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Spiritual leader speaks on the importance of kindness, empathy and compassion.

Ubyssey editors on protests, stress and hardworking AMS execs; David Eby on housing.

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UBC tuition & housing town hall 10:00 - 11:30 a.m. @ sub ballroom

UBC is hosting its first town hall information session regarding the proposed housing and tuition fee increases. This is your chance to learn more about the details of the proposals and to provide feedback. Free

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All are welcome at the AMS Annual General Meeting, in which the proposed fee increases will be the primary topic of discussion. If quorum (500 people) is achieved, there will be a vote to determine the AMS’ official stance. Free

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Currently in the spotlight for the unexpected increase in both tuition for international students and on-campus housing, the UBC Board of Governors has received a lot of attention over the past couple of weeks. But for the majority of students, most of who are just lightly versed in the intricacies of university governance, the Alma Mater Society is their go-to source for information — and at this time, solace.

For the AMS, this means being ready to both provide for and predict the needs of students as events unfold — no easy task. We decided to see how our highest student executive, AMS president Tanner Bokor — the man behind the reigns of student governance — goes about his day while pushing forth the student agenda.

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Tanner Bokor has to juggle school and a full-time job in his role as AMS president.

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It was during this hectic political climate that I visited Bokor at his end-of-the week executive committee meeting. Giving themselves time for a quick caffeine-induced morning jolt, Bokor and his VPs swiftly turned to their whiteboard to start their agenda. Although they touched a little on every subject imaginable — from the safety of the lightly painted diagonal crossing line at the bus loop, to the rental price for Safewalk cars — the topic of tuition quickly took precedence.

“I always think of being an executive like juggling. You have your special projects, standing obligations and the obvious dayto-day challenges that will arise,” Bokor said.

But with large-scale questions such as tuition or last year’s U-Pass referendum often on the table, the AMS has to shake things up in the office and adjust to real-time changes.

“When a larger issue does arise, the first thing we do is get all the major players internally together to debrief and strategize: what do we know, what are our timelines, how credible is the information, and where do we need to go from here,” said Bokor.

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The meeting came to an end with many questions yet to be answered, and the diligent AMS staff moved on to another room to start tackling the logistics for the days to come as the tuition matter unfolded. Although my day with the AMS had started with that meeting, Bokor’s was in motion since 8:30 a.m., when his day officially starts.

A self-confessed early riser, Bokor wakes up at 5:00 a.m. in order to get a head start to a usually meeting-packed day.

“I always think of being an executive like juggling. You have your special projects, standing obligations and the obvious dayto-day challenges that will arise,” Tanner Bokor AMS president and fourth-year history major

“I’ll often wake up early, get ready for the day, do a cursory glance of the previous evening’s emails, and start with an early walk around North Campus. I’m an early riser and enjoy time in the morning, when folks aren’t in the office, to plan, think through any outstanding items and ease into the day,” said Bokor.

But even for the president and his team, who are well versed with the tasks of managing an enormous amount of issues at the same time, the tuition hike has not been easy to deal with.

“The tuition announcement came at a busy time for the AMS. In the past two weeks, we’ve tackled delays and financial overruns on the Nest project, the sudden death of one of our employees, as well as the recent announcement of tuition and fee increases meaning that each member of our staff and executive has been on overdrive to ensure we are maintaining our high standards and addressing the issues as they arise,” said Bokor.

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Every day is a new challenge for the AMS president; Bokor shared his motto for staying at the top of his game.

“My band director in high school always used to quote a line from the musical In the Heights and say ‘No Pare Segue, Segue,’ which means, ‘Don’t stop, keep going!’ I’ve adopted that as my motto this year, and I always focus myself and my team on continuing to move forward, no matter how challenging times become or how many mistakes you make,” Bokor said. “The only thing I ask of myself and my team is that when we do make a mistake, that we make every effort to learn from that moment and improve moving forward.”

Hard at work, Bokor often has to skip his lunch hour, which usually runs for half an hour every day — and even lunchtime serves as an opportunity to connect with students.

“Whenever I have time I run down to The Gallery or The Pit and you hear students talk about different things that are going on in campus — often they’re related to the AMS. And that’s where I notice that, even without realizing it, the AMS has such a large impact across campus ... I think that’s the most rewarding part of this position.”

Ultimately, the job of the AMS president ranges from dealing with trivialities to being able to manage important policy changes and bridging the gap between the student body and the university decision-makers.

But it also boils down to the sense of focus and dedication that the president carries within.

As Bokor said, “at the end of the day, this society is driven by the collective voice of our membership, and the AMS will act upon whichever way our students direct us to act.”

That morning, as I was leaving his committee meeting, one of his long-time staffers, AMS archivist Sheldon Goldarb asked him, “So when do you sleep?”

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UBC Medicine restructures its undergraduate curriculum for next fall Stressed? UBC After over a decade, the UBC Faculty of Medicine is reworking its MD Undergraduate Program (MDUP) curriculum.

The changes were prompted by accreditation reports of the MDUP from the Liaison Committee on Medical Education and the Committee on Accreditation of Canadian Medical Schools in 2008, and other national reports.

The new curriculum framework, developed by a Dean’s Task Force on MD Undergraduate Curriculum Renewal with consultation from faculty and students, was recently approved by the UBC Senate and will be launched in August 2015.

According to Sandra JarvisSelinger, director of curriculum for the MDUP and the assistant dean for faculty development, the new framework includes shifts to a case-based learning model, programmatic assessment, competency-based learning and increased flexibility.

The case-based model — which allows students to continually build on foundational knowledge of different areas — offers a more integrated approach to learning than the current problem-based framework, which focuses on single body system blocks at a time.

Similarly, the shift to programmatic assessment means that a more integrated, program view of evaluation will help ensure that

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UBC Medicine’s new undergraduate curriculum will be launched in August 2015.

there is no “over-assessment” of students in the program.

At the same time, the shift to competency-based learning tackles the issue of different learning styles by setting clear standards of what students need to achieve in the program, as opposed to simply passing the various components.

“We’re using the milestones approach to get to a set of exit competencies at the end of the program; to say: ‘this is what we want students to be able to leave the program with, and understand what they’ve learned and what they can

do with that as they transfer into a post-graduate education upon graduation from our program,’” said Jarvis-Selinger.

According to Jarvis-Selinger, the focus on flexibility gives students a chance to engage in a variety of activities, such as medical education research or community service, in the course of their learning.

Also built into the new curriculum framework is the opportunity for rapid, continual quality improvement, which would forgo large curriculum overhauls, such as this one, in favour of more incremental changes.

Jarvis-Selinger emphasized that, as the new program rolls out, feedback from students and faculty feedback would be crucial for implementation, just as it was during the early stages of formulation.

“Every step along the way we’ve had different voices engaged in the conversation to make these kinds of changes, really looking at it as a student-centred approach, having students in all aspects of our planning and development, and getting really great feedback, because the students are the only ones that experience every corner of the program,” said Jarvis-Selinger. U

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Sauder students launch new mobile fashion advice app

Former UBC VP Finance Pierre Ouillet takes job at University of California, San Diego Former UBC VP Finance Pierre Ouillet will be joining the University of California, San Diego.

Ouillet, who left his position as VP Finance in September 2014, will take on the role of Vice Chancellor and Chief Financial Officer at UC San Diego starting in November 2014.

“We look forward to welcoming Vice Chancellor Ouillet to campus and working with him to ensure a stable financial framework for UC San Diego,” said UC San Diego Chancellor Pradeep K. Khosla.

Man falls 100 feet down cliff at Wreck Beach Emergency rescue crews responded to an accident at Wreck Beach on the night of October 23, after a man reportedly fell down a cliff near Trail 6.

“There were three individuals there. I believe they were partying in the dark,” said Vancouver Fire and Rescue battalion chief Rob Gabriel. “One of them decided to go over a fence ... and fell down the embankment.”

According to Gabriel, the individual fell approximately 100 feet, but was alive and responsive, although heavily intoxicated, when found around midnight.

The area near Trail 6 on Wreck Beach is the site of many accidents involving intoxicated individuals.

“The RCMP say that it’s an area that gets frequented by students to party, which is not good to do at night near the cliffs,” said Gabriel. “The chance of someone falling down and killing themselves is very high.”

Gabriel’s advice to students to avoid incidents like this is simple: “Don’t drink in the dark near the cliffs of the endowment lands.” U

How Do I Look is a mobile fashion app that was created by Sauder students David Chan and Simon Hua.

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UBC students are launching an app designed to crowdsource fashion advice for outfits.

The app is called How Do I look, or HDIL. It has a number of fashion-related tools for users, but its main draw is guaranteed fashion advice in five minutes from at least 10 people.

“I’m hoping to create a platform that [people] can use to showcase their clothing to the right group while [helping] different types of people stay fashionable and look good instead of altering themselves to fit into the mainstream perception of pretty,” said Justin Chan, one of two founders of the app.

Fashion advice could easily turn ugly though, so the developers have taken steps to keep the app constructive. Fashion experts who are on the app will be verified, and they will be allowed to make more in-

depth comments on why they said yes or no to the outfit. The average user will only be able to say yes or no, and there is a blur function so you can remain anonymous while still getting feedback.

“If it’s an outfit-focused negative comment, then we are cool with it,” said Chan. “However, the main reason for not letting the normal users have a comment function was the concern of bullying and unprofessional comments, which could possibly be not-outfit oriented.”

The app can be used in many ways. Aside from fashion advice as you try outfits on at home, it can also be used when shopping to see what people think of what you might buy. There is an Inspiration Log for browsing local fashionistas and what they’re wearing, a tool for connecting with fashion insiders and local fashion boutiques and a token service to get access to fashion

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insiders for one-on-one advice.

The idea came from a conversation between Chan and co-founder Simon Hua in November 2013.

Both wanted something to help them find better outfits and purchase more fashionable clothes, and HDIL was their solution.

Chan was president of the UBC Entrepreneur Club and Hua was one of the executives, so they’d run through many business ideas together before coming to this one.

The fully functioning app will be available Sunday October 26.

The website currently lists 178 HDIL profiles and five boutique owners involved. As they look forward, the key will be connecting with more industry partners so that the ties needed to provide value to users will be there. The next step towards that goal is their kick-off event on Tuesday October 28, with guests like J-Crew and the founder of Vancouver Fashion Week attending. U

As midterm season lingers at UBC, both students and professors are once again faced with the problem of stress.

Dr. Catherine Rawn, a veteran psychology professor at UBC, routinely teaches her students about the importance of stress and time management.

According to Rawn, there are two main components of stress reduction shown through past research at the UBC department of psychology: problem-focused coping and emotion-focused coping.

The former takes specific steps to control stress, such as studying for an exam, while the other focuses more on feeling better about things that one can’t control.

The hardest part of managing stress is finding a healthy balance between your work and personal life.

“Set a plan that includes time to restore,” said Rawn. “Don’t expect [every day’s time management] to be perfect.”

Although procrastination may be the most common stress coping method for many people, it’s not surprising that physical activity, relaxation breaks and copious amounts of caffeine are also popular choices.

“When I’m overwhelmed with work, I do everything but homework,” said Jonathon King, a firstyear Engineering student. “I find other ways to take my mind off [the stress], usually like exercising or playing a sport.”

First-year Arts student Iggy Chan said that keeping track of all her assignments helps her feel less overwhelmed with schoolwork.

“I take a step back and I try to organize all my different pieces of work and do them in lists,” said Chan. “So that way, it’s less overwhelming and you have a sense of, logistically, what you have to do.”

According to Rawn, stress management is best approached through problem-focused coping because it encourages self-motivation and control. It is also important to maintain one’s health no matter how stressed out one feels, as doing so properly can help students avoid the long-term effects of poor stress management, which can lead to severe sleep deficits, impaired academic ability, reduced cognitive functioning, substance addiction and overall damage to one’s mental, physical or social well-being.

“Self-care is about exercising, eating well, sleeping and building strong social networks,” said Rawn.

In these cases, it is important to take advantage of resources that UBC offers, including UBC Counselling Services, Student Health Services, Nurses on Campus, the Health and Wellness Centre, Peer Wellness Coaching and even several student-run clubs focused on support. U

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#IAmastudent Marching for the accessibility of education at UBC

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n October 7, UBC announced a 10 per cent increase to tuition for incoming international students and a 20 per cent increase to residence fees, both to be implemented in 2015.

The hikes were proposed as an effort to bring the university closer to the rates being charged by competing Canadian institutions. They were sold as a way to boost the university’s rankings, attract more successful international students and better cover the operational costs of on-campus housing services.

But why 10 and 20 per cent?

UBC drew on data that shows the exponential growth of international tuition across the main faculties of its competitors and compared it to its own slowly in-

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A 20 per cent increase in residence fees for eight-month contracts will bring average UBC housing costs up from $778 to $934 in 2015. These rates would make UBC comparable to two of the most expensive Canadian institutions to live at—the University of Toronto and McGill.

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UBC’s international tuition rates have risen only 18 per cent across the “big four faculties” (Arts, Science, Engineering and Commerce) since 2009, while McGill’s and U of T’s have gone up by 49 and 64 per cent respectively. A 10 per cent hike would still leave UBC’s rates below these competitors.

flating rates. McGill is charging international students 49 per cent more this year than it did in 2009 while U of T is charging a whopping 64 per cent more.

UBC’s rates, however, have only grown by 18 per cent, and the proposed 10 per cent increase will still leave the university’s tuition rates significantly lower than the others’.

As for residence fees, UBC Student Housing and Hospitality Services (SHHS) conducted a survey in which they explored the average living costs for students, and used this data to conclude that a 20 per cent increase in eight-month residence

contract fees will keep on-campus housing costs at or below market value, supposedly without overwhelming students’ budgets.

Again, UBC compared their survey results with data from competitors to justify their plans.

In their proposal, UBC suggested that the added revenue from the hikes should allow for a greater investment in “academic excellence and student experience.” Many students, however, argue that the hikes will do just the opposite.

You can actually achieve a lot with just a few people who are really into the cause.”

Felix Rüchard Third-year international exchange student, former participant of German Free Education Movement

Immediately after the university’s plans were made public, students began to voice their opposition and soon banded together to form the #IAmAStudent movement. #IAmAStudent started as a collective of student groups and individuals including those from the AMS, International Students Association, Residence Hall Association, Colour Connected Against Racism and the Social Justice Centre.

For their first event, the group hosted a teach-in at Martha Piper Plaza on October 14 to inform students of the proposed changes and the opposition to them, as well as to grow their troop. The following week, on October 21, they met in the SUB ballroom for a general assembly to discuss future demonstration plans and organize themselves for their first protest.

At 3 p.m. on October 24, over 200 students convened at Koerner Plaza for the demonstration — a location in view of the

president’s office in Koerner Library and the office of the Board of Governors in the Old Administration Building, as if to challenge the governing bodies.

Speakers Gabriel D’Astous and Nina Karimi motivated the crowd before the demonstrators took to marching.

D’Astous told The Ubyssey he was thrilled with the turnout.

“I think we’re nice and loud.

We’ve got a whole bunch of cool banners and signs, and I’m stoked for this,” said D’Astous, as the marchers turned the corner down Agricultural Road and toward residences.

Still, not all attendees were as inspired by the assembly’s numbers.

“I was hoping there would be more people here,” said Jordan Buffie, a fourth-year political science student. “But as long as we get more notice and people know that this is happening, they might be more willing to join in to subsequent events.”

Organizer Corina Santema from The Calendar pointed out the unreliability of social media, namely Facebook, in estimating event turnout.

“The big thing with Facebook is that I don’t take it as ‘900 people are attending the event,’ I take it as ‘450 people are actually expected.’ Facebook is really only about getting the word out — it’s a poster on the pole type thing,” said Santema.

The #IAmAStudent movement continues to be a strong influence across multiple social media platforms, with over 16,000 students invited on its main event page on Facebook.

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Regardless of the relatively small number of demonstrators — some 300 at the protest’s peak — those who were there were loud and energetic, but entirely peaceful.

The protestors marched quickly through campus, supervised

by RCMP and campus security who helped keep the group on track and block incoming traffic while the hundreds of students marched down the street.

One protestor, third-year exchange student Felix Rüchard, was impressed by the

assembly, comparing it to the German Free Education Movement against the introduction of tuition fees.

“I was part of the campaign in Bavaria. It worked out very well, and we had marches like this a lot,” said Rüchard.

“There weren’t many more people at this UBC rally. So, you can actually achieve a lot with just a few people who are really into the cause.”

The protestors were lead by students holding a banner reading “education 4 all, not the highest bidder,” and a flag reading “not a place of money.”

They made their way to the common outdoor spaces of the Place Vanier, Marine Drive and Totem Park residences and urged students to come downstairs and join the march, remaining politely unapologetic for the commotion.

“We need to speak. Not once but again and again and again until we are heard,” said speaker Mitchell Dean, motivating the crowd at Marine Drive.

Over and over again, speakers emphasized that this protest was only the first of many to come until UBC backs down on their proposals.

Ji Youn Kim of the Science Undergraduate Society and AMS University and External Relations Committee (UNECORN), explained the importance of growing the movement’s numbers to represent both current and future students, regardless of whether or not the university’s plans will affect all students.

She noted that although there are provincial laws stopping UBC from significantly raising domestic tuition, there are no laws protecting international students

from this. “That’s why I think [domestic students] feel more protected,” said Kim. She also voiced concerns with the way UBC has proposed its recent changes.

“The university has announced that this tuition and residence fee increase is the first of many more to come,” said Kim. “[UBC] is becoming a lot more business-like. I heard that the Vantage College program that started this year was also proposed to the Senate as a money-making project.

It’s all about ‘how can we make more money?’”

Following the protest, some students took the opportun-

ity to jump into the fountain at Martha Piper Plaza with loofas and sponges to demonstrate some students’ inability to pay for basic needs like water.

Increasing tuition and residence fees will increase inequality so that bright, outstanding students won’t be able to attend [UBC.]” Ji Youn Kim Science Undergraduate Society and AMS University and External Relations Committee member

One of these students, Marina Classen, commented more on UBC’s corporate attitude, and the need to counteract it.

“We have a pretty apathetic campus most of the time, so it’s nice to see so many people getting involved over an issue that affects us all, because the principle of education is a right and it’s the biggest thing we should be standing for here,” she said. “The university is becoming a corporation that takes advantage of and exploits students, and it’s not fair.”

Student apathy is often talked about in the context of UBC’s culture of activism, but the #IAmAStudent movement is doing its best to counteract it.

“We want people to understand that this isn’t just something for international students or people living in residence to be worried about, this is something for everyone who goes to UBC to worry about,” said protester Karen Slakov, a fourth-year political science student.

Fourth-year student Amarachi Chukwu heard about the movement from friends, and reiterated the importance of conversation between students on the issue, as well as the need to band together.

“Even if the issue doesn’t affect you personally, it still does affect other stu-

dents — your colleagues,” she said.

“If we don’t fight together, what’s the point?”

Students attending the protest all had one thing in common: the belief that UBC’s proposed fee increases will affect not only incoming international students and those in housing, but all of the university’s current and prospective students.

The protesters came together in hopes to be the booming voice of reason speaking against elitism at UBC and for the accessibility of a world-class education for all.

“Especially being in Vancouver, a very liberal and inclusive community, I feel that increasing tuition and residence fees will increase inequality so bright, outstanding students will not be able to attend,” said Kim. “That’s a loss.”

The #IAmAStudent group will be assembling next at the AMS’s Annual General Meeting on October 28 at 12:00 p.m. in the SUB Partyroom.

During the meeting, students will have the opportunity to vote on official action against UBC’s proposed fee increases. A quorum of 500 students will be needed to pass binding resolutions.

A date has not been set for the next student protest, but organizers have confirmed that another one is certainly being planned. #IAmAStudent will continue to update students on any future events they host and news about UBC’s proposal across their social media platforms. U

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Dalai Lama at UBC Teaching the importance of kindness, empathy and compassion

by Veronika Bondarenko

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The Dalai Lama conducted an empowerment teaching to a crowd of over 7,000 at Thunderbird Arena on October 23.

The Dalai Lama’s speech on the importance of exercising kindness and compassion has moved crowds of passionate students, faculty and Vancouverites.

During his time in Vancouver, His Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama spoke to students at John Oliver Secondary School and participated in a Heart-Mind Summit at the Vancouver Convention Centre on October 21. He also led a panel discussion on the need to cultivate empathy and compassionate behaviour in young children to an audience of UBC students on October 22.

At his final event on October 23, over 6,000 people gathered into the Thunderbird Arena to hear the Dalai Lama give an empowerment teaching on Avalokiteshara, the Buddhist deity of compassion.

Throughout the teaching, the Dalai Lama, whom Tibetan Buddhists view as the living reincarnation of Avalokiteshara, spoke on the need to understand and appreciate the similarities rather than the differences between all people and provided specific ways that people can exercise compassion and achieve balance in their everyday lives.

As a way of understanding one’s place in the world, the Dalai Lama also spoke about the limitlessness of time, which people always try to split into segments such as days and hours rather than viewing it as a general continuity that we are all part of.

“We think of time in temporal stages of past, future and present, but if we examine carefully the past is no more, the future is yet to be,” said the Dalai Lama.

“The only thing that is real is the present, but even then, we try to understand what present is when

we go from within this year, this month, this day, this hour, this minute, this second.”

As such, the Dalai Lama said that seeing one’s self as small and unimportant in relation to the eternity of time and human experience is essential to understanding one’s place in the world and focusing on the small changes that people can make to bring about happiness in their interactions with others.

“There is no real present. At the same time, time is real in experience,” said the Dalai Lama.

“When you’re searching for this day in the future or in the past, this unreality, unsubstantiality of self is really the nature for understanding everything.”

While leading the audience in several Buddhist chants and prayers from a sacred text, the Dalai Lama also said that much of human suffering and evil arises when people are unable to put aside their personal desires and egos to ensure the safety and welfare of others.

“Whatever misery or suffering there is in the world arises from self-centeredness, self-cherishment,” said the Dalai Lama. “Whatever happiness there is in this world comes from cherishing others.”

The Dalai Lama said that while striving for achievement is natural, relentlessly pursuing one’s own interests will often lead people to forsake caring for the the happiness of others and, in doing so, bring sorrow into their lives.

“Those individuals who tend to be so obsessed with ‘me, me, me, mine’, they tend to be so fixated on their own self-interest that the process they pursue can lead them to cause harm to others, exploit others and so on, and ultimately leave themselves in a state of misery.”

As such, the Dalai Lama explained that the best way to promote happiness and peace in the world is to continue thinking of other people and helping those who may be suffering when one can. By putting aside one’s personal desires and exercising compassion, people will be able to achieve a stronger sense of balance, happiness and inner peace in their own lives.

“Those who are constantly thinking about others, cherishing the worth of others, not only are they able to bring joy into others’ lives, even in their own lives they experience joy, they experience a sense of satisfaction.”

The proceeds from the empowerment teaching will go towards the Tibetan Resettlement Project, a humanitarian movement organized by the Dalai Lama in order to bring over 1,000 displaced Tibetans from the most poverty-stricken refugee camps in northern India to Canada. U

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LAST WORDS ams execs work hard Many UBC students rarely give a thought to the AMS and some probably couldn’t tell you what the acronym stands for (it’s the Alma Mater Society, by the way.) Fewer still could name any of this year’s execs off the top of their heads. For those of you who are in touch with the campus political climate, your main thoughts on the AMS may be that they’re a bickering body that gets little done. And in some ways, you’d be right.

What’s important to remember is that AMS execs are students too.

They’re our primary representation on campus, and they do wield a lot of power — possibly too much, given their levels of experience — but they are also people who are going to classes and simultaneously working longer hours than do many graduates with full-time jobs.

That’s not to say that the AMS should be let off the hook for their actions. In running for their positions they should know that they’re committing to major responsibilities. But we should also show a little sympathy, and acknowledge that they’re working

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hard and trying to make it through school just like the rest of us. It’s a very fine line to walk between being constructively critical and downright mean.

stress sucks, but isn’t insurmountable Stress. The five-letter word we’ve all become so closely acquainted with during midterm season. We all experience it in some degree and in The Ubyssey’s world of tight deadlines, breaking news and volunteers who forget to send in articles at the last minute, we have first-hand knowledge of the ways that stress can seep into your dayto-day schedule.

If your stress is about a specific project that you’re working on, take steps to be more productive and free up more time to work later. While procrastinating may seem tempting (let’s face it: when is it not?), doing it when you’re stressed out about work will only lead to a vicious cycle. If, however, you notice that stress is becoming a constant presence in your everyday life, it is important to pause and ask for help — whether this means confiding in a close friend or speaking to a counsellor. <em>

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protests need people On Frid­­ay, around 250 students protested in response to the rising housing and tuition costs.

The protesters had high energy, leading spirited chants as they marched across campus and stopped at several student residence buildings. The sheer number of residents who looked out their windows, surprised to see the protest was telling, though.

While some students joined the protesters as they marched, they were sometimes met with looks of confusion and surprise — not solidarity.

This week’s protest was definitely a step in the right direction for students opposed to the fee increases. But if students actually want the university to listen to them, they’re going to have to step up their game and come out in larger numbers.

UBC has already made up their mind about raising housing costs, and it seems unlikely they will reconsider the proposed 10 per cent rise in international tuition.

It’s going to take more than 250 students marching and chanting to make that happen. U

B.C. government’s failure to fund is failing students david eby Letter

B.C. has a problem. Kids from middle-class families in the province are increasingly unable to afford to attend our province’s schools, a problem made worse in Vancouver

by UBC’s recent announcement of a 20 per cent rent hike for residence rooms and a seven per cent increase in meal plan fees.

While UBC’s exemption from the rent control provisions of the Residential Tenancy Act make the increases possible, they remain difficult to understand from a policy perspective where exposure to the ideas of an economically diverse student body is a key part of learning.

There’s no question this problem of access for B.C. students is new, not particular to UBC, and that it has been created by the provincial government. Almost a decade of flat funding hasn’t kept up with inflation and pressured universities to find money elsewhere to keep up with the increases in costs of salaries, basic supplies and maintenance.

With that said, here’s the brutal math for the existing residence rental and meal plan rates at UBC. The cost of a meal plan, residence rent, student fees, basic living expenses and the lowest level of tuition at UBC (general Arts programs), add up to thousands more than any B.C. student can borrow

from our provincial government to attend UBC. Each dollar that rents and meal plans go up is an extra dollar students need to find outside of the inadequate government loan program. For students in professional programs with tuitions of $10,000 and higher, this lending shortfall is amplified many times. B.C. lends the least of any province in Canada.

The inability to borrow enough for existing rent and meal plan rates through the student loan program means that B.C. students are borrowing on credit cards and lines of credit where they can, with interest that starts immediately and leads directly to the highest student loan debt of any students in Canada, according to the Bank of Montreal.

B.C. students are also Canada’s most stressed about paying for their education.

But many B.C. residents aren’t even going to university or college.

B.C. has the highest rate of young people not in work, education or training of any province in Canada.

This statistic is new too. B.C. used to have the second-most young people in work, education and training, second only to Alberta. Perhaps unsurprisingly, B.C. has the most part-time students of anywhere in Canada, as students work full time so they can pay to study part time.

I wish that UBC would issue a press release pointing to provincial government policy as the source of the access and funding problems

they face. At least then students would have a place to direct their concern. Instead, provincial “government reporting entity” policy that restricts UBC from borrowing to build residences that sustain themselves with student rents weren’t even mentioned in UBC’s slide presentation to the AMS. Similarly absent was any explanation of chronic, decades-long underfunding of UBC by government.

Unfortunately, UBC’s silence is enabling a lack of provincial government accountability for inadequate support for B.C. students. Ask any government member and they’ll tell you that B.C. leads Canada in affordability. Ask any B.C. student and they’ll tell you a very different story.

Here’s hoping that UBC’s administration will step up to join student voices in demanding adequate financial support — bursaries, loans and scholarships — for B.C. students to be able to go to school at the leading school in their home province.

Parents who don’t have enough money to make up the shortfall of government student loans, and chronically high youth unemployment in our province, shouldn’t be a barrier to students who want to study at UBC. Even if UBC doesn’t feel it can speak out, here’s hoping that students remember these rate hikes, and the reasons for them, next election.

David Eby is the MLA for Vancouver - Point Grey. U

natalie morris

Advice Columnist

“This is ridiculous weather! It’s more temperamental than my ex.”

This is true. Last month we had just the best weather and now we’re stuck with rain one hour and sunshine the next. Do you know how disorienting this is for someone from out of province? Weather is not supposed to act like this.

Stick to one type! Anyway — here are some tips I have learnt: 1) Get an umbrella. Doesn’t matter how expensive, (but the cheaper you go, the more likely it will turn inside out) try to get one that will fold up small enough to fit in your bag. Carry a plastic bag too, so you can keep your wet umbrella in your bag without getting your

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books wet when it is magically sunny again. This way you can avoid the large, walking cane types some people enjoy, but if that’s your style, rock it.

2) Layers are adorable and completely necessary. Everyone looks cute in layers. Having the ability to shed and add layers in this weather will mean you can show up to class without getting sweaty or frozen.

Sure your bag will be stuffed for a while, but, as they say, winter is coming. Soon we’ll be able to start planning our outfits for the entire day again.

3) Tights, for the dress and skirt days, will save your legs from the cold, but keep them cool when the sun comes out. Plus they are just stylish. This is less of an advice column than a fashion column isn’t it? It doesn’t help that I’m also suggesting scarfs next. They will actually help, though.

4) Hot drinks! They keep your core and fingers warm when it’s chilly, and even when sunny and not raining, you still have a lovely drink to keep you chipper.

There you go; Natalie’s guide to the strange and mysterious weather that comes with the turf. Sure, other universities have weather that doesn’t change at the drop of a hat, but we’re UBC and we take our weird, ever-changing autumns like we take everything else: with pride.

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New app wants to bring knowledge to your fingertips

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Librum is a new app that summarizes non-fiction books.

Alex Lenz Contributor

Knowledge at your fingertips. This is precisely what a pair of young Vancouverites are aiming to provide through the creation of a new app. Librum, which is set to launch by the end of November as a web and mobile app, will provide users with a bevy of non-fiction book summaries. All for free.

Former UBC student Olivier Maguire and his business partner, Garry Airiants, have been working full-time on Librum since the beginning of September. While the concept of a website that summarizes non-fiction books is not a new one, these services typically have high subscription fees.

“We think the business model could be improved. Make it more accessible. Even if you’ve heard of these services, you might not try them because there’s a fee,” said Airiants.

Librum aims to take on a fresh approach to making knowledge accessible. Airiants and Maguire hope to share their passion for learning through a freely distributed medium. Students, they believe, are the perfect candidates for a

service like Librum. While you may not have the time to read a book in its entirety, Librum will provide you with the most pertinent concepts from each book. The ultimate goal is for the user to be able to better themselves with the knowledge gained from each summary.

“For the non-fiction books that we’re including, they all relate to say, decision-making or happiness, or actionable things that people can apply to their lives. So we think it’s kind of cool to have a lot of useful information being put out there. So we take segments of information from the book that are the most valuable, so you pretty much get the most salient information out of the books,” said Maguire.

Librum doesn’t believe that knowledge gained through a summary can replace reading a book in its entirety. Rather, the app aims to help users make informed decisions about which books they may choose to read, while bettering the user by highlighting the main messages conveyed in each book.

“We’re not rewriting their book … we are summarizing it, but we’re not changing anything. It’s still the message that the author wants to

deliver,” said Airiants.

Currently, Librum has a website that features a small library of summaries. Following the launch of the app, 20 book summaries will be released per month. Each summary is between 3500 and 4000 words, with an average reading time of 19 to 20 minutes per summary. “We find that the length on some other services is too short. They miss a lot of the information. It seems like they just kind of glance over it,” said Maguire.

Librum’s summaries, by contrast, will be written in pseudo-chapter form, clearly highlighting key themes from each book.

“It’s very streamlined, so you’ll know what to expect from each summary. They’ll be formatted all the same, and there will be a certain level of quality that you can expect,” said Airiants.

Airiants and Maguire intend to make Librum the go-to place for picking which book you want to read, as well as providing a source for gaining the main insights from influential non-fiction books.

For the moment, profit-making is Librum’s lowest priority. “in terms of money, the ultimate goal would be to have it sustain itself.... But right now that’s not our goal. We just want to create a huge library and build awareness. That’s it. We don’t want to focus on profit,” said Airiants.

Eventually, the duo hopes to release Librum Go, a premium app that would include additional features, such as audio recordings of summaries and the ability to vote on each summary.

However, Airiants and Maguire remain adamant about keeping access to the apps and the information completely free of charge. U

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Three friends take over for the Grim Reaper in Killing It

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Killing It is a part of this year’s CBC ComedyCoup competition.

Sam Fruitman Contributor

Comedy and death don’t seem like two concepts that would work well together in a TV show.

Killing It, an entry in this year’s CBC ComedyCoup, explores that relationship, between death and humour, as three friends are tasked with taking over the Grim Reaper’s dirty job.

Currently, CBC is searching for their next hit TV comedy series with the ComedyCoup competition, where contestants are tasked with creating an original idea for a half hour comedy show. The winners will receive $500,000 in funding to create a pilot episode to be shown during a prime time slot on CBC during the 2015 TV season. However, to get to the finish line, these aspiring show-runners are relying on votes from the general public.

Voting is already in full swing, with the original 285 submissions being cut to 110. This number will be cut to 50 by the end of the weekend. Among the contenders still in the competition is Killing It , a project headed by current UBC MFA creative writing students Michael Orlando and Ryan Bright, as well as recent UVic graduate of theatre acting Alysson Hall. The trio, all assuming equal roles as creators, writers and producers, are confident that their concept is going to make the cut.

“There hasn’t been one moment in the last 3 weeks where I’ve thought, ‘Man, I wish we’d come up with a different idea, or a more refined idea,’” said Orlando, reflecting on the concept’s origins.

“There were competing ideas, but there was nothing on this level. Once we threw this out there, I got this feeling that I get as a writer sometimes, when you know you’ve found a good idea.

You just get this fuel, this surge of enthusiasm where you go, ‘Oh man, I just can’t wait to keep doing this.’”

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anyone they choose. If that isn’t enough to hook you, the team promises that there will be someone dying in each episode every week.

“We wanted an idea that would get people’s attention. It’s something that’s really funny, really dark and really edgy,” said Bright.

The three show-runners all have numerous accolades under their belts. Bright wrote for the web series The Autobiography of Jane Eyre along with Hall, who starred in it as well. The web series amassed an impressive 20,000 subscribers on the YouTube channel. Bright also produced his short film ‘Til Death in collaboration with Orlando, which screened at this year’s Cannes International Film Festival.

Both Bright and Orlando are grateful for the continued support from the Creative Writing Program as they work to complete their Master’s degrees.

“I can definitely say that a few of the opportunities that I’ve had professionally could not have come if I did not specifically seek counsel with the UBC advisors. The entire faculty has been nothing but supportive, and very simply put, they know things and they know people, so if you’re eager then they’ll set you up with the resources to guide you,” said Bright.

Orlando affirms that, “the main thing UBC wants to do is get you good at your writing; they want you to improve as a writer first and foremost. If you go up to any faculty member and say, ‘Hey, I want to get into the TV industry,’ not one of them is going to say, ‘I can’t help you,’ they’re all going to try and push you forward.”

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UBC alumna premieres film at ImagineNATIVE

Kewekapawetan: Return After the Flood premiered at this year’s ImagineNATIVE Film Festival

Tara Bigdeli Contributor

Kewekapawetan: Return After the Flood documents the environmental disaster that plagued South Indian Lake, Manitoba in the 1960s, in which the inhabitants of the reserve were faced with a flood so severe that it threatened washing out their entire village. Subsequently, the residents were told by the government to leave in order for a dam to be built.

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The old saying goes “If you don’t know the history, you’re doomed to repeat it.” Jennifer Dysart, a UBC alumna, shines a flashlight on the cobwebs of Canadian history with her film project Kewekapawetan: Return After the Flood in hopes that the Canadian people will be able to avoid the mistakes of the past. Last Friday the documentary premiered at ImagineNATIVE, the world’s largest Indigenous film festival. <em>

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had been an entirely self-sustained and remote community.

“Everyone there was totally self sufficient and living without any sort of regular contact with the outside world,” said Dysart. Following the flooding, however, the area became desolate, resources were scarce, the lake had drastically changed and it was no longer possible to fish. “[The community] relied upon the lake as a food source, which it can’t anymore because the damming created all kinds of silt.

Chemicals and minerals from the

earth get into the water, which gets into the food chain. Mercury is one of those things for example.”

The film follows Dysart’s personal experience as she takes a trip back to the lake some 50 years following the incident to fully understand the long-lasting and devastating impact the flood and its following events had, with an emphasis on the mistreatment and injustice done to the indigenous people by the government. The half-hour documentary features original footage of the inhabitants’ adversities and the government’s orders to disperse from the area.

“The project in the 1960s was proposed as being necessary for the future of Manitoba. And so the greater plan of Manitoba was more important than the rights of the people. The rights of a minority are just as important as the rights of the majority and have to be honestly looked at for the overall value and not just the short-term value,” said Dysart.

In the last few years, the community members have been organizing a community event called “Kewekapawetan,” which means “to go back.” During this event they return to the original village site. “[The village] didn’t really go under water as they had predicted so the community can still go back to that original site, camp there and live in the way their grandparents did, and teach the children

about the old way of life that really isn’t around so much anymore,” said Dysart.

Native Canadian history has always interested Dysart, who grew up in B.C. and started working at the Museum of Anthropology at UBC with the Native’s Youth Program even prior to her student days. “I was always interested in the history of the first nations of Canada,” she said. After years of working at the museum throughout her undergrad, Dysart found her calling. “I decided that I needed to pursue my own creative side as an artist and a film-maker.”

By choosing a subject such as the Kewekapawetan, Dysart could express her dissatisfaction at the government’s treatment of Indigenous people and celebrate her culture at the same time. “This is personal to me and it was only a matter of time before I started doing some kind of research related to my own community.”

“People have to be aware where history has brought us today. In order to understand the issues facing First Nations today, mainstream Canada has to understand where the first nations are coming from and what their specific history and the specific feelings towards what the government has done and the distrust that first nations have of resource extraction all this sort of stuff. It all kind of makes sense when you have the history.” U

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New Canadian citizens struggle with their identity throughout the immigration process

Justin Lui Contributor

On Wednesday, former Governor General Adrienne Clarkson gave a lecture on the South African concept of reciprocity in her CBC Massey lecture series. The lecture series given by Clarkson focuses on the notion of belonging and identity as a tool for mediation between the individual and society.

Clarkson is the author of multiple books. Her newest — Belonging: The Paradox of Citizenship — tackles the issues that individuals have throughout the immigration process. <em>

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The fourth lecture in her series focused on the South African notion of ubuntu. Ubuntu is the acceptance and respect of difference between cultural groups. The focus of ubuntu is on the individual in the group — it is not the individual contributing wholly to the group, but rather it is the individual’s coexistence and harmony with all living things.

Ubuntu involves seeing others as one would see themselves, as noted by Clarkson during the lecture “a person is a person because of other persons.”

Humans depend on each other to be human, and therefore all humanity is bonded with each other. Ubuntu does not call for the evaporation of individualism, instead, ubuntu sees that the individual is unique, they have their own identity, which is part of the group.

In the most basic sense, Canadian culture has tried to live within a philosophy of ubuntu.

The multiculturalism movement is the pinnacle of ubuntu, though everyone in Canada is unique in culture, philosophy, belief, skills and preferences, everyone should respect and accept each other without complaint.

Each individual exists because of others. There exists a particular relationship between individuals, groups and parties, which if one did not exist, then there would be not another. Ubuntu is a rule that everyone in Canada should adhere to, and it is what multiculturalism is about. What separates Canada from other countries is that while many other nations hold on to a distinct national identity, Canada is a combination of many cultural identities.

As philosopher Marshall McLuhan put it, “Canada is the only country in the world that knows how to live without an identity.”

This is a nation composed of people from all backgrounds, and the only identity that Canadians have is the acceptance that unites everyone. Such is the responsibility of Canadians. It is being involved in our society, it is being social, it is helping out each other, and reaching out to them.

There is no need to surrender each person’s own identity, Canada is about the differences that make up its population. It is important to understand what Canada is about. U

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Thunderbirds too hot for Heat to handle PLAYER OF THE GAME #10 NAVID MASHINCHI

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UBC won their first playoff game 3-0 against the UBCO Heat, eliminating their Okanagan counterpart and advancing to the semifinals.

Soren Elsay Senior Staff Writer

Coming off an uninspiring finish to the regular season, the UBC Thunderbirds shook off an uneven start to dispatch the University of British Columbia Okanagan Heat 3-0 in the Canada West quarterfinals. After finishing the year with only one win in their last four, the first-seeded Thunderbirds scored just before half through midfielder Sean Einarsson, followed by a brace from Navid Mashinchi in the second half to advance to the semi finals next weekend.

The ‘Birds got off to a sluggish start, unable to hold on to possession with uncharacteristically sloppy passing and only mustering a handful of half chances through crosses.

The fourth-seeded Heat started brightly, splitting possession and chances evenly with the favoured ‘Birds for much of the first half.

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UBC was finally able to get on to the board five minutes before the half when UBCO keeper Christopher Cuthill spilled a catchable corner kick in his own six yard box right to the waiting Einarsson, who headed home the goalkeeper’s gaffe. The crestfallen keeper bowed his head in disbelief, knowing he had let UBC off the hook. Despite the late goal, head coach Mike Mosher was not pleased with his team heading into the second half.

“I didn’t think we were that sharp in the first half, I told them they were second best and playing within themselves and got an immediate response,” he said.

With Mosher’s words still fresh in their minds, the Thunderbirds grabbed control of the game from the start of the second half. Three minutes in, Niall Cousens did well to shield the ball on the edge of the Heat area before slipping it through

to Mashinchi who was able to slide the ball past the sprawling Cuthill from a tight angle to put the home side up 2-0.

Less than 10 minutes later, UBC would go up 3-0 through Mashinchi’s second of the half.

Second half substitute Boris See made a darting run along the edge of the UBCO 18 yard box, drawing a hard foul from the desperate Heat defender in the process. The Thunderbirds’ leading goal scorer, Mashinchi, then stepped up and made them pay by coolly curling in the free kick from 20 yards out with his left boot, past the outstretched fingertips of Cuthill.

Mashinchi, a fifth year senior, came into the game nursing an ankle injury but showed no ill effects, scoring twice and earning his coach’s praise in the process.

“He’s a quality player; he’s certainly one of the best players in the country at this level and

having him come back into the side gives us a real lift … I mean, if you look at the two goals he scored, there’s not a lot of players that can do that,” said Mosher.

Always humble, the fifth year commerce student praised his teammates and their quality of play before adding that his ankle held up well and will be ready for the semis.

UBC awaits the winner of the quarterfinal played between University of Alberta and the University of Calgary. The exact location of the semifinals is yet to be determined, however it is guaranteed to be played at the home of one of the teams from the Prairie Division. No matter the outcome or the venue, the Thunderbirds know it will not be easy. Not only will they be playing away from home, there will be a certain level of unfamiliarity when it comes to their opponents, since teams from the

opposite division do not play each other during the regular season.

“I haven’t spent a lot of time focusing on what’s going on [in the Prairie Division], it’s more ‘let’s worry about ourselves and then when we get to that bridge, then we’ll cross it,” said Mosher.

Mashinchi admits that it is going to be a battle, but is confident that this team has what it takes to play for a third national championship in a row.

“Calgary and Alberta are always tough games to play,” he said, “especially with the environment over there, playing away from home; we’re going to have to grind it out, but we’re used to it, we have the team to do it.”

The Thunderbirds will compete in the Canada West Final Four next weekend against either the Alberta Golden Bears or the Calgary Dinos. U

The Thunderbirds’ season came to an end on Friday night against Trinity Western University. UBC fell 3-1 to the second-ranked and twotime defending CIS champion Spartans in a hard-fought

game. TWU opened the scoring in the second minute of play as two-time CIS AllCanadian Krista Gommeringer put one past ‘Bird goalie Emily Wilson to give the home team the lead. UBC answered in

the 19th minute after Madison Guy pounced on the ball in the penalty area, slamming one home to tie it up. Unfortunately, that’s all the offense the Thunderbirds would get on the night. Jenna Di Nunzio and

Alessandra Oliverio would tally for the Spartans to finish UBC’s playoff hopes. Trinity Western will host the Canada West Final Four next weekend on home turf. The T-Birds finish the season 6-5-2.

For the second time this year, the Calgary Dinos showed their dominance over UBC with another convincing victory over the Thunderbirds. With a 67-6 win on Saturday afternoon in Alberta, the Dinos outscored the T-Birds 126-18 over their

two games played this regular season, putting up 1,391 yards of total offence to UBC’s 397.

Quarterback Carson Williams, coming off of winning Canada West Offensive Player of the Week honours, couldn’t find his form against the solid Calgary

defence and threw for just 62 yards, while the running game couldn’t produce a carry longer than 11 yards. Seven of Calgary’s eight touchdowns were of the rushing variety, with QB Andrew Buckley and RB Mercer Timmis both scoring

a pair. With just one game left in the regular season, UBC’s playoff hopes now hinge on a win next next week against Saskatchewan, as well as a Regina win over Alberta, and some luck in the point differential tiebreak standings.

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UBC takes 30-19 win in first leg of “The Boot” Thunderbirds gain advantage in storied tradition between UVic and UBC

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The boot was originally stolen from UBC rugby coach Brian Wightman in the 1960s, then bronzed and used as a trophy.

Jacob Gershkovich Contributor

At some point between 1964 and 1967, Brian Wightman, then head coach of the UBC men’s rugby team, must have noticed that one of his boots was missing. The boot at large was stolen by some of Wightman’s players, bronzed and made into a trophy — known today simply as The Boot.

For 44 years, the top two teams in the province have met to duke it out for the coveted boot; and for all but one of those 44 years, the top two teams in the province have been the University of Victoria Vikes, and the University of British Columbia Thunderbirds.

Victoria had successfully defended The Boot for 17 consecutive years until last season, when UBC emerged victorious in the

two-game series, paying homage to Wightman on home soil with a 22-8 win over the Vikes.

There was no love lost between these two squads when they squared off on Saturday at the Gerald McGavin Rugby Center. Both teams entered with 2-0 records in premier league play this season.

Despite their history, coach Ramses Langdon prepared his boys for this tilt as if it were any other game.

“Business is business, and we have to be on our best every week,” he said. “You have to be in order to survive in the premiership. If you have an off day, that’s when you pay.

We have to be ready and act like men every Saturday, not just today.”

Victoria struck first, after centre Doug Fraser tricked UBC’s defense with a crafty ball fake and dove across the goal line for the game’s opening try.

The ‘Birds battled back, grinding the visiting team’s defence down until Connor Hamilton, the second year wing/center, put the Thunderbirds on the board. At the twenty-five minute mark of the first half, UBC led 12-7.

Then the rain picked up. You could see mud flying through the air as bodies crashed to the turf.

Both teams struggled to hold onto the ball, and the game turned into a defensive struggle.

With only a few minutes left in the first half, UBC’s Brock Staller kicked a long field goal through heavy wind and rain to put UBC up 20-7.

The second half was much of the same for UBC, who were opportunistic on offence and impenetrable on defence. UBC added a try and a field goal early, and fell into a strong defensive shell for the remainder of the game.

The home team surrendered two late tries to Victoria, which could come back to haunt them as the winner of The Boot tournament is determined by the total points scored over a two-game series. Still, this game was not as close as the score would suggest, and UBC looked dominant in what was a fairly smooth victory.

UBC’s next opponent is Capilano RFC, a team that defeated the Thunderbirds in preseason action this September.

“We have to be up for it, same as with everybody. We have to know that they’re going to try and smash us in the mouth … I’m just looking forward to getting after them.” U

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Women’s hockey bounces back, shuts out Cougars Jenny Tang Staff Writer

Following an overtime loss on Friday night, the UBC Thunderbirds bounced back to split a weekend with the Regina Cougars before a week-long break. The ‘Birds shut out the Cougars 2-0 on Saturday night.

Regina was fast and furious through all 60 minutes, but their only goal in the 13th minute of the second period was called off because the puck had gone in after the whistle.

In the second period at the 13th minute, during a 5-on-4 power play, ‘Birds Kelly Murray, Emily O’Neill and Haneet Parhar combined and Parhar managed to fling the puck into the back of the net for her first goal of the season.

When Cougar Tori Head was sent to the penalty box with a double minor in the last minute of play of the second period, UBC added their insurance goal. After sustained pressure and an assist from Murray and Rebecca Unrau, Melissa Goodwin managed to flip it in from right in front of the net.

The double assist was an impressive feat for Murray, who had played with Cornell University before transferring back to UBC. For Murray, the return to Canada was a welcome feeling.

“It feels good to be back in Canada,” Murray said. “It was a lot faster and the team was just so good, all of them are. There are a lot of hidden talents in the league and every game is a battle. We

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The ‘Birds dropped a 3-2 OT decision on Friday, but played sharp on Saturday to split the weekend.

have really good coaching staff and it’s close to home for me.”

Penalties were passed out frequently throughout the game.

During the last minute of play the ‘Birds were in for a 5-on-3 power play, but goalie Samantha Langford was the key to preserving UBC’s 2-0 lead.

Langford managed to stop two breakaways in the last period, and stopped all 30 shots fired at her. On the other hand, Cougar

Toni Ross stopped 37 of the 39 shots sent her way. Saturday’s win marks Langford’s second straight shutout.

UBC went 2-for-13 on the powerplay, whereas Regina went 0-for-7. In the entire weekend, UBC managed to draw 25 powerplay opportunities, capitalizing on three of them.

Head coach Graham Thomas was very happy with the weekend split, taking pride in the

team’s discipline despite the numerous penalties.

“This weekend was very therapeutic for us. We needed a well-executed and controlled 60 minute game, it was nice to see our team respond on the penalty kill,” he said.

“I’m happy with the team effort, everybody contributed and everybody was working together and helping each other so I’m really happy with that.”

Right now, UBC stands in second place in the conference with a score of 16 points. Regina sits in sixth place with 10.

After a well-deserved break, the ‘Birds will take a road trip down to Calgary to face the Dinos in a double header weekend. Their next home game will be against Alberta, who are currently ranked first in the league with 18 points, on Friday, November 14. U <em>

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