October 7, 2013 by The Ubyssey

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WHAT KILLED PIT NIGHT? Wednesday nights were a campus institution — what did it take to dismantle the AMS’s flagship event?

NOT JUST BURLAP WOMEN’S HOCKEY IS BACK It’s more than saving the environment — years of losing seasons and missed playoff opportunities, P6 P8 After Eco Fashion Week strives to set trends the team is out for blood following their first big year in a decade FOOTBALL HANGS IN P7 CHOCOLATE CHICKPEA COOKIES P9 NAMING THE NEW SUB P3 DISPOSABLE CAMERAS P8 CARL SAGAN IS BACK P9 WOMEN’S SOCCER WINS IN WINNIPEG P5

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Haylee Wanstall is part actor, part student and frequent patron of the Irving book stacks.

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Wanstall taking the alt approach to acting Harry Chiu Contributor

Most people think of the film industry as a different world, but Haylee Wanstall has been a part of it her whole life. Wanstall has been acting since she was three years old. Despite the popular conception of parents pushing their kids toward stardom à la Toddlers and Tiaras, Wanstall was the one who took the initiative in becoming in actor. “My sister was a model when she was young,” said the fourthyear political science major, “and I was really jealous of all the attention she was getting, so I made my parents sign me up.” After taking workshops and training with an acting coach for a couple of years, Wanstall made her debut in the popular TV series Queer as Folk and went on to be cast in movies such as The Safety of Objects and Sugar. Wanstall prefers working in smaller indie films due to the emphasis placed on artistic freedom, which is often not found working in blockbusters. “I’ve never really been a CW-mainstream kind of girl,” she said. “I’m not a Scarlett Johansson, and I’m OK with that. If I could do indie films for

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the rest of my life, I’d be a happy camper.” Quite fittingly, the actors Wanstall admires are also relatively unconventional in their career choices. She cites Jennifer Lawrence, who despite her success in The Hunger Games “still refuses to be a size zero just because the industry tells her to,” and Daniel Radcliffe, who took the theatre route and starred in Equus right after the Harry Potter franchise, and continues to play in small-budget movies. Looking to the future, Wanstall plans to continue pursuing acting after graduation. This is easier said than done, and Wanstall knows it.

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Johnny Depp: “I wouldn’t say that I really get star-struck.... There was an exception, though — I made [my mom] follow Johnny Depp around Toronto.” Daniel Radcliffe “Sweetest and most inspirational guy in the world. I met him while working as an extra on a set.”

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Wanstall’s parents, who are both in the industry, know how hard it can be, and advised her to wait a couple of years and to get a degree first so she could have different career options. Still determined to become a successful actor, Wanstall does not regret her decision to come to UBC. She credits the time that she has spent in university with giving her the self-knowledge she needed to get in touch with herself. “I don’t necessarily know what I’m doing with the rest of my life, but I’m OK with that. Three years ago, that would’ve really freaked me out.” U

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NIGHTLIFE >>

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Pit Night is usually jam-packed, but Wednesdays have been particularly quiet in recent weeks.

Pitiful turnout at Pit Nights

David Turko Contributor

The Pit is dead. Or at least dying, according to recent reports. Turnout in recent weeks has been low, sales are down and student nights on Wednesdays are facing direct off-campus competition. According to AMS VP Finance Joaquin Acevedo, business has been lacking in recent weeks, though he wasn’t able to disclose exact figures. “The best way of seeing how many people are coming in is by our drink sales, and those are way down from last year,” said Acevedo. However, this doesn’t come as a big surprise. “Overall, we were expecting decreased revenues because of all the construction going around,” Acevedo said. This was worked into the Pit’s budget at the beginning of the year, so the Pit is actually ahead of budget in terms

NEWS BRIEFS UBC to offer adult education certificate Starting next year, UBC will offer a certificate program in adult education. The Graduate Certificate in Adult Learning Education (GCALE) is an interdisciplinary approach to adult learning focusing on the principles, histories and philosophies of adult learning and education. Students in the program will complete 12 credits of course work, including classroom and online learning. All courses will take place in the evening. The program will cost around $5,000 in course fees. Shauna Butterwick, who proposed the idea of the GCALE, described the certificate program as affordable and accessible. “Adult education is not a regulated field,” Butterwick said. “The certificate will enhance people’s employment profile and increase mobility for people who are already working.” Students who have completed an undergraduate degree are eligible for the program, and can use the credits acquired through the program towards a master’s degree. The program will emphasize the importance of adult education to society and how an educated adult population contributes to the state and other social institutions. U

of revenue, Acevedo said. Luke Gooding, a fourth-year combined science major, said he’s noticed a change in the Pit’s popularity recently. “[In] previous years, the line-up definitely got going earlier. There were a lot more people in there before 11 p.m., and you had to get there around 9 p.m. just to get in,” said Gooding. “It’s nowhere near how it used to be.” Gooding thinks local competition could be partially to blame. “It’s not the cheapest bar anymore,” he said. “It’s decent, but it’s not a student’s number-one option. There’s better places to go.” With dozens of bars just off campus, one pub in particular — the Bimini — is gearing up to become the Pit’s biggest competitor. On Sept. 25, the Bimini started running College Nights on Wednesdays. With free buses from UBC to the Bimini bookable for

student groups of 25 or more, the bar offers a tempting alternative to the Pit. Chris Badyk, manager of the Bimini and a UBC alum, said he had the Greek system in mind when he started running student nights. As a Kappa Sigma member, he noticed that the Pit often had too long of a line for fraternity and sorority members to get in after their exchanges on Wednesday nights. “I just remember Wednesday nights were the nights to go out for college kids, so I thought we’d be a good alternative to the Pit, [because] they were so full back in the day,” Badyk said. “If [students] want an alternative bar ... why not Bimini’s? It’s nice and close.” “I’m hoping my marketing team will reach out to all groups from UBC,” said Badyk. He listed the Greek system, Thunderbird athletics, the engineers and the Ski

and Snowboard Club as potential target groups. Badyk said that for the first two College Nights, the bar was near capacity with about 150 people. “I would say it’s been getting close to a slow Friday,” Badyk said. “It’s somewhere different,” said Dannika Rogowsky, a third-year environment and sustainability student. “The Pit’s always the same thing every Wednesday, with the same crowd of people.” Competition may not be the only contributor to the Pit’s dwindling numbers. When asked about the turnout, staff at the Pit blame recent changes such as the revocation of inand-out privileges to Pit-goers. Pit bouncer Randy Zhou said that the Pit no longer gives out stamps. The new policy forces patrons to line up a second time if they leave the pub for any reason. Without a cross breeze from the open doors, the Pit has been known to get uncomfortably warm. “Before, we had four doors open and had a smoking pit,” Zhou said. “The airflow was better and it was cooler in there [before].” Pit bartender David Weeks said this trend has been a long time coming. “It’s been on the decline for probably the last five or six years,” said Weeks. “The student bar is just not a place to be seen anymore.” “The demographics of UBC are changing,” said Weeks. “Our clientele aren’t necessarily seeking quality, they’re seeking cheap drinks and a good time.” Weeks said the the Pit needs to adapt to competition to survive, but it is not as easy as swapping the daily special. Some are still optimistic. Charlie Thorpe, a third-year Arts student, said the fluctuations in popularity are nothing new. “It depends on the week, depends on the time of the year,” Thorpe said. “If it’s in midterms, it’s always less. Beginning of the year and end of term are always the most busy.” With only 30 Pit Nights left in the old SUB, staff are hoping business will pick up before the Pit closes its doors for good. U

NAMING >>

New SUB name to be decided Oct. 23

Tammy Kwan Contributor

The top names being put forward for the new Student Union Building (SUB) will be released on Wednesday. The AMS’s New SUB committee has been gathering student feedback on the name since the beginning of September through Facebook and Twitter. They have been accepting name suggestions online since Sept. 3, and since Sept. 10, students have been able to write suggestions on the glass walls of the New SUB design team’s office, located in the old SUB behind Starbucks. Derek Moore, head of the New SUB committee, said that all the names that will be released came either from these student suggestions or committee suggestions, with the majority coming from students. On Wednesday, the short list of seven names will be posted on the AMS New SUB Project Facebook account and the @mynewsub Twitter account. This list will be narrowed down by students to three names, and the final name will be picked from these three by the AMS Council. Moore said the name should be decided at Council’s Oct. 23 meeting. Some of the names on the list include the Bird’s Nest, the Nest, Pacific Student Pavilion and SUBway.

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The new SUB is set to open between Septmber 2014 and January 2015.

“We put a lot of emphasis on the Nest,” said Michael Kingsmill, an AMS designer currently working on the New SUB project. “That’s our big multipurpose performance space that’s very dominant in the New Student Union Building.” Although humorous, it is unlikely that names such as the Quidditch Palace and Hogwarts, garnered from the design display, will be used, according to Kingsmill. Kingsmill said that the names of a few distinguished UBC alumni were suggested at the New SUB committee meeting on Sept. 27. Such individuals included Evelyn Lett, a Canadian women’s rights pioneer, and Pierre Berton, a well-known Canadian author, television personality and journalist (and former Ubyssey editor). It has also been suggested to name the building after a donor, but this option has been ruled out.

Moore said that doing so would go against regulations listed in development agreements. “The building is meant for students,” said Moore. “Students are actually the biggest donors of the buildings because of the New SUB fee incorporated into tuition fees.” Moore said in June that the New SUB committee was aiming to have the names shortlisted by the end of the summer. However, the deadline was pushed back to fall. Madeline Rigg, a fourth-year Arts student, thinks that the SUB name should remain the same. “It’ll be too bad for other kids to not be able to use that great acronym. So good, so short,” said Rigg. “Chances are, ‘SUB’ will still continue to be a name here on campus,” said Moore, “But we’d like to give it a name. We think it’s a great opportunity.” U

FORESTRY >>

Pulp and Paper Centre gets $2.7 million grant

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The UBC Pulp and Paper Centre will use this money to cut power usage by 50 per cent.

Natassia Or Contributor

The UBC Pulp and Paper Centre has received a $2.7 million grant. The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) awarded the grant to fund research on reducing power consumption and greenhouse gas emissions. The UBC Pulp and Paper Centre hopes to influence the entire B.C. pulp and paper industry with its research. With the industry consuming about eight per cent of the power generated by BC Hydro, energy efficiency is a key goal. “Reducing the energy used in [the pulping] process would significantly improve the province’s ability to use and export clean hydroelectric power,” said James Olson, director of the UBC Pulp and Paper Centre. “It also ensures that these mills, located in rural B.C., are efficient and prosperous for generations.” Olson said the centre has two goals: modify the pulping process with chemical pre-treatment so that the wood fibres are more easily made into pulp, and develop new, more energy-efficient equipment. Pamela Moss, acting vice-president of NSERC’s Research Partnerships Programs Directorate, said the application for the grant was a rigorous and competitive process. “This well-balanced mix of fundamental science and highly practical work promotes timely implementation and encourages the long-term sustainability of one of British Columbia’s most important industries,” said Moss. The research could have an effect on BC Hydro. “We’re looking for energy conservation goals with targets to save energy ... and the means of achieving targets is emerging technologies,” said Markus Zeller, who specializes in powersmart technology and innovation at BC Hydro. If the Pulp and Paper Centre’s goal of reducing power usage by 50 per cent could be implemented across the industry, it would mean a reduction of 2,000 gigawatt hours per year. “That would be the equivalent of a small civilized city,” Zeller said. “If we could achieve that target, it would be probably equivalent to Kelowna.” Olson was optimistic about the research the grant funds. “The results we develop will be initially deployed in the local industry, but we anticipate that it will be eventually deployed throughout the global industry, making what is already a sustainable industry more competitive and energy efficient,” said Olson. U

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TEA >>

UBC grad forms non-profit for Kenyan farmers

JusTea aims to help farmers like Davison, centre, pictured here with JusTea founder Paul Bain, right, and Ian Bain, left. Davison is a small-scale tea farmer and currently earns only $2 a day.

Milica Palinic Contributor

Fair trade coffee is a Vancouver mainstay, but when was the last time you thought about where your tea came from? JusTea is a Vancouver-based non-profit organization that aims to remove the middleman from the process of tea farming in Kenya. In doing so, JusTea hopes to increase the earnings of Kenyan tea farmers by 20 per cent. Currently, they earn about one per cent of the retail profit from the tea they grow. “We want to bring justice to the tea industry,” said Isaiah Muuo, the Kenyan partner of JusTea. JusTea was founded by Paul Bain, who graduated from UBC with a political science degree last year, with the help of his father

Grayson Bain. They founded the organization after a visit to Kenya in 2012, where they lived with small-scale Kenyan tea farmers. They are currently running a 30-day fundraising campaign through the local company Fund Razr. Their goal is to raise $20,000 to purchase equipment for the two regions in which JusTea will be operating. With the money, they aim to bring in equipment to build the first processing kitchens in the two regions and to educate their Kenyan partners on how to process tea themselves. Bain said they are bringing in a man from India with decades of experience in traditional hand processing methods to do this. About half of these funds will go to purchasing the tea that people

who contribute to the campaign will receive. Fundraising began on Sept. 16 and with two weeks to go, they have raised about $9,000, 44 per cent of their goal. “You’re just buying tea like you usually would,” Bain said of the fundraising process. “Everything that you give you get something for it. “Everyone’s a volunteer, so it doesn’t go to any of our pockets at all.” Bain said they chose the relatively humble goal of a 20 per cent increase in salary in order to avoid having negative attention drawn to the farmers involved. “If all of a sudden we double their salaries ... it could almost ostracize them in the community, so we’ve been working really closely with our partners in

Kenya to learn how to pay them more but not make it so it’s all of a sudden,” Bain said. “Other people will become suspicious of what they’re doing. They might want to get in on it as well. We might not be able to have the resources to be able to take more farmers in at the time.” Muuo said recent changes in the Kenyan government give JusTea the opportunity to purchase tea directly from farmers rather than having to buy it from the government, as was the case previously. He expressed the frustration farmers have felt with the government-controlled system. “If I produce the tea and I give it to another person to sell it for me, I have no control over that, and so whatever [price] they give me, I

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accept, because there’s nothing I can do.” Muuo said even farmers who produce a lot of tea need to buy a cow or goat to supplement their earnings. He said JusTea should increase the standard of living for those involved, allowing them to buy food or be able to send their children to school. In the future, Bain hopes that, with the raise of profits and the increasing tea demand, JusTea will be able to install more processing kitchens in other regions in Kenya that welcome this kind of project. For now, they have two co-ops in Kenya with a total of ten farmers. Bain said that the tea will be sold online, with prices comparable to that of David’s Tea and Teavana. U

talks >>

Delis Palacios lectures on the ills of mining in Colombia Joshua Gabert-Doyon Contributor

A public lecture on campus last week drew attention to the consequences of mining in Colombia. The lecture at the Liu Institute for Global Issues last Thursday, entitled “Resource Extraction, Land Ownership and Internal Displacement,” featured Afro-Colombian activist Delis Palacios and UBC professor Phillipe Le Billon. Palacios gave accounts of her personal experience and work in Chocó, a region in the northwest part of Colombia. Palacios, who works with the Asociación de Desplazados Dos de Mayo (ADOM), came to Canada to escape threats of violence. The detrimental effects of mining in the Chocó range from threats to the riverbeds, skin diseases, internal displacement and an increase in prostitution. Palacios said the infrastructure that accompanies mining projects means an increase in security forces and male workers who often leave behind venereal diseases, unwanted pregnancies and scars of abuse. ADOM works primarily with displaced Colombians in an effort to address problems related to the marginalization of black Colombians as well as the forced displacement of those in mining regions.

“Development through foreign investment is at odds with the Afro and indigenous vision of development,” said Palacios, who spoke through a translator. She proposed a restructuring of the Colombian state and further consultation with ethnic groups. The event was put in the context of Canadian Aboriginal struggles related to resource extraction early on in the talk. Afro-Colombians and indigenous people in Colombia both have collective land titles in Chocó, giving them legal protection. Many of these communities are self-governing. A question-and-answer period that followed the talk brought forward questions related to artisanal mining and the characteristics of mechanized mining before turning to a more conceptual debate. “What right do Canadians have to participate in the Colombian people’s dialogue around what they do with and how they govern their resources considering Canadian companies’ and Canadian diplomacy’s track record of imposition and abuses in others’ countries?” asked Sam Stime, who is doing graduate work in civil engineering at UBC. Organizer Pilar Riañyo-Alcalá, stressed the importance of questioning Canada’s place in the mining sector.

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The infrastructure that accompanies mining leads to an increase in venereal diseases and unwanted pregnancies, speakers said.

“[These kinds of events] challenge students and faculty to engage with real-life issues,” Riañyo-Alcalá said, “and to hear direct testimonies [and] offer an opportunity to critically look at whether universities and academia are becoming instrumental

in supporting economic and trade model that benefits Northern economies and creates new forms of displacement, oppression and livelihood treats to indigenous and Afro communities.” Palacios gave a lecture earlier Thursday afternoon on her work

with human rights defenders and survivors of armed conflict in Uganda. The lecture focused on Palacios’ experience as a survivor of the 2002 Bojayá massacre, which claimed the lives of 79 Afro-Colombians. U

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EDITOR NATALIE SCADDEN

SOCCER >>

Women’s soccer shuts down Winnipeg With just 1 goal allowed in 8 games, the undefeated squad has the best defence in the west Nick Adams Staﬀ Writer

With the only blemish on their record a single own goal against the University of the Fraser Valley early in September, the UBC women’s soccer team has the best defense in Canada West, and remains undefeated in eight games this season. This style of play shows a clear evolution in the Thunderbirds’ game plan — one that is no doubt reflective of new head coach Andrea Neil. A different system is being enacted than that of last year’s 10th-placed squad, and it seems to be working. The ’Birds are in fourth place, with a good shot at a Canada West championship. This new game plan is manifested in players like Janine Frazao, who scored 13 goals last year — the second most in the Canada West. This year, Frazao has only four goals, but the difference lies in her assists. Last year, Frazao tallied just four, and with five already, she’s on pace for quite a bit more this year. Instead of a singular, individual attack unit, skill and talent is being used to work together as a team. The mentality of this system is clear: defence wins championships. Building a defensively strong team has been working well for the T-Birds, and Saturday night’s 8-0 win was no exception. With only one win and seven losses, 11th-placed Winnipeg seemed to be in a losing mindset from the start. Just six minutes in, Frazao broke down the left side past the last defender, then cut right and curled a shot into the top corner to start off the scoring spree. By the 12th minute, it was 3-0 UBC with tallies from Frazao and Nicole Sydor. UBC showed no sign of slowing against a disheartened Winnipeg team. As the half pressed on, so did they. Only twice did Winnipeg show any real sign of life and break out of the neutral third. But with one of their two shots off target, UBC keeper Emily Wilson only had to bail out her defense once to claim the clean sheet. Five more UBC goals — from Kym van Duynhoven, Jasmin Dhanda (two) and Madison Guy (two) — put the nail in Winnipeg’s coffin. Although the game was an unquestionable blowout, Neil saw aspects of her team’s play that

need work. “Overall, I still wasn’t satisfied with certain points of the match,” she said, pointing to overall possession, ball retention and rhythm as areas to be improved. Creating a solid defensive core has been the focus — and the outcome — of the team’s endeavors. But once you realize that the coach still isn’t completely satisfied after an 8-0 win, the reason the team sits six spots higher this year becomes much clearer. “I think that it’s important to get the result. It’s important to score goals, but I would say the performance of the team still has a lot more to grow,” Neil said. The work the team does in practice is clearly translating. “There’s the phase without the soccer ball, which is the 11 players, and that’s important not just for the back line, but to get everything right from the front backwards,” Neil said. After they do that, the important part is [to] get the whole team forward and attack as a unit. Again, with an 8-0 win, it’s clear that they’ve been able to apply this system effectively. Next weekend, the T-Birds go to Alberta to battle 12th-placed Lethbridge on Saturday and thirdplaced Calgary on Sunday. If all goes according to plan, UBC could be sitting in the second place spot after the weekend. As long as they continue to employ and execute their system, there’s no reason that shouldn’t be the case. U

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Nicole sydor scored her first goal of the season in saturday’s shutout against winnipeg.

Scott Secord of men’s golf was a huge factor in uBC’s victory at the 42nd annual western washington Viking Men’s gold Invitational Tournament last week. Carding a final round 4 under 68, the Calgary native tied for fourth place individually. his overall score was 2 under 214. The win was the third title at the wwu event for the Thunderbirds, the most recent being in 2007. The men’s golf team will be back in action on Oct. 21st at the Otter Invitational, hosted by California state university-Monterey Bay in seaside, Calif.

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Janine Frazao scored the game-winner against winnipeg just six minutes into the match. It was her 50th goal as a Thunderbird.

RUGBY >>

Victory in Victoria Jenny Tang contributor

After what seemed like a plague of losses for the women’s rugby team, things finally changed for the Thunderbirds as they won 63-17 against the Victoria Vikes on Saturday afternoon. This 46-point margin easily cinches the minimum seven-point lead needed to make it to the Canada West playoffs. Playing away from home for the first time this season, the Thunderbirds started strong with an opening try by fullback Annie Arnott. They made it look easy and gained a couple more tries to end the first half with a score of 27-5. The Vikes managed to fight back with a single try by Tiffany Pick-

etts, but it was clear that UBC was in control of the game by then. UBC has led at halftime once before this season and fallen flat in the second half. But this time, the tries did not stop there. UBC was relentless in the second half, with tries being scored left right and center by Jen Blume, Gabrielle Hindley, Cassidy Gale (two tries), Ciara Malone (three), and Catherine Ohler (two tries, five conversions and one penalty). While the victory is a satisfying end to the Thunderbird’s season, the team isn’t off the hook yet — playoffs start on Oct. 18. They’ll have Thanksgiving weekend off, but they are planning to use it for extra training, conditioning and preparation for their playoff match. U

uBC powered past Victoria on saturday afternoon to earn themselves a spot in Canada west playoffs.

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T-Birds on a mission HOCKEY >>

Natalie Scadden Sports + Rec Editor

“We want to win the national championship. That’s it.” Clearly, the expectations for the UBC women’s hockey team have changed drastically since Graham Thomas took over head coaching duties a year ago. The Thunderbirds lost all but one game in 2011-12, and had made the playoffs just twice since 2000. Frankly, they were terrible, and having never won more than eight of 28 games in a season, they always had been. However, when Thomas stepped in, all that changed. The former University of Syracuse assistant coach recognized his team’s potential from the get-go, and orchestrated the greatest turnaround in Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) history. The rest of the country was caught off-guard as UBC put together a 17-7-4 regular season record, setting all sorts of team records en route to toppling a Calgary Dinos team led by Team Canada captain Hayley Wickenheiser to take home the Canada West championship. This booked them their first trip to nationals, where they suffered two close defeats before winning their final game to finish fifth in the country. But you can only catch teams sleeping once. Now, the Thunderbirds have a giant target on their backs. “We’re going to get everybody’s best game now, let’s put it that way,” said Thomas. “We want to prove that we belong as one of the top programs in our country and in our league, and that it wasn’t just a oneoff year. It’s a completely different coaching challenge this year.” It shouldn’t be too hard for the ’Birds to carry over last year’s momentum. The cornerstones of UBC’s roster remain largely in place, and with six impact rookies joining the mix, there’s more depth to this year’s lineup. “All four lines are able to contribute and compete. That’ll help us in our long run,” Thomas said. While the skaters are certainly no slouches, goaltending should once again be one of UBC’s strengths. Thomas is both blessed and cursed by the fact that he has three excellent goalies in Danielle Dube, Samantha Langford and Danielle Lemon. While he said that it’s good because they all push each other and get along, they obviously all want to play, which forces Thomas to make some tough decisions. “I lose sleep on that one. These three darn goalies are going to be the end of me,” said Thomas. “It’s definitely a good problem to have, but at the same time, when you’re having to manage it and make sure that everybody’s prepared and getting what they need and they’re ready and given opportunities, it becomes a bit of a juggling act.” Dube led the conference with a 0.943 save percentage in over 1,000 minutes in net last year. Langford

was trusty backup, posting a 0.924 save percentage in over 600 minutes over the regular season in addition to playing superbly all three games in the CIS tournament while Dube was sidelined with an illness. Lemon is back for her second year as well, and although she didn’t receive as much playing time, she is another talent Thomas can rely on. Recognizing the importance of development, Thomas’s strategy early on will be to give each of them playing time. But now that the Thunderbirds have a title to defend, performance becomes ever more important. “We’ve got a lot of expectations on us. [We need] to make sure that we’re giving ourselves the best chance to win every night.” Offensively, seven of UBC’s top eight scorers will be returning, including Tatiana Rafter and Rebecca Unrau, who combined to score 24 of the 72 regular season goals by the Thunderbirds. Stephanie Schaupmeyer stormed onto the scene as a rookie last year to chip in five goals and eight assists, and was rewarded by being named one of this year’s assistance captains. On the defensive side, UBC will be anchored by a familiar leader in fifth-year Christi Capozzi, who will wear the lone “C” this year. She has played over 100 regular season and playoff games as a T-Bird, and was recognized as a Canada West second team all-star last season following a three-goal, 10-assist campaign. She’ll be aided on the blue line by assistant captains Sarah Casorso and Cailey Hay. A national championship may be the ultimate goal, but a consistent effort throughout all 28 regular season games will be crucial. After finishing third in the conference last year, UBC was the underdog when they took down Regina to book a trip to nationals, and more so against Dinos in the Canada West championships. They had to play the bulk of their playoff games on the road — although they did host their first ever playoff game in the first round — and every road series went the full three games, which meant several weeks of travelling. Not only would finishing first in the regular season this year be another historic achievement for this group, but it would also earn them the right to host more playoff games, meaning an easier path to nationals. Thomas said the team is ready to go, despite a 1-5 preseason record that looks all too similar to their overall record just two seasons ago. “We could be hitting a panic button or I could be losing my mind, even though our last four games we were playing a high level competition.” Indeed, it was a preseason designed to challenge the Thunderbirds. Last weekend, they took a trip to Minnesota, the “state of hockey,” for the opportunity to play against high-calibre teams four nights in a row. This included playing the Japanese Olympic team and the University of Minnesota Gophers, the defending NCAA Div. 1 champions who haven’t lost in 50 games.

We’re going to get everybody’s best game now, let’s put it that way. Graham Thomas Head coach, UBC women’s hockey team

“[The Gophers] are the pinnacle of women’s hockey, the best college team in the world. It was very eye-opening,” Thomas said. “We’ve learned a lot of lessons in preseason. We’re definitely coming out of [that] weekend stronger. I think this trip’s going to pay dividends on how we play this year and how we come out of the gate for the first games.” Last year, they defied the odds and made it further than anyone — except they themselves — expected them to go. But now that they’ve come so close to winning it all, they’re hungrier than ever to win that national championship. U UBC opened their regular season with two away games against the Lethbridge Pronghorns this weekend. On Friday night, UBC stormed back from a 4-1 deficit in the third period and won the game in a shootout. The Pronghorns would be the ones to rally on Saturday evening, coming back from two early goals by UBC’s Nikola Brown-John to take the game 3-2. UBC will return to Thunderbird Arena over Thanksgiving weekend to face off against Calgary, who will be without Wickenheiser this year. Puck drop is at 7 p.m. on Friday and 2 p.m. on Saturday.

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FOOTBALL >>

UBC finally topples a ranked opponent CJ Pentland Managing Editor, Web

this season; the ’Birds won’t be the lovable underdogs this time around, though. goals.

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Women’s HOCKEY By THE NUMBERS

24 overall wins last year (17 in the regular season)

When UBC football head coach Shawn Olson said last week that it’s been a tale of two fourth quarters for his team, he really wasn’t exaggerating. Taking an 18-3 lead into halftime of Saturday’s contest against the Manitoba Bisons in Winnipeg, the ’Birds were in the midst of playing their most complete game of the year — even without running back Brandon Deschamps, who most of the time is the team’s offence. But when Bisons quarterback Jordan Yantz threw a five-yard touchdown to Anthony Coombs near the start of the fourth quarter, UBC suddenly found themselves down 24-21 and at risk of blowing a large lead to Manitoba for the second time this year. UBC responded right away, with Carson Williams leading a drive resulting in a 15-yard touchdown pass from him to Micha Theil. But the game was far from over, especially when Coombs appeared to haul in a pass in the end zone on third and 12 with just 33 seconds left that would have given his team the lead. It appeared that another fantastic effort from the ’Birds would end in a crushing defeat caused by fourth quarter lapses, ones that typically happen at home. But in a moment of desperation, Riley Jones, having let Coombs get open, swiped his hand in hopes of making something — anything — happen, and he got lucky. It wasn’t even a vicious swing of the arm, but his hand struck gold, as the ball helplessly fell out of Coombs’s hands before he had complete possession. That gave UBC the ball back and allowed Williams to simply take a knee and run out the clock for a 28-24 victory. It’s easy to make a case for week four’s win over Regina being UBC’s biggest win of the year, in that it separated them from the Rams in the chase for the final playoff berth. But it’s even easier to make the case for this game being bigger. Yes, the ’Birds did win their previous two road games this year, but those came against the bottom two teams in the conference. This game was against a Bisons team ranked 10th in the nation, and was being played in a brand new 33,422 seat stadium

(although only 1,457 people showed up). To add to that, UBC was without an injured Deschamps, who is leading the conference with an average 152.8 rushing yards per game. The case could also be made that Deschamps not playing actually helped the ’Birds. Williams, who all season has looked tentative leading the offence, understood that his team couldn’t win just by running, and played with a confidence that hasn’t been seen all year. He let loose, rearing back and zipping tight spirals downfield that hit receivers in stride. The exact stats aren’t available, but this reporter is fairly sure he made more throws that travelled more than 10 yards in this game than he had in the previous five games combined. He knew his team needed him and he delivered, throwing for 348 yards, two touchdowns and no interceptions. David Scott was the main beneficiary, hauling in seven passes for 170 yards and one touchdown. Williams deserves the praise on the offensive side of the ball, but the defence also stepped up to play their most complete performance of the year. Jones’ strip in the end zone will go down as being what saved the game in the minds of many, but overall, the T-Bird defence gave up just 353 total yards to a team that torched them for 467 yards three weeks ago. The guys up front sacked Yantz five times and forced one fumble, while the downfield defence did their part by limiting him to just 14 completed passes on 30 attempts. In a season where UBC has played extremely well in games but found ways to turn them into crushing defeats, the Thunderbirds got a little bit of luck in the end to finally take down a legitimate contender in the Canada West. They now currently sit at 3-3 and are tied for third with Manitoba in the conference, solidifying their playoff chances with two regular season games to go. Maybe it’s being on the road; maybe it’s a bit of luck; maybe it is finally realizing what it takes to be a contender. But whatever it is, UBC showed resilience on Saturday afternoon, and because of it, they can now be considered among the top teams in the Canada West conference. U

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per cent regular season save rate for Danielle Dube — best in the conference

0.924 per cent regular season save rate for Samantha Langford 13 goals scored by Tatiana Rafter 110

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Quarterback Carson Williams played his best game yet to lead UBC against Manitoba.

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FASHION >>

Old material, new style Eco Fashion Week showcases smart, sexy, and sustainable couture Reyhana Heatherington Senior Lifestyle Writer

What began as a joke for one UBC Law student has become reality. “My friends used to asked me, ‘What’s your dream job?’ and I would always say, ‘In-house counsel at Gucci!’ And then we would all laugh. Earlier this year, it dawned on me that many people actually are in-house counsel at Gucci, so it doesn’t necessarily have to be a pipe dream.” Rachel Ricketts graduated from UBC Law in 2010 and now works on legal contracts and wrangling panel speakers for Eco Fashion Week, happening this week at Robson Square downtown. Her interest in fashion can be traced back to when she used to draw fashion collections as a 13-yearold. “I think [fashion is] one of the most efficient and meaningful ways to personally express yourself on a daily basis,” Ricketts said. “If you walk into work wearing sweatpants, people are going to know something is going on. So I wanted to merge something that I thought was really near and dear to my heart and something I have a passion for, with all my years of legal and analytical training.” The seventh edition of Eco Fashion Week began Sunday with a series of free educational seminars on the topic of sustainable fashion practices. Ricketts hopes to work with Eco Fashion Week president and founder Myriam Laroche to create internationally recognized rules for sustainability in fashion. “There’s a movement globally to have internationally-renowned and recognized regulations set in place. We sort of like to think of it as an analogy to Vancouver Aquarium’s Ocean Wise. When you go to a restaurant, you sit down and see that little symbol next to the

food name [and] you go, “Oh, OK, I know I can eat this sablefish and feel good about it because some independent third party looked at it.” In an industry where sustainability, human rights and labour issues are commonly critiqued, Eco Fashion Week aims to create a larger dialogue around standards in fashion. “Awareness is always the number-one takeaway,” Ricketts said. “We have really beautiful pieces and really amazing designers who just also happen to create fashion that’s made out of sustainable fabrics or is locally-sourced. But the first focus for [the designers] is to make beautiful clothes.” Sonja Henrickson, Eco Fashion Week’s fashion manager, acts as a liaison between the event team and the designers. She is most excited about surprising audiences with beautiful clothes and, like Ricketts, maintains that sustainability is an added bonus. “When [people] hear the word ‘eco-fashion,’ they think that it’s going to be extremely granola and a lot of old, recycled beige and oatmeal tones like a burlap sack that we’ve ransacked into some sort of couture piece, and it’s really not that at all,” Henrickson said. “It doesn’t necessarily even have to look like something that’s eco-friendly or socially responsible. That’s just a wonderful side effect.” Henrickson is particularly looking forward to Hungarian designer Matild Janosi’s TildArt collection, which includes items made from bike parts and movie projector pieces. “It truly to me denotes what runway is about, because it’s exciting. It’s basically walking art and [Janosi] totally exemplifies that it every way,” Henrickson said. Janosi’s goal is “breathing new life” into discarded materials; the

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Far from being a niche design field, eco fashion is fast becoming an industry staple.

designer even saw a fashion collection waiting to happen while in a pedicab garage in London. “The first thing I observed was the selective waste containers with bicycle accessories,” she wrote in an email. “At this one base, there are over two hundred rickshaws. Seeing the bicycle inner tubes waste bins, I saw the clothes.” The 68-Pound Challenge is always a highlight of Eco Fash-

ion Week; one designer creates an entire line from 68 pounds of Value Village clothes, based on the statistic that the average North American throws out 68 pounds of clothing per year. For students who don’t have the disposable income to purchase new styles each season, there are a myriad of ways to renew your wardrobe, including vintage shopping and clothing exchanges. Ricketts recently

helped a friend with an aptly titled “Five-Dolla-Holla Sale,” where they sold their own clothing items for $5. “Some of it was a friendly clothing swap, but a lot of it was just cleaning out your clothing,” Ricketts said. “And donating is great, but if you need some cash, it’s a great way to make cash.” U Eco Fashion Week runs from Oct. 6-10 at Robson Square.

ART >>

Disposable Camera Project democratizes art Kari Lindberg contributor

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Disposable cameras are cheap, but when you start using dozens of them to launch an international art project, it can start to add up.

Have you seen a poster for the Disposable Camera Project? In all likeliness, you have. Vancouverites Nick Hill and Paul Nuestro, who co-founded the project with Torontonian counterparts Mark Serrano and Michaelangelo Yambao, spent the entirety of the Thursday before last putting up 400 posters across campus — but not without multiple run-ins with UBC security. “I think at some point ... the security guards recognized what we were wearing and just [started] chasing us, yelling that we weren’t allowed to put posters on benches,” said Hill. “That didn’t stop us, though — we just ran to the next location.” The project itself is quite straightforward: a disposable camera in a plastic bag is left in a public space with instructions on how to use it. Anyone who comes upon the camera can take a picture or two of anything they want, and then return the camera to the bag.

After the camera has taken all of its exposures, one of the project’s co-founders will collect the camera, develop the film and upload scans to the project website. In addition to Toronto and Vancouver, the project has visited Montreal, Los Angeles, New York, Auckland and Amsterdam. The Disposable Camera Project founder’s vision is to continually expand the project. To them, having an international audience would allow anyone from any part of the globe to see with their own eyes how a person halfway across the world lives and represents themselves. Hill and Nuestro’s adventures at UBC reflect their passion and dedication to the project. Their dreams are so big that they’re already starting to outstrip their cumulative monetary capital; all four co-founders have financed the project entirely out of pocket, paying not only for the disposable cameras, but also the development of the film. “Our ability to get financial funding will very soon either

make or break this project,” said Nuestro. To the co-founders, the project signifies the merging of two different media — it’s both an ode to traditional photography, where every exposure counts, and an embrace of the digital world that the 21st century has propelled us all into. Hill, Nuestro, Serrano and Yambao envision a world where an ordinary, everyday person can take the production of art into their own hands. Captured inside a framed shot is a single moment in time, where a person native to that location is able to showcase a representation of themselves and how they interact with the environment that they live in. And, since individuals who find the camera can’t just take 10 shots and pick the best of the bunch, their photographs are a more accurate reflection of that single moment. Both Hill and Nuestro agreed: “There is truth and honesty in the ability to take a photo and not be able to take that shot back.” U

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LIFE, THE UNIVERSE AND EVERYTHING >>

Crossing the arts-science continuum Carl Sagan Club to promote interdisciplinary conversation outside academia

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Jason Fernando, left, and Jordan Buﬃe hope the club will unite students in the love of science and the arts, regardless of their major.

Marlee Laval contributor

As world-famous American astronomer Carl Sagan once said, “If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.” While a new universe has yet to be invented by UBC, a group

of students has created their own little universe dedicated to Sagan himself. Founded in June of this year, the Carl Sagan Association for the Communication of Science (shortened to the CSA) is one of the newest AMS clubs on campus, with a goal of combining the arts and sciences in a

way that any student can access and understand. “I think that clubs like the CSA are important because they can open up a space for a community of people, scientists or otherwise, who can work together to spread and build knowledge,” said CSA treasurer Nick Short, a fifth-year psychology and philosophy student. “I was someone who, in high school, was very interested in both the arts and sciences,” said CSA president and founder Jason Fernando, a third-year student studying the history of science. “Going into UBC and choosing one faculty over the other, I felt that choosing Arts was the more logical thing, but there was always that part missing where I wished I’d be able to be more involved in the science community to pursue those interests, even if it’s not my major. “That’s basically the premise of the club — it’s to try to create that space for other students in that position,” he added. “Anyone who is passionate about science can join it and feel welcome,” said VP Marketing Michaela Baer, who studies photography at Emily Carr University. “I think that the multifaceted, multidisciplinary aspect of the club is a perfect recipe for innovation.” The club can also provide different purposes for each of its members. “I’m not that interested in the science part of this club, but I like the communication part,” said fellow VP Marketing Emily Larson, a third-year English honours student at UBC. “Es-

pecially with my major ... you’re with a close-knit group of people and you’re talking about the same ideas all the time, but I like having a different context where it’s still communication, but in a different field.” Indeed, the CSA is interested in combining multiple fields of interest, and they believe that using Sagan’s messages will help engage students from everywhere on campus. “The use of Carl Sagan isn’t so much to make use of a charisma,” said VP External Jordan Buffie, a third-year political science and English honours student. “It’s the idea of communicating science and making something that everyone can feel like they can engage with.” “As a totally different generation, we’re still inspired by his message,” Fernando said. “His main message is that the scientific community is academic and professional, but at the same time, it should be broadened to include as much of society as possible. There’s no reason why you and I, as non-scientists, shouldn’t feel comfortable and be involved.” The CSA has been working to build their community of scientists and non-scientists alike, recently with their recruitment at Clubs Days — which went “shockingly well,” according to Buffie — bringing in a variety of interested members from all ages, faculties and backgrounds. “It was very surprising,” said Larson, who notes that the club received over 100 email addresses

for their mailing list. “I was not expecting to see that many people, and they were engaging, too.” With established interest in their club, the CSA is now gearing up for various events, including bi-monthly screenings of Cosmos, the series that helped make Sagan a household name, at the Norm Theatre. Non-club members can attend for only $2 per screening, while a $4 membership allows one to attend screenings throughout the year for free. “We’re hoping that our Cosmos screenings will attract a fairly diverse crowd,” Baer said. “I’m hoping that these screenings will become somewhat of a social event and forum.” Aside from their Cosmos screenings, the club is hosting events such as an art collaboration with Irving K. Barber Learning Centre called “An Inescapable Perspective: Conversations in Science,” from November 3-25. Along with strong support from Clubs Days visitors, the group is sponsored by campus radio station CiTR and The Planetary Society, which was co-founded by Sagan in 1980. “We want to reach out to campus, and beyond, by hopefully showing people something they might not have thought they would be interested in,” Short said. And with the goal of creating a fun, mind-opening community for all students, the CSA is just getting started. U For more information about the club, visit ubcsagan.org or find it on Facebook or Twitter.

FOOD >>

Student Cooking: chocolate chickpea cookies Equipment

Measuring cups (¼) Measuring spoons (tsp and tbsp) Blender/ Food Processor Cookie Sheet Parchment Paper Convection Oven Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 350 F (175 C) and line a cookie sheet with parchment paper. 2. Throw everything but the chocolate chips into a food processor or blender (in no particular order). 3. Blend/pulse the ingredients on medium-high until smooth. 4. Lightly stir/pulse in the chocolate chips. 5. Once oven has reached 350 F, begin forming dough balls. To do so, consecutively spoon out two tbsp of dough three centimetres apart onto parchment paper (the cookies will not expand or rise). 6. Place the cookies in the oven on the top rack. 7. Bake for 12 minutes, or until the dough balls become crackly and golden on top (the cookies should be very soft). 8. Remove the cookies from oven and let them cool for 10 minutes (of complete torment) before digging in.

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That’s right, chocolate chickpea cookies: the most unconventional yet delicious chocolate chip cookie recipe around. Made from a base of chickpeas and almond butter, these little protein-packed treats serve a much bigger purpose than sweet-tooth satisfaction. Unlike ordinary, runof-the-mill chocolate chip cookies, these bad boys can provide fuel for the day, keep you focused during long lectures and even power you through your late-night midterm study cramming, all while satisfying your cravings. To keep things as quick and easy as possible, this recipe requires only a blender and measuring cups or spoons for preparation. Cost-wise, it’s student-friendly, considering the amount of time

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it takes to make, its deliciousness and its nutritional content. Who says chocolate and chickpeas don’t mix? After trying these little bites of paradise, no one will.

Vegan and gluten-free Chocolate Chickpea Cookies

Ingredients (makes 15-20 cookies)

1 ¼ cups cooked chickpeas (if using canned, drain and rinse) ½ cup natural almond butter ¼ cup maple syrup or agave nectar ¼ cup mini vegan chocolate chips (I recommend Enjoy Life) 1 tsp baking powder 2 tsp cinnamon 2 tsp vanilla extract 1 tsp sea salt (if using unsalted almond butter)

Notes: To store, place the cookies in an airtight container at room temperature or in the fridge for up to one week. Freeze the cookie dough and thaw it to make a batch in the future. The dough can also be frozen and eaten as is. U

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sTuDENT VOICE. COMMuNITy REaCh.

Classroom crushes, Kama Sutra come-ons and a pizza faux-pas

The Ubyssey’s etiquette guru will now take your questions HOW TO BE By konrad Philip

EAT BEFORE AND BE AWKWARD NO MORE

If the aMs wants to get Pit Night back on its feet, they’re going to have to get drastic.

LAST WORDS PHOTOSOC STRUGGLING Last year, the AMS informed UBC’s photo society — Photosoc, for short — that their space would be removed for renovations two years before it would be able to move into its new rooms in the New SUB. The renovations would start in the summer of 2013. And so, instead of trying to salvage it, the society’s directors decided to disband the club until they had space again. They sent a notice to some members of the society, and disappeared. Needless to say, more than a few members were upset with the decision. The society nearly died, and for once it’s not the AMS’s fault. All around campus, our university suffers from a genetic disease called decentralization. This disease means that sometimes things can happen at UBC and no one actually knows about it. It means that projects can flourish before being stamped out by administrators with “vision.” And it means that services can disappear into the ether, especially when those services change hands and institutional knowledge turns out to be the knowledge of the person who just walked out the door. The Photo Society didn’t die because the AMS left it alone — it died because the wrong people were handed the keys. While members of the club pay for and use the service on a regular basis, there is no underlying social fabric to the society. Like many parts of UBC, decisions were made by its administrators

LETTER Salmon Confidential ﬂawed, important Salmon Confidential was originally released in March 2013 to mixed reviews. Alexandra Morton, the director, received strong support from salmon activists, furthering the anti-salmon farming movement. Unfortunately, many objective scientists and salmon farming supporters have outlined

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that did not represent the opinion or desires of those it would affect. The club is struggling back to its feet and now that it has a dedicated space, partial service will carry the club until it moves into its new space in 2015. But it highlights how many things on campus rise and fall in any year and how important leadership is on campus. A few people can make a big difference on a campus that is so decentralized, for better or worse.

PIT PUB DESERVES TO BE SAVED The AMS’s Pit Pub, located in the basement of the of SUB, has been struggling as off-campus establishments siphon off sober UBC students looking to get wasted on weeknights. We aren’t here to bash capitalism — and if students can find more fun for less money off campus, more power to them. The Pit’s hands are tied by B.C. liquor laws and the RCMP, whose regulations make it difficult for them to lower prices for drinks to compete with the off-campus bars and clubs. Due to their opposition to beer gardens on campus, we’re no big fans of the RCMP’s stance on liquor to begin with. But allowing the Pit to die a slow death because they can’t offer good deals on drinks will deal a serious blow to the campus community in Point Grey, such that it is. This Wednesday, we hope you’ll head to the SUB basement to toast the Pit for being a colourful gathering place for students. numerous research flaws and incorrect assumptions Morton makes throughout the movie. However, Salmon Confidential, while lacking in accepted evidence and in some cases found to blatantly disregard inconvenient facts, does contribute an important perspective from the anti-farming community. Environmental groups and industry professionals are increasingly influencing policy makers throughout the B.C. government. Alexandra Morton and associated individuals having a strong, albeit often stubborn,

A TEAM WE CAN BE PROUD OF Last year, the women’s hockey team took their fans on a magic carpet ride that brought them from the cellar of university hockey to the rooftop patio. They hosted a playoff game for the first time in team history, and with the game being played at the much smaller Father Bauer Arena due to the Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre being booked, the atmosphere was electric. Air horns blew after every goal (and there were a ton of them), sirens wailed and players hugged. Hockey, never a huge sport at UBC, had become something worth caring about. This year, the team can’t sneak up on people, but that shouldn’t be a problem. Head coach Graham Thomas is back to work his magic behind the bench, and a significant portion of last year’s team is returning. In the preseason coaches poll, the T-Birds were tied for first — meaning that everyone will be gunning for them, something that the team has never had to deal with before. They are a legitimate contender in not only the conference, but also the country. It’s easy to see UBC as the loveable underdog who happened to win a bunch of hockey games, but in reality, they’re much more than that. They’re an extremely talented hockey team that, along with the men’s team, plays a brand of hockey here on campus that is some of the most entertaining in the province. U opposition to salmon farming and can present a constructive dialogue with public interests in mind. What is required is participation from all stakeholder groups with a basis in scientific evidence. Salmon Confidential shows that this particular environmental group isn’t ready for such discussions. I encourage everyone to view this movie and form your own opinion, keeping in mind the greater motives the director may have. Fraser Larock Forestry IV

Dear Konrad,

I was at my friend’s pizza party last night, but I was still pretty hungry when we got to the last slice. I know it’s more polite to leave it, but I hadn’t eaten all day, so I had to have it. I ended up grabbing it just as my crush was reaching for it. I think it was her first slice. It was very awkward. How might one politely take the last slice of pizza? Sincerely, Hungry

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This entire conundrum could have been avoided had you not been so Hungry! Any social event — be it a meeting with food, a party, or even a dinner date — is not mainly about eating. Having a snack beforehand allows you to focus on more important things, like making a good impression on your crush.

Before you’ve heard him speak, how can you tell if a guy is as cool as his hair? If you do feel like having the last slice, however, the most polite thing to do is to ask those around whether they would mind you taking it. This works most of the time, but if someone else wants it too, it may be time for a game of rock-paper-scissors. Should things get serious, whoever bought the pizza has the last word.

IF ALL YOU EVER DO IS STARE, YOU’LL LOSE THE BOY WITH SPIKY HAIR Dear Konrad, The boy of my dreams is in my biology lecture. He sits two rows down from me and one over and I find I spend most of the class looking at the pink points of his spiky hair. Konrad, I don’t think he even knows my name. How do I go about asking him out? Help! One More Lonely Girl

While you have the impression he is the boy of your dreams, everyone has flaws — your crush is no closer to perfect than you are! Before you’ve heard him speak, how can you tell if the guy is as cool as his hair? That’s why you shouldn’t be afraid to approach him and see if he really is worth obsessing over. Just like biology, approaching your crush has to do with being natural. Just happen to find a seat

beside him, or run into him one day. Say hello, smile, and then break the ice by talking about whatever you have in common — in this case, biology class. Make a comment about the professor, or ask for homework advice. Before you ask him out, however, he should be approaching you. The next time, instead of sitting beside him, wait for him to sit beside you.

KAMA SUTRA, HE DON’T SUIT YA! Dear Konrad, This afternoon in my calculus lecture, a boy sat down next to me and handed me a copy of the Kama Sutra. Then he just stared. Unfortunately, I was sitting in the middle of a jam-packed row and could not get up to leave, so I did my best to ignore him for the entire 80-minute lecture. What the hell do I do if this happens again? Sincerely, Creeped Out

This guy most likely got lost on his way to a different department. With all the construction on campus, who could blame him? If this did in fact happen, ridiculous acts deserve a ridiculous response. If you feel comfortable enough, diffuse such situations with humour. As you felt creeped out, you did the right thing by ignoring him. People who do such things are seeking out a reaction. He may have thought you dropped it, or perhaps he was fishing for material to post on UBC Confessions. If you are afraid you’ll run into him again, try to walk into the class with a friend or approach someone at the start of class and strike up a conversation. This will take your mind off the situation and make it harder for him to approach you. U Got an etiquette question for Konrad? Send them to etiquette@ ubyssey.ca to see them answered in the paper.

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