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Sexual assault policy consultation period extended

Former UBC student’s film debuting at VIFF

Narcity has reached a new low at UBC

How the fight against Crohn’s could change

Men’s soccer falls to second in Pacific Division

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Robert Ragotte is one of the smartest people coming out of UBC. As the 2016 Rhodes Scholarship recipient of Canada, Ragotte will be heading to Oxford University at the end of September to embark on a fouryear PhD program in Infection, Immunology and Translational Medicine — a course he designed for himself.

A native of Brampton, Ontario, Ragotte completed a BSc (Hons) in microbiology and immunology, competed in and coached the former varsity Nordic ski team, and works in research at the BC Children’s Hospital.

“My supervisor from where I worked at BC Children’s Hospital was a Rhodes scholar from Australia and he really encouraged me to apply,” said Ragotte. “He was a huge resource in learning the process and elements of the application. He introduced me to that whole thing.”

The Rhodes Scholarship was named for Cecil John Rhodes, a British mining magnate and South African politician who created an international award for non-British students to study at the University of Oxford. There have been 7,688 scholars since the program’s inception in 1902 and more than 3,900 are still living.

Several heads of states around the world have been recipients of the award and just two scholars have served prison sentences.

The process of becoming a Rhodes Scholar begins with an invitation to an information session at UBC. At the session,

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interested individuals are invited to submit their first application to the campus-wide round, where just five people are interviewed.

Ragotte was, from this, nominated to represent UBC at the BC round. This interview consisted of a dinner with the interview panelists — a “sort of casual but nerve-wracking” experience — with ten panelists and just six applicants, where the aim is to stand out the most (without seeming too cocky).

“I honestly found the interview process to be enjoyable because it felt really low-pressure,” said Ragotte. “I assumed I wouldn’t get the award so every step of the process was awesome.”

A huge element of the interviews for the Rhodes scholarship, according to Ragotte, is global awareness.

“For my interview there were a couple of science related questions, but I also got questions about Canadian identity, climate change and ISIS – a lot of policy questions,” he said. “I was always just happy to make it to the next step, I was really relaxed.

“A lot of people don’t necessarily have grad school in their plans,” he continued. “But for me, my plan was to finish my undergrad and do an MD­—PhD program.”

This is a combined program lasting seven to eight years, leading to a career in clinical science. Today, Ragotte still intends to achieve both and will be attending the University of Toronto’s medicine program upon finishing his PhD. “Really, that’s still my plan,” said Ragotte. “I’ve deferred for four years from Toronto

medicine. Eight years in one place is daunting, so breaking it up was very appealing to me.”

Ragotte flies out to the UK at the end of the month and begins his program almost immediately.

While many Rhodes scholars choose to follow a set program, Ragotte’s research means he won’t get traditional breaks from university life.

“Doing a PhD was totally on my radar, but I wasn’t thinking of going to Oxford necessarily until I started looking more into the program,” he said. “Then the question became, if I didn’t get Rhodes, would I still apply to the PhD program independently?”

The answer would have been, according to Ragotte, a definite yes.

Being a Rhodes scholar is, however, not only about academic excellence. While the initial aim of the award was to encourage talented individuals to pursue a full-time career in government, many applicants go into business, research and academia as well.

Ragotte is hoping to continue his research, for which he found his passion at the BC Children’s Hospital, working on a rare disease project.

When in the UK, Ragotte will be a member of one of Oxford’s many colleges and will also have access to the Rhodes House — a mansion in the city with gardens, a library and study areas. He plans to explore the Oxford area by cycling and running. Exceptionally humble, Ragotte has never visited Oxford, but is excited for his upcoming prospects.

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“Feminist Frosh Week” aims to highlight issues with campus rape culture Josh Medicoff Photo Editor

On the evening of Tuesday, September 5, protesters filled the streets of downtown Vancouver, demanding an end to campus rape culture across the province.

The BC government has adopted legislation requiring postsecondary institutions to create policy fighting sexual assault — something UBC is currently working on — but protesters on Tuesday asked leadership to foster a culture in which the threat of sexualized violence is not tolerated and effectively dealt with.

Women Against Violence Against Women (WAVAW), a Vancouver-based rape crisis center, organized the event to kick off their “Feminist Frosh Week.”

From Tuesday until Wednesday, September 13, events will be held across campuses in the BC lower mainland, demanding that sexualized violence be addressed.

Events will take place at UBC, as well as Capilano University, Langara, Vancouver Community College, Simon Fraser University and British Columbia Institute of Technology.

Ariana Barer, the educational outreach coordinator at WAVAW, stated that when “there is buyin from leadership, because

administration and faculty are interested and invested in shifting rape culture and supporting survivors,” organizers are in awe of what is possible. Vancouver Community College, which has created a committee and a detailed operational plan, was cited as an example of decisive action against sexual assault.

When asked if WAVAW had faced any resistance from UBC administration, Barer said that when they received federal funding for a two-year program tackling rape culture on campus, UBC said no to the initiative.

“Discussions between WAVAW and UBC took place three or four years ago and at the time, a potential pilot with SASC as a key partner was discussed. However, our recollection is that it didn’t come to fruition,” said Matt Ramsey, the director of strategic communication for UBC Public Affairs in an email statement.

Some protestors also found it upsetting that UBC did not send a representative to the march.

Melissa Webb, a fourth-year student, was disappointed because “it’s an unsafe school and some people are scared to get from their night classes to the bus loop.”

Other attendees hope for a campus on which students feel safe and comfortable — and where their allegations will be taken seriously.

The march lasted for around an hour and was well-attended.

The UBC Women’s Centre is working with WAVAW to bring awareness to UBC as well.

The same day as the march, the centre did a “chalk walk” across campus, scribing slogans in chalk emphasizing that UBC should be accountable for the sexual assault that takes place on campus.

“First day is very exciting, and they give free condoms and stuff like that, but nobody talks about the reality of what happens on campus,” said Daphne Bliss, treasurer of the Women’s Centre.

“We don’t want to take away from the fun of that, but we just put

up the slogans to draw people’s attention and to raise a bit of awareness, because people do frequently get assaulted the first week of school when there are a lot of parties happening.”

WAVAW’s Executive Director, Irene Tsepnopoulos-Elhaimer, invites President Santa Ono “to come out and speak to our communities” about what he will to do “end rape culture on our campus.” She wishes that he speaks directly to incoming students about the threat of sexual assault on campus, as well as support local anti-sexual assault centres.

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“[UBC] did introduce the sexual assault response plan last year, which is a good step forward,” noted Bliss.

“We’re still looking for more support for survivors of sexualized violence on campus. Current services ... are just not enough.”

The beginning of Feminist Frosh Week also aligns with the beginning of UBC SASC’s “This Is Your Campus, Have Your Say” campaign, which encourages students to give their constructive feedback to UBC regarding the sexual assault policy draft. U

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Consultation period extended for sexual assault policy

The university community will now have more time to provide input on UBC’s sexual assault policy.

Sruthi Tadepalli News Editor

The consultation period for UBC’s new sexual assault policy has been extended past its original deadline of September 30. The exact length of the extension is yet to be determined by UBC’s university counsel, Hubert Lai, but the university has until next spring to finalize a sexual assault policy before they meet the legislative

deadline.

The longer consultation period is largely due to the fact that a report written by the university sexual assault panel has yet to be released to the public.

The volunteer panel was appointed by the president to lay the groundwork for a UBC-wide sexual assault action plan. Working independently of university administration, the panel worked to outline a sexual

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assault action plan for the campus.

While the report became available to the president on June 20 — a day before the draft sexual assault policy became available for consultation and right before the end of interim president Martha Piper’s term — it was not released.

According to Finlay and Benedet, this is mainly because of the three different presidents UBC had over the summer — two interim before Santa Ono took over on August 15.

“He needed time to digest it and learn about the context here at UBC, and find the appropriate time to release the report to our community, which he is going to do shortly,” said Associate VP Equity and Inclusion Sara-Jane Finlay.

News that the consultation period will be extended has largely been met with general positivity.

“I’m happy that the consultation period has been extended,” said panel chair Janine Benedet, a professor and codirector at the Centre for Feminist Legal Studies at Allard Law. “Given that so much of the original period was in the summer, which is not a very good time for engagement between faculty, students, staff and community members, I’m pleased that we have more time to work on getting this very important policy right.”

Benedet also emphasized that this longer time period will make sure that the panel report can serve the purpose it was meant to.

“The report that we prepared goes well beyond what goes into a sexual assault policy, but it was always meant to inform the discussions around what a standalone sexual assault policy might look like for the university,” she said. “We were always promised from the very beginning that the report would be publicly released.”

Samantha So, the AMS’s VP academic and university affairs, was also pleased to hear about the extension.

“We weren’t really too pleased with [the initial consultation period] because no one is really here [over the summer] and September is a really information heavy month, so we didn’t foresee that getting as many responses as we really wanted it to.” said So. The AMS is currently running an awareness campaign and trying to increase student involvement in the consultation for the sexual assault policy. Given the initial deadline of September 30, they had planned to stop collecting student responses to the draft policy on September 21 so as to allow time to compile them. This timeline will now be delayed by a week, built on the assumption that the consultation period will end sometime in October.

As a part of their campaign, the AMS will also be holding consultation sessions in partnership with the Sexual Assault Support Centre, where students will be provided with information along with the chance to submit their opinions. U

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T-Bird football players help Safewalk get more students home safe

Orchard commons is now home to 1,050 students, but construction has yet to end.

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Orchard Commons welcomes first-years to mixed reviews Lilian Odera Contributor

After two years of construction, the Orchard Commons residence has opened and offers a home to 1,050 first years. With the height and views previously inaccessible to most first-year students, the new residence building was met with much excitement. However, delays in the completion of construction has left some firstyears disgruntled.

The new residence cost an estimated $125.9 million and accommodates 525 students in each of the two towers named Bartlett and Braeburn. The residence features single rooms with connected bathrooms, similar to həm’ləsəm’ and q’ələχən Houses at Totem Park, and interconnected floors with a 270 degree view.

Unlike Totem Park and Place Vanier, the other residences are exclusive to first-year students. The Orchard Commons has up to 18 floors and offers an ocean view.

The opening of the Orchard Commons means there are a total of 11,038 beds on the UBC campus, making the UBC Student Housing and Hospitality Services (SHHS) the largest student housing operation of any university in Canada.

Orchard Commons has proven to be so popular that students like Andra Macdae, a student in the faculty of science who is currently residing in Place Vanier, want to switch in order to have more privacy and enjoy the good view.

“Everyone wants to switch to Orchard Commons … the buildings have more levels and people in general love to be on top of the world. Not that I hate Vanier, but some people prefer more privacy.” said Macdae.

Perks aside, some students have expressed discontent at the fact that the residence has not been completely constructed. The commonsblock and dining hall have yet to be completed, and students have noted that the three elevators

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are inefficient and tend to break down.

“We expected basically everything to be done, like the commons block ... and the gym. All the other residences have their own, so that’s one problem. The floor lounges too are not quite finished yet,” said Nika Moeini, treasurer to the Orchard Commons Residence Association.

Aside from these, the main entrance to the Orchard Commons has yet to be completed and there are booth seats yet to be installed in its dining hall. Some informal study spaces and public spaces — including an event space for residents — are still under construction. A high-end café named Hiro Café is also due to be opened once the Orchard Commons is fully complete.

According to Andrew Parr, the managing director for SHHS, these deficiencies arise from the Orchard Commons serving several purposes that need simultaneous attention.

He specifically noted three — student housing, academic spaces and amenities supporting the entire campus community.

The multiple purposes of Orchard Commons partially arose because the buildings were initially meant to house solely international students in Vantage College. A lack of housing for more general students led to the space being opened up to firstyears from varying backgrounds.

Orchard Commons will provide administrative and classroom spaces for Vantage College students as well as accommodation.

Overall, Parr asserted that the housing team is working through a plan to ensure the occupied building is safe for students, while completing any remaining amenity items and resources. “[It is] not unusual ... in the business of construction to have things delayed. Is it ideal? I would say no, but it is a reality of the situation,” said Parr.

“It is a beautiful facility … that’s countered in the short term by a few outstanding construction pieces,” said Parr.

Over the next six weeks, Parr expects all remaining construction at Orchard Commons to be complete and all student complaints to have been attended to. U

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Thanks to the football players, more students will be able to use safewalk’s services.

Samantha McCabe News Editor

Starting this week, Thunderbird football players will be joining Safewalk teams to walk people home on busy nights. With these additional people, Safewalk will be able to send out three teams on these nights, when there would have otherwise been two.

“I’m really excited about this partnership,” said AMS student services manager Hussam Zbeeb, who had a hand in planning the collaboration. “I think that it really brings Safewalk back to what it’s here to do.”

Blake Nill, head coach of ’Birds football, had the idea after the players volunteered at last year’s Block Party, walking around the venue and handing out waters.

“It’s about the long-term process of getting football — not just football, but athletics as well — more integrated into campus life,” said Nill.

This idea led to coordination over the entire summer between Nill, Elizabeth Riegert of Safewalk, and Zbeeb. Tremont Levy, a defensive lineman on the team, is acting as the direct liaison between Safewalk and the players, making sure that they fill the available slots of time.

“It’s a huge deal. Essentially, the football program here at UBC, we’ve been performing well but we also want to be more known around campus for the right reasons,” said Levy.

Two to three nights a week — likely Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, when Safewalk often sees over a hundred walks on each of those nights during the school year — two football volunteers will be sent to help out.

“Whenever a football player will be volunteering, they will be paired with a Safewalk volunteer that night to ensure that they’re comfortable and to ensure also that

we have co-ed teams. We definitely strive to have co-ed teams as much as possible,” said Zbeeb.

While Safewalk already has two driving teams out every night, the football players will allow them to add an additional walking team on the selected nights. Safewalk teams operate in pairs. The new volunteers will change the arrangement so that there will be one driving team with both volunteers from Safewalk, another driving team will be staffed with a Safewalk pilot and a football player copilot, and the walking team will also have one Safewalk team member and one football player.

After receiving training near the end of summer, some members of the football team were so eager to get started that they were already walking people home last week — a week earlier than planned.

“We actually got a call last Friday from their football team saying, ‘hey, a few of our guys are really stoked to get this started sooner rather than later. Is it okay if they start right away?’ And we were like, ‘yes, go for it!’” said Zbeeb.

While Zbeeb calls this stage of the initiative the “pilot phase,” he hopes that this time will transition seamlessly into a partnership that will continue throughout the entire year and eventually expand to other athletics teams as well.

“I believe that bringing [Safewalk] in with the football team is a good idea for them and for us,” said Levy. “It’s a mutual partnership.”

“I know that if they would like to continue and everything on our end works out, we would love to continue this for as long as possible and actually invite other athletics teams to do so as well,” explained Zbeeb. “They were the first team to approach us, but we’re also hoping to get some women’s teams on there as well.” U

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“No one around me knew,” said Jonathon MacIntyre, a recent graduate from the faculty of applied science. “Most of my friends don’t know and there isn’t a way that I can bring it up with them without the concerns of being a buzzkill, feeling attention-seeking or even just [because] I forget about it when I hang out with them.”

MacIntyre, who suffers from depression, is not alone in feeling as though he cannot talk about problems he faced while studying at UBC. Stigma attached with mental health issues along with the academic and financial stressors that come with attending a top school like UBC have lead to many students feeling isolated and like failures.

“University is hard, with lots of stress and I didn’t always cope with it super well,” said Laura Howe, a recently graduated arts student. “This year — it being my last year of university — I wanted to do everything and I needed to get good grades to get into grad programs.”

“I deal with a lot of anxiety, I was really stressed, I was mildly depressed for sure, and I reached a point where I was like, ‘maybe I should not be crying all the time’ and go talk to someone [to] see what is going on,” she said.

Canadian student health data from this year reported that 42.2 per cent of the more than 43,000 students from over 41 Canadian Institutions who responded to their survey had stress impact their academic performance.

All the students who were interviewed for the piece had experienced mental health issues before coming to UBC. However, most students reported that the environment around campus was one of the main reasons problems were exacerbated.

Financial stress can also play a large role in students’ mental health. The latest academic experience survey said that 17 per cent of UBC students feel as though they might need to abandon their studies at UBC for financial reasons — five points higher than last year. Canadian student health data reported that 10.3 per cent of students’ academic performance was affected by finances and 17.1 per cent of students were affected by work.

Sarah, a student in the faculty of science, is in a program that requires a higher course load to qualify for student loans. After facing a multitude of personal and family issues within the span of a few months, she ended up not being able to take more than three courses per term — the amount that would have qualified her for full-time student loans. While living on an average of $20 of groceries per week, she tried to get help.

According to Janet Mee, director of UBC Access and Diversity, this situation is not unusual.

“Often when students come forward with mental health concerns, finances are a big part of that,” she said. “It can be one or the other – whether they are the trigger or whether the mental health concerns then exacerbate their ability to work or study.”

UBC is developing a new model for their approach to mental health on campus. As a part of this, they hope to offer workshops centered around financial wellness and financial literacy.

“There are different levels of approach that meets students where they are and provide the least invasive kind of support that will help them address the concern that they raised,” said Mee. UBC’s counselling services are located in Brock Hall and at the Lower Mall Research Station. To make an appointment, students must visit inperson for a 30 minute initial consultation, when they are either paired with a counsellor for future visits or transferred elsewhere, if this is deemed to best fit their needs. On the counselling services website, areas such as stress, depression and relationship difficulties are those which they recommend meeting with a counsellor for. Counselling services provides access to registered clinical counsellors, registered social workers, psychologists and supervised master’s practicum trainees as well as predoctoral and post-doctoral interns.

However, waitlist times can increase to around three weeks during particularly busy times, according to Cheryl Washman, director of UBC counselling services.

“It depends on the time of year,” she said. “If it’s a particularly busy time, there may be two to three weeks before they can actually begin working with a counsellor, but we may offer them the option – if it’s appropriate – to work with someone off-campus depending on the nature of the concern.”

Justin, an arts student majoring in p s y c h o l o g y, was referred to an off-campus counsellor when he tried to access UBC’s services. He had been looking to see a counsellor to deal with stress before he came to UBC and was pleased with the outcome of his interactions with the service.

“I was looking for someone to fill in the holes so I could get back to 100 per cent,” he said “We talked for about 30 minutes just going over my application, to see specifically what I wanted.”

He was assigned a counsellor in downtown Vancouver. As an international student, Justin’s temporary insurance covered his sessions as a student for the year. Of course, the most ideal situation for anyone seeking mental wellness services is that they’d be able to see someone whenever they needed to, it was free and the services were local.

“The most ideal situation would have been if there was someone on campus and I didn’t have to pay for it,” confirmed Justin. “I wanted somebody on campus who could just listen to my current problems and instead of using harmful coping mechanisms from the past, I could use healthier ones.”

One of the main reasons Justin chose UBC was because he felt that, in terms of mental health and wellness, UBC had the

best and most accessible services.

“I literally picked UBC over their website,” he said, “They cared more about me as a person than what I gave.

That takes the tabooness out of it — it takes away the awkwardness of bringing it up [therefore] making it acceptable.

You have to find the people who aren’t wanting to get help but need it.

Obviously, that’s a lot easier to say than do.”

On the contrary, Michelle Huang, a science major, feels that she hasn’t been taken seriously by UBC’s services. After speaking directly to a professor about her disability and how the room her class was in affected it, she was told by a counsellor, “Your disability is confidential information.”

“I’m basically black labelled in Access and Diversity – at least, that’s how I feel,” she said. “I’m hoping other students who have similar situations have had the chance to see a psychotherapist. Even though it’s in my rights to self-advocate, either way you’re going to get labelled.”

She also reported concern about mixed messages on when she should see a counsellor. Huang has been seeking help off-campus for more than a year, but reports confusion over whether she should be visiting her UBC counsellor, her off-campus counsellor – who she only sees once a week – or in the case of an emergency, the hospital.

She didn’t feel comfortable or that she hadn’t connected with her assigned counsellor.

“They do try to help, but with more severe mental health issues, it takes a long time,” said Huang. “I had a very bad experience with them. My counsellor seemed like she was more concerned about her professionalism over my well-being.”

At one point, according to Huang, she was told to choose between her and her other psychologist. “Every time I went to see her, I’d walk out more agitated than when I walked in.

“There was no patient choice there,” she continued. “If student health wasn’t going to refer me to a different psychiatrist, then the choice to me was very obvious. I couldn’t go to see her for a year.”

Huang’s counsellor told her to come back in emergencies only.

“When I’m in an emergency, I need medication to calm me down — not a counsellor to talk to,” she said. “I got so frustrated last year that I wrote an email to the head of UBC counselling services, explaining what my experience was. I know when I’m not doing well, so I said, even if I had self-harm urges, you can’t see me because I have an outside psychotherapist or you’ll tell me to go to the hospital – you can’t help me.”

A new model for the Wellness Centre is being rolled out – hopefully in January

– to help combat some of the problems students have been having with UBC’s services. Four units of UBC’s wellness programs are coming together to form a holistic, collaborative care model.

“I think there’s a strong commitment on campus to really look at a holistic systems approach,” said Washman.

“A program where the mental health promotions are as important as resource provision, and the more that we address either the full continuum of resources and intervention and change, all the way up to deep culture change, I think the better chance we have about really improving student mental health on campus.”

One aspect that was particularly highlighted both by the academic experience survey and discussions with students currently engaged in UBC’s services is the large number of gaps between care.

“One of the key elements of the collaborative model is it really does create a circle of care where units function collaboratively so that we really do address and eliminate those gaps between various types of services,” said Washman.

This involves sharing relevant information that supports students’ care – with consent – particularly where the care is provided by more than one unit or resource. The new Wellness Centre model is aiming to be a lot more responsive.

“We’re really trying to create multiple entries or low-barrier entries for students who wouldn’t otherwise try to approach the university for support,” said Mee. “Although we’re trying to reduce stigma, of course there’s still some stigma associated with mental health, particularly in some communities of students that may be more or less willing to come forward and seek help.”

The new Wellness Centre will be a first point of contact for students who aren’t currently connected to supports around campus, as a low-barrier entry into the system. The idea is that students will be able to access multiple services throughout that Wellness Centre, whether they are simply looking for resources, finding out about self-help methods or wanting a referral to one or more of UBC’s offices. Wellness advisors will work on that intake and referral process, freeing up counsellors who are currently administering this role to focus their efforts more on one-on-one and group counselling.

Services and all aside, all the students consulted emphasized the importance of a culture that is more accepting of talking about mental health and wellness.

“Maybe this is a bigger societal thing, but it would nice to be able to talk to people about going to counseling and not feel weird about it,” said Howe.

“Getting people to talk about it can really help. That’s why I was so disappointed when I was in a position to talk to a lot of people, but I just couldn’t get myself to bring up my depression,” said MacIntyre.

“It’s really detrimental because people will probably react better than I’m ever going to imagine they will.” U Some of the subjects of this article are not identified by their full names due to privacy concerns.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2016 TUESDAY

EDITOR SAMUEL DU BOIS

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Cadence is a film that challenges the genre of horror Hilary Leung Contributor

After three years of hard work, director Alexander Lasheras will finally see his debut film Cadence at this year’s Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF).

Cadence is about the eponymous protagonist whose memories are fragmented by trauma and her efforts to protect herself. It is a journey through her psyche which makes her and the audience question what identity is. The entire film is based in Langley, where Lasheras grew up.

There is a strong conflict between the real and unreal in this film. However, the question is more about the legitimacy of “realness.” Who is to say that what Cadence imagines is not real?

Who is to say that what might be her reality is not actually part of her imagination? It’s a fascinating dynamic to witness.

The portrayal of Cadence

by Maxine Chadburn is raw and powerful. Through her characterization of the protagonist, emotions rocketed up to a wild

exhilaration and happiness, then plummeted down to uncertainty and confusion, where truth and lies were inseparable.

The film is a quiet rumination.

Although it falls under the genre of a thriller/horror, it is really more self-reflective at the film’s core. While there are some graphic details within the film, there were also a number of subtler elements that made Cadence more subdued and mature.

“It’s not a conventional film by any means,” said Lasheras. “We had so much trouble categorizing it and finding a genre because I think it’s different.”

Cadence was completed after it made over $10,000 in crowdfunding. While budgeting is usually an issue for filmmakers who are just starting out — especially when dealing with shooting locations — Lasheras found it beneficial to stay in the same place for this particular film.

“Once you watch the movie, it doesn’t make much sense for us to have left [the farm]. I don’t think the audience would ever question ‘why are we still on this farm?’ as

they’re watching the movie.” he laughs.

When asked about if he saw himself in Cadence, Lasheras said, “I think it’s inevitable, if you’re making film and you’re not constrained by the studio [nor] other interests, that your artistic voice or piece of identity is going to come out.”

Lasheras’s process in producing the film began unusually by starting out backwards. “In my mind, I started writing backwards.

I found the ending for the film with the little girl [from the Bernard family whom I met] involved in the last section of the film. Then I came up with the first chunk — the main chunk of the film — that doesn’t involve her and that would be the Cadence movie.”

As a former student of BFA program at UBC, he confessed, “I feel like UBC can have a cold atmosphere unless you find a group, a niche or a home within this very big campus. At least, that’s what I felt in the first couple of years.” He continued on to say, “I never felt like I was home at UBC until I got into the program

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The film was made by former UBC BFA student, Alexander Lasheras.

— that’s when I felt like I had a family.”

To current BFA students, Lasheras advises them to keep making art and keep putting stuff out there. “You have to get used to being rejected. It’s probably the hardest part about being human too. You can’t take it personally and that’s the really hard part too.”

After VIFF is over, Lasheras wishes to complete a project with

a budget. He joked that he would love it if somebody came up to him in the festival and helped him fund a project. “At the same time, I’m also being realistic.

I’m preparing myself by trying to do something lower-budget.

Maybe that would involve myself as an actor or my grandma, like a comedy.” U Cadence will premiere at the VIFF from September 29 to October 14.

BOOK REVIEW //

Frank Appleton’s beer memoir is immensely entertaining Malcolm Wilkins Contributor

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Appleton’s style of recollection is passionate, nostalgic and above all, personal.

Frank Appleton, widely considered the father of Canada’s craftbrewing movement, recalls the ups and downs, and the ins and outs of a life lived in the context of the 1960s and 1970s brewing industry in British Columbia – a time when the business experienced enthralling change. Appleton had a lot to do with this change, pioneering methods and recipes for the production of craft beer in Canada. In doing so, he laid the foundation and in many ways, revolutionized the craft-beer industry not just in Canada, but well into the United States as well.

Brewing Revolution: Pioneering the Craft-Beer Movement is therefore not a memoir of simplicity, but a chronicle of complexity, written with a vivacious mix of self-reflection and contextual observation. In three simple words — it is great.

Appleton begins by telling the reader about his 22nd year of existence in 1963, which is when he was still living in his birthplace of England and making his living in a small microbiology lab in “mega factory” Brown and Polson corn. Feeling the need to move to beautiful British Columbia in 1964,

Appleton goes on to describe his nearly fifty years in the brewing business.

The book is very much like an entertaining novel in the way it is written. Appleton introduces the reader to the various people that he has met over the course of his journey by describing them in delightful ways, not to mention that he sometimes gives them things to say. As a result, the experiences he recounts do not simply involve dull, old recollections or recitations of events gone by. Instead, there is real communication between people and this gives a great humanism to everything that is talked about. Appleton’s style of recollection is passionate, nostalgic and above all, personal. These really make a reader “feel” the movement and the experiences that led up to it.

Another incredibly interesting aspect of Appleton’s talent – which really shines through in his writing – is his knowledge of his craft.

Throughout the course of the memoir, the reader is subjected to several explanations regarding various different events and scenarios, from the remembrance of events to the explanation of factory processes. Each explanation is amazingly intricate,

yet remarkably easy to read and understand.

It is also important to note that Appleton chooses to show the reader only a few pictures of his time in the industry, which is a very effective decision. He doesn’t give too much away in pictures and sticks to words – something that I believe is responsible for evoking nostalgia in the older reader and curiosity in the young.

Furthermore, Appleton has a warm, often subtly humorous approach to his memoir and this is emblematic of how much the craft-beer industry has meant to him over the years. There is an intimate passion with which he remembers amazingly minute details. It is a trait that is worthy of nothing less than the most fervent of admiration and all I can say is “bravo!”

Thus, my consensus remains a highly positive one. This is a book not meant solely for those within the brewing industry, nor is it meant just for those wanting to go into the business. It is also meant for everyone who has ever downed a beer and has appreciated the sweet, bubbly taste of the yellow washing down their throats.

Brewing Revolution is a great, fun read and one that you won’t mind spending the money on. U

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Vancouver-based Elephanatics seeks to raise awareness about the poaching crisis Nuala Turner Contributor

On September 24, the third annual Global March for Elephants and Rhinos will take place at Creekside Park in Vancouver and will be one of many similar events around the world. The local march is helmed

by Elephanatics, a Vancouver-based organization that was co-founded in 2013 by Andrea Duthie, a former UBC student, and her mother, Fran Duthie. Andrea Duthie learned about the elephant poaching crisis from her mother and later worked with her to start Elephanatics in an to attempt to combat it. It is a situation that continues to escalate, according to Duthie.

The upcoming march, which will have a Mardi Gras theme, promises to continue this cause.

At this year’s event, there will be a number of activities and presentations, including live music, a professional photographer, a face painter and items with an elephant theme for sale such as t-shirts and soap. Three guest speakers — Paul Blackthorne, Patricia Sims and Mike Farnworth — are scheduled to give talks.

Blackthorne is an actor based in Vancouver that Duthie described as “a huge elephant lover.” Sims is a co-founder of World Elephant Day and the filmmaker behind the

documentary When Elephants Were Young, and Farnworth is the MLA for the NDP in Port Coquitlam.

According to Duthie, the majority of the people attending the March are those who may not necessarily have a lot of information about the crisis, but who are curious.

“They come and they learn so much more and they get more excited and they want to help more,” she said.

For people wanting to learn more and get involved, the march is the perfect place to start. As for volunteers, Duthie says they “could always use more” for tasks like circulating petitions, writing letters, as well as updating website content and working within their education programs. She also says it’s important for everyone involved to “try to work together to come to a solution” to save these smart and remarkable animals.

“Our organization’s goal is to halt demand of illegal ivory via raising awareness about the severity of the crisis,” she said.

Elephants are poached for the ivory in their tusks and according to Duthie, “one elephant is poached every 15 minutes.” Ivory is extremely valuable on the black market and is often sold using legal loopholes, which gives poachers

Former UBC student Andrea Duthie started Elephanatics in 2013.

financial incentive to continue poaching elephants in order to keep up with the demand. She also noted that part of the problem is that many consumers do not know where the ivory is coming from.

Duthie believes that the key to breaking this cycle of supply and demand — and in turn, ending the elephant poaching crisis — is

to raise awareness about these issues. Education is one of the three pillars of Elephanatics, along with conservation and action. The organization delivers classroom presentations on the crisis, despite their tough subject matter. They also carry out conservation projects in Africa working with elephants.

Action is centered on holding events,

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such as the upcoming march, with the purpose of educating the public about the crisis. Duthie stressed the importance of “educating people in a really fun way” and to avoid being completely “doom and gloom.” U To find out more visit their website elephanatics.org.

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’Til Death: The Six Wives of Henry VIII captivates

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Tara Travis plays all six wives and Henry VIII himself.

Nolan Janssens Contributor

Imagine six queens stuck together in heaven’s waiting room fighting over who gets to join their husband, Henry VIII, in royal heaven, as apparently

even the afterlife is classist. Now imagine one actress portraying all seven characters. In Monster Theatre’s production ’Til Death: The Six Wives of Henry VIII, Tara Travis executes a seemingly insurmountable performance with captivating charm.

Writer and director, Ryan Gladstone, wastes no time getting the play started. Within the first 10 minutes of Act I, the audience is introduced to all six deceased wives — ­ Catherine of Aragon (the betrayed wife), Anne Boleyn (the scheming wife), Jane Seymour (the

peacemaker), Anne of Cleves (the ugly German), Kathryn Howard (the teenager) and Katherine Parr (the one in love with someone else). The women must choose amongst themselves who joins Henry VIII in royal heaven and who goes to “normal” heaven.

In the second act, the women try and convince one another that they are Henry’s one true love.

Through some lively discussions, the audience gets a history lesson in more accessible colloquial language. Unfortunately, this part of the play lacks a good deal of the story progression and entertainment value found in the previous half. ’Til Death is no regular play about the 16th century. “Cradle robber,” “hot sex,” “get it up,” and of course, “bitch” and “slut” are all terms used by these queens.

The jokes are rather simplistic, lacking both wit and subversion.

The fast-paced discussions could quickly become confusing with just one actress portraying all six wives, but with the distinguishable body language and accents Tara brings to each character, the audience is never lost. You can expect some of the “whitest” dance moves you will ever see, facial expressions that will have you laughing out loud and thrusting movements that you will hopefully never bring to the bedroom.

“Our play gives these women humorous vengeance, but

sometimes I think Henry VIII’s ghost might be haunting me,” said Travis. Before one of her performances, her old fashioned white undergarments — ­ the only costume she wears in the play — were mysteriously covered in purple paint, in spite of the fact that there was no purple paint anywhere in the vicinity.

“Our play gives these women humorous vengeance, but sometimes I think Henry VIII’s ghost might be haunting me.”

- TARA TRAVIS The play may be humorously sacrilegious at times, but even with its modern twists, ’Til Death: The Six Wives of Henry VIII stays respectful to its historical content.

You will laugh out loud, fall in love Tara’s energy on stage and leave the theatre with a surprising amount of historical knowledge. U The play is performing at The Rio Theatre until September 18.

OPINIONS

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016 TUESDAY

EDITOR BAILEY RAMSAY

WELL-BEING //

Mind your mind: Volunteering is good for your health Daphnée Lévesque Contributor

As an aspiring writer and voracious reader, I recently decided to join the Writer’s Exchange Society — a Canadian charity located in Vancouver which aims to get inner-city kids excited about both reading and writing.

I made the decision to join this particular non-profit organization because I believe that there are many benefits to volunteering — the main one being that by helping others, you are indirectly helping yourself.

So why is volunteering good for your health in terms of both your mind and body?

It’s because human beings are wired for connection and we’ve all been taught that “sharing is caring.” It’s because helping others can add meaning to our lives and provide a sense of purpose. And it’s because spreading happiness and reaching out to others is a rewarding process that will make you feel good about yourself.

One advantage of volunteer work is that it provides you with

the opportunity to enlarge your social circle as well as build leadership skills. You get to interact with people from all ages and backgrounds, and every single one of them has a different history. As a result, volunteering is ultimately an opportunity to gain more confidence by learning problem-solving skills in a variety of different contexts and environments.

On top of that, if you’re volunteering for a cause you’re passionate about, you’ll get to meet other volunteers who share similar interests and hopefully a desire for change. In the case of the Writer’s Exchange, I met a children’s book writer and a cartoonist — and that was only during orientation! In this way, volunteering can be a chance to make new friends and connections with like-minded people, which is especially important considering that belonging to a community plays an important role in maintaining good physical and emotional health.

Volunteering breeds a sense of community, connection and compassion. It can be a great

By helping others, you’ll also be helping yourself.

distraction from the dull routine of everyday student life and, as a bonus, will look great on a resumé. It can be as simple as giving a few hours of your time every month to a worthy cause you believe in. Animal shelters, hospitals, community centres and

schools are always looking for volunteers.

So think of your strengths and your current sets of skills, and how they could benefit other people. Don’t forget — by helping others, you’ll also be helping yourself. U

Ask Natalie: Is joining a sorority for me?

Natalie Morriz Advice Columnist

“Dear Natalie, I’m starting my first year and I’m a little nervous about making friends. I was thinking about joining a sorority, but I’m not 100 per cent about it. It’s pretty expensive and to be honest, I’m not sure it’s for me. Do you have any ideas about the Greek system at UBC or should I just stay away?”

Sororities and the Greek System seem to go one of two ways — either it’s for you or it’s really not. I have friends who are extremely involved in UBC Sororities and I have friends who wouldn’t touch the Greek system with a 10 foot pole.

Full disclaimer: I went through formal recruitment last fall — also known as “rush” — and was a “new member” of a sorority for about a month before I dropped out of the Greek system. I was never a full member and while I

did discontinue with the Greek system, I hold nothing but respect for the particular sorority I was in. My experiences within the Greek system might be completely different than anyone else’s.

The easiest way to find out if it’s for you is to go through recruitment. If you have even a little interest in joining, especially if you’re in first year, it’s worth it.

Sure, it was a strange week filled with hours of small talk, smiling until my face hurt and women who clearly needed a break asking about my major about a hundred times, but it gives you a pretty solid idea of what it might be like for you. And no one really cares who goes through recruitment — you won’t be doing yourself a favour by deciding against going through recruitment based on what you think other people will think of you.

If you go through and find it’s not for you ( just like I did), then you can leave. Bid day is not a

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life sentence. The Greek system is a great place to find friends, especially if you’re a commuter or transfer student. UBC Sororities President Tovi Sanhedrai said a common reason to join a sorority was “to find a home away from home. Not only are you joining one sorority on campus, but you are joining all eight and UBC Sororities as a whole.” With about 800 active members (not including the fraternities that are a quick walk away), you are bound to make friends.

There are stereotypes about sororities, but there are stereotypes about everything. There’s the chance for an incredibly busy social life if you want it, but you’ll still be held to a higher academic standard.

“Sorority women have some of the highest GPAs on campus,” said Sanhedrai. “Each sorority highly values philanthropy, collaboration and development.”

If you join a sorority, you will have the opportunity to have an

CLICKBAIT //

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Soroitites and the Greek System seem to go one of two ways— either it’s for your or it’s really not.

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incredibly enriching social life.

With socials, formals, exchanges and philanthropic events, sororities have a lot to offer. On the other hand, it’s not the only way to make friends. I think one of the main reasons that I didn’t feel a strong connection with the sorority I was in was because I already had a support system and a strong group of friends. You’ll definitely be more engaged as a first-year, compared to me who was a third-year student already fairly active on campus. You’ll make friends even if you don’t join a sorority, so don’t worry about that.

If you want to join, great — but don’t expect it to be a flawless experience. Everything I’ve said has been pretty pro-Greek, but there were a lot of things that I wasn’t completely on board with. I have friends who have been in their sorority for years and they still have issues with it from time to time. The dues are expensive, the time commitment is fairly demanding, there’s drama and cliques like everywhere else, and the most disappointing thing I found was that there was an underlying need to improve “frat relations” at all times. Sure, different sororities will care different amounts about the frats and the sorority I was in was pretty good about it. But for an organization that’s supposed to be for women and by women, there were a lot of guys involved.

I suppose that’s just part of the social aspect of it.

Just go through — make your own judgments and make your own opinions. If you love it, awesome. If you don’t, what did you really lose? U Need advice? Contact Natalie anonymously at asknatalie@ ubyssey.ca or at ubyssey.ca/advice and have your questions answered!

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“The brains, the beauty, the body.”

Ubyssey Staff

Narcity is a black hole of sponsored content and UBC students were better off when it left us the hell alone.

After discovering the beautiful, niche market that is our university, the site has pumped out over a dozen UBC student-centered articles, capitalizing on quick-toclick procrastinating students and information-starved first-years — all of whom have yet to install an ad blocker.

“UBC. The University of Beautiful Chicks.

The name of the school does not lie,” reads its first sentence.

This new focus, which seems to have started in March, has used UBC students and graduates to produce content that is clickbait-y enough to horrify even the Daily Hive. While Narcity Media (which is really an advertising company) prides itself on its ability to pander to millennials and provide “content for today’s generation,” they’ve slid down the line of decency — something epitomized in a recent article titled “20 of the Hottest UBC Girls on Instagram.”

“UBC. The University of Beautiful Chicks. The name of the school does not lie,” reads its first sentence. There have been a few disgusting full-forms presented for UBC, but we’d say this diminutive moniker would make the top three.

Objectifying UBC students and diminishing their achievements has never been and will never be acceptable.

Narcity may have started out with simple intentions by wanting to garner high levels of engagement in a specific audience by using niche terminology (read jokes about WeBWorK and napping in the Aquatic Centre), but they have now gone too far. Students need to be wary of Narcity and sites like it.

We would advise against sacrificing ad blockers and privacy rights to find out the “9 MustKnow Tips Every UBC Freshman Should Know.” U

SCIENCE

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016 TUESDAY

EDITOR KOBY MICHAELS

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Apps that will make your social life suck (slightly) less Rachel Ong Contributor

We know you can’t peel yourself away from your smartphone. Or tablet. Or laptop. Your social life as a student is one of your number one priorities, so we’ve brought you a bunch of social apps that will give your online persona an ego boost and make it impossible for you to pay attention in class (let’s pretend you were paying attention to begin with).

INSTAGRAM Cost: Free Available: iTunes, Google Play If you don’t already have it, you need it — like, now. Instagram is everyone’s favourite photo sharing app for a reason and now with their added feature of “stories,” you can share in real time what you’re doing and make everyone else jealous. Take pictures from the Rose Garden to impress your friends back home or upload a photo with Earl Sweatshirt at the welcome back BBQ. PS EXPRESS Cost: Free Available: iTunes, Google Play To keep your Instagram feed on point, obviously. Photoshop Express is a mobile version of the popular photo editor. Fix exposure, brightness, contrast and even eliminate red-eye from those frat party pictures everyone is waiting for you to post. Make even the rainiest Vancouver day look great on your Instagram.

BUMBLE Cost: Free (at-cost condoms are avaliable on campus) Available: iTunes, Google Play Ladies, this one’s for you.

Creepy guys and catfishing profiles are all over Tinder and Plenty of Fish. So from co-founder of Tinder, Whitney Wolfe, who created the app after leaving Tinder due to alleged sexual harassment by her co-founder and ex-boyfriend Justin Mateen, comes Bumble — an online dating app that puts the women in charge. Swipe left or right, but only the ladies start the conversation.

This takes the pressure off of the men and makes sure no one is receiving any unsolicited dick pics.

With its user base consisting of 55 per cent women, it’s a win-win.

SPOTIFY Cost: Free, $10/month for premium Available: iTunes, Google Play No one likes an awkward, silent car ride or listening to the same J Biebs song over and over again on the radio. Be the car DJ of everyone’s dreams. Spotify is your answer for mobile tunes which is free for the first 30 days and is then only ten bucks a month. Listen to Canada’s Top 50 Tracks or local favourites like The Zolas and Hey Ocean!

PARALLEL SPACE Cost: Free Available: Google Play A huge time saver for those of you who juggle a complex social life. It allows a singular mobile device to be logged onto multiple accounts of other existing apps at

Real life interaction is really good for you — ­­ please do it occasionally.

the same time. This means you can be logged into your club/society’s Snapchat and your personal account simultaneously.

PERISCOPE Cost: Free Available: iTunes, Google Play Why live-tweet when you can live stream? Owned by Twitter, the app’s interface allows users to broadcast what is happening in front of them in real time. So if your friends aren’t front row during the AMS Block Party, they won’t have to miss a thing.

STUBHUB Cost: Free Available: iTunes, Google Play In case you were in class during the Drake pre-sale or couldn’t snag those Beyoncé tickets you wanted, StubHub is here to help. Get tickets to your favourite concerts, shows and sporting events on your phone, as well as browse for ticket re-sales so you don’t have to potentially deal with scalpers.

JUST EAT – ORDER FOOD DELIVERY Cost: The app is free. The food,

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unfortunately, isn’t.

Available: iTunes, Google Play We’ve all had those nights when we’re too lazy to change out of our pyjamas. JUST EAT is Canada’s biggest take-out and delivery site.

This means you can get a UBC Roll from Everyday Sushi on 10th or a mouthwatering BBQ chicken pizza from Fresh Slice delivered right to your doorstep. The delivery person will see your Batman PJs but hey, it’s totally worth it.

Did we miss any? Let us know which apps are improving your social life on and off campus. U

STUDY //

New research aims to make the fight against Crohn’s easier

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Kelly McNagny was the co-director of the Biomedical Research Centre until recently when he stepped down to focus on research.

Koby Michaels Science Editor

Have you heard of Crohn’s disease?

Probably. Do you know what is is?

Probably not.

Crohn’s disease is one of those diseases everyone’s heard about, but no one can explain. This is surprising because about one in every 150 Canadians lives with Crohn’s or colitis (inflammation of the lining of the colon) — a rate that’s one of the highest in the world.

Crohn’s is a chronic inflammatory disease that can cause diarrhea, bleeding, malnutrition and possibly other affects in organs like the eyes, liver and joints.

UBC researcher Kelly McNagny, a professor of medical genetics, and Bernard Lo, a PhD student, found that in mice, it may be possible to treat Crohn’s disease without weakening the immune systems like current therapies do.

If you think of your bowels as an elastic sewer pipe, Crohn’s disease is when the pipe walls get thicker and thicker due to inflammation — similar to how your finger gets red and sore when your paper cut gets infected. Crohn’s also makes the your gut less elastic, basically turning your bowels into scar tissue. Not only can this prevent food and waste from traveling through your bowels, it can also make it harder for the bowels’ to soak up nutrients and fluids. All of this can cause pain, vomiting and diarrhea — or worse.

In Crohn’s disease, inflammation can lead to the build up of extracellular proteins and molecules — called a matrix — that build a thick complex outside of the cell. This mess of proteins outside the cell can act as a barrier, preventing things from getting to or from the cell which makes it very hard for cells to do their job. It’s not a problem you want in your bowels.

Currently, Crohn’s is treated with drugs that turn down the intensity of your body’s immune response. The problem is the drugs turn down the entire immune system, leaving patients prone to infections. What McNagny’s research suggests is that it might be possible to turn down just the part of the immune system involved turning gut

tissue into scar tissue.

Lo and McNagny found a protein — ROR-alpha — that is active in the gut’s immune cells that help turn on the genes that make the matrix grow out of control.

The team also found RORalpha requires a second molecule to become active, meaning if the team could block the second molecule, they could shut down the matrix production and prevent the scarring in Crohn’s disease that lies at the root of it.

With mice, they are currently testing a molecule that might be able to do just that.

Understanding ROR-alpha — this “on-switch” protein for gut scar-tissue formation — is so exciting because turning it off could prevent scar-tissue from forming in Crohn’s patients without affecting how the immune system responds elsewhere. Mice with nonfunctioning ROR-alpha had normal immune response.

While mice are far from a perfect model for Crohn’s disease and the research remains years away from reaching the clinic, it could have far-reaching affects.

“I would argue fibrotic disease is what kills everyone if you don’t die from cancer or get hit by a bus or die from infection. As you age — liver, kidney, muscle — all of these organs degenerate

and replace normal healthy tissue with fibrotic tissues, basically scar [tissue],” explained McNagny.

The team thinks that if they can turn off ROR-alpha, the “onswitch” protein in humans, they could prevent scar tissue from not only forming in the gut because of Crohn’s disease, but also around the body in healthy people.

The research may translate into humans especially quickly because there are already clinical trials of treatments that target proteins switched on by RORalpha — albeit for psoriasis, an autoimmune disease.

There was a trial of the same drug for treating Crohn’s disease in humans which had limited success, but it targeted Crohn’s patients without severe scarring — the very patients that should benefit the most according to the research.

The research offers new hope in improved treatments for Crohn’s if research into it continues. McNagny said that funding for his labs — and others across Canada — is hard to come by. His lab, which only a few years ago had a team of 12, can now only support five researchers.

“Where we are struggling now, is it’s getting very hard to get funding for research in Canada,” McNagny said. “We are stretched to the bone.” U

SPORTS+REC

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016 TUESDAY

EDITOR OLAMIDE OLANIYAN

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Meet Emily Overholt, student and Olympic bronze medalist Lucy Fox Contributor

On day five of the 2016 Rio Olympics, the Canadian swim team made history once again, winning their first ever medal in the 4x200m women’s freestyle relay.

But as Penny Oleksiak touched the wall to earn Canada another bronze medal, history was also being made in the stands.

Sitting among the crowd in the Olympic Aquatics Stadium, UBC Thunderbird Emily Overholt had just won her first ever Olympic medal, having replaced one of the four relay swimmers in the preliminary heat of the event that morning.

“I thought my meet was over, and they called me up the night before and said that I needed to be ready just in case. It wasn’t until that morning that they told me I was for sure swimming. It was already a surprise to be a part of it,” Overholt said.

“Me and Kennedy Goss, one of the other girls that swam in the morning, were watching [the final] together and they were in it the whole way. It was so exciting to watch and when they won a medal, it was crazy because it was so surprising. They weren’t expected to.”

Going into Rio, the 18-year-old West Vancouver native was one to watch for Canada. Last year, Overholt made a name for herself in the pool after she won three medals at the Pan Am Games in Toronto, including a gold medal in the 400m freestyle. She also

took home bronze in the 400m individual medley at the 2015 FINA World Championships.

Now, she holds one of Canada’s 22 medals from Rio and she hasn’t even started her post-secondary education.

“I don’t think it’s really sunk in yet. It’s weird, but now that I’m home, my life is kind of normal again. I’ve been really busy, but I don’t think it will sink in for a long time,” Overholt said of her new hardware.

The games in Brazil were also Overholt’s first ever Olympics — a pinnacle moment in any athlete’s career, let alone those just out of high school. Yet, the West Vancouver Otters alumni said she was surprisingly undaunted by the world-renowned event, or her first race on day one.

“It was weird because I wasn’t nervous at all, I was so excited. I hadn’t raced in months — that’s a really long time to go without racing, but I was injured so I couldn’t. So I was honestly just excited to get off the blocks and swim,” Overholt said of the walk into the stadium for her first heat.

“When I walked out, I saw my brothers in the stands, so that was really cool.

“I didn’t really know what to expect going in, but I don’t think I realized how different it is from other swim meets,” she said of the overall Olympic experience. “I try to think of it as any other swim meet [and] just stay calm that way, but it was crazy. Anything can happen at the Olympics and I learned that for sure. There were

Overholt holds one of Canada’s 22 medals from Rio

so many disappointments and a lot of surprises too.”

Placing eighth in her first heat, Overholt was off to a steady start out the gate. Yet, a fifth-place finish in the final later that day wasn’t what she had hoped for. With that in mind, the Olympian is now looking forward to getting back in the pool and working towards the next Olympics in Tokyo.

“I was kind of disappointed with my individual swims, so I

think I’m just really excited to get back in the water and get training again, and looking forward to the next four years.”

She is also looking forward to school, after deferring last year to focus on her swimming.

“I’m really excited to start school, I took a year off last year and that was really hard,” Overholt said of her upcoming freshman year. “I’m also really excited to just be on the team — UBC has a really

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good team environment. I don’t train with them, but just being a part of the team I think is going to be really fun.”

For now, the Collingwood school graduate is taking a welldeserved break. “I have six weeks off, which is the most I’ve ever taken of swimming right now,” she said. “I’m just trying to get healthy and make sure my body recovers, and we’ll start the season again.” U

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Thunderbirds beat out Spartans 3-0 on Friday night

The UBC Men’s soccer team were top of the league for a day.

Lucy Fox Contributor

In a top-of-table clash, the UBC Thunderbirds (4-0-1) put on a second-half show for fans at

Thunderbird Stadium on Friday night, taking down division leaders Trinity Western (4-1-0) with a 3-0 win.

“I think we were a little bit lethargic. We were kind of content

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to play at a slower pace in the first half,” UBC head coach Mike Mosher said of the match. “We challenged [the team] at half-time to … play at a faster tempo, which we’re capable of doing, and it was

nice to see a good response.”

It was some of the team youngsters who provided much of UBC’s attack. Second-years Kerman Pannu and Manraj Bains both notched a goal, alongside an assist for both Pannu and fellow second-year Titouan Chopin.

“We’ve brought them along through the pre-season and now they’re a big part of what’s going right right now,” Mosher said of the younger members of the squad. “We’re pretty happy with the recruiting class we had coming in and I think we’re seeing them perform at a level maybe beyond what we might have even hoped, so it’s fun to watch.”

The first half proved an even match up, as both defences held strong in their own halves.

Both sides had some chances though, with UBC providing the first attempt on net in the seventh minute. On the breakaway, Thunderbird midfielder Pannu got a shot away in the Spartans box. Unfortunately for him, Trinity’s keeper Andrew Hicks got his hands on the low-ball to keep the home side at bay.

Late in the half, the Spartans produced the most convincing chance of the first 45 minutes.

Getting on the end of a low corner, midfielder Mitchell Urzinger blasted a shot across the face of goal, just missing the left post.

UBC wasted no time picking up the intensity in the second. In the 49th minute, substitute Lucas Reis sent a short ball in to Pannu from the left flank. The Surrey United alumni finished off the play with a rocket of a shot into the back of the net, putting the T-Birds up 1-0.

In the 56th, the ’Birds capitalized on a Fraser Valley goalkeeper fumble in the box.

Taking advantage of the turnover, Titouan Chopin played a short pass to Reis at the top of the six and Reis’s ensuing shot sailed past Hicks, doubling UBC’s lead.

To make matters worse for the visiting side, UBC made it three goals just two minutes later, as left fullback Manraj Bains headed Pannu a corner past Hicks and into the net.

That would be the final goal for the home team, propelling them to the top of the Pacific division standings with a 3-0 win.

“We look at ourselves as the team to beat — it’s very much about what we’re going to do,” said Mosher when asked about the team’s success against a fellow top-of-table side.

“We’ll look a little bit at what some other teams do and make sure that our guys are up to speed, but we always emphasize that it’s about us and if we can do the things that we want to do correctly, then we’re a darn hard team to beat.” U

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Men’s hockey defeats SFU for eighth straight time

’Birds beat Cougars 5-0, tie against Griffins

Bill Situ Contributor

After an intense derby filled with many hits and scrums, the UBC men’s hockey came out on top 3-1 against its cross-town rival, the Simon Fraser University (SFU) Clan.

The 3-1 victory was Sven Butenschon’s first win as the T-Birds’ interim head coach. The former assistant coach took over the position after Adam Shell’s departure less than two weeks ago. He describes the win as a “relief” after the recent string of events.

“It’s been a very fast transition,” said Butenschon. “We’re all moving forward as best as we can and luckily enough, the guys have worked incredibly hard.”

With the win against SFU, the T-Birds have extended their winning streak against the Clan to eight games. The ’Birds last fell to the Clan back in January 2012, where UBC dropped a 3-1 decision. For first-year defenceman Joe Carvahlo, it was his first taste of the two teams’ longstanding rivalry.

“This was my first game personally against SFU, but it was definitely a good experience,” said Carvahlo. “These two schools don’t like each other, but it’s good to have a little intensity like that.”

Despite having outscored SFU 38-7 in the last seven encounters, UBC got into a deficit midway into the opening frame. As SFU was on power play, forward Brandon Tidy

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This weekend saw the ‘Birds second scorless tie this season

Matt Langmuir Contributor

The win was Butenschon’s first win as interim head coach.

put the Clan up by a goal, firing a shot from the point that touched the stick of teammate Scott Patterson before beating T-Bird goalkeeper Derek Dun. Five minutes after Tidy’s goal, UBC had a power play goal of their own to even the score.

Forward Adam Rossignol fed a centering pass to defenceman Riley Guenther, who then put the biscuit in the basket from the slot.

With the score tied after the first frame, the game went into a stalemate for the first half of the second intermission. The ’Birds’ closest scoring chance came

midway into the period when UBC forward Nick Buonassisi took an open shot from the slot, which deflected off the blocker of Clan goalkeeper Jordan Liem.

In the final five minutes of the game, the T-Birds saw their strongest momentum with two goals from forward Chase Clayton and centre Carter Popoff. Neither team scored in the final intermission, which ended the game 3-1 in favour of UBC. “I told the guys to play with a little more composure and a little more confidence,” said Butenschon.

“I think once we do that, we can

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probably get a little more offensive success.”

Even with the win, Butenschon believes that his team has much to learn in the season ahead.

“It’s early, we got a lot of work to do. We’re going to break down that video and lots of areas to improve on,” said Butenschon.

UBC will continue their preseason play next week on Saturday, September 17 and Sunday, September 18 with a doubleheader against the University of Alberta Golden Bears in their home at the Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre. U

MEN’S SOCCER //

T-Birds tie UFV 0-0, slip to second in the Pacific Division Fong got on the end of the lofted ball. His header went just over the crossbar, sparing the visitors a goal against with 40 minutes to go in the match.

An onslaught of shots in the final 10 minutes of play by the ’Birds couldn’t put them ahead and as the final whistle went, the two sides settled for a 0-0 draw.

With the tie, UBC moves to second place in the division — just one point behind Friday night’s opponent, Trinity Western. The Spartans defeated University of Victoria Vikes 2-1 in Victoria to reclaim top spot. U

With the tie, the ‘Birds move to second place, just one point behind Trinity Western.

Lucy Fox Contributor

UBC Thunderbirds (4-0-2) upped the undefeated streak to six matches on Saturday night — playing to a 0-0 draw against the University of the Fraser Valley Cascades (2-1-1) — but slid down to second place on the Canada West standings. “[They’re] a good opponent.

They typically are a difficult team to play against [and] keep things relatively tight in the back,” said

head coach Mike Mosher in an article by UBC Athletics. “That said, we created a couple of chances [and] just couldn’t get on the end [of ] one of those crosses.”

At the five-minute mark, Thunderbirds midfielder Kerman Pannu started another strong performance, twisting his way through the Cascades defence and down to the touch line.

Sending the ball towards the net from deep in the six-yard box, Pannu’s shot clattered off the outside of the right post and out

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for a goal kick.

It wasn’t until the 22nd minute when the home side got the next big break, as striker Titouan Chopin barged his way through Fraser Valley’s back line. Chopin sent a short pass to Pannu at the top of the six for a promising attack, but the ensuing point blank shot was saved by the fast reflexes of Cascades keeper Alex Skrzeta.

In the second half, a Pannu corner was the next play to bring the crowd to life, as captain Bryan

“[They’re] a good opponent. They typically are a difficult team to play against [and] keep things relatively tight in the back.”

- MIKE MOSHER

Up next, the T-Birds face fellow Canada West heavyweights: the University of Alberta Golden Bears. Currently, the Bears sit on top of the Prairie Division with a 5-0-0 record. Can UBC break their winning streak and keep their own undefeated streak alive? Check out the match at Wolfson Field at 7 p.m. on Friday to find out.

Following a 0-0 draw on opening day against the University of Victoria Vikes, the UBC women’s soccer team looked to continue their fine defensive form over the weekend against the Mount Royal University Cougars and MacEwan University Griffins at Thunderbird Stadium.

Friday’s match against Mount Royal was a goal fiesta for the ’Birds, with five different UBC players each recording a tally on the scoresheet. Amelia Crawford and Sydney Jennings pulled the home side ahead 2-0 before halftime. Then, in the final 10 minutes, a flurry of goals from Rachel Jones, Aman Shergill and Shayla Chorney effectively put the game to bed.

Saturday’s match against MacEwan was a different story.

Though the ’Birds were able to record yet another clean sheet, they were not able to get on the scoresheet themselves.

“Today we played a team that kept nine behind the ball all the time.”

- JESSE SYMONS

“Today we played a team that kept nine behind the ball all the time,” said head coach Jesse Symons. “It was hard to break down. The players are a little frustrated because we are getting chances, but we haven’t buried one in two of our three games now.”

On a positive note, Symons’ team played well defensively and now have a shutout streak going at three games. They dominated the possession game and out-chanced MacEwan. The best chance came from Margaret Hadley, who hit the crossbar with her attempt at a goal just after halftime. Despite the frustration, Symons remains positive that his team will be able to capitalize next weekend.

“Hopefully, we’ll reconvene for next week. We’ll hopefully get a bit more space to play in and emphasize that — as a team — when we get chances, those need to be capitalized on,” said Symons. “When we do that, we’re on the front foot and things will open up.” U The ’Birds will look to continue their shutout streak in Abbotsford and Langley next weekend as they face the Cascades and Spartans.

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