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This issue’s feature; The Era of Casual Porn. With the recent scandal of celebrity nudie pictures being exposed for all to see we wanted to learn more about why we send nude selfies. Our features editor Sasha Curry explores our generations acceptance of nude self portraits on page 11.

NEWS

LIFE

ARTS

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OPINIONS

#myunselfie campaign at UBCO - 4

How do student moms do it? - 8/9

“Nature Morte”: A Review - 18

Reality of fantasy sports - 15

Dick pics - 20

Occupy Hong Kong - 5

Get mugged: A Recipe - 10

Vivek’s screening: “What I love about being QUEER” - 19

X-Country prepping for nationals - 16

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Creative Director Cameron Welch

Meet UBC’s 13th Pres- A Thought for Your ident, Arvind Gupta Pennies - 10 - 6/7 Co-ordinating Editor Kelsi Barkved

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Bridget Gallagher, Noni Phillips, Scott Crawford, Lyndsay Smith, Angelique Crowther, Jenica Frisque, Jason Chan, Shaun Martineau, Kate Ross, Lincoln Johnson, Clayton McCann, and Klara Woldenga

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NEWS

UBSUO has received $139,725 worth of funding * The applications from clubs and course unions, and stated in an open letter that they may not be able to find money for all requests.

Melissa McHugh, School Experience Assistance, Faculty of Education Photo Submitted by UBC United Way

United Way’s #myunselfie campaign COMES TO UBCO Oct. 6-10th, United Way will bring its #myunselfie campaign to campus Students are encouraged to tag pictures of unselfishnewss on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter to be displayed on screens in Fipke.

Alex Barberis News Editor “The whole campus is going to be transformed”, said Allyssa Costerton-Grant, Campaign Coordinator and UBCO Professor. “We’ll have large walkover stickers throughout the main part of campus that have our #myunselfie. We’re going to

have it on mirrors, we’re going to have it on windows, and the idea is just to ask students to participate by contributing a kind act, so really it can be a selfless selfie is what we’re calling it – a picture of yourself doing something good.”

The process is simple. Whether it’s taking a picture of yourself opening a door, giving up an F lot parking space, or buying coffee for a complete stranger, United Way at UBCO want to know about it.

SunRype, one of the sponsors of the event, will have an information booth set up by the screens, handing out food and prizes to those willing to participate.

The target of the campaign is to raise $55, 000 for the United Way and its 40 community partners, including the Okanagan Boys and Girls Club, the Canadian Mental

“Hopefully we’ll get people to engage in the campaign not [just] financially... but just trying to promote kindness on campus” ALLYSSA COSTERTON-GRANT CAMPAIGN COORDINATOR

Health Association, and the Kelowna Women’s Shelter.

“The philosophy behind United Way [is] all the money just gets straight to these tiny charities that just don’t have resources to campaign themselves” said Costerton-Grant. “I know last year, for instance, $1000 to the Women’s Shelter ended up translating to 42 hours of a carpenter fixing the shelter so that the women had a better place to live. So they take small amounts of money and make them bigger”.

Costerton-Grant assures students that the value of the campaign is in the acts of kindness.

“It’s primarily focused on faculty and staff giving money to the campaign, by no means do we want any money from our students, at all, because we already take enough

Campus

NEWS BRIEFS Alex Barberis News Editor

New Writing and Research Centre opens Shaun Martineau Contributor

The UBCO Library debuted a new Writing and Resource Centre (WRC) on the second floor of the library. The end of the 2014 Winter Term saw the original centre relocate from Fipke 251 to LIB 237.

“The aim [of this relocation] is to provide a space and layout that supports best practices for providing writing services to undergraduate students “ said Lori Walter, the library’s Scholarly Communications Librarian. “We feel that the space is a welcoming and supportive space that facilitates excellent oneon-one writing consultations”.

Walter oversees the WRC along with Coordinator Amanda Brobbel. Of the 12 consultants, 10 made the move from the old centre to the new one.

money from you”, said CostertonGrant. “This year what we’re really trying to do is engage students in the campaign.”

This is the first year that United Way is attempting a campaign of this magnitude on the UBCO campus.

“In previous years they’ve done bake sales, used books sales, and things like that”, explained Costerton-Grant. “Hopefully we’ll get people to engage with the campaign not [just] financially, but just trying to promote kindness on campus and just trying to get people to think of ways that we can be selfless”

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EVENTS October 6th-10th #myunselfie campaign

All Day/By Donation/UBCO Take a selfie of yourself doing a selfless act on campus to support United Way,

October 6th Harsha Waila - Cultural Studies Speaker

12:30pm-2:00pm/FREE/UNC Ballroom Presentation on Movements for Immigrant Rights and Racial Justice

October 8th I graduated now what?

2:00PM-3:00PM/FREE/ART 376 What are you going to do after you graduate? A panel of recent grads will share options about applying to grad school.

Protestors in the Occupy Hong Kong Movement Photo: johnsls/Creative Commons

October 9th Understanding Lunch and Learn

12:00PM-1:00PM/FREE/EME 4218 In partnership with WRAP and the Canadian Mental Health Association

Occupy Hong Kong EXPLAINED A UBCO student from Hong Kong explains the events that led up to the movement Students are occupying the streets of Hong Kong protesting anti-democratic process Jason Chan Contributor

As some of you might have seen the news about the Occupy Movement in Hong Kong, some of you might be asking, “What’s going on right now on the other side of the world?”.

In 1997, the UK and China signed a treaty to transfer Hong Kong back

to China, ending the British reign.

The ‘One Country, Two Policy’ system was created to ensure Hong Kong’s previous capitalist system and style of living would remain the same for 50 years. As part of the deal, China promised Hong Kong a full democratic election for the CEO in 2017.

In early August of 2014, the Chinese government issued a new policy stating candidates had to be approved by a special committee before they were eligible to join the election. In other words, the Chinese government was going to pick the candidates for the citizens.

This anti-democratic process made the people wonder if there would ever be true democracy in Hong Kong, and if the Chinese government would strip more rights away.

On Wednesday, October 1st, student groups led a peaceful protest against this policy, asking for real democracy at the Tamar Square.

Armed police came and forced the students out of the Square, which led to protesters from the Occupy Movement joining in. Students and other protesters occupied the Hong Kong city’s government headquarters, along with the main highway of the financial district in Central Hong Kong. The movement escalated quickly when police attacked surprised protesters with tear gas and rubber bullets. Civilians were outraged at the use of force, which led to even more people joining the movement.

As of right now, protesters are occupying three major districts, hoping the government will initiate a discussion about the election.

October 13th RezGiving

5:30 PM/$7/Purcell House Lounge A Thanksgiving dinner event for residents staying on campus for the long weekend. Tickets can be bought at the UBC Okanagan Housing Office.

October 17th First Day of BARK

4:30PM-6:00PM/FREE/EME 1123 Like dogs? Want to destress? Come visit BARK for some quality time with some furry friends!

Campus

Campus

There are a total of 6 vacant positions available for students wishing to get involved with the university as a student representative.

On Thursday September 25, five of the seven previously vacant positions on the Students’ Union Board of Directors were filled. Applications are currently being accepted for the remaining two positions of Faculty of Education Representative, and Graduate Student Representative. Preceding the Board of Directors meeting, the UBCO Senate publically announced the vacancies of four student positions within the Senate. Available positions consist of: Representative of the Students-At-Large, Representative of the Graduate Students, Representative of the Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies, and Representatives of the Faculty of Education. Photo by Dave Nixon

UBCSUO External Coordinator Shaman McLean has started a campaign to leave the CFS (Canadian Federation fo Students), the national organization that the UBCSUO is a part of.

There have been tensions between students’ unions at different university and college campuses across Canada over the CFS’s behavior and left-leaning policies. In order for the UBCSUO to leave the CFS, they will need to call a referendum question of students. According to their new bylaws, leaving the CFS via referendum would require 20% of the student body to sign a petition that is currently being circulated around campus.

Six student representative positions available

Referendum to leave Canadian Federation of Students circulates

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News Editor: Alexandra Barberis|news@thephoenixnews.com | The Phoenix | October 6th, 2014

predecessor, Stephen Toope, * Gupta’s left UBC after eight years to run U of

any interesting people you’d * Iflikeyoutohave see us interview, let us know!

T’s Munk School of Global Affairs

Lightning Round: You walk into a bar, what do you typically order?

Water (He doesn’t drink) What did you want to be when you grew up?

A singer If you were a scented marker, what would you smell like?

Mint tea

Photos by Kelsi Barkved

What animal best represents you?: Orca whale

Get to know Arvind Gupta: We interview UBC’s 13th President The Phoenix sat down with Arvind Gupta after his visit for Senate Gupta discussed his vision for universites, where UBCO fits into the academic landscape, and what his first few months as UBC President has been like Believes that in our changing society both UBC and universities in general need to prove their value to students and parents Alex Barberis News Editor

On September 24, 2014, UBC President Arvind Gupta began business on UBC’s Okanagan campus with the inaugural Okanagan Senate meeting. Conducting himself with confidence and experience, Dr. Gupta shed a bit of light surrounding the meeting during our sit-down.

“There’s large parts of the university that I didn’t really understand how it worked, and so that’s been really interesting for me to understand”, admitted Gupta. “So, Senate, I didn’t really know how the Senate worked. They give you these instructions, right, and they’re very formal—you’re supposed to go into Senate, it’s supposed to be very sombre—it doesn’t sound like that much fun, the sombre Senate.”

Dr. Gupta spoke candidly about the challenges he faced during his

“People ask me what I think it means to be a great leader, and I think it’s the ability to say when you’re wrong.

I need the courage to say ‘[you] were right and I was wrong’.”

first few months as President.

“I guess what surprises me is that we tend to be very cautious at UBC, and very worried that we might do something that upsets someone, instead of saying ‘Let’s just always do the right thing.’ It’s okay if people disagree.”

Reflecting back on his first experience at the Okanagan campus, Gupta admits it’s when he first knew he loved the campus.

“I actually fell in love with the campus the first time I came here, back in November of last year”, said Gupta. “When I talk to people in Kelowna, they are just so proud of the university. They say, “What can we do to help the university?” I don’t see that elsewhere in Canada.

It’s just fascinating. Everyone’s so passionate for the university; they want to do good things for the

university. Everyone I meet says, “What can I do?” I need a list of things, right? Number 22!”

Moving away from the Okanagan campus, Dr. Gupta spoke about what being President of UBC means to him, and his personal views on leadership.

“When you’re President, it’s... an institutional thing” said Gupta.

“It’s not about me, it’s about my office, my family, and the university tries to lever all of these things to get things done. People ask me what I think makes a great leader, and I think it’s the ability to say when you’re wrong. I need the courage to say “You know what, you were right and I was wrong.”

Dr. Gupta had a lot to say about the place of UBC as one of the top universities in the world.

“Our society is changing, and it

Local

Socially conscious street food comes to Kelowna—by bike

NEWS BRIEFS Alex Barberis News Editor

Founded in Kelowna, Culinary Ink partners with nonprofit organizations to help them start their own social ventures, whilst creating jobs for marginalized members in the community. Through Culinary Ink, these individuals gain basic culinary skills and certifications. Profits from the Kelowna business will help Soles4Souls (shoes for the needy), Metro (services for street people), and the Kelowna Food Bank. Twenty per cent of proceeds from the food bikes will also be donated to food programs for children in need.

The food bike menu hosts a diverse variety of comfort foods: from ginger beef and pickled vegetable sandwiches, Indian-spiced scrambled eggs in a naan cone, pulled-pork grilled cheese sandwich, pork and pineapple taco, chipotle mac ‘n’ cheese, jerk chicken, and butter chicken.

“Give a man a meal - he eats for a day, teach a man to cook – he eats for a lifetime”.

Photo: RosieTulips/Creative Commons

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in the SU Board of Directors * Overheard Meeting: “Look, I just want to know if you’re a cool guy” - Rocky Kim

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“A thing I think about a lot is, why should you be at UBC? We have 60 thousand students at UBC; I want to think of novel ways to engage them”

manifests with things like parents saying “Well, why should my kid go to university when he could get a job”, said Gupta. “We kind of dismiss it, but that’s not really what they’re saying. What they’re saying is that there are other ways of getting knowledge now. You’re not the only game in town. So what are you adding that’s unique to the system?

“A thing I think about a lot is, why should you be at UBC? We attract some of the best students in the country, but why? What are they getting by coming to UBC? If we’re this knowledge powerhouse, this research powerhouse, do students benefit from that? We have sixty thousand students at UBC; I want to think about novel ways to engage with them.”

Amidst his busy three months as President, Dr. Gupta still had time

to have some fun along the way, participating in the popular Ice Bucket Challenge during Imagine Day at the UBC Vancouver campus.

“Everyone at UBC said “Do not do it, you’re crazy to do this, something’s gonna go wrong,” and so on”, said Gupta. “But I just think we have to have fun.

When we stop having fun, it’s time to hang up our shoes. I like doing stuff—I like talking with students, meeting with people, and maybe being a little off-thewall sometimes. It makes it fun, because there’s always stuff that you don’t want to deal with.

I’ve had to do some pretty hard things in the first three months, but you try to do the right thing and you try to have fun.”

Vancouver Campus

UBC receives $9.1 million donation towards Alzheimer’s research.

The donation by Charles Fipke is in honour of his long-time friend and former BC Premier Bill Bennett, who suffers from Alzheimer’s disease. The money will be split into three different denominations: $3 million to endow a professorship dedicated to Alzheimer’s research, $600,000 to outfit the lab with cutting edge equipment, and $5.5 million to purchase a brain imaging machine. Fipke, a UBC alumnus, has previously given $8.7 million to the construction of UBCO’s Fipke Centre.

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LIFE

Photos by Noni Phillips

Pampers and Papers: What it’s likE to balance GOINg TO school with This supermom is out the door with her two kids even before you’ve slept off your Well Wednesday night She breaks down a typical morning getting everyone to school by 9 Noni Phillips Contributor “I don’t know how you do it” is something I hear almost daily as a student—mum. I know I’m among some of you who perform this rather impressive act on a daily basis, when many single young folk who live on campus can barely get out of bed to make it to class.

A few terms ago, I sat in front of two guys who were having a lengthy conversation about how difficult they find it to ‘get out of bed’ to walk down the hill before their 9:30 am class. Little did they know I was sitting at the front of class, bright-eyed and bushytailed, following my normal morning routine that they couldn’t even imagine. For those you who ‘can’t get out of bed, dress yourself, and brush your teeth’ before 9 am, I have a story for you. Mums and dads, take the next few minutes to relax and enjoy a laugh as you very much relate to a typical morning.

6:45 am Alarm goes off, you were up until 1 am studying so it hurts to even think about getting out of bed.

6:48 am If I delay any longer I’ll be late;

How to clean a toilet A month of school has passed by, and your toilet is starting to look a little crusty… Yeah, yeah, keep telling everybody you were sick with the flu. Learn how to clean it in this issue’s Shit Your Parents Should’ve Taught You

Text and images by Maranda Wilson

so shower, get dressed, brush teeth, and find something to do with the hair on my head to resemble something human. After all, you will be in class with professors who will eventually determine your fate by writing references as you apply for graduate school.

7:00 am Having gotten yourself ready in record time, time to wake the children.

7:05 am Please get out of bed.

7:10 am Okay guys, really time to get up!

7:15 am Attack child #1 with an outfit you picked out, because it will take far too long for them to decide for themselves.

7:25 am (yes child #1 took that long)

“To be honest, I’m not entirely sure how I do it. I do know that I have to do it though.”

1. Coat the Rim Using a toilet bowl cleaner with the funky nozzle, generously coat the rim. Make sure to get right under the lip of bowl.

2. Let it Drip Down Wait a couple of minutes to let the cleaner work its magic. Wait until it coats the whole bowl.

Find the outfit for child #2 and try to find them in your sheets because they’ve been hiding from the light; change diaper, change clothes.

7:35 am Try to talk either of the children into getting out of the bed to get their teeth brushed. Brush teeth for child #1, brush hair for child #1. Let them go.

7:45 am Brush teeth and hair for child #2 (let’s hope this one doesn’t punch, kick, or bite like child #1).

7:50 am Entice children downstairs with fun breakfast foods (“fun” is a lie because you don’t own Fruit Loops —far too much sugar for their little bodies to handle before 8 am).

7:55 am Leave for school, wait, shoot, “1 minute guys!!! Lets go!!!” (actually

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EVENTS October 9

Movie Premiere: Almost Ablaze 7PM/$15/ Paramount Theatre

The ski movie of the year premieres in Kelowna. Come see a movie and enter to win prizes!

October 10

Dub FX w/ Andy V

9:30 PM/$15/Sapphire

Melbourne’s Dub FX finally returns to Kelowna, with Andy V, Kato and The Urban Guru. Come early for a local MC contest.

October 11

Tara Holloway

8PM/$5/Streaming Café

The Ottawa pop / country / blues singer’s show will be livestreamed to www. streamingcafe.com

Photo illustration by Lynnette Oon

wait for bell as children fight.

8:30 am Back into van to head to daycare.

8:50 am Head into daycare with #2. Who all of a sudden either ‘does not want to go’ or is ‘sick’. (Shit, I’ll never get out of here on time for class) 8:59 am Headed back down the hill to park at the very back of H lot because I can’t control the time the bell rings at the elementary school.

9:10 am I’m in class. Where are you?

I won’t continue to tell you how it goes between 4 pm and 8 pm, but it’s much of the same. Followed by hours of reading to get caught up on my studies. To be honest, I’m not entirely sure how I do it. I do know that I have to do it though. I have

3. Get Aggressive Using a firm bristle toilet brush (if you don’t have one at this point, you should really consider getting one. Don’t use your roommate’s toothbrush, that’s rude), scrub the inside of the bowl.

Make sure to get under the lip, and pay extra attention to any toilet bowl rings. Since a majority of the cleaner accumulates in the water at the bottom of the bowl, occasionally dip your brush into it for more sudsy action.

Well Wednesday with Lucky

7PM/$5/The Well Pub

RAISING YOUNG Children you have 5 minutes, but you need them to hustle).

8:00 am Hustle kids downstairs after packing their bags—while eating cereal bites between handfuls of lunch kits, ice packs, & dance outfits 8:05 am “Really need to go now guys!

Please. Just please put your shoes on.”

8:10 am Tie three sets of shoes, zip three jackets, find and put 6 gloves on hands, “Did we bring all three backpacks?”… “Now get in the van!” (The van is necessary because there’s always so much ‘stuff’ you need to take with you everywhere.

But it’s okay, a friend told me its “punk”; I’m not a soccer mom) 8:20 am Arrive at #1’s elementary school,

October 15

The UBCSUO and the MSA partner up for this wild Well Wednesday, with drink specials and DJ appearances.

This is a 19+ event and must bring two pieces of valid ID.

a spouse and two kids that are relying on me to do well and to get into grad school so that I can follow my dreams and help support my family. I am also amassing a huge amount of student loans that become very real by the time you hit your 30s and hope to retire by 65, because I’m more than halfway there. I wouldn’t give this up for anything, this is the experience of a lifetime, and frankly I have missed fewer than four classes in two years at UBCO despite my responsibilities outside of school.

To the young childfree folk: make the best of your advantageous time here and grab a coffee on your way to class.

To the mums and dads: keep it up… you’re kicking ass!

October 17

3rd Annual IJM Clothing Swap

11AM-6PM/ $5 / UNC Ballroom

Put on by the International Justice Mission, bring your gently used clothing items in the 3rd annual clothing swap. All remaining clothing will be donated to local community charities.

4. Wash it Down and Give it a Good Rub Flush down the suds with the tequila and pizza remnants. Using an anti-bacterial cleaner and paper towel, wipe down the toilet seat, top, and sides of the bowl. Also make sure to wipe the handle because it’s just ridden with bacteria.

Voila! And now repeat after any bad nights.

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Your FICO credit score consists of:

35%

Payment history

30%

Amounts owed

(which refers not just the dollar figure itself, but also what percent of the maximum balance is taken up)

15%

Length of credit history

10%

Types of credit

10%

Illustration By Lyndsay Smith

New credit

A THOUGHT FOR YOUR PENNIES: HOW TO UNDERSTAND YOUR CREDIT SCORE How types of credit, new creidt and the lenght of your credit history contribute to your credit score.

Scott Crawford Contributor Welcome back to A Thought for Your Pennies, a column explaining personal finances for students. The first article tackled how your payment history and the amount you owe on your debts contribute to your credit score.

Payment history and amounts owed are the largest portions of the total score, at 35% and 30% respectively. The three remaining factors are: types of credit (10%), new

credit (10), and length of credit history (15%). Each contributes to your credit score in unique ways.

Type of credit

Type of credit has a more indirect, but still important, effect on your score. While all borrowed money spends the same, the lenders each have different conditions and ratings within the business environment which gives them a specific status as a lender. Without getting into what determines that status, it’s beyond the scope of this article, it is sufficient to know that some lenders are considered to be preferred to others. A simple comparison is that a charter bank in Canada like Scotiabank or CIBC, is considered a preferred or A level lender and Wells Fargo is considered a lower level lender. Having

“If you get your first credit card it will take months before that card begins to give you a positive credit history.” a debt with a B level lender won’t hurt your credit score but it has less capacity to improve your score when compared to a borrowing from an A lender.

Time spent:

10 minutes

GET MUGGED: A Recipe Lynnette Oon - Photo Editor

Ingredients:

3 Tbsp All Purpose Flour 1 Tsp Instant coffee powder 2 Tbsp Hot Cocoa Mix 3 Tbsp Sugar ¼ Tsp Baking Powder 2 Tbsp Milk 1 Egg 2 Tbsp Oil ½ Tsp Vanilla Extract

New credit

New credit and length of time I will lump together as they are kind of related. New credit products are considered unproven debts as they have no history of repayment to go back on to contribute or determine your credit score. Indirectly a new credit product can cause a slight reduction in your score as the application required will reduce your score minutely, and a product without performance history can stretch the benefit of your existing history on your score which moves us nicely into length of history.

Length of credit history

The length is considered a relatively small factor but it is very important up to a certain point. If you get your first credit card it will

take months before that card begins to give you a positive credit history, positive assuming you’re behaving yourself. The reason for this is that your score looks at behaviour through a window length of approximately 6 years, with a bias towards current credit behaviour.

This means that good performance or bad performance in the short term has a more powerful effect on your score, but older history can be used if the current issues have a good explanation or reason for being that way, ie: disabled in a car accident and waiting on ICBC cheque. With no credit history and a new credit card it takes about 6 months of responsible and regular use to build your initial credit score.

Method:

Combine all the dry ingredients in the mug. Add the wet ingredients one by one, and stir with a fork until well combined. Place mug into microwave and nuke it for 90 seconds on high.

Note: You can serve it with a scoop of ice cream on the top, drizzle it with caramel, or just dust it with powdered sugar. Add some chocolate chips to the mug cake as well, if you would like to!

Source: http://kurryleaves.blogspot. ca/2012/01/chocolate-espresso-mugcake.html

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FEATURES FEATURES THE ERA OF CASUAL SEXTING —AND ITS DANGERS From the bedroom to campus: How one girl’s nude photo went from private to public and why you should care.

Some histories can never be cleared: understanding the effects of those nude selfies on your future, and why there’s nothing that you can do about it anymore.

Story by Sasha Curry Photos by Lynnette Oon and Kelsi Barkved

“Send me a pic” he texts. You’re both busy, in different places, and there’s no mistaking what kind of photograph he’s referring to. Maybe you’re both struggling to stay invested in a long-distance relationship, or maybe it’s simply that you’re both workaholics whose physical intimacy has fizzled due to time restraints. What happens when someone who you love and trust asks for a nude photo favour? Long-distance could lead to forever—so, maybe it’s a good idea.

But what if you end up hating each other’s guts one day? Someone catches a glimpse of that photograph from over his shoulder? What if he loses his phone? Nude photo sharing has become a hot trend of our time. Sexual Snapchatting, Skyping , and plain old picture texting are all regarded with a surprisingly blasé attitude among twenty-somethings of today. It’s an especially

prominent trend among those attending colleges away from home, resulting in, often times, being away from a significant other.

In August 2014, personal nude photos of Jennifer Lawrence, Kate Upton, Arianna Grande, and a number of other female celebrities were released through a hacking of iCloud by unidentified persons and posted on the Internet forum 4chan.

In response to the incident, Apple’s CEO Tim Cook denies the company’s servers were to blame. Furthermore, Cook informed The Journal that the hackers most likely provided correct answers to the security questions asked when one forgets a password, or were victims of a phishing scam.

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Who is to blame for the scandal? Is it the people who had saved nude photos of themselves on their own computers in their own homes? In response to the incident, Lena Dunham tweeted, “The “don’t take naked pics if you don’t want them online” argument is the “she was wearing a short skirt” of the web. Ugh.” The act of having nude photos of yourself or your partner has become an almost naturalized, accepted aspect of modern intimacy it seems.

Cosmopolitan.com has an entire section of their web content allotted to sexting. One article header reads: “Sexting: Naughty Ideas to Try Today”, furthermore, the section byline states that “The best sexts are like great foreplay—they’re spicy but still leave a little to the imagination.”

The section goes on to explore which celebrities allegedly do it, and include other “facts”, such as “Science: Sexting is totally normal”.

Sexting on campus

Speaking to college-age girls at UBCO and elsewhere (all of whom asked to remain anonymous), the commonality of this internet/mobile intimacy trend is only further confirmed.

One young woman sent her (now ex) boyfriend pictures in the past. She told me that she doesn’t regret it because “he’s a trustworthy person—in that sense”. Living in the same city, only a few minutes apart, I asked why she made the decision to hit send: “I wanted a naked pic in return,” she explained. Her advice to other young girls considering doing so? “I wouldn’t do so with anyone that I wasn’t in a deep relationship

“The ‘don’t take naked pics if you don’t want them online’ argument is the ‘she was wearing a short skirt’ of the web. Ugh.” - Lena Dunham

with, and who I knew cared as much about me as I did for them, in return.”

Another girl answered yes to the question without hesitation, clarifying that she was six months into the relationship. She explained that it was because of long distance, and “to remind him”, or make sure that he would still be attracted, despite their time and distance apart.

Her advice to other girls: “I wouldn’t send it to anyone I didn’t one hundred percent trust.”

Another young girl explained that she wouldn’t consider sending one to a guy that she wasn’t dating just because “he would be more likely to show his buddies”. She recommended “For future young ladies, I’d say not to put your face in it, send it to a guy you have been seeing for a long time and you have an emotional connection with, and pray to God it doesn’t get sent around.

Oh yeah, make sure he sends you one first. Deal breaker [if he won’t].”

Legalities & long-distance

It seems that most can agree that digital nude photography has joined the category of foreplay, being considered by most to be an acceptable aspect of intimate relationships. However, just one month ago, a young woman’s photograph that she snapped in the privacy of her own home, that resides on her personal computer, meant for someone whom she trusts, is released on the Internet for all to see by a complete stranger who hacked into her privacy. Suddenly, the whole country and their mother are shaking a finger at Jennifer Lawrence, and having dinner table debates about what a horrible “mistake” she made.

“The best sexts are like great foreplay— they’re spicy but still leave a little to the imagination.”

Now, these nude photographs have become ammunition to slut shame these women. So, whose fault is it really?

I asked Paul Marck, UBCO’s Manager of Media Relations (Paul has also worked for thirty years as a journalist and editor, as well as written extensively about media issues and telecommunications), about copyright associated with personal images, and if there is any legal action that someone could take against their own personal photographs being distributed freely amongst internet users: “Digital media has really taken the bite out of copyright.” Marck compared the issue of nude photo sharing to music file sharing: “much of which largely violates copyright issues as people freely trade an artist’s copyrighted work online.”

He claims that enforcement regarding these issues is nearly impossible. “Whether high art, sexting, or professional portfolio photos, these may indeed be copyrighted images. And in the case of the nude celebrities scandal, they certainly constitute private information. But once that privacy has been violated and photos are massshared via social media, it’s like trying to put the toothpaste back in the tube—it just doesn’t work. Trying to hold online providers liable for a wrong committed by a hacker client is a stop-gap measure at best.”

Not everyone feels the need to use nude photos to entice their partner. One UBCO student in a long-distance relationship from Australia to Kelowna says that her boyfriend repeatedly asks for nude photos from her, but she has never given in. She claims that she trusts him, but doesn’t like the idea of a picture of hers being “out there”.

“What if his phone is stolen,” she said, “what if it

ends up on the internet?”

Not all men are nude photo fiends, either. A couple of male UBCO students explained their own responses to girlfriends offering to text them nude photos: “What is the point? Most likely I’ve already seen you naked. Like, am I supposed to masturbate to that?”

“I respect a girl that is true to herself and doesn’t send them,” the other said, “but a guy’s not going to not like a naked pic.”

Being the victim of a leak

“I respect a girl that is true to herself and doesn’t send them,” the other said, “but a guy’s not going to not like a naked pic.”

Asking to remain anonymous, one UBCO student shared her story with us about her own nude photo being leaked to her high school peers: A few years ago, Emma (name has been changed) stood in the break room of her work, texting her long-term boyfriend on an old flipphone. Based on their conversation over text, she made the decision to send a nude photo of herself to her boyfriend that she had previously taken and had saved on her phone. Little did she know, a younger co-worker who attended the same high school as her caught a glimpse of the photo over her shoulder. After her break, Emma put her phone in her bag in the break room and returned to her shift. Without her knowing, the same coworker who had seen the photo on her phone, entered the break room after she had left, reached into her bag, and sent the photo to himself. He then forwarded it to numerous students from their high school. The next day, Emma received a text from a friend, the nude photo meant for her boyfriend with the words, “Is this you?” Heartbroken, Emma naturally assumed that it was her

boyfriend who had leaked her photo, but after help from many of her peers, she was able to trace her photo back to her co-worker’s phone.

Although the high school reputation that she had built was never the same after the incident, Emma says that most importantly it didn’t change her morals.

I asked Emma if she would ever send a nude photo again. “Yes,” she said. “I’m currently in a long-distance relationship and I trust my boyfriend. If you lack the sexual relations—he’s over there and not here, it’s not really an intimate relationship anymore as much as a friendship.”

Her advice to other university students is not to share photos with someone on campus or in the area. “Definitely a concerning factor for first years—everyone’s new and wanting that first-year experience.”

She says that if you are going to engage in things like that, make sure that you do trust the person, and “Even if you think you do – second guess it. You don’t know if they’re going to save it forever. In my experience with keeping things on your phone…DO NOT KEEP THINGS ON YOUR PHONE.” Emma laughs, “I still have nude pictures of ex-boyfriends on my laptop from old phones that I’ve backed up.”

In response to the celebrity iCloud incident, Emma says “there’s an emphasis on individuals’ bodies these days—on physical appearance.

What’s important is being happy with yourself and your body. Most people have taken naked pictures even if it’s just for themselves, it’s part

of our culture—especially with technology and long-distance relationships. It’s part of being able to be together without being physically together.”

Overall, Emma’s thoughts on nude photos are the following: “I don’t think its wrong. I think it’s totally normal.” Furthermore, her view on Snapchat is that people use it too often, “It almost seems that this app was made for privacy, but at the same time now actually makes hacking people’s nude photos easier.”

“There’s nothing wrong with taking a naked picture, the problem is with the fact that people don’t respect each others bodies—one’s body should be one’s own privacy..”

“There’s nothing wrong with taking a naked picture, the problem is with the fact that people don’t respect each others bodies—one’s body should be one’s own privacy. There’s nothing wrong with taking a picture of that. There’s something wrong with sharing that picture without that persons consent, though.” At the end of the day, Emma says “As long as you’re okay with you—that’s what matters.”

for more on sexting, check out our dick pics article on page 20

boyfriend who had leaked her photo, but after help from many of her peers, she was able to trace her photo back to her co-worker’s phone.

Although the high school reputation that she had built was never the same after the incident, Emma says that most importantly it didn’t change her morals.

I asked Emma if she would ever send a nude photo again. “Yes,” she said. “I’m currently in a long-distance relationship and I trust my boyfriend. If you lack the sexual relations—he’s over there and not here, it’s not really an intimate relationship anymore as much as a friendship.”

Her advice to other university students is not to share photos with someone on campus or in the area. “Definitely a concerning factor for first years—everyone’s new and wanting that first-year experience.”

She says that if you are going to engage in things like that, make sure that you do trust the person, and “Even if you think you do – second guess it. You don’t know if they’re going to save it forever. In my experience with keeping things on your phone…DO NOT KEEP THINGS ON YOUR PHONE.” Emma laughs, “I still have nude pictures of ex-boyfriends on my laptop from old phones that I’ve backed up.”

In response to the celebrity iCloud incident, Emma says “there’s an emphasis on individuals’ bodies these days—on physical appearance.

What’s important is being happy with yourself and your body. Most people have taken naked pictures even if it’s just for themselves, it’s part

of our culture—especially with technology and long-distance relationships. It’s part of being able to be together without being physically together.”

Overall, Emma’s thoughts on nude photos are the following: “I don’t think its wrong. I think it’s totally normal.” Furthermore, her view on Snapchat is that people use it too often, “It almost seems that this app was made for privacy, but at the same time now actually makes hacking people’s nude photos easier.”

“There’s nothing wrong with taking a naked picture, the problem is with the fact that people don’t respect each others bodies—one’s body should be one’s own privacy..”

“There’s nothing wrong with taking a naked picture, the problem is with the fact that people don’t respect each others bodies—one’s body should be one’s own privacy. There’s nothing wrong with taking a picture of that. There’s something wrong with sharing that picture without that persons consent, though.” At the end of the day, Emma says “As long as you’re okay with you—that’s what matters.”

for more on sexting, check out our dick pics article on page 20

October 6th, 2014 | The Phoenix |sports@thephoenixnews.com | Sports Editor: Kevin Ilomin

SPORTS

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FSTA STATS

3.1 Million

Canadians played Fantasy Sports in 2011

$3-4 Billion

Amount in annual economic impacts that Fantasy Sports account for.

42 Million

Number of people over 12 who participated in 2014 Get it? A dragon? Fantasy + Sports.

Photo: Klara Woldenga (The Martlet)

The reality of fantasy sports The prevalence of a multi-billion dollar industry in the common household Kevin Ilomin Sports Editor Sports fans across the world are not simply content to cheer their respective teams of choice, buy tickets and merchandising, talk about the players, games, coaches, and then go home afterwards. Many have decided to make a game out of the game, in a whole new level of meta that we affectionately call “fantasy sports.”

For those lacking ordination into the cult-like nature of fantasy sports, imagine for a moment that friend of yours who pores over

books and codices for their favourite fantasy game like Dungeons and Dragons, talking about the library of stats, abilities, and choices that need making, and merely switch the wizard hat for a football jersey and you have the same effect.

The basic idea of fantasy sports is to buy into a pool where you, the player, participate as an “owner” of a team that you get to build and then compete with against other fantasy owners, based on statistics that come from the real individual players who play every week. Essentially, fantasy sports players are a hybrid cross of nerdy math-loving kids with a passion for sports entertainment, and who like to play games (“gamble”) to win money.

It is called a hobby, but the industry is lucrative. The Fantasy Sports Trade Association estimated in 2014

“It is a hobby, but the industry is lucrative.” that 42 million people aged twelve and above played fantasy sports in Canada and the U.S. Hockey is the most prevalent sport for fantasy in Canada, while American football leads down south. In 2011, a similar study was released specifically citing 3.1 million people

Where’s Ogi? Ogi the Ogopogo, a fan favourite, has mysteriously disappeared Photos contributed by Heat Athletics

in Canada playing fantasy sports at the time. It is estimated that fantasy sports has a $3-4 billion annual economic impact.

Fantasy sports are not just popular in North America. Leagues for soccer, cricket, and other sports are also prevalent. A study in 2008 cited between 5.5 and 7.5 million people aged 16-64 in Britain played. Not surprisingly, 80% of these players participated in fantasy soccer.

The concept of picking players and competing based on year-todate statistics has been around at least as long as World War II, when simple golf scores were used. Baseball was the first big North American sport to see well-established leagues appear. Today, a myriad of sports have all sorts of advanced statistics that may or may not be considered from league-to-league,

Our campus’s beloved mythical aquatic monster has been missing from the Heat games this year, and no one knows why. “Ogi” Ogopogo was the school’s lone mascot for many years until recent newcomer Scorch came onto the scene two years ago. Now, only the quite literally hot-headed mascot remains to be seen on game days.

Stay tuned with The Phoenix as we delve into the investigation of where our beloved water dragon has gone in future issues!??

but nonetheless, on the whole the games have become more complex.

The advent of both the modern computer and the internet were great boon for the industry, as it made statistical information easier to compile, analyze, and distribute.

The information was now more accessible than ever. Today, whole businesses and organizations make a living out of compiling such data and making recommendations to audiences on who to play, sit, start, etc., not unlike how a financial advisor might make recommendations on where to invest. The Fantasy Sports Writers Association was formed in 2004 to represent growing numbers of journalists covering fantasy sports exclusively.

The hockey season is just around the corner. It might be time to get in the game … of the game.

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Sports Editor: Kevin Ilomin|sports@thephoenixnews.com | The Phoenix | October 6th, 2014 Women’s team looks to defend CCAA championship banner.

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Blackburne finishes 51st at Sundodger Invitational.

Women’s Cross Country Team Photo: UBCO Athletics

It’s one step at a time on the path to glory FOR HEAT CROSS-COUNTRY The Heat cross country teams are geared up for big showing at the national championships in a month Team looks to National 2nd-team All-Star Michelle Blackburn to lead Kevin Ilomin Sports Editor We talk a lot about team sports, and the excitement and drama within that ultimately culminates in one team getting that trophy and the immortal glory of a championship. Truly, there are no synonymous feelings as those experienced atop the podium following a hard

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battle between the best of teams.

In individual sports, the drama is largely removed, and the source of conflict shifts from a conflict with your opponents, to merely a conflict within the self. Running, in particular, is quite literally all about that next step. It is a long and arduous task, ground out over large amounts of time, consisting of a single, methodical, and continuously repeating action. It is its method that contains most of the drama. It is a sport that embodies the old phrase: “It’s about the journey, not the destination.”

Coaches Nikki and Nate Reiter came to UBCO four years ago to foster interest in the sport of running, and thus eventually, a formal Heat cross country team was born.

Last year, the women’s team won the school’s first medal when they

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Last year the women’s team won UBCO’s first crosscountry medal when they captured the CCAA championship captured the CCAA championship banner under Nikki’s tutelage— a feat they hope to repeat coming into this 2014-15 season.

Returning from last year’s championship lineup is third-

CCAA ranking of the defending national champion Heat women’s cross-country team (as of September 30).

year Michelle Blackburne, who was a CCAA 2nd team All-Star at last year’s Nationals. The West Kelowna native would finish 11th at the race behind teammate Sandra Kilmartin, who rolled in at 2nd as the first Heat racer across the finish line.

This year it will be Blackburne leading the charge, and she already seems prepared to handle the task.

Both the men’s and women’s teams headed down to the University of Washington on September 20 for their second straight appearance at the Sundodger Invitational, and Blackburne finished 51st overall in a pool of over 200 runners. In addition, she bested her time last year by 25 seconds, with a 23 minutes 29.29 seconds finish over the sixkilometer course.

Meanwhile, the Heat men’s

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Number of strokes that Heat women’s golfer Carolyn Lee bested former Heat star Jen Woods by for the tournament victory September 27-28 hosted by Douglas.

team looks to move up the ranks after finishing 10th at the National Championships last year (out of 21 attending teams). At this year’s Sundodger race, each team member finished within a one-minute spread.

Men’s coach Nate Reiter was pleased with his team’s performance, saying it was “encouraging to see improvement on the team’s average time, even with our top runners still finding their way into optimal shape.”

The guys were led by Scott Lyons of London, ON, who came in with a time of 28:00.57 on the 8 km course.

The BC Athletics Provincial Championships will be held at Clearbrook Park in Abbotsford, BC, on October 25. Two weeks later, the CCAA National Championships will be held at SAIT in Calgary, AB.

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Number of players on last year’s Canada West Final Four Heat women’s volleyball team returning to the locker room for the 2014-15 season.

There are twelve roster spots in total.

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INSIDE THE FURNACE

week, The Phoenix picks one male and one female * Each athlete to spotlight based on recent performances. If

you are at a Heat game and are particularly impressed by your favourite player, drop us a line and tell us why they deserve to be Athlete of the Week

Check out some brief headlines about what has happened recently with our Heat teams Kevin Ilomin Sports Editor Heat men’s rugby sends two teams to the Vikings 7’s tournament and took home both the Bowl and Plate. It is expected that a CIS bid for Heat rugby will occur sometime in the next three years.

Helping Kelowna United on September 28 with raising the new indoor bubble behind the H2O Adventure + Fitness Centre was the UBC Okanagan Heat men’s soccer team. This is just one of several initiatives the Heat teams take part in to give back to the local community.

The Vancouver Balloholics semiprofessional basketball squad visited Kelowna September 27-28 to play exhibition games against the Heat men’s team. Saturday night, the Heat were edged out 96-94, and dropped the Sunday matinee 100-65.

athletes of the week : Carolyn Lee

CAROLYN LEE & CHRIS CUTHILL

2nd year, Calgary, BC

Christopher Cuthill

Won first golf tournament as a sophomore Kevin Ilomin Sports Editor

Photos UBCO Athletics

Regular season games for Heat volleyball, up from last year’s 22 due to Grant MacEwan’s addition to Canada West this season.

In his second-year with the Heat men’s soccer squad, Christopher Cuthill has risen from backup goalkeeper to the starter role, and has so far not disappointed. A big frame in the net at 6’5”, the goalkeeper from South Delta Secondary has been playing phenomenally for a team seriously looking at making the playoffs during their first season in CIS. Cuthill recorded his second career shutout in net for the Heat during a September 27 date with the Fraser Valley Cascades, a 1-0 victory on the road. He started the season strong, but head coach Dante Zanatta has seen an upward trend to his season.

“Tate was a lot better tonight than he has been,” Zanatta said of Cuthill’s shutout performance. “It was a good, full-out effort.”

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Finish by Heat women’s cross-country runner Michelle Blackburne at the Sundodger Invitational held at the University of Washington on September 20, out of a pool of 211 runners.

Here you’ll find quotables on what’s happening around The Funace and the Heat within, so check it out!

“These women know they all need to improve upon their personal performances if they want to repeat the team’s podium performance last year.”

2nd career shutout vs. Fraser Valley Cascades

Winning her first ever golf tournament as a sophomore was one thing, but beating out former Heat champion Jen Woods the same day was the full Monty for Calgary, AB product Carolyn Lee. Lee shot a two-day total of 156 at the Douglas Invitational September 27-28 held at Kings Links by the Sea, two strokes less than UFV’s Woods, who tallied 158.

Lee leapfrogs into second place heading into the season’s final tournament hosted by UBCO with a cumulative score of 485. Woods is now ahead by a single stroke at 484.

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2nd year, Delta, BC

THEY SAID IT

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Points that the Heat men’s soccer team has (as of the time of this writing) in the Canada West standings.

Heat women’s cross-country coach Nikki Reiter, commenting on the road to repeating as the CCAA National Champions

“The good thing is that our players are always striving to compete and never, never give up.”

Heat women’s soccer coach Claire Paterson, reflecting on the tough start to her team’s CIS career in arguably the toughest division in the nation.

“I’m not jinxing myself.”

A quip from Heat men’s soccer coach Dante Zanatta. Specifically, he hopes not to jinx his team’s chances at making playoffs in their debut season in Canada West as playoffs loom and the Heat sit poised to grab a top-four qualifying seed.

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Arts Editor: Jeff Bulmer| arts@thephoenixnews.com | The Phoenix | October 6th, 2014

ARTS

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performances, you name it...

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“NATURE MORTE” AT THE KELOWNA ART GALLERY Vancouver-based artist Christos Dikeakos discusses the changes that come with economic development Kelowna Art Gallery displays vintage apple box labels, video, and photos from Dikeakos’ Naramata orchard Sarah James Visuals Editor

Christos Dikeakos’ exhibition at the Kelowna Art Gallery, on from June 21- October 5 2014, curated by Liz Wylie, used photographs to discuss the vanishing of rural farming and cultural changes that come with economic growth and development in the southern Okanagan.

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The Vancouver-based artist has worked for the last 40 years with the mediums of collage, photography, and sculpture. Although Dikeakos is based in Vancouver, he and his wife own an apple orchard in Naramata, where the photos for this exhibition were taken. This exhibition was mainly composed of ink-jet photographs, with the inclusion of video projections, a selection of vintage apple box labels, and an arrangement of old apple boxes.

Dikeakos’ work in this exhibition used images of apples and the orchard to show the changing of the seasons, while referencing the changes happening to rural farming.

Walking into the gallery, the first image you saw was a large video projection of Apple Spill Dumped Culls, (2012). This work is somewhat based off of the work Glue Pour (1969), by American conceptual artist Robert

Somewhat based off of the work Glue Pour

by Robert Smithson ...

Dikeakos’ projection [Apple Spill Dumped Culls] shows an entire container of apples being dumped/poured down a small hill.

Smithson, who is well-known for his earth-works, including the Spiral Jetty (1970). Glue Pour was the act of pouring a large drum of industrial glue down a small hill, and focusing on the entropy associated with the object, while stepping away from the confines of the gallery space. The relationship between these two works started because of Dikeakos’ involvement in the photo documentation of Glue Pour, which was done not far from the UBC campus in Vancouver. Dikeakos’ video projection showed an entire container of apples being dumped/poured down a small hill. When images of these two works are placed side by side (as they are in the exhibition catalogue) one can see a certain relationship between these two works that I didn’t know existed until now.

There were over 50 works of art in the exhibition, all focusing on the

The Pill (2011)

Suggested for fans of: (500) Days of Summer, How I Met Your Mother, Bored To Death How much do you need to pay attention: Be looking for details An unconventional romantic comedy, The Pill never really seems like it belongs in that genre. While it does use many of the genre’s most common tropes, The Pill is able to do so in refreshing and interesting ways, while wisely avoiding formula.

The Pill is centred around Fred (Noah Bean), an aspiring novelist who spends the day after a one-night stand with

orchard, and the relationship between economic growth and the rural landscape of the orchard. All of the images were beautifully photographed portraying the southern Okanagan landscape in a new light, allowing the viewer to appreciate its beauty whilst considering the changes that are currently happening to that landscape.

The different works and approaches on this subject gave the viewer a multifaceted view of the Okanagan, and the changes this region is undergoing.

Mindy (Rachel Boston) to ensure that she takes both doses of the morning-after pill.

None of the characters are very likeable, many of the situations are absurd (but not implausible), and no one seems to be able to communicate effectively. And yet the film never drags. The Pill is entirely about the journey of its main characters, which is compelling enough to keep you around.

Meanwhile, the casting is excellent, with Bean and Boston both playing characters the audience can easily relate to and become invested in, despite at least one of them being completely loathsome.

It took me a lot of browsing to finally settle on this movie, but now that I have, I am glad I did.

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EVENTS October 7

Tropic Thunder

7PM/$4/UNC Theatre

Come see the highly-acclaimed 2008 comedy the way it was meant to be seen: uncut and on the big screen! Why should you care about this movie? Well, it did earn Robert Downey, Jr. his Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor…

October 10

Keith Hallett & The World’s Fair

8PM/$5/Streaming Café

Left: Vivek Shraya answers questions during Ashok Mathur’s CCS 100 course Photo by Jenica Frisque Right: The poster for Shraya’s film.

Equity office SCREENS “What I LOVE about being QUEER” Toronto filmmaker Vivek Shraya brings new documentary to UBCO for two screenings Collaboration with Equity and Inclusion Office generates passionate discussion on the topic of queerness Angelique Crowther

Equity and Inclusion Office Communications Coordinator

Vivek Shraya’s short film, “What I LOVE about being QUEER,” shows a diverse group of people sharing their personal thoughts and stories on the subject of queerness. The Equity and Inclusion Office hosted two screenings of the Toronto-based artist’s film in collaboration with Ruthann Lee and Ashok Mathur’s CULT 100 and CCS 100 courses.

During the screenings, Vivek shared how his outreach work with queer and trans youth inspired the production of the film. “One of the things I find comes up a lot is not just stories of homophobia, but how that homophobia leads to a kind of self-hate – ‘I feel my parents will never accept me’, ‘I feel disgusting.’”

These stories inspired Shraya to make “a project that would provide support and inspiration and a different perspective to queer and trans youth that are struggling with who they are.”

Shraya has also produced a popular Tumblr account and a book version of the project, whose proceeds benefit George Brown College’s Positive Space program, where he is a coordinator.

The film consists of 34 interviews filmed in Shraya’s kitchen. The question “What do you love about being queer?” generates honest and thought-

The Bling Ring (2013)

Suggested for fans of: Bonnie & Clyde, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Bernie How much do you need to pay attention: You shouldn’t tune out completely Despite masquerading as a light high-school dramedy, The Bling Ring sheds an awfully grim light on celebrity culture.

Sophia Coppola’s caper follows seven friends who repeatedly break into and steal from celebrity houses while the owners are away. I was originally going to comment on the

ful answers that run the gamut from cheeky, bold, touching, and humorous.

Audiences at the screening appreciated the honesty and humour of the answers, and judging by the many questions asked of Shraya following the screening, there was high interest in the topic. Questions ranged from “What does queer mean? I thought it was a word we weren’t supposed to use” to a discussion about the realities of growing up queer in Kelowna and how that experience is different for people living in urban centres.

“I’m delighted that Vivek Shraya could come to UBC Okanagan” said Equity and Inclusion Office Educator, Jenica Frisque. “There is a growing need and a definite interest in building safe and creative spaces for queer issues to be discussed and celebrated in Kelowna.”

Already well-known on the East Coast, the New Brunswickbased bluesman is trying his luck on the West Coast. The show will be live-streamed at streamingcafe.net.

October 11 Lake Country Arts Bazaar

9AM/FREE/Lake Country Art Gallery

Lake Country’s local market for handcrafted and vintage treasures. Get up early and come look around. You won’t leave empty-handed!

October 14 Watchmen

6PM/$4/UNC Theatre

See Zack Snyder’s 2009 adaptation of the comic book long thought to be “unfilmable.” For one night only, all 161 minutes of the Alan Moore classic will be playing in the UNC Theatre.

October 15

FCCS Visiting Author Series: Karen Hofmann & Sean Johnson

7PM/FREE/Okanagan Regional Library

The latest installment of the FCCS Visiting Author Series brings in Kamloops author and Thompson River University Instructor Karen Hoffman and Kelowna’s own Sean Johnson.

October 16 – 18 suspension of disbelief required to even follow the plot: Orlando Bloom, Paris Hilton, Megan Fox, and Lindsay Lohan’s houses are all left entirely unguarded, and sometimes unlocked, allowing the criminals free reign. Additionally, none of the main characters devote any time to covering their tracks, leaving behind very clearly burgled houses, and sometimes even Facebook evidence. It is only an incredibly vain Hollywood that could allow something like this to go on for as long as it does.

And then you realize it’s a true story.

Butt Kapinski

8PM/$15/Kelowna Community Theatre

Award-winning gender-troubled clown Butt Kapinski brings their acclaimed show to Kelowna.

Don’t miss the show the LA Reporter called “a remarkable piece of theatre”!

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Opinions Editor: Kayti Barkved|opinions@thephoenixnews.com | The Phoenix | October 6th, 2014

OPINIONS

Taking a photograph of the D Photos by Kelsi Barkved

DICK PICS: WHY WOULD SOMEONE EVER SEND ONE? ...

One woman tries to find a reason for the popularity of crotch shots.

Bridget Gallagher Contributor I’ll be the first to admit that I am puzzled and perturbed by many things in this world—pants with fake pockets, people genuinely excited to find out that U2’s latest album had materialized in their iTunes, and how a single banana in The Green Thread costs a dollar. That being said, nothing leaves me scratching my head harder than the phenomenon of photographs of genitals—commonly called “dick pics”—particularly those that are unsolicited.

With the birth of Snapchat, iPhones, and a multitude of other

social media resources, sending your sweetheart a picture of your naughty bits has never been easier.

No more worrying about the mailman intercepting that Polaroid of your baby-maker during its journey to your lady friend. In fact, our modern portrait methods ensure your pole will leave its legacy in this world for many moons to come, thanks to the immortalization of the internet. We are in the midst of a peaking technological revolution, and there are a lot of hard-working men and women to thank for our incredible advances.

Considering that, it almost seems disrespectful to these pioneers not to use such technologies to send out dick pics.

Personally, I’m still coming to terms with the thought process that goes into these pictures. One, it’s easy; two, it’s sexy (debatable);

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three, it’s not hurting anybody (also debatable); and four, Instagram filters can make your junk look like art (definitely debatable).

But frankly, girls, what I simply cannot wrap my head around is— do we genuinely enjoy receiving an up close and personal picture of a penis? I asked a friend of mine how she would feel if she received a dick pic and she said, “I’d probably start crying. I’m really afraid of penises.”

Now, I’m not trying to make guys feel bad about their number one source of pride; it’s just that, well, penises are not necessarily the best subjects for photography, and evidently are nightmare fuel for some.

Juxtaposing the dick pic is the female equivalent of a boob shot, or, if the lady is extra creative, something showcasing the backside.

This I can understand—boobs are cute! And let’s face it, women’s

1. Do you consider yourself a feminist?

2. Have you seen Emma Watson’s He for She speech to the UN on gender equality?

3. What did you think?

4. Did you agree/ disagree with Watson?

“No more worrying about the mailman intercepting that Polaroid of your baby-maker during its journey to your lady friend.”

Name: Danielle Age: 21 Faculty: Arts 1. Yes 2. Yes 3. Amazing! Powerful 4. I Agree: everyone should be a feminist

breasts play a more integral role in modern pop culture than the peckers of the most well-known rock musicians. Straight or gay, man or woman, black or white—boobs bring the world together in a peaceful and pillowy way.

Receive a surprise picture of a penis and most people feel violated and a little disturbed. But if an unwarranted set of breasts pops into your inbox to say hey, reactions will range from “this is the best day of my life” to “this is strange and a little weird but I’m going to get over this in about 2 minutes.”

There will always be people who are offended by nudity, but breasts are low on the list of offensive body parts, simply because while they are so much fun to look at, they aren’t sexual organs. So, why on earth do guys think it is a good idea to send out a shot of themselves so

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WHY WOULD ANYONE EVER WANT TO GET ONE? indecently exposed?

After a few days of pondering about boys and their dick pics, I decided my next course of action was to explore the Internet for some other opinions. I was sure that the women of reddit would prove my hypothesis that girls don’t like dick pics to be correct. Immediately, I came across a thread fittingly entitled “Women of reddit: Do you actually like dick pics?” I scrolled down expecting a multitude of ‘no’s, but was surprised by the amount of answers from women claiming that they loved unwarranted dick pics! They even lamented a little on how much these pictures turned them on. At least now I believe my parents when they say that not everything you read on the internet is true.

So my next idea was to stroll up the streets of UBCO and ask other

Name: Rachel Age: 23 Faculty: Arts 1. Depends on your definition 2. Yes 3. Well done, we need to be spreading a better understanding 4. I Agree: her definitions need to be presented

students what they thought. The answers I collected were a lot less surprising than the internet. I asked guys “Have you ever sent a dick pic, and why?” The guys that said yes explained that it was either asked for by their girlfriend, or sent as a surprise. While trying to keep my jaw from dropping, I asked what on earth would inspire someone to send a surprise dick picture.

Unfortunately, most of these guys were much too shy to answer.

It almost seemed as though they couldn’t fathom why they even did it. Maybe the lads were momentarily possessed by dick pic demons. Judging from their friends’ reactions though, it seems most of these surprise pictures were sent either as jokes, or to make fun of the girl on the receiving end. Not cool, guys. Students that said no explained that it was embarrassing,

“Now, I’m not trying to make guys feel bad about their number one source of pride; its just that, well, penises are not necessarily the best subjects for photography”

Name: Nicolette Age: 20 Faculty: Nursing 1. Yes 2. Heard of it 3. I agree with what she said 4. I Agree: all sexes should be equal

or that they were too self-conscious to send such a personal picture.

One gentleman explained, “It’s just too much effort to get hard, and no one wants to get a soft one.” Well, I have to concur with that.

UBCO’s girls were much more willing to discuss their experiences with me. I asked ladies “Have you ever received a dick pic, and how did it make you feel?” Most were quick to explain that they did not like the dick pictures they’ve received. The sweeping consensus was that unwarranted pictures of penises were “disgusting,” “violating,” and “predatory.” This came as no surprise to me, but as I delved deeper, another point of view started cropping up. The main exception to the negative ruling on dick pics was the girls sent these kinds of pictures from their boyfriends.

Many admitted (while blushing)

that a saucy little picture from their boyfriends could actually be a turn on. Though it’s not necessarily the visual erotica, but rather the implications behind the image. Knowing that you can make your significant other feel all hot and bothered enough to want to take a picture is a pretty powerful feeling.

When I started writing this article, I never imagined my view on dick pics would change, and in some regards it hasn’t. I still believe that an unwarranted shot of your nether regions should not enter cyber space unless it has specifically been asked for. It can make the unsuspecting receiver uncomfortable, and truthfully, that’s not fun or sexy.

But if you are sending a dick pic with love and—now this is the important bit—consent, then go for it.

Name: Samantha Age: 21 Faculty: Science 1. Depends on your definition 2. No, but I read some 3. From what I read, was very impressive for her 4. I Agree: (with what I read) yes

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CAMPUS WIDE LOGIN IS A CAMPUS-WIDE PROBLEM Constantly logging in is inconvenient and creates a culture of mistrust Clayton McCann Contributor I arrived early on campus one morning to go and take care of clerical work (printing off a paper for a seminar, etc.) at the library. I signed into a computer, and waited a curiously extended period of time before the system recognized me and unbarred my access. I then had to access Connect to retrieve the paper, and to do so, had to enter my CWL. On that particular morning, I was reminded to change my CWL password, which took a couple of minutes of jumping through hoops. After this, suddenly the pathway to Connect was somehow forgotten and I had to once again re-enter my CWL. I next wanted to print my document, and made

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an attempt to do so through Connect.

Which didn’t work. So, I copied the text and proceeded to paste it to a Word document. Word, however, insisted I close all other applications before it would open. But was I really finished with Connect? I closed it anyway and pasted text to Word.

Just before I hit print I noticed the printers were defaulted to print single-sided. I looked around the library and saw that there must have been over 100 students there, doing the very same thing. The waste is considerably problematic, but it is the lack of choice that is perhaps the greater problem. I proceeded to “pay for print” where I had to, again, enter the very same login and password that I had to enter when I logged on.

But whatever for? It didn’t matter the reason, in part because no reason was forthcoming, so I re-entered all the information. But alas, the “payfor-print” screen was blank with no

“refresh” icon in sight. I closed it all and retried. Same problem. I had no other option but to re-start the computer, or go to another station and do the whole routine again. I chose the latter and logged on, entered passwords, waited, waited, got onto Connect, entered my CWL, copied the text, closed the applications, opened Word, pasted the text, went to print it, selected “double-sided”, went to “pay-for-print”, logged in yet again, entered another password, and finally, printed the document.

Ahhh. Sweet release!

But if I forgot something on Connect, back to logging in and entering passwords. Now, say I want to search for a library text: my CWL must be entered. Should I wish to go to the SSC pages: my CWL again!

Does anyone else see the problem here? We must multiply wasted time by each student every time they need to go online or print something.

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The result is a paramount waste of a staggering number of hours if we are to include the time and energies of the IT personnel required to maintain it all.

FOIPPA ramifications, which influence the gatekeeping in all this information sourcing, are apparently to blame. These considerations are important, but they have become overly important in organizations like UBC due to insurance and legal issues.

What we do have is an abundance of mistrust. When a student is so thoroughly mistrusted (see my experience above) they begin to feel mistrusted. Further, students begin to feel that the organization is not looking out for their interests in terms of security and safety, but, rather, that it is hostile to student’s interests.

Ours is a weirdly paranoid campus—cameras mounted everywhere, motion detectors in front of soft-drink dispensers, Salto card

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I can’t afford to use the library anymore.

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detectors at every doorway, and security personnel with CIA ear-pieces grimly (albeit briskly) scrutinizing the students’ comings and goings.

I joke a little; it eases the suffering.

But all mirth aside, the underlying problem still stands: if I am not trusted, I tend to withhold my trust in turn. This response must also be multiplied by each student. The product is a pile of mistrust that need not have been manufactured in the first place, except that insurance and legal have willed it thus. The Governors, and the Chancellor, and the President, and all the sage heads of the academy have nodded their assent because in their eyes it is better to create a repressive state than risk going to court. So are we indeed trusted and noteworthy citizens of the institution we are helping create, or are we occupants of a drab, functionless system constructed for toddlers?

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Citations:

1 The Development of

DRIs 1994–2004: Lessons Learned and New Challenges. (2007)

by M. Sheffer and CL. Taylor

2 Protein and amino acids for athletes. (2004)

by KD Tipton and RR. Wolfe

3 Effect of dietary protein content during recovery from high-intensity cycling on subsequent performance and markers of stress, inflammation, and muscle damage in welltrained men. (2008) by DS Rowlands, et al.

4 Alan Aragon’s Research

Review. (2008) by A. Aragon

Composite image by Cam Welch

5 Effect of timing of en-

ergy and carbohydrate replacement on post-exercise insulin action. (2007)

MUCH ADO ABOUT PROTEIN A rebuttal to last issue’s “How Much Protein Should You Actually Consume” Lincoln Johnson Contributor The article concerning protein in the last issue of The Phoenix is the kind of un-verified pseudo-science I would expect to see on the Misc. forum of Bodybuilding.com, not in a student newspaper that theoretically has someone fact-checking their articles (If there is no fact-checker, especially for science-type articles, maybe we need to vote them a bigger budget or something).

First up, the things that are correct in the aforementioned article: The basic science mentioned in the second paragraph is correct, and the Dietary Reference Intake (DRI) has indeed been set by the Institute

of Medicine of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences at 0.8 g/kg of bodyweight. Also, protein is indeed used by the body to help repair the muscles after a workout, and is also responsible for all sorts of magical other things that are not really relevant to this discussion.

Now, the DRI is a reasonable approximation of a basic place to start.

However, the recommended values are based almost entirely on opinion, rather than actual scientific randomized controlled clinical trials [1].

So, they are, at best, an anecdotally derived suggestion, based on a statistical average. The main problem with that being that the average includes a large proportion of sedentary people who never lift anything heavier than a cheeseburger or a beer. Research has shown that the optimal range of daily protein intake for endurance athletes is in the 1.2-1.7 g/kg range, and for strength

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athletes is in the 1.2-2.2 g/kg range, with some research indicating benefits of intakes of up to 2.0 and 3.0 g/ kg/day respectively [2].

Second, the 0.1 g/kg maximum of usable post-workout protein is a complete and utter fabrication.

Sources, please? Real science done by real scientists in controlled conditions has shown that the maximum post-exercise protein absorption is 0.15 g/kg/hr [3]. That’s per HOUR kiddies, not the whole time ever after you work out. Based on a review of the relevant research, one author recommends a post-exercise protein intake dose of 0.55 g/kg (0.25g/ lb) immediately following exercise (within 1-2 hours) [4]. This dose is supported by the research to stimulate the maximal net protein synthesis, and can be reduced by 50% for those not interested in maximal anabolic response, to economize total caloric intake or defer protein intake

for another point. As a side note, for those requiring muscle glycogen refilling, research supports 1.2 g/kg/hr for up to 5 hours post-exercise [5].

Remember kiddies, nutrition is a science, and for the most part the mainstream media and other sources get it dead wrong at best, and wrong enough to hurt you at worst.

Check their sources, and don’t believe everything you read, including what you have read here.

Read the full article online Editor’s note: The original article came to us from a UBCO Human Kinetics class, and was signed off on by the professor.

As such, we did not look into the claims as we would have for an inhouse article. We will follow up on this topic.

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Letter: Wylie’s enrolment numbers inaccurate To the editor: The September 22 opinions piece concerning UBCO’s enrolment (“UBCO’s Enrolment Falls Short This Year” by economics professor Dr. Peter Wiley) indicates a misunderstanding of both UBC Okanagan’s projected enrolment numbers this fall, and how the university budget works.

The piece cites an expected shortfall of 400 full-time equivalent (FTE) students. While the final number cannot be accurately reported yet, it is in fact expected to be closer to 120 FTEs. This represents a shortfall of 1.7% FTEs from our ministry-funded target of 6971.

The provincial grant is not affected by changes in student numbers, so the true financial impact will be no more than $600,000 (the loss of student fees), far from the $6 million suggested in the opinions piece, and only 0.5% of estimated operating budget.

As we, and other post-secondary institutions in our region, have anticipated, Grade 12 graduation numbers in British Columbia are in decline, at the same time that post-secondary space across Canada is increasing. While the declining number of students graduating from our regional schools has an impact today, we know that this will be a relatively short-term phenomenon as local elementary classes are increasing in size.

In addition to these external trends, we see changes in student interests in programs of study; there is a rising demand for professional programs—in health, engineering, and management—and fewer students choosing arts and sciences. These changes contribute to modest variances between forecast and actual enrolment this year at the Faculty level, and remind us that the programs UBC offers must be designed to be attractive to today’s students.

Student numbers and FTEs at this time of year are still in flux.

Formal reports cannot be made until after the class-drop deadline, but we can be sure that the impacts on both the budget and any line-ups at Tim Horton’s will be manageable.

Sincerely, Kate Ross Associate Vice-President, Enrolment Services, and Registrar

FALL BY-ELECTIONS POLLING STATION: UNC 105 OCT. 29TH & 30TH TIME: 11 AM - 7 PM A referendum shall be called without delay by the President of the Student Union upon: a. a Resolution of the Board of Directors The Chief Returning Officer shall schedule the referendum in a manner that ensures that the Members have a reasonable opportunity to participate.

Do you support UBCSUO establishing a student society fee of $70.00 per academic year payable in the amount of $35.00 for each of term one and term two of the winter session for the purpose of supporting the construction of a new Learning Centre / Library space to be centrally located on campus? Yes ___ No ____ Note: If approved: o o o o o o o o o

Informal learning and study space will be a prominent feature of the new Learning Centre / Library space.

The new student society fee will be levied on all active UBCSUO members in each of term one and two in the winter session. No fee will be levied in the summer session.

The fee will be used to finance a loan from UBC of 1/3 of the total projects costs to a maximum of $10,000,000. The new student society fee will continue to be levied until UBCSUO has re paid the loan and interest on the loan.

The contribution will be prominently acknowledged in the Learning Centre / Library space.

The total cost of construction is estimated to be $24-30 million. The remaining cost of con struction will be the responsibility of UBC. The new student society fee will not be levied until UBCSUO and UBC reach agreement on the terms relating to the construction of the Learning Centre / Library space.

In the event the Learning Centre / Library space project does not proceed for any reason, any fees already collected will be directed to an alternative informal learning and study space project on the mutual agreement of the UBCSUO and UBC. The fee will be indexed annually to the BC Consumer Price Index (CPI) to ensure equity in real contributions over time.

The UBCSUO Board of Directors will establish a process and criteria for active UBCSUO members demonstrating financial need to apply for a full or partial refund of the new student society fee.

PLEASE BRING STUDENT IDS OR GOVERNMENT ID