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Harriet Moore serves drinks and food at the iconic Koerner’s Pub, nestled in the picturesque west end of campus. A UBC alum, Moore still feels like she is very much a part of the community.

In 2014, Moore started working at Koerner’s Pub as a part-time waitress. After graduating with a BA in sociology in 2015, she has stayed on fulltime, as a hiatus between school and her professional career.

“I graduated, not entirely sure what industry I wanted to go into and where I wanted to apply in the workforce. I thought it would be nice to take a gap year and have some fun.”

Moore considers the pub her home away from home. “We’re like a family — it’s basically my second family. We’re all really close and we all really care for each other. That’s kind of rare in a workplace [where] people genuinely care about your wellbeing.”

Furthermore, she views the pub as a gathering place for people from all fields of study. “The best part [of the job is] how social it can be.

Especially because it’s a pub on the UBC campus, I find that we are surrounded by likeminded, driven people. You get to have some pretty interesting conversations across a bunch of different disciplines and faculties.”

However, the pub’s clientele base is not limited to just students of UBC. According to Moore, in addition to locals, “we get a lot of tourists that are visiting UBC or the Museum of Anthropology

and we get a lot of faculty that are here for lunch. Even though we are located in the graduate students’ building, we get a lot of undergraduates, like a whole range.”

What the regulars come back for, Moore believes, is the great selection of food and drinks at the pub. “Something iconic about our pub is our pho nachos. It’s a take on Vietnamese pho and classic nachos, except they add brisket, sriracha, hoisin and sprouts. I’ve never seen them anywhere else.

Our tuna poke bowl is really good as well and we kill the burger.”

Moore suggests pairing your entrée with a local brew. “We’re definitely craft beer focused. We have quite a few from Driftwood [on Vancouver Island], Howe Sound up in Squamish and also, from Vancouver and the Lower Mainland, Strange Foes [and] 33 Acres. Apart from PBR, all of our brews are local.”

To customers who “don’t know what hops are,” Moore recommends ordering a cocktail.

“We’ve recently started doing a cocktail of the month. The one we have right now is called ‘Stephanie’s Love.’” Inspired by a regular named Brian, the cocktail is gin-based and flavoured with raspberry, lemon and hibiscus tones.

Moore hopes to continue making people happy. “I definitely enjoy working in hospitality and studying people in sociology. I like interacting with people and making sure people are happy in some capacity, whether it’s enjoying food or helping people in the grander scheme.”

While Moore loves her job, she has developed a pet peeve for brazen customers.

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“Unfortunately, for guys and girls, I feel like part of hospitality and the service industry is a level of flirtation and it can be correlated with tipping. I think it’s shameless, but flirting is always going to be a part of bars and alcohol.”

Such customers transgress the professional relationship between a server and customer, and Moore views this attitude towards female servers as demeaning. “In serving, there’s a certain level of flirtation you’re supposed to put up with as opposed to other industries and as a feminist, I don’t necessarily think it’s right.”

According to The National Post, the Earls restaurant chain forced female servers to wear skirts as recently as February 2016 and a plethora of online employee reviews criticized Cactus Club Café’s dress code for being sexist against women.

In contrast to such sexist workplace requirements, Koerner’s Pub operates with a liberal, wear-what-you-want policy — one of the reasons why Moore feels so at home at the pub. “As a female, I don’t feel pressured to look a certain way. We can pretty much wear anything —pants, skirts. We don’t have to wear high heels — I feel like I can be myself. It’s very respectable, especially compared to other places.”

If you are thinking of visiting Koerner’s Pub, they have weekly specials such as Taco Tuesdays and Karaoke Wednesdays.

Although they are closed on weekends, “sometimes through [The Calendar], we have special events that we put on with them on Saturdays, like the House Parties or the Full Moon Party.” U

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Other BC universities have released campus safety apps — will UBC? Joshua Azizi Contributor

Universities all over BC have released apps specifically designed to provide safety and security services to students and faculty.

Is UBC set to get one in the near future?

According to Campus Security Director Barry Eccleton, it’s a possibility.

“Development of a safety app is being considered right now, but it’s too early to say what it might look like and when it may be approved,” he wrote in an email statement to The Ubyssey.

Capilano University, UBC Okanagan, Thompson Rivers University (TRU) and the British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) have all developed their apps using App Armor — a platform used to develop safety apps at dozens of universities around Canada and the United States.

An App Armor program can perform many useful services — for example, universities can send out push notifications or alerts to notify students immediately about any potential dangers on campus. Students can also use the app to contact various security or emergency services, report

concerns, access campus maps or view guides that detail what to do in an emergency situation such as a bomb threat.

They also make use of location services on iPhones. For example, when an emergency service such as 9-1-1 is called through the app, it sends the location of the caller to the campus security department of the university so that security officers can arrive at the location before emergency services do.

Likewise, the “Friend Walk” feature sends the user’s location to a friend so they can watch the user walk to their destination. “[These apps] allow people to be prepared for a variety of different types of situations,” said Stacey Jyrkkanen, associate director in the office of safety and emergency management at TRU. “When Vancouver Island University had what was thought was a shooter on campus, they were able to use the app to get their information out and I thought, ‘You know, that is something we need to look at here.’”

Jyrkkanen also praised the app for compiling a lot of information in one place.

“We just wanted to really make sure that we had a way for people to get information quickly without having to go, ‘Okay, let’s go to the

BC universities have started using apps to improve campus safety and security.

website and start digging through the website,’” she said.

BCIT’s own version of the safety app, which just released this month, has gotten a lot of positive feedback, according to Adrian Hingston, assistant director of safety, security and emergency management.

“It’s been overwhelmingly positive with respect to people just appreciating that we’ve got it in place and downloading it,” said Hingston.

“We put an alert on the app in response to a string of sexual assaults in the Burnaby area that the RCMP were warning the general public about — not an active push notification, but a passive alert that we’ve put up. It’s been helpful in that respect and we see it as being very helpful in an emergency situation.”

UBC currently has an “official mobile app” with various features, but its security-related ones are

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limited to a list of phone numbers for security and emergency services.

While UBC is not currently working on a safety app, Eccleton notes that there are several other campus security initiatives that the university is currently working on.

“UBC’s campus safety working group was formed to look at all aspects of the university to enhance safety,” wrote Eccleton. “That work has resulted in significant infrastructure improvements.” U

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Lind Initiative brings global discussion of US elections to UBC

Discussion of the US elections has reached campus thanks to the Lind Initiative.

Priyanjali Maitra Contributor

The United States is in the midst of a polarizing election season. The UBC community has the opportunity to be actively involved in the debate

and discussion through the Lind Initiative in US Studies by the Liu Institute for Global Issues.

“The Lind Initiative started with a donation by Philip Lind, a donor to UBC who really wanted to bring leading thinkers from the US

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to campus to engage with students in different ways,” said Lindsay Marsh, manager of communications and program development for the institute.

Since it began in 2015, the initiative ran a previous series

on inequality, which was led by Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz.

This year they will foray into a topic which, although spoken and written about often, promises to offer novel perspectives that have not been approached greatly in the media.

Talks put on throughout the fall by speakers such as authors Jane Mayer and E.J. Dionne, among others, will touch on topics such as the way in which “dark money” is shaping the US election and the effect of populism on American politics.

“What is different this time is perhaps that the electorate is so divided — there is so much division between them. That divide needs to be addressed,” said Marsh on the central factor that makes discussion on this election important.

Mayer’s event in the series, held last Friday, emphasized that dark money may be the real issue rather than any particular candidate — her talk aimed to be “an analysis of how super PACs and big donor money has shaped the 2016 election,” according to the Lind website.

Peter Klein, a professor from the Graduate School of Journalism, agrees with Mayer.

“If you offer shrewd business people an opportunity to take advantage of the system, then of course they are going to and that is exactly what the Koch brothers have done,” said Klein.

“Why the Right Went Wrong,” Dionne’s October 14 talk, is fueled by how political analysts have wondered about the spirit of United States conservatism in recent times.

“Many of the candidates in previous campaigns didn’t necessarily have a lot of political experience,” said Klein on how presidential nominees have been chosen and viewed in the past.

The Lind Initiative opens the doors to a multitude of less spoken about, but rather controversial topics.

“Expanding from a speaker series depends on student demand — we can look at accommodating student demands.

We are always open to professor and student input,” said Marsh.

As the initiative’s speaker series are becoming more frequent, with the next set taking place in early 2017, Marsh concluded by calling upon the UBC community to engage more actively in the events and all that they have to offer. U

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Transit changes to bring more bus service to UBC

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The most unreliable bus is the 480.

Coffee cups are just the beginning of the AMS’s plans.

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AMS coffee sleeves push for changes in sexual assault draft policy Samantha McCabe News Editor

A new rollout of coffee sleeves at Uppercase attracted lots of attention from students, faculty and staff.

The eye-catching campaign from the AMS features the cardboard sleeves scribed with statistics of the number of students suspended from 2004 to 2014 for “plagiarism and/ or cheating,” 257 students, and for “sexual assault,” zero.

“This is something that we want students to remember when they look at it,” said Samantha So, AMS VP Academic and University Affairs and a key organizer behind the campaign. “Because you get those two seconds when they’re in class and they look down at the coffee collars, and so we thought, ‘Why not put statistics on there? Statistics that speak volumes.’”

“This is Our Campus,” the sleeves proclaim on the other side, along with a link to learn more about UBC’s stand-alone sexual assault policy draft. The draft was released in June 2016 for consultation from the public.

While the sleeves and their intention received very positive feedback from the community, they are just one piece of a broader AMS project. The campaign’s aim is to get students thinking and involved in providing feedback to UBC regarding the policy, as well as push the AMS’s specific recommendations.

In another product distribution more recently, the AMS put fliers out as another tenant of the This is Our Campus campaign. The fliers provide students with a quick overview of the purpose of the campaign — “[an] opportunity for students to give feedback, make our voices heard” — as well as four recommended changes that the AMS decided on after extensive consultation with the Sexual Assault Support Centre (SASC).

The AMS is distributing the fliers all over campus, as well as in all upper-year residences after receiving permission from the university.

“I think that [the fliers are] really the most central part of our

campaign,” said Kathleen Simpson, AMS VP External and another hand in planning and executing the campaign. “Ultimately, that’s where students can learn the most about what our opinions are on the feedback and how they can also give us their thoughts.”

The first recommendation seeks for the university to amend the policy so that a procedure unique from the non-academic misconduct process for reporting is in place, specifically tailored for sexual assault cases.

“The draft policy refers students to the Student Code of Conduct rather than explaining the process for reporting and what expectations survivors are entitled to in that process,” the AMS website explains of their second recommendation.

“We want people who are potentially looking to report or [seeking] other options to be able to go to that policy as kind of a onestop place where they can learn all of the information that they need to,” said Simpson.

While third-party reporting is briefly mentioned in the existing policy draft, the AMS’s third recommendation notes that it is unclear how exactly the procedure is going to work and therefore asks for clarity or explanations on it.

As for the fourth recommendation, the policy features a short list of staff as resources who will receive UBC’s sexual assault training. The AMS would like to see an expanded version.

“We suspect that the list of people who receive that training will actually be much larger,” said Simpson. “We think that it would be helpful for those people or their job titles to be included in the policy so people going there will have more options that they might feel comfortable reporting to.”

After the recommendations, a final section of the flier lets students check off whether they agree or do not agree with each of the four points separately, and then several blank lines invite students to make their own notes or suggestions for the policy draft.

According to Simpson, the comments that the AMS receives

from students on these fliers will be implemented into the report that they will be submitting to UBC at the end of September. The report is intended to reiterate the AMS suggestions — if the community agrees with them — as well as incorporate the consultation results in a formal format to the university for consideration.

“In the original timeframe that it was set out to be, [UBC’s consultation period] was supposed to end in September — which we were concerned was not enough time while students were on campus to be able to give feedback,” said Simpson. “We’re really happy that the consultation deadline has been extended.”

The final piece of the campaign is the large vertical banner hanging on a wall of the Nest’s main floor, available for students to sign in support of the AMS recommendations. The banner highlights only the first recommendation, a choice that reflects the AMS’s opinion that the first is “the biggest change that we need to happen,” according to Simpson.

So acknowledged the success of this campaign and the accuracy of the subsequent report hinges on student engagement.

“Please read through the recommendations and of course, if you can, the policy,” said So. “Then read the recommendations again, fill [our pamphlet] out. But if anything, fill out the UBC one.”

“I’ve actually been super gratified with the response so far.

I’ve never worked on a campaign that’s gotten so much positive attention, and I’m especially thankful for people that reach out and say that it is something that they care about as well,” said Simpson.

Previously, UBC has stressed how valuable they find the consultation from the community.

Since it was extended, the consultation period will end October 31. Due to provincial regulation, UBC needs to have a completed stand-alone sexual assault policy in place by spring 2017. U

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The Metro Vancouver Mayors’ Council recently announced the first phase of the 10-Year Vision for public transit and transportation. Involving a potential $2 billion investment, if approved the plan will lead to improvements in bus service to UBC, which currently involves some of the most crowded, busy and unreliable buses in Vancouver.

“Moving forward with Phase One of the Mayor Council’s 10-Year Vision will kick start immediate and urgently needed improvements to Metro Vancouver transit and transportation,” said Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson in a TransLink media release.

The first phase of the 10-Year Vision will be the biggest public transport investment since 2009.

This potential $2 billion plan will go to public consultation in October. If approved, the plan will be in effect by January 2017.

“The Phase One plan will bring the first expansion of the region’s transit service since 2009 — a period during which 250,000 new residents have moved to Metro Vancouver,” said the release.

Five out of the 10 bus routes with the most ridership in 2015 — the 99, the 49, the 25, the 9 and the 41 — are UBC bus routes, as are four out of the 10 most crowded ones — the 99, the 49, the 25 and the 41 — followed by the most unreliable bus route, the 480 UBC/Bridgeport station.

Investments in the 10-Year Vision include the addition of five new B-Line routes, one of which will run on 41st Avenue from UBC to Joyce-Collingwood SkyTrain Station. Buses will run every 10 to 15 minutes, and every five minutes during peak hours.

The 10-Year Vision includes $630 million to purchase new buses and fund an increase in bus service in the UBC area by si per cent and 10 per cent throughout Metro Vancouver.

Part of the $2 billion will also go toward pre-construction and design work on the Broadway SkyTrain line, which will extend the current Millennium line west from VCC Clark Station to UBC along the Broadway Corridor.

Construction is currently projected to break ground by early 2019.

Funding sources for the 10-Year Vision include property tax and transit fares beginning in 2017.

This would mean an approximate $3 increase in property tax per year for every household and a $2 increase for monthly passes over the next three years.

According to the TransLink media release, transit funding decisions are being made using a “fair and balanced” approach.

Public consultation for the 10Year Vision will begin on October 11 and will be open to all residents of Metro Vancouver. U

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BROCK COMMONS IS THE TALLEST WOOD STRUCTURE OF ITS KIND BUT IT MARKS ONLY THE BEGINNING OF A NEW AGE IN CONSTRUCTION — THE AGE OF MASS TIMBER. HOW DOES AN 18-STOREY TIMBER BUILDING STAY UPRIGHT AND WITHSTAND EARTHQUAKES, FIRES AND ROT? HOW GREEN IS IT REALLY? FOR MORE COVERAGE OF THE TALL WOOD BUILDING CHECK OUT UBYSSEY.CA/FEATURES

1,753 metric tons of carbon stored in the wood.*

70 days of construction with prefabricated components.

679 metric tons of carbon prevented.*

18 floors and room for 404 students.

*Estimated by the Wood Carbon Calculator for Buildings, based on research by Sathre, R. and J. O’Connor, 2010, A Synthesis of Research on Wood Products and Greenhouse Gas Impacts, FPInnovations (this relates to carbon stored and avoided GHG).

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WHY IT’S A GOOD IDEA If wood rots, burns and isn’t great at handling earthquakes, why build an 18-storey resident building out of it?

“We are always asked why do we build in wood and there are three reasons. One, it supports UBC’s goals around sustainability and innovation. Two, it provides learning and research opportunities for UBC students and faculty.

Three, it supports the local BC wood product economy as well as the local design community,” said John Metras, the managing director of Infrastructure Development at UBC. Perry Adebar, UBC’s civil engineering department head and an expert in high-rise concrete buildings, put it a different way. “I’d love to see timber used more, but I’d hate to see it done for political reasons — I’d like to see it done for the right reasons.”

In 2009, the BC government changed the building code, allowing wood buildings to be six storeys — previously, they had been limited to four storeys. It’s part of a larger move by the wood industry and the BC government to put “wood first.”

Outside of politics, wood is more sustainable. Its production produces less greenhouse gases and holds in carbon dioxide. Wood can also be locally sourced — at least in BC — and, if forests are sustainably managed, do limited damage to the ecosystems the timber is from.

“Concrete has got one big, giant problem and that’s the environmental aspect. When you produce Portland Cement [a part of concrete], you release all kinds of carbon dioxide and, from an environmental perspective, it’s very bad,” said Adebar. While the industry has responded, improved and become more sustainable, wood is still considered a greener product.

UBC also decided to use wood as part of their “living lab” mindset — the idea that learning and research can and should go beyond the lab. The Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability at UBC is using the project as a case study for wood structure buildings. In an email statement to The Ubyssey, Angelique Pilon — the centre’s research manager — explained they are working with UBC and the faculties of forestry and engineering on a range of “research and educational projects” on mass timber buildings.

Forestry professor Frank Lam and Carlos Ventura, the director of the Earthquake Engineering Research Facility at UBC, have teamed up to embed moisture sensors, seismic sensors and sensors to detect if the building deforms.

While Brock Commons is built to withstand earthquakes, moisture and small amount of deformation, the sensors will allow the professors to collect data and better understand how tall wood buildings work.

Current knowledge is largely limited to computer modelling because Brock Commons is one of the first buildings of its kind.

Wood construction is also beneficial to the BC economy. The wood for Brock Commons is from BC forests. The company that built the CLTs and Glulam — Structurlam Products — is based in Penticton, BC. The architecture firm, engineering firms and construction companies that worked on Brock Commons are all BC companies too.

The provincial government has been pushing wood construction since before the building code changed in 2009. Canada’s current Minister of Natural Resources, Jim Carr, said in a press release that “[Brock Commons is] an apt demonstration of how Canada’s forest industry is finding new opportunity through technology and innovation — opening up a world of possibilities for our forest and construction industries.”

This idea of ushering an era of British Columbian and Canadian dominance in forestry and wood construction was echoed over and over again at a Brock Common’s press conference by members of the industry, wood lobbying groups and politicians.

Whether building with mass timber is the future is something only time will tell. U

6 | features | TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 27, 2016 Brock Commons is being touted as a very environmentally friendly building. While it’s on track to be a LEED Gold Certified building (as are most UBC buildings nowadays), John Metras, the managing director of UBC Infrastructure Development, sees the wood building as going beyond just a certification.

While much of its environmental impact has yet to be quantified, Brock is on track to be a very green building, at least compared to it’s cement and steel siblings.

“Massive timber is actually storing carbon in the building and that goes towards our goal in capturing the carbon,” said Frank Lam, senior chair professor of wood building design and construction in the faculty of forestry. Meanwhile, the production and construction of steel and concrete releases greenhouse gases.

Building Brock Commons from wood also allowed much of the material from the building to be locally sourced, cutting down the energy needed to transport material. The timber was cut down in BC forests, transported to the factory that produced the Cross Laminate Timbers (CLTs) and Glulam in Penticton, and then was driven straight onto the construction site. Less trucks driving less kilometres means less gas and less greenhouse gases.

The wood used in Brock Commons comes from sustainably managed BC forests.

“In Canada, we consider it a farm,” said Lam, explaining the concept behind sustainable forestry. The Crown owns forestry land and gives licenses to companies to harvest timber.

The companies must maintain roads, stream and other natural features to do as little damage to the vegetation and wildlife as possible.

Trees are replanted soon after being cut down to restore the forest before it is harvested

again. The practice boils down to one simple concept — don’t change the land or its purpose.

Just like a farmer harvests their field every year, giving it time to rest and recover before replanting, sustainably managed forests allow the ecosystem to recover before they are harvested for more lumber.

The wood in Brock Commons is also helping sustainability in a surprising way — by helping to fight the mountain pine beetle.

The beetles, though native to BC, are among the largest forest insect blights ever in North America. Lam estimated that about 19 million hectares of forest in the interior have been attacked by the beetle. The beetles destroy the trees, leaving lots of dead trees that will either burn or decay if they aren’t harvested.

This excess of wood helped mass timber technology to take hold. While Lam was hesitant to call the beetles a driving force in mass timber technology, he did explain that they contributed to the strong need to use the dead wood. The excess of timber allowed Lam and others to obtain research funding to study mass timber technologies like CLTs. It is important to note that regions around North America without a beetle problem have also started developing mass timber industry but the beetles. Nonetheless, the little critters had a part to play in building Brock Commons.

In an email statement to The Ubyssey, UBC’s Centre for Interactive Research of Sustainability is starting a research project that “compares Brock Commons with a similar concrete building, Ponderosa Commons, to understand the environmental impacts in greater detail, and what the overall benefits and trade-offs actually are.”

So just how green is Brock Commons? The numbers aren’t in yet but very green is a good guess. U

GREENER THAN GREEN

A HIGH TECH FRANKENSTEIN OF A BUILDING Think an 18-story residence building made of wood sounds like a bad idea in a rainy, earthquake-prone city like Vancouver? Well, you’d be right, so it’s a good thing that UBC’s new Tall Wood Building — Brock Commons — isn’t actually a wooden building.

Wait, what?

“Technically we would refer to Brock Commons as a hybrid, mass timber structure,” said Perry Adebar, UBC’s civil engineering department head and an expert in high-rise, concrete buildings like the ones that make up most of Vancouver’s skyline.

Brock Commons, which is advertised as the world’s tallest wood building (it isn’t — that honour goes to the Yingxian Wooden Pagoda in China) is a mix of a lot of different materials like most high-rises today. The new residence hall has a concrete foundation and two concrete cores. It has glass windows, steel connectors and a wood fibre, high-pressure laminate (which isn’t really wood). So where does the wood come in?

“The mass timber structure forms the floor plates and the structural columns,” said John Metras, the managing director of Infrastructure Development at UBC. The wood used in Brock Commons, referred to as mass timber, is as high-tech as wood can get. The floors of the building are made up from cross laminated timber (CLT).

To make a CLT panel, you take a giant lumber board and cover it in adhesive, and then take a second giant lumber board, turn it 90 degrees so that its grain is perpendicular to the first board and gluing it on top — like a glued together Jenga tower. Then do it again and again and again until you have three to seven layers (Brock uses five-layered CLTs). Then coat the whole thing in some chemicals and you’ve got yourself something that can be as strong as concrete — at least in some ways.

Because wood is only strong in the direction of its grain, by turning the boards 90 degrees, CLTs are strong in

two directions instead of one.

Brock Commons also has wooden columns made out of a second mass timber technology called Glulam. Similarly to CLTs, Glulam takes lumber, glues it together with moisture-resistant adhesives, except in Glulam, all the wood has the grain going the same way, giving it strength in one dimension lengthwise.

The CLTs are stacked between Glulam pillars and connected by steel connectors to form the floors and vertical support for Brock Commons. However, the wood needs help to make the building strong enough to stand 18-stories high.

“In simple terms, you can break a high-rise building into two parts.

There is the portion that resists all the lateral forces — we call it the ‘lateral force resisting system,’” said Adebar.

“We call the rest of it a ‘gravity frame’ — the floors and the columns and all that. You need something to take the vertical load — all this needs to do is to resist [gravity].”

To stop the building from tipping over, Brock Commons has two giant concrete towers. To prevent the building from collapsing under its own weight, Brock has wood floors and columns connected by steel connectors.

When Adebar and other structural engineers look at Brock Commons, they don’t see a building that’s much different from a skyscraper in Toronto or Vancouver — at least when it comes to earthquakes or wind.

“The timber portion of the structure doesn’t do anything to resist wind loads or earthquake loads,” said Adebar. So vertically, Brock Commons is just a plain old reinforced concrete building, but plain old reinforced concrete is really good at stopping buildings from falling over because of wind or earthquakes.

“Wood structures actually perform quite well in a seismic event because they are relatively light. There isn’t a lot of mass or inertia that is generated during a seismic event.

That’s a benefit of a wood structure,” said Metras.

All wood does horizontally, explained Adebar, is change the calculations because it’s so much lighter than concrete or steel.

It’s in resisting gravity — in the vertical direction — that the building is primarily wood. Buildings are heavy and need to support their own weight, plus the weight of all the showers, toilets, people and beds on each floor. All together, those forces make up the gravity load.

“We have steel connectors that connect the columns at each floor level, and they allow for the loads to be transferred straight down the building through the columns and not produce any stress on the wood floor plates,” explained Metras.

The weight of the eighteenth floor goes through the steel connectors down the wood column between floors 17 and 18. Then, at the seventeenth floor, the weight passes through another steel connector to the next column — the one between the sixteenth and seventeenth floors. This happens all the way down the building until the weight hits the concrete foundation, where the concrete and the ground support the building’s weight.

“It’s a beautiful use of different materials,” said Adebar.

The steel joints that connect the wooden columns to the floors play an important role in the vertical support of the building. They allow the weight of the building to be transported straight down the building instead of spreading the weight over each floor. This takes strain off the floors and makes sure all the weight is taken down to the concrete foundation.

The building also has built-in sensors to monitor its function over time. The sensors will measure moisture and how much the building moves and deforms. U

STEEL CONNECTOR

CROSS LAMINATED TIMBER PANEL

5-10 MINUTES TO INSTALL ONE COLUMN

DRYWALL

CEMENTITIOUS COVERING

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MASS TIMBER ISN’T THE FUTURE OF SKYSCRAPERS The architecture firm behind the Tall Wood Building is one whose name might not be instantly recognizable to most campus residents, but Acton Ostry’s presence is one that is nonetheless influential in shaping the environments of UBC’s future.

From the new Aquatic Centre to Sauder’s extension and the seismic renewal of the Biological Sciences Complex — to name a few — Tall Wood is the next addition to an impressive roster of campus projects.

An examination of their work shows a firm whose style resides squarely within a more conservative aesthetic. Russel Acton, one of the founding members of the firm, described his organization’s style differently.

“We’re a real problem solving practice that is not about the image, it’s substance. We just don’t do stuff for image and visuals. It’s equal consideration for technical aspects, functional aspects, operation and maintenance aspects.” He says they “try to work in an architectural expression that’s a bit more timeless instead of flashy.”

This approach is certainly evident in Tall Wood, which retains a very simple, consistent appearance that allows the wooden motif of its form to become the most noticeably beautiful part about it. In comparison to the Walter Gage residences which come across as crude and austere, Brock Commons becomes a perfect illustration of the differences between old and new ideas of good archicecture.

On the inside, even with only the studs and crated up shower stalls to indicate what is in store, there can be no doubt that residents are in for one hell of a view. They could furnish the rooms with utter rubbish and it would still almost be worth the rent, just to be able to wake up and look out the beautiful, massive windows that they’ve installed.

The rooms themselves seem like they will have adequate space, and Acton made it clear that no amenities were skimped on when planning the rooms. The building will consist of a total of 404 studios and four-bedroom shared units, which will be given a fairly even rental price. While SHHS have not reached a final pricing structure, Parr estimated that the average price of a four-bedroom shared unit will be around $1,100 per student, while studio units will start at

around $900 per student.

The only big issue was voiced by the head of UBC’s civil engineering department, Perry Adebar, who said, “The really sad part of that building is that all the beautiful timber has been covered by layers of drywall.”

When The Ubyssey toured the building all but the seventeenth floor had been coated in concrete and drywall, making the inside feel much like any other building. The decision to cover everything seemed all the more tragic when we reached the uncovered floor, saw the exposed wood and smelt it.

The eighteenth floor will still leave the wood uncovered, but otherwise, it is a disappointment which makes the experience of “living in a wood building” seem like a bit of a misnomer.

Acton explained that there were several reasons for making this decision, the first being that in a student residence graffiti is an inevitability and removing carved letters from drywall is much easier than removing it from exposed wood.

The second reason has more to do with building codes and regulations. Acton explained that though the building codes allow for new solutions to challenges, the process of actually approving those can be challenging when exploring new territories like wood construction.

“In terms of, some human emotion that comes into approvals of projects, when they’re the first of their kind in a particular place, […] it’s the first one in BC for a tall building let alone with students living in it,” said Acton. “When we’re coming up with a strategy and discussing a strategy with the authorities approval,[…] they just feel better, like we can show them the science on the exposed wood option, or we can just say ‘hey we’ll just cover it up with drywall,’ you know like we do for steel, it’s very very familiar with them.”

The decision is undoubtedly justified. However, it still comes across as somewhat contradictory to the otherwise innovative image of the building that is being presented.

This is just one issue though. In almost every other way, this is an impressive structure whose presence on UBC marks a welcome addition — one which shows a willingness to innovate and experiment in ways previously not seen on campus. U

GOOD LOOKS BUT A LOT OF DRYWALL

Wood is all over the news — from CNN to Forbes — as being the future of skyscrapers, but not everyone is so sure.

“We are on this hype of ‘Oh, timber is fantastic — aren’t we great? We’re using timber,’ but that’s like a pendulum swing phenomenon,” said Perry Adebar, UBC’s civil engineering department head and an expert in high rise concrete buildings.

“Eventually, we’ll come back to being rational and we’ll use materials where they should be, and we won't build timber buildings and cover them in drywall. We’ll be able to enjoy the beauty of the material.”

Frank Lam, senior chair professor of wood building design and construction in the faculty of forestry, had a similar view.

“The main thing for the future is two things. One of the drivers is it’s novel at the moment — architects and engineers are saying, ‘I want to try it.

I want to build the tallest wood building in the world,’” said Lam. “You will see intermittent buildings like [Brock Commons] in different cities and places around the world.” But is the future tall wood buildings? Lam isn’t so sure.

“I hope to see, through this exercise with Brock Commons, that we can see more wood buildings, not necessarily big tall ones — even four, five, six storeys, office buildings is where the big market is — where the bang for the buck is,” said Lam. Wood is a great material — it’s economical and environmental, but as Adebar emphasized, it needs to be used for the right reasons. Wood is like a bundle of straws — very strong if you push on the ends of the straws, but very week if you bend them. Just think back to grade school when you continually snapped pencils in half by holding them just a little to tightly. How many times did you ever squish a pencil into breaking? Try it — it’s nearly impossible.

The other obvious drawback is that wood and water don’t mix well — wood rots, loses its strength and eventually decomposes and water is a very real concern (obviously) in Vancouver. So how does Brock handle the rain?

What’s the first thing you grab before heading out on a wonderfully rainy and wet Vancouver morning? Your raincoat and boots. Brock does the same thing. Brock’s rain boots are a concrete foundation, basement

and first floor. It’s raincoat is the water tight envelope that encases the building.

Wood also burns more easily than concrete, is less durable and can rot if wet. While Brock Commons and other wood buildings take precautions against these shortcomings, wood’s natural properties lend themselves to some applications better than others.

Adebar cited the fact that the wood in Brock Commons is almost entirely covered with concrete and drywall to keep it dry and away from any possible fires.

But wood is probably here to stay and will continue to be used to build skyscrapers.

“Exactly how far it will go?

I’m not sure,” said Adebar. “I hope we do it for the right reasons and not for the political reasons.”

Adebar argued wood should be used for purposes it’s best suited for and should be used aesthetically too.

Lam, a wood expert, again agreed with Adebar.

“I was fortunate enough to go into the building and I did see the part of the dry wall,” said Lam. “The feel between the wood exposed surface and the drywall surface is quite different. It’s unfortunate that they had to cover up all the wood.”

“I don’t see us building timber structures covered in drywall. No one, I think, likes that idea,” said Adebar. “We need to come back to appreciating all materials and using them where they should be.”

Adebar thinks the future of construction lies in more — and better — integration of materials. Hybrid structures will use concrete, steel, wood, mass timber and glass. These Frankensteinian buildings will take advantages of the natural strengths of each material and minimize the shortcomings of each.

Lam, while more optimistic about the use of wood in future buildings, also doesn’t see wood skyscrapers like Brock Commons as the future. He wants to see Brock used as a proof of concept to learn from — as does Adebar — to better understand mass timber and its properties.

Lam also sees more four, five and six-storey office buildings — like the Forestry Building — being made primarily from wood. “[Brock Commons] is step one — definitely. This is not the end of the story,” said Lam. U

CULTURE

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016 TUESDAY

EDITOR SAMUEL DU BOIS

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OPERA //

Opera in the Garden is accessible and enjoyably relaxed Annie Charlat Contributor

The Opera Tea in the UBC Botanical Garden on Saturday, September 18, had an intimate and easygoing atmosphere.

Anyone who thinks that opera is uptight or “upper class” should challenge that belief by attending an Opera Tea event. People of all ages should enjoy these recurring events in the Opera Tea Series. Whether they go to operas regularly or want to try something new, they will get an up-close and personal look at what makes opera such a timeless art form and see the dedication of their fellow students performing centuries-old pieces of music.

The event never took itself too seriously and everyone maintained a sense of humor.

Throat clearing, soft chatter with a neighbour, nose-blowing, and other normal human things never received glares of disapproval.

Performing “Largo al factotum” (or the classic “Figaro!” piece), Geoffrey Schellenberg maintained a humorous character by making a grand entrance, striding down the aisle from the back of the room, causing everyone to turn around in their seats. After the intermission, one server accidentally dropped a silver tray, landing with a clunk on the

hardwood floor and continuing to spiral like a spinning top for a few long seconds. The minor fiasco received a standing ovation and cheering from the audience.

In the middle of “Di tanti palpiti” from Gioachino Rossini’s opera, Tancredi, a handful of audience members started clapping, mistaking a long pause for the conclusion. The singer, Yeeun Lee, and the pianist, Richard Epp, both had big smiles on their faces while still seamlessly continuing with the rest of the piece.

The hostess of the event and director of the opera and vocal programs, Nancy Hermiston, emphasized the intimacy of the small setting through her description of “feeling the vibrations” from the singers when sitting in the first few rows of the audience. Hermiston was an incredible hostess, as she helped keep a swift pace throughout the two hour duration of performances. She included short bios about each of the students before they started their pieces. These breaks in-between each song served to help us get to know the performers.

The event also humanized these students by having them serve coffee, tea and pastries to attendees on the reception centre patio during intermission, which helped develop a more

The event brought the performers down from the stage for a more intimate, personal performance.

casual relationship with the audience. One of the performers, Tamar Simon, praised the Opera Tea in the Garden for being an “encouraging environment.”

She explained that because a few of the performers have high stake auditions later this week, “they are able to practice their repertoires in a non-high pressure situation.” She expressed how this event encouraged her and her fellow performers to feel confident about future performances and auditions.

The event also provided details about upcoming performances

and events that will occur throughout the year. In discussing the power that opera can have in bringing different disciplines together and making a difference in peoples’ lives, Hermiston later informed the audience about a refugee symposium that UBC is hosting in October and November.

The symposium will feature The Consul, an opera that tells the story of European refugees fleeing persecution during World War II. With grave issues like the refugee crisis happening across the globe or personal problems that affect

FILE PHOTO JOSH CURRAN/THE UBYSSEY

UBC students on a daily basis, an afternoon at Opera Tea in the Garden is a good way to recharge and take your mind off of these things for a bit, while supporting fellow students in the music department. U Future events in the Opera Tea series are: -Opera Tea in the Garden: October 23, 2016 and April 9, 2017 at 2 p.m.

UBC Botanical Garden (Garden Reception Centre).

-Opera Tea on the Stage: November 20, 2016 and March 12, 2017 at 2 p.m. UBC Old Auditorium.

THEATRE //

Edward II promises to be full of sexuality, gruesome violence and above all, lust for power

Those not enamoured with the flowery language of Shakespeare might prefer Marlowe’s more direct style.

Hannah Kahn Contributor

“There’s a real kind of duality in Edward between whether to be or not to be a king.”

—Riley Bugaresti (Edward II) A modern audience cannot help but feel familiar with Elizabethan theatre, thanks to a name so synonymous with it that it is often used to describe the era — Shakespeare. Edward II is not by Shakespeare, but rather his contemporary — and rival — Christopher Marlowe, nor is UBC Theatre’s production of the play overly Shakespearian. Instead, Edward II — as it will be performed here — tells the story of the medieval king, but with modern themes and a setting in the early 20th century.

“Marlowe is very direct. In this play in particular, there’s no break,” said Riley Bugaresti, who plays Edward II in this particular production. “It’s full-speed the entire way. I think that, in a lot of ways, people who may have problems with the flowery language of Shakespeare aren’t going to have problems at this play [because] it’s so action packed [and] Marlowe is very direct. You get what he’s saying — it’s kind of like an action Elizabethan in a way.”

Bugaresti, who is in his final year of the BFA acting program, may be familiar to the audiences of UBC’s A Face To The Wall/Fewer Emergencies, The Arabian Nights or The Dirty Dutch Rhino.

Edward II is one of the earliest Elizabethan histories, traditionally

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taking place in 1307. According to Bugaresti, “Edward II is the story of King Edward II and his love for his favourite in the court, Gaveston.

It’s a play about a homosexual relationship — one of the first plays written about [one] — and Edward, he’s a man who loves not wisely, but too well.” Love, power, ambition — these themes, so well known to Game of Thrones fans and watchers of American politics alike, will be very familiar and as relevant as ever. As Bugaresti pointed out, “absolute power corrupts absolutely.” Political corruption is a timeless theme, relevant to almost any period in human history, as is the struggle for the LGBT community — a struggle poignantly tragic in Edward II — still being fought now.

It is an interesting concept to set a historical play in another time period, but Bugaresti explained that it’s the themes of the play that let it transcend boundaries of time so well. Bugaresti pointed to another king who was forced to make sacrifices for love and another time that left a nation in chaos. “It’s loosely set in the 1930s just because there was the situation with Edward VIII where he abdicated with Wallis Simpson, which is a little similar, and it was also right before WWII,” said Bugaresti. “It’s interesting to think about Marlowe — this play was written in the early 1590s, it’s about King Edward in 1307, it’s set in our version of the 1930s and of course, the year right now is 2016. I don’t think it’s a coincidence that all the themes of this play, the lust for power [and] homosexuality, are still very prominent. Think about how long that is — from 1307 to now — and there’s really no difference with these taboo themes.”

Edward II was a complicated king in life and Riley Bugaresti found him no less complicated when getting into his mindset for the character. “Edward, from the time he’s a boy, is groomed to be the king. His dad is the king [and] he is going to be the king — it’s a matter of time.”

The complications come from the fact that Edward does not want to be king. Instead, he wants to be with his lover. Like undergraduates with parents dead set on medical school, he’s trapped.

“Imagine your whole life [knowing] that one day you’re going to have to do something. You’ve prepared for it your entire life, but of course, he doesn’t want that at all.”

For Bugaresti, showing this conflict was the hardest part of portraying this enigmatic king. “I think finding the duality between Edward the king and Edward the boy — the boy who just wants Gaveston, who wants to enjoy the showiness and the wealth, and the king who has certain responsibilities to the crown, to the church, to England — I would say finding and playing the duality between boy lover and kingly tyrant was challenging.”

Thankfully, Bugaresti and the rest of the cast had guest director Mary Vingoe to aid them. Vingoe was recently made an officer of the Order of Canada for her contribution to theatre in the country. Bugaresti described her style as active — being based on intuition and movement.

He said that she was a great person to “steer the ship.”

Edward II looks to be full of action — with what Bugaresti describes as a “nine dimensional space” on the stage — full of sexuality, gruesome violence and above all else, lust for power.

Whether that power be political or the power to make one’s own choices, only the play will tell. U Edward II will show at the Telus Studio Theatre and Chan Centre between September 29 and October 15. Tickets are available at ubctheatretickets.com.

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016 TUESDAY | culture | 9 ART //

UBC graduate James Nizam explores the architecture of light in his exhibit, Ascensions of Time Julia Wong Contributor

Upon entering the Burrard Arts Foundation (BAF) gallery, the staff warns attendees not to step on a curving silver line drawn on the gallery floor. Painted with light-reflexive material, this line traced the solar movements during the fall equinox of September 22.

This gesture is reminiscent of the historical monuments created to mark celestial movement and how light informs our understanding.

James Nizam uses light as both medium and subject in his exhibition, Ascensions of Time, through a series of photographic and architectural conceits.

The wide range of photographic techniques in the show reveal Nizam as a versatile artist and defies the notion that a photograph captures only a single moment.

Instead, Nizam’s carefully calculated photographs often rely on the passage of time, aided by his manipulations of light and architecture. We are reminded that light is instrumental in all photographic endeavours and it becomes the perfect medium in Nizam’s ruminations in time.

A BFA graduate of UBC, Nizam has since exhibited in Canada and internationally, making himself

known for staging architectural interventions in order to create light sculptures. This is best exemplified in “Frieze,” a print tracking individual beams of light projected onto the wall and floor to create a geometric shape. Through the manipulation of space, Nizam is able to transform a gentle flood of sunlight into focused beams, ready to cut lines into the walls.

Using various photographic techniques, Nizam is also able to make something as transient as light seem solid.

“Solargraph (View From Studio)” is a long-exposure print depicting the normally imperceptible movements of the sun. The sun leaves bright streaks of white juxtaposed against the muddy blue background of dimly illuminated architecture. Installed below the print is a “paint can-mera” — a pinhole camera fashioned out of a paint can. In its producing images for the exhibit and its explorations of time, this camera became an art object itself, recording the passage of time through oxidation and rust.

Nizam’s incorporation of antiquated photographic techniques is found throughout the exhibit.

“Blueprint” is a cyanotype — a photographic printing process popular in the 20th century — that is a record of the sun’s movements

Through mixed mediums, Nizam interrogates ideas of how time and light are intertwined.

through the BAF. “Negative Relief” is a large set of closet doors depicting a black and white image of some shrubbery and the outside of a house. The closet doors were coated in photo-sensitive chemicals before being exposed to the projected image by a camera obscura. A piece this large would most certainly have been very difficult to create.

Contrasting these alternative methods of image-making are highly saturated photographs like “Glint,” “From Sunrise” and “To Sunset.” These photographs reveal how dependent we are on light to reveal space and inform architecture. Nizam stresses how indebted we are to light in how it divides, illuminates and guides us through space.

PHOTO COURTESY BURRARD ARTS FOUNDATION GALLERY

Surrounded as we are by a constant bombardment of visual information, James Nizam presents to us a different way of looking — to observe what is not obvious and to ruminate in the ephemeral. U “Ascensions of Time” is on view at the Burrard Arts Foundation Gallery until October 22.

MUSEUM //

MoA’s new season features three exciting exhibits

These three exhibits are an opportunity for the public to actively ponder Indigenous art.

Kathryn Ney Contributor

On Wednesday, September 21, the Museum of Anthropology (MoA) announced three new upcoming exhibits for the 2016/17 Season, promising to bring some of its finest artifacts to light.

“At MoA, it is our mission and mandate to foster a deeper awareness and appreciation of different social and cultural perspectives,” said MoA Director

Anthony Shelton. “These exhibits challenge our own notions of identity and social philosophy, and offer insight on the fascinating and thought-provoking cultural expressions that unite modernday Vancouverites to the human experience.”

The MoA’s first exhibit of the season, Layers of Influence: Unfolding Cloth Across Cultures, will be curated by Dr. Jennifer Kramer from the department of anthropology at UBC. One hundred

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and thirty-eight textiles from across the globe will be hung from the ceiling of the MoA’s Audain Gallery, swaying above ovular, petal-shaped pedestals. Each of the garments – many spanning over two meters in length – were carefully selected “for their sheer exquisiteness” out of 45,000 textiles boasted by the MoA collection. Highlights include patterned Adinkra fabrics and golden kente cloth from Ghana, a cerulean silk longpao or “imperial dragon robe” from China, a pulkari chadar

worn by Punjabi brides and the ceremonial shawls of the Amazonian Shipibo people. Layers of Influence opens on November 17 and runs until April 2017.

Nuno Porto introduced the MoA’s second exhibit with an Ashaninka bandolier worn by tribal leaders in the Amazon. This string of man-made beads and two stuffed “cock-of-the-rock” birds emblemizes the relationship between man and nature. “The idea has been to create relations between the ‘here and now’ and other, similar challenges abroad, which we face in BC,” said Porto.

Enumerating examples in which resource extraction has disrupted the rich artisan traditions of indigenous South American cultures, Porto also made a clear parallel with some of the challenges faced by First Nations groups in the Pacific Northwest.

Featuring garments, pottery and woven baskets from the Amazonian people, Amazonia: The Rights of Nature opens on March 9 2017.

The third presentation was given by Fuyubi Nakamura of the Asian Studies Department at UBC. Nakamura opened her presentation with a twofold challenge to her audience, in the form of an ink blot and an open question — “Is this a piece of writing?” The exhibit, Traces of Words: Art and Calligraphy from Asia, promises to challenge our distinctions between aesthetic and semantic meanings of words in a multimedia, visually transfixing experience.

“We leave traces of ourselves throughout life, either visible or invisible,” said Nakamura.

“These traces are the theme of the exhibition.”

Among the five artists featured in the Traces of Words exhibit is Tibetan refugee Nortse, whose work, “Book of Ashes,” binds “a memory of his childhood, of burned books and the burned ashes scattered on the ground” into a codex of cultural trauma and personal experience. Other examples include the murals of Shamsia Hassani, the first Afghan graffiti artist, whose work portrays themes of hypocrisy and injustice with unexpected beauty. Nakamura closed her talk by asking her captivated audience “if you need to understand the semantic meaning to appreciate the words.” Traces of Words: Art and Calligraphy from Asia runs from May 11 to October 9 of next year — be sure to look for the satellite exhibit at Irving K. Barber in May 2017.

These three exhibits are an opportunity for UBC students and the public to actively ponder the social, political and material dimensions of Indigenous art.

With over half a million objects, the MoA has an international reputation for one of the most extensive collections of ethnographic objects. Speaking on the M0A as an integral part of UBC campus and academic circles, Shelton stated that the MoA is “seeking to bring the university to the community and the community to the university.”

The MoA director also mentioned that he is confident that the museum will continue to expand and evolve as one of the most extensive and provocative repositories of cultural objects from across the globe. U

10 | CULTURE | TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

night times These nocturnal dreams are excerpted from Night Times at the Press Bar, located in the Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery on campus. Record your dreams and contribute to the next issue of Night Times at the Belkin as part of Julia Feyrer and Tamara Henderson: The Last Waves, on through December 4.

For more information about the exhibition, visit belkin.ubc.ca September 9, 2016 ection to go back home. sea I can not find the right dir . sea the of re sho the at I have dreamed that I was

September 11, 2016 I had a dream that tuition was cheap.

September 17, 2016 looking for prisms in farmers fields with a radar mounted on a space shuttle.

September 17, 2016 I dreamt that I was looking for a washroom. I walked through a changing room and a shower area. No toilet.

I found another washroom but the toilets were all strange and dirty. I had to keep searching ... so I didn’t wet my bed.

September 18, 2016 had purple and turquoise hard shelled growths on my toes, when I smeared them off the thin shells broke and clear liquid came out and it stung like hell.

September 18, 2016 thin candied shells as the enamel of my teeth became a thousand little shards in my mouth as I clenched by anxious jaw.

September 20, 2016 I had a dream that I was lost in a mushroom forest where the mushrooms were as big as skyscrapers and fireflies are as big as birds.

September 22, 2016 I was on stage with Scorpions. But my guitar had no strings.

September 21, 2016

I used to dream that I was climbing a very long staircase to the top of a circus tent where I would sit and watch what was going on below. I was an observer ever taking part.

September 21, 2016 I dreamed that I was studying all night long, because I was full of energy, and I had a baby but that did not keep me from studying.

September 21, 2016 I dreamt he fucked my wife.

September 21, 2016 in my dreams my home is no longer my home. I am whole and alone.

September 21, 2016 sometimes I dream when I’m awake. I dream that my grandfather is alive even though I fly home for his funeral later today. Blackbird is playing this Gallery. It’s beautiful. I really loved my grandfather.

September 22, 2016 I had to drive the old Astrovan on a long journey by myself and I was afraid. My dad said I’d be OK. The Astrovan was white and tall.

September 22, 2016 I bought an old house and when I went in, things were sort of crumbling apart and really destroyed from age. I started freaking out, wondering what I had done, but then I climbed the stairs and got to this attic space that was full of super cool and old furniture and objects. I remember thinking I could really make something from this shithole.

OPINIONS

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016 TUESDAY

EDITOR BAILEY RAMSAY

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MENTAL HEALTH //

Mind your mind: Keeping yourself sane on social media Daphnée Lévesque Contributor

Here’s a set of general guidelines I found helpful:

A few years ago, I had the not-soshocking realization that my social media habits were indeed fueling procrastination and lowering my productivity levels. Thus, I made the decision to delete all but one of my social media accounts. I said goodbye to my Instagram and Snapchat accounts, shut down my Twitter and kept only Facebook, reasoning that it was the only way I had to keep in touch with my childhood friends.

I didn’t regret my decision to take a break from the digital world. However, in the year that followed, I often found myself feeling left out and disconnected, especially as my friends spent most of their time snapchatting our outings and tweeting about our midnight adventures. I was under the constant impression that I was missing out and, in a way, I was.

You see, the problem was that by removing myself from social media altogether, I was also indirectly missing opportunities to feel connected and part of a community. Being an active participant on social media is almost inevitable in this day and age, but after weighing the pros and cons, I realized that I could choose how I related to it.

PERSONAL VERSUS PROFESSIONAL SPACE Although most people use social media for pleasure-related purposes, for others, it can also serve as a way to promote a business, project or idea. Setting a clear boundary between those two spaces and knowing who will be exposed to your content can be helpful. Another thing to keep in mind is that posting inappropriate photographs or comments might cost you a job, as employers frequently research job candidates using social networking sites.

PRIVACY, PRIVACY, PRIVACY Review your social media accounts, privacy settings and the people you’re interacting with.

Personally, I keep my Facebook friend list under 300 because you don’t really need to add that cute girl you spotted at the latest party — she’s practically a stranger. A good rule of thumb is to limit the number of acquaintances because they are, after all, simply acquaintances and shouldn’t have access to a lot of your personal information.

SELF-REGULATION Lurking on social media when you’re having a shitty day will do anything but improve your mood. It’s easy to

Keeping the personal and professional separate is a good place to start.

fall into the trap of comparison and this will most likely lead to feelings of exclusion. Most people don’t reveal the ugly or vulnerable part of themselves on social media. As a result, lamenting about how your peers are living glamourous, perfect lives will only lead to self-created pity and suffering. Of course, reality checking and letting go of the illusions that dominate most social media platforms is easier said than done. Although you might absorb this information on an intellectual level, you may feel differently emotionally.

SELF-AWARENESS IS KEY Are you using social media for the “right” reasons? When posting, are you doing it to impress others or to make yourself happy? Used wisely, social media can be a wonderful way to connect, share and reach out. However, as with anything else, there is a darker side and individuals who seek that can indirectly put themselves in a harmful position.

Monitor how much time you’re spending on social media and keep in mind that you don’t need to sign up for every

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social media site at once. Block triggering hashtags that could lead to distressing images or content. Filter your dashboard and unfollow people whose posts make you feel like shit. Follow pages that provide inspiration and motivation. Above all, remember that although cultivating a healthy relationship with social media takes a serious amount of self-discipline and a whole lot of practice, it is essentially a matter of manage a series of good habits for yourself, then sticking to them. U

ADVICE //

Ask Natalie: I’m homesick and everything sucks

It’s totally normal to miss home (even your parents).

Natalie Morris Advice Columnist

“Dear Natalie, I’m falling for a good friend of mine who is gay. But I’m female and not exactly his cup of tea. I value his friendship, but at the same time, my feelings are something I can’t deny. If I ever had to choose, I would choose him as a friend over anything, but I honestly don’t know how to deal with these feelings. What should I do? Ignore the feelings in the hope they go away, talk to him (and be obviously rejected)

or slowly distance myself from him in general?

Signed, Not your cup of tea” Take a big ol’ break from this friendship. Take a big ol’ step back.

This sucks. No, I mean it — this really sucks. At least you know it’s nothing to do with you. It’s like the one case where, “It’s not you, it’s me,” is obviously true.

Give yourself time away from the friendship. You don’t have to cut him off completely yet if you can still deal with your feelings.

If you want, you can have an open conversation about them with

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your friend, but you can’t expect him to feel the same. You have to respect people’s sexualities and sexual preferences — which you seem to be doing, so 10/10 on that front.

Make yourself go out with other people. Be social and happy.

Let your feelings come and then let them go. Once you know you’ve either come to peace with your feelings or moved on, you’ll be free to hang out without wanting to make out.

Friendship with this guy is possible — it’s just going to be a little sad for you right now.

“Dear Natalie, I’m a first-year and I haven’t made any friends. My classes are too big, my roommates aren’t really my type and nothing I seem to do makes me friends. I’m tired and I want to go home.”

You’re homesick and that’s completely normal. It’s hard being away from your friends and family who were happy to support you. You’re with new people in a new environment and you’re a little disoriented. That’s fine.

In my very first class at UBC, I was in ANTH 100, which was a huge lecture. I sat down next to a girl and tried to start a conversation with her.

Apparently, she was a fifth-year science student trying to get her arts credit done and wanted nothing to do with the nervous, overly friendly freshman next to her.

I was bummed.

But I did make friends. Sure, it took a while for people in my dorms to figure out who they wanted to hang out with and it took until second term to feel like I was actually part of a community — but it did happen.

And it will happen to you too.

Even though Clubs Days are over, it’s not too late to find the community you’re looking for in a club if you can’t find it in a residence. The Ubyssey always has open arms — and usually an open kitchen — but the majority of other clubs also have an active social scene too.

Stick it out for the rest of the year. Try, and I mean really try.

Don’t just sit in your room alone and be upset that no one’s talking to you. Make an effort and if you still hate it here by the end of the year, maybe you can transfer to a university closer to your hometown.

Four years is a long time to not have any friends. U Need advice? Contact Natalie anonymously at asknatalie@ ubyssey.ca or at ubyssey.ca/advice and have your questions answered!

SCIENCE

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016 TUESDAY

EDITOR KOBY MICHAELS

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THE SCIENCE OF UBC’S SECRET GARDEN

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ucked away at the end of the Endowment Lands on Main Mall is UBC’s best kept secret — the Botanical Garden. Operating as an extension of the faculty of science, the Garden has called the West Point Grey campus home since 1916. It currently houses some of the world’s most comprehensive collections of plant life. It also has a national and international reputation as a must-see botanical garden.

The Garden has a simple mission — “to assemble, curate and maintain a documented collection of temperate plants for the purposes of research, conservation, education, community outreach and public display.” Simply, the Garden wishes to bridge the world community to the university and vice versa, in a friendly, relaxed, unpretentious environment.

RESEARCH IN THE GARDEN The Garden works with the UBC’s faculty of science and Centre for Plant Research, contributing to research studies on a graduate level, with instructors Quentin Cronk, Sean Graham and Keith Adams at the helm. The Garden also has collaborated with many other individual researchers in expeditions where collections of specimens are brought back to the gardens. These are then researched and added to the garden’s diversity. From 2004–2014, these research expeditions have recovered 600 seeds, 1,600 herbarium vouchers, 150 DNA samples and extensive data collection, field notes and photographic images.

The most recent expedition was to the Hoang Lien Son region of northern Vietnam in 2014. The mission was to collect “biodiversity forest surveys of Magnolia and Acer for [the] Global Trees Campaign,” assisting in the conservation of endangered and rare trees. This trip took a specialized team of researchers from UBC and other universities to the 3,143 metre peak of Mt. Fansipan, where they spent two weeks “locating, identifying, vouchering and photographing” vanishing species. They even field-tested a drone for collect-

ing specimens in high elevations and hard to reach areas.

In addition to its plant collections, the Garden has expert horticultural and botanical staff, a plant nursery, resident faunal and floral biodiversity and a mission to promote plant research, according to their website.

Most importantly, the gardens within are not just for students of the faculty of science. With free admission for staff, faculty and all students, the Garden encourages anyone and everyone to visit for a unique opportunity to engage with plant life and nature, offering a little peace and quiet only moments away from busy campus life.

“Most people would think it’s mostly science students or maybe forestry, but we actually have students from all faculties,” said Daniel Mosquin, the Garden’s research and biodiversity informatics manager. “There’s a lot of students’ class projects who come through. For example, we’ve had students in engineering … propose changes to the structure of the Botanical Garden in order to make it better for the public. We [also] have poetry students come for poems in the gardens, so it really bridges all faculties.”

With six learning spaces available to instructors, a few UBC courses already run field trips and include coursework that involve the Garden.

The Garden has an open invitation to students of all faculties and year levels to contact them for resources and/or collections that could be of use.

“If students want to do something from a classroom project or they want to interact with something in the garden, they usually can go through me and I’ll help them use the garden in the right way,” said Mosquin.

PUBLIC EDUCATION The gardens are not only an academic space, but are also a widely visited and celebrated public space.

“It is a bridge between the university and the general public,” said Mosquin. “It’s a place the public can ap-

proach the university or the university can approach the public through us.”

With a trove of information available on the website, visitors can read up on the rich history and story behind the Botanical Garden, ask questions on forums to learn about how to take care of their own plants at home, and even how to get involved and volunteer. The Garden’s focus is to educate the public in order to bring awareness to nature and biodiversity as a whole.

As for visiting the gardens in person, tours are provided on the Greenheart TreeWalk hourly and Segway or group tours can be booked in advance. Public workshops are also offered monthly with changing topics, available on the web.

In addition to education, the gardens draw hundreds of people to the grounds with many events year round. This year will be its 25th Annual Apple Festival, held on October 15 and 16 on the main grounds of the Botanical Garden. This event gives the public an opportunity to learn about the types of apples grown in the province of BC, as well as sampling and buying.

A WALK IN THE WOODS Being in the gardens provides an experience like no other on the UBC campus. It’s so easy to leave the stress of student life whilst standing between the trees in the Asian Garden. You are greeted by the sounds of birds tweeting and fluttering about in the leaves. The lushness of the gardens is mesmerizing, with ferns and mosses covering the forest floors met by hundred year old tree trunks standing proudly everywhere you turn. There has to be at least a thousand different shades of green — coloured by changing red and yellow leaves — and distinct, delicate flowers in reds, whites and pinks.

The North Gardens are more traditional in the sense that they appear to be more man made and meticulously maintained. Manicured lawns,

pretty trees and flowers in every direction, with trellises covered in vines, the North Gardens are drastically different but equally worth seeing. The Food Garden is also located on this side of the lands, where there are over 100 varieties of fruits and veggies neatly planted in rows. When ripe, all the food is picked and donated to local charities.

The many benches across the entire grounds make it easy to take a seat, take a deep breath of fresh air, smell the pines, allowing for peaceful meditation and clearing the mind. Psychological studies have shown this helps to reduce anxiety, and contribute to overall psychological well-being and decision-making skills.

Anyone is encouraged to stay and paint, take photos, write, read and more whilst visiting the gardens. All the paths are well maintained by staff and dedicated volunteers, but as a visitor, you’ll still feel as if you’re exploring the unknown with every twist and turn.

One of the must-experience features of the Garden is the Greenheart TreeWalk. Although it is not included in the entrance fee, it is worth the nine-something dollars after taxes.

The TreeWalk spans 310 metres of walkway, suspending you up to 20 metres off the forest floor. This experience gives individuals a chance to view the gardens from a different angle, as well as raising you into the hundred year old Douglas Fir trees. It might sound rickety and make your stomach churn in the beginning as you grasp onto the ropes and balance your way through, but each bridge gets your higher and higher into the dark green canopy.

The vertigo quickly dissipates once you reach the midpoint, climb a flight of stairs and bask in the wonder that is Mother Nature. It is completely quiet at the top and you can stay as long as you’d like.

This secret garden isn’t going to be a secret much longer and is definitely a UBC student’s bucket-list item. The entire garden is something that begs to be experienced first hand and can be considered a mini-getaway from the hectic sights and sounds of crazy campus life. U

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FOOTBALL//

Marcus Davis is following in his brother’s footsteps Bill Situ Staff Writer

“My brother has always been a role model all throughout growing up … He’s always pushing me to be the best person and football player I can be.”

It’s something that most people with older siblings can relate to.

For third-year T-Bird receiver Marcus Davis, his brother Terrell Davis has been a big source of inspiration throughout his years playing football.

A native of Victoria, BC, Davis first got into football at the age of six, looking to play alongside his brother who started playing the sport only two years before him.

Before starting his college career at UBC, Davis was a standout for the Mount Douglas Secondary Rams, where he captured three Subway Bowl titles.

He played various positions on the field, including receiver, running back and defensive back. Davis and his brother were both recipients of the triple-A player of the year award.

Another sport that Davis excelled at during his high school years was lacrosse, where he won a championship with the BC provincial team in 2010.

In 2014, Davis decided to play football for the T-Birds to once again join his brother, who had just transferred to UBC after two years with the Arizona State University Sun Devils. Terrell played as running back in 2014 and linebacker in 2015.

“I did have more offers to go to universities in Canada and a couple in the US, but when my brother came back, it made my decision

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Davis first got into football at the age of six, looking to play alongside his brother.

easy to come play for UBC,” said Davis.

For Davis, his first season with the ’Birds was a disappointment, as the team finished 2-6 and earned the last place spot in Canada West. Still, Davis led the Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) in average yards returned per game, with 31.8 to become a first-team All-Canadian returner.

“It’s not always my goal for individual awards, but it’s nice to be recognized as one of the best players in the country,” said Davis. “It wasn’t the season we were hoping for, but if there was a positive side, it would definitely be the All-Canadian Award.”

After the disappointment in 2014, the new year was a season of change for Davis and it wasn’t just the arrival of Blake Nill as the new head coach. Having played receiver the previous year, Davis started the 2015 season as a tailback before switching back to receiver midway through.

Still, 2015 became a memorable year for Davis, as the T-Birds captured the first Vanier Cup title in 18 years.

“Being able to play in the [Vanier Cup] game is a dream come true and then winning it is just huge for not only the guys on the team, but also the university and British Columbia as a whole,” said Davis.

Six months after the Vanier Cup victory, Davis had another moment where his brother inspired him yet again, as Terrell received a draft into the CFL’s Hamilton Tiger Cats.

“I always wanted to follow in [Terrell’s] footsteps, so going to the next level and playing professionally is also a goal of mine,” said Davis.

With Terrell now playing for the Tiger Cats, Davis had to part ways with his brother after two years together as Thunderbirds.

While playing with Terrell has left Davis with fond memories, he believes that being on his own also has its benefits.

“It’s definitely a lot different now, not having him be there with me every step of the way, but it’s good at the same time. Now I can find my own self and what I really want,” said Davis.

Davis also said that his brother continues to be supportive of him even though they don’t play together anymore.

With three years of eligibility remaining, Davis hopes to win another national championship, but more importantly, make his varsity years the most memorable experience possible.

“It’s been great so far and [I’m] just trying to make the most of it.” U

PRESEASON //

Men’s hockey splits weekend with Ryerson Rams

The ’Birds won 4-1 on Friday and lost 6-3 on Saturday.

Bill Situ Staff Writer

Coming off of a three-game winning streak to start the preseason, the UBC men’s hockey team split a doubleheader against the Ryerson Rams to end its streak at four.

The T-Birds won the first game by a score of 4-1 and saw goals from Kyle Becker, John Connolly, Raymond Grewal and Joe Antilla.

Thanks to a solid performance by veteran goalie Matt Hewitt, the ’Birds allowed only one goal despite being outshot 33-30.

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“With the success we had in the first four games, we might have thought it might come easy and we got away from playing our style,” said UBC head coach Sven Butenschon.

After four straight victories, the T-Birds dropped the second game by a 6-3 decision. Seven minutes into

the first frame, UBC got into a deficit on an odd-man rush by the Rams.

Ryerson forward Aaron Armstrong fed a centering pass to teammate Landon Schiller, neatly setting him up for the goal.

A little over two minutes later, Ryerson’s Jamie Lewis and Alex Basso received penalties for tripping and roughing only 23 seconds apart.

On the ensuing 5-on-3 play, the ’Birds equalized the game as Nick Bounassisi tallied the power play goal from the slot.

Rams forward Erick DeLaurentis then retook the lead for Ryerson two minutes later, putting the biscuit in the basket from the left circle.

Tempers then flared in the T-Birds zone between UBC’s Antilla and Ryerson’s Alex Leader, resulting into roughing penalties for both players. Antilla received a double minor, which put the Rams on power play. Devon Paliani then extended Ryerson’s lead, tapping the puck past T-Bird goalkeeper Derek Dun to finish off a shot by John Carpino.

“I think we weren’t doing stops and starts, and we’re turning too many pucks over. We made an ample amount of mistakes today and that really cost us,” said Buonassisi.

With the Rams leading 3-1, Ryerson defenceman Matt Nosella received a tripping penalty four minutes into the second frame.

On the ensuing UBC power play, Lewis had a scoring chance on a shorthanded breakaway, but his shot deflected off the blocker of Dun. It wasn’t until the 9:45 mark that the game saw scoring again with Schiller’s second goal of the game, which came along with another assist by Armstrong. As the second period wound down to the final two minutes, Ryerson’s Daniel Clairmont and UBC’s Joe Carvahlo scored only 32 seconds apart, giving the Rams a 5-2 lead.

Eight minutes into the final frame, Buonassisi received a tripping penalty, which Ryerson again capitalized on, this time with a goal from Josh Sterk. Less than two minutes after leaving the penalty box, Buonassisi netted his second of the game on a backhand shot that went five-hole through Rams goalkeeper Taylor Dupuis, ending the game 6-3 in favour of Ryerson.

“It’s good to see [Buonassisi] get rewarded. I still think he’s got tons of potential and he’s the kind of guy that could be one of the best players in the league,” said Butenschon. .U UBC will play its last preseason game at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday, October 1 against Trinity Western University before beginning the regular season play.

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016 TUESDAY | SPORTS+REC | 15 THUNDERBIRDS //

ARAYA THIERREN

CLAIRE EMERY

EMILY MOORE

Swimming

Golf

Soccer

Soccer

Golf

My current pump-up song is “Gateway” by Tribunal (don’t think anybody knows it).

Anything country!

“Deep Blue” by Arcade Fire. I like really slow songs and songs that make you think.

“All Night” by Chance the Rapper.

Before every round I listen to a set playlist. The theme of the playlist is positive and confident music. Golf is a very mentally demanding sport, so I find that starting in a good mood helps.

2. What are your goals for your first year on the team?

Get a medal at CIS and maybe even get FINA standard times.

Win the NAIA championship.

To develop my skills as a goalkeeper so I can help make an impact on the team.

To be able to see an overall improvement in my personal performance.

The ultimate goal would be to win a national title.

My goal this year is to be a regular on the travel team and play in most events.

3. If UBC’s mascot — Thunder the Thunderbird — perished in a tragic construction-related incident and you were in charge of hiring a replacement. Which animal would you choose?

Hmmm, this is a hard one, but probably a wolf/ coyote since they work in teams.

Probably a chicken, then we could be the Lightning Chickens.

I would probably choose an eagle because it’s the bird that looks the most similar to the Thunderbird, then we don’t have to throw out the mascot costume.

A honey badger.

Of course, after the community has finished mourning the loss of Thunder, I’d recommend a wolf to be the next mascot.

4. Which pizza toppings are your go-to and do you expect to be sick of them by the end of your first year?

Sorry, I cannot comprehend this question. How does one get sick of pizza?

I don’t eat pizza on a regular basis, but when I do, I usually just get cheese. I’m pretty boring with my pizza toppings.

I actually only eat cheese pizza and I could never get sick of it.

I don’t see myself getting sick of any type of pizza anytime soon.

5. What is the best piece of advice you’ve received and how do you apply it to your sport?

Use your resources.

Be outgoing and don’t hesitate to ask for help. I’ll try to bother my coaches as much as possible this season.

T-BIRDS 5-ON-5

JULIA MILLER

LOGAN CARVER

ROWDY ROOKIES

by Isabelle Commerford

1. What is your current pump-up song?

Pineapple.

As cheesy as it sounds — “never give up,” because golf is such a mental game that you need to believe in yourself and your ability, even when things aren’t going your way.

The best advice I have received is probably “stay true to yourself.”

If you’re not playing the way you play, you cannot progress as a player or as a human being.

Don’t overthink everything. Most of your movements come naturally and when I overthink, I tend to lose the ball or not play the best ball.

I was told once that golf is essentially a fine line between being organized, thoughtful and focused, all while not caring. With that, I always put everything I have into everything I do, including school.

BOARD //

Local skaters shred at annual UBC skate competition Salomon Micko Benrimoh Contributor

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The UBC skate park on Thunderbird Boulevard was taken over on Thursday, September 22 by The Calendar for the third annual UBC skate competition and BBQ. Local skaters from around the campus and Vancouver put their bodies to the absolute limit for every trick, all for the entertainment of those in the crowd.

The event is in its third year and its second in the month of September — an approach that has proven to attract a larger crowd as opposed to the original date in April. Last year’s event attracted just about 100 people and skaters, and there seemed to be no change in attendance at this year’s contest.

The event itself began with a free skate that lasted about an hour and a half. This gave plenty of time for all the skaters to warm up across the park in the bowl, on the flat bar and quarter pipe, and down the six-stair gap. Meanwhile, the skate club staff provided the crowd with refreshments and one-dollar wieners, and a fairly diverse playlist of Kaytranada, Jimi Hendrix and old school hip-hop.

After the warm up period, the skaters got down to business.

The first portion of the contest was a 20-minute jam session along the lane between the flat bar and quarter pipe. This saw the skaters get technical as they started to bust out different combinations of flip tricks and grind tricks.

The contest then shifted over to another 20-minute jam session, this time in the bowl section of the park. This part was definitely a crowd pleaser, as spectators reacted more as the skaters gained more air time.

The third portion of the contest saw the skaters tackle the six-stair gap and rail in an extended jam session. The skaters competing showed their determination, getting up after every bail to try again and again until they landed the trick exactly as they wanted. Three winners were announced from these three jams and each were awarded a new deck, a sheet of grip tape and a beanie courtesy of Pacific Boarder skate shop.

Overall, there was good weather, a good turnout and even better skating. This all came together to give UBC Skate and The Calendar another successful annual skate competition. U

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