Issue 1 2014-15

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September 8, 2014 | Vol. 26 Issue 1 ...straight outta Rutland since 1989

FROSH 2014

Your guide to the UBCSUO - page 2 New Services coming to UNC - 4

The F Word movie review - 6 Short Story: Afternoon Brownies - 7

Heat soccer teams in new league - 8 E-Sports becoming a big deal - 9

BC Festivals - 10 First month survival guide - 16 Create 2014 - 18

Overheard on Campus - 19 What we’re looking forward to - 19

News Editor: Alexandra Barberis | news@thephoenixnews.com | The Phoenix | September 8th, 2014

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NEWS $ 136/student Paid to the SU for advocacy and services

$ 1350/month Executive members’ salary

$ 150/month Board members’ salary

UBCO Student Union

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$ 800/month Associate VP’s salary

YOUR GUIDE TO THE STUDENTS UNION: PART 1 Alex Barberis News Editor

The UBCSUO is the student society for the Okanagan campus of UBC. It is a democratic, member-driven organization; meaning that major decisionmaking is done by members elected by students. The UBCSUO constitution states, “The purposes of the Student Union shall be to address the needs and interests of current and future students through a democratically elected group of peers that serve on behalf of the collective student body.” Those

needs are fulfilled through services and advocacy.

Through advocacy, the Student Union draws attention of the issues facing students to those with the power to address them (i.e. university administration, local and provincial government, external service providers such as BC Transit). Alternatively, when it is not possible to have other parties meet students’ needs, the UBCSUO provides services to meet their needs independently. This can be useful in negotiations with external parties; it makes the UBCSUO less reliant on their actions (they don’t have to suck up as much).

To pay for advocacy and services, all students (that’s you!) pay a membership fee of roughly $136. The total revenue from students is over a million

“The total revenue from students is over a million dollars.” dollars. The UBCSUO also generates some revenue from their businesses, although most of the businesses also rely on the UBCSUO to pay for their

Local

NEWS BRIEFS Alex Barberis News Editor

Okanagan Centre for Innovation to be built in downtown Kelowna City council approved the construction of a $35 million Centre for Innovation and Technology between Ellis Street and Doyle Avenue.

Construction of the six-story, 100,000 square-foot, modern glass building is expected to be finished by early 2016.

The Centre is dedicated to support-

space, their capital costs, and their insurance costs, making their net revenue generation negative.

Because members are elected every year, and those members are students without all the necessary skills to run an organization, the UBCSUO has staff to support the elected members while ensuring that the SU stays within the law, and their own policies. The executive members are paid a salary equal to $1350 per month, board members recieve $150 per month, and newly hired associate VPs are each paid up to $800 a month at the executive’s discretion.

So how does the union work? To put it simply, the elected members have two jobs: First and foremost, take care of the Student Union. Elected reps are not the Student Union itself, but custodians

ing innovation, technology, industry, and entrepreneurial growth within the Okanagan Valley. Its construction will create a hub for Okanagan technology companies of all sizes by providing offices for tech startup companies that would then receive support and mentoring.

There will be spaces for Okanagan College and UBC Okanagan, allowing it to act as a campus for ideas, commercialization, and commerce.

Photo: Province of BC (flickr)

of it. All they have to do is follow the policies that are already in place.

The second (and often overemphasized) job, is to take new actions not explicitly stated in policies. This requires directives from the Board of Directors (Directors give Directives, get it?). Only in absolute emergencies should action be taken without a board directive.

When the policy states that the Executive are in charge of day to day operations, this means that they are responsible for interpreting policy and directives for staff, not for unilaterally choosing actions to take. Very simply, everything that the Student Union does is either in a policy, or an approved directive from the board.

With files from Nick Dodds.

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Events September 12th

UNC Ballroom/ $0 / 1pm2:30pm Installation of Professor Arvind Gupta as UBC President and Vice-Chancellor Watch the installation of UBC’s next president in person or via live webcast on the UBC website

September 15th

Grad applications due Last day for graduation applications to be submitted by all students expecting to graduate in November.

September 16th

Glacier slope.

Photo Cred: Andrew Davies/flickr

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT MOVES GLACIALLY ON ARCTIC ICE ISSUES Recently released federal documents reveal Stephen Harper’s conservative government thwarting the efforts of scientists attempting to draw attention to Arctic ice levels.

Alexandra Barberis News Editor

Substantial changes have been occurring in the Arctic since 2012, when the Arctic ice hit it’s lowest point ever recorded. Since then, federal scientists closely monitoring these events have encountered stifling blockades when attempting to inform the Canadian public.

Multiple briefings and meetings have been requested with media to inform the Canadian public of the situation. In order for the communication plan to go through, nine levels of approval ranging from the director of ice service, to the environment minister’s office, would need to be approved. All levels failed to approve any form of media briefing.

“It’s suppression through bureaucracy,” said Katie Gibbs, executive director of Evidence for Democracy (E4D), an Ottawa-based non-profit pushing for open communication of government science.

Biologist Scott Findlay, a co-founder of E4D and member of the Institute for Science, Society, and Policy at the University of Ottawa said, the government’s “Byzantine message control”

is not only wasting time, money, and resources, but also having a “corrosive” effect on the public service.

The government has commented, repeatedly saying they have not been “muzzling” or silencing scientists, but the federal information commissioner’s office is investigating a complaint filed by the Democracy Watch and the Environmental Law Centre at the University of Victoria. This complaint claims that the government has been obstructing “the right of the media, and through them, the Canadian public—to timely access to government scientists.” The commissioner’s findings are expected to be released later this year.

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A reallocation of space has occurred amongst the Pride Resource Center (PRC), Women’s Resource Centre (WRC), and Peer Support Network (PSN).

A decision was made over the summer by the UBCSUO to move all resource centers out of their existing rooms to a shared space in UNC 109, the former Phoenix office.

With the move occurring in August,

British plumber and inventor Colin Furze built a large fart machine, which was aimed and fired at France.

Furze mentions in his YouTube video some details about making the pulse jet. He said the machine will sound like a fart from a distance but that he didn’t think the French would mind. “They’ll love it,” Furze said.

Photo by colinfurze (YouTube)

Brit builds fart machine and points it at France

Resource centres reshuffle

all resource centers were expected to be operational by the beginning of September. Due to lack of organization, it is unclear when the resource centers will be officially opened in their new space.

See full article on thephoenixnews. com. Photo: Dave Nixon

Last day to withdraw from Term 1 courses Last day for changes in registration and for withdrawal from most Winter Session Term 1 courses and Distance Education Term A courses without withdrawal standing of W recorded on a student’s academic record, and to receive a 100% refund of tuition fees.

September 16th & 17th

Okanagan Water and Biodiversity Forum Rotary Centre for the Arts (421 Cawston Ave., Kelowna) and Laurel Packinghouse (1304 Ellis St., Kelowna) / $0 / 7:30pm on 16th, 8:30 on 17th Leading experts from UBC speak to national and international organizations, and 3 levels of government speak on issues surrounding ecology, conservation, biodiversity, and water resources.

September 19th

Last day for withdrawl from full-year courses Last day for changes in registration and for withdrawal from most Winter Session full-year (Terms 1-2) courses and Distance Education Term B courses without withdrawal standing of W recorded on a student’s academic record, and to receive a 100% refund of tuition fees.

September 22nd

Last day to withdraw with 50% refund Last day to withdraw from most Winter Session term 1 and Distance Education Term A courses to receive a 50% refund of tuition fees.

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Above: Empty Space for Taco Del Mar Left: Lonely RBC ATM by the Used Bookstore awaiting construction of the full RBC Photos by: Lynnette Oon

CHANGES TO PREMIERE IN UNC: RBC AND TACO DEL MAR COMING SOON Many changes are coming to the University Centre this September.

Alex Barberis News Editor Valley First has closed its on-campus location, Taco Del Mar and RBC will be sharing the space previously occupied by Valley First, and new upgrades have taken place within the Well.

The Valley First closure comes with the termination of their five-year contract with the UBCSUO. “We asked if they were willing to renew their lease [and] they’ve worked so that they’ve chosen to leave,” said Student Union President Rocky Kim.

“Valley First has reached out to us, that they want to set up a booth [for events]. So, obviously that door is open, but they didn’t want to actually have a physical location here on campus.”

RBC is set to open in September and service students as their primary financial institution via a five-year contract. The bank will operate as a full service branch with all standard services, including one ATM and special student services such as tax aid and international student banking. Hours of operation have not yet been finalized.

Although there will be no credit union replacing Valley First on campus, the Student Union has said that the service fees charged to students will be competitive to those of Valley First.

“Valley First has reached out to us... but they didn’t want to actually have a physical location on campus” ROCKY KIM UBCSUO PRESIDENT

The five-year contract for the Taco Del Mar was signed by the Student Union on August 22nd and the opening day is tentatively scheduled for September 22nd. Hours of operation have not yet been set. Taco Del Mar will be offered on the student meal plan.

“Our hope is that [Taco Del Mar] have a full range of offerings at the most reasonable price and that they appeal to the most students, while also keeping in mind some students that aren’t the majority, for instance, the halal students”, said Kim. New upgrades to the sound system within The Well have also taken place over the summer. These upgrades fall in line with Student Union Productions (SUP) and the Student Union’s promises to throw better parties and

International

NEWS BRIEFS Alex Barberis News Editor

Ebola spreads through Western Africa Lyndon Duncan -Contributor Beginning in March, Guinea and Liberia started reporting individual cases of Ebola infections in major population centers.

Reports then began to emerge from Nigeria and Sierra Leone. The World Health Organization (WHO) reported that as of August 12, the death toll had risen to 1,013 deaths of this Ebola

draw more students into The Well.

New additions have also been added to The Well menu. The Well currently offers gluten-free options, and an array of new pizza options, such as the “I Want the ‘D’ Pizza”, featuring, you guessed it, sausage.

Entertainment options have also been added to The Well with the addition of an electronic dartboard.

“The main message I got was that they want a different vibe at The Well…I’m not just saying for the first Well Wednesday of the year. I mean that it can actually be a social place, where students want to come out on weekends, and want to come out at every Well Wednesday,” said Kim.

strain worldwide.

WHO officials stated that the rapid spread of virus has been caused in part by the relaxed response by the countries involved. Canadian health officials have stated that there is no threat of Ebola contamination or spread to Canada.

Photo: Colourized scanning electron micrograph of filamentous Ebola virus particles (blue) budding from a chronically infected VERO E6 cell (yellowgreen)by NIAID (Flikr)

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Vancouver’s Monster Theatre performs The Shakespeare Show in October 2013, one of the main shows brought in by Theatre26 last year. Photo by Laura Sciarpelletti

PERFORMANCE STUDENTS GET $15,000 GRANT Public performances in downtown Kelowna and at the University Theatre will again be possible for UBCO performance student group, Theatre26.

Alex Barberis News Editor Thanks to a $15,000 grant from the Central Okanagan Foundation, five professional productions will be staged at the Rotary Centre, the Kelowna Community Theatre, and the on-campus University Theatre in the 2014-2015 academic year.

Theatre26 is a group of work-study performance students from UBC Okanagan, supervised by a faculty

member from the Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies. The students have been staging professional shows at the Mary Irwin Theatre at the Rotary Centre for the Arts through a grant from UBC over the past year and a half, and won bronze in the Best of Kelowna 2014 promotion category for theatre groups. In order to continue staging productions, Theatre26 relies on external funding.

The money received through this grant will help cover expenses associated with these five performances.

“Now we have another season assured where we can showcase our students’ work and bring in companies and individual performers that add to the cultural vibrancy of the Okanagan,” says Cadger. “We are deeply interested

in reaching out and involving the local community with a long-term goal of creating a sustainable and more robust live-performance industry.”

The money received through this grant will help cover expenses associated with these five performances: •Sunday Service Improv Comedy (Vancouver), September 2014 •Butt Kapinski, Deanna Fleysher (Los Angeles), October 2014 •It’s going to get worse and worse and worse my friend, Lisbeth Gruwez (Belgium), January 2015 •Marooned, Aron De Casmaker and Jesse Buck (United Kingdom), February 2015 •Winner and Losers, Theatre Replacement & New World Theatre (Vancouver), March 2015

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goal of creating a sustainable, and more robust live-performance industry.”

The money received through this grant will help cover ex-

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Pot cookie prohibition deemed unconstitutional Lyndon Duncan -Contributor The B.C. Court of Appeals ruled that prohibiting the use of medicinal marijuana in the form of pot cookies was unconstitutional on August 14, 2014.

The Appeal Court released its decision determining that medical marijuana access regulations conflict with the charter rights of individuals requiring other forms of cannabis to treat illness. Currently, Health Canada

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restricts individuals suffering from debilitating illnesses access to medical marijuana exclusively in the dried form. This decision essentially greenlights the use of medical marijuana in butters, brownies, cookies, and teas.

Parliament has been allowed one year to amend regulations to allow medical marijuana users to produce products containing cannabis extracts.

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Arts Editor: Jeff Bulmer | arts@thephoenixnews.com | The Phoenix | September 8th, 2014

ARTS

The film’s title in Canada & the UK, The F Word, was deemed too scandalous for the U.S. release and was changed to What If (see poster comparison on the right)

MOVIE REVIEW: THE F WORD IS A ROMCOM WITHOUT AN OVERDOSE OF SAP Brittni Mackenzie-Dale Contributor

Predictable plot elevated by clever dialogue, fun animation, and effective music, along with charismatic performances from Zoe Kazan and Adam Driver.

I’m one of those people who say they hate romantic comedies but then fell in love with 500 Days of Summer. But I guess that isn’t totally inconsistent, since 500 flips many tropes on their heads.

ARE YOU STILL WATCHING? Bored? Want to watch a movie but don’t know which one? We dig through Netflix to find hidden gems that are actually worth your time.

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Michael Dowse’s new movie The F Word (known outside Canada as What If ) doesn’t do that. It’s a romantic comedy through and through, but it’s genuinely witty and not a cheesy try-hard.

Despite following a generic formula, The F Word still feels different—better—than the average rom-com (All right, so maybe I don’t hate them. Maybe I just hate Jennifer Garner.).

Wallace (Daniel Radcliffe) meets Chantry (Zoe Kazan) at a party one year following a split so horrible that Wallace is still heartbroken. However, Wallace and Chantry have an immediate and palpable connection that revolves around a shared sense of humour and easy banter. The script’s heavy reliance on their dialogue makes sense —

as this movie was adapted from a play (“Toothpaste and Cigars”)—and is a joy to watch. On the walk home later that night, Chantry drops the bomb: she lives with her long-term boyfriend.

Would Wallace still want to be friends?

He does. The rest of the movie unfolds as you would expect, with Wallace developing feelings for Chantry that he promised he wouldn’t have. The nervous tension between them doesn’t get old thanks to the use of intriguing subplots. Radcliffe brings an awkward allure to his role, something that I wasn’t expecting. I haven’t seen him in much after Harry Potter, other than as Allen Ginsberg in Kill Your Darlings, where he was bad-bordering-on-awful, and sort of took down an otherwise fantas-

tic movie. Here, however, he is in his element: he’s both funny and cute, and it’s easy to see why Chantry is so confused about her relationship with Wallace and whether or not she should stay with her boyfriend.

Yes, the plot is not unfamiliar. Yes, it’s easy to predict what happens. But the animation is fun, the dialogue is clever, and Kazan is so charismatic that she creates a patent pull to see what happens to her. The movie acts like a modern When Harry Met Sally, using artsy graphics (in fact, Chantry is a graphic artist), indie music, and stylish vintage clothing.

Most of the songs in A.C. Newman’s score strike a balance between bouncy and melancholic. Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeroes’ “Let’s Get High” also

Slacker (1991)

Slacker offers a peek into the lives of a variety of different people in Austin, Texas, from a tourist being picked up from the airport to an attention-hungry conspiracy theorist to a group of kids selling stolen cans of Coke. It usually does this by affording a character a monologue before switching focus to one of the other people in the shot and following them for a while.

The result is an interesting blink-andyou’ll-miss-it experience that creates a strangely cohesive narrative out of random—and honestly not noteworthy—events.

Suggested for fans of: Clerks, Pulp Fiction, Jeff Who Lives At Home How much do you need to pay attention: A lot Slacker, the directorial debut of Richard Linklater, pushes the limits of what can even be called a movie.

It’s completely open-ended, contains no visible plot, (arguably) no main characters, and all the most exciting stuff takes place off-screen.

makes an appearance.

Adam Driver is a treat. Most known for his role as a sort-of-asshole boyfriend on Girls, Driver is a much more playful character here. His lines are laugh-out-loud funny but this is clearly owed more to Driver’s delivery than the actual words. His relationship with Nicole (MacKenzie Davis) sits as a parallel for Wallace and Chantry; the titular “what if ”, constantly teasing the main couple with a near-perfect romance.

Visually, musically, and romantically pleasing, The F Word is good but not amazing. It never quite transcends its genre and falls into typical will-theywon’t-they terrain. But it makes the best within its confines, and its best is witty and full of heart.

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September 8th, 2014 | The Phoenix | arts@thephoenixnews.com | Arts Editor: Jeff Bulmer

Events September 11th

Inspired Word Cafe Centre for Arts and Technology / FREE / 7pm The IWC hosts an open-mic night this Thursday.

Admission is by donation.

September 12th

Paperboy Streaming Cafe / $10 / 7pm The finest Rock n’ Soul band in all the land plays alongside the Psychedelic Soul Rock band Bear Meets World.

September 13th

Two Bears North Streaming Cafe / $5 / 7pm Sophie Heppell and Melissa Walker bring their unique brand of indie-pop to Kelowna. The entire show will be live-streamed on www.streamingcafe.net

September 14th

Image by Sarah James

September 15th

SHORT STORY: AFTERNOON BROWNIES Xenia Virtue Contributor Kelly breathed in the aroma of the brownies in the oven. The timer blinked away, counting down the seconds to a chocolate-induced coma.

She sat upon the end of the counter, the granite cold against her thighs. Her feet kicked to each second, lightly thudding against the cupboards. Afternoon sunlight streamed in through the windows.

The light had been there to awaken her.

Kelly decided it would be an afternoon dedicated to solitude.

She yawned and stretched her arms out. Her button-up plaid shirt stretched with the movement. Her foot clanged

against a drawer. Seconds ticked by.

Only Kelly and her dad were in the house. Her sister’s note was stuck to the fridge with a Winnie The Pooh magnet: Went to Sally’s for the weekend. Be back

by Sunday night. xo The timer dinged. Kelly jumped off the counter. Her feet greeted the tile floor with the chill of a winter’s gale.

She slipped her thin fingers into bulky green oven mitts, and she opened the oven.

She leaned back and let the scent wash over her. Chocolate wafted through the house. Kelly closed her eyes. Her mouth watered.

With barely contained excitement, Kelly took the tray of fresh homemade treats out. She let them rest on

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ite countertop. Each second brought her closer to her delicious treats.

A loud bang echoed along the walls. Kelly shot a worried glance down the hall. She grabbed her phone, and her fingers punched out a text: Dad, keep it down, would ya?

She waited to hear her dad’s phone ring upstairs.

But the Death March tune from Star Wars never played. Instead, her own phone buzzed with a message: I’m at the grocery store.

Space Pirate Captain Harlock (2014)

BoJack Horseman (2014)

Suggested for fans of: Family Guy, Bob’s Burgers, Diff’rent Strokes, Ugly Americans How much do you need to pay attention: Horseman rewards diligent watchers

the counter top, and set the timer for another ten minutes. A cool down was needed.

Patience could hold out. Kelly left the glove on the counter and hovered her nose over the baked goods. There seemed to be a torrential amount of saliva in her mouth.

A noise came from upstairs. It sounded like her dad had finally gotten out of bed. She smiled. Kelly planned to cut out some of her brownies to share with her late-night-working father, though she planned to hoard most of them in her room. Netflix seemed to be calling her name.

Some thudding sounded from upstairs. The timer ticked along, and Kelly drummed her fingers against the gran-

as the titular washed-up star of a ‘90s sitcom reminiscent of The Jeffersons or Diff ’rent Strokes, currently struggling with writing his memoir. Throughout twelve episodes, Horseman explores familiar themes of fading celebrity and mid-life crises in an approachably absurd Family Guy-esque format.

If you want to write reviews of your own, contact arts@thephoenixnews.com

Tech N9ne Sapphire / $30 / 7pm Modern rap legend Tech N9ne plays with Animal Nation, Immaculate, and Krizz Kaliko.

Suggested for fans of: Star Wars, Star Trek (2009), Appleseed How much do you need to pay attention: Not much Based on Leiji Matsumoto’s late 70s manga of the same name, Space Pirate: Captain Harlock is a visually stunning animated movie about reversing time through the power of explosions.

Harlock follows the titular space pirate and his crew as they plant the last of

Airbourne Flashbacks / $25 / 9pm Australian hard-rockers Airbourne plow through Kelowna next Monday! Be on the lookout for Phoenix Arts Editor Jeff Bulmer!

September 22nd

Film Screening: What I LOVE About Being QUEER ART 386 / FREE / 12:30pm ART 103 / FREE / 6pm Both screenings of Vivek Shraya’s movie will be accompanied by a lively discussion about language, identity, and being queer at UBC. The event is free, but space is limited, so come early.

100 bombs throughout the universe in an attempt to travel back in time to an Earth that’s long gone. The locations they travel to rival most Hollywood setpieces; and the battles they have are straight out of Star Wars.

As far as plot and characters go, the film is all clichés, so there’s nothing to distract you from the eye-candy that is Harlock.

If you’re intrigued, you can read a longer review of Space Pirate: Captain Harlock on thephoenixnews.com, as well as movie reviews of Sin City 2, The Giver, Boyhood, and more.

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Sports Editor: Kevin Illomin | sports@thephoenixnews.com | The Phoenix | September 8th, 2014

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Hayley Carlson (left) tries to beat her defender in pre-season action at Northwestern on August 16.

Photo by Al Kawashima Abve left: First-year women’s soccer player Jennifer Yamaoka helps out with Rez Move-In. Bottom Left: Heat Men’s coach Dante Zanatta.

Photos by UBCO Athletics

UBCO HEAT SOCCER TEAMS KICKING IT IN A NEW CONFERENCE UBCO men’s and women’s Heat soccer teams are set to debut in CIS-level competition this year Kevin Illomin Sports Editor

Men’s Preview

UBCO’s soccer teams debuted in Canada West on Spetember 6, opening their season and inter-university sport careers on the road at UNBC. The success of the 2014-15 men’s squad will begin and end with the leadership of head coach Dante Zanatta. In Zanatta’s three previous seasons he led the Heat to a modern day record for most wins in a season and a first provincial medal. Now, heading into his

fourth season, and coming off a summer that saw him receive his National ‘A’ Coaching License, Zanatta will have a squad that features only players he has handpicked and prepared for the school’s first journey into Canada West.

Coach Zanatta has always talked about the need for some bigger bodies, especially when making the jump to Canada West, and he has shored up his entire rookie cast with longer and stronger guys to bolster his ranks.

Penticton’s Ryan Jerry (5’10), TOFC’s Cole Kingzett (6’2), Bellingham, WA product Hans Kogan, and Port Moody, BC’s Shaun Pilcher headline the team’s rookie class, each bringing a combination of size and athleticism to the Heat’s frontline.

Returning midfielders Donald “Manny” Straith, Nick Kmet, and

BY THE NUMBERS Kevin Illomin Sports Editor

Heat soccer is back and now they’re swimming with the big fishes.

Austin Jones have all flourished under Zanatta offensively, with Straith often setting the table for Jones to finish up the chances. On the defensive end, look out for third-year men Dylan Abbott, Joe Gill, Brandon McCallum,

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and Harrison Shrimptom to turn defensive possessions into quick offensive counters. Meanwhile, Zanatta’s trusted goalkeeper remains third-year Logan Ellis, who in his two years since starting has notched three shutouts.

Women’s Preview

After six years at the helm of her squad, Heat women’s soccer coach Claire Paterson has her girls ready for their first venture into Canada West, following a 40-18-19 career college record and four straight provincial medals.

Luring a bevvy of talented high schoolers to step in and bolster her roster, Paterson has stretched her arms far and wide to pick up six BC products, two from Alberta, and even three from across the Yukon and Ontario.

What former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer paid to officially acquire the Los Angeles Clippers on August 12, after the courts made rulings to settle a dispute surrounding embattled previous owner Donald Sterling. It is the highest sale in the NBA and the second in North American sports history behind the $2.15 billion sale of the Dodgers in 2012.

Three-time CCAA All-Defender Hayley Carlson is joined by first-years Jennifer Yamaoka and Jasmine Cooper. Third-year Justine Drosdovech and sophomores Katie Smillie and Rachel Parker will also get increased loads on the back line this season.

With ten shutouts in eighteen matches for the Heat over the past two seasons in PACWEST, senior goalkeeper Christine Tallon will be tested by the hot offenses of her new Canada West foes.

On the other end, Vernon product Kirsten Dodds will be looked upon to shoulder a sizeable share of the scoring burden. Dodds tallied eleven goals over her first three seasons.

Heat soccer is back and now they’re swimming with the big fishes.

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The number of recruits who have signed their letters of intent (LOI) to play for a Heat team this year. This does not include the number of new faces who may become walk-ons when tryouts roll around.

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September 8th, 2014 | The Phoenix |sports@thephoenixnews.com | Sports Editor: Kevin Illomin

70 million Estimated number of e-sports watchers

$5.3 million Total earnings (in US dollars) from 183 StarCraft tournaments (mainly in Korea)

$13.5 million Chris “HuK” Loranger of Team Evil Geniuses, a Canadian professional StarCraft II player, is one of several ‘foreign’ (non-Korean) eSports pros starting to find success at big tournaments. Here he hoists the MLG SC II trophy in 2011.

Photo by Josh Engel (flickr)

THE WORLD OF E-SPORTS IS NOW Fans and prize pools for tournaments now number in the millions Livestream site Twitch has helped grow viewership in recent years Kevin Illomin Sports Editor Playing videogames used to be the thing that only the “nerdy” kids at school did to entertain themselves, rather than go outside and kick a ball around like many of their friends. But over the past decade-plus, even the more athletically inclined began playing video games for fun, with sports titles such as MADDEN and FIFA and popular shooters like Call of Duty.

However, it was still only the nerdy ones who would take the time to watch “Let’s Players” or streams of professional gamers playing games like DOTA (Defense of the Ancients), COD, etc. The community of professional gamers has grown significantly since the inception of pro-gaming in the late ‘70’s/early ‘80’s, and also since the emergence of the first e-sports jewel, the original StarCraft. Developers now even design their games in ways to facilitate competition, often including spectator modes for non-player in-game viewers.

But in the last couple years, gaming as a spectator sport has taken off massively. This growth is in part thanks to media giant Twitch, a live videostreaming platform that was birthed in 2011, but rose to prominence in 2013 as a channel for gamers to reach a global mass audience, since TV was not going

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This season marks the 21st season for Heat women’s basketball coach Heather Semenuik, the longest tenure of any coach in campus history. Coach Sem has developed several generations of players and earned medals in the college leagues, and is now is looking for her first taste of CIS postseason glory as her squad enters its fourth Canada West tour.

to be an option for their niche interests. More than $35 million of venture capital has been invested into the platform, and as of February 2014 it was the second-largest source of Internet traffic in the in the US behind Netflix, Google, and Apple, pulling in over 40-million viewers monthly. It is estimated upwards of 70 million people now watch eSports worldwide.

Over the 2000’s global e-sports boomed, with the emergence of distinguished tournaments and organizations such as the World Cyber Games and of course Major League Gaming (MLG) hit the scene. Advancement of internet and media technologies like Twitch played a huge role, resulting in the number of major tournments going from about 10 in 2000 to 260 in 2010.

The income for pro-gamers has also come a long way from its extremely

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humble beginnings. While still nowhere near pro-athletes in major sports, the top e-sports players can expect to make close to $500,000 during their careers..

Last March, DOTA 2 made history with the largest prize pool in e-sports to date at $10 million USD. The players themselves are not at this alone, either. A complex system of teams and agents is also prevalent, with well-known teams sporting names such as Team Liquid, Evil Geniuses, and Team Dignitas. Players are recruited and traded, serve contracts, and interact with fans just like athletes of other sports. E-sports is already a vastly stable, organized, and successful system, and still growing in reach and influence.

I grew up as an athletic kid competing on various sports teams whilst also being a hardcore videogamer (mostly on PC). But it was only in recent years

The number of teams with more than two top 4 finishes at the FIFA World Cup. Reigning champ Germany (13 times) and Brazil (11) sit atop Italy (8) and Argentina (5), the next closest nations appearing at the dance since 1930.

Total earnings (in US dollars) from 1687 StarCraft 2 tournaments worldwide

$10 million

Prize pool for last March’s DOTA 2 tournament—the largest pool in esports history

that I became drawn to the e-sports scene, becoming a die-hard StarCraft II player and fan, and indulging here and there in League Championship Series.

I remember thinking how weird it was, being an avid e-sports fan, when the 2013 Global Finals for SCII were happening. I was over at a friend’s house and five of us were sitting on comfy couches, snacks and brews in hand, streaming the tournament’s final day and shouting at the screen—you could’ve switched the screen to a football match and the atmosphere and our reactions would have been identical.

That is when it truly hit me how the paradigm for video games in mainstream culture has changed, and how I wasn’t shy or embarrassed to be an esports fan anymore.

For me, and millions of others, they have become just like regular sports.

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Number of UBCO Heat athletes who came and helped over 1000 students move in to their new homes. Assisting with Rez Move-In has been a longstanding tradition for the Heat. 50 athletes also volunteered at the Kelowna Wine Country Half-Marathon on September 6.

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Concert classic with a tie dye shirt

get your frosh on! UBCO’s 2014 FROSH CONCERT

Keys ‘N Krates firing up the crowd Photos by Nathan Dobson Bottom: UBCSUO crew taking selfies with the screaming crowd

Recap by Lynnette Oon Left: Froshers went crazy when Classified took the stage Photo by Lynnette Oon

Right: Taking crowd surfing to a whole new level Photo by Nathan Dobson

Eager crowd waiting for Classified to get on stage

Photos by Nathan Dobson

Frosh week and concert grow even further after last year’s success.

Friday the 5th’s show headlined by Classified, Keys ‘N Krates, and Downlink.

The UBCSUO took FROSH to new level, partnering up with Management Student Association and Blueprint Events to bring artists such as Classified, Keys ‘N Krates and Downlink to UBCO. Tickets went for $25 for non-students, $20 for UBCO students and $40 at the door. Estimated attendance was 3000 people. Tickets sold on campus all throughout the week and were also available for purchase online, greatly increasing the accessibility for students.

This year, the line up system was cahnged so that students weren’t scattered all across the commons. A perogie food truck was also brought up to campus to feed the hungry froshers. Red Frog were also present at the event handing out water and free freezies to the partiers.

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| features@thephoenixnews.com | The Phoenix | September 10th, 2014

FEATURES

Music fests blooming in BC this summer I’m going to be completely honest to all of my readers from the get go here - I’ve never been to a music festival.

I’ve never been to an outdoor concert, worn a flower crown, or had a chance to shout “FREEBIRD!” to a tie-dyed, crochet, fringed, smoky, smelly crowd who would certainly understand the significance of such an expression. In other words, I haven’t really lived, I suppose.

Music festivals in BC are not only growing - but multiplying. Pemberton’s rebirth this year after being non existant for six years, Boonstock’s move from Alberta to Penticton, and Shambhala’s crowd of over 10,000 (the biggest that the festival had ever hosted) are just some of the festival growth that BC has seen in the past year.

Music festivals are nothing new— In the 1950s, jazz festivals were all the rage. Smooth notes wafting through outdoor air, featuring artists such as Miles Davis framed big name festivals such as the Newport Jazz Festival.

The featured music styles at festivals shifted to folk music in the 1960s, and eventually morphed into the infamous Woodstock in 1969, held in in Bethel, New York. “An Aquarian Exposition: 3 days of Peace & Music” was what the festival was billed as. Held in a 600-acre dairy farm, Woodstock hosted a crowd of counter culture exhibitionists, essentially dancing to the beat of their own drum. This was the first generation of hippies—a generation celebrating flower power and anti-establishment values.

Rolling Stone listed Woodstock as one of the “50 Moments That Changed the

How to make a flower crown Maranda Wilson Life Editor

“Coachella began in

1999, hosting just 10,000 attendees, in comparison, this year they hosted 579,000”

History of Rock and Roll”. Many recreations of Woodstock were held year after year, unfortunately often lacking the magic of the original.

BC’s Festival Boom

Today, some of the most popular music festivals in North America include Pemberton Music festival, which Phoenix alumnus Dave Nixon describes as “Surreal. You’re nestled in a beautiful valley, surrounded by enormous mountains. The mountain behind the stages is staggering—and often surrounded by clouds.”

BC also hosts Squamish Live, while Washington state holds Sasquatch every May, which Dave described as hosting “a lot of people dressed up in silly costumes.” He was in awe at its main

From Coachella to Lollapalooza, and even local festivals such as Pemberton and Center of Gravity, flower crowns are the go-to accessories for female festivalgoers (and even some males!), along with high-waisted shorts and crop tops.

But what does a flower crown have to do with blaring electro music and binge drinking? The first known use for flower crowns was by the Ancient Greeks during special occasions to honour the gods. Although they were fashionable in Ancient Greece, they were quick to be considered a no-no in Medieval Europe. Those who wore flower crowns were associated with pagan religions, and that association was condemned for blasphemy. The Ukrainians and Chinese wore flower crowns only during weddings to symbolize girls of marriageable ages and their fertility.

As for North America, the flower crown didn’t appear until the 1960s. The ‘60’s were a time best known for the birth of the “hippie culture”, and flower crowns became representative of the peace and love movement, especially at the first music festival, Woodstock.Although flower crowns made using real flowers are quickly being replaced by fake flowers, here is a guide to making your own.

stage with an “amazing Gorge backdrop which is a stunning view of canyons and a giant river.”

Other big names in the region include Shambhala near Nelson, BC, which hosts a very eccentric crowd and mainly electronic artists, ranging in style from Desert Dwellers (self categorized on their official website as being “World Electronic Music for Dance & Yoga”) to Bassnectar. This music festival does not allow the consumption of alcohol on their grounds, though many, if not most, attendees use other drugs throughout.

One attendee describes the experience as being “utopian”, and having an accepting, communal culture. “Tons of group hugs, talking circles, and concert goers doing yoga”. He believes that its

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| features@thephoenixnews.com | The Phoenix | September 10th, 2014

FEATURES

Music fests blooming in BC this summer I’m going to be completely honest to all of my readers from the get go here - I’ve never been to a music festival.

I’ve never been to an outdoor concert, worn a flower crown, or had a chance to shout “FREEBIRD!” to a tie-dyed, crochet, fringed, smoky, smelly crowd who would certainly understand the significance of such an expression. In other words, I haven’t really lived, I suppose.

Music festivals in BC are not only growing - but multiplying. Pemberton’s rebirth this year after being non existant for six years, Boonstock’s move from Alberta to Penticton, and Shambhala’s crowd of over 10,000 (the biggest that the festival had ever hosted) are just some of the festival growth that BC has seen in the past year.

Music festivals are nothing new— In the 1950s, jazz festivals were all the rage. Smooth notes wafting through outdoor air, featuring artists such as Miles Davis framed big name festivals such as the Newport Jazz Festival.

The featured music styles at festivals shifted to folk music in the 1960s, and eventually morphed into the infamous Woodstock in 1969, held in in Bethel, New York. “An Aquarian Exposition: 3 days of Peace & Music” was what the festival was billed as. Held in a 600-acre dairy farm, Woodstock hosted a crowd of counter culture exhibitionists, essentially dancing to the beat of their own drum. This was the first generation of hippies—a generation celebrating flower power and anti-establishment values.

Rolling Stone listed Woodstock as one of the “50 Moments That Changed the

How to make a flower crown Maranda Wilson Life Editor

“Coachella began in

1999, hosting just 10,000 attendees, in comparison, this year they hosted 579,000”

History of Rock and Roll”. Many recreations of Woodstock were held year after year, unfortunately often lacking the magic of the original.

BC’s Festival Boom

Today, some of the most popular music festivals in North America include Pemberton Music festival, which Phoenix alumnus Dave Nixon describes as “Surreal. You’re nestled in a beautiful valley, surrounded by enormous mountains. The mountain behind the stages is staggering—and often surrounded by clouds.”

BC also hosts Squamish Live, while Washington state holds Sasquatch every May, which Dave described as hosting “a lot of people dressed up in silly costumes.” He was in awe at its main

From Coachella to Lollapalooza, and even local festivals such as Pemberton and Center of Gravity, flower crowns are the go-to accessories for female festivalgoers (and even some males!), along with high-waisted shorts and crop tops.

But what does a flower crown have to do with blaring electro music and binge drinking? The first known use for flower crowns was by the Ancient Greeks during special occasions to honour the gods. Although they were fashionable in Ancient Greece, they were quick to be considered a no-no in Medieval Europe. Those who wore flower crowns were associated with pagan religions, and that association was condemned for blasphemy. The Ukrainians and Chinese wore flower crowns only during weddings to symbolize girls of marriageable ages and their fertility.

As for North America, the flower crown didn’t appear until the 1960s. The ‘60’s were a time best known for the birth of the “hippie culture”, and flower crowns became representative of the peace and love movement, especially at the first music festival, Woodstock.Although flower crowns made using real flowers are quickly being replaced by fake flowers, here is a guide to making your own.

stage with an “amazing Gorge backdrop which is a stunning view of canyons and a giant river.”

Other big names in the region include Shambhala near Nelson, BC, which hosts a very eccentric crowd and mainly electronic artists, ranging in style from Desert Dwellers (self categorized on their official website as being “World Electronic Music for Dance & Yoga”) to Bassnectar. This music festival does not allow the consumption of alcohol on their grounds, though many, if not most, attendees use other drugs throughout.

One attendee describes the experience as being “utopian”, and having an accepting, communal culture. “Tons of group hugs, talking circles, and concert goers doing yoga”. He believes that its

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Dancin Photo by Shahriar Kham(flickr)

location (Salmo River Ranch in the interior of British Columbia) has a lot to do with the “vibes” created by the festival. Festivals such as Shambhala being far from nightlife and large cities tend to have a smaller, tighter community feel. Shambhala’s website bio describes it as being about “Friends [who] continue to bring friends who become crew, who grow into the extended “farmily.” Of course Shambhala’s disctinct personality influences attendees to be dressed more outlandishly than those attending smaller or more mainstream music festivals.

One of the most prominent music festivals held in North America today, Coachella began in 1999, hosting just 10,000 attendees; this year it hosted 579,000, making it the largest music

What you will need: -Silver aluminum wire,12 gauge (or any other bendy, but thick wire) -Scissors -Hot glue gun and glue sticks -Wire cutters -Pliers -Wax paper -Floral tape -Fake flowers

festival here on the West Coast. Moreover, Bc also hosts Bass Coast, in Merrit, our local Keloha, and many other smaller festivals.

Each festival’s specific array of artists in turn hosts its own unique crowd— each with their own personality and unique style. For example, at our local Center of Gravity, a festival that this year featured headliners such as Calvin Harris, Morgan Page, and Adventure Club, attendees dressed mainly in swinsuits, bright neon, and tank tops.

This year at the Pemberton Music festival the atmosphere was thrown into chaos after an attendee overdosed but was rumored to have been brutally murdered and found dead in his tent.

An attendee also died at Boonstock in

Shambhala Meditation Center Photo by Seth Anderson (flickr)

“...most music festivals are no longer the essence of the counter-culture that they once were.”

Step one: Measure and fit the wire around the top of your head. Once you know the length of wire needed, use it to measure out two more identical lengths of wire. Braid the three pieces of wire together. Either by hooking the pieces around a table leg or by taping the pieces down on a table in order to hold the pieces down while you braid. Make sure to not braid the wires too tightly and to leave small spaces between the wires. Fit the braided wire around the top of your head and twist the ends together.

Steve Aoki Crowd Surfing Photo by JaredEberharbt(flickr)

Penticton of a suspected overdose, and a teen died during the 2013 Center of Gravity weekend in Kelowna after a ecstacy was sold as heroin during the long weekend. The prevalence of drugs and crime during the 2013 event prompted Kelowna to ask the festival to move off the August long weekend in 2014, which it did.

In the hopes of preventing such frightening incidents from happening (whether overdoses or real murders), harm-reduction practices are being integrated into festival design, such as Shambhala’s drug testing tents, drug recovery support groups for those recovering from addiction, and the “sanctuary sham”, a psychedelic first aid centre for those past the point of drug prevention. To some extent, some dangers may

seem inevitabl in such large crowds of free spirited party culture, but the more the more that we can reduce the risk of dangerous incidents happening, such as the death of an attendee at Pemberton this year, the more reputable music festivals will be increasing their popularity and lifespan.

Festival culture: from alternative to mainstream over 50 years

Modern music festival culture has essentially swerved away from its original hippy philosophy roots, and landed somewhere between what is eccentric and unexpected, and the marketed Coachella Instagram hippy—as something that today’s generation, to some extent, buys into.

Step two: Cut the fake flowers, but make sure to leave about an inch of stem. Start laying out your crown by weaving the flowers into the gaps between the wires. Use an assortment of different flower sizes and colours, and even throw in a couple of leaves.

Step three: Use the hot glue gun to glue the flowers into place. Weave the excess stem into the wire. Trim stems that cannot be woven into the wire.

For tighter spaces, stems might need to be cut off entirely.

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MAKE THAT PAPER

Above, below right: Keloha 2013 Photos by Laura Sciarpelletti Below: photo by Jorge Garcia

The Phoenix is your outlet at UBCO for writing, photography, video, and more. if you’re interested in contributing, contact coordinating@thephoenixnews. com orfind us online at @ubcophoenix or The Phoenix News on facebook.

Arguably now crowded and commercialized events, most music festivals are no longer the essence of the counter culture that they once were.

They have become a growing summer trend that countless clothing companies have managed to capitalize off of.

Perpetuated by social media, namely Instagram, music festivals have evolved into quite the fashion shows. Not only are large corporations and designers capitalizing on of outdoor runways, but also the cities that host these events, which can bring in thousands of tourists.

You can already search Coachella 2015 on Pinterest to discover hundreds of photos of celebrities in festival attire from this year, Lana Del Rey album covers, and photos from fashion blogs

tagged “#boho” “#hippy”, or “#gypsy”.

Festival culture now has it’s own season among many popular clothing lines, for example Topshop’s collection called “Festival” sells the staples that festival attendees need to complete their summer wardrobe. Festival fashion is no longer about making an exhibitionist statement, but about showing off one’s modern, established fashion sense, and furthermore, about proving that they truly do live the lifestyle of the music playing.

According to the founders of Kelowna-based business Gypsy Soul Design, Brandi Dea and Chelsea McKinley, who have attended and sold their clothing line at over fifty-three music festivals (refer to the next page), the music festival experience is about seeking more for your life. In a generation growing

Step four: Continue to fill in the gaps in the wires. Layer flowers on top of one another to achieve a fuller look.

Step five: Once you have finished gluing down all your flowers and leaves, use the floral tape to cover any dried glue and visible wire. The floral tape will also help to keep the flower crown sitting comfortably on your head.

Voila! And that’s it!

more spiritually aware, the ladies say that music festival culture has become a “totally hip lifestyle that’s taken off.”

Original music festival attendees were a sort of separate community from the rest of the world – with a passion for anti-establishment. Today, they are made up of more of a broad community. People of all beliefs, religions, subcultures, and ages attend music festivals with a shared love for music relating them to one another. In reference to a generation growing more spiritually aware, Brandi and Chelsea believe that music festival culture not only dictates runway shows, but also “an entire generation”.

And if this summer’s unprecedented number of large BC festivals can be sustained, music festival culture may also come to dominate an entire province.

September 8th, 2014 | The Phoenix | news@thephoenixnews.com | News Editor: Alex Barbereis

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A Gypsy Soul Selfie Photo by Jorge Garcia

Sasha Curry Features Editor

FESTIVAL FASHION IN KELOWNA Brandi Dea and Chelsea McKinley met at a music festival while each separately selling their own accessories in pop-up shops. Both from Edmonton the two women instantly clicked, recognizing each other’s love for design and beautiful fabrics. They spontaneously decided to take a trip to India together in search of design inspiration. hortly after exploring what the country had to offer them, the two girls sat on a floor in India, layered in lavish, brilliantly coloured fabrics, popped a bottle of champagne and toasted to the beginning of a life adventure; the founding of Gypsy Soul Design. They began with pants – the two women opened the back room of one of their houses as a sort of temporary shop front to sell their silky pants from. After increased foot traffic from an excited and demanding clientele, the women moved to an upper level space on Bernard St. Here they held private styling experiences with their beautiful silk clothing, completed by Indian Masala Chai and hippy-like décor, but by appointment only. During all of this hustle and bustle, they were also attending various music festivals (fifty three to be exact), where they sold their clothing in pop-up shops to festivalgoers on a whim. Eventually, they moved to a permanent ground

level space, located on Cannery Lane, where they are today. In this shop, one can find a variety of treasures ranging from beautiful jewelry, to kimonos and headscarves. Where are all of these precious items made, you might wonder? “There are four women sewing a new order for us right now in Bali - they’re actually friends of ours.” the women say. Furthermore, they say that they have additional people fabricating clothes for them in various places in the world – one place being India, where they purchase their fabric. For their kimonos specifically, they use recycled sari fabric. Next, these ambitious gypsy souls have plans to attend trade shows in Miami, LA, and Vegas. Furthermore, they plan on having a shop set up at Coachella this coming year. Their biggest clientele comes from music festivals, say the girls, so, I asked them about the essence of today’s music festival boom “it’s hip and a total lifestyle that’s taken off.” More specifically, the crowds that attend today’s festivals are essentially “the regeneration of the hippies” says Brandi.

Brandi and Chelsea would like to let all UBCO students know that if you bring in your student ID, you will receive 15% off of items from Gypsy Soul Design, so, peace & love to all of you new age hippies.

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Life Editor: Maranda Wilson | life@thephoenixnews.com | The Phoenix | September 8th, 2014

LIFE

Moving in to Cascades. Photo by Maranda Wilson Top right: Take advantage of all events with free food Photo by Lynnette Oon

Your first month OF SCHOOL survival guide: Maranda Wilson Life Editor

8 tips on how to make it to October and beyond without failing, dying, losing your keys, destroying your body, going broke, getting kicked out, having a baby, or throwing up.

With weather in the mid 20s, minivans and moving boxes lining the residence buildings, and hope on everyone’s faces, the vision we have of the first week of the school year is what we all model our university experience as

being like.

What freshmen don’t realize is that the wild craziness we see during FROSH, really only happens during FROSH. Motivation drops as midterms creep up, and the lush campus landscaping quickly turns to shades of brown and the green fields only exist in the promotional photos UBC continues to use throughout the year in their pamphlets.

So to all the returning students, you know the drill, but to the incoming first years, I share with you the wisdom everyone else already knows.

Go to CREATE, tours, events, residence activities, etc I know a lot of you came to UBCO with a group of friends from high school, but go to at least a few of the

15 THINGS YOU LEARN LIVING WITH 3 OF YOUR GIRLFRIENDS IN LOWER CASCADES Maranda WIlson Life Editor

events. You never know if you will find yourself in a lab or a class without a partner, and recognizing a face makes for an easy conversation starter and potential friendship.

Unpack and organize for the year ahead

If you’re living on campus, try to unpack and set up your bedroom within the first week. It’s easy to think upon arrival that you’ll finish unpacking “tomorrow”, but tomorrow can quickly turn into next week, amd then never.

You’re not going to want to worry about looking for stuff while cramming for midterms.

“A bag of Crunchy Flamin’ Hot Cheetos from your last shopping trip to the States is not a proper meal.”

Take advantage of free food

You’re a struggling student now, and

Seeing all the first and second years struggling to haul their mini fridges and boxes up the flight of stairs into their buildings brings back my memories of my two previous years of living in residence.

Residence by the end of the year yields one of two reactions: Some can’t wait to sleep in their own queen-sized beds and eat anything other than instant noodles, while others dread being back at home as they kiss the sweet, sweet freedom they had for the past 8 months goodbye.

As for me, I don’t know where I stood exactly. Unlike those who lived with “randoms” and their relationships with their roommates were limited to the occasional “what’s up”, I lived with three of my closest girlfriends.

Residence in itself is an experience, but living with three other girls… well that’s a whole other story.

Time to walk down memory lane.

Disclaimer: This list is based off of actual events… or the best I could remember of actual events.

all sorts of organizations are trying to win your favour by offering you food for free. If you’re on a meal plan, I guarantee you will begin to cringe at the thought of handing over your student ID, especially during the second semester as you hesitate to ask your parents to reload your card with more money. So pinch your pennies (I guess now nickels) in the beginning, and think of all the BJs (Booster Juices, you sicko) you can buy the rest of the year.

Stay off your R.A.’s naughty list

If you live on campus, it’s safe to assume you’re on your own for the first time. It’s exciting, but you aren’t free from all rules just yet. Don’t go completely wild, and if you happen to go a

1. You will talk about making cleaning schedules and keeping the place so organized.

2. Everyone will do their part for the first two months.

3. Any attempt at a schedule will be scrapped after three months.

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Events September 8–12

Question & Answer Drop-in Sessions on Graduate Scholarships & Awards EME 2124 / 11am - 12pm Presented by the College of Graduate Studies.

September 11

Less Stress at Work Lunch & Learn Nonis Sportsfield / 4:30 pm Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) presents the first in a series of six Mental Health Lunch and Learn Sessions.

Walk Run Group Kal 123 Townhouse / 3pm Health & Wellness presents the first Walk Run Group of the semester: fresh air, exercise, and refreshments at the end.

September 12 Does this look familiar?

Photos by Lynnette Oon

Tailgate Party & Home Opener Nonis Sportsfield / 4:30 pm Watch the UBCO Heat take on the UFV Cascades in their first home game of the season.

September 16

little overboard, don’t fight your R.A.: put on your big kid pull-ups, and own up to your mistakes. You’ll be around the same R.A.s all year, and you don’t want them scowling at you and patrolling the hallways with a write-up with your name on it.

you can make your 8am classes, hooray!). Also be sure to stay hydrated, as alcohol and the warm weather will dehydrate your body. The general rule is one glass of water for every alcoholic beverage. Oh, and be sure to eat your veggies, kids. Freshman 15 is no joke.

Stay hydrated and eat regular meals

Try really, really hard not to lose your keys

It’s easy to forget to eat proper meals when your parents are no longer calling you down for dinner. A bag of Crunchy Flamin’ Hot Cheetos from your last shopping trip to the States is not a proper meal. Especially if you are planning on drinking, eating something substantial is important. Fatty/greasy foods will help with alcohol absorption and help prevent mean hangovers (so

4. World War III occurs with alliances being formed between the girls.

5. Cupcakes are valid peace offering.

6. So are shots.

7. Food in the fridge becomes fair game. Labels lose their authority after the first term.

The R.A.s give you one freebie to let you into your room, but after a long night the last thing you will want to do is show up at their door for the spare keys. If you’re going out, clip your keys/ salto to your bra strap or belt loop. Or keep your keys and UBC ID on a lanyard, and use a whiteout pen to write your phone number on it.

8.You will hold back their hair as they have their head in the toilet at 5 in the morning, and they will do the same for you.

Make good choices

else unethical).

It’s easy to feel invincible in the first week, especially when you’re surrounded by new people in an unfamiliar place. But you have your whole year (and life) still ahead. Take a moment to replay in your head what your parents told you not to do. If you failed to listen, or didn’t receive a talk, here is what my parents told me: -Bring home a degree, not a baby (aka use a condom) -Don’t drink past your limit -Don’t accept drinks from strangers / leave your drink unattended -Don’t drink and drive / get in a drunk driver’s car (And of course, don’t beat up anyone, go for someone who’s too drunk, destroy anyone’s property, or do anything

Go to class

11. Ice cream in the freezer becomes a precious commodity to be closely guarded.

14. You will drift apart from some of your roomies, and friendships may end while you become closer with others.

9. You will notice the random shoes by the door every time.

12. Hearing your roommates get it on eventually becomes like white noise.

10.You’ll know each others schedules and get antsy when they don’t come home right away.

13. Everyone will avoid being the one to put in that maintenance request to replace the dead bulb in the bathroom.

This is probably UBC’s favourite and most repeated tip.

Don’t start skipping and making it a habit—you’re paying $5,000+ dollars to be here.

Me & My Degree – Finding the fit for first year students UNC 207 / No Cost / 4-4:45pm This session will cover questions such as “where will my degree lead me” to “what career options will I enjoy”.

Register at http://students. ok.ubc.ca/careers/events

September 16

My Degree: Finding the fit workshop UNC 207 / No Cost / 4-430pm Explore tips to finding your perfect degree fit.

September 17

15. But in the end, you’ll miss them when you go home for the summer.

UBCSUO Clubs and Course Union Day Courtyard / No Cost / 10am2pm Get a taste of all the clubs and course unions available on campus by visiting their booths and talking to members.

September 22-28

SPARK: Academic Week Various locations / No Cost Meet with peer mentors, supplemental learning leaders, and other peer-based academic resources to learn more about the academic resources available on campus.

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A ballin’ time at Create Student Orientation 2014 Photos by Lynnette Oon Top right: Students on tour exploring the new campus Bottom right: Genius behind Create 2014 - Sarah Maryschuk

Create New student orientation 2014 Lynnette Oon Photo Editor

CREATE exists to help students explore the campus prior to first day of school, acquainting them with the where, what, how, when and who to go to for their needs at UBCO. Over a four months period, Sarah Maryschuk, Create Orientation Coordinator dedicated her summer planning the perfect Create New Student Orientation 2014 to welcome new students onto UBC’s Okanagan campus grounds.

Photos by Lynnette Oon Bottom left: Human Kinetics club all set up and ready to go!

Bottom right: Students getting the low down on UNC

Create is aimed to allow students to explore the campus under the guidance of a trained Orientation Leader (an older student who knows where and what things are). This will provide them inights to the campus such as, where the coldest water fountain is located, why their Chemistry lab is not located in the Science building and, of course, who The Phoenix is.

This year at Create, we definitely observed a couple new changes. We had new president Arvin Gupta giving his first Create speech about lacking clean laundry (he had to call his mum!), UBCO’s Acapella group leading the National Anthem, and the debut of The Guidebook—a mobile app created to keep students updated on the Week of Welcome.

WHAT YOU GET WHEN YOU MIX SHARPIES, WHITE SHIRTS, AND LIQUOR Maranda WIlson Life Editor

I am really nice to ladies <3

604-XXX-XXXX - Court It’s Courtney bitch

Rutland Lyf - xoxo

I <3 Ebola

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Opinions Editor: Kayti Barkved | opinions@thephoenixnews.com | The Phoenix | September 10th, 2014

OPINIONS

Illustration by Lindsay Smith

OVERHEARD ON CAMPUS: “G*PSY” — A COMMON WORD WITH A DARK HISTORY

apply, simply look around: women’s In this series, learn the problematic fashion magazines have words like “g*psy chic” splashed across their glossy and harmful tendencies and histo- covers,there are several reality T.V. shows colourful “g*psy” families, ries behind words and phrases that starring and an increasingly romanticized wanderlust-like urge to embrace a aren’t as innocuous as you think. “g*psy” lifestyle of nomadism.

There is a certain air of living la Kayti Barkved Opinions Editor vie bohème attached to the word—

amethyst head dresses, long flowing

The negative connotations of skirts, hoop earrings and braids, and this word may be a new one for some simply drifting through life. of you. Perhaps you innocently dressed But historically, the Roma have up as one for Halloween as a child, or been persecuted due to their ethnic went to a fair to see one dressed as a and religious differences as far back fortune-teller with a tent and a crystal as the 13th century. Ethnic cleansing ball. Many more of you have at least has followed this group of diverse watched Disney’s The Hunchback of people wherever they have gone, as Notre-Dame, which featured a “g*psy” well as attempts at forced assimilation female lead, Esmeralda. If none of these and inhumane immigration policies in

What’s your favourite thing about back to school?

Kayti Barkved Opinions Editor

Sasha - Features Editor “I love whipping out my brand new colourful notebooks and sleek pens in class to take colour co-ordinated notes. Until I give up on using paper and go back to my laptop.”

many countries. Often forgotten are the hideous amounts of Romani people who were stripped of their human rights alongside the Jewish due to the Nuremberg Laws, and murdered during the Holocaust.

The Romani were, and still are, considered by many European countries and countless others as scum of the earth. The constant self-fulfilling reality of higher rates of violence, poverty, and crime, especially amongst many of the poorer groups of Romani, is fuel for this hatred. This is in turn flamed by the caricatured image of the typical Romani “g*psy”—uneducated, promiscuous vagrants and enormous families who move from one city to another, and who steal whatever isn’t tied down.

The stark reality, however, is that the Romani are constantly labeled as these undesirable roving bands simply because their customs have been historically undermined and uprooted.

For instance, many Roma don’t declare income and don’t pay any taxes because they don’t have permanent citizenship.

On the one hand, many countries continue to deny them citizenship status unless they rebuke their traditions, while on the other hand, the Romani won’t trust the laws or governments of many countries in the first place because they have been so wronged by them in the past. The Romani people are faced with a complex socio-political relationship regarding their place in history, their current place in society, and their values and conventions.

So if your definition of “g*psy” hinges on billowy bright clothing, living out of a wagon, or wearing a headband across your forehead, you are painfully mistaken. Please don’t be fooled into thinking it’s an eclectic way of describing a personal aesthetic or an outlook on life; this term is rooted directly in a history of degradation and genocide, and present violence and animosity against the Romani people. It’s a slur that has direct terrible and violent connotations towards an ethnic group and has allowed for the continued violence and disregard towards the Roma from governments, countries, and people.

The only people who should be using the word “g*psy” are any Romani looking to reclaim the word to reduce its harmful impact on their community.

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