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UBC fails to settle human rights complaint

Beckett 16 is a great introduction for the uninitiated

UBC clothes aren’t making me feel like I belong

The mysterious carbon box explained

Football narrowly earns playoff spot

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If you’ve paid your student fee this semester, you’re a member of the Alma Mater Society (AMS).

Congratulations! According to their governance review, this means you have access to a plethora of services that you probably don’t use, and have several offices working for you that you probably don’t know about.

One such AMS body is the Ombuds Office, which according to their website, “helps students and AMS staff by providing conflict resolution services.” The Ombuds Office has only one employee — Matt Perzow, AMS ombudsperson and aspiring psychotherapist.

As an ombudsperson, Perzow is a part of the time-honoured tradition of serving the public interest. The role originated in government, where the need for an independent body providing workers with assistance in resolving issues resulted in the creation of ombudspeople.

“If the ombudsperson didn’t exist, issues wouldn’t be resolved, and that angst would be contained within the person and breed discontent,” said Perzow.

Perzow believes that “the ombudsperson can serve as a really crucial role in the AMS and the university.” As the only mediator of conflicts between students and student bodies at UBC, this definitely is the case.

He views the role as “a release valve, in general, to smooth things over — sometimes to slow things down and sometimes speed things up.” And like all other ombudspeople, Perzow dedicates himself to the impartial process. “[I need] to find a resolution that is most satisfactory to the parties involved, and after the conflict is resolved, [make sure] that the parties feel okay with the outcome, or at least how the process went along,” he said.

As the only AMS ombudsperson, Perzow services the needs of the entire UBC student body — a staggering 61,113 individuals. However, according to Perzow, the number of cases is low enough that just one ombudsperson is enough.

Much of the role’s workload derives from how invested the ombudsperson is in “shining a light on different systemic problems.”

“One can float along,” said Perzow. “However, one important component of the AMS ombudsperson, and any ombudsperson, is a look at the systemic issues.”

Perzow also endeavours to balance the needs of students with this responsibility of creating systemic change.

“One side [of the role is to] exist as someone who waves the flag, saying, ‘This is wrong,’ and the opposite side is about mending fences. I see a middle, progressive path which is that one does both of those things.”

There is one exception — AMS election season. Every March, the AMS holds elections for the executive council, and according to Perzow, the “number of [ombuds] cases peak extremely high and that’s hard to handle as one person.”

“I’ve yet to be in those shoes, but I’ve read the transition reports from past years and they consistently say the same thing,” he said.

In his role as ombudsperson, Perzow is training for his professional career. A third-year psychology major, Perzow has discovered a passion for helping others with their issues. As ombudsperson, he currently deals with interpersonal conflicts, but hopes in the near future to help children with their interpsychic conflicts.

By volunteering with Writer’s Exchange, Perzow gained

experience working with children in a previously unknown capacity.

“I have a niece and two nephews, and have some interaction with them, but I didn’t have real experience with kids until I started there and I love it,” he said. “To help [children] along when they’re struggling would be extremely satisfying to me.”

Perzow also hopes to carve out a niche for himself as a child psychotherapist.

“It’s important to have a specialty these days, especially in psychology, with just the massive amount of people entering into the psychology program. You see that if you are a psychotherapist, everyone tries to specialize in increasing specific things because people can’t find clients.”

The motivation for embarking on this career path is not only the result of his own experience, but also of Perzow’s parents.

“My mother is a social worker, and my father, who passed away a few years ago, was a psychiatrist and psychotherapist. So they both worked in services for people and that introduced me to the world.”

Even now, Perzow’s education in psychology offers insight into his role as an AMS ombudsperson.

By thinking through the psychodynamic model, Perzow achieves a more impartial and objective approach to cases, one which he believes is enhancing his ability to empathize with his clients. “[It’s] a holistic look at the entire person rather than, in the case of mental illnesses, diagnoses. There’s a whole internal world that people can’t see and is very hard to know. I think one thing that’s important is I try to accept what I’m hearing as a person’s experience, their truth and not translate it into my perception into the world as-is,” he said.

If you have an AMS related conflict, Perzow is here to help. U

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University announces new steering committee on sexual assault

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The deadline is Wednesday.

Sruthi Tadepalli News Editor

UBC announced in a broadcast email on October 25 that Louise Cowin, VP Students, will be convening a steering committee on sexual assault.

The committee will aim to converge the community’s consultation into the existing sexual assault policy draft — or at least address the consultative feedback — and also “work with existing groups and/or establish representative subcommittees to accomplish specific tasks related to creating an effective response to sexual assault through education, prevention and awareness,” according to the broadcast.

Eleven members of the committee have already been determined, but applications are being accepted from faculty, staff and students to fill the remaining four positions.

“It is important that we facilitate meaningful engagement around these issues, and I am grateful to Louise Cowin for providing leadership, in partnership with our diverse stakeholder groups,” said President Santa Ono in a written statement. “We will ensure that we continue to update the UBC community as the policy consultation progresses.”

The committee will aim to work in a “transparent, inclusive and consultative way” to provide input and advice to the policy committee on key documents and questions, and create an action plan to address recommendations from the university sexual assault panel report.

Members must be able to meet on Thursday mornings and should expect three to four hours of commitment per week.

“We are seeking individuals who will bring a diversity of experience, identity and expertise to the steering committee,” noted the website.

Current members include the AMS president, the Students’ Union Okanagan president, the Graduate Student Society president, two members of the faculty of law — including the dean, the associate VP Equity and Inclusion, the senior advisor to the provost on women faculty, the director of human resources advisory services, the managing director of student development and services, the associate VP Students at UBCO and Cowin herself.

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Women learn to fight back in campus self-defence classes

Vassilena Sharlandjieva Contributor

Women on campus are increasingly engaging with the self-defence options available to them at UBC. A typical weekly women’s division class with the UBC Krav Maga and Advanced Self Defense Club sees the women learning how to free their arms from unwanted grips and practicing how to assertively say that no, they’re not interested in unsolicited attention. By the end, they escalate to simulating scenarios that involve throwing punches.

“The entire club is about creating a community and about showing girls that they have more power than they think,” said Paolina Buck, the captain of the women’s division and a secondyear cognitive systems student.

The club, founded in 2015 by a group of first-year students, is one of several avenues for women on campus to learn practical selfdefence.

“We heard about all the sexual assaults, and a group of us, we knew that we had the skills and the expertise to teach so we set up the club,” said Mohammad Iskandar, the club’s president and also an instructor.

“The most important skill is to be able to impart that mindset of how you switch from peace to war in an instant,” he said.

BADASS WOMEN Viktoriya Fedorchuk, a master’s student in counselling psychology at UBC, tries to impart a similar message to women who attend the UBC Women’s Centre’s free monthly self-defence seminars.

In addition to physical defense techniques, the seminars feature discussions on women’s experiences and the ways in which they can support each other.

“We are taught oftentimes to be nice people and be kind, accepting and tolerant. That doesn’t always have to apply — especially when we are put into uncomfortable and potentially dangerous situations,” said Fedorchuk, a black belt in Shotokan karate. “We can — we should — be able to access these more assertive and badass ways of being when we want to.”

Both the Women’s Centre’s workshops and the Krav Maga Club train in practical self-defence techniques that are applicable to real-life situations, unlike other forms of competition-based martial arts.

“We don’t teach people the correct way to hit. We teach people the most effective way to get out of the situation,” said Charlie Chua, the Krav Maga Club’s vice-president.

The club practices defense in situations ranging from being grabbed or placed in a choke hold, to being held at gunpoint, taken hostage or sexually assaulted.

Sometimes they practice with the

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Women participating in a self-defense class on campus

lights off or using strobe lights to simulate a night club. They train in stairwells, elevators, corridors and even bathrooms, in order to learn solutions to dangerous situations in different environments, Iskandar explained.

FEELING UNSAFE It’s not all about physical defense tactics, said Chua, who also learned Krav Maga during his two years of mandatory military service in Singapore.

“We teach you how to observe the scenario, how to de-escalate a situation — only in the last resort, you use physical force to get out of the violent situation,” said Chua.

The club costs $50 to join — a fee which is spent on equipment and subsidies for level certifications. According to Chua, the club is at its full capacity at 130 members. Although it’s not accepting any new ones at this time, Chua noted that exceptions can be made for vulnerable people at risk of violence.

Ellen Brookes, a master’s student of political science at UBC, joined the club this year.

“I’ve been attacked before — a couple of times, actually. So I want to know how to stop it from happening,” she said of her motivation to join.

Although Brookes had previously trained in judo, she did not find it as useful for practical self-defence. The Krav Maga club has made her feel safer and also see her assault in a new way.

“Being attacked is something that just changes your perception of the world completely, it changes your perception of yourself. You go through a lot of emotions like, ‘Did I deserve that? Was there something I did wrong?’” she said.

“In a way, [self-defence class] also helps you work through that … It helps you go through those issues and realize, this isn’t about me.

It’s about someone trying to exert power over me and I can stop it now. So it helps you get your agency back in that regard.”

Brookes advised that women who feel unsafe should consider joining a self-defence class.

“Sometimes the only person you can expect to protect you from someone is you,” she said.

Emily Monaghan, events coordinator at the Women’s Centre, acknowledged that women’s self-defence is often criticized for suggesting that it is women’s responsibility to protect themselves, rather than addressing the perpetrators of violence.

“Obviously we believe that the responsibility shouldn’t be on us,” said Monaghan, who teaches selfdefence alongside Fedorchuk. “But these activities are empowering, and the world we live in isn’t necessarily a world where men are able to be accountable and step up and hold each other accountable.”

SELF-DEFENCE IN RESIDENCE Besides these student-led groups, UBC’s Student Housing and Hospitality Services, in partnership with UBC REC, offers free self-defence classes in residences. Fifty-six people attended a class in Totem Park on October 21, taught by instructors from Hit and Run Self-Defence

and Martial Arts, a Vancouverbased training program.

“It wasn’t anything complicated — it wasn’t anything fancy. It was just becoming aware of tools that I already have and things that I can use in case of an emergency,” said Alison Gacad, a first-year science student who attended the class. “I learned how to combat people who came in close contact, who were threatening me from far away — a bunch of different situations.”

A few more sessions took place in Place Vanier and Walter Gage on October 28. Cate Morrison, assistant director Residence Life, said the classes are part of “regular programming” and will continue to take place in the future.

THE ROLE OF UBC Monaghan and Fedorchuk of Women’s Centre think UBC still has work to do on recognizing, acknowledging and holding itself accountable for the issue of violence against women on campus.

“The greater goal is to target [the systemic problem of violence] and not to say that one individual woman should change her behaviour to not be attacked,” said Fedorchuk. “We should be able to go to classes and go home and go to frat parties or whatever else without feeling unsafe.”

“I think it’s important that we hold the university accountable,” said Monaghan, who also volunteered as a sexual assault crisis counsellor for a year. “You can’t be telling us not to walk alone. The message needs to be directed at the perpetrators, not those who have violence acted upon them.” U

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Accessibility shuttle service moving forward for approval Alex Nguyen Contributor

The AMS, Access and Diversity, and Campus and Community Planning (CCP) are teaming up to plan an accessibility shuttle service for central campus. While Translink’s community shuttles provide transportation around the campus perimeter, this program would focus on making UBC’s pedestrian core safer and more accessible for those with disabilities.

“Campus is large and the central part of the campus is highly pedestrianized. It has been a very successful public realm plan that has been put in place for the campus. It made it very walkable,” said Michael White, the associate vice-president of CCP. “What we want to do now is to build on that by providing access to destinations in the heart of campus for those with mobility challenges.”

Current services available to students with disabilities inhibiting their mobility through Access and Diversity include the ability to shift the location of classes and working spaces, closer parking spaces and information concerning where to rent aid equipment. To access these services, students have to provide documentation and discuss their needs with a disability advisor,

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The shuttle service would help make campus more accessible to those with mobility related disabilities.

which usually take 40 minutes.

Access to the shuttle service would most likely require the same registration process.

A needs assessment recently conducted by CCP pointed towards a need for better mobility access on campus, especially to and from key buildings.

The result of this assessment was brought to the AMS’s attention

by Aviva Savelson, CCP’s senior policy manager and the head of the mobility needs program project.

After spending the summer exploring the feasibility of the program, the team — which includes members of the AMS, Access and Diversity and CCP — is now sending a proposal for the project to both the university’s executive and AMS council for

approval. While certain parts of the governance model are yet to be finalized, it has been determined that the program will be hosted by the university, and run by the AMS and Access and Diversity as a joint venture.

“Once [the plan is] approved, we will spend the next term building the actual service itself,” said Hussam Zbeeb, the AMS student services manager. “We will look at pieces like which groups are we going to reach out to and how are we going to consult students.

Hopefully, early launch of the service will be next summer and all ready to go by September 2017.”

In the coming years, it is hoped that there will be two shuttles navigating campus and dropping people off at their respective buildings. White hopes that a shuttle service will improve the accessibility of buildings such as the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, the Beaty Biodiversity Museum and the Indian Residential School and Dialogue Centre which is currently under construction.

“We looked at schools in the [United States and] some of them have upward of 60 different shuttles operating during busy times,” said Zbeeb. “Most Canadian schools don’t have this service, so we hope to bring it up here.” U

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UBC and former student fail to settle human rights complaint, case proceeds

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Kirchmeier was a graduate student in the department of history.

Sruthi Tadepalli News Editor

On October 24, former UBC student Glynnis Kirchmeier, who filed a human rights complaint against the university for its handling of sexual assault reports earlier this year, met with the university in an attempt to resolve the complaint.

The 90-minute mediation was unsuccessful, as the university and Kirchmeier were unable to reach an agreement.

Neither Kirchmeier nor UBC

can disclose what happened during the early settlement meeting due to a confidentiality agreement.

Kirchmeier filed the complaint against UBC with the BC Human Rights Tribunal on March 21 of this year, after what she calls an untimely and inappropriate response to her report concerning behaviour of alleged assailant, Dmitry Mordinvinov.

The complaint was filed from the perspective of both Kirchmeier as an individual and also on the behalf of anyone who has reported an instance of sexual assault,

sexual harassment and/or sexual discrimination to the university.

At this time, no further mediations have been planned, but Kirchmeier has not fully closed that window.

“If the university wants to come back to the table, I’m willing to do that,” said Kirchmeier.

As per the BC Human Rights Tribunal’s request, the next step in the process will be to collect submissions from both parties concerning whether or not Kirchmeier’s complaint was filed within the time limit of six months after the most recent discriminatory action.

“We agreed that I would not do that until after the mediation, in case the mediation didn’t work,” she said. “Assuming that the tribunal does not get rid of my case at that point, then the university would have to formally respond, in writing, to my complaint.”

According to the BC Human Rights Tribunal’s website, the university will also have the option of applying to have the complaint dismissed.

A hearing date will be set by the tribunal after this process, pending a decision to move forward.

Kirchmeier estimates that to be approximately one and a half to two years from now.

Kirchmeier has developed

44 recommendations for change which she feels will lead to a better response from the university on issues of sexual assault, discrimination and harassment. The majority of the recommendations focus on the fact-finding process that occurs after an official complaint is filed with the university, but they also speak to policy, process evaluation, training and policy.

According to Kirchmeier, these recommendations do not veer far from — but are different from — those made by the university sexual assault panel, which conducted a review of university processes and produced a report that was released to the community for consultation last month.

“I do think that in a lot of ways, my recommendations are more specific and more expansive than the panel recommendations ... mainly [regarding] the fact investigation process,” she said.

The university is currently seeking community consultation on a new sexual assault policy, a final version of which is hoped to be put before the Board of Governors in February 2017.

“I think that although it wasn’t settled, it was an opportunity for us to get the measure of each other,” said Kirchmeier on the mediation.

“That’s never a bad thing.” U

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UBC creates new professional MBA program

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The professional MBA program will replace UBC’s current part-time MBA program.

Margret Rand Contributor

A new professional master of business administration (MBA) program will replace UBC’s part-time MBA by January 2018.

Students will be able to apply to to the program starting in the spring of 2017.

“The current [part-time] program structure and design leads to a less-than-optimal learning experience for students,” said Kin Lo, the senior associate dean of students at the Sauder School of Business.

UBC’s current part-time MBA program consists of 50 credits that are completed over the course of 28 months. The new program will consist of 42 credits that will take 24 months to complete.

Previously, part-time MBA classes would take place on Friday afternoons, as well as Saturday’s and Sunday’s every other weekend.

However, it has been observed that students found this type of schedule too intense, as most of them are working professionals.

Thus, in the new professional MBA program, the Friday afternoon classes have been cut and the program simply runs throughout the weekend. In order to make up for the time lost due to the schedule change, they have created a new element — residencies. There are a total of three dwellings where students take time off from work and are on campus for eight days.

Throughout those eight days, students will be listening to lectures and doing case studies, group projects and experiential activities.

“Part of the benefit of having those residencies is for the students to make better connections amongst themselves, because they are spending that time continuously in residence,” said Lo. The master program is meant for students who are working and want to advance in their career.

“The ideal students are those who have been working for five years or more, and are currently working,” said Kin Lo. “They are seeking to advance their careers, looking for a promotion, for more responsibilities in the organization they are working in or looking for changes in their careers as well.”

The program’s goal is to create graduates who are business leaders and can act as effective team participants, are able to communicate with stakeholders and make good business decisions. U

FEATURES

NOVEMBER 1, 2016 TUESDAY

EARLY ’BIRDS A look at two vastly different types of athletes — a swimmer and a power lifter — and how their training regimens compare.

by Olamide Olaniyan

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“I’m a pretty skinny, small dude and I’ve been doing pretty decently.”

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YURI KISIL the swimmer Yuri Kisil first started swimming for survival. His parents wanted to make sure that if he ever fell off a boat, he could swim safely. He got pretty good at it and kept getting better.

Today, Kisil is an arts student at UBC, a varsity swimmer and an Olympic athlete.

You would think that his days require a lot of workouts and swimming to get there. You would be right.

The Calgary native gets up at 4:45 a.m. He needs to be up in time to be at the pool for deck activation — the swim team’s morning workout — which starts at 5:15 a.m. He eats a bowl of cereal or a granola bar — something quick.

When asked about what a swimmer like him is required to eat, he laughs. “I’m probably not the greatest person to ask about this. My diet is pretty bad — you can ask any of my roommates,” he said. He decided to talk instead about what he should be eating.

Swimmers on the UBC team look at their schedules riddled with workouts and class and talk to their nutritionist. They then revolve much of their eating around this training schedule.

“If you have a hard practice the next morning, it’s really good to carb load the night before, so like have pastas and stuff so you do have a lot of energy for the tough day,” said Kisil.

“After practice, it’s good to load up on proteins and have lots of fruits and vegetables during the day.”

Kisil then gets ready, jumps on his bike and cycles to the Aquatic

Centre. There, he and the rest of the team do stretches before receiving instructions from their coach. Then they swim several laps back and forth across the entire length of the pool.

Kisil always thought that muscles were extremely important for swimming and that his workouts need to be targeted towards making those muscles stronger. But he looks at himself and sees himself to be an outlier to the trend.

“I’m a pretty skinny, small dude and I’ve been doing pretty decently,” said Kisil. “I would say swimming is actually more technical. You see these jacked swimmers that can’t really swim that well, so it doesn’t work well for them.

“Each swimmer is very personalized and very different.

I know my starts aren’t the greatest, my turns aren’t the greatest but my swimming is pretty decent, so then I just work on those areas every year and try to improve.”

He is in class by 8 a.m.

After class, he eats again and then naps till 11:30 a.m.

He then goes to his next class between 12 and 1 p.m. He does another warm up after this and swims for two hours until 4 p.m. He lifts weights after that until 5:30 p.m., and then he goes home to do his homework and make dinner.

With lots of schoolwork and swimming included in his day, it becomes important for Kisil to take breaks and hang out with friends, especially on the weekend. He is close friends with other swimmers.

On Sundays, Kisil tries to recuperate and get ready for the new week. U

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BRYAN WONG the powerlifter Bryan Wong is an executive for the UBC Powerlifting Club. He is also in charge of media and communications for the club, which means that he handles all the emails and social media for them.

Surprisingly, he has only been involved in powerlifting for over a year.

“It started as a new year’s resolution. It started off as, ‘Oh, I just want to get fit again,’” said Wong.

“My new year’s resolution was to stick to something and not quit because ... I know a lot of people, including myself, [go] on for two months and [go], ‘Alright, I’m done.’

“So I started getting into fitness and I met a couple of people from the gym who were into powerlifting, and I just thought, ‘This is pretty interesting.’”

Wong’s day starts a bit later than most athletes. The night before, he goes to bed at 11 p.m. and sleeps for about eight and a half hours, waking up at 7:30 a.m. He then makes some “proats” for breakfast, which consists of oatmeal and protein-heavy foods like almond butter, almond milk and protein whey.

Wong is quick to point out that food is not standardized among power lifters.

According to him, powerlifters believe more in “flexible dieting.” This means that they find out the amount of calories needed to maintain a certain weight — for Wong, that number is 3,000 calories — and they get to eat whatever they want within that calorie range.

At 9 a.m., Wong heads over to the gym for his workout.

He does this only three times a week,

as he says it is difficult to maintain that intensity.

When he is done, he switches gears. He heads home at 12:30 p.m. and cooks lunch.

Lunch is comprised of the three macronutrients — carbohydrates, proteins and fats.

For carbs, Wong eats brown rice. Beef, chicken or salmon make up the protein component of lunch and steak is high in fats.

Wong then heads to class afterwards, which he pre-scheduled to all occur in the afternoon. After class, he heads home and eats dinner. If he has homework, he does it — if not, he hangs out with his friends. His day has come to a close.

He is alseep again by 11 p.m.

Wong points to a central philosophy behind powerlifting.

In his experience, there is no one way to be a powerlifter.

There isn’t a perfect proportion of muscle and body fat one is supposed to have. Wong said he has seen people in his weight class that are lean and some that are heavier.

“That’s the thing about powerlifting — it’s not about how much muscle you have but how strong or effective or efficient your muscles are,” said Wong.

Sometimes according to Wong, powerlifting athletes can forget this and get carried away.

“Sometimes it’s easy to get sucked into it and get too competitive. If you try to compete against someone else and your body isn’t ready for it, you get injured,” said Wong. “When you’re lifting heavy weights, it could be pretty serious.” U

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CULTURE

NOVEMBER 1, 2016 TUESDAY

EDITOR SAMUEL DU BOIS

BOOKS //

THEATRE //

A Straight Jacket Winter is fantastic

The book focuses on Tucker Malone, whose mother is a hospitalized, narcoleptic stripper.

There is something beautiful about Ashley Little’s Niagara Motel. It is difficult to comment on exactly where this beauty originates from, because the book gets so many things right, but make no mistake, it is there.

The book is a fantastic, intelligent and thought-provoking story. At its core, the work is an examination of the unique central character, Tucker Malone — a boy who is quirky, smart and incredibly funny yet evidently sad.

The story is told through his point of view, with a strong vitality — a trait that is symbolic of the boy

himself. He is quite young, but is forced to grow up rather early.

With his mother — a narcoleptic stripper — hospitalized early on in the novel, he must adapt quickly if he is to achieve his goals, many of which are childish and far-fetched. And he does adapt beautifully. His predicaments force him to learn things that children at his age would not even think of attempting, let alone mastering, such as learning to drive at the age of seven. His language during such moments is light, but the subjects he deals with are heavy.

And that is the style of the book — dichotomous.

There is a consistent contrast between Tucker (his attitudes

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This play is sure to resonate with anyone who has ever relocated to a new city.

Book review: Lost boys and narcoleptic strippers in the excellent Niagara Motel Malcolm Wilkins Contributor

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and behavior) and the people he meets or the situations he finds himself in throughout the course of the novel. But Tucker is not a biased character by any stretch of imagination. He is amazingly mature in spite of his age, and all too easily accepting of his seemingly bleak situation. It is here that Tucker’s maturity — and more importantly, an implied sadness — shines through. As a reader, it’s hard not to feel sorry for the kid — given his less than ideal predicaments — as well as a sense of admiration for the way in which he handles himself.

Another major character in the novel is Meredith — a pregnant 16-year-old — who is just as interesting, but in a distinctly different way. She seems more cautious despite her situation, and can be viewed as a kind of maternal figure to the protagonist. Together, their adventures reveal their complexities through an arduous but beautifully constructed and addictive storyline.

Niagara Motel does not have a solid plot. It is a character study — a story of motivations and desires, heartbreak and adaptation. This realization that the book does not have a conventional storyline is an important thing to come to terms with, because if a reader does so, it will compel them to look beyond the cute characters and their idiosyncrasies, beyond the comical language and the fundamentally conventional plot, and into the mind, heart and soul of two wounded, dark and complex individuals, irrespective of how young they may be.

That is where a final consensus can be established — Niagara Motel is a study of youth. It has been called a coming-of-age story amongst many other things, but it seems better to call it a story of maturity — about a boy who may be extremely young, but has already come of age. It is the readers that have to come to terms with that. U

Salomon Micko Benrimoh Staff Writer

One of the truly beautiful aspects of theater is how there are no set rules dictating the form that a play can take. The actors, directors and even the set designers are all able to mess around with different parts of a production to deliver a new and unique experience for the audience.

When you first walk in the cozy Theatre La Seizieme to attend Gilles Poulin-Denis and Esther Duquette’s semiautobiographical production, A Straight Jacket Winter, you are greeted by actors Julie Trepanier and Frederic Lemay, who are already in character as Esther and Gilles respectively.

You will also take notice of the minimalist setup of the stage, which consists of one raised platform and a couch. They do make considerable use of several different props, the most interesting one being an actual vinyl record player that is used at different points throughout the play.

The basis of the play follows Esther and Gilles’ transition from living in Montreal to Vancouver.

It starts out lighthearted enough, poking fun at the differences between the two cities such as the insane amounts of yoga classes available and of course, the fact that it never ever stops raining in Vancouver.

Concerning Montreal, they opt for the classic jokes that every Montrealer will get, including the literal shit ton of snow the city gets each year and the fact that the transit system runs so terribly that it’s as if it’s being controlled by a toddler.

A unique aspect of the play that is important to mention is how the characters are portrayed.

Gilles Poulin-Denis and Esther Duquette act as their own narrators and are responsible for about half of the total dialogue of the play. Julie Trepanier and Frederic Lemay remain on stage for the entire 90-minute show with no intermission and interpret the narrations of Gilles and Esther.

Now, if you haven’t guessed by now, this play is presented in French. If you choose to brush off seeing this because you haven’t taken a French class since the ninth grade, then that is your loss. The language barrier is not something that should be worried about because Theatre de la Seizieme has employed a subtitle system in which the English translation of the script is displayed on a rectangular screen above the stage.

As the title alludes to, eventually the play takes a darker turn which that closely resembles the storyline of L’Hiver de Force by French-Canadian author Rejean Ducharme. Ducharme’s novel is mentioned multiple times throughout the play, tying itself into the central theme of the piece.

The novel itself comes from the psychological thriller genre that became popular throughout the ’60s and ’70s in French literature.

The play provides an interesting and especially immersive take on the struggles of relocating to a city with a completely different culture and set of values. Those in attendance don’t necessarily have to be well-versed in either Vancouver or Montreal culture to appreciate the play for what it is.

There are so many different pieces of different cultures mixed into the work — be it national, provincial or varying artistic cultures — that you are bound to grasp on to one thing or another that is familiar.

If you fall into the small category of young adults that have just moved from Montreal to Vancouver — such as myself — then you are in for one hell of an introspective and psychological trip, considering the fact that every single idea or detail mentioned in the show is something that you instantly recognize.

A Straight Jacket Winter is more than worth the 90 minutes and money you will give up to see it. After watching a play, I will typically go home and pretty much forget everything about what I just spent two hours watching. After seeing A Straight Jacket Winter, I could not get what I had just seen out of my mind, no matter how hard I tried. It’s that good. U

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Denis Matsuev’s performance captivated its audience Charlotte Beaulieu Staff Writer

Denis Matsuev returned to the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts on Thursday, October 20 for a performance of incredible quality.

It was, without a doubt, one of the most breathtaking piano concerts that I have ever seen. In a very humble grey tailcoat, Matsuev marched onto the stage without a single glance to the audience, seated himself, had a quick look towards the heavens and then started working his magic.

In front of a captivated audience, Matsuev immersed himself within his own passionate world. Deeply introspective — his fingertips delicately caressing the keys — his performance at times put the audience into an intense hypnosis. More than once, with his back bent and his feet furiously stamping on the pedals, the musician seemed to be lifted off his seat with energy, rage and ardour.

It seemed as though each note sent floating towards his spellbound

audience was the most precious gift to the heavens, towards which the artist would often turn his head, eyes closed and a mysterious smile on his lips. The performance was one to be watched on the edge of your seat, never knowing if it should be savoured with closed eyes or closely watched in order to take in every fascinating detail of the storyteller and his movements.

The performance ended with a unanimous standing ovation.

If you ever wondered how many bouquets a person can hold in their arms at a time, Matsuev definitely got around 10 that night, along with booming calls of “Bravissimo!” from the audience.

If Matsuev should return to the Chan Centre for a third time, pick up your tickets as quickly as you can. It will be a unique, transporting experience.

And please — please! — turn off your phone before the artist starts playing. That’s generally a basic concept anyone should be able to grasp, though some evidently could not. U

If Matsuev should return for a third performance, do everything you can to see it.

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THEATRE //

Preview: Beckett 16 is about the legacy of UBC theatre as much as it is about Samuel Beckett

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The cast is comprised entirely of UBC alumni, who began rehearsing for the play back in January.

Samuel Du Bois Culture Editor

The works of Samuel Beckett are strange and can instantly carry with them the daunting presence typically associated with stuffy, thoroughly enigmatic and academic works of literature. But to dismiss his works as only this would do them a severe injustice.

At their core is a voice that is often humourous and insightful, which carries the potential to reshape the lives of those who give it a chance.

For an example of this, look no further than the troupe of thespians behind this year’s Beckett 16, a group of people whose annual performances

amount to a deeply personal labour of passion, rather than a simple rendition. The group consists of UBC alumni who collectively began rehearsing for the play some time in January, meeting several times a week to prepare.

Amongst those involved in the production are Deb Pickman, who is the communications and marketing manager for the Arts and Culture District, and Gerald Vanderwoude, who is assistant dean of facilities and human resources in the arts faculty.

Pickman will be performing several roles throughout the show, while Vanderwoude directs.

The performance runs approximately 45 minutes and is

comprised of a series of scenes, each of which is around five minutes in length. Some of them are Beckett’s prose while others are, as Pickman put it, “devised theatre that’s brought forth in the same spirit as Beckett.”

“I think it’s a fantastic entrée for someone that’s never seen him before,” said Pickman.

She was first introduced to Beckett when she was a theatre student. One of the first auditions that she did was to Beckett’s Footfalls, “which is ridiculous and I would highly not recommend that anybody perform Beckett at an audition, but one of the really best first roles that ever I got … I got from the pieces I did. So that’s the kind of faith I had in it.”

Deb will be performing alongside Beverly Bardal, with whom she attended theatre school, in a scene that places both of them in a boat as they enact a different piece of Beckett prose.

It is a piece that they have been performing together now for four years.

In the production of Beckett 16, a sense of friendship and camaraderie permeates every detail. This is a group of friends, passionate about the prose, the craft and the process as well as just the sheer enjoyment of it all.

“It’s super fun,” said Pickman.

“It’s what like bowling must have been to some people in the ’60s. You get together with your buddies and your bowling ball, and you go out and you throw a few balls and have some beers.”

Permeating the works of Beckett is an existentialist eye for the world, whose plots tend to be as befuddling and sometimes unsettling as the world itself.

“Although it doesn’t sound like fun — a look into the abyss — it’s incredibly uplifting in a perverse way,” said Pickman.

“Once I started thinking about Beckett and the relevance for this time of year and what I like about it, I thought about Halloween and they say it’s that time when the veil is thinnest between the afterlife — if you believe in these things — and the other world and the physical world. And Beckett is such a great meditation on that and theatre itself. You know, it lives and we play these characters for an hour and then they’re gone, and every night is different.”

There is one life in particular who has influenced this production — that of the late Peter Loeffler, who began teaching theatre history at UBC in 1972. He became known for taking students from other fields and bringing them over into the theatre department, with his passion and love for the subject.

He was a person who affected each of those involved with Beckett 16 in different ways, but his relationship with the show’s director, Gerald Vanderwoude, stands out as something particularly special.

During his time as an MFA student in directing, Vanderwoude spent the better part of his nights and days in the theatre building, where he would build sets and do school work into the late hours of the night and then sleep wherever he could, dodging security guards all the while.

Loeffler was one of the first to discover what Vanderwoude was up to and this became the foundation of what would be a long friendship. They would spend the early hours of the morning drinking tea and reading the paper together in the silent theatre building, before Vanderwoude would head to his job at Blue Chip Cookies to begin baking the morning batches.

A little while into their friendship, Loeffler approached Vanderwoude at the box office where he was working, peeled off five $100 bills and said, “Mr. Vanderwoude I think you should do a night of Beckett! A short night of Beckett and make it a celebration!”

And thus, The Beckett Birthday Bash started. It began as an annual, one night only show on Beckett’s birthday and was successful enough to be followed by five shows in the subsequent years. The last show followed the untimely death of Loeffler to cancer in 2002. After his death, the group of actors went off and worked on other projects until they eventually decided to return to Beckett.

In preparing for Beckett 16, performers worked with current UBC students to provide practical experience and mentorship in producing and acting in a show.

The production also features the talents of 91-year-old Norman Young, a legendary BC theatre figure who was trained by Dorothy Somerset. In a way, this puts the whole history of UBC theatre — past, present and future — into Beckett 16.

The skills and passion passed on through generations of students by a shared love for literature is a theme that defines not only this play, but also the experience of university itself.

“All of us that are in it have experienced Peter and his love for theatre in general and Beckett in particular,” said Pickman. “They talk about ghosts in the theatre, definitely we ... feel his presence.” U Beckett 16 runs from November 3 to 5 at the Frederic Wood Theatre.

All profits from this production will go to benefit The Peter Loeffler Memorial Prize.

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NIGHT TIMES III 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 october 7, 2016 about encountering the adolescenthood crush be relished, again – a juvenile yet profound attachment, the subject that symbolized security, the feeling to the wish to be special.

october 7, 2016 I was sitting there silently, I was sitting just watching and feeling the energy around me. Others’ energy and my own, the trickling of water running down my back, the wind finding the cracks in my clothes – gusting through my sinuous lungs, but I had no mouth to exhale, so he breathed for me, his lips pressed against mine… october 6, 2016 I dreamt that I was in mangroves and sea water. It was sunny and clear. Some creatures came to attack us and I didn’t know how to protect us but somehow we got away in clear glass tubes that skirted along the water’s surface. I woke up on a rock after that.

october 7, 2016 dreaming about Paul who has left us. Till we meet again. october 8, 2016 Bucky my cat had a twin. I spent much time trying to tell which one was Buck.

october 11, 2016 I dreamt that members from the band Radiohead were trying to burn my house down, but Lapis Lazuli, who is a character from the cartoon Steven Universe, saved me, what a relief.

october 11, 2016 I had a dream last night that I wrapped a dead bird in foil but the foil started to move like the bird was breathing. I opened the foil and the bird flew out.

october 11, 2016 I me to a dreamed an orca jumped over my boat and told me to jump in the water and get a ride. It then took harmony! in living animals and people beautiful island full of peaceful

october 12, 2016 I them either. I was kept running and running, being followed by a number of people I’ve never met. I don’t remember I don’t know why, and s scared and my family was running next to me, at some point we are reached by our persecutor the dream as it of guilt I grab a gun from my father’s pants and shoot him in the head. I wake up to the drowning mixes with the conscious guilt of my father’s suicide.

october 16, 2016 I dreamed that I was having a baby but after the baby was born the doctor told me to be careful and I didn’t understand until I looked at the baby. The baby was made from cooked chicken and then I realize d that I was hungry and I started to eat the chicken. I’m a vegetarian so this dream was disturbing on so many levels.

october 19, 2016 I dreamt that my friend ran up to me and told me, “Girl, you really need to put on some deodorant!”

october 19, 2016 Last night I dreamt that I was walking a Golden Retr iever. It was perfect.

OPINIONS

NOVEMBER 1, 2016 TUESDAY

EDITOR BAILEY RAMSAY

AWARENESS //

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MIDTERMS //

Letter: The Tipping Point addresses UBC’s treatment of mental health Mind your mind: Emily Truong-Cheung students, especially the ones who are The importance Contributor already struggling to get out of bed.

There are structural issues that In less than a week, over 1,000 are contributing to the increase of of rest and play people have liked Ji Youn Kim’s Facebook page, The Tipping Point.

This Facebook page is dedicated to bringing awareness to the increase of mental health problems in universities. In April 2016, Kim shared her story on dropping out of university due to mental illness.

Kim’s story was also reported on by the Daily Hive. Meanwhile, former and current UBC students are sharing their struggles with mental health. These events led to The Tipping Point and Kim’s goal is to push post-secondary institutions to actively address this growing concern.

If over 1,000 current and former students resonate with the mental health problems faced at university, what is UBC doing to address this growing concern? UBC’s student service suggests that students in distress see a counsellor for support.

However, many UBC students have reported that their mental health problems were treated with skepticism and shaming rather than support and accommodation.

As an anonymous UBC student shared their experience with a UBC counsellor: “I can’t focus because of my anxiety and the compulsive behaviour that follows it. I’ve been feeling lethargic and defeated all semester, and I’ve been having a

What is UBC doing to address this growning concern?

lot of trouble going to class. I told [the counsellor] that I didn’t want academic concession and extensions; I just wanted to deal with my mental health so I could complete this semester successfully. I explained all this to him and he basically said to me, ‘Well I don’t know how to help you because you are behind on school because you don’t want to go to class. I’m reluctant to even give you concession because you are missing class for no reason.’ I managed to hold my tears in until I left. I thought counselling was supposed to make you feel better

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— I left there feeling like absolute shit and more hopeless than ever.”

—From the UBC Confessions page on Facebook Counselling and therapy are very important aspects in helping students with mental health issues, but the problem is that UBC’s suggestion for mental health is focused on the individual responsibility rather than understanding how the university culture might be hurting students.

The effort, time and stigma that come with seeking counselling are extra stressors and worries for many

mental health problems. Increasing student tuition, growing pressure to compete in academia and the feeling of hopelessness and isolation are results of a profit-driven university industry.

If students are paying nonsensical tuition in order to learn and gain credentials, UBC needs to start reevaluating: • The current course design based on disengaged and passive learning • The exam policy that penalizes students who are ill • The punishment-based model (e.g. academic probation, failing grade) for students who are struggling in university Kim is taking proactive steps in addressing the stigma and shame that comes with talking about mental health, and also highlighting the dangerous university culture that perpetuates shame against students who are forced to drop out.

Kim wants to talk about mental health, potential solutions and other ideas to address the growing mental health problems on university campuses. For more information, please visit The Tipping Point Facebook page. U Emily Truong-Cheung is a PhD student studying sociology.

SWAG //

Letter: Why is UBC’s brand so awful?

“It’s not dissimilar from teammates wearing matching jerseys.”

Ford Atwater Contributor

Look, nobody wants to read about advertising. If it’s not boring, it’s cringeworthy. Why should we care about marketing for a university that we already attend?

But we all feel it deep inside our plums. It’s more than just a brand — UBC doesn’t have an identity!

What’s UBC’s motto? Is it “a place of mind?” No, it’s “tuum est.”

I was lying because it’s actually, “It’s yours” (those are all different, dangit).

What are the university’s school colours? Are they blue and gold?

Dark blue or light blue? Gold or yellow? So why is every UBC hoodie I see red or green? And why does

the UBC Bookstore invent a new type of clothing every year? Looking at you, weird rugby shirt quarter-zip with leather elbow guards.

Is our logo the blue and white “UBC” box, the coat of arms or the stupid cartoon bald eagle?

Okay, maybe I’m nitpicking. You don’t notice it on a daily basis. But your brain does.

When I visited the Harvard bookstore, all I saw was that same shade of red and the same classic logo. It made my brain very happy.

However, my brain doesn’t like it when it sees 19 perfectly sharpened pencils all lined up in a row just to realize the 20th is broken. My brain doesn’t like it when every answer on a Scantron is “A” except for number three. If you have a really, really nice

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Ferrari, it’s all the more painful to see it covered up in scratches.

Because UBC is one of those Ferraris — it looks really cool and it costs a lot. So why do I feel so uninspired by those three letters when they’re on my white t-shirt?

I’d like to think that our brains are better BS-detectors than we ourselves are. They can tell when they’re being lied to, especially when somebody’s trying to sell us something. It’s sort of like the uncanny valley, except instead of being able to tell a Barbie apart from a human, you have to guess if what you’re seeing is genuine or a ploy to make money. Some are more obvious than others, but the ugly sensation of having a product shoved in your face remains.

So I keep hearing about “it’s up to you,” or “diversity,” or “youbc,” but what does that even mean? Is that supposed to make me feel good so I keep paying tuition? What part of UBC’s identity will make me want to come here?

What about featuring the Nitobe Garden or art from the MOA? If they try to appeal to everyone — the lowest common denominator — the identity that UBC has begins to fade away.

The reason why we don’t have a concrete identity is because the school’s priorities are with new (and international) students’ money. They care more about that than giving anything meaningful to students. It’s why the Board of Governors jacks up tuition to build fountains and hire more middlemanagers, rather than just hire the new professors that we desperately need.

This probably isn’t news to you.

Universities are corporations. They like money. What’s unique is how insultingly obvious it is.

Yeah, in the end, I might be giving UBC a handful of cash for clothing I don’t really need, but I do it anyway because I want feel a sense of belonging. It’s not dissimilar from teammates wearing matching jerseys or fans buying them. It reminds me that someone else is in the same game as me.

C’mon, UBC. You’re mainlining our money into your bloodstream and making us take five minute detours every other day. Just give us this. U Ford Atwater is a fourth-year student studying computer science.

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Remember to give yourself a break.

Daphnée Lévesque Contributor

In her book, The Gifts of Imperfection, researcher and storyteller Brené Brown writes about the importance of cultivating rest and play, and mentions the emphasis in today’s culture on “exhaustion as a status symbol and productivity as self-worth.”

As university students always on the go, I think it’s important to let go of those dangerous myths since “rest and play are as vital to our health as nutrition and exercise.”

For instance, sleep isn’t supposed to be considered a luxury, but rather should be seen as a necessity. I think that a lot of us fall into the trap of undervaluing and underappreciating the benefits of a good night’s sleep. Besides, insufficient rest is highly correlated with increased stress as well as conditions such as anxiety and depression. Resting is all about recharging our batteries, and rejuvenating both our minds and bodies. Also according to Brown, play is equally important — especially since it is the birthplace of creativity and innovation.

One of the obstacles students face is internalizing the dangerous belief that exhaustion equals hard work, while play is considered an activity reserved for “slackers.” We are told this from a very young age, but let me assure you that being constantly overwhelmed and on the verge of a mental breakdown does not equal success. Being sleep deprived does not mean that you are being more productive.

We live in a society that promotes “always being busy” to the point where most of us have a hard time relaxing and slowing down. We fear being seen as lazy, but the truth is that taking a break and respecting our limits will do so much more for our health than constantly challenging and pushing ourselves to the point of exhaustion.

So today, take time to have fun — even if it means indulging in a behaviour with no purpose.

Give yourself a forced vacation and practice self-care.

Forget about your to-do list and instead try one of the following: • Learn a new hobby • Arts and crafts • Paint your nails • Do something silly • Play your favourite video game • Watch Netflix • Take a power nap And don’t forget that you are on this earth to be happy, to be you and to be well. U

SCIENCE

NOVEMBER 1, 2016 TUESDAY

EDITOR KOBY MICHAELS

MEDICINE //

CAMPUS MYSTERY //

Doctor Q and A: Canada’s new abortion pill

What is that carbon box?

Katharina Friege Staff Writer

In July 2015, the “gold standard” abortion pill mifepristone was approved for use in Canada.

The drug is taken to terminate pregnancy in the first 50 days and is a less invasive alternative to surgical procedures. Especially for women living in more rural areas of Canada — where abortion services are not easily accessible — the introduction of mifepristone will have a considerable impact.

Health Canada has, however, imposed strict regulations on how the drug can be prescribed and dispensed. Dr. Wendy Norman, an associate professor in the department of family practices and a chair in family planning research, and Dr. Judith Soon, an assistant professor in pharmaceutical sciences, advocate for pharmaceutical dispensing of mifepristone in BC and hope to create a Canadawide model. Ubyssey Science sat down with them to talk about mifepristone, Canadian women’s access to health care and the importance of interdisciplinary work in the healthcare profession.

WHAT IS MIFEPRISTONE AND WHY IS IT IMPORTANT? WN: The exciting news is this pill means that all of a sudden you wouldn’t need to go to an abortion clinic. Eighty per cent of women will choose to have their abortion this way rather than by surgery if it is available to them. We’ve been conducting research across Canada on where abortions are provided and right now, 96 per cent of Canadian abortions are surgical. The advent of mifepristone gives us a chance to help women better and closer to home. But the way the regulation was handled in Canada is defeating the purpose.

JS: What happened is that Health Canada has brought in some unnecessary and unusual constraints on the way this product will be prescribed and dispensed. This promises to really slow down the entire process and decrease access — especially in the rural and remote areas.

WN: Health Canada has said if you want to be a doctor offering this to your patient, you also have to dispense it. This is the only drug family doctors or obstetrician/gynecologists would ever be prescribing that they’re also supposed to dispense. In BC, physicians cannot dispense unless they get special permission, which can take months.

WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR WOMEN IN BC? JS: British Columbia is pushing the agenda for all of Canada.

In 2000, British Columbia was the first province where pharmacists were able to dispense emergency contraception. We’ve been working in this sensitive, confidential area for a long time.

Health is actually a provincial issue, not a national one. Health Canada is the agency that can approve the drug, but it’s the provinces that actually have the ability and the responsibility to make sure patients have access.

They’ve formally announced that they will allow physicians to prescribe the drug and the pharmacists will — as is usual and customary — dispense it. It sounds like Health Canada is actually interested in this province-based approach as a workaround for the entire country.

WHY SHOULD STUDENTS IN CANADA, AND MORE SPECIFICALLY UBC STUDENTS, CARE ABOUT THE REGULATION OF MIFEPRISTONE? WN: Well, I think this is part of normal healthcare delivery. It’s

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The box is just one piece of a massive new campus infrastructure.

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UBC professors argue the regulations are making the pill too inaccessible.

such an exciting advance — it really helps to be able to ensure health for women and for their families. Particularly for UBC students, if they’re not yet ready to be parents, they have safe effective options that are available closer to home.

We’ve got hundreds of students at UBC studying pharmacy and I think that they should be looking forward to having fulfilling and challenging professions as highly respected members of the healthcare team. Links within the healthcare profession are a really important part of how safe care is delivered.

WHAT IS REGULATION LIKE IN OTHER COUNTRIES AND WHAT MIGHT THAT MEAN FOR CANADA’S APPROACH TO REGULATING THE DRUG? WN: Canada is geographically very different from almost every other country where mifepristone has been approved. Women live all over the country, but abortion services are only widely available within our biggest cities, mostly along the US border.

JS: Australia brought this drug onto the market in 2012, and the physician prescribes it and the pharmacist dispenses it. This quite closely follows what we are hoping for. It’s very exciting to see that, in Australia, many of the physicians and pharmacists are out in the rural and remote areas, providing this drug. We don’t have to think we are inventing a new system. We are utilizing something that’s already been proven for four years now. We’re ready. The drug’s ready. Let’s go.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADD ANYTHING? WN: I would like to stress the importance of interdisciplinary care. At UBC, we’ve got so many people studying health professions and I think it’s so important for them to understand they each have a vital role to play.

Cases like this one really show us that the broad scope of training and expertise students acquire is important to our health system. U This interview has been edited and shortened for clarity.

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You should really get your flu shot already

If Santa Ono can do it, so can you.

Caroling Gao Contributor

December is just around the corner, which means Christmas shopping, Boxing Day sales and New Year’s

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Eve parties, but not until you persist through the dreaded finals.

When you start cramming for exams on espresso and two hours of sleep, your immune system weakens. Worst case scenario?

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You come down with the two Fs — finals and the flu. You’ve seen the flyers advising you to get the flu shot to avoid a “hug with the bug.” Is the flu really as deadly as it seems?

Dr. Julie Bettinger, a vaccine safety scientist and associate professor at UBC’s School of Population and Public Health, highly recommends everyone — including university students — to get the flu shot.

“Studies have shown that about one per cent of vaccinated individuals get influenza versus about nine per cent of people who have not been vaccinated,” said Bettinger.

That means you are nine times less likely to be infected just by taking 15 minutes of your day to get your free flu shot. The flu shot is safe, effective and prevents the flu.

According to Bettinger, flu season peaks during winter months. Thus, UBC students should get the flu shot to stay healthy for their exams and when

they go home for the holidays. For most students, there is no reason why they shouldn’t get the flu shot — except for individual health reasons like those with severe allergies to flu shot ingredients or if they’ve had Guillain-Barré Syndrome. In that case, they should discuss the best course of action with their doctor.

Not only does the flu shot protect you, but it also protects those around you who are at a high risk for influenza. If you will be around family members under the age of five or over 65 — or someone at any age with asthma, diabetes, cancer or any type of cardiac or pulmonary condition — you best be vaccinated to protect them, Bettinger said. For these individuals, the flu can be deadly.

UBC offers free flu shots — you simply need to book off 15 minutes of your day and get vaccinated to avoid a “hug with the bug” and focus on memorizing those nucleophilic substitution mechanisms. U

The Temporary Energy Centre, better known as the “carbon box,” is a lot like viewing a sports car — it looks amazing from the outside, but you have no idea what’s happening on the inside.

The mysterious box served as a temporary hub for campus energy as the new energy centre was completed.

The structure — designed by UBC architecture students — has been decommissioned since the fall of 2015 because campus energy production has been transferred to the recently completed Campus Energy Centre (CEC).

Both the carbon box and CEC are part of UBC’s ongoing initiative to improve sustainability on campus. No longer relying on the older, less efficient system of steam heating, a hot water system was completed in 2015. Using hot water pipes is more efficient because they are better insulated and have less heat loss.

Both UBC’s energy usage and carbon dioxide emissions have been reduced by more than 20 per cent after the switch. The project to convert all campus buildings to the new hot water heating system was part of a larger plan called the $88 million District Energy System (DES).

The Campus Energy Centre is expected to save UBC $5.5 million annually.

The switch from the carbon box to the Campus Energy Centre did not happen overnight. Over 18 kilometres of pipes had to be laid down to supply 180 UBC buildings hot water. The centre also needed time to build and test its new heating system.

You don’t need to take a Gateman lecture to know the more buildings are upgraded, the more money UBC saves. The carbon box helped facilitate those savings by converting existing steam from the old UBC powerhouse to supply buildings ready for the switch. The moment a building was upgraded, it would be hooked up to the carbon box and the savings would start flowing in.

Now that the energy centre is fully online, the beloved but poorly understood carbon box continues its work. Since it is relatively new, it can still continue operation. The box is now being used so more buildings on south campus can be converted to hot water.

In the future, it may be sold to a government facility or university campus looking to make a similar transition. U

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Season Primer 2016/17: Men’s rugby adjusts to challenges Bill Situ Staff Writer

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The race team was established in the 1950s.

Weathering the Storm: the UBC Sailing Club is gearing up for a new season Lucy Fox Staff Writer

It’s three o’clock in the afternoon and rain from the incoming storm has been hitting the streets of Vancouver since mid-morning.

With winds predicted at up to 35 kilometres per hour and rain pelting the city, most people are settling in for a cozy night of refuge.

Yet, at Jericho Sailing Centre, a quartet of students is gathering for an evening of practice. A rare group that welcomes the weather, the UBC Thunderbird Sailing Team — a Thunderbird Sports Club affiliated with the UBC Sailing Club — is heading out to take on the white caps and winds of Burrard Inlet.

Led by coach Marie-Pier Alary, teammates Elmeri Hakkinen, Hanno Kite-Powell, Georg Lauritsen and Stephanie Stearman make up four of the five students representing UBC at the Canadian

Intercollegiate Sailing Association (CICSA) National Championships later this month in Kingston, Ontario, alongside teammate Gregory Woollgar. With that responsibility comes practices, rain or downpour.

As the four start to prep their two flying juniors — 13-footlong, two person sailboats — in the marina, the storm begins to die down. They check each sailboat meticulously, making sure everything from the tiller to the mast is secure, all the while chatting amongst themselves until Alary ushers them out towards the water. Above, the clouds are starting to part slowly.

They make their way down the launch, easing the boats into the water. Then, just as the pairs push off from the launch, the incredible happens — the rain stops.

Time to practice.

Established as a race team in the 1950s and later morphed into a school club, the UBC Sailing

Club has a long history at the university. They relaxed back into a more recreational team from the 1970s to the turn of the century, but picked up the pace again since 2009, when they re-established the competitive racing team — the UBC Thunderbird Sailing Team.

Last season, the team placed first in the Western Canada Cup and second at the Canadian Nationals. This year, with some fresh blood adding to the team dynamic, UBC is aiming to take the top spot at nationals ahead of their toughest competition — Queen’s University’s varsity sailing team. The team is the only varsity sailing team in Canada and have won the last three championships.

“Last year it was very, very close for us, bringing home gold for UBC, so ultimately that’s our goal in our preparations [for this year],” said club lead Ashley-Belle Burns.

Having raced on Lake Ontario for several national events, team veteran Gregory Woollgar said the team has learned to sail in the different conditions out east. Putting that knowledge to good use, the team has started to practice for that different style of sailing here at home, in preparation for this year’s championships coming up at the end of October.

“They sail a different boat for that race, so … we’ve had to sail out of Royal Vancouver Yacht Club to practice on that boat,” said Woollgar. “I think it’s going really well … It’s a lot breezier [in Kingston] and a lot more waves than we get here, so we’re just getting ready for that kind of game.”

The team also has a newcomer in their ranks — first-year student Georg Lauritsen. Though he is joining a group that has been sailing together for years, he is comfortable and confident with his new crew.

“I think we’ve been pretty solid with our preparations so far,” he said. “We’ve fit in extra practices … in order to get to know each other better and work [out] the dynamics of how we sail as teams.”

Even so, the crew faces several challenges as a travelling non-varsity team. Although

they receive a grant from UBC Athletics and Recreation to cover some of the costs to participate in nationals, it is still a hefty fee to send a crew to the other side of the country. What’s more, the team has an incredibly tight deadline between settling on a crew and going to the championships. “[Nationals are] super far away.

It’s been in Kingston the past five years at least — well, I think it was Montreal one year — but it’s always a big burden for us to travel there,” said Burns.

“Second, it’s in October, so our team starts September and it’s kind of like you have a month to see how your team is, and then you pick people, and then they really only have a month … It’s not a huge amount of time considering the team is new, and you’re building teams and partners.”

The windier location in Kingston is another challenge for the crew.

“It’s very physically demanding, but we’ve had some gym sessions which have been good,” said Woollgar.

“I think we have high expectations going for our team — we’ve had a few good years going, but then with sailing, anything can change in a moment. The weather can change, the race can change, the boats can break, so you have to be prepared for anything. Especially going with these high expectations, to have anything less than what we expect is a little bit scary.”

Yet, all these challenges don’t seem to have fazed the racing team.

In fact, the whirlwind of hurdles seems to have only added fuel to their fire.

“I’m not really afraid. I’m more excited to see how [other teams] sail [and] what the level is at,” said Lauritsen. “If the weather will be as they say, I feel like it’ll be fun.”

Past the national championships, Thunderbird Sailing Team has been invited to — and is hoping to attend — the EDHEC Sailing Cup in France this coming March. The event, according to Burns, is one of the largest student keelboat offshore races in the world, with 165 schools representing 23 nations worldwide.

Should they raise enough money, the team will send five to seven athletes to compete. U

Coming off of a perfect season that ended in a Rounsefell Cup victory, the UBC men’s rugby team is currently adjusting to some challenges to begin the new season.

So far, the T-Birds have played a total of four games, winning two and losing two. The latest game ended in a 38-3 win against Meraloma RC. One of the biggest changes for the team has been the departure of the numerous fifth-year players from last season, including Alex Mascott, Brock Staller, Liam Murphy-Blake and last year’s team captain, Charlie Thorpe.

“We lost veteran players to graduation and a number of those players have ended up on clubs that we have played in the first round, so that contributes,” said Rameses Langston, UBC’s head coach.

Langston said that on top of the seniors who graduated, his team has also been battling against injuries to various players.

For returning senior players like fifth-year scrum-half Jorden Sandover-Best, the expectations are especially high to continue the legacy of last year’s seniors. “[The players that graduated] definitely set the ground work and … we got to keep building what they built,” said Sandover-Best.

Sandover-Best, along with Chris Taylor and Connor Hamilton, are players to likely become the new team captain this season.

“I’ve liked to think that I am kind of like a leader on the team and … just being at practice and being the best I can be. We’ve all got different traits, but we’re all qualified in different ways,” said Sandover-Best.

“We’ve got some very experienced guys and guys that have been in the program for quite a while, so again, we’re quite happy with the leadership that we have,” said Langston.

Just as the ’Birds are adjusting to the departure of last season’s fifth-years, a new group of firstyears are stepping in to fill the gaps. Notable recruits this year include Jake Lan, Michael Smith, Tyler Nylander and Chris Stangle.

According to Langston, the perfect season last year only heightens the pressure on the new recruits.

“There’s a lot of outside internet attention, and then that results ultimately into pressure on very young, inexperienced athletes,” said Langston.

Even with the challenges that the team is currently facing, Langston is still expecting his team to maintain a consistently high performance.

“We don’t make excuses. The expectation for us is that no matter who comes on the field, we’re prepared to play … and put it on the line every weekend,” said Langston. U The ’Birds will be facing off against the Vancouver Rowing Club on Saturday, October 29 at 2:45 p.m. on Wolfson Field.

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Bill Situ Staff Writer

’Birds move on to Select Six

Football loses to Calgary, earns playoff spot With playoff hopes on the line, the UBC football team suffered a 41-35 comeback loss to the University of Calgary Dinos, but still narrowly managed to earn a playoff spot.

The ’Birds were fifth in Canada West going into the game and had the same 3-4 season record as the fourth-place team, the University of Manitoba Bisons. UBC clinched the playoff position after Manitoba’s loss to the Regina Rams.

Still, for UBC head coach Blake Nill — who finished the season with a record below .500 for just the second time in his career — the game ultimately brought more disappointment than joy.

“Today, ultimately I have to take responsibility for the kids. We didn’t execute,” said Nill. “It’s a very frustrating moment right now for me.”

Calgary was first to get on the scoreboard nine minutes into the game with a touchdown by running back Bryce Harper on a three-yard run. UBC equalized the game with a touchdown by receiver Will Watson two minutes later on a scoring drive that included a 48-yard rush by running back Ben Cummings.

As the first quarter wound down to its final seconds, the ’Birds produced yet another powerful scoring drive that included a successful 45-yard pass from quarterback Michael O’Connor to receiver Marshall Cook. Receiver Trivel Pinto then got the touchdown to double UBC’s lead to 14-7.

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Despite losing their last game of the regular season, the ’Birds narrowly earned a playoff sport.

The Dinos responded with a field goal on the next possession before Pinto picked up another touchdown for the ’Birds in the final three minutes of the second frame to increase UBC’s lead to 21-10.

In the final minute of the second, the Dinos picked up a single point after a touchback field goal by Niko DiFonte. UBC Kicker Greg Hutchins then kicked a 37-yard field goal with one second left on the clock to give UBC a 24-11 lead by halftime.

Midway into the third period, Harper got his second touchdown for Calgary to narrow the ’Birds lead to 24-18, this time on a seven-yard run.

With a little under four minutes remaining in the frame, the ’Birds

managed to block a punt by the Dinos at Calgary’s 15-yard line. On the ensuing possession, Hutchins got an 18-yard field goal for his second kick of the night, increasing UBC’s lead to 27-18.

“I made mistakes in the game management that I thought might have created momentum. It’s my job to manage the game,” said Nill.

To start off the final quarter, the Dinos brought the ’Birds lead down to six points with DiFonte’s third field goal of the night. Calgary then retook the lead two minutes later when receiver Austen Hartley caught a 26-yard pass from Dinos quarterback Adam Sinagra.

With six minutes remaining, the ’Birds came back on top

as Cummings got a 74-yard touchdown followed by a twopoint conversion pass by receiver Trevor Casey. He finished the game with an impressive 179 rushing yards.

Still, Calgary equalized the game in the final three minutes before winning 41-35 in overtime with yet another touchdown by Harper.

“We talked at halftime about the need to go out, keep them from scoring in the first drive and then to respond ourselves and in the second half we were outplayed,” said Nill. U UBC will play an away game against the University of Regina Rams in the Canada West Semifinal on Saturday November 5.

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T-Birds come back to defeat the ’Horns 2-1

The ‘Birds will now be heading into the Canada West Final Four.

Marcus Yun Contributor

The Thunderbirds men’s soccer team launched their 2016 playoffs in style. The team battled back from behind to edge out the visiting Lethbridge Pronghorns by a score of 2-1 on Friday night, thanks to a late winner from UBC rookie Mackenzie Cole.

“They’re a good team. They fight, they battle and make it difficult … they get the first goal and it was going to make it even tougher,” said T-Birds’ head coach

Mike Mosher reflecting on the difficulty of the match.

Right off the whistle, it was clear that the Thunderbirds were not willing to accept a loss as they began the match by creating a couple of chances.

However, it was the away team who put the first tally on the scoreboard in the 14th minute.

Chasing the ball down the right wing, Lethbridge midfielder Chris Rushworth scored when his shot was deflected off of the Thunderbirds’ defence and the ball dipped into the net just over

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the fingertips of UBC goalkeeper Chad Bush.

Despite the Pronghorns’ goal, the ’Birds’ momentum was far from slowing. With UBC’s Titouan Chopin and Zach Verhoven penetrating Lethbridge’s defence from both the left and right wings and midfielder Kerman Pannu taking shots from all angles, the Thunderbirds’ offence looked hungry for goals.

UBC’s first-half momentum was consistent, but the team lacked the ability to finish when facing the net. This was a result of the strong defensive focus and goalkeeping

from the away team. Pannu’s free kick, which shot straight into the arms of the keeper, was the final play of the first half.

Opening the second half with a one-goal deficit, the home side looked eager to hop on the scoresheet.

As a result of consistency in the attacking zone, first-year forward Manpal Brar earned a penalty shot for UBC in the 60th minute. Brar was trying to dribble past two defenders, with one of them tackling him to the ground, forcing the referee to blow the whistle for the foul inside the box.

Titouan Chopin stepped up to take the penalty for the Thunderbirds and calmly placed it into the lower left corner of the net to tie the game.

The match consisted of Verhoven doing a fantastic job in tiring out the Pronghorns’ left back and Brar entering the attacking territory with ease.

In the 82nd minute, another superb run on the right wing by Verhoven opened up a pass to unmarked midfielder Mackenzie Cole, who tapped in his first ever goal for UBC. “It’s a big goal,” said Cole regarding his game winning goal.

“Feels good to score my first goal for UBC … Glad we’re moving on.” U The Thunderbirds are moving on to the next round of the playoffs, the Canada West Final Four, which takes place on November 5.

Women’s soccer comes back from a 2-0 deficit to win 3-2

Lucy Fox Staff Writer

UBC women’s soccer is heading to the Canada West Select Six tournament after a second-half comeback against the University of Alberta Pandas in the Canada West quarter-finals on Saturday, October 28.

Though the Pandas had a 2-0 lead going into the second half, UBC’s Aman Shergill scored a late hat trick to push UBC past the third-ranked Edmonton side.

Alberta’s Aly Parth opened the scoring in the 18th minute, pinpointing a penalty kick past UBC keeper Marlee Maracle and into the bottom left corner of the net.

Just 15 minutes later, the Pandas doubled their lead as midfielder Morgan Corbett got on the end of a corner kick taken by Parth, directing the ball into the back of the net.

The 2-0 score in favour of Alberta would stand until the half-time whistle, leaving UBC with a mountain to climb in the second half of the game.

It would only take 15 of those minutes for UBC to rise to the challenge, as Shergill notched three goals in quick succession.

Shergill’s first came in the 54th minute as she rocketed the ball from the 18-yard line.

The ball bounced past Alberta’s keeper Jamie Misiaszek, cutting the Pandas’ lead in half.

Just two minutes later, Shergill scored her second of the match and evened-up the score as she again sent the ball past Misiaszek from outside the 18-yard box.

Finally, Shergill sealed Alberta’s fate in the 69th minute, as she cut into the middle of the pitch and blasted another shot into the Pandas net, this time from 30 yards out.

After that, UBC spent most of the remaining time in the Pandas’ half, winding down the clock until the final whistle.

The 3-2 win puts UBC through to the Canada West Select Six coming up this week. There, they will play not only for the conference championship title, but for a spot in the USport women’s soccer championship held later this month. U Match times for the Select Six tournament have yet to be determined.

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