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YOUR GUIDE TO UBC EVENTS + PEOPLE

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OUR CAMPUS

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ONE ON ONE WITH THE PEOPLE WHO MAKE UBC

THURSDAY 30 SEASONAL SOUPS

5:30 p.m.–7:30 P.M. @ UBC FARM

Learn how to feed your body with soup and other garnishes from local ingredients in an economical manner. All recipes are veggie and vegan friendly, sans preservatives. $45, students $36

FRIDAY

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BLACK HISTORY MONTH 8 p.m. @ 2205 Commercial Drive

Come join the Afrika Shrine celebrating Bob Marley and Fela Kuti, featuring Kárà-Kátà Afrobeat Group and the East Van Reggae All Stars. Vistit Kárà-Kátà on Facebook for more information.

Free African food provided with each ticket. $12 at the door, $10 for students PHOTO Steven Richards/THE UBYSSEY

After UBC, Harsev Oshan wants to go into journalism and work in media or public policy in Kenya, his hometown.

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DINEOUT VANCOUVER 7 p.m. @ POINT GRILL

Participate in Canada’s largest restaurant festival and curb your hunger somewhere close to campus. The Point is offering two three-course menus for students to enjoy.

Meals $18 or $28, with additional VQA wine pairings $10 per person

ON THE COVER “Such a great opportunity when we get to speak to those who make this school what it is — the people behind the scenes, if you will. Shooting this cover was a blast and laughs were had. Thanks to Arnold (pictured above) and Bruce for their time.” Photo by Mackenzie Walker.

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Oshan finds community in UBC’s playground Arno Rosenfeld Features Editor

When Harsev Oshan showed up for his first day of work at NTV Kenya, the CEO of the television station was confused. “‘I didn’t know Mombasa had a university,’” Oshan recalls the CEO saying, referencing his hometown on the Kenyan coast.

But Oshan hadn’t gone to university in Mombasa. Fresh out of high school, he had made the trek to Nairobi — Kenya’s largest city — after applying to NTV to pursue his passion for journalism. Due to a human resources mix-up and his extensive resume, Oshan was accidentally admitted to the internship program intended for university graduates. But the executive decided to give him a shot, and Oshan spent months working in the studio and reporting from the field during a gap year following high school.

Born to a British father and Indian mother, Oshan lived in the East African country until coming to UBC in 2010. He chose the university partially due to a generous scholarship offered to attract exceptional students from outside of Canada.

After living on the coast for most of his life, Oshan was also attracted to Vancouver for its proximity to the water. However, the temperature compared to life on the Indian Ocean, he said, came as a bit of a shock, and he spent his time as a first-year in residence requesting space heaters from the front desk and bundling up even during summer months.

As for the university itself, though, Oshan sees UBC as a kind of playground where you can find your niche and get involved in exactly what appeals to you.

“There’s a slide, there’s a swing, there’s toys on the ground,” Oshan explains. “It’s up to you to try each and every thing out there and find what you enjoy most.”

Oshan has certainly done this during his time in Point Grey. He

joined eight clubs his first year and got involved with the residence association in his dorm.

But while Oshan would eventually rise through the ranks and ascend to Arts Undergraduate Society president, his first-year left him feeling homesick.

There’s a slide, there’s a swing, there’s toys on the ground. It’s up to you to try each and every thing out there and find what you enjoy most.”

Harsev Oshan AMS presidential candidate

“It was difficult, to say the least. I literately just felt really low,” he said.

Things began looking up when he joined the Sigma Chi fraternity in his second year, giving him a sense of family here in Vancouver.

Oshan, who is now running for AMS president, currently serves as president of the InterFraternity Council Giving back to things he loves, like the Greek community here at UBC, is a theme for Oshan who plans to return to Kenya after attending graduate school in Canada. Oshan sees Kenya as a country full of promise but plagued by various systemic issues he hopes to be able to address.

“For me, from the neighbourhood I’ve come from, I see a lot of potential. But I also see a lot of injustices happening,” Oshan said.

Before working at NTV, Oshan spent part of his gap year working with the Aga Khan Foundation in Kenyan schools. The programs he was helping with targeted the chronic issue of girls dropping out of school and

the lack of special needs education in the school system.

Using his first language of Swahili to speak to the students’ families, he learned that a driving issue forcing students out of school was a lack of sexual education. When they hit puberty, they didn’t know how to deal with menstruation and related issues, and their parents would pull them out of school. Oshan helped find grants to introduce comprehensive health education into some schools.

On the second of these issues, Oshan spoke with passion regarding the work he did.

“It wasn’t really special needs education, it was just the same curriculum given to everyone,” he said. “There were students who were 25 years old but still in Grade 1 because they couldn’t get past that stage.”

The program Oshan came up with was meant to focus on students’ specific strengths, such as art or sports, rather than forcing them to complete the same coursework as their peers.

“That actually gave them an opportunity to get out of high school and actually do something with their lives.”

His interest in journalism comes from a similar place of wanting to help his home country. Brutal sectarian violence following the 2007 national elections in Kenya led to a unity government without an opposition. As Oshan explains it, this left little internal accountability in the government.

“The media played the role of the opposition,” Oshan said.

For this reason, Oshan hopes to attend journalism school in Canada and return to work in the media or on public policy in Kenya.

“Media was the kind of force that could actually help citizens, and that’s why I want to go back.” U This is the last of the presidential candidate profiles of the 2014 AMS Elections. To vote, visit amsvoting. as.it.ubc.ca. Voting ends Friday, Jan. 31 at 5 p.m.

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EDITORS WILL Mcdonald + Sarah Bigam

EXTERNAL REVIEW >>

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GOING GREEN >>

UBC seeks input on new sustainability plan

Photo Carter brundage/THE UBYSSEY

CIRS is UBC’s most sustainable building.

Austen Erhardt Staff Writer

The Frank Forward Building has been deemed seismically unsound and will need to be renovated or reconstructed in coming years.

FILE Photo Carter brundage/THE UBYSSEY

Report finds lack of funding, diversity in UBC depts.

Sarah Bigam News Editor

Underfunding, inadequate transparency and a lack of staff diversity are the main problems afflicting some of UBC’s departments, according to external review results released last week.

Reviews of the departments of electrical and computer engineering, civil engineering and materials engineering showed that the Faculty of Applied Science’s growth has been restricted by insufficient funding.

“We face challenges due to reduced government funding,” said Applied Science dean Marc Parlange. “At the moment, we need to develop other revenue streams.”

Parlange said the faculty currently has $55 million in funding, with 90 per cent from the government and 10 per cent from

NEWS BRIEFS Student in serious condition after collision in Point Grey A 21-year-old woman is in serious condition after being hit by a vehicle in Point Grey Monday afternoon.

According to Const. Brain Montague, spokesperson for the Vancouver police department, the woman was crossing a crosswalk at 10th Avenue and Wallace Street when she was struck by a black BMW SUV. Montague said a pickup truck in the lane closest to the curb stopped to let the woman past, but the driver of the SUV in the centre lane did not stop and hit the woman as she crossed.

The accident occurred just before 3:30 p.m. Monday.

Montague said that the woman is a student, but did not know if she studies at UBC. Montague received an update on the woman’s condition Tuesday morning.

“She’s still in serious condition, but they’re optimistic that she’s going to improve,” he said.

The cause of the collision is still under investigation.

“It still hasn’t been determined, all of the factors,” Montague said.

He said speed and alcohol have been ruled out as factors. The investigation is ongoing and no charges have yet been laid.

He said the woman driving the SUV stayed at the scene following the collision and was cooperative with police. U

industrial research partnerships.

He aims to increase funding from partnerships to facilitate the faculty’s growth.

Women were underrepresented in these departments, an issue currently being addressed by various means, including a new equity training module in faculty recruitment.

“It’s a problem that the university at large is aware of,” said provost and VP academic David Farrar. “Sometimes it reflects the nature of the pool.... Diversity in the senior faculty also tends to represent what [student] pools look like say 30 or 40 years ago, and that has to work its way through the system.”

The review also found that the Frank Forward Building is seismically unsound, and recommended renovations or “preferably” construction of a new one.

“We don’t want a building where in the event of a major earthquake ... it wouldn’t allow residents time to get out,” said Farrar.

However, Parlange said there is no immediate plan for a new building, which could require securing funds of up to $80 million.

A review of the department of French, Hispanic and Italian studies pointed out frictions between the different language sections.

“To a degree that’s not optimal.

The department operates as a department of French, and maybe a department of Italian. There’s a little less all-department thinking,” said Arts dean Gage Averill.

The review recommended transparency for tenure and promotion.

Averill said this is now being addressed, but he did not know of any specific complaints made about hiring and promotions.

“We did want to make sure that faculty members didn’t feel that information was being kept from them,” he said.

A review of the department of zoology in November 2012 found the undergraduate teaching space is “dated and rather unpleasant.” A formal plan has now been developed for an $80-million Undergraduate Life Sciences Teaching building, which will consolidate labs in the Biological Sciences Centre, Wesbrook and D.H. Copp buildings, which have also been rated high seismic risks. The report says “this building project ranks among the highest priorities of UBC.” According to Farrar, UBC tries to review each department every five years.

He said these recommendations will be presented to the next set of reviewers to check that they have been acted upon. U

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Water main bursts outside MOA, floods lobby Sarah Bigam News Editor

The Museum of Anthropology should be ready to open for regular business hours today despite flooding yesterday afternoon.

The flood occurred at approximately 3 p.m. on Wednesday when the water main on NW Marine Drive burst. Water flowed down the stairs into the building. Visitors were evacuated as crews responded.

According to UBC spokesperson Randy Schmidt, the water flowed for about 10 to 15 minutes before it was shut off.

“Campus security as well as museum staff responded really quickly to sandbag the front doors and were able to stem the main flow that was coming down the stairs,” said Schmidt.

The lobby was flooded up to the gift shop area.

“Fortunately the water stopped at the lobby and did not enter the great hall or any of the areas where collections were kept, so there was no damage to any collections or artifacts in the museum,” said Schmidt.

“At this point it doesn’t look like there’s any permanent damage.”

The cause of the water main break has not yet been determined. U

Photos Carter brundage/THE UBYSSEY

The entrance and lobby of the Museum of Anthropology flooded yesterday afternoon.

UBC is developing a new sustainability strategy that will influence university policy for the next 20 years, and it wants students involved in the process.

The new strategy will build on UBC’s sustainability academic strategy from 2009, and will be divided into two parts: vision and goals. The strategy is still being drafted, and is subject to an ongoing consultation process to determine both the details and overall direction of the plan.

John Robinson, UBC professor and associate provost, sustainability, is leading the consultation process.

He said the strategy should have tangible and clear goals, but must remain flexible.

“Twenty-year strategies, they can’t be cast in stone. It has to be something that can be a living document and change over time, so we need to build into the strategy the need to respond to changing conditions and changing views in the community.”

The new physical aspects of the plan will focus on the concept of “regenerative sustainability.” Instead of simply reducing damage caused by development, the idea is for projects — buildings and otherwise — to have a positive impact on the environment and human well-being.

The strategy also includes a “pathways” concept, which would integrate sustainability education into all major first-year courses, and would provide the option to students in all programs to take sustainability-related electives in later years.

“Every job in the world has a sustainability dimension [and] some connection to environmental and human well-being,” he said.

Robinson hopes to reach a point at which sustainability is no longer an afterthought, but rather is fundamental to all decision-making.

“We have labour codes in the province, obviously, and we have to meet those codes. Nobody says, ‘What’s the cost of that?’ because it’s a given.”

Though the strategy is still in its infancy, Robinson is confident in UBC leadership’s support.

“We’ve had really substantial commitment from UBC executives ... for sustainability. More than any other university I know.”

Robinson and UBC would like to receive feedback from students, faculty and staff regarding both the vision and goals of the strategy. A survey is currently available and there will town hall meetings regarding the strategy in the coming months.

“We need a community on campus — students in residence, but also faculty and staff living on campus, and so on — that is sustainable itself, and is adaptable over time.” U

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elections >>

War of the words: debates part 2

Candidates running for president, VP finance, VP academic, VP admin, VP external, Board of Governors and Senate all debated on Monday night. Check out ubyssey.ca for recaps from all of the debates, as well as candidate profiles and our elections endorsements.

Voting ends this Friday at 5 p.m. Results will be annouced at 6 p.m. in the Gallery on the main floor of the SUB.

Presidential contenders discuss leadership style

Candidates focus on student engagement, look for holes in each other’s platforms Will McDonald News Editor

Presidential candidates Harsev Oshan, Jackson Chen, Winnie Code and Tanner Bokor squared off at the final AMS debate Monday night.

While Oshan, Chen and Bokor agreed the AMS needs to be more relevant to students, they differed on how they plan to make that happen.

“Students care about opportunity,” said Oshan. “We need to be the driving force behind student action.... We need to go out there and reach out to students.”

He referenced student groups like the UBC Calendar.

Bokor’s platform includes the creation of a student assembly to engage more student leaders, as well as working with advocacy groups to gain students’ interest.

“The biggest issue that we face is apathy around the issues.

So it’s not a case of continuing to work with these organizations ... it’s a case of turning the work into tangible outcomes and making people actually care,” said Bokor.

One debate question asked the candidates to point out the biggest holes in their opponents’ platforms.

Oshan said he hasn’t read the other candidates platforms, but

Harsev Oshan, Jackson Chen, Winnie Code and Tanner Bokor are running for AMS president.

said a student assembly would not necessarily be a productive way to engage students.

“Clubs are closest to students out there, and we should provide more resources and also more attention to club leaders,” said Chen.

Oshan called out Chen’s idea to save money by hosting Block Party downtown.

“Trust me when I say this: it’s nowhere near the cost to organize it in a nightclub,” said Oshan.

Chen took issue with Bokor’s platform point on affordable housing, saying housing on campus is driven by market forces and Bokor can’t change those.

Bokor responded by saying he would focus on the interest rates UBC pays on the housing endow-

photo Carter brundage/the ubyssey

ment and advocate for better financial aid and cost of living allowances for students.

Code, a self-described international student from Ottawa, responded to the question by saying, “I’d like to point out positives of my own platform, including my ability to make cuts to everything.... What I’m trying to say here is I didn’t really hear the question, I was kegeling.”

The debate also got candidates talking about why the society needs a president in the first place, given the lack of a defined portfolio for the role. Candidates were asked to give one example of their leadership getting students involved and passionate about an issue.

Oshan mentioned his work on the Arts Student Space as Arts Undergraduate Society president.

“I moved from being someone who micromanages a lot to being someone who empowers my exec team,” said Oshan. “When I started empowering my council, everyone got on board with the referendum.”

Bokor mentioned his experience working to save his music program in high school, when he led a group of students to protest and lobby to save the program.

“I think it’s all about empowering the people around you,” said Bokor.

While three of the candidates agreed they wanted to leave behind an AMS that’s more relevant to students, Code had a different opinion.

Code said the AMS shouldn’t take students’ opinions into account, since they are often wrong, like one student in her class who compared a 300-year old painting to a selfie.

“I dont know if all the time we should listen to students, because their opinions are garbage,” said Code. U

Board of Governors >>

BoG candidates disagree on divestment

Sarah Bigam News Editor

Divestment was the main topic at Monday night’s Board of Governors debate.

Arts Students Centre community engagement coordinator Ilana Shecter noted that the Board, when approached on this subject, hasn’t seemed open to it.

“The Board will give you a million and one reasons about why they think this is a bad idea. And I think it’s your responsibility as a student representative to present the million and second reason why this is a good idea,” Shecter said.

Current senator-at-large Nina Karimi said that, were the question to go to Board, her first step would be to get the leaders of environmental groups together.

Graduate Student Society President Chris Roach discussed the university’s $1 billion endowment fund, which currently has approximately $100 million invested in fossil fuel companies, and generates 3.5 per interest annually, which goes back into UBC’s operating budget.

“This 3.5 per cent, or about $36.6 million, is put into the operating budget to support education, to support research, to support keeping UBC the world-class institution that it is,” said Roach. “For me, the most important thing is ensuring that we

receive this high-quality, high-class education.”

Roach said that whether the referendum passes or fails, he will ask for a report on what the return would look like both with and without divestment. He said that if there is no visible change, it’s the obvious course to take, but otherwise the idea should be further looked into before being acted upon.

Former AMS president Spencer Keys agreed a report is the first step, and pointed out that divesting would mean UBC selling its shares to other private investors. “It doesn’t actually affect the company in and of itself in a substantial way,” Keys said.

Keys also pointed out that fossil fuels are a huge part of our daily lives. “Just saying it’s hypocritical [for UBC to invest in fossil fuels] is like saying a Marxist who has a job is a hypocrite. You can have your beliefs ... but at the same time do things that allow you to pursue those beliefs.”

In a rebuttal, Shecter said the point of divestment is to make a political stance and stigmatize fossil fuel companies.

Candidates were also asked how they would hold themselves accountable in this position.

“Holding yourself accountable is not inherently accountable,” Keys said. He said trust should be based

Photo Vanessa Minke-Martin/the ubyssey

Ilana Shecter, Nina Karimi, Chris Roach and Spencer Keys are competing for two student spots on UBC’s Board of Governors.

on past experience, and cited his experience in student loan and copyright reform.

Roach said that while the Board is responsible for the best interests of the university, this does not have to come at the expense of students,

because improving the student experience improves the quality of the university.

“By acting on the best interests of students, we are in fact meeting our fiduciary duty as members of the board,” Roach said.

Karimi said that she would get her goals published at the beginning of the term so the student body could hold her accountable, and Shecter said accountability is about including students in the conversation. U

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Above: Bruce Dery, employed by UBC Building Ops, stands next to his laser cutter, which allows him to produce hundreds of signs distributed across campus.

Below: From his workshop, Arnold Magahis builds and repairs cabinets, benches and more — often to custom specification.

Master crafted campus

The hidden faces behind your UBC furniture

by Aurora Tejeida Senior Culture Writer

Every morning, Arnold Magahis carpools from Surrey to UBC. The trip usually takes 45 minutes.

“In the afternoon it takes longer, an hour or an hour and 15,” he said with a wide smile. UBC Building Operations’ carpentry workshop, where Magahis works, is an easy-to-spot two-storey building surrounded by the department’s distinctive white vehicles.

Magahis is a cabinetmaker. But there’s more to his vocation than just making cabinets; apparently the trade should really be called “joinery.”

“We do carvings, furniture — all kinds of stuff, not just cabinets,” he explained.

He has worked here for three years.

He makes doors, benches, fences, bins and yes, he also makes cabinets. It’s still a big change from his previous job building interiors for expensive luxury yachts.

“I’m so happy to have this job,” he said.

“The day goes so fast.”

Magahis works for the architectural trades department, which is managed by Mike Devolin. His department provides services to the entire campus, including carpenters, painters, electricians, plumbers, locksmiths, sign makers and more.

The carpentry shop at UBC has a custom wood mill, numerous carpentry machines and four cabinetmakers who are assigned jobs by a head supervisor, who first determines if the job is doable.

Every now and then, the department does custom work for specific departments or groups, and since they’re unionized, anyone on campus looking to make renovations has to have a compelling case before hiring someone from outside the university.

“All jobs that are under $50,000 are done in-house. Anything between $50,000 and $1 million is done by Project Services, a separate entity. Anything over a million is done by UBC Properties Trust,” said Devolin.

His office is at the entrance of the carpentry workshop. Before going further into the machine- and wood-filled, space you need to wear safety glasses, toe protection and rubber soles that go over your shoes.

It’s the custom work the department is particularly proud of. Most of the requests come from staff or faculty members, but anyone with a budget can do it.

According to Devolin, a couple of months ago, a group of engineering students came up with a design for entryway doors that mitigated airflow through their building. The department built the doors,

painted them and installed them free of charge.

Magahis starts working at 7:30 a.m. The first thing he does is tidy up his workspace. Afterward, he might design, build or install something.

“Right now, I have a small project, so I’m making a sketch,” he said. There are papers, a pencil and a radio sitting close to him. “Some customers don’t know what they want. They just go, ‘Um, can you build me a cabinet?’ So I make a sketch and show it to them.”

Others already have a sketch in hand.

Some of them really know what they want, like the folks at the Henry Angus Building who commissioned 24 custom-made recycling stations. It took Magahis and another worker an entire month to finish them.

He also has to do smaller jobs in between. “That’s the way it works here: we get a big project, and then during that time we’ll get some smaller jobs.”

At 11:30, it’s time for lunch. But you won’t run into Magahis at any of the cafeterias on campus, because he always brings his lunch from home.

Even though the workshop is a loud place, you might find him working with the radio on, with Keith Urban or Taylor Swift blasting from the speakers. “I’m a Filipino, but I’m a country boy. I like country music,” he said. His co-workers find this very amusing.

Magahis’ work is all over campus. If you want to see some of it, just walk to the botanical garden and sit on one of the many benches.

“It’s all cedar solid joints. The wood has to be [joined] with no screws because it’s for exteriors and it would rot. Also, it’s cedar, so it’s very soft. You need to create the joints and use special glue,” he explained.

The one thing he most commonly gets called to repair are broken doors.

Magahis explains that doors expand and contract because of humidity and temperature changes. “Sometimes the locks get broken. We have a lot of break-ins.”

Last week, the department got about four calls to fix doors that had been broken into.

At 3:30 p.m., it’s time to go home, where the first thing Magahis will do is watch the news — but only for 30 minutes.

“I watch CBC, CTV, Global, those three channels back and forward. I want to see what happened during the day,” he said.

When he’s not watching the news, he’s fixing or building things at the home he shares with his wife and two daughters.

“I like to build things; it gives me a sense of satisfaction. When I hand a project to a customer and I see a customer smile, then I feel like I’m being paid, like I’ve done something good. Money is secondary.” U read the signs The architectural trades department is also home to the sign makers.

They’re responsible for building and installing every sign you see on campus; most of them are also custom made.

Bruce Dery has been making signs since he was a kid, but he has worked at UBC for 14 years.

“It’s a trade, but it’s also an art form. When I started doing this, we had to paint letters by hand. Now we use machines, but it’s still fun,” he said. An entire wall of his office is covered in cut-out letters and custom signs of all different sizes and construction materials. Dery once painted someone’s airplane.

His workshop is significantly smaller than the carpentry shop.

He does, however, have a $60,000 laser machine in his office with which he can cut all kinds of surfaces — usually signs.

Before they bought the laser eight years ago, they had to use an older machine that looks like a drill.

What used to take 10 minutes to do in the older machine only takes 60 seconds to do with the laser.

The machine cuts through plastic, wood, steel — anything that can be used to make a sign.

The funny thing about signs is that once you start looking for them, you realize they’re everywhere.

They’re on building doors, outside offices, on recycling bins; Dery makes and installs them all, even the maps and the letters on the white Building Ops vehicles.

It’s understandable, then, why sign vandalism upsets him.

Replacing one of the laminated signs on the recycling bins around campus can cost from $15 to $20, but Dery enjoys every minute of his job.

“I love what I do. I think it’s very creative and that’s why I still do it,” he said. “I’m 65 and I’ll probably continue until I’m 71.”

Few annual sporting events can boast having more people watching than the Super Bowl. At 111.3 million viewers, the 2012 Super Bowl was declared the mostwatched TV show in U.S. history. And even though the 2013 game didn’t break that record, the NFL’s biggest night is second only to the UEFA Champions League Final in annual worldwide viewership.

Granted, events like the FIFA World Cup (which reached 619.7 million worldwide viewers during the 2010 final between Spain and the Netherlands) and the Summer Olympics (the London 2012 opening ceremony was reportedly watched by over 900 million people) make the Super Bowl’s global audience (roughly 56 million viewers) look small. But these events are held every four years, and no other annual event can sell 30 seconds worth of ad time for $4 million.

Because of the way football is televised (there are many breaks, but they are short) and the fact that audience levels for commercials can be higher than those for the actual game, it comes as no surprise that the amount of money spent on ads per Super Bowl has gone from $149.6 million in 2004 to $292 million in 2013.

Last year’s Super Bowl had 47 minutes of ad time and this year looks like it will continue the trend. Even though Canadians won’t be able to watch most of these overproduced ads during the live broadcast, the majority them will be available online. Here are some ads you won’t want to miss this year: GoDaddy: For the last 10 years, viewers have eagerly anticipated the web page and hosting service provider’s “sexy” ads, which often feature super models like last year’s Bar Rafaeili. But this year they are relying on humour instead of sexual innuendos; the two 30-second ads will feature long-time endorser and race car driver Danica Patrick either fully clothed or wearing a body suit. One of the two ads was recently released.

Axe: The deodorant brand is teaming up with Peace One Day, a not-for-profit organization campaigning to promote an international Peace Day on Sept. 21 of each year. The 60-second teaser of the 30-second ad that will supposedly run during the Super Bowl depicts soldiers and leaders choosing love over war.

Wonderful Pistachios: Stephen Colbert stars in two 15-second ads. A 22-second teaser was released in which Colbert suggests the NFL finale is being played in honour of his first pistachios ad.

M&Ms: Mars will be running an M&Ms ad for the third year in a row. The ad will feature the Yellow M&M; a short teaser in which he is kidnapped was released a couple of days ago.

Oikos: The yogurt brand will reunite John Stamos (who starred in their 2012 ad) with former Full House cast members Bob Saget and Dave Coulie in a 30-second ad.

Oikos isn’t the only yogurt with some air time; Chobani will also run a 60-second ad, their first in the Super Bowl. <em>

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Bud Light: Arnold Schwarzenegger and Don Cheadle will each star in separate ads for the beer brand. Schwarzenegger plays a ping-pong player in a strange teaser and Cheadle is rumoured to share the spotlight with a llama called Lily in his ad. U —Aurora Tejeida Senior Culture Editor

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poetry >>

Obituary: José Emilio Pacheco UBC remembers world-famous Mexican poet, UBC prof Reyhana Heatherington Senior Lifestyle Writer

Apart from creating influential written works throughout his 74 years, Mexican poet José Emilio Pacheco also could have been a tour guide.

“He would take me around all these backstreets into these ancient restaurants that hadn’t changed since the ‘20s,” poet George McWhirter recalled. “He was perpetually ferreting out the past.”

The duo’s “meet and eat” routine even became fodder for a potential book.

“Years later, he says, ‘George, do you think we could work on a restaurant guide of Mexico City?’ That was one of his dreams,” McWhirter remembered with a laugh.

Pacheco, a world-renowned poet and author, died last Sunday after suffering cardiac arrest. According to friends, he had fallen and hit his head on Friday night, but was in no apparent pain; he did not wake from his subsequent sleep, and died the day after.The celebrated writer taught at universities around the world and was known for his socially aware writing. While at UBC’s Hispanic and Italian studies department in 1968, he formed a friendship with the former head of UBC’s creative writing department, George McWhirter.

McWhirter was a UBC grad student when he first began translating Pacheco’s poems for J. Michael Yates’ anthology Volvox: Poetry From the Unofficial Languages of Canada: in English .

While at UBC, Pacheco’s office was near McWhirter’s, “right across the quad in the old Buchanan building.” It was Pacheco’s “Los trabajos del mar” that resonated most with McWhirter, who said he “fell in love” with the poet’s ocean-themed poems. <em>

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Widely loved for his socially conscious writing, Pacheco taught at UBC in the late 1960s.

McWhirter, who shares his birth year with Pacheco, remembered hearing about a fellow student’s encounter with the renowned poet, who lived alone while at UBC. “In the laundry at Acadia Camp, [Pacheco had] to call a grad student to get him to come and show him how to use the washing machine,” McWhirter said. “José Emilio was famously shy and shy of new things, shy of the unfamiliar.”

Pacheco’s poem “Musqueam,” in McWhirter’s anthology A Verse Map of Vancouver, shed light on how he viewed the region. Pacheco wrote in part: <em>

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On the Musqueam Reserve There are three golf courses The old lords of the earth Caddie the sports utensils Of sea monsters The Mexican writer was notably wary of being celebrated and receiving accolades for his literary work.

“He didn’t want to be burdened with his own image,” McWhirter remembered. “It’s like a big placard that you have to carry around and it restricts your movement.”

As like-minded perfectionists, McWhirter remembered how Pacheco regularly second-guessed his own work. As the two poets sat in Mexico City’s Hotel Roosevelt, the bed would serve as a desk as they pored over Pacheco’s words, McWhirter translating.

“This was absolutely typical of him both as a person and as a poet: [in] many of the poems he would decide, ‘Oh, that line’s no good,’ and then he would change it! So I would have to keep up with him,” McWhirter remembered. “He was in a constant state of improvement.”

Pacheco also translated some of McWhirter’s poems, though he called them “approximations.”

McWhirter paused, searching to recall which of his works Pacheco “approximated.”

“Geez, life passes us by...” U

ARt >>

VASA students explore space, time and emotion in latest exhibit, Kinetica Bailey Ramsay Staff Writer

In the intimate AHVA Gallery room at the Audain Centre, time, space, and energy are on display.

Presented by undergraduate students of the Visual Arts Students Association and the Department of Art History, Visual Art and Theory, the exhibition — which includes paintings, photography, drawing, film, sculpture and audio — aims to explore temporal-spatial phenomena “through notions of motion, process, speed, change, gesture and the kinetics of art,” according to the exhibit’s accompanying text.

The exhibit proposes that movement and emotion are connected to each other, and that each work to create the other’s purpose. Several works illustrate this concept by contrasting dynamic, moving elements with captured still images. These contrasts cleverly accentuate the fragility of time and space in which movement occurs.

This exploration of these themes is particularly well exemplified by Diana Hart’s piece It’s Better Not to Think , in which the concepts of motion and emotion share a strong relationship. The dictionary definition of the word “movement,” painted onto plywood, is accompanied by noise-cancelling headphones and a hypnotizing red spiral littered with newspaper scraps. Bolded in pink paint, it reads: “a movement, a motion, an emotion.”

With movement comes direction. The show tests not only the range of forms that motion can take, but to what extent people exhibit their own initiative in response to it. This experimentation is again exhibited in Hart’s piece — as evident in its title, it encourages spectators not to analyze the art, but merely to embrace it passively. <em>

The use of repetition, evident in the selected slideshows and short film clips available in the gallery, is frequent and subtle in much of the artwork. As a recurrent theme, it insinuates that motion is perpetual to change.

Yet, endless replication simultaneously suggests a circular and closed pattern.

The relationship between time and space is perhaps best demonstrated in Nick Loewen’s Langara-49th, between 12:00 and 12:30 on November 14th, 2013. In his piece, a carousel projector plays a loop of slides containing stills of the entrance to a SkyTrain station. The backdrop and setting remain constant while the people in every frame change from one moment to another. The work associates the delicacy of time with the way in which space is occupied. U <em>

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The AHVA Gallery at the Audain Art Centre is open 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday to Saturday.

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culture vulture See a movie, get smarter The department of theatre and film is hosting a new lunchtime Cinema Salon series, starting today. Once per month, a cult film taken from UBC Library’s newly acquired Videomatica collection will be played at noon in Room 216 of the Koerner Library. Following the film, an expert from the department will share their insights about it. The first film in the series is Wim Wenders’ infamous Wings of Desire; film professor Ernest Mathijs will discuss the film after.

Attendance is free. U

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Freud finds faith through famous theologist Founder of psychoanalysis butts heads with C.S. Lewis in alternate history Rebekah Hoh Contributor

experience. Freud’s Last Session is ultimately about finding common ground.

“The one unified fact of the two men is their humanity,” Calderwood said, “and that’s where there’s [an] artistically beautiful setup — where we see them inching closer and closer together despite the paradoxical opinion as to God and the existence of God and everything in between.”

The show, directed by theatre MFA graduate Chris Robson, will run from Jan. 27 to Feb. 9 at the Galbraith, a heritage house in New Westminster. The intimate venue holds up to 50 people and provides a realistic portrayal of what Freud’s study would have looked like in 1939.

“I ... think the venue we have chosen for [the play] makes it unique,” said Calderwood. “[You feel like] like you really are a fly on the wall, so to speak, and I think that was part of the allure of doing it there.”

The two-person play also stars Richard Newman, who “happens to be a dead-ringer for Sigmund Freud,” according to Newman.

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What would happen if Sigmund Freud and C.S. Lewis sat down to have a conversation on the eve of World War II? Freud’s Last Session , an award-winning off-Broadway play by Mark St. Germain, provides a theatrical opportunity to explore their clashing opinions in this fictional situation.

“This particular play combines elements of reality with one big ‘what if?’” said Damon Calderwood, an UBC Science and drama alumnus and the actor who plays C.S. Lewis. “The discussion encompasses a number of topics, not the least of which is their polarized views on God — Freud, a confirmed atheist who committed suicide 20 days after this play, and C.S. Lewis, who just a couple of years before had become a born-again Christian after being an atheist for most of his life.”

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iconic men and also of rehearsing for multiple plays at the same time. Despite that, Calderwood still has high hopes for the show.

“We are having two talk-backs on the Sunday matinees, and we really hope that the audience will want to stay and discuss some of the wonderful ideas in the play and what happens,” said Calderwood. “[The play] is intended to bring all sides of the religious spectrum together to celebrate where we have common ground — not ‘Lewis has better ideas, so he wins this show’ or ‘Freud is amazing, and I believe he is the best debater.’”

He hopes the play will keep the audiences talking for months. “[The play] is very funny. It’s very engaging, very lively,” Calderwood said. “It’s not just two talking heads, which is what you might think, but it’s not at all. It’s a little bit of action, and there’s quite a nice warmth to the show.” U Freud’s Last Session runs until Feb. 9 at the Galbraith (131 Eighth St., New Wesminster). Tickets are $20 for students and $25 for general and can be bought at brownpapertickets.com. <em>

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Richard Newman, left, and Damon Calderwood, right, play the two 20th-century titans.

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Mental HEALTH >>

Shea Emry launches the WellMen Project UBC football takes part in event that aims to empower men to take initiative in their own mental wellness Natalie Scadden Sports + Rec Editor

Football players are used to being told to “man up,” but Shea Emry means it in a totally different way.

On Jan. 28, the Bell Let’s Talk campaign started a Canada-wide conversation on mental health. As a campaign ambassador, Emry, a CFL player and UBC student, took it one step further when he launched the WellMen Project, which aims to empower men to take initiative in their own mental wellness.

“The whole project is about eliminating the stigma around mental illness and the WellMen Project is about reappropriating it from mental illness to mental wellness,” said Emry, who has personally suffered from life-long depression. “I’m sharing my mental wellness techniques with men.”

Emry deliberately chose to run the first event with members of the UBC football team because they are stereotypically “manly” men. “If you can get people like that to speak and to lead, then you’re going to have an easier job showing this to people that aren’t football players and aren’t athletes ... and really opening it up easier,” said Emry.

This is a one-of-a-kind bonding experience that not a lot of teams are privileged to do. It’s a great opportunity to actually get to know the person behind the player.

Kareem Ba UBC football player

With the help of leaders from various UBC student clubs, participants were taken through four activities designed to foster communication and promote a balance between physical and mental health.

These activities included yoga, logger sports, prusik and slacklining, and culminated in a group discussion about mental health.

“This is a one-of-a-kind bonding experience that not a lot of teams

are privileged to do,” said fourthyear UBC defensive end Kareem Ba. “It’s a great opportunity to actually get to know the person behind the player.”

Essentially, the WellMen Project is trying to redefine “manly.”

On the field, football players are known for their raw physicality; they are so physically tough that our society assumes they must be mentally tough as well. Break your arm and you’re a badass, but if you admit to feeling sad, you’re told to suck it up. In sports, especially male sports, a culture of silence surrounds mental health issues.

For Emry, being manly involves having the courage to break that silence. “Manning up is manning up and talking about your issues, and manning up and being brave enough to open up and being strong enough to put yourself out there and take risks.”

Emry knows firsthand how mental health affects physical health, and believes in the power of communication to bring people out of the darkness.

“The WellMen Project is about you being you,” he said, “and being comfortable being you regardless of what is going on in your life and being open about it and not worrying about what other people think.”

By sharing his own story and creating a supportive environment, Emry opened up the floodgates of conversation amongst the participants. The room was full of raw emotion that is almost always held back, even from teammates.

“I couldn’t stop the conversation and it was amazing to see,” said Emry.

For Ba, that dialogue was his favourite part of the day, and something he thinks other UBC teams should take part in. “You get a whole new perspective on people you think you really, really know,” he said. “I found this to be an invaluable experience.”

While he has plans for more WellMen Project events over the next couple months, Emry isn’t sure yet where the project may end up, but he said he hopes to someday have these events in lock-

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Above: Chris Adams lends a supporting hand to teammate Keegan Yang on the slackline.

Below: Shea Emry leads a discussion about mental health with members of the UBC football team.

er rooms and businesses across the country.

“It’s going to grow organically,” said Emry. “I don’t know which direction — north, east, south, west — but it’s going to be outside and it’s going to be a lot of fun because guys are going to be able to reconnect with nature and reconnect with themselves.”

While the WellMen Project itself will extend beyond the boundaries of UBC, Emry hopes to help break down the stigma to utilize the many resources available on campus. “Everyone knows that there’s counseling services and you’ve gotta call this number and do that thing,” he said, “but knowing that they’re there and you can use them and you’re not going to get judged and you shouldn’t feel ashamed is the goal.”

If Tuesday was any indication, the lines of communication are already beginning to open, allowing these men to “man up” when it comes to initiating their own mental wellness. U

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Shea Emry: former T-Bird, pro linebacker, UBC student CJ Pentland Managing Editor, Web

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Emry after a game against the BC Lions.

You’re a timid first-year, tentatively wandering into your first class at UBC, a 100-level lecture. You look for a place to sit, and as your eyes scan the room, you perhaps spot a six-foot 220-pound guy with a shaved head sitting in the middle of a row, casting a pretty intimidating presence. No need to be afraid, though — he won’t harm you. Well, unless you’re on a football field.

Shea Emry is a professional football player with the Montreal Alouettes in the Canadian Football League, and a former student-athlete at UBC. While he spends six months of the year playing linebacker, he spends the offseason back here at Point Grey, working toward his degree in Canadian studies.

“Right now, I think the most important thing for me is to get my degree and to continue on and do

the difficult thing that is being a pro football player for six months of the year and [going] back and [being] a student,” said Emry after a game against the B.C. Lions back in September. “I think I have some 100-level classes left that I have to take, so I’m kind of humbling myself by going back to school. It’s fun — it’s a different lifestyle and I enjoy it, and I like learning.”

A standout at local high school Vancouver College, Emry decided to head south of the border to play for Eastern Washington University. But after three years, he decided it was time for a change, and headed back to his hometown.

His dad had coached at UBC in the 1970s, and he had friends that played football here who helped strengthen his connection with Vancouver, making it an easy transition.

However, being a transfer didn’t excuse him from the annual rookie jokes, which he now says helped strengthen the strong bonds he

made with his teammates — bonds that still hold strong today.

“They were more difficult on me since I was a transfer,” said Emry with a laugh. “They wanted to make sure I was buying in. It was fun — I got some great stories from it. From the first training camp coming in and having to do all the jokes and tricks and what not, it was a good time.”

On the field, Emry excelled in the T-Bird blue and gold, and it led to him being taken seventh overall in the 2008 CFL draft by the Alouettes. He spent most of his rookie season on special teams, but started to quickly make an impact with 52 tackles and two sacks in 2009. In 2012, his best season so far, he tallied 87 tackles, seven sacks and one interception that he returned for a touchdown; for his efforts, he received the Lew Hayman Trophy as the top Canadian-born player in the Eastern Conference. He's also helped lead Montreal to back-

to-back Grey Cup wins in 2009 and 2010.

Despite playing in Montreal, Emry still keeps his ties to his hometown. In addition to finishing up his degree — “I think it’s my fifth year coming back to take classes” — he was greeted by around 25 friends and family members when he came back here to take on the Lions, and helps coach and train the UBC football team when he has a chance.

He has also been open about his lifelong battle with depression and become an advocate for mental health discussion.

“I think the biggest thing I learned going to UBC was from the people you play football with,” he said. “It really is a strong fraternity.”

Emry still has a couple classes left to finish his degree, and at 27 years old, he’s still got quality years left on the gridiron. When that’s all said and done, though, he’s not sure what he’ll transition to.

“I’m just having fun right now.” U

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RECREATION >>

‘May the odds be ever in your favour’ UBC REC’s annual Versus event to incorporate Hunger Games theme this year Jaime Hills Contributor

The sky was dark with clouds overhead, and the rain poured down on the arena. The tributes stood waiting for the horn to sound so the annual Hunger Games could begin. As soon as it did, the tributes either rushed to safety or were quick to attack.

With an anything-goes mentality, it was a battle to the last person standing.

Just as Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark competed in the 74th annual Hunger Games, UBC students can be a part of history in the making in UBC’s very own Hunger Games-style event: Versus. The event involves several challenges around campus, requiring battles amongst tributes to see who will be the victor.

Each year, Versus has a different theme, with last year’s event taking the form of a zombie apocalypse. Participants were split into humans and zombies, and the zombies proved victorious. This year, with the Hunger Games theme, tributes will collect points as they fight for control and survival. They will be able to steal from other tributes if the opportunity arises on the way to the arena’s finish line.

Gordon Newell, UBC REC’s coordinator of tournaments and races, is behind the event, and can be associated with the likes of Seneca Crane and Plutarch Heavensbee, the head gamemakers of the 74th and 75th Hunger Games, respectively. Like any good gamemaker, Newell won't give away any secrets, but does

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UBc REc has been advertising for Versus, a hunger games-themed role-playing event, by painting this symbol across campus.

hint that tributes will be tested on their wit as well as their physical prowess.

Each participant is to come prepared, dressed as a tribute would dress. They will be trained before they are taken to the arena where the competition will begin. Some will be more skilled in the athletic components, while

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others will have their advantage in the mental tasks.

Katniss was not alone in the Hunger Games, and nor will tributes be in Versus. “Tributes get a chance to form alliances and make it through to the end collecting scores along the way,” said Newell. “But they mustn’t let others steal their winnings

before we get to the final part of the game.”

This leaves tributes up to their own devices in order to win Versus. You must be courageous, clever and creative to be named victor, and you cannot expect it to be easy. You can, however, expect it to be a fun competition with a few twists along the way.

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The last day to volunteer yourself as tribute is Feb. 3 at 5 p.m., with Versus taking place on Feb. 5 in the evening. In the words of Effie Trinket, “may the odds be ever in your favour!” U Versus is a co-ed event that costs $10 for UBC students and $22 for UBC staff.

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MAstER’s/Phd 1. what is the focus of your master’s/PhD?

Master of management at sauder.

Physiological and psychological comparison of rugby and football to investigate the possibility of a synergistic relationship.

I’m doing an MA in art history focusing on medieval art.

I am studying a bacterial community behaviour called swarming motility and peptide resistance in the bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

Looking at the bioenergetics, mechanics and psychology of athletes and coaches.

2. what’s the coolest or weirdest project or study you’ve been a part of?

consulting for the Pender harbour chamber of commerce.

the coolest study we did was trying to calculate how many calories our offensive line eats per day.

My thesis examines two large metalwork gospel book covers and how their visual languages produce meaning.

during my undergrad I took part in a psychology department study on speaker-listener neural coupling.

I tested the effect of beta hydroxy-beta-methylbutyrate (hMB) on rats.

3. what has surprised you most about doing your master’s/PhD?

I thought it would be unlikely to make meaningful relationships given my time constraints, but this is not the case.

the most surprising aspect of my master’s is the support available in the UBc community.

how long it takes me to get through my weekly readings!

weekends in the lab can be “fun” when you’re with awesome people. Also, exam gloves make good makeshift balloons.

Nothing, really. It just involves a lot more time reading and working.

4. what would you do with an extra hour in each day?

I would definitely play my guitar.

I would spend an extra hour each day coaching a sport or training athletes.

I’d probably read for fun.

sleep! In the meantime, caffeine is my friend.

Learn the rules of hockey, football, volleyball and quidditch.

5. If you had to perform in the halftime show at the super Bowl, what song would you sing?

“these days” by the Foo Fighters.

If I had to perform at the super Bowl halftime show, I would sing “Let Me Love You” by Mario.

honestly, I would do anything in my power not to sing at the super Bowl.

Let’s pretend I am capable of holding a tune. Maybe Bon Jovi’s “Livin’ on a Prayer.” the lyrics would be appropriately corny.

“wagon wheel” by darius Rucker.

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The UBC men’s and women’s swim teams captured the overall titles at the Canada West Championships this past weekend in Calgary.

UBC swim team dominates Canada West championships Natalie Scadden Sports + Rec Editor

The UBC swim team took their dominance to a whole new level this past weekend at the Canada West Championships.

UBC was missing from the podium in just one of 38 races, and a Thunderbird stood on top 27 times.

On the women’s side, UBC broke their own Canada West record for the most points (1,071), and did so with the largest margin of victory the conference has ever seen — a whopping 497-point lead over the secondplace Calgary Dinos. It was the fifth straight Canada West title for the UBC women.

“One of things I said to the girls at the start of the season is it’s not good enough just to win, you have to find ways to push yourself to new heights and find internal ways to challenge yourself,” said UBC head coach Steve Price.

The men were no slouches either, racking up 941 points to finish 186 points ahead of the Dinos, both the home team and the defending champs.

Two-time Olympian Savannah King led the way for the women with four individual gold medals and a relay gold, and taking home her third straight Canada West Swimmer of the Year honours to boot.

Everybody scored in the meet; we had nobody on the sidelines. That was probably one of the most complete program-wide performances we’ve had in a long time.

Steve Price Head coach, UBC swimming

“Sav’s had quite the legacy in terms of her performances since she started CIS swimming,” said Price.

“She hasn’t lost the 400 free and 800 free since she started, and she got the 200 free and 200 back on top of that this weekend.”

On the men’s side, national team member Coleman Allen won the male Swimmer of the Year honours for his three individual and three relay gold medals. He also broke two of his own Canada West records in the process, setting new marks in the 100m butterfly (52.08) and 200m butterfly (1:57.59).

“Coleman showed good poise,” said Price. “I think he was really buoyed by the fact that he had such a good team around him, whereas last year guys like Kelly Aspinall and Coleman and a few of the leading guys really had to shoulder the whole team. We were getting points from everywhere so he could just relax and do his job and swim well.”

Allen and King may have won the top individual awards, but Price said the whole team stepped up and made a statement.

“Everybody scored in the meet; we had nobody on the sidelines.

That was probably one of the most complete program-wide performances we’ve had in a long time,” he said.

Price was particularly impressed with his rookies, who ended up being big difference-makers. “We recruited hard in the offseason and looked for those type of character athletes that come in and round out the team,” he said. “We’re always looking for them to be versatile, more [individual medley]-based.”

Rookies Jonathan Brown, Sarah McLean and Erika Seltenreich-Hodgson each finished with two individual gold medals, with Brown and Seltenreich-Hodgson bringing home extra hardware as the male and female Canada West Rookie of the Year.

“On the men’s side, in terms of a dominant swim when it really mattered, [the swim of the meet] was Jon Brown’s 400 freestyle,” said

Price of Brown’s winning 3:52.92 effort. Brown also won gold in the 1,500m freestyle to open the meet, and then anchored the 4x200m freestyle relay, helping UBC catch Calgary. The two teams tied for a new Canada West record (7:16.88).

Price thought second-year Erin Stamp’s 100m breaststroke deserved recognition on the women’s side.

She beat out the top-ranked Fiona Doyle from Calgary as well as her Olympian teammate Tera Van Beilen in a photo finish. Just a 10th of a second separated the three swimmers. “I’m looking for those girls to find ways to win in challenging conditions. It’s a great example of them upping their own bar,” said Price.

UBC will have to continue to raise that bar in the coming weeks.

The CIS national championships are in Toronto from Feb. 20 to 22.

Knowing what the overall objective is, Price won’t let his team get complacent. In fact, they’ll be straight back in the pool on Monday afternoon.

The UBC women are seeking a three-peat at CIS, while the men are looking to get some revenge after finishing a close second in a three-way battle with Toronto and Calgary last year.

“For the guys, they know they’re going to be in tough against Toronto, and Calgary’s going to be a hell of a lot better than what they showed this weekend, that’s for sure. They know there’s going to be a battle,” said Price.

For Allen and King, it’s going to be the same game plan as Canada West, except everyone will be tapered and rested, so the times should be much faster.

“It’s just having confidence in our training and putting our trust in the coaches,” said Allen. “You just swim, right, you don’t think much. You just go out there and race the guy next to you and get yourself a spot in the final.”

“We can never count anybody out,” said King. “We’re definitely prepared to fight to the end." U

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1,071 total points for the women’s team, a Canada West record

497 points ahead of the second-place women’s team (Calgary), also a Canada West record 5

straight Canada West championships for the women’s team

27 gold medals in 38 events 6 gold medals for Coleman Allen (three individual, three relay), who was named Canada West Swimmer

of the Year (male)

2 events in which Allen broke his own Canada West record: 100m butterfly (52.08) and 200m butterfly (1:57.59)

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gold medals for Savannah King (four individual, one relay), who was named Canada West Swimmer of the Year (female) for the third straight year

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medals for Jonathan Brown, the Canada West Rookie of the Year (male)

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medals for Erika Seltenreich-Hodgson, the Canada West Rookie of the Year (female)

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Industrial, academic incest on display at UBC

It’s time for Canadian universities to stop partnering with shifty mining companies SIMON CHILD Op-Ed

Last week’s announcement that UBC President Stephen Toope will be moving to the Munk School of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto next year seems like a logical next step for the human rights scholar. However, the announcement also points to a disturbing and ignored part of Toope’s time at UBC, and the larger phenomena of the role of the public university in the 21st century and its relationship to corporate interests.

The Munk School was established in 2011 following a $35-million donation from Peter Munk’s foundation to the U of T. Munk is the founder and chairman of Toronto-based Barrick Gold, one of the world’s leading gold producers. Barrick has been accused of countless abuses against people and the environment near its mining operations in Papua New Guinea, Argentina, Chile and Tanzania.

In Papua New Guinea, Barrick’s private security allegedly raped several women and, according to Amnesty International, burned down village houses near their Porgera mine. In response, Munk notoriously said gang rape in the country was simply a “cultural habit”.

According to several U of T students and faculty who have protested Munk’s influence at their university, the centre is part of a larger effort by Munk to align the U of T’s international relations programs with his political interests.

The founder of the Munk School, Marketa Evans, was appointed to a position with the federal government in charge of mediating disputes between Canadian mining companies and local communities around the world.

The “Munk Out of UofT” campaign also criticizes the school for

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UBC President Stephen Toope’s tenure at UBC included partnerships with mining companies. Now he’s headed to the Munk Institute at the University of Toronto, which is named for Barrick Gold CEO Peter Munk.

its emphasis on corporate social responsibility, which benefits Canada’s mining industry, and has been often criticized as a means of whitewashing mining industry abuse.

At UBC, Toope oversaw the $5 million donation from Vancouver-based Goldcorp for the construction of the new Earth Sciences Building. In an article in the Vancouver Sun, Toope said he was “absolutely delighted” with Goldcorp being involved.

In 2005, the predominantly indigenous communities of Sipacapa, Guatemala, had a referendum on Goldcorp’s presence in the area, and 95 per cent of voters rejected the company’s operations. In 2008, a number of shareholders requested an independent human rights report on the mine. It found the company had not acquired the “free,

As more get official diagnosis of ADHD, the rest of us are just simply more distracted.

LAST WORDS The superiority of Barney, or why owls suck Though we're in the throes of a major student election, one shouldn't forget that the results of another important vote were announced recently: after several months of deliberation, students in the Arts Undergraduate Society have announced that an owl will be replacing Barney the purple dinosaur as their new faculty mascot.

prior and informed consent” of affected communities.

According to Amnesty International, in 2010 and 2011, community activists were attacked after criticizing Goldcorp’s Marlin Mine project in Guatemala.

The relationships between UBC and the extractive industry doesn’t stop there. In 2011, UBC, along with SFU and l’École Polytechnique de Montreal (EPDM), was awarded a $24 million extractive industries institute (CIRDI) from the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA). CIDA has been recently folded into the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade to align it with federal trade policy; major mining companies helped oversee this change.

CIRDI’s advisory centre will give developing countries “advice” on their mining regulations, supposedly only at their request.

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According to the AUS website, the owl was selected as a candidate for their election because it's known for being "perceptive, resourceful and courageous," and because it "symbolizes the wisdom and potential of all Arts students."

We feel it prudent to point out to Arts students that owls are by no means as intelligent as most people make them out to be. Although owls are extremely sensitive to sensory stimuli, they lack the intellectual faculties to respond to them in any more than the most rudimentary

of methods. Relative to other bird species, such as corvids (crows and ravens), owls possess a small brain to body ratio, and unlike corvids or other birds of prey, such as raptors, are unable to coordinate with each other or plan attacks.

By contrast, Barney is an anthropomorphic Tyrannosaurus rex.

He possesses the greatest qualities of owls (their powerful visual, olfactory, and auditory capabilities) as well as qualities uniquely his own (superior prey-crushing ability), while sharing in the advantages of

However, according to the contract between UBC and CIDA finally disclosed by Toope himself, the presence of Canadian investment will be a significant factor in choosing where the institute will work; there is already interest in the Andean region of Latin America.

CIDA has a troubled history in this region. In the late 1990s, CIDA gave money to a think tank with the University of Calgary to help rewrite Colombia’s mining code; critics of the code mention how it loosened regulations and only benefited the foreign interests considered in its drafting.

The institute also boasts a network of 60 strategic partners which will be part of their programs. Interestingly, two of the partners are Goldcorp and the Devonshire Initiative.

The Devonshire Initiative is a network of NGOs, extractive a human mind (intellect, spatial, logical and moral reasoning, plus a basically functional singing ability).

Redolent in these combined abilities, Barney is the ultimate mascot; rather than compelling arts students to remain singularly concerned with a specific subject (as is the owl with his prey), thereby remaining uncooperative and insular in their disposition, Barney exhorts all of us to aspire to a multifaceted, fulfilling livelihood. Full of jouissance for life, Barney is the Überdino — we understand that he is capable of destroying life with tremendous efficiency, and for this reason, his unmitigated love for humanity is all the more compelling. Barney is not a representative of Arts students, at least not as they exist currently; rather, he is the model towards which they must strive.

Though we appreciate that the use of Barney as a mascot is rife with copyright issues, we feel it is patently obvious which creature is more deserving of endorsement; and with only some minor cosmetic changes, any infringement issues would surely be avoided.

That ADHD crazy In the United States, more than one in seven children are diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder before turning 18, according to the Centers for

industry associations and mining companies, including Munk’s Barrick Gold. According to Mining Watch Canada, the Devonshire Initiative was created in closed-door meetings at the Munk School. The series of meetings — named after Devonshire Street where the Munk School is housed — were a response to a government report calling for mandatory accountability for Canadian companies accused of wrongdoing abroad.

The government of Canada, through CIDA, seems to have taken up the Devonshire Initiative’s idea of “coordinating” the work of Canadian development NGOs with Canadian extractive companies.

CIDA began three controversial public-private-partnership projects between NGOs, CIDA and mining companies. One indigenous Peruvian community that has fiercely resisted Barrick’s presence in the region called CIDA’s work “pacification.”

At UBC, a student group called Not From My Campus have met with Toope to express their concern over the institute. However, we have only received tepid responses that have not substantively addressed these concerns about conflict of interest, ethics and the relationship of academia to the public good.

It can feel almost natural that prominent mining companies like Goldcorp and Barrick infiltrate public academic institutions like UBC and the U of T. However, the executives of record of our institutions should be prepared to boldly engage for the public interest and resist the narrow interests of these donor companies. If Toope does not take a more progressive, vocal and less disinterested approach to dealing with companies or potential donors accused of harsh abuse, then a dark moral stain should follow him to whatever institutions he goes on to lead. U Simon Child is a member of Not From My Campus.

Disease Control and Prevention.

The increasing number of young people receiving diagnoses for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder has made prescription for drugs like Ritalin and Adderall, along with extra time on school exams, ubiquitous.

But once people with ADHD leave the confines of academia, where primary and secondary schools along with universities are doing an increasingly good job or providing accommodation for those who need it, things start to change.

That change can be illustrated by the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal’s ruling against UBC by a post-doctorate who said he was discriminated against due to having ADHD. As more of the one in seven children move into the adult workforce, the issue of how to properly accommodate them will become more pressing.

While it's relatively easy to allow a student extra time on an exam, extra time on projects — though perhaps fair in theory — cannot be easily offered by many employers in the business world. It will be interesting to see how employers, and the court system, manage the increasing number of people with ADHD entering the workforce in coming years, and we hope a balance is found between accommodation and keep employers free from unreasonable burdens. U

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OU R ELEC T IO NS

ENDORSEMENtS AMS

EXECUtIVES presiDenT Endorsement: Tanner Bokor.

Second choice: Winnie Code (6-2) During his time in the AMS, current AMS VP External Tanner Bokor has developed extensive experience and knowledge about how the society works and how to get things done within it. He started and successfully followed through on programs like Get OnBoard and the Alliance of BC Students. Bokor was well-spoken at the debates and we believe he would be a good representative for the AMS in the media, to the university and to students. His platform points, such as creating a student assembly, are reasonable and achievable. We also liked that he was willing to cut PAI, a $5,000 bonus for AMS executives.

However, some caveats: Bokor is young and hasn’t had extensive experience at UBC outside the AMS. If elected, we hope he will work on making himself more accessible to students around campus. That said, Bokor seems ready to step into the role and ensure the AMS runs smoothly during a year of transition.

Bokor’s most serious opposition, InterFraternity Council President Harsev Oshan, is personable and good at engaging students on an individual level. He has connections to a broad range of student groups and has run a strong campaign this year. Although he has a large base of support in groups ranging from the Arts Undergraduate Society to the Greek system, he’s made a lot of enemies along the way. Due to his shaky track record in some of his previous positions and the fact he raised less than a third of his goal as UBC’s Shinerama coordinator — a position he has emphasized while campaigning — we have strong reservations about supporting his candidacy.

He also answered questions more vaguely than Bokor during debates and demonstrated less mastery of the issues he will be handling if elected. While he was willing to cut AMS executive bonuses, he felt executives deserved more than the $27,500 base pay they receive.

As a joke candidate, Winnie Code got more students interested in the elections than many of the real candidates. While she ran a lacklustre ground campaign, the support she has received from students points out some of the weaknesses both in the other candidates and in the AMS itself. A win for Winnie would almost certainly mean a byelection that would hopefully be a wake-up call for students.

While Jackson Chen made an appearance at the required events, he needs real political experience to be seen as a serious candidate in the future. Many of his platform points were not things he would be able to address as AMS president.

Vp finance Endorsement: Joaquin Acevedo With the AMS in an $800,000 hole, the race for VP finance is an important one. Incumbent Joaquin

Acevedo has been making fiscally responsible decisions during his term, including expressing reservations for funding the microbrewery and already thinking about the AMS fee restructure back in May 2013. He can’t be blamed for the $800,000 deficit, which began years earlier due to ailing businesses, staff costs and problems with the fee structure. Despite his conservative stance on the brewery, he does see flagship events like Block Party, which students like and is a recognizable part of the AMS brand, as worth spending good money on.

Challenger Mateusz Miadlikowski, who ran against Acevedo last year, seems like he knows what he’s talking about a bit more this time around. Still, he continues to emphasize changing the AMS businesses, which falls outside of the VP finance’s portfolio. In his time as AUS VP finance, the undergraduate society’s budget was passed almost a month late, and he failed to distinguish himself in overseeing the finances of a group that generally operates with a surplus.

As for Alex Bucci, he failed to entertain, and we don’t have much to say about his platform other than we did like his zero-based hiring platform.

Vp acaDeMic anD uniVersiTy affairs Endorsement: Mona Malecki The race for VP academic and university affairs pits two candidates with very similar views against each other. Both emphasize “mental health,” “flexible learning” and “affordable student housing.” They also mention other middling concerns like tweaking syllabi.

That said, incumbent Anne Kessler has had four months to deliver and has little to show for it.

While her predecessor Kiran Mahal fought aggressively to protect the Acadia Park community, Kessler has let that cause fall by the wayside and has shown little interest in taking on the university.

Kessler has focused on the “academic” side of her portfolio, and the results have been middling. She has called for making the academic experience survey searchable, despite it being freely available as a PDF for anyone to examine.

Kessler has ridden the coattails of Mahal’s excellent term and a half as VP and her campaign relies too much on her experience as the incumbent, despite delivering little in her time in office.

While Maleki has focused on many of the same points as Kessler, she seems more oriented toward “university affairs,” and we believe it’s time to give someone new a chance in the role. She has discussed the Acadia Park issue, emphasized affordability and holds nuanced views on UBC’s push for bringing technology into the classroom.

Her emphasis on Acadia Park and proper land use is especially timely as UBC has just hired its new AVP campus and community planning,

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Every year, The Ubyssey endorses candidates in the AMS elections and takes positions on other ballot questions. We do this to provide our perspective, as people who closely cover the AMS and the elections race, to help you make the decision on how to vote. Our editorial board, made up of full-time staff and volunteers, was able to come to a consensus on the majority of races. When we weren’t able to settle on one candidate or referendum proposal, we brought the question to a vote and noted the result of that vote.

providing a prime opportunity for the AMS to influence land use on campus.

Vp eXTernal Endorsement: Bahareh Jokar, with reservations This race only has one real candidate. Jon Snow, also known as Philip He, is a young AMS hack who decided to entertain us this year instead of mounting a real campaign.

Bahareh Jokar, currently the associate VP external, is informed about the issues she’ll be dealing with if elected. She has worked on the Get OnBoard campaign for better transportation to UBC and has a plan for lobbying the provincial government.

However, though Jokar spent the past year working in the VP external’s office, she has never held elected office. She also missed the first debate and started her campaign late. Jokar will need to better organize herself if she is to succeed in her role.

Vp aDMinisTraTion Endorsement: Serena Ng, with strong reservations We had a challenge when it came to determining who was truly more qualified for the VP administration role in this year’s race.

With her experience on AMS Council, Serena Ng has been closer to the inner workings of the AMS than Ava Nasiri, whose experience is primarily in the Arts Undergraduate Society.

However, Nasiri has been more personable throughout the campaign and seems like she would be approachable to students in office.

Additionally, Ng has failed to distinguished herself while sitting on Council and didn’t come across as too knowledgeable about the AMS during debates. While both candidates seemed to lack knowledge on various issues during the campaign, it is perhaps more of a red flag that Ng made mistakes despite greater involvement with the AMS. We were fairly torn on this endorsement due to the candidates’ similar focus on clubs and lack of extensive knowledge of the AMS and the New SUB project. In the end, Ng seemed to be a safer, more professional choice.

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S E N At E Endorsement: Chris Roach, Mona Maleki, Graham Beales, Anne Kessler and Nina Karimi OR Eric Zhao This year’s Senate race has six qualified candidates for five slots. Chris Roach, Mona Maleki, Anne Kessler and Graham Beales all have a proven track record on Senate, and we hope they will continue the work they do there.

For the fifth and final spot, it’s a tossup between Nina Karimi and Eric Zhao. Karimi has Senate experience, while Zhao would bring a fresh perspective to the body, particularly as a medical student.

Either one would be a good choice.

The remaining candidate, Saba Mohebpour, didn’t impress us in the debate. He seems to lack knowledge of what Senate does and what his role would be as a student rep.

B OA R D OF G OV E R N O R S Endorsement: Spencer Keys and Chris Roach The Board of Governors has long been the realm of veteran student politicians. Student governors are expected to show up ready to play in the big leagues and influence powerful provincial appointees and respected academics.

This year, student governors will be dealing with fresh faces on the board, and those who are elected will need all the experience they can get.

Law student Spencer Keys and Graduate Student Society President Chris Roach appear the most ready to face this task. Keys previously served as an effective AMS president and was a great political player on AMS Council. After graduating, he served as a lobbyist for student issues in Ottawa.

His record includes student loan reform, work on federal university funding and lobbying for better copyright laws, which has meant lower course pack fees and better lecture material.

Chris Roach has managed to keep the GSS running efficiently and speaks well on important issues. His platform is student focused and he understands what can be accomplished by student members of the board. He will be an effective voice for both undergraduate and graduate students.

Ilana Shecter represents a revival of the campus left this year, also shown by the referendum questions addressing divestment from energy securities and lower tuition. Focusing primarily on bringing divestment to the board, Shecter has great fight in her, and we don’t often see candidates run on an issue that would clash so spectacularly with the university’s position.

The problem is that a divestment-focused board representative would be unlikely to achieve success and would be liable to distract from the other important issues BoG will be dealing with. While she has other platform points, we feel Shecter may not be as ready to deal with the myriad of issues at the board level.

Nina Karimi does not appear to have as strong a grasp of the issues as the other candidates and needs more experience before being elected to the board.

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R E F E R E N DA aMs fee resTrucTure VOTE YES This won’t raise or lower your student fees, but it will help the AMS get out of its huge deficit.

aMs Bylaws VOTE YES It’s housekeeping that needs to pass.

whisTler loDGe sale VOTE YES The Whistler Lodge is in poor condition, it is underused and hundreds of thousands of dollars are needed to fix it up within the next few years.

It’s sad to think the AMS would sell a student service like the lodge. However, the building already loses the AMS around $30,000 a year, and that deficit is expected to rise. There are several other lodges near Whistler that students can use which are more convenient for getting to the slopes. It is also sitting on valuable land, and the AMS has pledged to devote some of the proceeds from a sale to a fund dedicated to subsidize students’ visits to Whistler.

The AMS doesn’t have to sell the lodge if this question passes — it simply grants them permission to sell it. Another vote would be required by AMS Council if the society decides sale is the right course of action.

sTuDenT MicroBrewery VOTE YES, with strong reservations We’re stoked about the idea of a microbrewery on campus for a ton of reasons. First, it’s great to see students get excited about anything, and second, we love cheap beer. If students want to pay to build a brewery, the AMS should help make that happen.

But despite all the reasons, we have serious qualms with the wording of the question. The “Yes” campaign has told students they will be allowed to opt out of the fee if they feel like it.

However, the actual wording of the question says students must demonstrate “need” to opt-out.

That means the AMS could demand financial information from students who didn’t want to pay for a brewery because of religious beliefs, because they don’t drink, or simply because they don’t feel like it.

Not only do we believe students should be allowed to opt out of the fee for any reason, we feel that the “Yes” campaign was deceptive in wording the opt-out clause in the way they did.

We also think the structure of the fee is odd. Right now, it’s planned to pay itself off over an eight to 10 year period, rather than over 20 to 30 years like the new SUB or the Henry Angus Building. Since the brewery will benefit students for years to come, we think it would be fairer to charge a smaller fee over a longer period of time to raise the funds. (continued on page 12)

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Still, there is momentum behind the brewery movement this year and we don’t want to stand in the way.

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There is also no financial plan for running the brewery, and there hasn’t been a feasibility study done on locating the brewery on the Farm — the only one available is for the originally proposed location in the New SUB. In short: beer, great. But the people behind this project should have submitted a better question.

uBc DiVesTMenT VOTE YES (we split 6-3) Earlier this year, The Ubyssey took a strong stance in favour of UBC divesting from fossil fuel companies. We encourage students to vote in favour of this question, which calls on the AMS to encourage the university to divest from

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their holdings in such companies.

“UBC seems earnestly committed to sustainability,” we wrote in a November editorial. “However, all that seems hypocritical when one considers they are investing a serious portion of their endowment, which is around $1 billion, in energy companies that are responsible for major international issues like global warming.”

It’s also encouraging to see progressive movements like UBCC350, the organizers of Divest UBC, make

headway on a campus that has tended toward political apathy in recent years.

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push for lower TuiTion VOTE YES, with reservations Our editorial board overwhelmingly supports this question and would like to see the AMS lobby for lower tuition. High costs put up barriers for attending university, and as UBC’s fees have grown in recent years, it’s undeniable that some stu-

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dents have been discouraged from attending or have racked up major debt in order to go to school.

As representatives of the student body, the AMS should lobby to lower tuition.

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