Issue 10

UBCO’s Student Newspaper

January 20, 2014 | Vol. 25 Issue 10

...giving them the P since 1989

The Visual Arts Course Union hosts its 12th annual art auction

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NEWS

FEATURES

UBCSUO Theatre re-opening p4 First ever Relay for Life at UBCO p5

We take a look at Art on the Line, an art auction put on by UBCO students p13

LIFE

ARTS

UBCO Film Club releases short film p6 Mexican cuisine p7

lucas glenn co.’s OK Cariboo show p19 Playtime at the Alternator p21

OPINIONS

SPORTS

Roundtable: Family on Facebook? p10 Education not a right? p11

Why don’t people use Hangar fitness classes? p24 Heat recaps p22

Corrections

Sorry we got our own email address wrong Last issue we put out a staff ad on our back page that had an incorrect contact address on it. We regret the error.

Editor-in-chief

Dave Nixon eic@thephoenixnews.com

Room 109 University Center 3333 University Way Kelowna, BC Canada V1Y 5N3 Phone: 250-807-9296 Fax: 250-807-8431 thephoenixnews.com Special thanks for this issue to Kylie Millar, the UBCO VACU, and all of the artists who contirubted to this issue’s Art on the Line Feature.

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Events Editor

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Arts Editor

Lifestyle/Opinions Writer

Laura Scarpelletti arts@thephoenixnews.com

Life Editor

Maranda Wilson life@thephoenixnews.com

Features Editor

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Sports Editor

Kaeleigh Phillips sports@thephoenixnews.com

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Brianna Ferguson

Staff Reporter

The Phoenix is the UBCO students’ free press. Editorial content is separate from the University of British Columbia Students’ Union Okanagan (UBCSUO) and from the UBC institution at large.

The editorial staff encourages everyone to submit material to the Phoenix but reserves

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the right to withdraw submissions from

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ist, homophobic, or of poor taste or quality.

publication for any reason. “Any reason” could be material deemed to be sexist, rac-

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Columnists

include articles which provide an in-depth

Scott Crawford Katie Jones

Contributors

Chynna Howard Jake Sherman Michael Sullivan

condone, promote, or express actions which are illegal under current laws. This does not examination of both sides of a controversial subject (e.g. legalising marijuana).

The Phoenix is published, in part, by the UBCSUO and is an active member of the Canadian University Press

NEWS Inactive Women’s Resource Center hosts grand re-opening

briefs UBC to use $4.3m in the fight against pine beetle More than 1 billion cubic metres of mature pine trees have been killed across more than 19 million hectares of forest land, mostly in British Columbia and Alberta.

UBC has joined partners in the Turning Risk Into Action (TRIA) Network to share $4.3 million of grant money to research methods that could stop the mountain pine beetle.

The UBCO side of the project hopes to isolate the most vulnerable areas of possible pine beetle spread and determine the best methods of strategic intervention and management.

Associate Professor Lael Parrott of UBC Okanagan’s Irving K. Barber School of Arts and Sciences will be leading this part of the project alongside Scott Heckbert, a Senior

Goodie bags on the table in the newly improved WRC space in UNC132 during their grand reEmma Partridge porter

Staff Re-

After over a year of inactivity, a new group of directors at Kelowna’s only Women’s Resource Center (WRC) hopes to build interest and set the tone for a new year.

On January 15, the center held a grand re-opening to draw attention to improvements made to the space and raise awareness of the space.

“Over the past year and a half now the Women’s Resource Center has been open but not really active, so we took it over at the beginning of this year…we cleaned it up, and spent time decorating, [and] buying new furniture and stuff for it,” said Executive Director Katelyn Fuji. Fuji was appointed November of 2013 alongside Courtney Chang and Sarah

Reilander after concerns were raised that the yearly UBCSUO funding could be cut due to lack of interest.

The WRC interior now boasts a more welcoming aesthetic after the Director’s work. “It was a lot of prep,” said Chang. They spent some of the funds that had been sitting unused in the WRC account for a long time on shirts and goodie bags were all available. The Center is annually given $2,000 dollars, which has accumulated to reflect a bank balance of over $5,000, of which $858.60 was spent on the renovations.

The UBCSUO WRC is even more important now after Kelowna’s WRC officially closed on April 27 2011, leaving it as the only one in Kelowna.

There is still a Kelowna Women’s Shelter, so Kelowna isn’t entirely without support for women in need,

On our radar

but the lack of alternatives begs the question of the WRC’s possible role in the community in the future. First, though, they have to establish a presence in the UBCO community.

Unfortunately, there was not a large turnout to the re-opening; an hour into the event there had been less than seven people. “Its kind of tough, in a way, to advertise over social media,” said Reilander, who also serves as Advocacy Representative on the UBCSUO, “I feel like, with Student’s Unions we talk about how much student apathy there is… and trying to promote ‘Well’ events and stuff like that, sometimes you don’t realize how much work goes in to promoting something and how much time that does take.”

Students who were unaware of the event will still have the chance to visit

The UBCSUO is proposing significant change to bylaw and policy at the January 29 SGM.

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the Center. “You don’t really see a lot of continuity over the summer,” said Fuji, “so this year we’re going to try to work a lot on how we can make sure that, you know, we get it up and running.”

The WRC page on the UBCSUO website describes it as a place “where women can relax, socialize, make friends, read a book, take a nap, and enjoy a good cup of tea. Previous events have included The Vagina Monologues, a Take Back the Campus March, and December 6 Memorial Services.

“And if there is a situation… [women] can totally come to us…of course we are here for support,” said Chang.

The WRC is on the lookout for volunteers, or anyone interested in discussing women’s issues with. You can email wrc@ubcsuo.ca, or drop by the center itself in UNC132.

The UBCSUO elections are coming up soon, and we’ve got three weekly issues to ensure you get the proper coverage to know who to vote for.

Katelyn Fujii elected to Senate with record low voter turnout The most hotly contested senate election ever seen at UBCO proved to be completely uninteresting to the student population at large.

Ten candidates, the most ever seen competing for one senate position, only brought out 45 voters, according to UBC. The election was run through an online portal on the SSC, at the request of the UBCSUO. Very little was done to promote the campaign besides the initial email

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CAMPUS

UPCOMING Jan 29 2014 UBCSUO Special General Meeting 5:00 p.m. / UNC106

A special general meeting has been called to vote on a resolution to put forward an amendment to UBCSUO’s Constitution and a Special resolution to replace UBCSUO’s Bylaws. We can’t promise someone won’t propose an impeachment motion, UBCO is on a roll.

Jan 30 Plugged in: Is technology connecting us? Or controlling us?

6:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. / Coast Capri Hotel, Horizon Room, 1171 Harvey Avenue

It’s getting increasingly difficult to escape technology. The spread of mobile devices has driven a culture of ‘connectedness’, where email, social media and Internet are never more than a finger-tap away. This event is free of charge but advanced registration is required. To register or find out more, visit: alumni.ubc.ca/2013/ events/dialogues/plugged-inkelowna.

Jan 31 Pitstop - University Relations and Ceremonies & Events 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. / EME 3rd floor Faculty/Staff Lounge

Don’t stay in your office drinking your coffee, the University Relations and Ceremonies & Events departments invite faculty and staff to join them for coffee and conversation at their Pit Stop event. UBC Okanagan Pit Stops give you an opportunity to gather together, collaborate with colleagues, meet new people and catch up with old friends. Cost to you – a toonie ($2). All proceeds will go to the United Way campaign.

The new theater has been painted blue, surround sound speakers placed around the seats, and a

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New UBCSUO theater finished Emma Partridge

Staff Reporter

UBCSUO Theater improvements are complete, and now UBCO students can see for themselves what more than $53,000 can do.

On November 18, 2013, our Student Union Board of Directors gave Financial Coordinator Rocky Kim the green light on the proposal that he was spearheading with General Manager Bob Drunkemolle. That proposal was to renovate the UNC theatre equipment. It took Kim three separate presentations before the board was convinced to spend such a large amount of money.

True to Kim’s word, the improved theater was fully functional by students’ return after the holidays. According to Kim, “as soon as that board meeting was over, the equipment and everything got ordered…we had the quotes and had all the numbers ready and contracts ready to go [beforehand].

As soon as the motion passed we just signed on the dotted line.”

Last Tuesday was essentially an open house for the new space, where tickets and popcorn were

free. Tickets will not always be free, but they won’t be raised over $5.

During the initiative to renovate the theater, both Kim and Drunkemolle reiterated that the theater is a student service first and foremost, which is why the price cap is in place.

However, the improvements

“The improvements ended up totalling noticeably more than what was proposed” ended up totalling noticeably more than what was proposed at Board meetings. The first quote was approximately $46,000. The next meeting saw the price being raised to approximately $49,000.

After completion, the final cost was $53,200.

“The last count, because all that stuff was just done, invoices are

[still] coming in,” said Drunkemolle, “the quote we got for the cabinet is 2,400, and it looks like we’re going to be a tiny bit over budget… I still have one more bill coming in, that’s for the second half of painting.”

Despite being overbudget, Kim maintains that the renovations are worth it. After the old equipment was removed, “the new stuff, [projector, speakers,] got mounted, the new paint went up, we took down all the banners with the cheesy quotes on them, and then you see the big shield that went up in the back just to sort of brand ourselves a little bit better.”

The space also underwent electronic renovations to make the theatre a space geared towards academic needs and a community environment. Guest lecturers or thesis defenders, as well as clubs and course unions, are welcomed to use the area and may be more inclined to do so with the new speakers, projector, and Xbox hook-ups.

Kim spoke specifically of a video

game hockey tournament closer to the Winter Olympics for a more formal open-house experience.

The UBCSUO hasn’t heard anything negative from students, and Drunkemolle is confident there would be no reason to. “We look like a consistent Student Union, so it gives the student the feeling that this is all theirs” he said.

On January 9 the theater showed the movie “Rush”, and while almost all the seats were empty, we caught up with one student who frequented the theater before the renovations and asked about noticeable differences. “The sound system is great,” said student and movie-goer Jeff Bulmer, “coming in here now, and it’s basically theater-quality sound, big improvement and very impressive.”

Editor’s note: Jeff Bulmer is a contributor for the Arts section of The Phoenix.

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UBCSUO plays Musical Meeting Chairs

David Nixon Editor-in-chief

Nick Dodds, Services Coordinator, gives his best “my bad, guys” impression after setting off the fire alarm with a smoke machine at the start of the “Big F***in’ Tight and Bright” party. “We were setting up the smoke machine, and it appears it was too powerful for the building!” said Dodds, in an exclusive interview with The Phoenix. “I was working with the smoke machine and was very concentrated, and the alarm went off! Whatever. I have a five pack and half a bag of chips in my bag.”

The alarm went off around 9:45 p.m., and left the few early party goers outside in the cold for approximately 15 minutes.

Campus fights back against cancer Laura Sciarpelletti

Arts Editor

Bhavan Panghali, Sahil Ahuja, and Mackenzie Carnes have all experienced loss as a result from cancer, but they want to turn it into something positive.

The three have found motivation from their experiences, and with the help of 12 other UBCO students they will organize UBCO’s first ever Relay for Life this March 15 in the EME building overnight from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m.

“My grandmother passed away from pancreatic cancer in 2009, which is one of the more deadly forms of cancer,” said Ahuja. “The time [between us finding out] that she had it and the time she was gone was a month. What got me was at her funeral, seeing my mom completely devastated, and me being helpless. That feeling of helplessness, I don’t want that. I wanted to be able to do something so that other families wouldn’t have to go through what my family did.”

“My mom lost her dad to lung cancer, and then I fell in love with the society,” said

Carnes. “They have amazing charities, and support events and I’ve just continued with it. Cancer affects anyone. [It] Doesn’t matter your personal or economic background, it’s in everyone’s life.”

The organizers have been taking advice from UBC Vancouver and SFU relay teams, and are encouraging students to participate by building fundraising teams. The relay will feature three ceremonies, which will focus on cancer survivors, fighting back against the disease, and building further awareness on campus.

“Canadian Cancer Society has had a decent amount of exposure on this campus,” said Ahuja.

“We’re trying to get that one unifying event to help not only fight cancer, but also student apathy. We want to start this tradition of an annual event.”

Events will be held throughout the night in between ceremonies.

Some include neon yoga, zumba, movies, a track people can walk on, a photo booth, and perfor-

mances by local bands. Most of the activities will be very high energy to encourage the theme “Campus Fight Back.”

The planning team was recently approved by the Tuum Est Student Initiative Fund, and is now looking for support and donations from local businesses. UBCO Bookstore, a

“Cancer can appear so aggressively and change your life in a matter of weeks,” -Bhavan Panghali Panago restaurant and the Student Union are among the first donators.

A kick-off event will be held during the first week of February for team captains and those who want information on making their own fundraising events.

As more students become socially aware, college students are

moving to make more of a difference, and running these fundraisers has become simpler through online platforms. More initiatives for cancer awareness are being initiated at UBCO like the “Have you Checked Your Balls” campaign from 2013.

The Canadian Cancer Society deals with all forms of cancer, rather than just one type. It’s well known as an all-encompassing body of knowledge and support.

In the months before UBCO’s first “Relay for Life,” organizers are looking for fundraising teams, survivors for the event, and donations from businesses.

More information can be found at www.relayforlife.ca/ubco.

“Cancer can appear so aggressively and change your life in a matter of weeks,” said Panghali, who lost his uncle to cancer of the lymph nodes, “and that’s what happened to my family, so I see the importance even more now in fighting it.”

The UBCSUO is without a Meeting Chair, as of January 18, after going through three different Chairs at the December 19 board meeting.

Katelyn Fujii, the Chair, “resigned” after Services Coordinator Nick Dodds challenged her ruling to send back a motion to remove gendered language from the constitution for more work.

“It was a mess and I couldn’t control it anymore, and I didn’t think I could do an effective job at the meeting,” said Fujii.

Dodds then took over as Interim Chair, and was challenged

by Financial Coordinator Rocky Kim on a ruling to postpone the approval of club funding. He stepped down as well, and Internal Coordinator Shaman McLean stepped up and concluded the meeting soon after that.

Fujii now says that she had only intended to step down for that meeting, and never formally resigned as per UBCSUO policy.

“The boards understanding was that she had resigned permanently,” said Dodds, “in hindsight, it wasn’t clarified. My impression is that it was a resignation, so acting on that we started making plans to hire a new meeting chair this semester, so we posted that. We found out that was not the case. Talking to board members, most seemed willing to accept her again.”

Dodds also said that he felt the board would want a little less strict adherence to Robert’s Rules were Fujii to continue. “We need time-cutting mechanisms,” said Dodds.

Fujii is now discussing with the executives and the board whether or not she will continue as Chair.

Shaman Mclean, Internal Coordinator, is currently acting as Meeting Chair until one is picked.

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UBCO students spreading the love!

Right: The Big F***in’ Tight and Bright party got off to a slow start when the smoke machine set off the fire alarm at about 9:45 p.m. while only a handful of people were there. Nick Dodds, Services Coordinator, was the one setting up the smoke machine when the alarm went off, which is why we got a shot of him in an Urkel like pose in front of the fire truck. All accounts said the laser show looked “really cool” with the smoke until the alarm went off, at least. Photo by David Nixon.

Above: After the setback, the party picked up slowly, and was in full swing after 11 p.m. One janitor commented to us that he found one guy in the second floor bathroom shirt off, pants off, leaning against the wall and peeing on the floor. So you can read into that whatever you like.

Photos by Nick Dodds and David Nixon.

Email us a caption to describe what Nick Dodds is doing in front of a firetruck at life@thephoenixnews.com

Left: Gennatty McCracken. Right: Students watch Tweed is Bulletproof.

Photos by Lynnette Oon

Film Production Crew holds first screening On Friday January 18th the Film Production Club held its first screening, showing their short film Tweed is Bulletproof in the newlyrenovated UNC theatre. We talked to Gennady McCracken - the project’s writer, co-producer, and co-screenwriter - about the burgeoning Film Production Club.

What prompted you to make this film?

I enjoy film making and I am very happy that I’ve met a large group

of individuals who enjoy helping me with this endeavour. Individuals who enjoy acting, doing crew work, whatever else.

Does it surprise you that on the UBCO campus there’s many people who enjoy doing filmwork, -would you expect the same from UBC Van? I wouldn’t say that there’s that many people in the Film Production Crew right now as we have

only around 15 members, so I wouldn’t say that I expected more than that. On the Vancouver campus, from what I’ve heard, they do way different things at the same time, they have a vast population there, certainly, but here it is at least nice to have a couple more interested.

Can you do it efficiently with 15 people or do you find it more difficult?

I find that it is more of a central-

ized leadership than numbers, if you have a small group of people, specifically 3 executives in the club who are willing to work together and work well together, you can get almost anything done with any number of people.

Tweed is Bulletproof was co-produced by Ryan Chan, co-screenwritten by Alexander Levstik, and executive produced by the Tuum Est Student Initiative Funding.

What is love? 201314 may seem like just a string of random numbers to people who don’t understand the language of love or Mandarin to be precise, but for those who do, these numbers have a special meaning – “Love You Forever”. UBCO student Rita Yu and Kristen Hussel set out on a love mission to get the student body to express their love by collecting portraits of students forming a heart with their hands. Their goal is to collect 1314 pictures of students on campus then creating a huge collage in the shape of a heart. The aim of the campaign is to create a loving environment between the students, professors and staff members within the UBCO community.

To get involve, you may email them through ubco201314@hotmail.com or post your very own picture on their Facebook page Love Forever 201314. Spread the love UBCO!

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Campus Style

Jayden Alexander 2nd year Environmental Science

“Well I am trying to start a new style called Neo-peasant, which is just like dressing like a peasant from years ago...just for fun”

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Manuella Mdanza

Christiana David 1st year Bachelor of Science

“My style is very unique and interchangeable and it mostly varies upon my emotional state in morning”

Hannah 3rd year Engineer

“I just try to be a little stylish and a little different, and I always want to put myself out there”

Santi Lu 4th year Management

“I would say my style is relaxed, whatever I feel like in the morning and I just put on whatever. Actually today I had a business meeting and under knit”

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The Member Services Centre is there to assist you from 9 am to 5 pm on weekdays: 1 877 795-4427 Have a Smartphone with a QR code reader? Scan the box to the left to be directed to your Plan’s website.

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FOOD + TRAVEL

the

food of Mexico

Paisley Newburn Contributor

My love affair with Mexico began in January of 2012, when I spent about four months in northern Baja volunteering with the Canadian non-profit organization Live Different. The ‘semester abroad’ of sorts felt far too short, but it gave me a taste of a culture vastly different from my own and left me craving more. When planning my next major trip abroad, this time through UBC’s own Go Global program, it seemed only natural to me that I make my way back to the country that captured my heart.

Since it is impossible to convey the beauty of a culture as rich as Mexico’s in the span of a few hundred words, I have chosen to focus on one of my favourite aspects: Mexican cuisine. It’s far more diverse than tacos and tequila. The food of Mexico is sure to surprise even the seasoned traveler. These are just a few of the delicious discoveries I have made. ¡Buen provecho!

Torta Ahogada

Burrito de Machaca Machaca is very similar to beef jerky and is featured on many Mexican menus as a filling for quesadillas or for burritos. The meat is finely chopped after it is dried and cooked with peppers and garlic before being served in a fresh corn or flour tortilla. Machaca is fantastic because it is so easy to prepare at home. The art of tortilla-making, on the other hand, is something I have yet to master!

This dish is the specialty of Guadalajara, the city I currently call my home. While tortas, or sandwiches, are found throughout Mexico, this version stands apart for it’s crunchy bread and slightly spicy tomato sauce. The word ahogada literally means drowned, and the dish is completely soaked in the salsa. My first experience with the dish (and every time since) has always been positive, although not even the locals have discovered a way to eat it without making a mess!

Chapulines

Tacos Arguably the most famous street food that Mexico has to offer, this tasty creation has indigenous roots and can be prepared in a myriad of ways. Popular tacos include birria (slow-cooked beef stew), adobada (pork cooked on a spit with pineapple), carne asada (thin steak cooked on a barbecue), and tacos de pescado (fried fish). If you are visiting Mexico, remember to be careful about the meat you order for your tacos - it can be made out of anything, so stick to types that you recognize. The same goes for salsa.

Just because it looks like guacamole doesn’t mean it isn’t spicy!

A delicacy of the Mexican state of Oaxaca, chapulines are a little different from the average snack. They are small grasshoppers, fried with garlic, lime, chili and salt until they are crispy and red in colour. While most people cringe at the thought of eating insects, I knew that I had to try them (and I have photo evidence to prove it!). While they aren’t available in conventional supermarkets, all it takes is a trip to a globos, or street market.

The society of Mexico is vibrant and ever-changing, yet still grounded in its Mayan and Aztec roots with influences from Spain. As the next semester begins and I continue my adventure in this gorgeous country, I have no doubt I’ll continue to find inspiration in the culture that surrounds me. One thing is certain- this is far from my last trip to Mexico.

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A THOUGHT FOR YOUR PENNIES

UPCOMING January 23 Resume Rescue Workshop

4pm-4:45pm / UNC 207 Hear the top mistakes people make and how to format your resumetocompeteinthejobmarket!

January 27 Research Talk

10pm-11pm/ EME 2111 Dr. Nishiguchi looks at squid mutualism and its contribution to evolutionary beneficial associations

Grad Photos

2:30pm-3:45pm/ EME Gradphotoswilloccur:Jan27-30 and Feb 6. Book a photo session onlineatwww.crossleystudios.com

Understanding Credit: Payment history & amounts owed your credit score equals: 10%: Types of credit in use 35% payment history 30% amount owed 10% New credit

January 28 8 Ball Pool Tournament The Well 8 ball rules, teams of 2 players, $10 entry fee. Register at The Well

Research to Practice Seminar

10am-11am / Arts 218 Discusses the role of spiritual carewithitinpalliativecare.RSVPto spiritualhealthcare.eventbrite.ca

15% length of history

Payment History Payment history, as you can see, is the largest chunk of your credit score. If someone is looking to lend money to you then perhaps the most important thing they need to know is how you have historically handled your debts. On a credit report this will generally manifest as a list of your various debts with marks underneath if any delinquency has surpassed 30 days, 60 days, or 90 days.

It is important to note that these

January 30 Plugged In

6:30pm-9:30pm / Coast Capri Hotel’s Horizon Room Is technology connecting us?

Or controlling us? Free of charge!

Advance registration required.

Visit alumniubc.ca

are the start points of these markers; being 25 days late generally won’t get you reported as delinquent, but that differs product to product. Conventional lenders such as banks won’t be overly concerned about 30-day-late payments beyond how they affect your score, but payments in the 60-day category are more often a cause for concern and will usually have to be addressed in any given application.

“In the event of any disputes...keep any documentation.”

Unfortunately the credit bureau system has flaws, as each company uses it differently. It is not unheard of for companies to inappropriately use their ability to report to the credit bureau, or to fail to remove a negative mark that should not have

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been on your report.

In the event of any disputes, always keep any documentation of resolution or agreement between you and the company on hand for future borrowing. Certain kinds of negative markers can last years and, even if they are on your record inappropriately, they may remain there for some time before you can have them removed. Keeping a record of any resolution can allow you to offset this mark on your credit score to varying degrees depending on the lender.

“The second largest chunk of your credit score is amounts owed”

Amounts Owed The second-largest chunk of your credit score is amounts owed.

What most often affects this isn’t the amount you owe but what percentage of your available credit you have already used. For example, take two individuals both owing $5000; the first individual has that balance owing on a single product with a maximum balance of $7000, the second individual owes $2500 on two separate accounts both with $5000 limits. The first individual has a higher percentage of their available credit on a single smaller product, so he/she will worse score than the individual with two products.

I will cover off the last 3 elements of your FICO score in the next article.

If you have more specific concerns or questions please email me and I will endeavor to address them in subsequent articles. whatscottyknows@gmail.com.

How to make chickpeas

A new year comes with lots of new recipes! I wanted to start fresh this semester with a healthy snack that satiates a chip craving...One of my weaknesses. Next time you have a movie night, roast up some of these guys. Chickpeas are an easy, low fat, high protein and high fibre alternative to potato chips.

What you’ll need: 2 cups canned chickpeas 3-4 cups white vinegar 1 tsp sea salt 2 tsp organic extra virgin oliveoil

How to: First off, line a baking sheet with tin foil or parchment paper. Then take the chickpeas and vinegar and place them in a medium sized pot. Add a dash of sea salt. It is important to bring the chickpeas to a boil and then remove them completely from heat.

Let the chickpeas sit in a pot for 30 minutes and preheat your oven to 225 degrees. Next, carefully drain the chickpeas and place them on the lined baking sheet. Give them a drizzle of olive oil and sprinkle sea salt. You can massage them with

your fingers until they become fully coated with salt and oil. Roast them for up to 45 minutes, flipping once half way through. Make sure you keep an eye on them after 35 minutes of cooking to ensure they don’t burn. The goal is to achieve crispy and golden chickpeas. These are great to enjoy as a high protein snack in class, on a salad or as a side to a lunch or dinner!

Katie jones Columnist

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OPINIONS

Generation gap: your family on facebook Illustration by Chynna Howard

What’s your most embarrassing moment with family on Facebook?

Matt: I don’t have a most embarrassing one. I think it’s all just continuously embarrassing, where anytime something gets posted I do have to have the mind of “yeah my mom is going to see this and she’s probably going to comment on it.” It’s just the nature of what facebook is and it’s omnipresent and it’s annoying as hell.

Sasha: I posted a status in the summer time, the day after I had invited the boy whom I was newly seeing at the time over to hang out while my dad was home (aka scary bonding time for them). I think it read something like "Needing a hug, or a very large drink."

I was stressed about from work, or something rather. Anyways, I LOT of people commented/ liked it randomly, and my dad commented, "Did that boy who was over last night end up leaving? Or did he sleep over? Hmmm...didn't hear him leave."

Emma: End of my first year, I posted an album of first year photos that I’ve taken through the year. And my mom saw them and one of them was of 4 guy friends of mine who were drinking and they yelled drop trow…my mom saw that and wondered what I was doing in a room with 4 boxered men. And I lived with her so I had to answer those questions. *sets off a domino effect of people yelling drop trow in the room*

Alex: My mom, after watching the Phoenix video, posted on Facebook that I had to get a blazer. I’d been wearing Gennady’s blazer (our Video Editor), and he was in the room when I saw her post.

Gennady was very flustered and offended at that as he says it was an “expensive jacket”.

Editor’s Note: Haters gonna hate

When parents misunderstand Facebook Sasha: My dad thinks that every time anyone posts something on Facebook, they're "sending" it to him... such as random party pictures that my best friend is tagged in, saying things like, "Uh oh Kaylo! Who's this boy? Does Dad know him???" [And] my mother “pins” probably a hundred home decor pictures on Pinterest a day, and she unknowingly clicked the button that gives Facebook permission to publish all of these “pins.” My newsfeed is constantly full of “Sonja Curry Pinned Flower Pot Madness” etc.along with like ten other similar posts and pictures of beds and kitchens. This is an ongoing joke between all of my friends... I told her to change her Pinterest settings but she claims that she doesn’t know how.

Are there any family members who you would never want to get Facebook?

Dave: I’m deathly afraid of if my Mom got Facebook. She once sat my girlfriend down in Grade 12 and “casually” started talking about a story she read of a teen pregnancy. She went in-depth into the details of the story and then ended it with, well, not a warning, but one of those: “always good to know about these things.” All I could do was watch in horror.

She also bought me and my friend burgers once and then used it to talk about how dangerous crystal meth is. There was no prompting – I wasn’t acting weird, I was a pretty straight edge kid. She didn’t start with the dangers of lesser drugs first either, just jumped right into crystal meth. My friend has never let me live down the time

Dave (cont. from left): my mom hosted him and I A&W Crystal Meth Intervention. I love her of course...but anytime she brings Facebook up she’ll voice doubts about privacy, and I’ll just nod and say “yeah yeah, you don’t want to put all that information out there, too dangerous.”

Emma: My Grandparents, they’re so nosy. And they’re also 95 so they’ve got some pretty conventional ideas... one time we tried to show them what Facebook is. And as we scrolled down my grandmother asked who each and every individual is, and there were tons... nope way too nosy for Facebook.

Have a really embarrassing/hilarious social media story to tell, with or without parents? Send it in to opinions@thephoenixnews.com

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Kelowna is NOT the 8th happiest city in Canada

Education is not a right Michael Sullivan

The Muse - Memorial University

ST. JOHNS - To say that tuition is too low is an unthinkable offense to “student movement” fundamentalists, for surely “education is a Right.”

However, despite my own immediate interests and an excess of Canadian Federation of Students posters dangling around the Memorial University of Newfoundland (MUN) campus, I have come to a different conclusion. I have come to believe that tuition fees should not be lowered.

Rather, they should be raised.

Low-tuition advocates claim that higher fees constitute a barrier to education for students from low-income backgrounds and deter them from studying at post-secondary institutions. Although this claim seems compelling, there is no empirical evidence to support it.

In 2007, for example, high-tuition jurisdictions Nova Scotia and Ontario had high rates of university participation for youth from lower-income families at 42.7 per cent and 42.5 per cent respectively. In Manitoba and Newfoundland and Labrador, low-tuition provinces, only 36.7 per cent and (a shockingly low) 30.1 per cent of such youth are students. However, participation rates for the top three quartiles are highest in our province.

With provisions in place for student loans and grants, tuition is not a significant deterrent to education. In fact, raising tuition would allow the university to take more of wealthier students’ money, which could be used to pay for aid programs and other investments that could improve our education.

It is also unfair to keep tuition rates too low. In Canada, high school graduates earn just over half of what university graduates do on average; that is, university students benefit tremendously from their degrees.

Furthermore, they are the prime beneficiaries of their own educations.

An investment in a degree benefits the recipient more than anyone else; graduates are in a position to eventually pay for their degrees; and the alternatives to a tuition hike are: i) no new funding for MUN, ii) more debt or iii) higher taxes. Thus, it is reasonable to expect students to pay more.

Like low-tuition advocates, I believe MUN could do better with more funding. I merely also believe the best way to get this funding is from its direct beneficiaries in the case that they can pay.

Weighing a tax increase against a tuition increase is particularly interesting as it raises the question: should the general public be forced to pay for degrees that will likely make their recipients better off than average?

The common sense answer is no — to suggest yes is to endorse an upward redistribution of wealth.

But even if raising tuition fees provides a net benefit, do people have some inviolable right to education? Of course not. Rights are things that government can’t take away from you without first unreasonably violating your person, not things they have to give you. So, while access to education is a right, having tuition paid for is not.

Furthermore, subsidized education is not a constitutionally enshrined right in Canada. And the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights does not compel signatories to axe tuition. By dogmatically suggesting that education is a right, the Canadian Federation of Students’ prevents dialogue on pragmatic reforms to Canadian education—dialogues that don’t always start and end with tuition elimination.

As a student, it is not in my immediate interest to be arguing for higher tuition. But the interests of society as indicated by reason, and general principles of justice, should come above crude calculations of immediate self-interest. Public investments in education are essential. But in finding the right balances, open-mindedness and willingness to consider a variety of alternatives is essential. In this case, it seems as though a policy unthinkable to many is one that could be beneficial for most.

This article was originally published in The Muse , Memorial University’s student newspaper, and it won the John H. McDonald award for best opinion writing in Canadian student journalism at the Canadian University Press National Conference this weekend in Edmonton.

A JetPac City Guides study called Kelowna the 8th happiest city in Canada based on Instagram photos.

18%

Kelowna residents ages 15-29

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18-29

The largest age group on Instagram

Global News recently reported on a study by Jetpac City Guides that Kelowna ranked eighth for Canada’s happiest city.

Good job Global, on regurgitating a score that has zero meaning. Jetpac City Guides is an app that measures public Instagram photos and how big the smiles were of the people in them. Jetpac measures some funny things like how many hipsters or intellectuals frequent certain bars, but out of context the stats shouldn’t be used to extrapolate meaning.

On their website, Jetpac claims “Photos don’t lie.” What? Of course they do. Photos tell a story, same as an article or a novel does. It captures a small frame of reality, which can be manipulated. We’re also predisposed to smiling in photos, and are often explicitly told to – ever hear of “say cheese”?

Even if you could look past the smile bias, a trend emerges in some of the top cities in the ranking. They’re university cities. Which means they have a significant population of students with smartphones and Instagram who are completely out of touch with the reality of the locals.

Kelowna also “benefits” from a massive tourism engine in the summer months, where tons of young adults come to enjoy music festivals and fun in the sun.

According to the Pews Research Center, the lion’s share of Instagram users are ages 18-29. Kelowna’s median age is 43, according to the 2011 Stats Can census, and it has 33,780 residents ages 15-29, which is only 18% of the total population. Add on 8,000 university students (a small percentage of whom are also from Kelowna, admittedly), and we see a study that is basing the happiness of a city off of a very small percentage of people who happen to be using In-

Illustration by Lindsay

Smith

stgram at a disproportionately higher rate.

If you don’t believe the numbers, then try the anecdotal evidence of one student who has lived for years in Kingston, which won first place, and London, which won sixth place.

“Western and Queen’s have a reputation as having the most spoiled, stuck up students in Ontario. They are most stereotypically out of Toronto private schools,” the student said, who preferred to remain anonymous. “If uptight, stuck-up university students and bitter locals [are] what you would call happy, then yes.”

For now, let’s stick to rankings that use real metrics, like Kelowna’s ranking of 28 of 107 in Canada’s Top Entrepreneurial City with a population of over 150,000, ranked by the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB). Or a ranking of 76 of 190 in the Best Places to Live in Canada 2013 from MoneySense, who ranks cities on statistics like climate, average household income, crime severity, healthcare and more.

Yeah, neither of those rankings is perfect either, but it beats a bunch of university students smiling in photos. Sorry Kelowna, you aren’t as happy as Instagram thinks you are.

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Klassen’s Art on the lIne submissions: Top left: A sculpture combining the Spear of Longinus with genitalia, based on a legend in which the Spear destroyed a kingdom’s fertility by stabbing the king in his king parts.

Top right: Gollum.

Middle: Batman’s Rogues Gallery.

Bottom & far right: Klassen’s other pieces

ASHER KLASSEN: Portrait of an Illustrator

Artist Profile

Last summer, fourth year Visual Arts student Asher Klassen offered to be my personal graphic novel guru, loaning me the books he thought I’d like and pointing out specific techniques in the artists’ illustrations. Like with his love for archery and craft beer, Klassen devotes much of his time to learning everything about comics, in hopes of building his own drawing skills to their ultimate reach. He specializes in character design and character-focused illustration, and first knew that he wanted to pursue an art-focused education after watching the special features of the Lord of the Rings movies, specifically the behind-the-scenes work and concept art aspect of the design process.

He really started to think seriously about his future with art mid-high school.

“I broke my right wrist the summer before grade ten [and] had no functional ability in my right hand,” said Klassen. “The teacher at the time pushed me to build a new set of skills in my left hand, [and] changed the way I thought about drawing.”

Klassen began looking into UBCO’s Fine Arts program when his high school computer animation teacher suggested he needed a traditional art education. “l had a lot of problems with it the first couple of years,” said Klassen. “They don’t give you complete freedom yet. First year is the most tightly structured thing I have ever

experienced, except for cub scouts.

Everything is planned [and] assignment driven. It was really hard on me. I didn’t have any concept of Fine Arts as I now understand it. I had never heard the words ‘critical theory’ before.”

Even though some of the classes were a little more open, Klassen still found second year to be very assignment driven.

“When I got half way through second year, I just about dropped out,” said Klassen. “I was going to go to Vancouver Film School to jump into their classical character animation program. I thought that was still what I wanted to do.”

After being urged to at least finish his second year, Klassen started

trying to change the way he thought about what he was learning. “[I was] frustrated by how academic it was,” said Klassen. “I thought I wasn’t learning enough practical skills, and I was learning too much theory. It wasn’t what I wanted for an education, because I still had it in my head that I was going to be doing character design for movies.”

Klassen started taking the material and—instead of taking it at face value—began to apply it to what he was interested in. Now described by my roommate as “The Art Daddy” of the Visual Arts department, Klassen is well known on-campus as both a talented illustrator and an involved student. He is now the

Laura Sciarpelletti Arts Editor

president of the Visual Arts Course Union, and works as Staff Illustrator here at The Phoenix.

“I began taking my education and making it my own and started loving it,” said Klassen. “The rest has been wonderful.”

Having now changed his career focus to book-based illustration, Klassen derives inspiration from superheroes and other similar characters, and learned many of his early skills from redrawing illustrations. When asked about his physical drawing technique, Klassen says that it depends on what he’s trying to accomplish with the medium.

The artist prefers to work with ink, and enjoys the contrast of the stark black and white results.

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Ballpoint The Thinker

I can let it wander over the page as my thoughts evolve while controlling the amount of ink applied to the page. The result is scratchy, sketchy, a blend of faded grey hatching and deep black lines.

Fountain Pen The Technician

Lays down a crisp, mechanical line. Not entirely compatible with heavily textured papers, but a joy to handle on bristol. One angle of the nib gives you the fine lines of a technical draftsman, another the broad smooth strokes of a calligrapher.

Black & Grey Brush Pens The Tradesman

Graphite The Traditionalist

These are the tools of the modern cartoonist, or at least those not working solely on computer screens. Any line, any style, the brush pen is a versatile implement that carries the artist’s motion directly to the page in stark black and white. A range of warm and cool midtone illuminates form, cretes volume, and can shift the tone of a panel with little more than a stroke.

Can put down everything from a bold line to an atmospheric gradient, shifting from technical to whimsical with a simple change in pressure. The perfect tool for medieval fantasy illustration and political cartoons with that oldschool look.

Watercolour The Tennyson

The cover for Klassen’s selfpublished book of his assorted work puns on Klassen’s Art Spiegelman influence. Like Art Spiegelman’s Times self-protrait, [left] Asher’s cover features five panels using different mediums and depicting different points in his life.

Translucent, crafted washes create light and gloom, moody skies and landscapes perfectly suited to the mythical Britain that Tennyson (and Tolkien, for that matter) wrote of. The Lady of Shalott, Morte d’Arthur, Smith of Wootton Major...stories of this kind were made to be styled in watercolour.

Photo by Tika Michelle McKay

Work Asher is interested in currently: Dev Gibbons Watchmen “Dev Gibbons’ work on Watchmen is an excellent example of sequential art functioning, panel to panel, page to page.”

“At this point [my focus has] evolved into researching the intersection between comics and religion,” said Klassen.

“For example, within Christian tradition both the stations of the cross and stained glass windows qualify as comics - both are a form of sequential art.”

“I love sketching with ball point pens,” said Klassen. “It’s a thinking utensil. Fountain pens and hard pencils are very technical. [They] make very immediate and mechanical lines. That’s great if you’ve got a very detailed and structured idea of what you’re doing. But if you’re sort of just thinking out the image as you’re sketching it, you can let your hand wander with a ballpoint pen.”

Klassen has moved past his hangups with photo-realism and meticulous shading, and has adopted a controlled and stylized personal technique. A lot of the past four years has involved a self-education of sorts on the part of Klassen, as he seeks to develop his skillset beyond what is offered to him at UBCO.

Robbie Rodriguez

Federal Bureau of Physics “His lines are crazy.

He makes you believe in a world that’s coming apart at the seams, whose character can jump on a dirtbike and chase quantum tornados across the desert.”

“From a conceptual standpoint I like understanding where ideas come from, I like looking at how ideas snowball through time and cultures start in one place and [accumulate] more ideas along the way until they become concepts and paradigms,” he said.

Klassen has chosen to focus on comics, and decided to take on two minors—Art History and English— to study comics from literary and historical perspectives.

“The history of art is built up of people making pictures to tell stories,”Klassen explained. ”Everything from cave paintings to talk about the hunt, to Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel ceiling presenting an epic biblical narrative. Every artist

telling a story is employing symbolism.”

Klassen chose Jodi Castricano to be his course advisor this year, even though she is a professor of English rather than Visual Arts.

“I wanted to work with Jodi because I know that she had the critical theory background and could analyze the narrative aspects of my work, formally and conceptually, without getting caught up in critiquing my visual style,” he said.

As the fourth year show period approaches, Klassen is gearing up to incorporate his self-education and numerous findings on the technical aspects of comics to his exhibition.

“Gallery shows [are] about putting work on walls or in a space,”

Scott McCloud

Understanding Comics “He explains the language of comics in that language. It’s almost like it shouldn’t work - you can’t teach English in English.”

said Klassen. “There is no really good way to showcase a book in a gallery. So I’ve been trying to figure out how to turn the gallery into something the viewer can read. And how to take the medium, which is comics, something traditional and in a book, and have it function the same way but in a three dimensional space. Text is inherently flat.

Instead of a traditional text element, the images will be accompanied by a soundtrack: textual content recorded like an audio book.”

Along with fourth year show preparation, Klassen is also in the process of applying to the Go Global program. To see more of his work, visit asherjklassen.weebly.com.

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“Construction-yard Scraps” – A pile of lumber, detritus, reminiscent of construction-site scrap, mimics the form of a collapsed mountain caribou. A pair of mounted caribou antlers emerges from the pile, along with a leather tool belt and white trim, to evoke the texture of animal hide.

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Photo by Lucas Glenn

ATTACKING THE MACRO THROUGH THE MICRO Lucas Glenn Co. addresses problems in the tourism industry with his “OK Cariboo” exhibition

Jake Sherman

Contributor

For Lucas Glenn, the medium is the message.

A conceptual artist by his own definition, Glenn uses his installation art to comment on the deep historical roots, as well as the environmental and social implications BC’s storied tourist industry has bestowed upon its peoples.

“If the concept behind the work wasn’t there, I wouldn’t have a reason to make it…the public can choose to see this however they want,” said Glenn, “but whether

or not this is art, a bunch of objects grouped together, or social commentary, is totally up to the viewer.”

Glenn says he was inspired by Wayne White with whom he’s worked, and by what he sees in everday life.

The piece challenges climate change, immigration, and animal rights. The objects symbolize these various aspects, which is how the piece examines the macro through the lens of the micro. That theme is found in other areas too, as Glenn uses local materials to make national statements.

He combines conceptual methodologies with grassroots research to participate in a sort of social activism all his own. The exhibition expands on “the contrast between orchard packing and problems that migrant workers face here in the Okanagan,” as well as “deforestation, snowmobiling, and hunting in the Cariboo region.”

Focusing on the regional and the local, Glenn’s work reveals a tourist industry hailed as a means of stimulating economic development, which he argues has come at the cost of environmental sustainability and

social welfare. Glenn calls himself Glenn Co., which frames himself as incorporated in order to comment on the trademark manner in which he works. “Because I recycle, because I construct, it’s funny to see the practicality of having a company within the practice of art, the so called nonutilitarian practice of creating art.”

The Lucas Glenn Company maintains that foresters, snowmobilers, and industrial agriculture are the real hunters, and that in some ways we are not only hunting the mountain caribou, but ourselves as well.

With pieces like “Kicking Ass in Oil

and Gas,” which deals with the impact of quadding and snowmobiling in the Cariboo, and others that comment on the industrialization of agriculture and the atomization of its workers in the Okanagan, Glenn uses his artistic nuance to attack the corporations that have exploited BC’s precious natural resources.

“I wanted to reveal problems in the area and mediate the difference between tourism and reality,” said Glenn.

Glenn’s exhibition is on display at the FINA gallery in the foyer of the Fine Arts building.

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Campus Common Ground Anthology now taking submissions

Common Ground, an anthology of UBCO student writing exploring our relationship with the concept of place, is accepting submissions until February 15. Submissions can explore travel, geography, alienation, home, physical experience of the world, location, and many other themes. They can be poetry, fiction, nonfiction, or memoir; and must be two pages or less. Submit pieces to: common.ground.ubco@gmail.com.

from Common Ground:

Above: “You Scratch My Back” – Depicted are three archival images that document early orchardists. The pictures are often used to promote local agritourism, but Glenn Co. has used them as a backdrop to information about the exploitation of migrant farm workers in the Okanagan.

Middle Left: “A Steady Decline in the Mountain” – A take on the educational diorama format, seen in museums and elementary schools, “A Steady Decline in the Mountain” consists of fake turf, miniature blueprints, small houses, miniature lumber, toy huntsmen, and two caribou being forced downhill to the edge of the diorama.

Cavea

by Andrea Olsen Don’t clip my wings she said, but she had no use for them, regrets had already broken her ability to fly.

Her home was in the moment, where adrenaline was tangible, and her lips were stained with red wine.

She loved that time tasted bittersweet.

Dancing with the dark side of the moon, she found solace among the stars.

People think a free spirit can’t be caged, especially when they are so far from the ground.

That’s just what they want you to believe.

Below Left: “Kickin’ Ass in Oil and Gas” – An ATV surrounded by gas cans, oil drums, oil paraphernalia, and a mock gas pump feeding into its gas tank, acts as a centerpiece in the Fine Arts building.

Below Right: “Okanagan Orchard Vacation Home” – Three pairs of legs emerge from a battered doghouse, satirizing the problem of poor housing for orchard workers in the Okanagan’s backyard.

She said she had no place, always insisting you look for her in the sky, never making mention of how she got the dirt on her feet.

Vancouver comic John Beuhler visits Kelowna

Photo by lindsay@lindsaysdiet.com

The Habitat is gearing up for its new season and will begin with Vancouver professional comic John Beuhler.

Local comedian and comedy night organizer David Kopp will be joining Beuhler onstage January 25th, along with UBCO’s Amar Singh, Mitchell Akinson and Kyle Patan. Beuhler, who has opened for famous acts like Zach Galifinakis, Martin Short, Craig Ferguson, Brent Butt and Joan Rivers, is looking forward to returning to Kelowna and performing at the Habitat show. He is a veteran of the Canadian comedy scene, having had experience as a Just for Laughs performer

on CBC, as well as doing stand-up specials on CBC, CTV, and the Comedy Network. “I wouldn’t get into comedy if you want to be or need to be financially successful. It’s a labor of love mostly and you don’t make a lot of money early on,” said Beuhler. “You have to establish a reputation to work, and once working you won’t make a ton of money. But I’ve been at it for a while now and am starting to see dividends mostly in free nachos.”

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What music festivals have you been to?

Photos by Laura Sciarpelletti

Sarrah - 4th Year Psychology “[At Sasquatch] I saw Sam Roberts Band. They were on a small stage and there wasn’t a lot of people around, so it was pretty intimate.

They’re one of my favorite bands.”

Above: A participant tries her hand at fingerpainting. Below: Guest visits as the playdough table.

Intermission: Playtime UBCO students Dean Krawchuk and Emerald Kathryn Holden brought the fun to the second Intermission show of the 2013/14 season, held on Friday, January 17th. The exhibit, hosted by the Alternator Gallery, encouraged adults to entertain the idea of play. Participants fingerpainted, played dressup, sculptured with Playdough, and played Jenga, to name a few of the activities. According to the organizers, they wanted the participants to “feel free and open to follow [their] childhood inhibitions.”

Anil - 1st Year Management.

“Tomorrowland in Belgium. It was crazy! The most famous DJs like David Guetta were there. Everyone was just there to enjoy without stress.”

Photos by Laura Sciarpelletti

Left: Playing telephone, the kidway.

Above: Close call with the jenga blocks.

Tori - 2nd Year Psychology “I haven’t really been to any. I don’t know if I’d want to. I went to COG (Center of Gravity) one time. It was too crowded.”

Photo by Paul Marck

Visiting Author Series welcomes Camille Martin Canadian poet Camille Martin kicked off this year’s FCCS Visiting Author Series at the downtown library on Wednesday, January 15. She is the author of Looms, Sonnets, Codes of Public Sleeping, and Sesame Kiosk.

At the series she read from most of her collections as well as some new work. Her most moving readings were that of her poems on Hurricane Katrina, as she was living in New Orleans at the time of the disaster.

The audience turnout was quite small, but promises to be better for Don McKay’s January 22nd reading.

Keenan - 2nd Year Physics “I’ve been to EDC (Electric Daisy Carnival) [and] I went to Badlands in Calgary. It was so muddy outside. It was a crazy night.”

SPORTS

Won 67-62 Jan 17, Lost 59-50 Jan 18

To Hesitate OR to Attack?

“We played with our hearts tonight and I couldn’t be more happy about our team’s perseverance throughout the course of our season! Expect great things from us, we’re coming!”

The difference between Winning and Losing for the Heat

- Kayla McFadden 14 points, saved the game by scoring in the last two minutes, 10 points second night, second highest scorer

Top PERFORMER Kayla McFadden UBCO Heat Women’s Basketball has had a tough 2013-14 season, but their January 17 game helped their stats with a 67-62 win over Trinity Western. They were neck and neck the entire game, but the Heat came out on top in the last quarter. Trinity had 2-8 in CIS standings, similar to the Heat, but this win brought the

Emily Kanester delivered for her team as she got 2 final free throws ensuring the win against Trinity. Photo by UBCO Heat

ladies into one position better than Trinity at 6th for the Pacific division.

Prior to tonight’s game, the Women’s Basketball team’s ability to score was decreasing consistently which made the future cloudy for this team. The girls proved the stats wrong this weekend though and showed that when they rally with a strong offen-

Lost 0-3 on Jan 17, Lost 0-3 on Jan 18

Katy Klomps klomping on the ball. Photo by UBCO Heat

sive strategy they can still be a dangerous team.

“I felt that tonight’s game was not only a W on paper but also an offensive victory that we’ve been working on all season,” said Kayla McFadden, the star of the game, “everything came together tonight and we really worked off of each other to create

the best possible scoring option each time down the court.”

When the Heat lose main factor is their hesitation on the court. The girls did not hesitate in the game against Trinity, they went hard and did not give Trinity the opportunity to make up any ground. In contrast, the previous game saw Cassie Cook of the

Women’s Volleyball in a drought and thirsty for a win UBCO Women’s Volleyball have hit a dry spell since the beginning of their 2014 season with three consecutive losses against UBC and Trinity respectively. They began the second half of the season against the undefeated UBC Thunderbirds who sit at #1 in CIS overall. The pattern repeated against Trinity on January 17 - 18 when they lost both nights in Langley. Though these losses are disappointing, this extremely talented team can pull themselves out of this temporary slump and still carry UBCO to Nationals. This varsity team is far from being out of finals as they are still ranked as fourth place contenders in Canada West and will try to recover some momentum by blasting Alberta next weekend on home court.

Brandon Bobcats take over from the Heat leaving the girls disoriented and hesitant.

However, January 18 saw the girls hesitate once again, and Trinity evened the score with a win. When the UBCO Women’s team resolves to push and take risks, they’ve shown that they will dominate the court.

Top PERFORMER KATY KLOMPS Katy Klomps 7.5 points Jan. 17th, top scorer and 7.0 points Jan 18th

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Won 75-73 Jan 17, Lost 92-70 Jan 18

FocusAND Determination

“We GOTTA PLAY AS A FAMILY and as a team”

Key points in the Heat’s Wins Against Trinity

-YASSINE GHOMARI

James Lum, high scorer Jan.10-11th weekend and chief ball-handler on the court

Top PERFORMER JAMES LUM The Men’s Basketball teams’ point differentials have been steadily rising in the last five games, resulting in a win against Trinity Western on January 17, 75-73. The Heat won by a narrow margin, but despite that and despite their recent losses, their stats show a trend that the Heat is rising.

The face of a champion. The heart. The courage. The glory.

Photo by UBCO Heat

The Heat began this semester with two losses on January 10 and 11, and then again on January 18.

“We are losing by the same margin every game which is very frustrating” point guard James Lum stated. Well, Mr. Lum, your team got the sweet win that was needed, ripping themselves from the clutch-

Lost 2-3 Jan 17, Lost 0-3 Jan 18

es of the 8 point loss.

Yassine Ghomari, a point guard currently sitting in third place for shooting per game in CIS, pointed to outside factors that may have affected the game: “Playing on the road is always more difficult regardless, especially in this league. We left Regina at night and arrived in Bran-

don at three in the morning.”

UBCO Heat played with a sense of urgency and focus on their winning game on the 17, and it strengthened both their defensive and offensive plays. They executed their plays efficiently and didn’t lose their determination to win on home court after they trailed by five

Men’s Volleyball Heats up the Furnace Men’s Volleyball had an amazing start to their 2014 season with two consecutive wins against UBC, who are ranked 3rd place in Canada West. The Heat came together as a team and each player performed to the height of his potential in their respective positions. Alex Swiatloski came into his own in the second game on January 11 with 20 kills. “It was really one of the first times that I saw Alex really come into his own in his position, he showed some true grit and really demonstrated his true talent” said Nate Speijer after the game. Chris Wilson also dominated on the serve and Kristof Schlagentweit played strong defense. The Heat lost their two games against Trinity but forced them to play to the top of their ability; every set was within five points of Trinity winning. Though the team still had a much stronger game than the 2013 portion of their season, the team as a whole did not deliver an attack that could win the game and their defense failed to give their offense an opportunity to do so. Nevertheless, the Heat is improving and with more practice as a team instead of a focus on one player’s strategy, great things may still happen.

points after the first quarter. They took back the lead and ultimately won the game. The Heat lost the second night by 19 points. It was a difficult loss for this team; they need their fans to lift morale as they move on towards future games.

Top PERFORMER Kristof SCHLAGENTWEIT 37 assists Jan.17th, 29 assists Jan.18th

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GROUP FITNESS AT UBCO This is Myriam Webb.

She has 11 years of experience teaching yoga.

She has her 200-hour Yoga Alliance Certification and is working toward her 500-hour.

She teaches yoga at Global Fitness and here in the Hangar.

This is Ed Dane Medi

AKA “The Franchize” He plays on the Heat Men’s Basketball team.

He has never done yoga before.

Myriam Webb is a UBCO Instructor with great credentials. So why do her group fitness classes struggle to get participants?

The Hangar’s new group classes lack interest...

“Stretch your limbs outwards into Downward Facing Dog, lower your body, feel the strain in the arms and buttocks...”

Myriam Webb’s instructions continue as a class of two students move through yoga poses one after the other in the bottom floor studio of the new Hangar gym.

The Hangar now offers five daily fitness classes: Yoga, Spin, Zumba, Bootcamp, and Body Sculpt are all a reality at UBCO, taught by instructors with superb credentials. The question is, why have the classes had such low attendance and slow turnout? We spoke with UBCO fitness instructors Myriam Webb and Kiarra Watson and identified some possible causes.

1. The price: The number one issue that people have with the fitness classes is the $3 drop-in fee. Previously all the classes in the UNC were free for students.

Though that was an awesome perk, Hangar staff say there are actual reasons for the cost of classes rather than just trying to screw students up the arse (so to speak). “The price is fair. What is $3 for a class when it’s $18 downtown,” said Webb.

Last year, the free fitness classes were offered sparingly, maybe one class per day. That has been increased to five per day. We’re also told that funding has been decreased within Athletics and Recreation for fitness which demands innovative solutions in order to incorporate classes

“The price is fair. What is $3 for a class when its $18 downtown.”

-Myriam Webb

into the fancy new Hangar. As Kiarra Watson, a five-year Spin, Yoga, and Body Sculpt instructor who hails from Kamloops, pointed out “there was no choice for cost of fitness classes, we need to pay for increased staff but funding did not increase. Athletics and Rec tried to make it as cheap as possible”.

2. Advertising. Advertising has been sparse for the fitness classes, and few students actually know about group fitness in the Hangar. Athletics & Rec says that they have made a strong push to advertise though, so they think it points to the deeper issue of how much advertising UBCO

students are exposed to on the daily.

If you ask yourself, how many event posters, advertising schemes and sign jargon you view on campus every day, does any of it really sink in?

So fresh ways to advertise and get the student’s attention are needed.

3. The space. The studios seem to correlate well with yoga classes as smaller groups are more cohesive to a deeper and more enriching practice. As Webb, a yoga instructor teaching for 11 years stated, “a small space is needed for yoga as it allows for a small group, better for safety and alignment purposes.”

Alternatively, for bootcamp and Zumba, it can get a little cramped when you are trying to mickjag-

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Myriam Webb teaches two types of yoga: restorative and hot stone. Hot stone yoga comes from the San Fransisco bay area, where Myriam lived for several years, and involves placing hot stones on the students throughout the practice.

Webb believes that yoga is a way of life and she is inspiring as she pursues a way of life that promotes balance and peace within the physical and spiritual body. Webb also believes that yoga is useful for everyone, including Heat athletes. Stretching the muscles appropriately minimizes injury risk and should be incorporated into both mens’ and womens’ practice to promote healthy and well-rounded exercise.

You can learn more about her at myriamwebb.com or find her on Facebook.

Above: Eddie and Myriam doing plank pose in shivaysna, one of the more painful poses in the practice. Below: Working on our downward facing dog with Eddie, Kaeleigh, and Aurora. Right: Myriam and Eddie smile as they stretch their hamstrings. Opposite page: Miriam teaches Eddie the warrior pose. Photos by Laura Sciarpelletti.

Bottom-left Kaeleigh cannot access the gym because she cannot afford it; Eddie makes her sad because he can.

Bottom-right: Eddie cycles during the Hangar’s group fitness spin class.

...Is it growing pains or a failure to reach out? “resting is seen as ‘for losers’ and unproductive, yet it is a weapon. If you know how to rest, you can do anything.”

-Myriam Webb

ger those hips around. The small

space can cause limitations for certain fitness classes, but considering Kelowna weather is mild at most (an Albertan speaking here), maybe bootcampers could boot it outside and make use of the beautiful outdoors. Or the larger gym space.

4. Newness. “Every studio takes approximately two years to build a clientele,” said Webb. If this is the case, then UBCO fitness classes are experiencing a characteristic pattern in the world of exercise. The higher turnover of students at a university gym may make that comparison less viable, however.

5. Gender Dynamics. Another factor that plays into the low turn-out of

group fitness classes may be the gender division that is deeply rooted in the athletic community. Gyms tend to attract a male-dominated crowd.

And many men avoid group fitness like the plague as it is seen as a “girls only” activity. Alternatively, considering the gym is a male dominated space in many ways and it is so small, it may alienate some women overall.

It’s unfortunate though; men could easily benefit from the exercises that group fitness has to offer, including exercises for flexibility which would help with safe weight lifting and fast-paced cardio routines.

Muscle-building workouts predominate the Hangar. “Many guys are just focused on their lift

and numbers on a scale when they should be concerned [with] their overall health,” said Riley Price, a human kinetics major and UBCO gym employee who attends group fitness classes.

But the common guy mentality is to scorn yoga and stretching since they’re not active enough. Webb says that that mentality is just plain wrong. “Resting is seen as ‘for losers’ and unproductive, yet it is a weapon.

If you know how to rest, you can do anything,” “Men are naturally less flexible than women. They see women in all these bendy positions and think they should be able to do it also,” said Kiarra. But it’s hard to reach that level of flexibility. Kiarra says the fact that

it is more difficult to bend shouldn’t detract men from this type of fitness.

Instead, with practice and patience, the male gymies can become the bendy pretzels they always dreamed of being. And hey, it’s an ingenious way to meet the ladies.

There are likely a variety of factors that contribute to the low turn-out rate plagueing the new fitness classes. UBCO is lucky to have skilled instructors though, so it would be a shame if they went to waste. I’m game, are you?

Kaeleigh Phillips is the Sports Editor for The Phoenix. She also works the desk at Athletics and Recreation. You can find the group class schedule at http:// camprec.ok.ubc.ca/fitness/groupfitness. html.

The Future of the UBCSUO

Proposed Bylaw Changes Nick Dodds- Services Coordinator and Executive Chair

Special General Meeting January 29th, 5:00pm, UNC 105

The UBCSUO Board of Directors has voted to hold a Special General Meeting so that our members may vote on replacing our Bylaws with a new set of proposed Bylaws and make a Special Resolution to change our Constitution. These proposed Bylaws are intended to make the UBCSUO more effective at meeting the needs and advancing the interests of UBCSUO Students. Here’s what you NEED TO KNOW:

All information is available at: http://ubcsuo.ca/governance/general-meetings/ Hard copies available at the UBCSUO Office A Town Hall will be held to answer all Questions

Notable Changes Clarity Our current Bylaws left a number of critical issues ambiguous.

These issues include Membership, Membership fees, membership rights, role of the General Manager, and Executive member powers and duties. The proposed Bylaws include a definitions section, removal of any unnecessary components, and made other ambiguity explicitly clear wherever possible.

Budget Approval

The proposed Bylaws have taken approval of the UBCSUO Budget out of the Annual General Meeting and assigned that responsibility to the Board of Directors. The purpose of this is to allow the Board of Directors the flexibility required to appropriately spend money.

The UBCSUO has had surpluses exceeding $200,000.00 each year for at least the past 5 years. This is money that ought to go towards students. By allowing the Board of Directors to make amendments to the budget through the year, any unforeseen surpluses can be redirected to a more appropriate fund. The Board of Directors will still present the budget for discussion at the Annual General Meeting.

Representation

Noting that our school population has grown dramatically since the current board structure was developed, there was concern that it no longer accurately represented the student population. In order to do a better job of representing students the new Bylaws propose a structure that gives each faculty their own representative, as well as 4 Directors at Large to represent interest groups not captured within a faculty.

Adherence to the Law Our current Bylaws either lacked necessary components to be in accordance with the law, or were in direct contradiction with the law. Examples include: the size of majority for an impeachment, description of a member in bad standing, and excessive powers of the executive. These deficiencies have been addressed in the proposed Bylaws.

Ability to Engage

Another item of confusion this year was the process for an item to be included in the agenda of an Annual General Meeting by a member, as well as the process for members to call a referendum.

In the new bylaw petition requirements are clearly laid out to allow members to engage more effectively with their Union.

Enhanced Executive Structure As discussed in the last issue, the structure of the executive in our current Bylaws does not accommodate an independent, self directed Students’ Union. In order to have effective self direction, central leadership, and a clear separation between the members elected to make decisions, and the skilled staff hired to execute those decision must be made. This is the reason for the change in the terminology for executives from coordinators (which is also a title for some staff positions) and the creation of a new position.

Accountability Our current Bylaws allowed for the Executive Committee and even individual executive member to spend any amount of money on anything they wish, with out first consulting with any other member. The proposed laws limit the amount of money the Executive Committee can spend to $25,000, and explicitly states that this is a power of the Executive Committee. All other expenses must be approved by the Board of Directors.

Vacancies and By-elections

One controversy this year surrounded the number of appointed members of the Board of Directors. The current Bylaws allow all board members to be appointed and 2 of 3 executives.

In the proposed Bylaws, the same limits exist, but there will be a mandatory by-election held in October to fill all positions not filled in the last election (whether or not they were filled by appointment).

This means that a position can not be filled by an appointed member for more than 6 months.

Strategic Planning

A major challenge for this year’s Executive was starting the year with no direction from previous boards. In addition, considering the growth of our Union, and the opportunities still ahead of us, it is absolutely necessary that we plan for a longer timeline than a single year, if we wish to achieve our full potential. The proposed Bylaws explicitly assign this task to the President and General Manager.

Town Hall

January 24th, 4:00pm, UNC 105 The Purpose of the Town Hall is to give every Student the opportunity to get informed about the items in the agenda for the upcoming Special General Meeting.

The event will include: 3:45-4:00pm - Catering 4:00-4:30pm - Presentation 4:30-5:30pm - Questions and Answer The presentation will cover procedures for the SGM, a description of each of the agenda items, a description of what these changes mean, and justification for the changes.

GET FREE FOOD GET INFORMED GET THE MOST OUT OF YOUR STUDENTS’ UNION

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OFUNIVERSITY Act. It is a meeting of strictly business and procedure for the by-­‐law listed below.

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