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Rouse sees Game of Thrones as a reflection of our present time.

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“He’s not dead,” Robert Rouse said firmly on the topic of Jon Snow. “There’s no way in hell he’s dead.” With the chance to share their own theories this term, a group of 16 students are joining Robert Rouse, an associate professor of Medieval English Literature, in a study of George R. R. Martin’s works as the central texts for an investigation of how the medieval is reimagined today. Although Rouse received his first degree in marine biology at the University of Auckland, he quickly decided to take a different route. “As a 21-year old, I didn’t really want to go live on a small island with penguins,” Rouse recalled, explaining that his interests really lie in how the medieval has been continually imagined to reflect the contemporary moment. “If you wandered up to someone … and said, “What’s the Middle Ages?’ they would say, ‘Guys with hats killing each other all the time and riding dragons.’ It’s a popular version of the past. Why? Why does the past look like this to people today and to Martin as a writer?” Rouse posed. “That has everything to do with today.”

He sees medieval literature — the fictitious reimagining of the past — as a reflection of its context. Rouse compared Martin’s Game of Thrones to J. R. R. Tolkien and his series The Lord of The Rings. Tolkien also recreated a medieval past, but in very different circumstances to Martin’s. “Tolkien is writing immediately after WWII, so his politics are good and evil, black and white. It’s very clear cut because he’s just been through ‘us and the Nazis,’” said Rouse. On the other hand, Rouse pointed out that Martin is writing in the 1990s and 2000s, when the United States is fighting Iraq and Afghanistan. It’s hard to tell who’s in the right and who’s in the wrong — it’s messy. “There’s no good or bad in Martin’s novels,” Rouse explained. “That’s where his politics come through very differently in his texts compared with someone like Tolkien. That’s why I’m really interested in it, because it acts as a mirror in our own time.” In this fourth-year seminar, Rouse’s students will discuss topics like politics, monsters, disability, history, religion, sexuality, women and race, among others. Rouse is especially keen to see how questions on disability will unfold

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as a result of characters like the dwarf Tyrion Lannister. “There’s something wrong with everyone. And if there’s not something disabled about Martin’s characters, he does something to them to disable them,” Rouse noted. “All these limitations are put on people’s bodies because that’s when their characters get tested. The costs of the story are often marked on the body, and I’m thinking about that in terms of the impact on US society of veterans coming back from the Gulf and from Afghanistan.” Rouse believes that the most important concept A Song of Ice and Fire can teach us is the value and power of the past, as well as the power in the term “medieval.” For example, Rouse pointed to how the press often use the term “medieval” to describe infringement of the rights of women in certain countries. This effectively places such countries in the past, “building a temporal hierarchy,” he explained. “I want students to come away with a sense of the power of that kind of ideology,” Rouse said. Next year, Rouse hopes to make his course available to second-year students as well. U

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UBC releases animal research statistics for fifth year

Animal experimentation remains a contentious issue,

Joshua Azizi Senior Staff Writer

UBC has published its annual statistics detailing their use of animals for research in the previous year, and while the stats mark a decline in animal experimentation, some critics ask if these numbers are enough. 182,115 animals were used in 869 research and teaching experiment proposals in 2014 — roughly a 16 per cent drop since the previous year. “There’s an interest from the public to have disclosure and there’s a legitimate interest from UBC to be transparent about their research program,” said UBC Veterinarian Ian Welsh. The majority of animals used in research or teaching were rodents, making up 62.5 per cent of the total. A significant number of fish — 21.5 per cent — and reptiles or amphibians — 13.7 per cent — were used. Less than three per cent of the animals were birds or non-rodent mammals. The published numbers were submitted to the Canadian Council of Animal Care (CCAC), a national organization dedicated to maintaining high ethics and care standards for the use of animals in science. UBC uses a set of categories set out by the CCAC that measure invasiveness or the level of discomfort that an animal will be placed under during an experiment. Around 56 per cent of the animals were used in Category B or C experiments, indicating little to minor stress or discomfort. Over 42 per cent of the animals were used in Category D experiments, which indicates “moderate to severe distress or discomfort.” Examples of Category D experiments include anaesthetized surgery, periods of physical restraint or exposure to stimuli which can cause aggression, distress or deprivation. Twenty-seven animals were used in Category E experiments, which indicates “severe pain near, at or above the pain tolerance threshold of unanesthetized conscious animals.” While Category E experiments have decreased by over 57 per cent from the previous year, Category D experiments seem to be on the rise. They increased by 3.8 per cent from 2013, which itself was up by 2.6 per cent from 2012. According to Welsh, UBC has been making an active effort over the years to greatly emphasize the “Three R’s” of animal research — replacement, reduction and refinement. “We encourage replacement, which means that we would use a non-animal model [such as] computer modelling,” said Welsh. “If the animals are justified, then we

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Professors receive Order of Canada

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look at reduction and we make sure that the investigator is using only the amount of animals that are required to answer the question that the investigator has. The last “R” is an emphasis on refinement — are we doing everything in our power to make sure that we have minimized any potential for distress?” Welsh also said that UBC now manages its animals individually rather than in groups to make sure that each one receives proper veterinary care. Regardless, some critics are concerned about UBC’s long-term efforts to decrease animal research. In an online press release, the anti-vivisection group called Stop UBC Animal Research raised their concerns. “Stop UBC Animal Research is concerned that, while the estimated 182,115 animals used is lower than in 2013, data gathered over the past five years shows that the numbers fluctuate annually without a significant trend towards a reduction as UBC should be committed to under the Canadian Council on Animal Care (CCAC) guidelines,” read the release. “In addition, Category D studies at UBC saw an increase over the 2013 stats — something completely contrary to the principles of the CCAC and UBC’s own commitment.” An area that has been gaining traction over the past few years is the development of alternatives to animal research. In 2015, the Animals in Science Policy Institute (AiSPI) was founded to promote the use and development of non-animal models in classrooms as well as research experiments. “Oftentimes [proposals for experiments] tend to either focus on reducing the numbers of animals or refining procedures. But really having that question, ‘Is this animal use necessary in the first place?’ would be a really good start,” said AiSPI Executive Director Elisabeth Ormandy. She praised various technologies such as computer simulations, body-on-a-chip research — a cell-culture system that simulates the reactions of the human body on a smartphone-sized appliance — as well as 3D printing and various applications which allow students to dissect animals on an iPad. Welsh does believe that non-animal models will become much more prevalent in the future. “You will continue to see those things refined and become more sophisticated,” he said. “As they … get closer and closer to mimicking the in-vivo environment of a human, you will see more people using animal models use those alternatives.” U

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Wade Davis was among the UBC professors to receive the honor.

Sophie Sutcliffe Staff Writer

Multiple UBC professors have been named as members of the Order of Canada, one of the highest honours a Canadian can receive. Joseph Boyden, Olav Slaymaker, Wade Davis and Nassif Ghoussoub were all recognized by the Governor General as having made an outstanding contribution to Canada. Davis, previously profiled in The Ubyssey, is a professor of anthropology at UBC and was once an explorer in residence for the National Geographic. He has earned praise from other Canadians such as David Suzuki, who called Davis “a rare combination of scientist, scholar, poet and passionate defender of all of life’s diversity.” Over the years, Davis has lived with indigenous groups in South America, researched Haitian folk traditions implicated in the creation of zombies, was the principal character in an IMAX film grossing

over $30 million and has written more than 10 books — one of which has been adapted into a movie. “I think it’s wonderful and humbling and I’m delighted,” said Davis when asked about the honour. “I’ve been in the United States for so long and abroad and to come back one year ago and to receive such a warm welcome … it’s exciting.” Slaymaker, another UBC professor who has received the award, is a professor emeritus of geography at UBC. Slaymaker’s research has focused on the sustainability of mountain environments, alpine hydrology and geomorphology, lacustrine sedimentation and the human impact on geomorphic and hydrological processes. In recent years, Slaymaker has retired from teaching, but has continued to research climate change in cold environments, producing three books and 20 peer reviewed articles. Slaymaker and Davis will join a large community of UBC

professors, former professors and alumni who have received the award, including Mike Harcourt — the former premier of British Columbia — famous environmentalist David Suzuki and award-winning author Margaret Atwood. The rest of their company now also includes creative writing professor Joseph Boyden and Nassif Ghoussoub, a professor of mathematics. Besides previously being an elected member of UBC’s Board of Governors, Ghoussoub was the founding director of Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences, a co-founder of the MITACS Network of Centres of Excellence and is the founder of Banff International Research Station, remaining its Scientific Director since 2004. Boyden is the author of acclaimed works such as Three Day Road and Through Black Spruce. U

Congratulations to ourselves.

This year, The Ubyssey received eight nominations for the John H. McDonald awards, which recognize excellent student journalism in Canada.

Investigative reporting (winner): House of cards: Dozens of campus buildings liable to collapse in quake by Arno Rosenfeld Cover of the year (winner): House of Cards by Aiken Lao and Kosta Prodanovic Cover of the year (finalist): Freedom to Research by Nick Adams Illustration (finalist): First Year Guide to UBC by Aiken Lao News (finalist): Campus safety groups won’t escort overly drunk people home by Joshua Azizi Sports (finalist): The UBC Quidditch Team isn’t joking around by Olamide Olaniyan Best Website (finalist): ubyssey.ca Student Journalist of the year (finalist): Natalie Scadden

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New website for buying and selling textbooks launched

Introducing a new, streamlined way to hopefully save some cash.

Sam McCabe Staff Writer

A UBC student has joined forces with two colleagues to launch a new textbook marketplace website called the UBC Book Exchange with the hope that it will become the primary source for students buying and selling their books. Samir Javer, a fourth-year UBC political science student and one of the founders of the project, was inspired to create the website through his own struggles with the dozens of marketplaces existing for students to buy and sell their textbooks each term. “If I can’t find out instantly that someone is selling a book that I am looking for or that someone is looking for a book that I’m selling, that in itself is a very big problem. It’s such a straightforward thing – it’s buying and selling textbooks. It’s not rocket science,” said Javer. Less than a week after its launch, the website already has hundreds of textbooks up for sale. The team behind the innovation

hopes the enthusiasm will continue. “Fundamentally, we just wanted a more efficient way of going about this process that happens every semester,” said Tony Xiao, another of the website’s creators. Javer and Xiao launched the project together with their partner, Qiming Fang. Javer also serves as the VP External of eProjects — UBC’s student-run entrepreneurial organization that assists with the creation and maintenance of start-ups — which has given him experience in the area of selfmotivated business ventures. When landing on the UBC Book Exchange website, users are brought to a simple signup page. After listing their name and email address, they input the textbook that they wish to sell. As for buyers, they can browse through available books or search by name or class. An email is sent to the seller if a textbook is purchased so that a meeting can be arranged. Many UBC students are familiar with multiple Facebook

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groups or pages that aim to accomplish the same end as this site. The team wanted to address the annoyance of going through countless potential methods to buy and sell used textbooks, and instead create one streamlined method. “If it’s one of many, then it’s only going to add to the problem,” said Xiao. Xiao explained that the true potential of the Book Exchange lies in the possibility of it becoming the epicentre for the hunt of student textbooks. “Our solution was just to centralize it — make it all in one space,” said Javer. The team does not plan to pursue any commercial gains with the website — its purpose is to simply provide a more efficient destination for students. While the UBC Book Exchange has not yet emerged as the frontrunner in used textbook sales, students are adding new textbooks to the website every day — making it more and more of a viable central resource. U

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Biological Sciences Building - 6270 University Boulevard Join us at an Open House on Wednesday, January 13 to view and comment on a proposed addition and renovation to the Biological Sciences building at 6270 University Boulevard to accommodate new UBC Undergraduate Life Sciences Teaching Labs.

Date: Wednesday, January 13, 2016 Time: 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM Place: Earth Sciences Building Atrium, 2207 Main Mall Plans will be displayed for the project which will include the demolition of a portion of the building to allow for a new 9,620m2 4-storey East Wing for new teaching labs, an upgraded interior courtyard, and renovation of the existing North Wing. Representatives from the project team and Campus + Community Planning will be available to provide information and respond to inquiries about this project. Can’t attend in person? Online feedback will be accepted from Dec. 7, 2015 to Jan 20, 2016. To learn more or to comment on this project, please visit: planning.ubc.ca/vancouver/projects-consultations

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SASC hopes all students find a place in the conversation.

Emma Partridge News Editor

Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM) at UBC has a specific goal this year — bringing those who are typically absent from the difficult topic of sexual assault into the conversation. According to Josey Ross, assistant manager of the Sexual Assault Support Centre (SASC), SASC’s goal is to engage broadly with the community by outreach as well as diversifying what is under discussion. UBC has been hosting and facilitating the month and its events for six years, said Access and Diversity advisor CJ Rowe. This year’s events include a talk by Julia Serano, a transgenderbisexual American author and activist, a gendered violence talk with Jamie Utt – an educator for sexual violence prevention – and a “Denim Day” in which denim is worn to show support for a more respectful campus. “[SAAM] is a month that really reaches out to communities and says this is an opportunity for you to host events, discussions and campaigns in your campus communities,” said Rowe. The theme of this year’s month is “start the conversation,” which has grown out of similar themes from previous years that also focused on opening up dialogue. The hope is that those who usually don’t participate in an active dialogue surrounding sexual assault join in. “One of the things we know is that people who perpetuate multiple assaults do this because there’s a culture that allows them to. By bringing these conversations out, we close some of the avenues that let people get away with this,” said Ross. “It offers support to people who are

survivors and says ‘we are talking about this.’” Rowe, who is involved with organizing and coordinating events, notes that those involved with SAAM recognize that there are many conversations happening already on campus. However, silence is still a major issue in terms of sexual violence. According to Statistics Canada, fewer than one in 10 assault victims report the crime to the police. UBC itself recently came under fire for allegedly not facilitating open, honest conversation after multiple sexual assaults that meant the perpetrator would face few consequences until over a year after the fact. In a recent investigation by CBC’s Fifth Estate, several survivors of assaults committed by the same student said the university ultimately dismissed their complaints. Since the investigation aired, interim President Martha Piper has apologized to the survivors mentioned in the documentary and a UBC spokesperson, Susan Danard, pledged that the institution would do better. However, Ross still classifies the culture of silence as a big issue. “At UBC, in our culture more broadly, we’re having this really interesting moment where we’re talking about sexual assault, especially on campuses — which is amazing. But the loudest voices tend to be the same voices that have been talking about it all the time,” she said. The first event of the month, “From Fieldwork to Homework: Promoting Rape-Free Campus Cultures, a talk with Dr. Tal Nitsán,” will take place on January 7. U

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TECHNOLOGY//

Student-developed app rivals Craigslist and Kijiji Sam du Bois Senior Staff Writer

Saba Mohebpour and Moses Lee are amongst a team of students behind the new app Vendchat, which reached a market-ready stage of its progression as of last week and has swiftly become, as they claim, “One of the fastestgrowing apps in Canada.” Vendchat was born out of a frustration with the lack of security that online services such as Craigslist and Kijiji provided to the user. Seeing an unexplored market for students looking to sell their things without fear of being cheated, they began work on their app. Over a nine month development, the students steadily built a service that aimed to be both secure and swift in its use while also incorporating a strong social element that was made with cooperation from Facebook’s Vancouver team. In concerns to the app, the creators stress that everything is internal, including a unique messaging service that enables all processes of selling goods to be intuitive and quick. They claim that a listing can be posted and ready to sell in around 30 seconds and that some items, like Iclickers, have sold in minutes. At the moment the messaging service is simple and adequate. The addition of read receipts and

more information about whom you are messaging would help. Currently, all that is shown is a profile picture of the interested party, but nothing more. For anyone familiar with Instagram, the profile page of the app is nearly identical and operates under similar structures. You list an item like you would post a new photo and then wait for people nearby to find it. On that note, finding things is also remarkably simple. The main page will show you whatever is for sale in your area and you can refine your search by category or keyword. It is currently possible to find everything from books and couches, to a Mercedes. Currently one of the app’s biggest shortcomings is that all payments are cash and in person, which means that the potential to be cheated is still very much alive. You can report someone if they sell you a misrepresented item, but the kind of protection that a service like Paypal can offer is not yet there. The team at Vendchat is now working to develop their own payment system, which will hopefully guarantee more security for the buyer and seller while also not charging either party any fees. Saba and Moses stressed that Vendchat is free and will remain that way. Since Paypal and most other money-transfer services charge for use, they have opted instead to make their own.

Vendchat has promise for the future, presents an intuitive way to sell goods to people in your area and has the security of the buyer and seller as a top priority.

As it stands at the moment though, the app is not yet there. Until the payment system is internalized and more guarantees can be made, it still poses some

Vendchat is way cooler than Craigslist, look at the developers.

risk to the user. However, it is still a good alternative to Craigslist or Kijiji for selling goods and will likely become an excellent one as the weeks go on. U

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THEATRE //

Heathers: The Musical hits most of the high notes

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The show allows us to be thankful that high school is over.

Paula Duhatschek Staff Writer

Heathers: The Musical is a very peculiar rock musical about… The toxic culture of masculinity? The dangers of groupthink? The comic possibilities of suicide? It’s hard to say, frankly. The plot follows Veronica, a thoughtful high school student who falls in with the Heathers — a trio of popular girls who

alternately terrorize and captivate their fellow students. After Veronica finds herself on the outs with the group, she doesn’t just sabotage the queen bee — she (accidentally) poisons her. She then forges a suicide note and gets away with the murder despite being haunted by the robe-clad ghost of her former best friend. What follows is an escalating chain of deaths, chiefly orchestrated by Veronica and her

pseudo-philosopher boyfriend, J.D.. J.D. is a fantastic character: He wears Converse, spouts Baudelaire and acts like the terrifying extreme of the most obnoxious kid in your Arts One class. He is played by Kamyar Pazandeh, a Studio 58 grad with a fantastic voice and absolutely no sense of what to do with his hands. Many of the other leads suffer the same problem. They

may be excellent actors or singers or dancers, but rarely hit the Venn diagram sweet spot of all three. Of course, some of these issues may be chalked up to opening-night hiccups and will likely improve with time. The show’s standout is Steffanie Davis as Martha Dunnstock, Veronica’s preHeather best friend and the closest thing the show has to a moral centre. Unfortunately,

Davis spends most of the show as a walking punch line, which does a disservice to her superior vocals and acting chops. Still, she does the best she can with the material at hand, gamely wearing a side ponytail while singing about saving her childhood crush’s scab in a locket (Kindergarten Boyfriend). Particulars aside, this is a very strange musical for our current cultural moment. The original 1988 movie Heathers satirized the Reagan-era after-school special, touching on date rape, suicide and bulimia with unflinching cynicism. The musical takes that as a starting point and cranks up the zaniness while peppering in choreography and power ballads. The result is… weird. Although there can be power in using humour to defang taboo subjects, it seems a little unkind to gloss over serious public health issues with box steps and one-liners. There’s a fine line between satirizing a culture that doesn’t take date rape seriously and just plain old making a rape joke — it can be hard to tell where the show falls on that divide. This is difficult ground to tread and the script doesn’t always do a perfect job of it. Still, there’s a lot to recommend the musical. It’s plucky, fun and allows a lot of up-and-coming actors to hop around onstage in colourful thrift store clothes. This would be a great show to see with a bunch of old friends to reflect on high school, the ’80s and then thank God that both those things are over. U

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Not all of UBC’s science researchers wear lab coats. Some live at the Vancouver Aquarium. They swim around in a pool until, on command, they provide important data to help biologists understand how marine mammals are affected by environmental changes in the wild. They are a group of Steller sea lions and northern fur seals working with David Rosen, a research scientist at UBC’s Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries.

In a unique collaboration involving scientists, veterinarians, animal trainers and these well-trained marine mammals, Rosen’s team is trying to figure out why these species’ numbers are declining in the wild and how humans can save them. The number of Steller sea lions in the world has dropped by 70 per cent since the 1980s — a decimation unheard of for a large mammal, according to Rosen. The northern fur seal population has dropped by about 6 per cent per year since the 1970s. “Obviously the best way to study what’s happening to these animals is to go to where they are in the wild. But you can’t really carry out scientific experiments — you can just do observations and make some assumptions about cause and effect,” explained Rosen. “By bringing them under human care and having trained animals, we can actually do scientific experiments. We can test specific hypotheses.” The five northern fur seals and four Steller sea lions in Rosen’s lab have

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STELLER SEA LION been trained since they were pups. They perform all their tasks voluntarily and calmly, Rosen said, which adds validity to his studies. The science

isn’t based on stressed animals, thus producing more reliable data. This is made possible by the close collaboration with animal trainers and veterinarians who advocate specifically for the best interests of the animals. This is often lacking in cases when animals are brought to university labs where researchers, though not particularly cruel, have different priorities and may not know how to train the animals, Rosen explained. “We can have a discussion between the two balancing sides and come up to an optimal research perspective,” Rosen said about his team. “It’s important for me and for the rest of the staff that the animals are treated well and they’re treated with respect,” he added. “They’re here for a purpose and we owe them the best life possible within the circumstances of being within this facility.” Working with the animals is Rosen’s favourite part of the job — a refreshing change from dealing with data and numbers collected by research technicians. “As a scientist, we’re not supposed to think of animals as individuals,

which is, of course, ridiculous,” Rosen explained. Although he understands the need for distancing himself from the research animals to avoid interpreting his data with bias, he notices the distinct personalities of the animals he works with. While the Steller sea lions tend to be more inquisitive, they are also more likely to test the trainers and see if they can get away with partial effort, according to Rosen. Although Rosen got to work hands-on with the animals when they were pups, he now leaves it to the professional trainers. “It is a unique thing to be able

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NORTHERN FUR SEAL to say that I work with 500 pound animals that could tear my arm off if they wanted to and don’t,” said Nigel Waller, a trainer on Rosen’s team at the aquarium. “I have a lot of respect for them and they seem to have a lot of respect for me.” Waller hadn’t planned to train marine mammals as a career. When he was a marine biology student at UBC,

Waller would come to the aquarium and study in the underwater viewing rooms. He then started volunteering at the aquarium and worked his way up from cleaning otter pools to training the aquarium’s sea lions after graduation. “Once I started building that relationship with the animals, I realized, ‘Yeah, I can do this for the rest of my life,’” said Waller. That relationship of mutual respect is primarily built through food, he explained. “It all comes down to that bucket of fish.” Even as The Ubyssey team snapped photos and fired questions at Rosen and Waller, the seals and sea lions remained unfalteringly focused on their trainer. However, the strong bond between the research animals and their trainer is best exemplified at Rosen’s other lab facility — an open water research station located in Port Moody. Another four Steller sea lions housed there are

trained to swim and dive alongside the scientists’ boats in the open ocean without any restraint. “They’re swimming and diving, controlled simply by the trainer’s commands,” Rosen said. “They could, in theory, take off any time they wanted to. But they don’t, fortunately.” Whereas studies in the outdoor facility aren’t limited by space and allow the researchers to collect data while the seals swim and dive, the aquarium lab team can manipulate the seals’ environment and food to observe the impacts on the individual animals. Using data from the animals at the aquarium, researchers can build computer models to represent the health impacts of the animals’ diet, for example. Rosen’s studies have

found that when food is limited, the diet quality becomes an additional health concern for the seals and sea lions. However, if food supply is plentiful, the quality of the fish the mammals eat doesn’t impact their well-being. Rosen’s research aims to provide a more clear, sciencebased understanding of how to best protect these mammals’ populations. There are political and financial consequences associated with declaring a species like the Steller sea lion as endangered, Rosen explained, noting that strict fishing restrictions aimed at preserving the sea lion population can have severe economic consequences. There is a rush to institute regulations without a scientific consensus on what the best protective measures are and how to implement them, according to Rosen. “Sometimes they’re broad strokes,” Rosen explained. “Science is trying to refine that so the restrictions are a little less severe so both sea lions and fishing industry can operate.” U

“It’s important for me and for the rest of the staff that the animals are treated well and they’re treated with respect.”

- David Rosen, Marine Biologist

8 | CULTURE |

TUESDAY, JANUARY 12, 2016

Food Year’s Resolutions

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Make 2016 a year of good food.

Elysse Bell Food columnist

There’s a lot of pressure in the month of January to magically produce new habits, commitments and even whole new selves. Whether

or not they eventually come to fruition, what matters is starting the year by reflecting on things that matter to you. At least you can spend the first couple weeks of the year as a virtuous, kind, healthy and

motivated person. Personally, a lot of my own reflections revolve around food. Besides the enormous amount of time spent eating in our lives, food represents a meaningful focus point for thinking about personal habits, cultural phenomena, identities, rituals, attitudes and relationships — a few of which just so happen to be common subjects of many new year’s resolutions. So, for the food-obsessed and all-around wellintentioned alike, here’s a list of food year’s resolutions: Devote time to making and (especially) eating good food. No matter your diet, food preferences, budget or ingredients, the best thing you can do for your food is give it the time and attention it deserves to cook and eat. Put on your best Gordon Ramsay hat and get excited about different aspects of the

cooking process. Watch a sauce slowly simmer and thicken; note the difference in the way ingredients look, taste and smell; discover new combinations of flavours and textures. Spend a couple hours sitting around a table with good company and enjoy the food, mood and drinks — at least before schoolwork starts up in earnest and you have to lock yourself in your homework dungeon with a packet of Soylent. Learn something new. For me, one of the most exciting things about food is the neverending amount of research and knowledge that goes into it and its endless experiential and creative possibilities. So many people are thinking, writing and doing research about food that it seems a shame not to take advantage of it! For example, I

learned that onion dicing trick last year and now I feel like I’m on Iron Chef every time I cook. Learning a new technique, recipe or fact will stoke both your curiosity and your confidence. Challenge yourself. It’s kind of funny sometimes when you think about the aversions you have to certain foods or certain techniques. I cook a lot, but am personally terrified of overcooking meat. Simple? Yes. Worthy of anxiety? Probably not. This is a good year to change that. Eat healthier. This is a perpetual resolution because humans are fallible and my cravings are better characterized as sugar poltergeists. But all is not for naught! These saccharine demons can and will be exorcised... after I finish my bag of five-cent gummies of course. U

PROGRAMMING //

Tuning out Trump through student-develped DJ mixing program Kelly Lu Contributor

The Donald Trumpet all started with a simple creative writing class project that brought three different individuals together. Thordur Baldursson from Iceland, Ann-Sofie Holm from Denmark and Maria Bjork from Sweden did not have much in common. They had different majors and backgrounds, but they all happened to take the same creative writing class on media at UBC. The original idea was to create a “Steven Harp,” but the close timing of the Canadian election forced the trio to seek an alternative candidate. Not only does Donald Trump have the perfect last name, he was an infamous figure known for his radical views and his recent campaign for the United States President. “Stephen Harper is a controversial figure in Canada and the same things can be said about Donald Trump,” said Baldursson. The purpose of their project is not political — The trio did not want to focus on advocating for any particular candidate or party. Instead, they wanted to poke fun at the entire United States election using their Scandinavian humour and irony.

“We think that our opinion of Donald Trump doesn’t really matter,” said Holm. “We didn’t want to make a particular political statement by doing this, but more to create awareness and to emphasize the absurdness of this [United States] debate.” “We were just trying to make something interesting and funny. And I definitely think that came across,” said Baldursson. Bjork explained the Donald Trumpet as “an active platform where you use Donald Trump’s statements and you make them into music. So you can pick a beat and then you can play his statements and it becomes a song.” You, as a DJ, can create your unique mix of Trump’s iconic quotes by looping the tracks and adding various effects and beats to make Trump’s voice sound different. The trio spent hours listening and picking the best Trump statements to include on their Donald Trumpet. “We try to pick clips that are characteristics of Donald Trump or are funny when they are taken out of their context,” said Holm. “There are plenty of quotes to choose ranging from radical quotes about building a wall between the United States and Mexico, to random quotes like ‘strong young man’ and ‘does my family like me, I think so.’”

The trio spent a month completing their project and Baldursson spent countless late nights listening to Donald Trump, working on debugging

the program and making sure the final product is as perfect as possible. From complete strangers to brunching buddies, the trio have

Donald Trumpet is making politics relevant to all.

gained more than good marks on their projects. Holm said, “It’s been really cool to work on this project that has gone more or less semi-viral.” U

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EDITOR JACK HAUEN

TUESDAY, JANUARY 5, 2016

JERSEYS //

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The women’s volleyball team got new uniforms, and UBC really wants to tell you about them.

Last Words: Why are women’s uniforms big news? Ubyssey staff Last Words

Over the break, UBC Athletics published an article about the new uniforms that the women’s volleyball team are wearing. The uniforms are made by Mizuno — a brand name which is shoehorned in no less than five times in the

under-200-word article, which makes us wonder whether the article was written entirely of UBC’s own volition. The article is also problematic because it sets a double standard. There isn’t anything wrong with writing about a sports team’s jerseys, per se — they are important to play. Remember when the NBA introduced jerseys

with sleeves? It was a big deal. The problem is that this is the only article UBC Athletics published about new jerseys this year, even though the football team also received new jerseys as well. We’re not arguing that UBC should be writing about men’s team’s new uniforms — UBC should be focusing on the nearsuperhuman achievements of all

their athletes — but they definitely shouldn’t be only writing about the women’s teams. Let’s also not forget that women’s volleyball is really great at playing volleyball — they’re 11-1 and second in their league right now. Gothunderbirds.ca was filled with stories about men’s sports over the break, but the only article about women’s sports

were their jerseys. Obviously, it’s important to note that none of the women’s teams had games over the break, but to only publish an article about their clothing is an insult to half of the athletes at this school — especially considering that one can write sports articles other than game recaps (athlete profiles, statistical analyses, etc.). U

ADVICE //

Ask Natalie: Significant others and significantly alone

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Not everyone’s life can look like a Kohl’s ad.

Natalie morris Advice

“Dear Natalie, I kind of was seeing this guy last year, but after the break he hasn’t been answering my texts and I think he’s ignoring me. I’m really confused, but I don’t want to seem clingy. What should I do? Suddenly Alone” Dear Suddenly Alone, To be blunt, he’s not into you anymore.

Okay, maybe he broke his phone, computer and forgot his email password, or maybe he knocked his head and is now wandering around Main Mall wondering where he is. But more likely, contrary to the saying, absence did not make the heart grow fonder. The time over the break when he didn’t spend time with you made him realize that he wasn’t feeling it. Which isn’t your fault. Clearly you just had different ideas of what you wanted. Think of it this way: this relationship is a shoe that doesn’t fit quite right. It’s a little too small to fit properly, but it’s a nice enough pair and you’ve been wearing them for a while despite that. Getting out now

saves you from really sore feet in the future, even if all you can see now is a pair of shoes you still want to wear. Let it go. If he texts you in a week, great. If he doesn’t, his loss, I’m sure you’re a catch. “Dear Natalie, I’m a 20 year-old guy and I’ve not had a girlfriend before. I’ve always been a little shy and I just have no idea how to actually get a girlfriend. How come girls seem to ignore guys who are on the shy side but I see them chasing after guys who are loud and obnoxious? What do I do? Sometimes I worry that I will die alone.”

You are only 20. I know tons of people who haven’t been in a relationship before or even kissed someone before. Sure, it may seem like you’re the only one out there who isn’t in a relationship but that’s not true at all. There are tons and tons of people, especially on a big campus like this, who are in a similar boat as you. That being said I don’t think there is anything wrong with being single. I personally have spent a huge part of my life being single and was perfectly happy. You don’t need to be in a relationship to be content. As for the other guys who seem to have it easy, you’re only seeing one part of a small group’s lives. There is a difference between the people you notice and the actual whole population. Maybe being “loud and obnoxious” draws your eyes and can give the impression that they are the majority, not just one type of man. One thing commonly said about that type is that it’s their confidence that is drawing people to them, not their noise level. You seem a little down on yourself, from your letter. If confidence is an issue for you, try things like focusing on something you are good at and take pride in what you can do. If you criticize yourself, try to replace that thought with a positive one. You should respect yourself. As a side note, you can be shy and quiet while still being confident and secure in yourself. However, keep in mind that girls who “seem to ignore guys who are

on the quiet and shy side” are only a portion of the female population. Everyone has different preferences when it comes to relationships, and maybe the women you see “chasing after guys” prefer “loud and obnoxious.” That is their choice, but there are also women (and men) who are quieter, who don’t go to the same events you do, or are just not interested in being in a relationship. No one owes anyone a relationship, so please don’t think of women as passing over you. They are just talking to people they think they would like. On that note, you might (and this can be hard for someone shy) have to put yourself out there. You can start talking to women (people can’t like you if they don’t know you!) at events, class or clubs. You don’t have to be loud, but you have to be present. Have fun. Don’t just go looking about for a potential relationship, look for people you can connect to. Expand your social group. You can end up meeting some amazing people, even if you don’t end up in a romantic relationship with them. Finally, don’t worry about dying alone. 20 is a busy age, but also really the start of your life. You will find someone. Being nervous about school, relationships and all that jazz is perfectly normal, but don’t let it stop you from living your life. You’ll be fine, you’ll see. U Contact Natalie at asknatalie@ ubyssey.ca and have your questions answered in an upcoming issue.

// SPORTS+REC

EDITOR KOBY MICHAELS

Grading the Thunderbirds

VARSITY REPORT CARD 2015

A+ Football

Was there any doubt about football’s grade? They won their first Vanier Cup since 1997, beating Calgary and Montreal along the way, and have three of the top CFL draft prospects in Terrell Davis, Taylor Loffler and Quinn van Gylswyk. The question is if they can keep up their winning ways.

A- Men’s soccer

Being on the men’s soccer team is hard — if you don’t win the national championship, the season is deemed a failure. It’s just expected you win at this point. And the team was perfect until the semifinals when they fell 5-4 in a shootout to the tournament’s hosts, the York University Lions. York went on to win the tournament and UBC settled for third place after beating Université du Québec in Montréal 2-0

B Men’s basketball

The team, 8-2 in conference play and 15-4 overall, has played consistently well. But if they hope to win the CIS Final 8 they are hosting this March, they are going to have to be better. Conor Morgan, Jordan Jensen-White and Phil Jalalpoor have all been playing excellently and the rest of the year looks promising if the team can polish up.

B+ Men’s volleyball

Perennial contenders, the team has started the season off pretty strongly. They suffered avoidable losses against Manitoba and struggled against the University of Winnipeg, but has played consistently well otherwise. They are on the road in California at the moment getting beat up by NCAA heavyweights. So when they return to Canada, the competition shouldn’t be too hard.

A Swimming

Another given as both teams have cleaned up all season long. The teams, both men’s and women’s, unsurprisingly captured first at both the Odlum Brown Limited Colleges Cup and the Canada West Championships. They did, however, lose their annual alumni meet — hence no A+. Erin Stamp, Keegan Zanatta and Erika Seltenreich-Hodgson have all had standout seasons.

TUESDAY, JANUARY 12, 2016

Introduction

The first term is over, so it’s time for The Ubyssey’s annual mid-year report card. We’ve taken a look at every varsity team that has played since our last report card and graded their performances. Some of the teams have finished their seasons, others will play until the end of February and into March. Agree with our marks?

A+ Women’s Field Hockey

Another UBC team, another national championship. The team won their fifth straight title under their second coach in three years, even after a slow start to the season. Think they can win their sixth straight in 2016?

A+ Women’s soccer

Many critics thought the ’Birds would need some time to warm up to their new coach, Marisa Kovacs. They couldn’t have been more wrong. The team lost their third conference game and then didn’t lose for the rest of the season. In the postseason, the team outscored their opponents 14-1, winning the national championship game 3-0 over archrivals Trinity Western University.

B- Women’s Basketball

The women’s basketball team has been having a hard time finding their feet this season, which isn’t particularly surprising considering the class that graduated last year. New recruits have shown plenty of promise. But with a 4-6 conference record and a four game losing streak, playoffs are unlikely this season. Although next year could be very exciting.

A- Women’s volleyball

The team, after a 3-6 win preseason, bounced back and are 11-1 in conference play, dropping a single meet to Mount Royal University. Playoffs don’t start until the end of February, but you can bet you’ll see UBC there and competing for the title.

A- Cross Country

Not being in the spotlight is nothing new for the cross country team, but it hasn’t slowed them down — nor has the departure of longtime coach Marek Jedrzejek. Both the men’s and women’s teams first posted perfect scores taking places 1-5. The teams then headed to Charlotte, North Carolina to compete in the NAIA Championships where the men placed sixth — their highest ever. Meanwhile the women, who were threetime defending champions, took second.

TUESDAY, JANUARY 12, 2016

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YEAR RECAP //

What were the top 15 defining sports moments in 2015? Koby Michaels and Kosta Prodanovic Sports and Rec Editor and Photo Editor

3. STUDENTS FINALLY STARTED WATCHING VARSITY HOCKEY, WINTER CLASSIC HAPPENED

2015 was a big year for sports and recreation at UBC. From varsity athletes to video games and Rec team names, there was plenty of drama, emotions, blood, sweat and tears this past year. Here, in no particular order, are our 15 defining sports moments of the year.

The hockey may have been subpar, but the crowd wasn’t. It’s coming back to Point Grey this January, so keep an eye out for it.

1. ESPORTS BLEW UP ON CAMPUS

Argue over whether eSports is a real sport or not, but you can’t deny that it blew up at UBC. Our article about UBC’s League of Legends team winning the North American title and $180,000 was our top-read sports article of the year. The team stunned everyone again when they beat CTU in the AICC finals in August. 2. SKI AND BOARD CLUB STOPPED PARTYING TO SKI

Everyone knows the Ski and Board Club can throw a party, but did you know they can actually ski? The club’s competitive team played in the first ever International Freeskiers and Snowboarders Association (IFSA) Collegiate Freeride Series championship where they took on teams from across the United States and Canada. The team placed first in women’s skiing, second in men’s skiing and third in men’s snowboarding, earning them the overall title.

4. WFC2 PLAYED FIRST SEASON ON CAMPUS

The Vancouver Whitecaps have a little-known development team that plays in a professional league in the US and Canada. The team plays and practices at UBC and the Whitecaps are currently building a training complex on campus so keep your eyes out for the occasional ’Cap. On January 12, 2015, Stephanie Grothe, a PhD candidate, and Neil Mackenzie, a postdoctoral 5. UBC LOST TWO CLIMBERS IN AN ACCIDENT

researcher, died in a climbing accident on Joffre Peak along with their friend Elena Cernicka, who was a mother of two. They are sorely missed. Last season, the team went 8-6-2 with coach Andrea Neil and fell 3-1 to rivals Trinity Western University 6. WOMEN’S SOCCER WON A NATIONAL TITLE UNDER A NEW COACH

(TWU) in the Canada West quarterfinals. This season, under new head coach Marisa Kovacs, the team went 11-1-2 in conference play.

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They exacted their revenge on TWU, beating them 3-0 at Thunderbird Stadium to capture the national championship. This will be a year to watch the team. Think they can repeat? 7. VAN GYLSWYK’S VANIER CUP CELEBRATION

Find the gif. Watch the gif. Continue to watch the gif forever. 8. SOFTBALL SUED UBC ... AND WON

Long story short, UBC downgraded the softball team and the team sued UBC claiming that the university was discriminating against them because of their gender. UBC claimed they did nothing wrong, but the team won the lawsuit and softball returned to being a varsity sport. The team will play their first game of 2016 on February 19 in the Northwest Cup.

11. SOME GUY WORE ALMOST NOTHING BUT A TUTU IN FRONT OF A HOMECOMING CROWD OF 7,000 STRONG

UBC won, the crowd was (probably) record setting and the team went on to win the Vanier Cup for the first time since 1997. But the real measure of success was the semi-nude streaker who interrupted the game to run around the field and be chased by the RCMP. “Something is clearly not working. This is no longer my issue. I have fought long enough. Nobody should 12. KUNTZ LEFT UBC ANGRILY

be treated with such ignorance and disrespect as my hockey program, players and staff were ... It’s time to stop pointing fingers. It’s time to start exercising transparency and it’s time to start listening to your coaches.” That has to hurt, UBC.

9. WOMEN’S FIELD HOCKEY CAPTURED THEIR FIFTH STRAIGHT NATIONAL TITLE

13. STORM THE WALL WAS REALLY BIG

Is it even fun being this god-damned good? Yes, of course it is. The men’s team won their 13th

Storm the Wall has always been a big deal at UBC, but 2015 was a particularly big deal. It was the biggest ever with over 830 teams and an estimated 3,800 participants. The event also expanded with a health and wellness fair, a community festival and a food truck festival with a beer garden. Last year, Rec hinted Storm 2016 was going

10. SWIMMING CONTINUES NOT TO LOSE. EVER.

national title in the last 18 years and the women’s team won their fourth straight title. Seriously, leave some championships for the rest of Canada.

to be full of surprises. But with three months left, hints are still hard to come by. 14. THE UBYSSEY TOOK ON UBC REC’S TEAM NAME POLICY

Last year, Rec decided to censor some of their Rec league team names. An example is the “Peter North Stars” because Rec argued that in “today’s social climate, it is difficult to say we are an organization that supports equality in all aspects of what we do and at the same time allow a team name that is in reference to someone that many people link to a profession that, again, many people find demeaning to women.” But then they decided to let the “EnviroMENTALS,” “Pimpin’ Ain’t Easy” and “Show Me Ya TDs” slide. 15. TENNIS LEGEND JOHN MCENROE PROVED HE STILL HAD MOVES

If you want a good laugh, check out our extensive coverage online. The Davis Cup and the PowerShares Series in the same year? That’s right, UBC hosted both. Pete Sampras, John McEnroe, Michael Chang and Mark Philippoussis all returned to tennis at Thunderbird Arena for some lighthearted fun. In the Davis Cup, Canada took on Japan and won, sending the team to quarterfinals. U

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CROSSWORD PUZZLE ACROSS 1- Very, to Verdi; 6- 1968 U.S. Open champ; 10- “Return of the Jedi” critter; 14- Get to know; 15- Hwys.; 16- E or G, e.g.; 17- Between Venus and Mars; 18- Young male horse; 19- Stumble; 20- Homebody; 22- Technical sch.; 23- Travel on water; 24- Where It.’s at; 26- Alternative to pj’s; 30- Loss of memory;

34- Make ___ of (write down); 35- Black-and-white treat; 36- United; 37- Asset; 38- Gave a hoot; 40- Chemical used on trees; 41- Hosp. readout; 42- “Consarnit!”; 43- Rice-___; 44- Aseptic; 46- Supervise; 48- Skirt stitching; 49- Exxon, formerly; 50- ___ time (never); 53- Not local; 59- Press; 60- Harper’s Bazaar illustrator; 61- Ancient Greek colony;

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62- Notable exploit, legal document; 63- Surgery reminder; 64- ___ we all?; 65- “The Clan of the Cave Bear” heroine; 66- Flat sound; 67- Bird homes; DOWN 1- Pub orders; 2- Show to a table; 3- Franklin D.’s mother; 4- Pretentious; 5- Rashly; 6- Jughead’s pal; 7- Pub perch; 8- Steering wheel;

9- Highly regarded; 10- Whole; 11- Threadbare; 12- Elevator man; 13- Retained; 21- Mai ___; 25- Numero ___; 26- Scruffs; 27- Small bay; 28- Overcharge; 29- Elevs.; 30- 100 square meters; 31- Flies alone; 32- Senseless; 33- Hawk’s home; 35- Assn.; 38- Composure; 39- “Wheel of Fortune” buy;

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40- Sheet music abbr.; 42- Conk out; 43- Eternal; 45- Girl in a Beach Boys song; 46- Willows; 47- Brandy letters; 49- Kett and James; 50- Verdi heroine; 51- Deuce beater; 52- Christmas carol; 54- Circle segments; 55- Had on; 56- Supermodel Sastre; 57- Force; 58- Chow;

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