his car, killing a motorcyclist with it and leaving the scene to go have some more drinks so it couldn’t be proven how intoxicated he was before the accident (which by his own admission is true) if he knew people were watching him

TRUe Thoughts Taylor Rocca Ω Copy/Web Editor Week one has come and gone and we’re now edging closer and closer towards the middle of September. It’s amazing how time f lies when you’re having fun.

Last week I talked about the disappointment I found last academic year after discovering the extreme lack of a vivid campus culture, plum full of life and energy at TRU. Last week I talked about how students should get out, get involved and make their campus a place that students want to be outside of class hours.

What I failed to mention is that our students union also holds a stake in ensuring students feel at home and engaged on campus, whether that is courtesy of exhilarating events or informative,

educational sessions.

I would like to take the time to personally thank TRUSU president Dustin McIntyre and the rest of the TRUSU executive for organizing a stellar start to the 2012-13 academic season. Tunes Against Tuition was a rocking success with approximately 600 students in attendance during a beautiful Saturday afternoon at Campus Commons.

For those who don’t remember, aren’t aware or simply weren’t at TRU in 2011, the back-to-school concert was... underwhelming to say the least. In fact, it was so poorly advertised and publicized that only a small handful of students attended. Sure, you could argue that Daniel Wesley, last year’s headlining act, doesn’t hold a f lame to the Arkells, but he is still a very respectable name when it comes to the Canadian indie-music scene. Sure you could argue that the weather wasn’t nearly as favourable as it was this past Saturday, but damp weather will rarely scare students off from a free concert featuring a reputable act.

Plain and simple, TRUSU did an exceptional job at organizing and promoting this event in 2012. And they should be commended.

Now, I have only been at TRU for approximately one calendar year and apart from the night with Peter Mansbridge, this is by far the most well-attended

student-oriented event I have been witness to, or aware of.

I even hesitate to say Peter Mansbridge was a well-attended student-oriented event because, while it was most definitely a packed house when CBC’s voice of The National strolled into Kamloops in January 2012, the vast majority of that audience seemed to have seeped in from the greater Kamloops community as opposed to the TRU student community.

It’s encouraging in the early weeks of the school year to see not only a successfully run and well-attended event, but an event that was met with enthusiasm and energy from the student body.

Shows like this are just a part of what TRU needs in order to build a fruitful campus culture.

Without that campus culture, it will continue to be nothing more than a smattering of buildings filled with classrooms and students who only show apathy for anything outside the classroom, whether that be student politics, Wolf Pack athletics, the campus community radio station or even this very publication.

Kudos, TRUSU. Hopefully Tunes Against Tuition will instil a lasting impression with the student body. I know it did with me. Hopefully it is a sign for more great things to come in 2012-13. I know it has raised my expectations. copy@truomega.ca

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A bit of a downer Nicholas Kindrachuk The Sheaf (U of S)

SASKATOON (CUP) — I don’t understand school spirit.

I mean, sure, I should care about the school I’m attending and support it, if only because if no one did the school would be unable to keep up the budget to maintain classes that I am interested in.

But besides that basic financial interest in my school’s well-being, what is really confusing to me is why anyone on this earth would want to attend school functions.

Dear lord, the last thing I want to do after my classes and studying in the library is spend more time on campus. Why would I do such a thing when I could be watching the Rush Hour trilogy on cable television for the rest of the day? I know it’s unfair to compare campus activities to the golden standard that is Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker together on film, but too late.

I’m sure that for those of you who live on campus it is a nice social place to meet new people and other pleasant things. Just don’t go and try to convince me of that by texting something like, “BUT DUDE BEER GARDENS. BEEEEEEEEEEEER.” I don’t care how many e’s you put in there, I don’t give a flying Jackie Chan about it. Unless there is some magical garden that actually grows canned beer, which would increase my interest considerably.

This is the part where you start thinking, “Nick, aren’t you being a little anti-social?” My answer to that is: I have a social life beyond campus and so should you. It’s great that the school holds fundraisers and it’s a good thing to support it, but I can’t handle spending all of my days and nights in the same place.

I’ll give you an example the only way I know how. Rush Hour.

Going to school events such as Welcome Week are like the Rush Hour trilogy. The first one you attend is fresh, there are a lot of new faces and you chuckle your way through it, even if in retrospect it wasn’t that exciting.

Your second time at one of these school events is like Rush Hour 2.

You know a lot of the faces and everything is very familiar but you still have fun catching up with old friends.

Finally, the third time you go to a campus social event it is almost identical to the experience of watching Rush Hour 3. You notice everything is tired and old, trying too hard and those familiar faces aren’t even close to fresh anymore; you know them far too well. It’s just the same old thing over and over. You should have stopped at number two.

So go ahead and attend a school event. Just know that once you have been to one, you have been to them all. I apologize to the organizers; there is nothing you can do about it besides move those school events to a place other than campus. And even if you did I still don’t think I will be capable of caring.

School and party just don’t go hand in hand for me.

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Mine opposition dominates forum Devan C. Tasa Ω News Editor

Opposition to the proposed Ajax mine dominated discussion at a public forum held at TRU’s Alumni Theatre on Sunday afternoon.

The forum, organized by the TRU Facility Association, was held to encourage discussion and debate about the proposed Ajax mine. Concerned Kamloops citizens filled the 212-seat Alumni Theatre.

The open pit copper and gold mine would be located south of the city, with some portions of the facility located within city limits. At its northern-most point, the mine would be 1.5 kilometers away from the nearest housing development.

Eight presenters spoke at the forum, including coun. Donovan Cavers, TRU professors, local environmentalists and a trio of raging grannies singing songs in opposition to the mine. Only one presenter, unaffiliated with mining company KGHM Ajax, spoke in favour of the proposed project.

Forum organizer and political studies instructor Derek Cook said both pro- and anti-mine voices would be able to speak if they registered in advance and were willing to answer questions from the audience.

“I was surprised, actually, that I didn’t get more pro-mine people asking to speak,” he said.

Speaking in favour of the mine,

TRU finance professor Shahriar Hasan said according to Statistics Canada, Kamloops’ population growth was low, there were fewer jobs for younger families and unemployment was around 8.5 per cent.

“All of these numbers leads me to think: what’s the best way to energize the economy?” he said.

The 870 jobs the mine could provide would only be a first step in reversing that trend, Hasan added.

The other speakers weren’t convinced the potential economic boost would counteract any negative effects.

Elma Schemenauer, a children’s book author, said she was concerned dust from the mine would blow into the city and expose the developing bodies of children to heavy metals.

“Dad or mom might make good money in the mine,” she said, “but is it worth it if our city’s children gasp for breath, struggle with school and strain the health care system challenged by a loss of doctors that moved their families to cleaner, healthier communities?”

Frank Dwyer, a fisher that’s been involved in naturalist organizations, feared the amount of water the mine would take from Thompson River would further harm the salmon fishery.

“The Thompson is a river that is on its knees and Ajax’s impact will probably drive it into the ground,” he said.

Other concerns expressed included the effect the mine could have on the city’s image, the willingness of international students to locate to TRU, a potential for the side of the pit to collapse in a mudslide and the ability for the city and local First Nations to participate in the environmental assessment process.

Bronwen Scott, local environmentalist, reminded the audience the decision to go ahead with the mine hasn’t happened yet.

“We’ve beaten these things.

We beat the Hat Creek coal project. We beat the Ashcroft toxic waste incinerator. We’ve got f luoride out of Kamloops drinking water,” she said. “We stopped the creosote burner and we can stop this.”

Coun. Donovan Cavers, one of two Kamloops city councillors opposed to the mine, was asked if the city would have a referendum on the issue.

It is possible to have one, but the chances were “very low,” he said, adding he was told it wouldn’t be binding if there was one.

Cook said it was important to hold the forum.

“In a democracy, people need to get together and express their views and their will to the elected politicians,” he said. “The people, as we saw today, have views on this.”

The forum was the first in a series about mining. The next one will take place on Oct. 7 at the same location.

Childrens’ book author Elma Schemenauer talks about the potential effects of the Ajax mine on children at the forum Sept.

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Locate polling CUPE unions at University of station on campus: Victoria serve strike notices TRUSU Jory MacKay

The Martlet (UVic)

Devan C. Tasa Ω News Editor

Students won’t have to leave campus to vote in the next provincial election if a lobbying effort by TRUSU is successful.

The students union has been in contact with Elections B.C. to try to have an advance polling station at TRU a week before the May 14, 2013 election.

“This upcoming election is a really great opportunity for students to make post-secondary education a really important issue,” said Dylan Robinson, TRUSU’s vice-president external. “If students want to inf luence the political process, they have to vote.

Politicians won’t listen to you unless you’re going to vote.”

TRUSU sent a letter to Elections B.C. asking for a polling station in May, with a reply received in July.

The reply told the students union that Elections B.C. was willing to send a voter registration team and have the chief electoral officer speak at TRU but the decision to locate the polling station would rest with a locallybased district electoral officer.

The students union sent another letter in the third week of July to determine the contact information for the district electoral officers for local constituencies Kamloops – South Thompson

and Kamloops – North Thompson, but has yet to receive a response.

Robinson said he’s hopeful something will be worked out.

“I was really pleased with how receptive they seemed at this idea,” he said. “They seemed really excited and obviously that’ll make working with them very easy.”

The effort to get a polling station on campus is part of a greater campaign, called Vote Education, to encourage students to vote in the next election with post-secondary issues in mind.

“I should mention the campaign is non-partisan,” Robinson said. “The campaign has taken a position on tuition fees and affordable and accessible education, but that’s it. We don’t promote any one party.

“We take the platforms of the parties and what they have promised what they’re going to do for post-secondary education, present that to the membership and that’s all we do.”

The campaign was launched at Sept. 8’s Tunes Against Tuition, where students were able to register to vote and pose for a picture advertising their intent.

There will be many events for both students and community members to promote the campaign over the next school year, Robinson said.

VICTORIA (CUP) — Two unions representing University of Victoria employees served strike notices to the university on Aug. 31 after almost two years of negotiations. Employees among these groups include library assistants, ground workers, security officers and others.

Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Locals 951 and 917, which represent approximately 1350 workers at UVic, have been in negotiations with the university since fall 2010 after their previous agreements expired in March of that year. The groups brought in mediator Mark Atkinson this January to help close the gap between the university and the unions.

But after extensive negotiations throughout June, when the university made a formal offer of wage increases of 2.0 per cent in 2012 and 1.5 per cent in 2013, the unions declined to make a counter-proposal.

“We still haven’t received a response to [the offer] as of yet,” said Bruce Kilpatrick, UVic’s director of communications. “The offer was tabled in late June, and the only thing the union did after having received that offer was to serve the university with strike notice.”

Under 2001 legislation brought in by the B.C. Liberal government, before any job action such as a strike can legally take place at an academic institution, the B.C. Labour Relations Board (LRB) must designate which services and facilities are necessary “to prevent immediate and

serious disruption of educational programs.”

On Aug. 31, the LRB made its decision and outlined the positions that must remain active even in the event of a strike. The list includes security personnel, computing facilities and payroll, but not food services for some 1 800 undergraduates in oncampus residences. Cleaning services may also be reduced significantly.

The unions gave 72-hour strike notice on Aug. 31. They have stated that it is not their intention to disrupt students’ lives. Instead, the types of job action that will take place include refusing overtime work and picketing administrative buildings.

“We’re not looking to disrupt students in any way,” said Doug Sprenger, president of CUPE Local 951. “Only in the eventuality that the university does not come back to the bargaining table to negotiate a fair and reasonable agreement would we have to consider broader action that would have a greater impact on students.”

Sprenger blames the provincial government’s deliberate “starving” of post-secondary funding as the main reason behind the failed negotiations. He said the government’s plan to privatize parts of the university sector, which was revealed in government documents that surfaced last month, is putting the members of his union at risk.

According to the government document posted on CUPE 951’s website, the provincial government is looking to fast-track its “Administrative Service Delivery Transformation Project” — a program that

would see post-secondary institutions share back-office and administrative duties. Although the government says it has not made any final decisions yet, Sprenger said the proposed program is making many positions unnecessary, threatening job loss for members of his and other unions.

“Our main issues during the negotiations have been improved job security, classification of union jobs and keeping up with inflation, with job security being the most important” he said. “When the university came to the table in June with the wage increases, we said, ‘You can offer us whatever you want, but let’s talk about job security first,’ and they didn’t.”

The university disagrees with the assertions made by Sprenger and stated that there is already strong job security language in the collective agreement and that it has no intention of tabling anything that would erode those strong measures.

Kilpatrick does, however, agree with Sprenger’s assertions that a lack of funding due to the B.C. government’s co-operative gains mandate has made this round of collective bargaining more difficult than it should be.

“The mandate says to all the organizations in the public sector that if you’re going to put wage and benefit increases on the table, you’re going to have to find a way to pay for that yourself through savings, because it’s very clear that the provincial government will not be providing additional funding for any wage increases,” he said.

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PQ win represents partial-victory Visa issues delay studies for international for the student movement Erin Hudson students in B.C. CUP Quebec Bureau Chief

Micki Cowan

CUP B.C. Bureau Chief VANCOUVER (CUP) — An increase in visa application numbers and worldwide visa office closures is causing uncertainty for more than international students intending to start university classes in B.C. this September.

More than 80 international students at UBC, 30-40 at SFU and at least 10 at UVic are still waiting to find out if they will have their visas processed in time to start classes, or if their studies will need to be delayed until January or even next school year.

Bulletins put out by Citizenship and Immigration Canada listed closures of offices in Syria, Tokyo, Berlin, Iran, Belgrade and Buffalo, NY since January 2012.

Immigrations maintains these closures are not the problem, and that processing times — in most cases —have returned to what they were prior to the closures. They blame an increasing number of applications.

“The overall increase in processing times is due to the high volume of applications across the entire visa processing network,” said immigration department spokesperson Danielle Vlemmiks in an email response. She said the closures are part of the department’s mandate to modernize their network by streamlining programs and operations and moving processing to where capacity exists.

The increasing number of applications from this province may be related to the recent push to increase the number of international students in B.C. In Christy Clark’s job plan, revealed last year, her plan was to increase the number of international students by 50 per cent in four years. There were approxi-

mately 94,000 students in the province when the plan was revealed.

UBC VP students, Louise Cowin said the university is working with the provincial and federal government to try to solve the problem as quickly as possible. UBC has also expressed interest in increasing international student numbers.

“UBC remains certain that international students enrich our community and that international students are good for the province and [the delays are] an unintended outcome,” said Cowin.

First year student Elham Abouei from Iran was able to get her visa in time and made it to the first week of classes at UBC. But she said she has two friends back in Iran who are still waiting. One of them has already cancelled their flight.

In the case of Iran, visa operations were moved to Turkey.

“We all understand the government is needing to save some money because of the economic situation,” said SFU AVP students Tim Rahilly. “We’d like to find ways where these students could find a way to get their visas processed in time for the school year.”

Immigrations claims that students will soon have the option to apply for visas online and they hope to expand their network of visa application centres around the world to 150 by 2014.

But for the students who are not able to get their visas processed in time today, they will have to wait for immigrations to catch up to the increasing demand.

Editor’s note: Are you (or do you know of) a student encountering difficulty with a situation like this here at TRU? Let us know at editor@truomega.ca.

MONTREAL (CUP) — Despite a Parti Québécois victory in last week’s provincial election, student leaders say the movement is far from over.

This is despite the party’s headlining promise to abolish the university tuition hikes that prompted the protests that dominated Quebec the past year.

“This is not a complete victory,” said Elaine Laberge, president of the Fédération étudiante collégiale du Québec (FECQ), on election night in a downtown Montreal bar as the news of the PQ and Marois’ victory came in. “It’s going to be a complete victory when the Parti Québécois is going to cancel the tuition fee increases.”

Speaking at the election result party hosted by two of the student federations which represented students over the course of the general strike, president of the Fédération étudiante universitaire du Québec (FEUQ) Martine Desjardins expressed doubt that the election was an end to student mobilization.

“It’s only a baby step,” she said. “This is not the end of the mobilization. Our goal is not obtained yet; we need a resolution and a real outcome.”

Jérémie Bédard-Wien, an executive of CLASSE, the largest student body representing students throughout the strike, said that, for students, the main course of action in the coming days would be to “keep the pressure on the government” to ensure the PQ follows through on its promises concerning education.

“It’s really important to consider this repeal of the tuition hike not a victory of the electoral process or a particular political party,” he said.

“The Liberal hike has been cancelled however the PQ’s vision is very similar to the Liberals and we expect them to propose an indexation of the fees on the

cost of living. This is not something that we consider acceptable,” said BédardWien on the PQ’s proposed education policies.

At the strike’s peak on March 22, over 300,000 Quebec students were on strike with demonstrations numbering in the hundreds of thousands becoming commonplace in downtown Montreal.

Costs accrued by police throughout the seven-month-long strike in Montreal alone amount to $15 million.

The day after her election, Premier Pauline Marois stated in a press conference her intention to order by decree the abolition of the Charest government’s tuition hike, to abolish the controversial Law 12 and convene a summit meeting to discuss higher education. The same day Marois reportedly called Desjardins personally to state the importance of settling the student conflict for the PQ. Whether the PQ will be able to implement its promises remains to be seen according to Concordia political science professor Harold Chorney who specializes in public finance and policy.

“They’re a minority government.

Minority governments cannot behave the way majority governments do,” he explained.

The economic viability of abolishing the tuition hike is realistic to Chorney, but he noted that the details of the “financing formula” could cause problems — particularly if the province’s budget, passed by the National Assembly every March, runs a deficit as a result.

“Governments have to present and get approved in the assembly a budget and if you stand outside of the budget you are in political trouble,” said Chorney.

Marois promised to abolish the tuition hike through an order in council, a process that, theoretically, could be issued by the Minister of Education unilaterally.

“It’s an interesting gambit that Pauline Marois is going to try to play and

something I actually agree with — I think there ought to be what she suggests a tuition fee hike freeze until they figure out a better way of financing higher education, that’s a good idea — but that doesn’t mean that’s going to be politically winnable, we’ll see.”

Chorney also noted the potentially powerful position the upstart Coalition Avenir du Québec (CAQ) could hold with its 19 seats. The PQ occupies 54 of the 125 seats in the National Assembly.

The Liberals occupy 50.

With the defeat and subsequent resignation of former-premier Jean Charest, Chorney pointed to the state of internal disorganization within the Liberals as unlikely to try to defeat the PQ government unless a coalition with the CAQ is likely.

In the view of others such as another Concordia political science professor Guy Lachapelle, a coalition between the PQ and the CAQ is the more likely pairing.

Regardless, Corina Kajugiro, a cégep student at Cégep Rosemont, said after the election results were in that she felt the PQ would be unable to handle the problems in bed with the student conflict alone.

Marois’ final promise in her first address as premier was a promise to convene a summit on higher education — a step that university rectors and staff have wanted to take for years, according to Lachapelle.

“We never had the debate about the place of education in our society and I think that’s very important,” he said.

“It’s a question of education in our society.”

“I think it will be very interesting to watch – to see who’s nominated to be the chair, to sit on the commission,” Lachapelle added. The details of the summit have yet to be made public.

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Arts & Entertainment The battle over tuition gets loud Samantha Garvey Ω Contributor

Canadian rock band Arkells electrified a student-body crowd of 600 for the Tunes Against Tuition event on Saturday at TRU’s Campus Commons.

The Hamilton-based group was the fourth band in a lineup that filled the afternoon show. July Talk, Good for Grapes and Young Pacific were three other Canadian bands that warmed up the crowd.

Throughout the four-hour event, the noise level grew with the size of the crowd. By the time the headliners took to the stage, a pack of 600 dancing rock fans had formed at the foot of the stage.

Laced throughout the acts were Thompson Rivers University Students Union (TRUSU) president Dustin McIntyre with messages about the activities of the union and importance of voter registration.

Tunes against Tuition is an event unique to TRUSU. Its purpose is to create recognition of how tuition fees are a barrier to those seekingpost-secondary education. Reducing tuition fees is the major goal of the Canadian Federation of Students, the umbrella body TRUSU belongs to.

TRUSU lobbies all levels of government and for that reason, set up a table to register voters in the provincial election next spring.

Dylan Robinson, TRUSU’s vice-president external, said it’s important for students to inform provincial politicians that postsecondary issues should be a major focus. Other issues include high student unemployment rates and food bank use in educational institutions.

The key is mobilizing our members, said Robinson. If students are from out-of-province, they are eligible to vote if they’ve lived in B.C. for six months prior to the vote. The election date is May 14, 2013, meaning students joining TRU in September are eligible for the B.C. vote.

“It’s not a niche issue,” said Robinson. “It’s a community issue.”

Post-secondary issues are particularly relevant to the economy, said Robinson.

The funding for the show was passed in the last budget in May, when TRUSU began planning it shortly after.

“The Arkells were in the neighbourhood,” said Robinson about the success of the landing a big name as headliner.

Arkells headline the Tunes Against Tuition concert on Sept. 8 at the Campus Commons. The Hamiltonbased group was the last of four bands to perform at the close of back-to-school week. The show is meant to show support for dropping tuition fees for postsecondary education.

—PHOTOS BY SAMANTHA GARVEY

Ye Olde Canadian Music Corner

Taylor Rocca

Ω Copy/Web Editor

Brendan Kergin

Ω Arts & Entertainment Editor

Hailing from the Centre of the Universe in Toronto, Ont., Austra provides listeners with the feeling of sailing through the stars.

Noted for an airy, space-pop sound, the trio is driven by the eerie female vocals of Katie Stelmanis, who might remind some listeners of an edgier, unpolished modern-day version of Stevie Nicks (of Fleetwood Mac fame).

With distinctive electro-alternative beats that at times sound inf luenced by Trent Reznor (of Nine Inch Nails fame), Austra is certainly a unique act within the Canadian music scene, but have quickly been gaining recognition, having been nominated for the Polaris Music Prize in 2011.

The band’s name comes from

the middle name of leader singer Stelmanis, but also happens to be the name of the goddess of light in Latvian mythology. Certainly an interesting thought when you consider the various sounds and moods explored by the band.

Austra has only released one studio album to date, 2011’s Feel It Break. Also in 2011, they released Sparkle, an EP. Worthwhile songs to check out from Austra include, “Lose It,” “The Beat and the Pulse,” “Hate Crime” and “The Villain.”

W hile Aust ra might fall a bit off the beaten path in relation to mainst ream music, the band cer tainly has talent and is wor th keeping tabs on as it continues to develop and expand its musical musings.

One of the biggest buzz bands of the indie-music scene in Canada this summer was Japandroids.

The duo from Vancouver released their second proper album (kind of third) this summer. Called Celebration Rock, it impressed most critics, though the f inicky NME rained on that parade.

Their style is upbeat, punky, low-f i and loud. With the spread of musical duos in this genre, you could say they’re copying the Black Keys or Death From Above 1979, but each group brings their own style. Japandroids are actually more akin to Tokyo Police Club, though

loader, and a little dir tier. They don’t seem to want to sound like just two guys, so there’s a lot of stuff going on between them.

A par ty rock band if there ever was one, the upbeat, positive sound is anthemic at times and beats out the chaos and noise to come out on top. If people are looking for some pump-up music before a night on the town, this is the material to suggest.

Maybe not one to sing along to in the car, a la “Bohemian R hapsody,” more just to bang away at the back of the seat in front of you.

Japandroids track to check out is “The House that Heaven Built.”

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Arts & Entertainment Intense indie Aussies Blue Grotto hosts Jezabels for appreciative audience Samantha Garvey

Brendan Kergin

Ω Roving Editor

An enthusiastic crowd at the Blue Grotto was treated to the flawless floor show that is the Jezabels Monday night.

The Australian four-piece played to a crowd of 75, including many TRU students. The group easily maintained a deep connection with the audience with a palpable sense of urgency.

“The shows, they’re all a bit different because we draw our energy from the crowd,” said lead singer Hayley Mary.

She was mostly responsible for the crowd’s captivation. She stared fixedly outward, seemingly making eye contact with everybody at once.

Mary and bandmates Heather Shannon on piano/keyboard, Nik Kaloper on drums and Sam Lockwood on guitar met at the University of Sydney in Australia and released their first EP The Man is Dead in 2009.

Success from there has been climbing ever upwards. They’ve since had three titles on the popular Triple J Hottest 100 countdown, a people’s choice of best songs recounted on Australia Day on the national youth broadcaster. Their track “Mace Spray” cracked the top 20 of the countdown in 2010 and last year “Endless Summer” was the ninth-most popular song.

Already this year, the group has played nearly 100 shows according to Mary, from major festivals in Australia, to bookings in Germany and even Kamloops and other Canadian dates. But gaining audiences internationally is still a work in progress.

“It’s funny. We are at this embryonic stage at every place except Australia,” Mary said.

The band’s sound is hard to put a finger on. Perhaps the most accurate moniker is “intensindie,” which was put on their Facebook page by Lockwood and seemed to stick.

Ω Arts & Entertainment Editor 54•40 – Sept. 13 Sagebrush Theater, doors @ 7 p.m., show @ 7:30, $48.50 54•40 is doing another tour of Canada. The longtime band is celebrating more than 30 years together, with a number of hits and radio success stories on the resume.

The veterans take to the stage for an earlier show, which will no doubt include a number of fan favourites from their catalogue of mainstream and alt-rock repertoire.

Hey Ocean! – Sept. 18 with Family of the Year The Blue Grotto, doors @ 8 p.m., $17.71 (some fees included)

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“It sums up a little bit of our attitude in that it’s kind of funny, but true and serious at the same time,” said Mary said. “Depending on the show we can get a little bit forceful on stage.”

Although not a packed house, the performance’s hold on the audience was unflinching, even through occasional light banter. Mary joked that they were almost not permitted across the Canadian border.

After three EPs, the Jezabels put out their first album in September of last year, Prisoner, which was voted sixth in the Triple J Album Poll in Australia. Mary said that

all group members work together to have some contribution to every song. But only to a certain extent.

“I still won’t actually let anyone contribute to lyrics,” Mary said, “because I feel like I need to be able to have a personal connection to them to sing them convincingly.”

Everyone was convinced of her conviction for the songs.

As for future plans, the strategy hasn’t changed. “We, for some reason, had this blind commitment to taking opportunities as they came up ... And they keep presenting themselves so we keep taking them.”

Science and Tech: Human genome and a robot that is faster than you Brendan Kergin

Ω Arts & Entertainment Editor Human Genome When the Human Genome Project wrapped up its mapping project in 2003, there seemed to be some excess at the end of a person’s genetic code.

At least some of those sections are being looked at closer and a study released in the journal Science appears to have found a purpose for those extra bits. Instead of each gene being an on/ off switch for different traits, it seems that sections of the code do this and each variation gene has a much more subtle affect on the overall organism.

This may help clarify an issue genetic disease researchers have been looking into for some time.

Once the genome could be mapped, they started looking for common variations that would explain who got certain diseases.

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There had been little success in this.

Now there is the possibility a section of code with a few different combinations can lead to disease instead of one gene having the variation.

Read more at sciencenews.org Fast Robot There is a robot that runs faster than you.

The United States Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA) has developed a machine capable of running on four legs, with the front two legs synchronized followed by the back two running together.

It recently hit 45.5km/h (28.3 m.p.h.). Luckily for humans worried about a Terminator/Matrix future, the bot ran on a treadmill in a straight line, was contained in a lab and wasn’t completely wireless.

The project is working on the

robot (called Cheetah) in an effort to create a robot not reliant on wheels.

While in the ocean or air, drones and bots don’t have to worry about tricky situations like stairs, or rubble, but in most of the places humans live there’s usually debris or unusual surfaces we use our feet to navigate.

Wheels and tracks used in the field are good, but can be limiting or thwarted by a short fence.

While some robots have had the ability to walk for a while, the pace has never been very quick.

There is a video of Cheetah making the run. While it looks goofy in motion and more like it’s grasping with claws at the ground, it doesn’t take too much imagination to see it actually working.

Cheetah is still in the lab and not field-ready by a long shot, but this is a notable and symbolic landmark for an expanding field.

Read more at phys.org

Darling is a strong word, but right now Hey Ocean! is the darling of Canadian indie music.

With songs and albums all over college radio and the CBC’s Radio 3, there’s a pretty strong buzz for fans of the indie-pop, fun genre.

The Vancouver trio has been around for seven years and seems to be growing stronger each year, still touring on the strength of 2011’s Is.

Emberfield – Sept. 22 The Art We Are, show @ 8 p.m., $6 If looking for a less crowded, mellower night out, Emberfield should fit the bill. The North Vancouver quartet dabbles in a pretty chill area of music with acoustic guitars and some subdued drums. This will provide a slow down if students have been going hard after frosh week.

With food and warm drinks, the show will have more of a café feel to it than at the clubs. This means rather than trying desperately to avoid a sweat-shower from the tall, hairy guy in front, concertgoers will have the opportunity to truly engage in the music.

Dragonette – Oct. 2 with Young Empire, Data Romance, Nouveau Cactus Jacks, doors @ 9 p.m., $16.37 (some fees included) Electro-pop may not be the biggest genre out there, but it’s a dynamic one and Dragonette is one of the bigger names associated with it. Lead singer Martina Sorbara has carved out a recognizable niche, with racy tunes built for club performances. This show will be occurring just after the release of their newest album, Bodyparts, so there’s a chance some new singles will be seeping into your ears over the coming weeks.

Album review: The North

Stars is an easy bridge to cross for fans of Metric

Lauren Gagatek Ω Contributor

Montreal-based Canadian indie-pop band Stars released a brand new album entitled The North on Sept. 4, pairing tell-tale vocals with thought-provoking lyrics.

The North entertains hints of many different genres, featuring a few songs with an electronic spin to them. The first single from The North, “Hold on When You Get Love and Let Go When You Give It,” highlights the unique sounds of harp and is quickly becoming another defining track for Stars.

As with all of Stars’ previous albums, The North features songs that have substance to their lyrics, each telling a story instead of repeating mundane phrases over and over.

A fairly balanced mix of vocals shine through between Torquil Campbell, Stars’ lead male vocalist, and Amy Millan, lead female vocalist.

Each of the album’s 12 songs has a significantly different feeling to them. For a band with six fulllength studio albums, The North still provides a fresh listening experience.

It has a striking similarity to Metric, except Canadians can take pride in its uniquely Canadian roots. It is safe to say that Metric fans interested in branching out will find a perfect fit with The North. Stars band member Evan Cranley actually considered joining Metric before he joined Stars.

It’s often a challenge for artists to combine a happy medium between mellow songs, and upbeat songs, although this does not seem to be a problem in The North.

Stars has hit the mark once again, releasing a quality album just in time for their upcoming tour.

For fans interested in watching Stars open for Metric, the two bands will be passing through the area with a show in Victoria on Nov. 9, and a show in Kelowna on Nov. 12.

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Women dominate on opening weekend Men’s team manages a draw against Douglas College, “trying to find its identity”

Adam Williams

fully from now on I can keep my standards [of play] up.”

The men were unable to maintain their same level of play SunIt was a tale of two teams on day versus the Screaming Eagles. the soccer pitch this weekend for The game was played evenly to the TRU Wolf Pack — a women’s the half, but the Wolf Pack surteam that dominated and a men’s rendered the lead after halftime. team that struggled.

Kwantlen scored to bring the The women trounced the Dougscore to 2-0, before Oriol Torres las College Royals 4-0 on Satnetted his second goal of the seaurday and followed up with a son on a penalty kick.

4-1 victory Sunday versus the The Wolf Pack’s efforts to tie Kwantlen Polytechnic University the game came too little, too late; Screaming Eagles. it was a disappointing effort after The men came back from a onea strong showing on Saturday. goal deficit in an exciting game “Well it was the Saturday to secure tale of two teams. a 2-2 draw versus Yesterday we came Douglas College. out and battled with Sunday was not probably one of the as kind as the men best teams in our lost 2-1 to Kwantlen league and today Polytechnic Univerwe came out and sity. were sub-par,” said Both teams had co-head coach Sean strong moments Wallace after Sunthroughout the day’s game. weekend, but it was

—Tom McManus “I think we’re gothe women who ing to have to look clearly stated they at our fitness, we’re would not be bested going to have to on their home turf.

The weekend started off on a look at battling a little harder. I “I think our fitness was huge and our passing was very good,” positive note for the men as well. think we took this team for grantsaid head coach Tom McManus The Wolf Pack played a strong ed and it showed. They battled all after Saturday’s game versus game Saturday against Douglas over the field and we didn’t match Douglas College. “The girls were College, scoring early and secur- their intensity.”

Wallace described his team as looking for each other well and ing the draw on a penalty kick our recruits, Courtney Daly and from forward Oriol Torres. Torres “overconfident” Sunday and menKelsey Martin, were just phenom- was a menace on the field for the tioned that he believes his team is enal. They came out and did a su- Wolf Pack, playing a big part in still “trying to find its identity.” per job for me, so I’m really happy the team’s offensive efforts with While the season is relatively penalty-kick goals in back-to-back young, the men will need to figwith that.”

The rookies of the Wolf Pack games. He was named player of the ure things out soon if they hope to keep their season on track. women’s soccer team were cer- game in Sunday’s losing effort.

Both teams head to Squamish “I need to start playing at my tainly the story of the team’s first home stand of the PACWEST level,” said Torres, after scoring and Vancouver next weekend, facseason. Courtney Daly had a Saturday. “I always score, well I ing off against Quest University strong game against Douglas Col- used to score and in the last three and Langara College.

The women will have to make lege using speed and strength to or four games I didn’t. So hopesome adjustments of their own this week, though it certainly won’t be anything drastic. With eight goals-for and one against this weekend, the team was strong in its debut, but there are always tweaks to be made.

“We played sporadically to be honest,” assessed coach McManus. “The wind was a major factor for both teams. We controlled the first half against the wind and played very well. In the second I think we relaxed too much to be honest and got a bit sloppy at times. But the girls did a good job and scored another four goals, so I gotta be happy.”

The Wolf Pack return to Hillside Stadium Sept. 29 and 30 when they face off against Kelowna’s University of B.C. Okanagan.

Kickoff for both games is 1 p.m.

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notch her first regular season goal. Kelsey Martin scored twice Sunday against Kwantlen and secured player-of-the-game honours following the victory. This weekend’s performances are a testament to the skill of the new additions and the strength of the Wolf Pack’s recruiting efforts.

“It felt really good,” said Daly, when asked how it felt to score her first PACWEST goal so early in the season. “I was really nervous going into the game, but once I got [the goal] I just shook off all the nerves and kept playing.”

“They came out and did a super job for me, so I’m really happy with that.”

ABOVE: The WolfPack’s Kindra Maricle looks to take position in Saturday’s game against the Douglas Royals.

BELOW: TRU forward Oriol Torres evades a defender in Saturday’s game where they played to a draw against Douglas.

—PHOTOS BY ADAM WILLIAMS

WolfPack Scoreboard Friday

Sunday

Men’s Basketball Eastern Washington University: 87, TRU: 70

Women’s Soccer: 4-1 Win vs.

Kwantlen Screaming Eagles Men’s Soccer: 2-1 Loss vs.

Kwantlen

Saturday Women’s Soccer: 4-0 Win vs.

Douglas Royals Men’s Soccer: 2-2 Draw vs.

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Golf (Totals are for 36 holes) Team finished seventh with a total of 627.

Natasha MacKenzie finished 4th in women’s with a total of 179.

Nic Corno finished in a four way tie for 23rd with 154.

Chase Broadfoot was tied for 29th with 158.

Sean Cameron and Matt Grevenitis were tied for 31st with 159.

Results for Bobby Armstrong were unavailable by print deadline and Tim Birk did not play.

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