NOVEMBER 24, 2014 | VOLUME XCVI | ISSUE XXV NOT HAVING WIFI SINCE 1918
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KINDER MORGAN: PIPELINE, PROTESTS AND POLITICS
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UBC’s Graduate School of Journalism has nothing to report from two former Q interns.
UBC community weighs in on the latest anti-pipeline demonstrations on Burnaby Mountain.
New exhibit at the MOA celebrates the vibrant history of Nairobi’s photography culture.
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PRO SOCCER COMES TO UBC Vancouver Whitecaps announce development team WFC2 to play on campus starting spring 2015.
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This ‘bi-ness’ was sort of not being acknowledged — not just by straight friends, but also by my gay and lesbian friends. For example, ‘just come out as gay already’ was a really common thing some of my gay friends told me.”
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For many students at UBC, the definition of extracurricular involvement is signing up for a few club mail lists. The particularly dedicated will run for an executive position, get involved with an activist movement or do some research for a summer. Viet Vu has done all of this — and more — in his four years at UBC. Vu was born in Japan, and lived in Vietnam for several years before coming to UBC. Now a fourth-year economics honours student, Vu’s CV could fill a binder. Vu is president of the Vancouver School of Economics Undergraduate Society, has founded two clubs — including one for George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire series — is an advocate and activist for LGBTQ+ issues, is involved with UBC’s Learning Technology Ecosystem Project and researched in Bolivia for a summer.
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Viet Vu VSEUS president and fourth-year economics honours student
Vu became president of the Economics Students Association in 2013 and worked with the AMS to transform it to meet the needs — practical and formal — of the newly-founded Vancouver School of Economics. As president, Vu’s role is both supervisory and ambassadorial. He advises the society’s other execs on their day-to-day activities and event planning, and represents economics students in dealings with UBC and the AMS. Though his involvement with the Vancouver School of Economics Undergraduate Society (VSEUS) takes up the bulk of his time, Vu also is a strong advocate
for LGBTQ+ issues. He spoke at the UBC TEDxTerry Talks last month, giving a presentation entitled “Bi the way, we exist,” which highlighted the issues that bisexual people face in regard to both the traditional struggles of sexual minorities and within the LGBTQ+ community. “This ‘bi-ness’ was sort of not being acknowledged — not just by straight friends, but also by my gay and lesbian friends. For example, ‘just come out as gay already’ was a really common thing some of my gay friends told me. That was an interesting thing to go through, because you’re talking to a friend who you thought went through sort of the same experiences as you and would have a sort of similar sexuality, and you’d think they wouldn’t go around saying, ‘whoever you like — it’s not real.”
I had these two people who are supposed to support and love you unconditionally who ... were actively sort of denying my existence. It’s not an experience I’d wish on my worst enemy.” Viet Vu
Vu’s passion for pursuing LGBTQ+ issues led to his involvement with Equaldex, a project with the goal of amalgamating data on sexual minorities from around the world which has so far documented 1,400 different laws in its database. “I came out to my parents just after starting to work with Equaldex. That was a period of my life that was pretty hard, in the sense that my parents threatened to disown me, and I didn’t know how to deal with that,” said Vu. “I had these two people who are supposed to support and love you unconditionally who I also understood to be struggling to understand what it means for them, but were actively sort of denying my existence. It’s not an experience I’d wish on my worst enemy.” Vu was inspired by a story told to him by a friend who had gone through a similar ordeal and had a strong desire to make life better for
people who have similar struggles resulting from their orientations. “When you look at the data in Canada, bi guys are still 6.3 times more likely to consider suicide than their heterosexual counterparts. The same number for gay guys is only 4.1.... You can’t just explain that difference with rounding errors,” said Vu. Vu is also notable for being one of the more moderate voices in the ongoing debate over the proposed UBC fee increases, arguing that tactful discussion is the best way to reason with the university and sway their opinion.
In the long run, [UBC] should be actively talking with the province, lobbying for more funding and looking for other sources of funding.” Viet Vu
“I think that #IAmAStudent is a great place, just because it really brought attention to an issue that people should be talking about. On that front, they’ve done really well in terms of outreach and making sure everyone knows this is going on.... But then there is reality, in the sense that UBC is facing a lot of financial pressure,” said Vu. Vu feels that the tuition increases are necessary given the university’s current financial situation, but aren’t sustainable in the long run. “[The tuition increases are] a short-term fix. I don’t endorse it as a long-term solution. In the long run, they should be actively talking with the province, lobbying for more funding and looking for other sources of funding — not just looking at raising international tuition as the easy fix,” Vu said. Vu plans to continue his studies through to getting a PhD in economics, with hopes to work as a research economist. As for advice on how to become as involved in the community and extracurriculars as he is, Vu summed his philosophy to a single sentence. “It’s really about meeting people, but not because you want to get something out of them — it has to be because you believe that everyone has a story to tell.” U
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EDITORS JOVANA VRANIC + VERONIKA BONDARENKO
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Students hold awareness campaign for Transgender Day of Remembrance Faculty Association to Dave Nixon Senior Staff Writer hold referendum The Transgender Day of Remembrance at UBC this year was on fossil fuel marked by a student-led candlelight vigil and memorial service. divestment Volunteers who led the events on Thursday, November 20 hoped to help students better understand the trans community and open up a broader conversation on the topic. “It was rewarding,” said Maneo Mohale, a volunteer with the Sexual Assault and Resource Centre (SASC), “but at times very difficult, because people will come up and share with you the experiences not just with trans issues, but also sexual assault in their lives.” The Transgender Day of Remembrance originated to honour Rita Hester, a prominent member of the transgender community who was murdered in 1998. It also calls attention to discrimination that transgendered people face today and all those lost to anti-transgender violence. The vigil was cohosted by SASC and Pride UBC, and ran from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. for students to light candles in honour of Rita Hester. Mohale and other volunteers engaged students supportively and educationally throughout the day. Pride UBC also hosted educational workshops near the end of the day. “Students were all open [to] seeing more of this happen on campus and opening up a real dialogue that’s not just one day a year,” said Mohale. CJ Rowe, diversity advisor-women for UBC Access & Di-
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UBCC350 has teamed up with the Faculty Association to urge UBC to divest.
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UBC groups commemorated Transgender Day of Awareness with a candelight vigil and memorial service.
versity said members of the trans community face daily challenges that many others have not had to worry about. “A lot of it has to do with community members who haven’t had the opportunities to have a much broader understanding of the world around them,” said Rowe. Some of the challenges faced by transgender individuals that Rowe
described include difficulties in changing personal information on the UBC Student Service Centre, using washrooms safely, and using changing rooms in the gym. “If all of us become aware that the gender binary system that we’re used to working within is faulty and that there are people who belong to a much broader gender spectrum, that’s one piece,” said Rowe.
Mohale hopes students who noticed the events will seek out the resources available to develop a deeper understanding of trans community issues throughout the year. “Though I do not understand what it’s like to be trans as a cis-gendered woman, I do understand that I need to be involved in struggles against transphobia and all forms of oppression,” said Mohale. U
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Pathology professor searching for genetic causes for intellectual disabilities
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Professor Evica Rajcan-Separovic says that tracing the genetics of intellectual disabilities helps parents develop a better understanding of their child’s condition.
Joshua Azizi Staff Writer
UBC pathology professor Evica Rajcan-Separovic is headlining a series of studies to find previously undetectable genetic causes of intellectual disabilities in children. Rajcan-Separovic’s research will use new technological methods to search for chromosomal abnormalities within the genetic information of children with intellectual disabilities. With these new testing methods — chromosome microarray analysis and next-generation testing — Rajcan-Separovic hopes to determine previously unknown genetic causes of intellectual disabilities. This, in turn, will help both doctors and parents have a better understanding of the
children’s condition, as well as the available treatment options. “The beauty of these new tests is that they can reveal genetic causes of intellectual disability that a standard test could not reveal,” said Rajcan-Separovic. “In my research lab I use this new test, especially the next generation sequencing, to find genetic causes of intellectual disability that were missed before.” As part of her research, Rajcan-Separovic recently assembled a group of 1,000 children with intellectual disabilities at BC Children’s Hospital to test them for genetic abnormalities by using microarray analysis. Of the 1,000 children examined, 150 had genetic defects. Most notably, two of the children had the same genetic defect,
which led to the establishment of a new microdeletion syndrome for intellectual disabilities. After the results were published, 20 other cases of the same syndrome were detected around the world. According to Rajcan-Separovic, finding the genetic cause of an intellectual disability makes an invaluable difference for the child, as such disabilities pose significant challenges in their everyday life and their understanding of world around them. The uncertainty over the cause of intellectual disability in a child can also be particularly difficult for the parents. “Very frequently parents tend to blame themselves as it is something that they did in the pregnancy or the bringing-up of the child that caused intellectual disability,” said Rajcan-Separovic.
Rajcan-Separovic said that being able to trace a genetic cause can both help parents develop a better understanding of their child’s intellectual disability and avert the need for future tests that can be expensive or uncomfortable. By trying to pinpoint the cause of the intellectual disabilities through her research, Rajcan-Separovic hopes to make a meaningful difference in the lives of both the children and their families. “When you discover a new cause, that can lead to many future investigations about the cause, the biology of the cause and even treatment” said Rajcan-Separovic. “Once you know what the biology is, then maybe you can do something about it.” U
Early next year, UBC faculty members will be voting on a referendum calling on UBC to pursue divestment from fossil fuel companies within the next five years. The referendum is part of UBCC350’s Divest UBC campaign, which last year gained undergraduate support for divestment, and is now looking to also gain faculty support. The decision to organize the referendum was passed by the Faculty Association at a university faculty meeting on October 27, with a total of 757 members voting: 497 in favour and 260 in opposition. The motion was brought to the UBC Faculty Association by George Hoberg, Forestry professor and the faculty coordinator of UBCC350, and is similar to the motion passed by undergraduates earlier this year (with 76.9 per cent voting yes). If the upcoming referendum passes, two of UBC’s main stakeholders will be in support of divestment, requiring the university’s Board of Governors to consider the divestment policy, as per the Responsible Investment Strategy approved on June 4 of last year. “It doesn’t say they will act on divestment, but it says they will give it serious consideration,” said Hoberg. “What a referendum would do … would really force the UBC Board of Governors to take the divestment issue seriously.” In order for the referendum to pass next year, at least 20 per cent of the faculty association needs to participate in the vote, with a simple majority in favour of the motion. As of early November, 215 faculty members have pledged their support in the upcoming referendum and signed an open letter drawn up by UBCC350 calling on the university to divest from fossil fuels. Hoberg noted that this is a significant portion of the numbers needed for next year’s referendum. The specific wording of the referendum question is: “Members of the UBC Faculty Association support the Responsible Divestment Proposal calling on the university to immediately forgo further investments in fossil fuel companies, and to divest from all fossil fuel holdings within five years.” The vote on the referendum will take place from January 26 to February 8, 2015. U
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Interning with Jian Ghomeshi: UBC has nothing to report
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UBC’s Graduate School of Journalism sent two students to intern at Q with Jian Ghomeshi.
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of the incident, she decided against getting a job at Q. She told Copeland and other former professors about the incident. Subsequently, Copeland, among others, decided to counsel students against working for the show. UBC’s Graduate School of Journalism, however, was not informed enough to share the same concern for its students. <em>
Talk of the sexual harassment and assault charges against CBC radio show host Jian Ghomeshi has become a prominent topic of discussion across Canadian university journalism programs. Students in the University of Western Ontario’s Faculty of Information and media studies were warned against taking internships with Ghomeshi at Q. As early as 2012, journalism professor Jeremy Copeland was advising his female students against working with Ghomeshi. He told The Toronto Star of an incident where the host allegedly “prey[ed] on a young grad who wanted to work [at Q ].” The student in question revealed her story in an anonymous interview with The Star . She reported that Ghomeshi had touched her inappropriately, and later tried to make plans to meet up with her. “He gave me a bear hug and he lifted me up,” she said, after a friendly conversation she had alone with him following a taping of Q. After this, as she was leaving the room, she claims Ghomeshi had hugged her from behind, pressing himself against her. “That’s when I thought, whoa, this is kind of a bit much,” she said. Ghomeshi sent her a text later that evening asking her out for “non-work related” drinks, including a winky face — ;) — in the message. He dropped the invitation when she asked if he could help her find a job. The student told The Star she thought his behaviour towards her was unacceptable. As a result <em>
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According to Klein, “they reiterated that they had very positive and professional experiences interning at Q.” UBC philosophy professor Scott Anderson said “it is entirely possible that some people were brutalized, harmed or harassed by somebody like Ghomeshi, and other people had absolutely fabulous experiences with him.” He says this dichotomy is part of what makes high-profile sexual assault and harassment scandals so shocking to the public. “It’s perhaps only surprising because we are still getting used to the idea that very famous, powerful and likeable people can also be very bad in how they treat women and how they deal with sexual issues,” he said. <em>
It’s a brave thing to do, generally speaking, and it’s important for people to listen and give credence to a lot of the kinds of complaints that people are making when they’re standing up against especially powerful people.” Scott Anderson
With cases like Ghomeshi’s, Anderson also says that the public’s astonishment can equate to disbelief, and invalidation of the victims’ accounts. “The criticisms [the victims] are facing and the doubts that some people have raised against them indicate that they had legitimate fears that they would not be taken seriously,” he said. Anderson stressed the importance of taking victims’ reports seriously. “It’s a brave thing to do, generally speaking, and it’s important for people to listen and give credence to a lot of the kinds of complaints that people are making when they’re standing up against especially powerful people,” said Anderson. According to Anderson, we shouldn’t assume that very many students who interned with Ghomeshi had negative experiences with him. He attributes UWO’s warnings to students partially due to the social situation in Toronto, where many rumours spread, and “so many people there had their suspicions or knew second-hand of incidents.” Anderson also said that, unless all of Ghomeshi’s victims come forward, “there’s no way of knowing how many people were actually directly affected.” U
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UBC-O student collaborating with Harvard researchers for work in tissue engineering David Nixon Senior Staff Writer
A UBC Okanagan student is about to leave for Harvard to continue his research in tissue engineering. Hojatollah Rezaei Nejad is a School of Engineering PhD student at UBC Okanagan. He’s also wading into research that could be instrumental in the future of healthcare. “The future of healthcare won’t be like it is now,” said Nejad. “You won’t go to your doctor, your doctor is your phone.” This is 50 years in the future by Nejad’s estimation. But his research is setting the foundation to walk down a path of preventative, proactive healthcare, rather than the more reactive system that we have now. The process involves placing cells in a strategic place in relation to each other, so that they communicate the right thing. “In the end, if you drill these cells together, you end up with a function,” said Nejad. One example he gave for a basic function is the ability to contract a muscle. Muscle tissues are simple when compared to a kidney, so Nejad hopes to be able to create a functional muscle tissue in only a year. “With this technique you can go further, you can create layer by layer the tissue,” said Nejad, “and if you stack them together you can grow them and create an actual functioning tissue, which is a very big step forward.” The research is still a long way from reproducing complex tissues like the kidney, but the collaboration with Harvard is the next step towards that goal. “The Harvard lab I’m going to join is one of the leading labs in tissue engineering,” said Nejad. The collaboration with Harvard will be ongoing, with Nejad alternating between the two labs every six months. Harvard has also committed to paying all the costs of the experiment. Nejad has come a long way since his start at UBC’s Okanagan campus. Originally from the city of Shiraz in Iran, he began his PhD at UBC Okanagan in January 2012. “I remember the first day I joined the lab,” said Nejad. “I didn’t even think that I could finish this project.” He credits much of the success to those who worked with him like his professor, Mina Hoorfar, and to UBC Okanagan’s youth. According to Nejad, the campus’ relatively young age means that graduate students get a chance to work with state of the art facilities. Nejad also hopes that the success of his research will contribute to the growing name of UBC Okanagan’s young campus. “The [campus] has a very big future,” said Nejad, “It can be even bigger than UBC Vancouver.” U
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Kinder Morgan Pipeline, Protests and Politics: A UBC perspective Veronika Bondarenko News Editor
The Kinder Morgan tar sands pipeline developments have sparked outcry from many British Columbians, including members of the UBC community. Kinder Morgan is a Texas energy company that plans to expand its current Trans Mountain pipeline, which stretches for 1,150 kilometres from Burnaby to Edmonton. The proposed expansion would triple the carrying capacity of the current pipeline and bring 890,000 barrels of both crude and refined oil through the Burrard Inlet every day. Before the expansion is submitted for approval by the National Energy Board, Kinder Morgan needs to conduct survey work in the part of Burnaby Mountain that is expected to hold parts of the pipeline. Burnaby residents, SFU and UBC students and members of B.C.’s aboriginal communities have all been gathering on Burnaby Mountain to block off the survey work that has been started by Kinder Morgan. The major sources of opposition expressed by the protesters include the dangers of transporting oil through Burnaby, disregard for the wishes of aboriginal peoples who have ancestral land claim on the area and the possibility of monumental environmental damage if an oil spill were to occur. After a judge granted Kinder Morgan an injunction to begin their survey work on Burnaby Mountain, protesters were told to pack up their things by November 17 or face arrest. When protesters didn’t clear the area by Thursday November 20, Burnaby RCMP began arresting some of the people who were gathered there. According to an article by
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Protesters have gathered at Burnaby Mountain to protest the Kinder Morgan pipelines.
CBC, a total of 53 protesters have been arrested and charged with civil contempt since Thursday. SFU microbiology professor Lynne Quarmby and environmentalist Tamo Campos, who is also the grandson of environmental activist David Suzuki, were among some of the people who were arrested. UBC Forestry professor George Hoberg said that building additional tar sands pipelines contributes to a climate crisis that will be very difficult to undo. “Science says we face a climate crisis and we need to very quick-
UBC receives $500,000 grant to expand social innovation and entrepreneurship programs UBC has recently received a $500,000 grant to develop programs on social innovation and entrepreneurship. The grant, which was funded by the J.W. McConnell Family Foundation’s RECODE program, is meant to promote social innovation and sustainability within the existing entrepreneurship@ UBC program. According to a statement on the McConnell Foundation’s website, RECODE is a program that aims to develop more socially-based business initiatives in order “to ‘RECODE’ our culture’s operating systems in order to achieve a more just, sustainable and beautiful world.” Jana Svedova, who is the director of impact investing at the Sauder Research Centre, was one of the people who developed the RECODE grant for UBC. According to Svedova, the idea behind social entrepreneurship is for people to continue to start business on the UBC campus but to do so with a more intentional social purpose. “Social innovation means new ways of solving social problems,” said Svedova. “Within the business
a corporation that obtained permission for its work through a political process that denied and continues to deny Indigenous peoples, Burnaby locals, environmentalists, those absent in the moment … any meaningful and empowered option for expressing democratic dissent on unceded, stolen and occupied land.” Munawar also said that as the consultation process around the Kinder Morgan pipeline had been incredibly unjust, it was necessary for people to get together, listen to the each other’s stories and speak out.
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ly transition the energy system away from fossil fuels to one that is based on clean energy,” said Hoberg. “That situation is so dramatic that we really need to start right away.” Sarah Munawar, who is completing her PhD in philosophy at UBC, was one of the people who was gathered on Burnaby Mountain in solidarity with the aboriginal people who were speaking up against the pipeline. “There is something deeply problematic and viscerally unsettling when the machinery of statecraft is mobilized to protect
“The time has come to get to the mountain, mobilize your social networks, make noise which may be inaudible to the system, but those standing next to you hear you loud and clear,” said Munawar. According to Hoberg, the protests will be instrumental in shaping the general conversation around the danger of pipelines, but are unlikely to affect the final decision of the National Energy Board. “I do think that [the protests] help shape the larger political battle that’s going on between the economic and political interests of ones who expand fossil fuel production and the group of people that thinks that this is bad for the environment, bad for the planet,” said Hoberg. Instead, Hoberg said that a major deciding force in the outcome of the protests will be the upcoming federal elections and whether people will elect a prime minister who supports or opposes tar sands pipelines. “I think a really interesting and important thing to watch is what kind of impact it will have on the 2015 federal elections, whether Harper trying to force these pipelines on the reluctant British Columbians will hurt him in the federal elections,” said Hoberg. Hoberg also said that, whether by voting or protesting, it is important for people to work towards moving away from using tar sands as an energy source. “Fortunately, both engineering and economics tells us that that transition is feasible and affordable,” said Hoberg. “It’s something that we have to get going on right now and building new oil sands pipelines takes us in exactly the wrong direction.” U
school this usually means innovating ways that business can be a tool for social good.” Plans for the $500,000 include expanding the curriculum for the current Entrepreneurship 101 class, developing a five-week business boot camp with entrepreneurship@UBC, as well as establishing UBC Impact Seed Fund that invests in socially-minded projects at UBC. Although they have been developed primarily with current Sauder students in mind, these programs are expected to extend to the rest of UBC, as the entrepreneurship and the bootcamp will be accessible to students from all faculties. The UBC Impact Seed Fund will also help fund business initiatives from all faculties. According to Svedova, the grant will allow UBC to help students in their business goals and promote more socially-conscious entrepreneurship. “Exposing more students to the idea of social entrepreneurship and by having programs in place to support those who decide to start a social enterprise will result in more social enterprises growing out of the UBC community,” said Svedova. U
Public Open House
University Square Public Realm - Phase 1 You are invited to attend an Open House on Tuesday, November 25 to view and comment on Phase 1 of the proposed University Square Public Realm project.
Date: Tuesday, November 25, 2014 Time: 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM Place: SUB - South Side Lounge, 6138 Student Union Blvd. Plans will be displayed for landscape improvements on East Mall. 4,500m2 of the open area south of the New Sub and Alumni buildings will be upgraded in Phase 1. Representatives from the project team and Campus + Community Planning will be available to provide information and respond to inquiries about this project. For more information on this project, please visit: planning.ubc.ca/vancouver/projects-consultations For further information: Please direct questions to Karen Russell, Manager Development Services karen.russell@ubc.ca 604-822-1586 This event is wheelchair accessible.
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EDITOR JENICA MONTGOMERY
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BVP and Amnesty raise money with Jamnesty
Jamnesty was an event hosted by BVP and Amnesty to raise money for Amnesty’s Write for Rights campaign.
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On Wednesday night, two UBC clubs stormed the hallowed halls of Benny’s Bagels to drink beer, load up on carbs, listen to UBC musicians share their tunes and raise funds for an important cause. Amnesty International UBC (Amnesty) and Blank Vinyl Project held their fourth Jamnesty — an open mic event hosted to support Amnesty’s annual “Write For Rights” campaign. The day before the event, Maggie Lee and Lizzie Kent, two executives of Amnesty Inter-
national UBC, shared a little more about the club. Amnesty, comprised of an 11-person executive team, is approximately 60-members strong. This community of passionate individuals use the power of their words, and the power of society, to “champion human rights worldwide,” with occasional help from other clubs such as Blank Vinyl Project. Lizzie Kent, an active and long-time member of BVP, spoke about what spurred Amnesty to collaborate with UBC’s largest music community.
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“We’ve always had a lot of exec overlap between Blank Vinyl Project and Amnesty,” said Kent. “And [Jamnesty] seemed like a fun way to get everyone together. An open mic night gets people talking, gets people thinking, gets people out of their comfort zone.” Amnesty challenges members to fight for the rights for every human being. The “Write For Rights” campaign, an international event held by all chapters of Amnesty International around the globe, gives all members (and UBC students)
the opportunity to learn more, to answer a call to action, and to make their voices heard. On Nov. 28 the executive team of Amnesty International UBC will be on Main Mall with pre-written letters for students to sign. The intent of these letters, which address six human rights violations prevalent in the international community, is to pressure governments to follow guidelines set forth by the United Nations’ Declaration of Human Rights. So how did Jamnesty come in to play? As musicians and rappers took the stage, Amnesty executives passed around a can to collect money for the international postage fees of each letter. Among the entertainers were BVP regulars, such as Traffik, Alex Lim and Aidan Danaher, who pulled off a first-rate performance of Disney’s “I’ll Make a Man Out of You” from Mulan — complete with voice and key changes. In the spirit of collaboration, Haig Basmadjian from Amnesty and Dimitri Kanaris from BVP sang a cover of Darius Rucker’s “Wagon Wheel,” accompanied by themselves on the guitar and ukulele. In a similar vein, Kent and Mila Marie from BVP paired up to perform a stripped-down version of “Home” by Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros. Finally, to end the night on a sweet note, the executive team of Amnesty International UBC sang one last song to wrap up the evening. Since Amnesty International knows no limits when it comes to making every voice heard, their executive team did just that: they pushed the boundaries of artistic expression with a soulful rendition of “Chicken Fried” by Zac Brown Band. U
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Music played a large role in Hong Kong’s umbrella revolution
Many UBC students gathered together to show their support to the protesters in Hong Kong.
Yoki Li Contributor
It’s been almost two months since the first group of people took to the streets in Hong Kong to occupy major business districts and barricade entrances to the government headquarters. Their acts have been in protest of the government’s decision to vet the candidates that will run for the Chief Executive position in the 2017 elections. Aside from the political and economical aspects of the Umbrella Revolution, the arts have played an essential part in this occupy movement. UBC professors Henry Yu (department of
history), Hedy Law (School of Music) and Michelle LeBaron (Faculty of Law) sat on a panel discussion at the Belkin Art Gallery on Tuesday to help people better understand the situation in Hong Kong. LeBaron points out that the “role of art in the umbrella revolution … is actually really pivotal and is a kind of window which we can … understand and with trepidation predict what might happen going forward.” She quotes Lieutenant General Romeo Dallaire saying, “If there is hope, it comes from the artist” and they “argue through their art for voice and for participation.”
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Law discussed the significance of music used during the umbrella revolution in Hong Kong. One of the topics she touched upon was the group of hikers in Hong Kong who hung a banner on the Lion Rock Mountain, an iconic site in Hong Kong. The banner had the umbrella icon and Chinese characters that translated to “I want a genuine election.” Though it was removed the next day, the message remained a strong part of the Hong Kong protests. The yellow banner gained worldwide popularity and, like the umbrella, it is used as a symbol of support for the protest in Hong Kong. UBC students recently tied
their own banner to the Goddess of Democracy statue near the SUB, which had the words “Genuine Suffrage for Hong Kong.” A popular YouTube video “Up on the Lion Rock: Behind the Scenes!!” documented the hikers’ attempt to hang the banner on the Lion Rock Mountain. Law commented on how the video did not “portray this act as a feat. Instead … a physically demanding task.” More importantly, she expressed that the “music provides a basic layer upon which edited shots are added.” Popular Cantonese song “Boundless Ocean and Sky” played in the background of this video. “Boundless Ocean and Sky” was written in the 1990s by a popular rock band called Beyond and is “about the quest for freedom and the acceptance of challenge in the pursuit of freedom.” It was first sung by thousands of protestors in Hong Kong the day after the tear-gas attack on Sept. 28. In Vancouver, a large group of people from Hong Kong and the Vancouver Taiwanese Youth Association (VTYA) organized an event to support the protestors and “Boundless Ocean and Sky” was sung outside the Vancouver Art Gallery downtown. According to Law, “[“Boundless Ocean and Sky”] brings together [the] physical effort, vocal effort and the memories of political solidarity.” Nobody expected the protests to last as long as they did, but as Lebaron said, the “story is continuous and important and involves lots of people.” U
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Bottom of the Queue: Robotropolis
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Bottom of the Queue is here to bring you another bad movie to watch on Netflix.
Sam Fruitman Contributor
The opening scene of Robotropolis seems promising, showcasing some no-too-horrible CGI, as we see a soldier carefully hunting a deadly robot (or killbot, as they’re so creatively dubbed throughout the film). The film chronicles the misadventures of reporter Christiane Nouveau (Zoe Naylor) and her melodramatic news team as they investigate a prototype city run completely by robots. After one of the bots goes berserk, they have to fight for their lives to survive. Now, this sounds somewhat encouraging, right? The synopsis leaves room for some robot-ass-kicking action, perhaps even some cool special effects. Unfortunately it has none of these things. The acting does nothing to help, either. Robotropolis takes fly on the wall narration to a whole new level of terrible. And not the good kind of terrible, either. This is made painfully apparent by the frequent “news updates” that remind viewers of the mind-numbing plot. At least the robots have an excuse for being mechanical. But what about the story? Surely that has to have some redeeming qualities to it? Nope. The plot has got more holes than the ozone layer, gliding over important fundamental questions such as, “how could you design robots without a proper failsafe plan?” Has no one in this film seen The Terminator? Despite all of this, the film does have some fairly satisfying fake blood splatters. So it has that going for it. The bottom line: If you’re into terrible movies that are so bad that you’d rather do the homework you’re desperately trying to avoid, this is the one for you. But in all seriousness, we wouldn’t recommend this to our worst enemy. U <em>
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Piga Picha! comes to the Museum of Anthropology The new exhibit at the MOA celebrates and displays Nairobi photography culture
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This photo, taken by Peter Irungu (Willy), is one of many to be displayed in MOA’s newest exhibit opening Nov. 25.
Chloe Lai Contributor
How many photographs have you taken over the past year? What about the past five years? Now try to imagine a hundred years worth of photos, not just of you, but of an entire city. A city of more than three million people. That’s what will soon be on display in the Museum of Anthropology’s new temporary
exhibit, Piga Picha! The exhibit, which translates as “take my picture!” is a stunning display of 180 images gathered from Nairobi’s photography studios, National Archives and personal collections. Piga Picha! celebrates a century’s worth of the portraits and culture of modern, urban Nairobians. The exhibit was initiated by the Iwalewa Haus at the Uni-
versity of Bayreuth and the Goethe-Institut in Nairobi, and is curated by German photographer Katharina Greven. Greven, whose initial purpose in Nairobi was to document the studios themselves, found herself staying on and heading the project. Along with a team of interns and photographers, she spent a year acquiring and then pouring over the original pool of around 300 images.
“We thought, maybe it will be chronological,” said Greven. “But then these themes kind of developed themselves.” By the time she made her final selections, six themes had emerged: Uzee na Busara (Age and Wisdom), I and Me, Open Air, Imaginary ‘Safari,’ Speaking from Yesterday and Intimacy. The MOA’s curatorial liaison for the exhibit, Nuno Porto, is especially drawn to one of the individual portraits in the I and Me section. It’s a heavily-edited image of a woman, the results “amazing, in plastic terms.” “You could talk about the exhibition from the point of view of that image,” said Porto, explaining that he sees Piga Picha! as bearing subtext relating to gender issues. “I would call it the core image. That kind of image, if you dig into it, you can take threads to all the others.” Greven is delighted by this fresh interpretation of the work, still fascinated, after five years, by “how individual people … connect to these [photographs].” The exhibition, displayed first in Nairobi in 2009, then in Germany and most recently in France, offers visitors the opportunity to immerse themselves in the crowd of images and contemplate the ways in which the people represented are both distinct from, and similar to, themselves. Porto expects that visitors will experience a sort of “estrangement, because [they are] facing
an idea of Africa with which [they are] not familiar.” To help visitors find their bearings and get the most out of the experience, Greven recommends reading the texts attached to each section. Created by Nairobian artists, writers and members of the University of Bayreuth, they are intended not as “direct explanations,” but rather important contextual landmarks. The significance of the exhibit in preserving these mementos of a community’s culture is undeniable. Greven points to a photograph of a couple smiling behind a counter of colourful photographic paraphernalia and explains that their studio, like many others in Nairobi, has vanished. The Piga Picha! project would be impossible to recreate today. In a gesture that reconciles the historical role of photography studios with the newer technology of cellphone cameras that has influenced their disappearance, the MOA has created a photo booth in the midst of the exhibit. At the opening party, visitors will be encouraged to take selfies and put them on Instagram, marked “#pigapichaMOA.” These photos will automatically be uploaded to a projection on the gallery wall, shoulder to shoulder with the art. The opening party will be held at MOA on Nov. 25, from 7-9p.m.. All are welcome. U
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Students continue to protest tuition hikes with a carnival
The Carnival Against the Hikes was the latest event hosted by the #IAmAStudent group.
Tara Bigdeli Contributor
It’s not often that people use the words carnival and social justice in the same sentence. But UBC’s #IAmAStudent group attempted just that with their Carnival Against the Hikes. On Thursday evening students took to the Norm Theatre to express their discontent with UBC’s new policies regarding tuition rates. UBC’s student spirit was showcased at the carnival by the small and dedicated crowd that showed up to enjoy a night out in light of a stressful string of events. The event was held at the Norm Theatre the last night
before the end of the university’s official consultation period and, ironically, the same place where all past tuition related consultations have taken place in the past year. The carnival was hosted by #IAmAStudent — a student group dedicated to advocating action against the proposed tuition and residence fee increases — with support from CiTR and FilmSoc. In recent weeks following the universities announcement to increase fees, the #IAmAStudent group came together to coordinate a number of teach-ins, events and student marches to raise awareness and protest this decision. These
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events are designed to keep students informed, aware and active in the name of student solidarity. According to CiTR Student Executive Music Director Erik Coates, the Carnival Against the Hikes was held in hopes of attracting people through entertainment where other forms of protest may lack. “It’s more just like a fun thing,” said Coates. “Where as other forms of protest aren’t necessarily. When you’re marching in the cold there is no entertainment.” The Facebook event advertising the carnival indicated that close to 300 people would be in attendence, however in reality
the number of attendees was much smaller. With the concerning prospect of proposed fee increases still fresh on the mind of many, students came together to channel their outrage into an evening of rowdy dancing and musical appreciation. The night featured an array of lively UBC and Vancouver musicians that jammed in front of a responsive audience who tossed balloons and swayed to the music. Genres ranged anywhere from R’n’B hip-hop to dream pop, with bands such as Laydy Jams, ATSEA and Zen Mystery Fogg contributing performances. The carnival also featured a tuition-themed Twister game, red velvet pins and petitions, reminding students of the reason why they had gathered together in the first place. “It’s mostly to raise awareness but also to bring people in and get more involved with it,” said Coates. “We have a petition people are signing and it’s a place where people can protest and have fun.” Although the bands supplied a pleasant atmosphere, and many carnival-goers seemed to be enjoying each other’s company, the reason why the students had gathered together there in the first place wasn’t forgotten. “It’s a great space, it’s inclusive, and we’re having a lot of fun,” said carnival attendee Wesley Phillips. “We’re still angry about what’s happening with the fee increases. We’re still here to support that.” U
The UBC Film Society is showing Eyes Wide Shut in the Norm Theatre Nov. 26-30. Directed by Stanley Kubrick, the movie stars Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman in this sexual thriller. The film follows Bill Hartford (Tom Cruise) who becomes obsessed with having a sexual encounter outside his marriage and gets roped into an underground sex group.
The AMS Art Gallery is hosting the opening reception to their #WestCoastBestCoast permanent collection on Nov. 28. The collection was curated by Erin Watkins and explores issues of representations of west coast landscape through time and space. The exhibit includes works from A. Y. Jackson and Ron Tran.
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Faculty should support all fossil fuel divestment or none of it LAWRIE MCFARLANE Letter
I understand that faculty members at UBC want a referendum on whether your institution should divest itself of investments in fossil fuels. In the event this motion passes, may I suggest that consistency enjoins a corollary? Specifically, the university receives $930 million from the provincial govern-
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Lately it seems like #IAmAStudent events have been preaching to the choir.
LAST WORDS THE CARNIVAL AGAINST THE HIKES WAS A CIRCUS The #IAmAStudent movement hosted their Carnival Against the Hikes on Thursday and had, perhaps unsurprisingly, a dismal turnout. The numbers at the actual event hovered around 60, and those who did attend are of the same core group of people who have attended all of the other #IAmAStudent events held so far. But this isn’t even the biggest issue. The event itself was so poorly planned that it took over an hour after it started for them to get set up. There was so much down time that one of our editors managed to sneak in a nap while waiting for the festivities to begin. The sound was terrible, the ambiance non-existent and the coordinators were reluctant to speak with us. The event was meant to criticize what the group perceives as a farsical effort by the university to include students in the consultation process through the use of strategic absurdity. But in its presentation and outcome, the intentions behind the event were lost on many, and the carnival turned out to be a different kind of joke than the organizers anticipated. If they want to attempt something like this again, it will take more planning, more publicizing and better production values.
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UBC MAY NOT HAVE KNOWN ABOUT Q, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE UWO DID UBC is claiming that they had no idea of Jian Ghomeshi’s alleged sexual misconduct that occurred at Q , and in some ways, that’s fair enough. UBC, including its School of Journalism, is quite far removed from Ontario, and can’t be expected to monitor the work situations of all of their students and interns — especially when these interns report that everything is A-OK. What is problematic, though, is that the University of Western Ontario seemingly was aware of this ongoing misconduct and, apparently, did nothing to warn other institutions — even in an informal manner. Though a warning and severing of any relationship with Q may not have directly affected any UBC students who worked there — all of whom reportedly had very good experiences — an untold number of people could have been spared significant trauma if the information had been made public earlier. Even if the media weren’t alerted, it’s not just common courtesy — it’s basic human decency to do one’s best to stop other people from being exposed to the same harassment as your own friends, peers or students. <em>
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BUZZ BUZZ BUZZ BUZZ UBC has received a $500,000 grant to “become a leading hub for social entrepreneurship and innovation”. Have we heard that somewhere before? Oh, of course. Both Sauder and UBC likes to regularly remind us of just how much it is doing to fuel the next generation of thinkers and innovators. Naturally, the wording around this latest grant is no exception. A quick read-through of the grant’s press release will bombard you with words such as ‘empower’, ‘innovation’ and ‘leaders’. And while there’s technically nothing wrong with wanting to make your latest project sound great, there’s only so far that a string of buzzwords will take you. As journalists, we tend to despise buzzwords for their ability to cloud up information. Just keep it simple, UBC: where is the money going and what will it do? Yes, you will be expanding the current entrepreneurship 101 course. Yes, you will be developing a five-week business boot camp. But if that’s the case, why not just tell us as much without throwing so many meaningless words around? After all, the grant is going to Sauder, not to Arts. U
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“Dear Natalie, I’m in rez and everyone around me seems to only want to party and hook up but that really isn’t my scene. I’m starting to feel a little lonely on Friday nights. Any advice?” There are tons of people who don’t actively go out — some of <strong>
my best friends didn’t drink that much or at all first year. But I also have best friends who drink at every chance they get. Neither is wrong and you can definitely be friends with both. What you can do is find those on your floor who stay home Friday nights. Sometimes they want to stay in their rooms so it can be hard. But you’ve been living with these people for three-ish months — I think you at least know who isn’t drinking every night. Start Friday night movies, with open invites to everyone on your floor and if you want, specify that it’s a non-drinking event. Then personally invite people you think would want to go. Personal invites are the way to go. People are more likely to go to things they were personally invited to rather than a Facebook post on a floor page. This will work with other things too. A board game night in the house lounge where drinking isn’t allowed? Great idea. Perhaps a game of grounders in the lounge will spark your interest.
“Are finals really that bad?” Finals are like midterms who have taken the extra month to work out. When asked “do you even lift?” they almost always reply “yeah I lift, but not your mark.” They are mean and you have to attack them with both fists up. You actually have to study and do your readings or else they will leave you with a terrible aftertaste. Going into a final you didn’t study for is like knowing you shouldn’t go into the shady restaurant but you have to because nowhere else is open. When you leave you’ll feel sick and wish you had known it would be so bad, but there is nothing you can do about it. So, yes. Finals can really be that bad. Need advice? Write to Natalie at asknatalie@ubyssey.ca and have your questions answered in an upcoming issue. Next week’s column has a “holidays” theme, so send in all of your requests for gift ideas and questions on where to spend your break. U
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Whitecaps announce USL PRO development team to play at UBC
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Arvind Gupta and Bob Lenarduzzi reveal plans for the National Soccer Development Centre.
Soren Elsay Senoir Staff Writer
On Friday, the Whitecaps and UBC held a joint press conference to announce the launch of Whitecaps FC 2 and to lay out designs for the final phase of the National Soccer Development Centre (NSDC) on campus. Whitecaps FC President Bob Lenarduzzi, as well as UBC President Arvind Gupta, were at hand to unveil the final plans for the $30 million development centre that is set to be completed prior to the beginning of 2017. Beginning in the spring of 2015, Whitecaps FC 2, also known as WFC2, will play home games at David Sidoo Field with tickets starting at eight dollars for UBC students and faculty. WFC2 will be
owned and operated by Whitecaps FC, and will play in the United Soccer League (USL PRO) in order to serve as a development team for the senior club. The Whitecaps, who are the seventh MLS team to have a development team in the USL PRO, view WFC2 as an important part of developing their young players. “There’s an acknowledged gap between players graduating from out of the residency at 18 and being ready for our MLS team,” said Lenarduzzi. “There’s been reserve team opportunities … but the idea of our young players coming out, playing against their counterparts from Seattle, Portland and LA, will be something that will allow us to be able to assess their abilities
at that level and then determine which [players] are good enough to graduate through to our senior team.” The National Soccer Development Centre will be located next to Varsity Field on the south end of campus and will include a 35,000 square foot field house as well as three refurbished grass fields and two adjacent artificial turf fields. In addition to being the training facility of the Whitecaps, the NSDC will also serve as the official facilities of UBC varsity teams, as well as local community teams. “I’ve been involved for 40 years, in one capacity or another, with soccer in this city, and today is a day where I can honestly say it’s groundbreaking,” said
Lenarduzzi. “We’ve never had our own training facility. It’s a monumental occasion as far as I’m concerned.” Construction on the field house is set to begin in June of 2015. The state of the art facility will provide upgraded change rooms, multi-use rooms, and classrooms, among other amenities. The project’s $30 million price tag will come at no cost to UBC, with the provincial government contributing $13.7 million and the Whitecaps supplying the rest. To Gupta, these announcements are nothing but positive for the university and the community. “I think today’s announcement really fits into the broader mission
that we see for UBC in engaging our communities,” said Gupta. “This announcement is about ensuring that our athletes have the facilities so they can perform at the highest level. More generally, we see this as a way of connecting our community together to act as a platform in building school spirit.” Gupta admits that there will be a good chance that you will find him in the crowd of WFC2 games. “I’ve been to a couple Whitecaps games, so now that it is on campus I’ll be coming out a lot. My daughters are huge soccer fans so they’re pretty excited, I’m sure they’ll be dragging me out.” U
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Hockey gods frown on Thunderbird men’s team The squad played well against Manitoba on both nights but couldn’t find results
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Anthony Bardaro (10) scored the lone UBC goal in Saturday’s loss.
Jack Hauen Sports and Rec Editor When you get the bounces, you start to play better. Or is that viceversa? Either way, the ‘Birds have had none. Saturday’s loss against the University of Manitoba capped off a tough weekend for the UBC men’s squad, as the Bisons managed to squeak by them on both occasions; 2-1 on Friday, 3-1 the following afternoon. From the opening face-off, it looked as though both teams were determined to set the tone, a feat they unanimously decided to accomplish with speed, and speed alone. In the first 60 seconds the action was end-to-end but erratic with staccato chances for either side, along with plenty of rushes and deflected shots from the middle of the ice. It wasn’t until the Bison’s Josh Elmes took an interference penalty that the game caught its first glimpse of structure. The UBC powerplay, for all its woes (0-for-36 in the past eight games is verging on critical condition) looked like it had a purpose for the first time in a while. One could tell from looking at it that head coach Tyler Kuntz had told them to keep it simple: puck in deep, fight hard along the boards, wait for the screen, back to the point, clear lane, shot. That’s it. And it almost worked. The flashy Cole Wilson turned his style down to zero but kept his hockey IQ around 200 and managed to be open at the right point anytime someone felt like throwing him the puck — which they did, over and over again. He had about four good looks on the first powerplay alone, but the bounces just wouldn’t go his way. Something rarely spoken of when discussing the Thunderbirds’, though, is their penalty kill, which gave the Bisons nothing
during Saturday’s tilt, and went a very respectable 7/8 on the weekend. They were especially proficient during the first frame, during which a slew of penalties told most of the story. The teams traded chances and UBC goaltender Eric Williams was sharp when he needed to be, a trend he would continue for the rest of the game. “I saw most shots,” he said. “[Manitoba] had a couple opportunities, but over the course of the game that’s going to happen. We limited their chances. We kept everything to the outside.” The visitors also did a good job of keeping their opponents to the outside, but that wouldn’t stop Anthony Bardaro from slamming one directly through Manitoba goaltender Deven Dubyk from the right side boards to give his team the first goal at 16:20, something they were missing the previous night. The Thunderbirds were finally rewarded for getting pucks to the net. “Personally I need to be a guy that contributes offensively,” said Bardaro. “As a team we need to focus on getting pucks in deep and playing simple hockey, and we did that for most of the game.” After another call against Manitoba under 30 seconds later, it was looking like the home team would take a lead into the second period. Unfortunately, during the last minute, the Bison’s Darren Bestland pulled a power move around two flat-footed ‘Birds and chipped one under a helpless Williams’ glove to tie the game. The middle frame began much the same way as the first: end-toend with chances on both ends. Both goalies were sharp when they needed to be, which was fairly often. Each team had a glorious opportunity to take the lead but couldn’t find the finish. For the Bisons it came early in the frame when Williams was covered in bodies and it seemed only the
referee knew where the puck lay. The crowd was screaming for a whistle until the puck finally shot out from the crease and onto a Manitoba stick. UBC was helpless to prevent the shot, but it sailed wide, allowing the 139 in attendance to collectively exhale. The Thunderbirds’ chance came during the only penalty of the period — a double minor to Bestland for cross-checking and roughing — when Nick Buonassisi failed by inches to convert on a cross-crease pass that looked to be a sure tap-in. The four minutes were spent in and out of the Manitoba zone, and the wasted opportunity drew sighs of frustration from the crowd. UBC defenceman Neil Manning echoed their sentiments: “obviously we’re not working hard enough. You get breaks when you’re working. We had a four-minute powerplay in a tie game — that can really be a difference-maker. But it wasn’t.” The final period would not spell relief for the ‘Birds. A defensive blunder left Manitoba forward Joel Schreyer alone in front of the net. Williams made an incredible first save in tight, but was forced out of position simply due to the amount of time Schreyer had in front of the crease. He made no mistake on the second effort to put Manitoba up 2-1. The Bisons then immediately fell into a defensive grind, clogging the neutral zone through whatever means necessary, and if that failed, throwing everything they had into shooting lanes until they came up with the puck. Any sustained pressure the ‘Birds managed was suffocated by a hard-working Manitoba team that displayed a constant state of urgency for the remaining 19 minutes. When that decisive final minute came around, Williams was pulled, a time-out was taken,
but the fourth goal of the game went to the visitors: a long, sailing shot from Bestland in his own zone that landed directly between the pipes. “What [the Bisons] got, we gave them,” said Manning. “We need to get more pucks to the net, more people to the net, because ultimately our team’s struggling to score. That’s the bottom line for us right now. When you’re struggling to score in any league, you need to just go back to the basics … which is to throw pucks on net and try and bang one in, because when you get away from that, you’re going to continue to struggle.” While Manning reflected, Bardaro looked to the future: “As a group we just need to keep our heads focused here. We’ve got the break coming up so we need to finish strong going into this last weekend, then take some time with our families to regroup and come back ready to go.” The result was a disappointing one for a Thunderbird team who delivered on their team identity of
hard work in the corners and speed down the middle. Small lapses crippled the ‘Birds on paper, but the basic ingredients for success are there. It’s only a matter of time before the hockey gods give them the recipe. U
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Men’s volleyball finishes 2014 in second place Squad holds down high seed in notoriously competitive Canada West conference Olamide Olaniyan Staff Writer The UBC Thunderbirds split their final home weekend of 2014 with the University of Winnipeg Wesmen, winning their Friday game in four sets and losing their Saturday game in five. On Friday, the set scores were 12-25, 25-20, 25-17 and 25-23. After losing the opening set, the T-Birds came back to defeat the Wesmen in the three that followed. Irvan Brar, Mac McNicol and Alex Russell, the Thunderbird’s top attackers this season, made 10 kills each in the game and Ben Chow came back from his six game long injury to hit eight, along with a dig. However, on Saturday, the Thunderbirds fell to the Wesmen in five sets with set scores of 2927, 16-25, 25-27, 25-17 and 15-12. The ‘Birds lost out on what could have been a complete weekend victory due to inconsistencies in their game and several attacking errors. “We had a lot of chances to make those simple plays,” said assistant coach Matt Lebourdais. “It wasn’t anything extraordinary we needed, we just needed to execute on some of the simple ones and it was frustrating not to be able to do so tonight” The opening set started off in UBC’s favour, with an initial three-point lead, but the Wesmen overtook them at 7-6, and from then on kept the T-Birds at bay. The Thunderbirds came back right up against them, only trail-
ing 20-19 and from there stayed right on their tracks. The ‘Birds repeatedly held off the visitors for five set-points, before finally being dispatched with a final set score of 29-27. The Thunderbirds won the following two sets, faltering in some moments, but producing the desired results in the end. The second set was witness to three aces from Milan Nikic, and a nine-point lead, which was more or less maintained throughout the set. The third set was much more contentious, with neither team gaining any real advantage over the other until the final moments. Attacks from Wesmen players like Casey Schouten, Brendan Black and Thomas Douglas-Powell made a comeback seem imminent, but McNicol finished off the set with a superb kill at the third setpoint to win it 27-25. “I thought we did some things well, it was just a little inconsistent again, and that’s something we’ve been striving for all season,” said Lebourdais. “I feel like the effort is usually pretty consistent, but … it’s a little frustrating to see guys not quite make as many plays as we wanted down the stretch, and Winnipeg made some plays and I think that was the difference in the match.” It was that inconsistency that lost them the last two sets, and the game. The fourth set started off badly for the ‘Birds, falling three points down in its opening moments. The home team seemed to have regained form after that but fell to the Wesmen’s six-point
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Jarrid Ireland (3) was key to UBC’s success on Friday.
run that made it 12-6. The ‘Birds never really came back in that set, and ended up on the losing side by a score of 25-17. The Wesmen took it to the fifth set where they regained the lead once again, only to be stopped in their tracks by the T-Birds, who tied the game at 11 points. The final four-point race was a mad scurry for the win. The Wesmen surged forward, keeping the T-Birds in defence.
They never fully recovered and lost the match-point at 15-12. Attacking leaders for the Thunderbirds included Brar with 17 kills, McNicol with 13 and Russell with 10. The UBC substitutes also proved themselves in moments of great need, like when Quentin Schmidt, who came in to replace Chow after an injury, tied for the third most kills on the UBC team scoring 10 kills as well.
“I thought [Schmidt] did really well, it was great, it’s always disheartening to see a guy go down with an injury, but it was great to see Q [Schmidt] come in,” said Lebourdais. “I thought he really stabilized our passing, our serve-receive. I thought he did well tonight.” UBC’s next home game will be against Sungkyunkwan University on January 8, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. U <em>
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Women’s squad wraps up calendar year on winning note
UBC women’s volleyball shared wins with Winnipeg.
Olamide Olaniyan Staff Writer The UBC Thunderbirds fought hard over the weekend to split their pair of games against the University of Winnipeg Wesmen. On Friday, the Thunderbirds lost a close game to the Wesmen in a tough five-set battle (22-25, 25-23, 25-20, 16-25, 15-11). The ‘Birds surged through the first set and overtook the Wesmen to take it 22-25. The Wesmen then proceeded to win the next two sets, and although the T-Birds managed to hold the Wesmen for an extra set, they dropped the final one, 15-11. Top Wesmen attackers Boroski and Buhler had 15 kills each in the game, and Thunderbird Alissa Coulter matched them. Danielle Brisebois had 14 and Abbey Keeping and Rosie Schlagintweit chipped in with 12 each.
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“Our goal would have been to win both of those games. It is what it is. They played a great match and we didn’t match it last night,” said head coach Doug Reimer. The Thunderbirds came back with a vengeance on Saturday, pummelling through the Wesmen defence to give them a straight-set win. Schlagintweit had a great game making 13 total kills in the match, Brisebois made eight, while Coulter, Keeping and Ntvicola Lanivk made six kills each in the short game. “I’m pleased with are our serving in terms of consistency and most of the passing was pretty good. I thought we had some good offence,” said Reimer. “Rosie had a pretty good weekend. Offensively, I thought Juliana Kaufmanis stayed steady and I thought we had some good play when we brought in [subs] like Katie Crawford, [Samantha] Patko.
I thought Katie played with really good energy.” The opening set started well for the Thunderbirds, with top attackers already gaining two or three kills in the early moments. The ‘Birds were up by 10 points at 22-12 when the Wesmen started to recover. However, a ferocious kill by Brisebois closed the first set at 25-15, squashing any chance of a comeback. The visitors threatened to comeback at the start of the second set, strengthening their ranks and matching the T-Birds point for point, but then their fumbles were capitalized on as the UBC attackers slammed down hard on them. The ‘Birds defence shone in this set as they held back the Winnipeg advance. Schlagintweit finished off the Wesmen to give the home team their second set. The T-Birds again surged forward with a lead at 4-1, before the Wesmen had a chance to catch up, but some mistakes were made here and there, and soon the teams were tied at 13. The T-Birds then gained a lead against the Wesmen, with as much as a four-point streak. The T-Birds maintained this lead till the closing match-point, where Schlagintweit finally ended it. “On our side, I thought we were just a little steadier, last night we made some real unforced errors on weird plays and we took care of that today. We didn’t give them a chance to get rolling,” said Reimer. “And I will say that I think Winnipeg played tremendously well and expended a lot yesterday, and I don’t think they brought as much today.”
The win puts UBC tied with the University of Calgary and Trinity Western for third place in the Canada West conference. The two games over the weekend showed the Thunderbirds as they are: a
real contender in the league, and capable of winning when it counts. The Thunderbirds’ next home game will be against Trinity Western on January 23, 2015 at 6:00 p.m. U <em>
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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2014
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