Issue 6

UBCO’s Student Newspaper

November 4th, 2013 | Vol. 25 Issue 6

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E R U T FU OF FOOD ON S U P M A C CAN UBCO’S FOO D SERVICES EVER BE FIXED? p1 2-13 0

1 TARY NEEDS p IE D ’ S T N E D U T SERVING S

GLUTEN-FREE WON’T SOLVE ALL YOUR PROBLEMS p11 GES OF THE CHALLEN

VEGANISM p14

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UBCO’s Student Newspaper

November 4th, 2013 | Vol. 25 Issue 6

FEATURES

NEWS

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E R U T FU OF FOOD ON S U P M A C

FUTURE Bike trail progress p4 Theatre improvements nixed p5

Veganism, UBCO food services, and gluten-free goodness p11-14

LIFE

ARTS

Food. It’s all around us. Dietary needs, health preferences, and cost.

Aramark’s contract is expiring in June 2014 and the university is searching for a better one. This cover was born from how were surrounded daily by food choices, and now a larger strategic choice for the university.

Halloween photos p6 What were Dinosaurs? p10

Comedy on Campus p17 Paper Kites Concert p19

Corrections

OPINIONS

SPORTS

Antonio Kim talks SU p15 Beer in your fridge p16

Volleyball season begins p20 Gender in the gym p22

CAN UBCO’S FOO D SERVICES EVER BE FIXED? p1213

TS’ SERVING STUDEN

DIETARY NEEDS

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GLUTEN-FREE WON’T SOLVE ALL YOUR PROBLEMS p11 S OF VEGANISM

THE CHALLENGE

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Lana Larouche, we’re sorry we spelled your name wrong last issue.

Monsanto, we used an extra ‘t’ in your name, and we regret the error.

The party issue has been delayed until a future issue. We will keep you posted.

Editor-in-chief

Dave Nixon eic@thephoenixnews.com

Room 109 University Center 3333 University Way Kelowna, BC Canada V1Y 5N3 Phone: 250-807-9296 Fax: 250-807-8431 thephoenixnews.com

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Alex Eastman ads@thephoenixnews.com

Creative Director

Cameron Welch creative@thephoenixnews.com Interim Art Directors Cameron Welch Darcie Rudyk artdirector@thephoenixnews.com

Copy Editor Cover images by

Lauren Wintle copy@thephoenixnews.com

Interim News Editor

David Nixon news@thephoenixnews.com

Arts Editor

Laura Scarpelletti arts@thephoenixnews.com

Life Editor

Photo Editor

Kelsi Barkved photo@thephoenixnews.com

press. Editorial content is separate from

Staff Writers

UBC institution at large.

Torin McLachlan & Emma Partridge & Sasha Curry & Matt Husain

Maranda Wilson life@thephoenixnews.com

Staff Illustrator

Interim Sports Editor

Staff Photographers

Alex Eastman sports@thephoenixnews.com

Opinions Editor

Matt Lauzon opinions@thephoenixnews.com

Events Editor

Hanss Lujan events@thephoenixnews.com

The Phoenix is the UBCO students’ free

Asher Klassen

Ali Young & Jahmira Lovegrove

Columnists Sean Willett

the University of British Columbia Students’ Union Okanagan (UBCSUO) and from the

The editorial staff encourages everyone to submit material to the Phoenix but reserves the right to withdraw submissions from publication for any reason. “Any reason” could be material deemed to be sexist, racist, homophobic, or of poor taste or quality.

The Phoenix will not publish materials which condone, promote, or express actions which are illegal under current laws. This does not include articles which provide an in-depth examination of both sides of a controversial subject (e.g. legalising marijuana).

The Phoenix is published, in part, by the

Contributors

Kaeleigh Phillips, Jake Sherman

UBCSUO and is an active member of the Canadian University Press

NEWS briefs

Impeachment motions repealed

Strongly Agree Strongly Disagree The first professor evaluations that will have the chance to be published online are beginning on November 17.

Every student can complete it online at eval.olt.ubc.ca/ okanagan. It will close December 3, and it is completely confidential.

Additionally, Senate also passed a requirement for professors to disclose everything to their department heads. Before, professors could pick which comments to show for their reviews.

Executives answer questions regarding impeachment at the UBCSUO Town Hall on Oct. 30 Dave Nixon

Editor-in-chief

At 10:57pm Wednesday night, Blake Edwards repealed the impeachment motions against the UBCSUO Services, External, and Internal Coordinators.

He does not see the retraction as a failure, however.

“I feel like it accomplished what it needed to,” said Edwards, “people have seen noticeable change and increased communication.”

The motion had shone a spotlight on how successful the elected executives had been; many also accused it of being personal in nature.

Edwards was a candidate in the last election for Services Coordinator against Nick Dodds and Rebecca Wylie. Him and Courtney Chang (Chang’s was the second signature on the impeachment motion) are both heavily involved in clubs

Change could be coming to the SU

& student initiatives this year. Edwards, however, says he never had any intention of running again if the impeachment had been successful.

This was the second year in a row an impeachment motion has been proposed. Last year it was solely against Nick Dodds, and it was presented on the day of the AGM. It was voted down.

Edwards repealed the impeachment motions the same night as the UBCSUO Town Hall, which was designed in part to give students a chance to ask executives questions regarding the impeachment. He said it wasn’t as a result of what he heard there, however.

“It was a decision made before the Town Hall,” said Edwards. In the Town Hall, Rocky Kim (Financial) and Alex Gula (External) both conveyed that they felt it had “lit a fire under [them]” and helped point

them in the direction of things students wanted done.

But Nick Dodds (Services) and Shaman Mclean (Internal) both denied that the impeachment motion had caused any change, which Edwards said made him question his decision to repeal the motion.

“To say they already had things planned to fix all the concerns raised by the impeachment motion is a little arrogant,” said Edwards, “Rocky and Gula admitted it…but they really can’t deny it because everyone has seen it work.”

Edwards is also satisfied because of the discussion the motions sparked among students. “Student apathy has declined, and students are more engaged with the union.

Executives are more accountable to the students because [students] know what’s going on.”

“In the endgame all [Edwards]

photo by Ali

Young

wanted was more accountability and for them to work harder,” said Financial Coordinator Rocky Kim, the only executive missing from the impeachment motion. “I think at the end of the day it had a positive benefit…we know that students are going to care if you’re stagnant.

It was a reality check: people are watching.”

The executives don’t all agree on the motion’s effect. “It’s made things challenging as an executive” said Dodds, “everyone aside from me has a second job, it’s an enormous stressor on all of us…It would have been better if this was presented as feedback rather than an impeachment.”

The AGM will continue as planned for 11 a.m. on Nov. 6, where the year’s budget will be presented for approval and any student will be able to propose a motion.

Last year a motion to change the UBCSUO executive structure to a presidential system was voted down, largely due to fears that a president would somehow have “too much power”. This year the executives have spoken quite a bit about the structure of the SU and how it has affected them with regards to the impeachment (above). There may be significant structural changes that they or others are going to propose at the upcoming AGM on November 6. Any student can propose a motion, provided that it is done correctly. To get help you can visit the SU and ask about how to phrase a motion and how to submit it.

Academy Hill is open The first development on the hill above the university is fully complete, and there is much more to come.

Academy Hill tenants are now moved in after students had been delayed and stuck without their expected units. The units were not due until much later by contract; though Academy Hill had told them they would be ready for September 1. It took until mid-October.

“There is and remains a housing deficiency on campus,” said Rob Hager, who runs marketing for Academy Hill.

“There’s another developer that’s going to be coming on stream, maybe next year… there will be more residences coming down the pipeline.

Academy Hill was a good investment by his account, and investors are happy. He said the buyers were encouraged to rent close to campus rates, which makes the market more competitive.

As for Phase Three with the commercial leases for a grocery store, pub, and take-out restaurants, those tenant names still haven’t been released. Hager is unsure when it will be completed as well. They launched Phase Two three weeks ago on October 5th, however, which will include 30 two bedroom and den suites.

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“When Jamie Basran left to focus on management, it almost seemed like they didn’t have the resources for all of it,” said Carl Horak, one of the last students who got to finish his Arts Co-op with Disney International after the Barber School suspended the program.

Read why it’s suspended and what’s being done about it on Tuesday Nov 5.

This dog wants to reduce your stress. The B.A.R.K. study is aimed at reducing students’ stress and creating a comfortable environment outside of class.

B.A.R.K. stands for “Building Academic Retention Through K9’s”. Read more online on Wednesday Nov 6.

UBCO out its magnifying glass to look closely at student services on campus, including hospitality UBCOisispulling reviewing studenty services such as food provider Aramark

UBCO re-evaluates student services David Nixon

Editor-in-chief

UBCO is continuing to develop a strategic view of its future by commissioning the first review of student services in its history.

After growing from approximately 3,500 students to 8,300 in a short time, UBCO is using the review to ask “are we who we say we are,” according to the Chair of the review, Acting Provost Cynthia Mathieson.

“This isn’t about any one person, it’s about student service as a whole,” said Mathieson, who was quick to speak against rumours that the review might be due to any one individual’s performance.

The Associate Vice Principlal (AVP) Students, Ian Cull, runs the portfolio in question. It is the largest administrative department at UBCO with an $8 million budget.

The growth of staff in the portfolio has paralleled student growth: It has gone from 45 employees to 102, plus some student staff since 2005.

It encompasses areas such as athletics and recreation, enrolment,

The university is going ahead with discussions around the Roberts Lake Road access proposed by Professor Paul Shipley via a petition on change. org. We’ll give you an update on how those talks are going on Thursday Nov 7.

Top: Illustration by Laura Reyerse; Middle: Photo by Kelsi Barkved; Bottom: Photo by Liza Anderson

Photo by Hanss Lujan

On our radar

recruitment, health and wellness, student development and advising, housing and hospitality. It becomes clear quite quickly that changes here would directly affect students.

“The mandate was first to build sort of a campus life or a campus environment, recruit students, and then work on retaining students, then really develop an exceptional student experience,” said Cull, “now the campus has grown out so the building phase is done, domestic enrolment targets are reached. It’s time to have a look at where we go from here.”

Cull said a lot of their decisions for the future will be based off of the review and the visioning process currently ongoing throughout the university, and would not comment if he believes any significant changes would be made due to factors such as domestic enrolment targets being reached.

Significant changes would be possible though, it’s just too early to know. “This is pretty unusual,”

3,500 approximate number of students at UBCO’s start in 2005

8,300 approximate number of students in 2013

“When we took over from OUC, we were reacting. Reviews allow you to be proactive”

UBC Okanagan’s composting has been very successful at saving the university money and helping to create a much more sustainable environment, bringing the number of garbage BFI bins for the core campus down to six. They’ve been approached by other universities and by local businesses who are looking to learn more about what they did.

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said Paul Marck at UBCO Media Relations, “we’re not Vancouver… we’re able to do this because we’re nimble.

“There’s something even more subtle here,” said Marck, “when we took over from OUC, we were reacting. Reviews allow you to be proactive.”

As Associate Vice Principlal Cull currently reports to the DVC and not the VP Students in Vancouver, Louise Cowen. Vancouver is “highly aware” of the review but is not actively involved, according to Mathieson. Janet Teasdale who is the Managing Director of Student Development and Services in Vancouver is on the committee, however.

According to administration, the committee consulted students throughout the process. And they paid special attention to that feedback. The review is now finished collecting feedback, and will be presented to the DVC soon. The DVC then may release a summary of the report online.

The UBCSUO has instigated a locked door policy for the first time ever. They say it is to do with theft problems and the danger of volatile individuals being able to walk into the office, but students have been surprised by the change. It may prove to be a problem, but it could also be an innocuous change.

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UPCOMING Nov 5 Stress Busters 1 p.m. / ART 218

Overwhelmed with school? don’t stress! this workshop will fix that, no cost!

Sign above the door of the UBCSUO UNC Theatre

Photo by Kelsi Barkved

Board of directors say no to $45k for UNC Theatre improvements Emma Partridge

Staff Writer

Rocky Kim is working to gain support for a $45k investment in the UNC Theatre, but it hasn’t gone well so far.

The motion only received two votes in support at the October 21st board meeting, one being Kim’s; seven voted no and one abstained.

The high price tag and the absence of a proper presentation did not bode well for its success.

“There was no consultation [with] students, whether they would want a new theatre and they would want their money going towards it,” said External Coordinator Alex Gula. “Do we really need to revamp the whole theatre? Not really, I don’t feel.”

Kim admitted that only a group of about a dozen students had been approached to discuss improvements before the board meeting.

Gula also believes that first years would be the main beneficiaries of theatre renovations, whereas something like mental health is a student-wide issue. “Some of the more important issues that happen on our campus are the well-being

of students…the health and wellness center has limited funding to help students, where students are waiting for counseling for weeks, and that’s a bit outrageous.”

The Services Coordinator Nick Dodds agrees that there should be better uses for the money. At Wednesday’s Town Hall he said he would rather “prioritize, rather than picking ideas out of the hat.”

But the proposal is far from dead.

Kim promises to put it back on the table at one of the future meetings.

“We’re watching [movies] with the old outdated technology in that theatre, and we’re charging students for it. That’s the problem,” said Kim. The proposal intends to remedy this problem with new digital equipment, which the General Manager (GM) Bob Drunkemolle says would put the theatre on par with the equipment used at the Grand 10 on Mccurdy.

“It’s pretty dismal right now,” said Kim about the current set-up.

“This is my vision of it: once we get the improvements done there

and everything, I was hoping [we] could hire an employee to stay there until like twelve or one, and we get two game consoles in there.”

Kim maintains that it was simply a lack of preparation that made it fail, not the idea of theatre improvements. “I was kind of ambushed at the board meeting, I didn’t know it even made it on the agenda…

I wanted to be better prepared. I think I didn’t convey the answers they were looking for.” All that was presented was one equipment quote.

One answer the executives wanted was whether the money could be better spent on student services that could take precedence over an entertainment unit. When asked about this, Drunkemolle responds that the money “comes from a capital line item that we have, that would be money earmarked to go back into the student union’s businesses.” In other words, the surplus of revenue will be reinvested in one of the SU’s business, or will remain unspent.

Green Bean Manager Stephanie

Patterson says it’s worthwhile to spend the revenue on an overhaul of the theatre. “There are a lot of good things that could be done with the space, and I think that it’s not just going to benefit one department…a lot of events go on in there; movies are just a small part of it.”

The theatre space has been used

by Student Recruitment and Advising, as well “there are speaking events, there are community events, and it’s not up to par, really. When this building was built it wasn’t top of the line anyway, so it’s got a long ways to go,” said Patterson. With this mindset shared by the Financial Coordinator, the theatre renovations will still be fought for at future SU meetings.

If the motion is passed, both Kim and Drunkemolle have promised the cost of watching a movie will remain what it has always been.

“Our job is to provide student service as cost effective a theatre at the same cost,” said the GM. “It’s a service first, it’s a business second” says Kim. “The theatre is something I definitely want to happen.”

Report disputes grim job prospects for youth Jane Lytvynenko

CUP Ottawa Bureau Chief

The notion of today’s youth being the “lost generation” is being challenged by a new report from TD Economics. Published Oct. 22, the study focused on the skill mismatch and labour shortages in the market over the last 10 years. It found the picture is not as grim as it has been painted.

“The notion of a severe labour market skills mismatch has topped the headlines,” reads the report.

“With data in hand, we debunk the notion that Canada is facing an imminent skills crisis. At the same time,

there is some evidence of mismatch across certain occupations and provinces, but the sparse, non-time series data prevent us from saying whether the situation today is worse than in years past.

The report looked at three key areas: the Canadian labour market over the past 10 years, whether there’s a skills mismatch and what should be done about it. It honed in on areas where there are commonly perceived skills shortages or surpluses, including the trades and arts degrees.

“Some have been labelling the current youth generation as the lost generation,” said Sonya Gulati, senior economist at the TD Bank Group, who co-authored the report. “For us, while we determined the unemployment rate is higher, part of the reason for that is where we are in the economic cycle.”

According to StatsCan, in 2012 the youth unemployment rate was 14.5 per cent compared to 6 per cent for workers aged 25 and up. However, the rate is historically low for those aged 15 to 24 not only in Canada but

across the globe.

“Occupations widely thought to be in shortage have recorded considerably lower unemployment rates than their counterparts in the surplus camp,” reads the TD Economics report. “Still, vacancy rates outside of some pockets (e.g., trades) are not significantly higher than the national average. They also have not accelerated over the past few years.”

Despite prospects not being as bleak as predicted, both Canada and its citizens should take steps to safeguard their employment.

Nov 7 Flu Clinics

8a.m. - 1 p.m./ ADM foyer Avoid the inevitable flu spreading around campus. Free to students and faculty, make sure you bring your ID and CareCard

Remembrance Day Ceremony 10:45 a.m. Courtyard

The 8th annual Remembrance Day ceremony combines traditions from UBC and the Royal Canadian Legion. Organized by students, faculty and staff.

Nov 8 BARK Study

5 - 6 p.m. EME 1123 Dogs. Petting. Cuddling. Cuteness. What more do you need to know?

Nov 11 Remembrance Day All day, around you

University will be closed

Nov 12 Midterm break begins

All day, around you There’s only two types of people in the world, the ones that procrastinate, and the ones that say they don’t.

LIFE

UPCOMING

Trick or Eat

Nov 6 Documentary: The Anonymous People 2:30pm / Art 103

THE ANONYMOUS PEOPLE is a feature documentary film about the 23.5 million Americans living in long-term recovery from addiction to alcohol and other drugs.

No charge

Nov 7 Spoken Word Night 7pm / The Well

Writers, writing enthusiasts, and perfromers! Come share your work with your peers and have a few beers while you’re at it

GO Party: 80s and Aliens

7pm / Kelowna Art Gallery Afundraising event inspired by the two exhibitions (Theatre of the Exploding Sun and Saturday Morning Cartoons) and sponsored by Disney Interactive.

Nov 8 Art Party Call for Submissions The theme this year is SPACE, and performance, music, visual art, dance, spoken word, and film are all mediums we encourage you to submit. All proposals should be submitted to tcuartparty2013@gmail.com. The Art Party is on Nov 22.

Nov 4 Art and Controvercy

7pm / Alternator Centre This event includes an exhibition in the Fine Arts Gallery, a public lecture by visiting controversal artist-photographer Jonathan Hobin, as well as a panel discussion. The exhibition will be located in the main foyer of the Creative and Critical Studies Building and will run from November 4 to 8, 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The ASA’s Haunted House On October 31st the Asian Students’ Association transformed the EME into a spooktaular Halloween Haunted House . Students in blood-spattered medical gear popped out of corners and followed terrified students, alumni, and families as they braved the horrifying gauntlet. The event brought out 421 people and generated almost $800.

Photos by Liza Anderson

Photos & writeup by Ali Young On Halloween, UBCO’s KULA Club, in collaboration with University Christian Ministry (UCM) and the UBCO Young Liberals of Canada Club, canvassed numerous areas in Kelowna to “Trick or Eat”.

Trick or Eat is a nationwide initiative in which volunteers go door to door on Halloween, but instead of asking for candy, ask for non-perishable food items and canned goods. Trick or Eat aims to target the growing issue of food insecurity in Canada.

The student groups that participated from UBCO were collecting donations to go to the UBCO Food Exchange program and the Kelowna Community Food Bank.

In 2011, 3.9 million individuals experienced some level of food insecurity, and 1.1 million of them were children.

This year, UBCO’s night of “Trick or Eating” was extremely successful! Compared to six car groups of student volunteers the year before, this year the university sent out seventeen full car groups of students to numerous areas around Kelowna. The community was very excited to help with this cause; in total the initiative collected just over 1,400 pounds of food! This puts the official Trick or Eat campaign one step closer to its goal of collecting $550, 000 worth of food across Canada to benefit over 100 local food agencies.

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RAISING HEALTH

Salt

the good, the bad, and the ugly

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Curtis Schafer & Cherri Reagh 4th-year Nursing students with Dr. Sally Willis-Stewart, PhD Illustration by

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Most of us have heard that eating too much salt is not good for us and that we should maybe limit the amount we consume. But we don’t all know if we are eating too much salt or which foods in our diet are high in salt.

Table salt is made of sodium and chloride, and according to Health Canada the average Canadian consumes 3.5 grams of sodium per day - significantly more than the recommended intake of 1.5 to 2.3g (about 1 tsp).

Sodium is a key contributor to the development of hypertension (high blood pressure) and prolonged hypertension is a major risk factor for heart disease and stroke. Hypertension can progressively develop, beginning at an early age, and is often referred to as the “silent killer” because it lacks physical symptoms. Our bodies do require some sodium, however, as it is an electrolyte that is essential for numerous bodily functions, such as generating nerve impulses and muscle contractions. Sodium plays a central role in homeostasis by regulating fluid balance and blood volume.

In what foods does sodium hide? The majority (77%) of sodium found in food products is added in the manufacturing and food-preparation process to improve preservation and taste. Large amounts of sodium are found in most pre-packaged, processed products - for example, bread products, breakfast cereals, processed meats (hot dogs, pepperoni, etc.), soups, pickled products, cheeses, sauces, gravies, canned goods, and salad dressings.

Small amounts of sodium are also present in tap water.

Health Canada suggests eating food products with less than 360mg of sodium per serving (under 15% of the recommended daily value), although <140 mg/ serving “low sodium choices” are even better.

Another way to protect our health from excessive sodium is to lobby the government for regulation of salt in the food products we buy. Currently there is no such regulation, and food companies oppose regulation because salt boosts sales and shelf life by increasing flavor and preservation. In 2011, Campbell’s briefly lowered the salt content in their soups in response to public pressure, but reversed this change when sales decreased.

For your health, choose foods in their most natural state and read food labels to purchase lower-sodium packaged food products.

Some ways to reduce your sodium intake - Limit the amount of pre-packaged and ready-toserve meals - If buying canned products, buy lower- sodium or no-sodium options.

- Use frozen veggies instead of canned - Purchase deli meat that is unseasoned, cooked, or roasted (rather than smoked etc) - Season with garlic, lemon juice, or fresh herbs instead of salt - At restaurants, ask for your meals to be cooked without MSG or oriental sauces

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What are dinosaurs?

Sean Willett Dinosaur liker and Production Editor at The Gauntlet (U of C) Illustrations by Laura Reyerse

When discussing dinosaurs — and the many misconceptions that surround them— you must inevitably tackle a surprisingly complicated question: what are dinosaurs?

Or more specifically, how do we categorize and describe these enigmatic animals?

Most dictionaries will tell you that dinosaurs are a type of extinct reptile, often characterized by their large size. While this definition would have been considered fairly accurate 50 years ago, it is now almost completely wrong.

The biggest problem with this definition is that it claims dinosaurs are extinct. If you haven’t been living under a rock for the past 20 years, you are probably aware that birds are now considered to be dinosaurs by the vast majority of the paleontological community. This in itself calls into question the idea that most dinosaurs are big —while many dinosaurs did reach gargantuan sizes, few people would consider a chickadee very large.

Calling dinosaurs reptiles is also a problem, especially since reptile is such a nebulous term. Coined long before we reached our modern understanding of the history of life, reptile is rarely considered a proper grouping of organisms since many reptiles are only distantly related to

one another. The term is still used today in popular literature, but now only really means “any animal that has scales and isn’t a bird or mammal.” Since many dinosaurs aren’t considered reptiles, and not all extinct reptiles are dinosaurs, this term doesn’t really work.

So if dinosaurs aren’t simply giant extinct reptiles, than what are they? If you were to ask a paleontologist, they might tell you that Dinosauria is a superorder of animals composed of Passer domesticus (the common sparrow), Triceratops horridus, their most recent common ancestor, and all descendents.

This is the phylogenetic definition of dinosaurs, which is most easily thought of in terms of the “tree of life.” Dinosaurs are like two conjoined branches of this tree — the part where they are connected represents the first dinosaur, and the two tips are Triceratops and the common sparrow. Everything that has grown off of any part of this group of branches is considered a dinosaur, and falls within the superorder Dinosauria.

While this definition is useful when looking at the evolutionary relationship between dinosaurs and other kinds of animals, it still doesn’t completely answer the question of what dinosaurs really

are. After all, how do paleontologists decide whether or not an animal actually belongs on that group of branches?

First, it is important to acknowledge that dinosaurs are a part of a larger group of organisms known as archosaurs. Crocodilians and pterosaurs are also archosaurs, which are all classified together due to several shared features that link them all back to a common ancestor. Dinosaurs are separated from these other archosaurs in a similar way, grouped together because they share certain small features.

However, the easiest way to distinguish dinosaurs from other archosaurs is through the way dinosaurs hold their legs underneath their body. While most other archosaurs have a lizard-like sprawling posture, dinosaurs have an erect posture similar to mammals.

Although there are a few nondinosaurian archosaurs that also share this feature, it can generally be stated that dinosaurs are a group of archosaurs that hold their legs erect beneath their body.

While this definition isnt as simple as “big dead reptiles,” it is at least a bit more correct, and will almost certainly make you sound more intelligent at parties.

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FASHION Campus Style

Louis Richardson (4th year Applied Science) “ Comfort and weather is the motivator for my style” Sweeter: Zara men Shoes: Adidas V-neck: H&M

Connor Mclinan He describes his style as “medal core” and told him I liked his jeans he told me “a motorcycle cut the whole” Shoes: Aldo

Alyssa Machaud (1st year Bachelor Arts) “My style is girly but extremely comfortable “Alyssa enjoys thrift shopping, and she bought her vintage tile jacket from Value Village Blouse: Forever 21 Skirt: H&M Jacket: Value Village

Maple Chong (2th year Political Science) “It basically dress for the weather “ Shoes: BCBG Cardigan: Dynamite Pants: Zara

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Nessa Tousi (4th year Nursing) T-shirt: The Gap Shoes: The Gap Her style is “cheap an on sale”

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Features The challenges of serving Students’ Food NEEds Paying attention to food on campus has never been more important.

Aramark’s contract is up June 2014. And the university has to inform them by March 1 if they will be kicked out or not.

Last summer the university hired Mark Murdoch, a consultant who specializes in university food contracts. Since then he has been conducting surveys, focus groups, and trying to ascertain the needs of the campus.

The original contract with Aramark was grandfathered in from OUC’s days. UBCO inherited it then and has had it ever since, with some revisions throughout the years.

But as Murdoch puts it, it no longer serves the needs of a campus that has grown as much as ours.

The food consultation is now over and UBCO will be asking for bids from other companies. Aramark will have the chance to put a new bid in as well.

Some of the biggest concerns are various dietary requirements including halal, vegan, vegetarianism and celiac’s disease.

At the same time, students are taking matters into their own hands. Over 900 students responded to the online food survey, a group of students submitted a formal and wellresearched proposal for what they expect the university to provide, and students have also organized a food kitchen to provide free healthy meals on an ongoing basis to students.

Last year The Phoenix received a letter that was sent to Aramark from a first year management student. She claimed that an Aramark employee had ridiculed her for being “picky” after she told him she had celiac’s disease, and continued to make her food on the same preparation area used for gluten items. She couldn’t eat the wrap, and she no longer felt safe eating there.

These are significant problems that the university hopes to fix by making their contracts more competitive and raising the bar for their food services providers.

We wanted to give students a first glance at what’s happening and what the future of food services could look like at campus, so we’ve personally attended multiple food consultations over the last few weeks to get a feel for the direction things are heading. That is summarized in Andrew Bates’s article on pages 12-13.

Additionally, we shed some light on various dietary requirements and on the trends of people who adapt them without being forced to. To that end we have published articles on gluten-free (p 11) eating and veganism (p 14).

Our coverage of the food services is ongoing and we will continue to update you as we know more.

Please submit your opinions for what you’d like to see from food services, what you’d like to see us look into, and other informed opinions about the issue to opinions@thephoenixnews.com to add your voice to our coverage.

Rockin’ in the gluten free world Naomi Zurevinski

SASKATOON (CUP) — Gluten-sensitivity seems to be spreading like a mass epidemic in North America these days. But there is more to the diet than consumers and health nuts realize.

Refusing doughnuts on the basis of not eating gluten doesn’t even cause people to question whether a person is actually allergic to it or if they’re just consciously cutting it out of their diet.

Either way, if you ask for gluten-free options at a restaurant, chances are you’ll get some. In fact, it’s difficult to find a place to eat that doesn’t make accommodations for the gluten-sensitive consumer.

This trend took flight back in 2011 with the release of Dr. William Davis’ Wheat Belly. Davis nicknames modern wheat as “frankenwheat,” bluntly stating that it is poisonous and contains addictive properties that can be comparable to that of heroin.

The book goes on to state that consuming modern wheat can cause obesity, hypertension, ADHD, dementia, diabetes, asthma, arthritis, autism and more. No wonder everyone’s terrified of gluten — I’d rather not have drugs, monsters and life-threatening illness for breakfast.

In the midst of this craze, asking someone who’s gone gluten-free what is actually wrong with wheat will usually generate an unimpressive answer of “it’s genetically-modified,” or the even less convincing: “It’s bad.” Unless you’ve actually read Davis’ book or done your own research, it’s hard to know what the real problem is here.

To start, gluten is a protein found most commonly in wheat, barley and rye. It’s the stuff that gives dough its elastic texture and it’s used as an additive in many consumer products. So if you actually want to avoid gluten, you’d better start looking for it.

It goes beyond just saying no to morning bagels and dinner rolls. Salad dressing, soy sauce, processed meats, blue cheese, hot dogs, couscous, licorice, canned soups and beer are just a few examples of the surprising places where it’s hiding.

For people who actually have gluten-sensitivity or Celiac disease, it’s easy to understand how tedious this can get. In severe cases, one morsel of gluten can cause a serious autoimmune response in the small intestine, producing inflammation.

From there, chain reactions of very uncomfortable

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symptoms occur such as bloating, heartburn, constipation or stomach cramping.

Now, the majority of today’s gluten-sensitivity problems come from the development of modern wheat, also known as semi-dwarf wheat. In the latter part of the 20th century, a certain Dr. Norman Borlaug developed hybridized wheat. This hybridizing technique meant that the offspring of one strain of wheat was mated with parents of a different strain, leading to Borlaug’s exceptionally high-yielding semi-dwarf wheat.

The semi-dwarf wheat is stockier and shorter — a teeny 18 inches compared to original wheat’s height of four-and-a half feet. This allows the wheat to mature quicker, leading to a shorter growing season and enables more wheat to be produced in less time.

Today, semi-dwarf wheat comprises 99 per cent of all wheat grown worldwide. This means that the wheat we eat today is vastly genetically different from the wheat that our great-grandmothers ate.

The semi-dwarf wheat undergoes significant structural changes through the process of hybridization, making it almost unrecognizable from the original wheat. The real problem here is that this semi-dwarf wheat was never actually tested for human consumption; it simply replaced original wheat without testing and was assumed safe.

The alterations on wheat that the majority of us consume make it harder for the human body to break it down. There has been increasingly more research showing links between health problems and the consumption of semi-dwarf wheat. This concern points to the increase in people who are beginning to diagnose themselves as gluten-sensitive, leading to reports of improved health once it’s eliminated.

The Canadian gluten-free market saw an annual growth rate of 26.6 per cent between 2008 and 2012, putting the 2012 revenue at 450 million dollars. The best sellers in the industry are gluten-free snacks, breads, cereals and prepared foods.

According to the National Purchase Diary Group, a Canadian global information company, the interest in gluten-free menu items has increased by 137 per cent in Canadian restaurants over the past three years.

Obviously not everyone is simultaneously realizing his or her long-ignored gluten intolerance.

And if you’ve been eating wheat your whole life, the concept probably seems like complete bullshit.

For some, it may be a genuine health concern, but for others, it is strongly suspicious that it is being received as a fad diet.

It’s safe to say that this trend is annoying, right up there with Instagramming pictures of the salad you had for lunch and hashtagging it #vegan or #foodporn.

Ironically, as I write this, I am enjoying a piece of leftover gluten-free pizza. I confess that after doing my own research, I ditched gluten over a year ago. Maybe I was actually gluten-sensitive all along, maybe not. Regardless, I feel so much better now.

I have way more energy than I used to and my asthma has also disappeared. However, in addition to saying no to gluten, I also adopted different health habits at the same time such as more veggies, more exercise — the type of habits your mother would approve of – so it’s hard to credit my improved health only to a cessation of gluten consumption.

The biggest problem I see is when people stock up on President’s Choice gluten-free mini chocolate brownies and expect dramatic health benefits or weight loss. Those gluten-free goodies are not only packed with the same preservatives that regular ones are, but they are also loaded with potato starch and rice flour — neither of which are beneficial to your health. It’s simply a company responding to consumers and seeing an opportunity for profit.

Eating gluten doesn’t necessarily make you unhealthy but going gluten-free doesn’t necessarily make you healthy either. Before you join the club and throw out your Wonder Bread, I recommend reading up on it a little and seeing if you really want to commit.

The gluten-free diet is definitely a lot more work than it sounds and isn’t something to be taken lightly as a quick path to health. Frankly, there’s no such thing. And healthy or not, I’ll stick to my gluten-free cupcakes — nobody said anything about giving those up, did they Originally published Sept 30 2013

Can UBCOâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s food services ever be fixed?

Andrew Bates

Much like a student living in the Similkameen residence, UBC Okanagan will soon be wandering through the market looking for food service with a vague sense of what it needs.

Unlike a Simi student, will it find satisfaction?

In June 2014, the university's 12-year food-service deal with Aramark, a Philadelphia, PA-based company that provides food for over 400,000 university and high-school students in Canada, will end. The university says it's dissatisfied with its current contract, but food service is always a complicated proposition, and all it can do for now is put out some requests and see who -- including Aramark -- comes up with the best answer.

People are dissatisfied, and they've been dissatisfied for a long time. "The contract hasn't served us well in the last while, but it's been a matter of waiting it out," said Shannon Dunn, director of capital planning in UBCO's AVP Administration office. Dunn had been director of housing and conferences, making her directly responsible for food services, before taking the new role.

But let's face it: Food service can be inherently dissatisfying at universities. The big three companies identified by UBC-hired consultant Mark Murdoch as the main providers for food service in Canada, Aramark, Sodexo and CompassMarquise, all tend to draw gripes. When you're dealing with a private company, there's always going to be an uncomfortable squeeze between what people want from food as a ser-

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vice provided by a public institution and what companies want to dole out while watching profit margins.

Murdoch and UBC have conducted an online survey of 941 students and 248 faculty and staff, as well as focus group sessions and a consultation October 24th, which I attended. (I was only one of three people who attended a meeting, which was promoted by only a single broadcast e-mail, but I've been re-assured that the physical meetings don't do quite so well as online feedback when it comes to food, so UBC gets a pass).

Murdoch said that the key concerns identified from the survey were price, healthy food options, variety of food, and hours of operation. A request for proposals, to be released soon, will lay out its concerns and ask potential providers how they might address them. On the university's wish list are 7 a.m. - 11 p.m. operating hours, renovation suggestions, a Subway, a Mongolian grill-style restaurant and a degree more control than their last contract.

Aramark's contract predates UBC itself, first starting in 2001, when this was the North Kelowna campus of Okanagan University College. According to Murdoch and Dunn, the student base was about 3,000, with only 155 in residence; now there are 1,676 resident beds, and 1,058 of the university's over 8,000 students have a meal plan. The contract has been amended a number of times, most recently in 2009.

Food service contracts, Murdoch says, deal out risk and control equally. The more backing a provider gives, the more

control they get, and as a result UBC's current deal is pretty hands-off. That's part of the problem with things that are dissatisfying about Aramark's service: it's not like their employees or management don't care, it's just that there is no incentive or competition to improve.

That's partly why UBC is hitting the open market now.

Dunn said that equipment and facilities debt UBC took on as a result of its food services will be fully paid off by the time the contract is up, and it wants five-year deals with five year extensions and a firmer hand in the way things are run.

The most direct method of control would be running food services in-house and not contracting to a private company, which the university does on the Vancouver campus. But Murdoch said UBCO is at least three years away from being ready to do that, and Dunn cautioned that doing that (rather than putting it off) would probably be irreversible.

The winner of the bid might be Aramark, another big company, or someone else out of left field. Regardless, UBC is likely to take more of a steering role in bridging the gap between cheap food, healthy food, sustainable food and local food. It may never be fully satisfying, but hopefully it won't suck as bad as it does now.

-Andrew Bates is an English major who was a Phoenix editor from 2008-2011. He has an existential crisis every time he has to try and buy something from the Green Thread Cafe.

THE TRIALS OF LIVING VEGAN Dylan Hackett

FREDERICTON (CUP) — Next time you’re in a restaurant, try ordering a burger without meat, cheese or the bun.

That’s what Sarah Roach does, and surprisingly many others.

The proper term for those people is not lunatics, but vegans. It’s growing and popular trend that is sparking some serious interest among the health conscious.

The decision began when Roach gave up gluten, along with her sisters and mother a year ago.

“To me, I was always healthy, and then basically I ended up reading the wheat belly diet last summer. My mom read that and we both decided to cut gluten out and we lost a bit of weight, and we both felt a little better about ourselves,” said Roach, a University of New Brunswick student.

If you’re unsure of what exactly a vegan is, it’s a few notches up on the vegetarian scale.

Not only do vegans not eat meat, but they also cut out all animal bi-products from their eating habits. No dairy products no eggs and no seafood.

“I had no money, I had nothing,” said Roach. “I just kinda thought I’m too poor to spend $17 on meat, and was like, okay people do it, whatever. So, I just researched it and justified it and watched a couple of documentaries.

“My mom just began buying the vegan replacement for stuff in our house and so all summer we ate vegan.

Apart from when we were guests in someone’s home.”

Roach said the most difficult part of being a vegan, is that it’s still viewed as “weird” and “unnatural.”

“I noticed a huge difference, I even lost weight,” said Roach. “The only thing that gets you ever is social situations, that’s it.”

Roach said people still don’t understand what vegans are all about, and still tend to judge.

“It’s just so weird that it’s looked at like ‘oh you’re eating healthy?’” Roach said. “I don’t want to always

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be defending the world of vegans. People are like, ‘why are you doing that? where do you get your protein?’”

Morgan Hicks, a student at St. Thomas University in Fredericton, has been a vegan for six months and said the most challenging aspect of her lifestyle change is the judgment she receives.

“The most frustrating part is when people judge you for making that decision and not being educated on what it is and what you can do for the earth,” said Hicks.

Hicks made her decision based on a more ethical background.

“It’s not about losing or giving up anything. It’s about feeling harmonious with myself and every living thing on this earth.”

Hicks also noticed the health benefits of her switch.

She said she lost weight that was gained through consuming salt, MSG (monosodium glutamat) and fatty foods.

“I went to the doctor to make sure I was still healthy because my mother was skeptical and my cholesterol and blood pressure were one of the best my doctor had seen,” said Hicks.

Roach said her decision to be a vegan has actually simplified her life in many ways and opened up a whole new way to cook food.

“You don’t have to think about your meal at 10 a.m.,” said Roach. “I can make a meal in 45 minutes, that’s decision to eating.”

Roach said her favorite vegan meals are spaghetti squash and curried chickpeas and rice.

“I eat a variety of different foods, I make smoothies almost every day, I live basically microwave free, make almost all my food from scratch and have found all new uses for avocado, chick peas and tofu,” said Hicks.

Ryan Dunphy said he tried being vegan after being a vegetarian for several years, however he wasn’t able to attain the amount of protein he wanted to gain muscle.

“I’m working on building muscle and I was having a hard time getting enough protein to add the muscle I wanted to,” he said.

Dunphy said the experience was beneficial for his health overall, and was an easy switch from being a vegetarian.

“It was a good experience and I felt really good, it even aided in my weight loss incredibly and was not hard to be vegan at all.”

Laura Michaud is 72 and her husband is 75, they have been raw vegans, limited to no cooked meals, for nearly 10 years. She currently teaches vegan cooking and lifestyle to her clients. Michaud completed a course on the vegan diet through Hallelujah Acres, an organization in Ontario that promotes a healthy a lifestyle through changes to a person’s diet.

“It’s a choice that you make; it’s giving up not just meat but everything really, dairy, and sugar. We found things that are much better instead and have learned to cook all over again,” said Michaud. “ I love it now, and my favorite thing is cooking.”

Michaud said the decision to be a vegan means adopting a new lifestyle and understanding that it takes time.

“You have to give it time, you can’t give up after three months,” said Michaud. “Make up your mind and go with it.”

Veganism also means learning more about your body, how it works and what it needs to sustain itself.

“It’s knowing your body, knowing when you and what your body needs,” said Michaud.

Roach said she could always eat whatever she wanted without consequence. She said becoming vegan has been a positive decision for her and her body.

“I always loved being able to eat whatever I wanted,” said Roach. “[Switching to vegan] all made sense in so many ways, when people ask me why are you a vegan, I can never answer the same thing because its not one reason at all.”

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LETTERS The price of impeachment V

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So we printed an article written by someone who has sex on campus (hint: not in their dorm)

Last issue an anonymous writer sent in her favourite places to have sex around campus, and the places she’s still trying to cross off her list of “places we totally shouldn’t have sex (but totally should).” Understandably, it raised some strong opinions.

“What does UBC have to say about this? The fact that someone is advocating for public sex on the Nonis Sports field is appalling. That field has been funded through large donations by the Nonis family. Do you think that they appreciate that the Phoenix is advocating for people to have public sex on the field that they funded? I think not.”

-Anonymous “The Phoenix was extremely clear that they are not condoning this activity. (though they may have found it amusing by the looks of their captions :) I see absolutely no reason why they SHOULDN’T publish this. Kudos to the Phoenix staff!

-Scott

Antonio Kim UBCO alumni It has been an interesting year for student politics at UBCO. It has garnered the attention of many inside and outside of UBCO, and past members of the Students’ Union, including myself.

The motion for impeachment of an official position, regardless of being repealed, is a serious issue.

In the past, it has been the case that many students when frustrated would either consult with the members of the Union, or took the action upon themselves and participated in the election.

This year, however, we’ve taken it upon ourselves to try to have three executives impeached. In the history of the Students’ Union at UBCO, this is unprecedented.

This is something to be worried about. We’re heading down a dangerous path: the politics of politics. We are not getting things done, but instead are focusing our time and energy on personal issues. Now, I am not criticizing the students who brought this motion; on the contrary, I commend these students. Dissent is both the prerogative and preserves a free society. But throughout this turmoil, we are forgetting to ask ourselves this: what do we need to do in order to make UBCO better?

We need to carefully think about and understand the consequences and impact the motion will have in terms of the future of student politics. Regardless of it being repealed, the political process at UBCO has been significantly weakened. If this continues to be the path of student politics, it will discourage other students from participating in student politics, making constructive criticisms to the union, or taking risk and trying something new to make UBCO better. But by no means am I defending these executives.

They must take responsibility for their actions and learn from it. We are all bound to make mistakes, and politicians are no different.

We elected these executives— they are entitled to make some.

They should be given chances to amend their actions rather than be kicked out. Nonetheless, I do hope that the executives take this as a sign, so that they can learn from it and not make same the mistakes again.

So, what do we need to do? I would like to make a few recommendations. One, the whole SU must bear responsibility, not just the executives themselves. In order to do so, the board member s should be given more daily tasks

and responsibilities, rather than the executives alone. In the extreme, the structure of the union must change. Two, communication and engagement between the SU and the students must increase. There are many ways to do this, but I suggest the SU to be more proactive. Instead of asking students come by the office, allow students to engage in the discussion easier, such as town hall meetings. And lastly, the SU should develop and teach students to take a role in student politics. This will allow more students to foster interests in politics, increase competition in the elections, and most importantly, teach them not to make the same mistakes that the SU has made in the past.

We need to start a dialogue to change the political process in UBCO. We must not only think about the short term, but the future of student politics, and the future of UBCO. Antonio Kim has been part of the Students’ Union for the past four years. In the past, he has been the Advocacy Representative, Meeting Chair, and member of the Financial and Policy Committee.

“Have sex in the bushes and not where I sit down to eat or study. I would rather not encounter those types of bodily fluids near my salad…..”

-Anonymous “It degrades the Phoenix. You guys have done an incredible turn this year, I actively pursue your issues this year rather than just whatever I happen upon if I get bored eating my sushi in the UNC. This is just a hype that you, unfortunately, decided to use to your advantage, to get those views and that exposure. Furthermore, no matter what little comment you insert into your article, you are still condoning the activity, you are placing it upon a pedestal and letting others know that if they want that moment in the limelight they should start doing risqué things and letting the phoenix know so that they can brag about it to their friends that probably know in secret.”

-Anon “This article was a bit pretentious but congrats Phoenix staff on running something a little different.

It’s too bad the author went Anon, what a cop-out.

If you’re gonna tug on the flesh strings of students campus wide, don’t be a pussy, and enjoy some of that new-found celebrity. All this sincake but no sinners brave enough to eat it…”

-King Savage Because The Phoenix has done their job here, we can have a discussion about transgression, community integrity, representation, and, of course, sex.

-Alexander Nonymous “Remember kids, if you ignore it, it’s not happening. Just close your eyes, and block your ears.”

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T I S I N K E N H I R W D O T Y A N K I O T F E L R ?

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Dave Nixon, Torin McLachlan, Emma Partridge, Matt Lauzon, Alex Eastman, Jahmira Lovemore Phoenix Staff

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There’s the age old question that university students worldwide face every weekend (if not every day): When is it morally permissible to drink beer that’s been left in my fridge after a party? We gathered in the office to approach this polarizing subject…

Dave: In short? Yes. If someone comes over and leaves alcohol it’s yours.

We could leave it at that but…

Come on, this is The Phoenix News!

Torin: I would say that there is a grace period—I’d leave it at about a day. It gives them time for that “oh shit! I left my alcohol at the party”. If they don’t act on it, then it’s lost.

Emma: It also depends on the day. If it’s, say, a Saturday and you have everyone over, you should feel more inclined to give them a few extra days to get organized for the week.

Matt: But we have to remember: Beer is a consumable good bought for a specific purpose—mostly to party and get drunk, right?

So when the party is gone and everyone has left, the beer’s use for that one person is gone.

Their ownership over them is forfeit.

Torin: Essentially. They have less claim over them.

Alex: But all they have to say is say “I’m coming back for them.”

Emma: But when have they said that? If they waited until afterwards then it should still be lost.

Jahmira: Leftover wine that has been opened must be drunk before it goes bad.

‘Nuff said.

When you ask someone prior to the night to hang on to them, how long does that last for?

Emma: It’s part of the verbal contract. You really should specify how long you can hang on to it. After that it’s fair game.

Torin: It has to do with how well you know the person.

Dave: I had a friend at my place last week, she left six beers in my fridge. When she called the next day asking to pick it up, I had gone to school all day. I returned the call later and said she could come the day after. But she never followed up or anything. When can I drink it at that point because she’s shown interest?

Matt: I really think that if they reach out to you, and you put in an effort to return the favour, if they don’t collect it when you both agree to, it’s yours. Bar none.

Alex: You have to do your due diligence, call and get their consent before you drink your beer.

Emma: At the very least call and say you’re drinking it.

Dave: So the onus is on the original owner to call or text and maintain ownership over the beer.

Alex: It all depends on whether or not you know whose it is. If you can’t find the original owner, then just don’t drink the beer.

Matt: No, no. You should drink the beer.

Dave: Yeah, there’s a mutual understanding that when you go to a party, if you leave alcohol there it’s fair game.

Alex: Well if you go to a party and you leave your wallet there, then why isn’t that fair game?

Dave: Still, that’s different. Money is a commodity that you can’t really replace.

Alex: Say you find a money clip with $40, and you don’t know whose it is. Are you just allowed to spend it?

Matt: You have to do a little research.

Torin: Yeah. If I leave a few beers in my friend’s mini fridge, of course I’d expect to not see them again, but my friend should at least reach out and try to contact. If some random shows up in your house and leaves a bunch of alcohol, try to find out who they are, for at least a day.

Dave: We’re all on agreement that there’s a certain timeframe where you should reach out, and they should reach out to you.

Does the type and price of the alcohol have anything to do with it?

Torin: Well that’s interesting because my dad makes his own alcohol. That’s extremely valuable to me. People bring interesting beers from their home towns, like a local microbrew. Which perhaps, monetarily is a little bit more, even though its only one beer. So you know, value for different people.

Jahmira: Unopened left over wine should be drunk with its original buyer. They should get the chance to try it. wine is for sharing.

Hard alcohol... if opened, anything less than a 26 is fair game. Otherwise save it for the original buyer cause that shit is expensive.

How long do you keep it for? Does it all depends on how much of it is left. If someone leaves a six-pack or seven beers left over, there’s a tax.

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What’s the tax? One beer? One shot? Per day?

Dave: I had a friend who’s the cheapest guy in the world. He came with a ton of alcohol, but left a bunch in the fridge and came three weeks later, really offended that it was drunk.

Matt: So he’s cheap, but forgetful... but he remembered to have forgotten?

Dave: Yeah, but the thing is, he offered me a few drinks that night before he left.

So is there any case in which the person is ALWAYS entitled to the beer they left in your fridge? Can we defend that?

Torin: An attack on the king’s beer is an attack on the king himself. You are as responsible for your own property inasmuch as everyone else is responsible for their property.

Alex: But if you violate somebody else’s property by leaving beer in their fridge then you have violated the ownership. That’s the problem.

Matt: So if you leave your house in my beer. Then I can drink your house.

Torin: Yes. Absolutely.

So no. You’re never entitled to beer you’ve forgotten. It’s a privilege you should feel lucky to have. But still, they ought to reach out to you if they find it.

Laura Sciarpelletti

UPCOMING Nov 4

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Attack of the comics

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Theatre26 hosts Comedy Bloodsport with Kelowna and Vancouver competitors

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7pm / Alternator Centre This event includes an exhibition in the Fine Arts Gallery, a public lecture by visiting controversial artist-photographer Jonathan Hobin, as well as a panel discussion.

The exhibition will be located in the main foyer of the Creative and Critical Studies Building, and will run from Nov 4 to 8, 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Following up last issue’s interview with Andrew Judah, we cover his Streaming Cafe concert.

Patan makes ‘em laugh.

Nov 6 Documentary: The Anonymous People 2:30pm / Art 103

THE ANONYMOUS PEOPLE is a feature documentary film about the 23.5 million Americans living in long-term recovery from addiction to alcohol and other drugs.

No charge

Nov 7 Spoken Word Night 7pm / The Well

Writers, writing enthusiasts, and performers! Come share your work with your peers and have a few beers while you’re at it

Nov 8 Art Party Call for Submissions The theme this year is SPACE, and performance, music, visual art, dance, spoken word, and film are all mediums we encourage you to submit. All proposals should be submitted to tcuartparty2013@gmail.com. The Art Party is on Nov 22.

Nov 9 Fields of Green

Willow Park Church Gym The local band takes a break from writing and practicing for their new May album, and performs with band Bear Meets World.

Above: Kopp charms the crowd.

Photos by Liza Anderson and Laura Sciarpelletti

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Comedy Bloodsport returned to UBCO Friday, November 1st, and was once again hosted by Theatre26. Organizer and comedian David Kopp teamed up with visiting comedians from Vancouver, a motley group of jokesters including ex-UBCO goer Tristan MacKinlay. Comedy Bloodsport is tournament style comedy, and featured seventeen comics from both Kelowna and Vancouver battling it out, with Kyle Patan winning. A portion of the proceeds went to UNICEF .

Before MacKinlay left Kelowna to do comedy in Vancouver, he and Kopp were regular fixtures on the Kelowna comic scene, and continue to partner up whenever they get the chance. MacKinlay visited with many of the same comedians at the beginning of September, doing a show at the now extinct Avenue bar.

“Tristan is a drop out and stay-at-home son,” said Kopp. “Stuart Jones is a thinking man’s comic, if that man is thinking about pizza. They all stay at my place and make it smell like farts.”

Kopp and MacKinlay have used the tight-knit Kelowna community to their advantage, meeting and partnering with other comedians and using the networking opportunities to keep events like Comedy Bloodsport going. Local comic Stuart Jones recently moved from Kelowna to Vancouver, and returned with MacKinlay for the Theatre26 show. “[Jones] was the funniest guy in Kelowna when I started, and Fatima Dhowre is one of the best new comics in Vancouver,” said MacKinlay of his peers.

Dhowre was recently a finalist in Patrick Maliha’s People’s Champ of Comedy, and fellow comedian Mark Nesbitt co-runs a show with Bret Jolliffe called Inside Jokes.

“Stefan MacNeil is good at making comedy look effortless,” said MacKinlay. “As Kody Audette—

Comedians and co. after a few beers.

Vancouver comic and recent father put it—”[Stefan] has the kind of voice where it would be weird if he wasn’t complaining.”

Kopp and MacKinlay’s passion for comedy is obvious after hearing them speak fondly of their fellow comics. And their bromance has brought about many enjoyable shows over the past year.

“Dave is a great comedian and one of the nicest guys I’ve ever met,” said MacKinlay. “He is one of the best one-liner writers I know.”

It’s no secret that the comedy circuit is a difficult lifestyle. Kopp and co. are no strangers to boos and sometimes lackluster crowds. The advantage of this, however, is that their work earns honest feedback.

“I enjoy the honest feedback,” said Kopp. “People can sit through all kinds of crappy poetry and music with a fake smile and tell you it was great, but no one will pretend they enjoy a comedy show when they don’t. “ Because of Kelowna’s relatively small size, many local comedians—like Jones, Kopp and MacKinlay— have got to see each other grow in their craft and develop their material.

“It’s nice to come visit. Kelowna is a great city, and I spent two and a half years there so it feels like home,” said MacKinlay. “It was the first place I ever did comedy, at Rob Balsdon’s Train Wreck Comedy Open Mic. Rob’s shows were also where I made a lot of friends, including Stuart and Dave.”

Comedy Bloodsport returns to campus each month, and Kopp has recently launched Funny Tuesdays at The Bike Shop Cafe at 9pm. The latter is a free open mic show open to all ages and takes place each week.

“Comedy is art and art is culture,” said Kopp. “It is what separates man from beast. Don’t be a beast.

Come to the show[s]! ”

We cover Shreddy Krueger’s first Kelowna concert since July.

The group, fresh off the release of their new album “The Grieving” packed the Habitat.

This week’s Buried Film But I’m a Cheerleader is a 1999 movie about trying to cure homosexuality. RuPaul, gay camps and John Waters-esque humor? Sounds like a good time!

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THE WEEKLY NOSTALGIA What was your favorite party movie in high school?

Lauren “Ferris Builler’s Day Off. He has a good day and parties on his own with his really close friends, and it’s intimate. More of a chill kind of a massive house party that results in a lot of damage.”

The Alternator Gallery and UBCO unite for “Intermission” Visual Arts students have the opportunity to apply for gallery space

Stephen “I enjoyed Animal House, but then it turned into National Lampoon’s American Pie. It was mainly for the gross-out factor. At that age anything that really disgusted me or threw me off was interesting.”

Glenn, Serafin, McCormick and Balehowsky enjoy their gallery opening. Photos by Laura Sciarpelletti Laura Sciarpelletti

Ray “Superbad for sure. That movie portrayed the realism of high school the best of any other movie that I saw. The kids had to go out and get booze and are trying to get laid by whatever means necessary.

There were so many things that I find everyone experienced themselves. Like getting to a party: I don’t care if we have to hitchhike or take four cabs, we’re getting there!”

Arts Editor

Visual artist Malcolm McCormick, the UBCO liaison at Alternator Centre for Contemporary Art, recently took over the Intermission series after the event’s founder, artist Nadine Bradshaw, graduated from UBCO. Intermission is an opportunity for UBCO artists to show their work in a full gallery space, and takes place three to four times a year. Visual Arts students are encouraged to apply for the space.

“It’s geared at someone who wants to get exposure and the practice of having a show, hanging their stuff, learning how to submit their stuff properly, and writing an artist statement,” said McCormick. “[The Alternator] is an ideal place for young artists to show their work.”

While priority will be given to third and fourth year students, anyone in the Visual Arts program can apply. Last year’s Intermission series increased awareness of the Alternator gallery in terms of its relationship to UBCO. “Part of the main goal is to also promote the Alternator as a stepping stone between bigger galleries and [the university],” said McCormick.

The opening reception for the first event of the series, “Youngblood Landscape” took place on Friday, November 1st, and featured McCormick, Kelsie Balehowsky, Lucas Glenn Co. and Kaitlin Serafin.

“We started talking about Okanagan landscape [art] and how

clichéd they are,” said McCormick. “There are a lot of drab wineries, kitchen and country themes, stuff [that] goes with your pear paintings. [We want] to expose people to what the younger people are doing with landscapes.”

The four artists’ work plays with new ways of depicting the overused and clichéd motif. Balehowsky, who is a photographer, works with how people are taking photos of landscapes with their phones. Lucas Glenn Co. submitted an installation of objects. Serafin combined painting with digital aspects, and McCormick displayed paintings as well. Youngblood Landscapes is a free show running from November 1-9.

For those wishing to apply for the next Intermission gallery spot, the best way to start the process it to email McCormick stating your interest. If you are unsure about every aspect of the professional proposal process, McCormick is willing to help along the way.

Applicants must submit ten to twelve images of their work along with sizes and dates, an artist statement, and a letter of intent. “[It’s] an opportunity that you’re not going to encounter anywhere else,” said McCormick. “It’s such a good space and such good exposure [as] you’ll get to promote yourself and learn the process.”

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Sharing in the groove The Paper Kites play to a packed house at the Habitat Photo by Jake Sherman

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On October 26th the Habitat played host to yet another artistic endeavor, Aussy five-some The Paper Kites. Packed to the brim, it felt more like a community inside than a business enterprise. Through the ubiquitous haze of dry ice, light, and sound, a collective consciousness emerged. While ‘space’ and ‘time’ fell to the wayside, the vibration, which I could literally feel reverberating through my core as the rhythm sections held down the grooves, caught us all in trance. Needless to say, the musicians brought the goods last Saturday night.

Hailey Blais’s deep soulful voice opened the night. Bringing us through soft versions of old school classics like “Where is My Mind”, and “All the Small Things”, the 90s influences of Blais’s youth seemed far from forgotten. Watching while Blais’s violin player crafted deep and emotional harmonies, I turned

to my friend and said, “dude, this is just the first act”—the night had just begun.

After, the indie folk flair of Calgary quartet Rueben and The Dark began to pump out of the venues monitors. Crafted with a unique mix of acoustic and electronic instruments, the sonic and deep percussive landscapes they created, punctuated by front man Rueben Bullock’s vocals, left us all wanting more. As Rueben sang of “rolling like a stone to the feeling of hot and cold,” the artist emerged from behind the rock star façade.

Just after 10:30 P.M, the main attraction The Paper Kites took to the stage. After being asked how they would define their sound, the lead guitar player Dave Powys responded with a facetious grin, “Probably slash metal, or meth core, perhaps with a touch of folk.”

The group, who first got their

“Probably slash metal, or meth core, perhaps with a touch of folk.”

start playing wedding gigs on the Sunshine Coast, have dabbled in a little bit of everything. Influenced by the likes of Elton John, Jack Johnson, Simon and Garfunkel, Bob Dylan and Paul Kelly, The Paper Kites don’t want their music locked down to one genre.

As percussionist Sam Rasmussen explained, “Most people call us a folk band, we’ve been called guitar pop, acoustic folk, we’ve been called alternative, but we create music that we enjoy, that we like to play and listen too, and I don’t think you can lock it down to one genre.”

Above all, The Kites feel they are best defined by, “whatever we released on the last record…we try not to stick ourselves to anything in particular.”

The five-some shy away from the sex, drugs, and rock and roll persona. The craziest thing that’s happened to them on their North

“We try not to stick ourselves to anything in particular.”

American tour is that they lost their Frisbee.

“Were not big drinkers like a lot of other bands,” said Rasmussen.

“That really helps us to keep working hard and putting solid tunes together.”

In Canada for the first time, the natural beauty of British Columbia’s mountains and lakes has blown them away. “We played Victoria and Vancouver,” said Powys, “Driving today from Vancouver to Kelowna, was especially exciting, Australia is flat and dry, and so seeing snowcapped mountains, pine trees, and beautiful blue lakes is really nice.”

According to Sam Bentley—the principle songwriter—their music is simply “an expression of what feels right, an artistic sense of what I enjoy doing.”

Bentley just wants those who hear his music to come away moved by the experience—connected to some-

thing bigger than them—a part of a human tradition far deeper than their own consciousness.

While Bentley’s vocals reverberated over endless guitar harmonies, and the rhythm section held everything together directing our dance moves, austere instrumentation punctuated the closing song that Bentley called a “psychedelic ballad.” Together, with the musicians as our guides, we went to another place—unguided by mitigated behavior, we danced away the night.

“From the moment we put together this band [we’ve] always wanted to move people in some kind of way,” said Bentley. “I think that’s what music can do. It can make you feel so good, and when you’re terribly depressed it’s got healing potential…it enriches life… and [we] just want to be able to do that for other people.”

“From the moment we put together this band [we’ve] always wanted to move people in some kind of way.”

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UBCO Heat 2, Mount Royal Cougars 3

Securing a playoff berth and a number four seed in the Canada West conference of CIS may have put a bit of a target on the backs of the UBCO Heat Women’s Volleyball team, but they sure aren’t letting any pressure get to them early.

A strong start to the 2013-14 season has the women sitting with a perfect 3-0-0 record after they defeated the Mount Royal Cougars three sets to one on Saturday, November 2nd, winning by scores of 25-16, 25-21, 23-25 and 25-15.

Leading the way for the Heat offensively on Saturday were outside hitters Kaitlynn Given (2nd year, Kelowna, BC) and Brianna Beamish (3rd year, Surrey, BC). The pair contributed 16 and 14 kills, respectively, spearheading a Heat attack that would not be denied, particularly in the final, decisive set.

Head coach Steve Manuel was pleased with the team’s effort, particularly in the aforementioned fourth set, where he thought to give some new players some increased responsibility. Clearly, they delivered. “We’ve got some very good young players.” the coach claimed, “I’ve got a lot of confidence in them, to be able to throw people out there in certain situations. [In the fourth set] I made some adjustments, threw a couple of new people there. They responded very well and it made a big difference.”

Manuel is coming off of a year in which he won a Coach of the Year award from CIS for his efforts in leading the Heat to their fourth seed last season, and it seems that for the most part he’s seen a lot of good signs from the play of his team early on this season.

“Our team is believing more in themselves,” commented Manuel, who is pleased with the way his team is developing as the season begins. “Every time out I see a little bit more confidence and better things happening. In the end that’s key.”

The ladies head onto the road for a tussle with the Brandon Bobcats on the weekend of the 8th and 9th, where they hope to continue their winning ways.

While the UBCO Heat Women’s Volleyball team is enjoying a strong start, the Men’s Volleyball team have stumbled out of the gate, off to a 0-3 start, driven home by a loss to the Mount Royal Cougars on Saturday, November 2nd.

While the start is quite obviously sub-optimal, and the team would certainly like to pick up a win soon, the circumstances around the latest loss leave ample room for optimism.

The UBC Okanagan men got off to a relatively slow start, struggling to score consecutive points in the first two sets. Heat Player of the Game Colten Litwin (Grande Prairie, AB) came into the game in the third set in libero position and ignited a marked improvement in Heat defense, which in turn allowed them to generate more offense. The Heat would take the match to five sets before coming up just short against a stalwart Cougars offense.

Heat outside hitter Nate Speijer (Penticton, BC) amassed 25 kills and 11 digs, and second year Alex Swiatlowski (Outside Hitter, Victoria, BC) tallied 8 kills and 11 digs. Player of the Game Colten Litwin was instrumental to the Heat defensive effort, getting 10 digs up.

Outside hitter Jordan Parkin (Calgary, AB) hit 18 kills and logged a .385 attack percentage for the Cougars in their winning effort while fifth year Colton deMan (Outside hitter, Calgary, AB) had 15 kills of his own. Libero Jordan Or (Burnaby, BC) put up 12 digs.

After Saturday’s match Mount Royal moves up to 2-1, while the Heat are still looking for their first win at 0-3. Both teams will rematch on Sunday , November 3rd, at UBC Okanagan.

The Heat have yet to reach the postseason in CIS play, and this is their third year of competition.

With files from UBCO Heat and Jesse Matthews

With files from UBCO Heat and Jesse Matthews

Leading up to the Sochi Olympics, commentary on some of the lesser-known Olympic sports.

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Basketball Briefs

Holy Toronto!

Julia Reichert was the MVP of the Heat’s season opener.

Photos provided by UBCO Heat

Heat women defeated

by Pandas Jesse Matthews Heat Writer UBCO Heat 43, UofA Pandas 62

The UBC Okanagan Heat hosted the University of Alberta Pandas On the 1st to open their third Canada West campaign. This was the first time that the Pandas have played in Kelowna, and the No. 2 team in the country would have too great a fourth quarter for the Heat to overcome as the home team fell 62-43.

The Heat’s Sarah Allison was the Landmark Cinema’s Player of the Game behind a team-high 12 points along with 3 steals in 24 minutes of play.

Heat head coach Heather Semeniuk substituted liberally, seeming to opt for an up-tempo style to try and outrun a much larger Pandas squad. Several rookies would see significant floor time as Semeniuk would lean heavily on a trio of rookies in guards Claire Elliott (North Vancouver, BC) and Olivia Johnson (Kelowna, BC), as well as post Julia Reichert (Princeton, BC) who did battle against the much larger and more physical frontline of Alberta.

“They’ve got great defensive skills,” said Semeniuk of both Elliott and Johnson. “They’ve got quick feet, they know how to cut the angles, they can run and jump … and that’s a forte that we’ve known right off the bat.” Elliott would only manage 2 points, but her impact was felt on the defensive end on the perimeter. Johnson would collect 2 rebounds and 1 assist in a like-mannered defen-

sive effort in 14 minutes of floor time.

Semeniuk is happy with the development of Reichert so far, and believes she’s already being impactful for the team down low.

“Somebody who’s 6’2, with a 6’7 wingspan, that’s someone you start developing immediately.”

It was no surprise that Reichert, who performed outstandingly down in the post, contributed 5 rebounds and 3 points and changed the game on the defensive end for the Heat.

Fellow rookie Shenelle Tamminen rounded out the performances of Semeniuk’s latest recruitment class with 4 points and a lot of time doing battle down in the post with Alberta’s bigs. “If we can get her the ball, and get her in position to shoot, she’s one of the quickest pistols out there,” Semeniuk said of Tamminen.

The Pandas’ fourth-year forward Kendra Asleson led all scorers with 16 points and also grabbed 8 rebounds while only playing half the game (20 minutes exact). Third-year guard Jessica Fairbanks and fourth-year forward Saskia Van Ginhoven also reached double-digit scoring for the Pandas with 13 and 12 points, respectively.

The Heat return to UBC Okanagan next on November 17th, taking off to the road for the next few games.

Greet Gill fends off a rabid Golden Bear.

The Leafs are winning hockey games. This is outrageous.

Golden Bears beat Heat in opener Jesse Matthews Heat Writer UBCO Heat 60, UofA Golden Bears 72

For the entire preseason the Heat men’s basketball team was unable to field its full roster due to injuries and other situations, so being able to open their third Canada West campaign at home with a fairly intact roster was a treat for the Kelowna team hosting the perennial powerhouse Alberta Golden Bears.

The No. 2 ranked Golden Bears would ultimately run away to the 72-60 victory in Kelowna on the Heat’s home opener November 1st. Second-year guard Greet Gill (Osoyoos, BC) was the Heat Landmark Cinemas Player of the Game behind a gutsy performance that produced 11 points, 5 rebounds and 2 steals in 30 minutes of play as a starter.

Up only by seven at 19-12 after the first quarter, the Heat appeared to be doing their part to hang around Alberta. However, the Bears would build a formidable lead in the second quarter, outscoring the Heat 23-14. The Heat tried to storm back in the fourth, going so far as to outscore the Bears 23-18, but it would be far from enough.

On the offensive end Gill, along with guards Yassine Ghomari (5th year, Vancouver, BC) and Mitch Goodwin (2nd year, Kelowna, BC) were not afraid to take the ball towards the cup, never shying from the body contact that the physically formidable Alberta team threw their way.

The Bears would still win the

battle in the paint, outscoring the Heat 32-14 in that zone.

Depth would also be a significant factor for the matchup as the Bears were able to get 31 big points from their bench to the Heat’s 10.

As was expected, fifth-year former All-Star Jordan Baker did it all for the Bears, finishing with a double-double 22 points and 11 rebounds (both game-highs) in just 26 minutes of floor time. Easy layups and looks on the inside were the story for the Bears, who shot 46.6% from the floor.

Sophomore Mitch Goodwin (Kelowna, BC) led the Heat in scoring with 13 points on 5-16 shooting, and also grabbed 4 rebounds and picked away 3 steals in a similar virtuoso performance to Gill’s.

“I think if we had done a little bit better job of taking care of the ball, it could have been a bit of a tighter game,” Guarasci said of the game. Indeed, the Heat would turn the ball over 17 times that would account for 14 Alberta points. “That was the key for us. But you know what, I’ve got to give it up for our guys. They battled right through to the end. They were great at both ends of the floor at times. I think we have to clean up some things to be a little bit sharper.”

Holy, Edmonton

The Oilers still suck, though.

All-Stars on the field

Heat Soccer players Jennifer Kidd, Austin Jones, Michelle Smith, Donald Straith, Hayley Carlson and Christine Tallon were named provincial All-Stars for this past season.

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Count the girls on the left. Now count the boys on the right.

Photo by Kelsi Barkved

Muscle definition or gender division?

Kaeleigh Phillips

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An unsuspecting female walks through the urban jungle, brandishing her way through weight pumping juice-heads nearly capturing her prize when…

Somebody swipes the weights she is reaching for. She gives the young man a quizzical glance and he states “Oh you wanted these?

I thought you were just coming over to get a look in the mirror”.

This particular jungle is the new UBCO Hangar located right on campus. It is the newest addition to the UBCO gym and promises a completely new and innovative work-out experience. Though the facility is fresh and inspired, the co-ed function in this shared space fails to prosper. Upon entering the Hangar, it becomes obvious that men are pumping away on one side of the gym, whilst the ladies are running on treadmills like hamsters on a wheel on the other. This odd division begs the question, why is it that females are seemingly absent from the weight area in the Hangar?

There seems to be a general assumption that women shouldn’t lift weights. Questioning local gym dwellers on the lack of ladies doing lifts brought on the common response, women just want to get in shape and men want to bulk up. These opinions reflect views concerning the divisions between men and women as necessarily separate social groupings working towards different physical goals. The media release of the Hangar promises to “provide much needed recreation space for everyone” yet social divisions continue despite this purposefully integrated space.

The reality is, ladies, lifting weights actually tones both female and male bodies faster and more efficiently than simply jogging on the treadmill. Third-year Human Kinetics Majors Karen Tran and Whitney Ball lift regularly and according to them, “lifting weights improves performance and metabolism”. Furthermore, as stated in the Fitoc-

racy blog, Girl Get Your Lift On: Why Ladies should Lift Weights, Neghar Foononi quips, “you won’t turn into a she-hulk because you do squats with a barbell, but you will end up with a righteous backside”. For a nice bum, I’d consider it worthwhile to take a walk over to the wild side (or take forty steps to left and leave the beloved treadmill behind, no pun intended).

Fears of bulking up aside, the question remains as to whether women are intimidated by the male dominated weight area. Ed Dane Medi commented, “Girls don’t want to be surrounded by grunting, sweaty dudes”.

Though this doesn’t seem especially appealing, I say Ladies! Get in there and grunt!

There is nothing wrong with a little sweat and tears to obtain a balanced and beautiful workout. In addition, though it may appear that the lads are enjoying the boys only club in the weight area, many workout junkies would love to help the ladies out if they ventured over to lift and learn. Tanner Philipps, UBCO student and gym-attendant emphatically states, “The gym is much friendlier now, it is a less confined space and really is open to everyone”. The Hangar is trying to provide an open non-gendered space and it is up to UBCO gals to take advantage of its inclusivity.

Overall, more education concerning weight lifting for women and an optional introduction to the weights area for those who need it helps to understand how to lift properly. Several times a week, personal trainers are available at the Hangar to give new and interested gym attendees the proper training to begin pumping iron like a pro. The gym attendees are also educated in weight-lifting and are always open to give a helping hand.

Perhaps even a weight-training class in group fitness would be helpful to integrate women into the weight area. Employing all the solutions possible, it’s time to get the ladies pumping alongside the men, and a beautiful bottom

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UBCSUO pages STUDENTS’ UNION OF UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA OKANAGAN

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

DATE: TIME: VENUE:

6 th NOVEMBER 2013 11.00 A.M. UBCSUO THEATRE - UNC 106 University of British Columbia Students’ Union Okanagan (UBCSUO) Annual General Meeting (AGM)

***The Annual General Meeting is held annually by your Student Union is a matter of procedure to keep compliant with the Societies Act and the University Act by accepting the Auditor’s Report and the Executive Report of the following year.

It is a meeting of strictly business and procedure.

Bylaw #XIII a)

The Annual General Meeting shall: i) be held in the fall semester; ii) be advertised in the campus newspaper in the last scheduled edition before the meeting; iii) be advertised no less than two (2) weeks in advance on 11"x 7" paper posters, which shall include the proposed agenda, time and place of the meeting, on no less than 10 bulletin boards; iv) have a quorum of five percent (5%) of the membership or fifty (50) members whichever is less.

When: Wednesday, November 6th, 2013 AT 11.00 A.M. Where: Theatre UNC 106 -­‐ University Centre Building

Adoption of Agenda 1) Call to Order 2) Recognition of Okanagan People’s Territory 3) Ratification of Chair

BIRT Thomas Macauley Chairperson be approved as Meeting Chair

4) By-­‐Law X (1) & (2) Impeachment of: (i) Services Coordinator (ii) Internal Coordinator (iii) External Coordinator

5) Annual Audit Report Prepared by Barb Sutton, Kemp Harvey Hunt Ward This is a Audit Report prepares by an external accountant firm of last year’s numbers and the book keeping practices for the 2012/2013 year.

Presented by: Financial Coordinator & Bob Drunkemolle, UBCSUO General Manager BIRT the Audit Report for the 2012/2013-­‐year be accepted.

6) Budget 2013/2014

Presented By: Rocky Kim, UBCSUO Financial Coordinator

Bob Drunkemolle, UBCSUO General Manager BIRT the Annual Operating Budget be approved as presented.

7) Executive Report 2011/2012 This is a report of last year’s board’s actions given by the new board of 2012/2013

Presented By: Rocky Kim, UBCSUO Financial Coordinator/Executive Chair

Shaman McLean, UBCSUO Internal Coordinator

Nick Dodds, UBCSUO Services Coordinator

Alex Gula, UBCSUO External Coordinator

8) Question Period 9) Adjournment If you have any questions regarding The UBCSUO Annual General Meeting Please call or e-mail Shaman McLean, Internal Coordinator internal@ubcsuo.ca (250) 515 2188

For full Agenda transcript please visit ubcsuo.ca

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