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Pro-life group spurs debate of graphic posters

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Children in BC are battling poverty in the aftermath of government expenditure cuts and generational poverty. YNOTFORTOTS’s mission is to alleviate their socioeconomic condition.

Mohit Sodhi and Lindsay Richter, the co-founders of the society, are graduate students at UBC, studying behavioural neuroscience and neonatalperinatal medicine respectively.

The society founded an AMS club at UBC this year and Conrad Bayley, a third-year integrated sciences major, is the club’s president.

Sodhi and Richter were always interested in healthcare and its determinants, especially in relation to children, but it was during a course they took last fall that an idea began to take shape. Together, they decided to turn this idea into a society.

“We were in Social Determinants of Health, an elective class that we took, and we found out that one in five children in BC were in poverty,” said Sodhi.

“We learned so much about how vulnerability at such a young age can later impact later health outcomes and obviously their educational outcomes as well, so we couldn’t sit still. Especially amongst the budget cuts towards public school systems, there are a lot of kids and families suffering here in the lower mainland.”

Getting the society up and running turned out to be a challenge. Many charities were already at work battling issues such as poverty and homelessness, and there wasn’t much room to grow as a charitable organization. However, in childhood health and education, Sodhi and Richter recognized

a niche with real problems that needed solutions, and in November 2015, they founded the YNOTFORTOTS society.

“There’s lots of charities out there, especially focusing on the downtown eastside and things like that, but we wanted to focus on what we’re passionate about. East Hastings is a high profile area that lots of people are aware of and they can help the homeless people there … [but] this is low profile, not many people are aware of these extreme budget cuts and how they’re affecting the immediate next generation where we live,” said Bayley.

Their first initiative was an innovative one, which originated from Richter’s experiences attending weddings. She modeled a “gift registry” of sorts, so that schools and parents can directly request items they need from ynotfortots.com. The requests are posted on the site and are open for anyone to fulfill.

The duo also has two other projects on the go: the Students Helping Students initiative and the Special Projects initiative.

The former encourages students at all levels of their education to help their poverty-stricken peers, who do not have what Bayley calls “things we normally take for granted.”

“We want to show them the value of giving, and they get to see that first-hand the effect that their altruistic activities have on kids in these communities and cities, because they see exactly where this money is going,” he said.

For example, Lord Strathcona Elementary school, which the YNOTFORTOTS society has helped through their item registry, recently suffered a lice outbreak that they did not have the resources to deal with. On

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November 16, they held a special fundraiser for this school, and were able to provide relief.

“They’re shifting away from the academic and athletic supplies and they’re just asking for necessity supplies. So our fundraiser [was] specifically for Lord Strathcona because this is a need basis, and not a want basis. They’re requesting things like comforters, pillow cases and pillows and bedsheets because of the bed bugs and they’re asking for lice kits. And it means so much to them,” said Bayley.

To date, they have facilitated giving over $5,000 in goods to schools and daycares in povertystricken communities, and hope to grow this total significantly in the coming months. While this figure doesn’t look like a large sum when compared to the scale of childhood poverty in BC, Bayley believes the society is making its impact felt.

“To someone that said that this is just a band-aid program, I would say there are people that are better suited to fixing these problems on a government level. We’re science students, and we’re doing what we believe is the most direct and most effective way to help,” he said.

In the future, YNOTFORTOTS hopes to continue its growth by opening local branches across BC and Canada. For now, they are focusing on expansion in greater Vancouver, finding new partnerships with schools and opening club branches at schools such as UBC and SFU. For UBC students, this means an opportunity to get involved with the AMS club and with the society directly. According to Richter, “you get out of it what you put into it,” but with the society’s explosive rate of growth, she promises that there will be many leadership opportunities for motivated and responsible students. U

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EDITORS SRUTHI TADEPALLI + SAMANTHA MCCABE

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MENTAL HEALTH //

Why do you have to wait so long to see a counsellor?

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UBC’s counselling office is weathering a heavy load.

Rachel Ong Staff Writer

With classes in full swing, midterms ending, finals beginning and sombre November weather, UBC’s counselling office has been overwhelmed by an influx of students in need, seeking accessible support on campus.

With mental health and wellness heavily on the radar for this school year, UBC has been no exception to the ever-growing buzz surrounding the issue.

Former student Ji Youn Kim’s article was featured in the news and on social media earlier in the semester, spreading the word about the importance of mental health awareness for students. Her movement, The Tipping Point, has since generated a following on Facebook numbering over a thousand people. The UBC Mental Health Awareness Club and the recent Thrive Week also have goals of raising mental health awareness on campus.

SEEING RED ON REDDIT Anecdotal comments and stories from other UBC students have surfaced on social media, including Facebook groups, comments, Reddit and more — mostly putting UBC’s counselling services under fire.

Reddit user “JangsJudgement,” a UBC engineering student, wrote on an r/UBC thread last month about their experience with UBC’s counselling services and the wait time they experienced.

“So I had midterms these past two weeks,” the user wrote on Reddit. “Felt super shitty afterward [so I] decided to visit UBC Counselling for some assistance because I feel like I’m getting closer to my breaking point.”

JangJudgement’s dissatisfaction appeared to be the result of the two-week wait time between their arrival at the front desk of the counselling office and actually speaking to a professional.

“Nothing is said about a twoweek wait. [On the website], it sounds as though you transition right from the forms to the consultation. If the two-week wait is ‘usual,’ perhaps the website should repeat that information instead of … implying something else altogether.”

Comments such as “It’s [one] of those things where an institution publicly makes it seem they truly care about an issue, but doesn’t put the necessary resources towards it,” and “I just gave up on them and was like, ‘Fuck it, I’ll just deal with my issues myself,’” were echoed in the comments of the same Reddit thread.

When a student experiences these longer wait times — the wait isn’t consistently several weeks long— they are a result of a massive increase in demand for the counselling service. According to statistics from UBC Counselling, in 2015, 954 students were seen from September 1 to November 2.

This year’s numbers, in that same two-month time span, jumped up by over 300 students, with 1,259 individuals seeking counselling.

The service also sees a significant spike in demand during midterms and finals season.

ARE WAIT TIMES JUST PULLED OUT OF A HAT? While UBC Counselling receives a lot of backlash over long wait times and occasionally poor communication, it is a free service that is meant to be easily accessible and available for all students, regardless of their needs.

In an interview with The Ubyssey, the director of UBC Counselling, Dr. Cheryl Washburn, spoke regarding the various services that are offered through the service and how students can best avail of these resources.

“We need to understand the nature and urgency of the concern,” said Washburn. “We work within a stepped-care model that is designed to connect a student to the least intensive, but [most] effective level of care.”

This stepped-care system encourages students to selfreport the urgency of their situation to front desk staff. It is recommended that students provide all necessary and relevant background information at this time such as what symptoms they are experiencing and other important aspects of their mental health. The service is best used when a student is able to identify his or her own needs and what they need from counselling.

“The first step would be a consultation. Our front desk staff allows the student to identify the type of appointment that is going to be the best fit,” said Washburn.

After the initial consultation, the potential courses of action are provided on a case-by-case basis.

Resources “range in intensity from self-directed resources that focus on group therapy … all the way up to crisis response and hospitalization,” according to Washburn.

Some students are seen immediately upon their arrival at the counselling office, while some are seen at a later date, depending on their situation. Emergency appointments are also available for students who have urgent, more pressing concerns, as identified in their consultations.

As for the wait times, “we really want students to be seen as timely as possible and we do our best,” said Washburn. She noted that if a student truly feels they need to be seen immediately, “it’s important they [talk] to us and we can try our best to see them sooner.”

WHO’S YOUR COUNSELLOR? There are currently 18 counsellors working on-site at UBC Counselling. There are two types of professionals that might work with counselling at UBC, according to Washburn. These types are people with a minimum educational level of a master’s degree in counselling, psychology or social work — who are all also registered social workers — or alternatively, clinical psychologists who are registered with the College of Psychology of British Columbia.

ON-CAMPUS SUCCESSES UBC Counselling isn’t the best solution for everyone, but some students are very happy with their experience.

“I actually had a really good experience with UBC Counselling,” said Nico Yu, a fourth-year arts student, speaking of their experience as something vital to their mental health and well-being.

Yu agreed that while counselling does have its problems, when it comes to dire situations and serious mental health concerns, UBC provides students with necessary, and sometimes lifesaving, care. “[My experience] was really good because the counsellor I spoke to made sure I made an appointment to come in every week, just to make sure I was doing okay. And [even] when I was no longer at risk, she still made the effort to chat with me every week and every other week … I don’t know how where I’d be without that experience,” they said.

Although other students that The Ubyssey interviewed also cited some issues with the counselling service, another student managed to find support in a place most wouldn’t expect.

“I’m personally a member of Greek life on campus,” said Brenna Dowling, a fifth-year English major. “My particular organization [has] specific individuals who help in dealing with … troubles

academically … problems with mental health, or if you’re just overly stressed because you’ve committed yourself to too many things. When I wasn’t able to access UBC Counselling, they’ve been a really good rock.”

According to the Canadian Mental Health Association, 20 per cent of Canadian adults will suffer from some form of mental illness in their lifetime. Forty-nine per cent of people suffering from mental illness have never — and most likely will never — seek professional help regarding their conditions. With figures like these, it is crucial that students who are feeling overwhelmed by something that might be a mental health issue seek assistance.

Whether you seek help through UBC Counselling services, Speakeasy, the Greek System or one of the many alternatives outside of campus, help in some form is always available and you are not alone.

RESOURCES On-campus The Wellness Centre at UBC. Students can “ask questions to trained students about things like safer sex, how to manage stress, eating well and sleep.”

Speakeasy. This is a service that provides “a non-judgmental, supportive ear for students and faculty members who are feeling distressed.”

Healthy Minds at UBC. A blog run by “trained students … providing a personal perspective on topics such as managing stress, how to make friends on such a large campus, how to practice good eating habits and how to stay healthy while thriving academically.”

Off-campus If nothing on campus is working, there are still many ways to get

help. Other resources for mental health and wellness are widely available in the community, and are often run by the province of British Columbia. Below is a list of just some of the many services available in the Lower Mainland: The provincial Suicide Hotline is reachable at 1-800-SUICIDE (1-800-784-2433), 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

310Mental Health Support (310-6789 — do not add 604, 778 or 250 before the number) is also available 24 hours a day for urgent support.

Coast Mental Health has put together an extremely comprehensive list of resources and phone numbers for anything pertaining to mental health issues.

BC Mental Health and Substance Use Services (BCMHSUS) offers a list of available services the one can be referred to within Greater Vancouver.

Chimo Community Services, located in Richmond, provides crisis counselling through “crisis, transition and through education,” according to their website. They too have a crisis hotline number (604-279-7070) that runs from 8 p.m. to 12 a.m. seven days a week, answered by professionally trained volunteers.

Here To Help BC offers selfhelp resources such as screening tests online and information sheets on mental health and wellness.

Mindcheck.ca is “designed to help youth and young adults … check out how they’re feeling and quickly connect to mental health resources and support. Support includes education, self-care tools, website links and assistance in connecting to local professional resources.”

If you are in need of immediate assistance, medical distress or have an emergency, do not hesitate to call 9-1-1. U

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Safewalk introduces penalites to curb misuse

UBC students assemble to protest Kinder Morgan pipeline

Ainsley MacDougall Contributor

As of November 1, AMS Safewalk has introduced a penalty system in order to deter those who have been abusing their services, with the most serious being a suspension for the remainder of a given term.

This change has followed the implementation of six new usage policies which were implemented in September, and according to Student Services Manager Hussam Zbeeb, will help enforce them.

Safewalk is a transportation service offered by the AMS that accompanies students, staff and visitors who feel unsafe walking alone across campus. Over the past couple of years, there has been an increased interest and usage of Safewalk’s services, with them often receiving upwards of 120 calls a night. This has led to backlogs of students waiting to use the service that has been further negatively impacted by an increasing number of people misusing the service.

Misuses have included people calling Safewalk seven to eight times in one night, people calling to ask the service to pick up things for them and students not responding to their phone once staff arrived at the pick-up location.

To combat these issues, new policies were issued in September.

Changes include the placement of a two-call per night limit — with a minimum of 30 minutes having to pass between requests — and the provision of a five-minute grace period from Safewalk’s first call during which the client must show

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Students had a prominent presence at the protests.

Julia Burnham Senior Staff Writer

Abuse of Safewalk has gone down since penalites were introduced.

up or the team will move on to the next client. Safewalk’s policies also ask that those using the service call back immediately if assistance is no longer needed.

“These new policies were put in place to support our Safewalk staff and make sure that they are best able to do their jobs to serve students, and to actually help students,” said Zbeeb. “The idea is if we transport people who need it the most, everybody else that is waiting also has decreased wait times.”

Breaking any of the policy requirements results in a warning.

Three warnings lead to a one-week suspension from utilizing the

service. Receiving one warning after a suspension results in a suspension of services for the rest of the semester.

Zbeeb explained that a suspension policy was necessary since students “weren’t really reacting to or following [the policies]” brought out in September. However, he emphasized that suspension is a last resort and that students are welcome to refute the warning or penalty.

“Let’s say we come to pick you up and you aren’t there — like we were there for 20 minutes and you weren’t answering your phone and that sort of thing.

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Then you can easily call back later and say, ‘Hey, actually this thing happened and that is why I couldn’t do x,’ which is totally fair,” he said.

In the past two and a half weeks since the penalties have been implemented, Safewalk staff have already seen positive changes.

“The number of students misusing the service has gone down and our staff have reported that wait times have also gone down, which is the end goal” said Zbeeb.

A full version of AMS Safewalk’s policies and penalty system can be found on their website. U

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Diversity Fund launched in response to increase in international student fees

International tuition will hopefully be offset by the fund.

Lilian Odera Staff Writer

The Equity and Inclusion Office is launching a “Commitment to Diversity Fund” in response to concerns raised by the AMS that the 46.8 per cent increase in tuition fees for international students may impact diversity at UBC. One million dollars will be released in 2017 and an additional two million

will be released the following year.

“There’s a significant amount of money being made available and it does really allow us to create some culture change if we can use it effectively,” said Sara-Jane Finlay, UBC’s associate VP Equity and Inclusion. “In order to do that, we have to be continually checking that what we’re doing is having some impact and is improving the experience for students.”

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The AMS will be collaborating with the Equity Office to develop a strategy that would allow the Diversity Fund to be used effectively to improve the university experience for students, both recreationally and academically.

Samantha So, AMS VP Academic and University Affairs, emphasizes that a main focus of the fund will be making UBC more

inclusive and encouraging students from different backgrounds to apply.

“It’s a project that aims to promote diversity at UBC ... because they acknowledge the increases they made two years ago could be restrictive to students that come from diverse background and experiences,” said So. “Like, students who are the first in their family to come to a college or University or students from [different] socioeconomic backgrounds ... students from the LGBTQ community.”

Despite the fund’s origins in concern surrounding international tuition hikes, it will not focus solely on aiding that issue. “[We] recognize that once we have recruited students, we need to retain them and we need to support them to be successful,” said Finlay.

“That is work we need to do with both the international students who come here [and] the domestic students who are already [here] so that we all develop skills, and are able to work better by recognizing our sameness and working across our differences to really enrich the experience for everyone.”

The allocation of the Commitment to Diversity Fund will be modified based on input, which students will be able to start providing in January. U

On Saturday morning, UBC students assembled in the AMS Nest to create signs to protest the proposed Kinder Morgan pipeline.

Students then proceeded to bike or bus to Vancouver City Hall, where a larger protest was held with the Greater Vancouver community.

A final decision from the federal government on the pipeline’s approval is expected in the coming weeks.

“We are just trying to encourage a little more student activity by having a meet-up beforehand with a little bit of a breakfast and sign making, and make this something that everyone can get involved in,” said Regan Eberding, an event organizer from the environmental advocacy group, UBCC350.

Grace Hermansen, who also organized the event, explained that their goal was to make a strong coalition of students to demonstrate that the youth are opposed to Kinder Morgan.

“I’m here today to take a stance and express my voice as a student.”

-Julian Villafuerte, UBC student

“The increasing pipeline infrastructure really puts our future at risk in terms of having a clean energy future and that’s something that we really want to demonstrate as people who voted in our current prime minister,” said Hermansen.

“I’m here today to take a stance and express my voice as a student.

Especially as a member of a youth community, I think it’s really important that we voice our futures,” said Julian Villafuerte, a UBC student attending the protest. “These decisions are being made mostly by people who won’t have to bear the cost of these kind of decisions.”

Julian Yeo, another UBC student attendee, expressed the importance of student engagement.

“Even though the problem is on a global scale, we engage with our communities on a local scale and I think that’s beautiful.” U

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STUDENT BARS STUDENT ACROSS CANADA CA

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he only tried-and-true method to win over a university student’s heart is to build them a kick-ass bar. That’s why, though they vary in a myriad of ways, student unions across Canada have all strived to create the most inviting spaces they can — without hemorrhaging money.

Some are steeped in nostalgia and some are brand spanking new. Some are beloved by all, and others... meh. Here’s our roundup of a few of the more notable student bars in Canada.

The Pit (UBC)

The Den University of Calgary The Pit has theme nights five days a week, but it’s best known for its Wednesday evening “Pit Nights” — a fascinating display of first-years experiencing their first drops of alcohol and student politicians emerging from their offices in a frenzied rage, desperate to punish their bodies with hard liquor. The current Pit is actually the second iteration of the well-known pub, as it was moved and completely rebuilt along with the new student union building.

How much for a beer? $4.75 for a pint of T-Bird (socially acceptable Coors Light) How much for a burger? $12 for a bacon-cheddar burger, before their menu moved upstairs to the other bar. Now the only food available is pizza from Pie R Squared, for about $2.50 a slice.

Google rating: 3.7/5

The Den just underwent a major $480,000 renovation after the University of Calgary Students’ Union decided it was time for a refresh. It’s known for “Thursden,” U of C’s Pit-style night of debauchery. The pub’s Facebook page is also hilariously active, serving as the U of C’s one-stop shop for embarrassing memes.

How much for a beer? $4.75 for a pint of “Den Lager” How much for a burger? $13 for a classic cheeseburger Google rating: 3.7/5

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The student-run bar in Kingston isn’t too concerned with hosting events and shows, instead focusing on solid prices (the cheapest burger in these rankings) and a cozy, welcoming atmosphere.

This place also started rolling out the holiday drink specials on November 17, which is at once egregiously early and a-okay by our standards.

How much for a beer? $5 for a domestic bottle

Dewey’s University of alberta

the queen’s pub queen’s university

How much for a burger? $6.50 for a plain-Jane hamburger Facebook rating: 4.5/5

Dewey’s resides in the space of the former PowerPlant, the music venue that the Graduate Students Association opened in 1978 and operated until it was no longer financially feasible in 1997, after which the student union (UASU) took control of the pub. It hasn’t rid itself of its financial problems since.

Dewey’s has existed in its current form since 2008, when the university reclaimed half of the bar in exchange for reduced rental fees for the UASU. The size reduction totally changed the atmosphere of the bar, according to The Gateway, turning it away from its nightclub roots into more of a lunch bistro spot.

How much for a beer? $4 for a Grasshopper at happy hour.

How much for a burger? $9.75 for the 6oz. Dewey’s Burger, which comes with a fried egg and a tomato Google rating: 4.1/5

Founded in 1974, Gerts is the most well-known student bar at McGill. It’s known for its Wednesday night Sangria specials, where pitchers are $12 before 8 p.m. and $14 afterward. Stop by — you never know when you might run into someone famous.

How much for a beer? $6 for a pint How much for a burger?

No burgers, but $6 for a Philly steak grilled cheese

Gerts Student Bar mcgill university

Google rating: 4.5/5

Louis’ University of Saskatchewan Louis’ has definitely worked hard to build itself a nightclub reputation. Just looking at the bar’s recent event history — concerts from Dragonette, STRFKR and Said The Whale in a three-month span — it’s clear that they’re trying to attract students and frankly, they’re doing a hell of a job. Folks on their reviews page seem to treat them less like a student bar and more like a legitimate concert venue.

How much for a beer? $6 for a domestic bottle How much for a burger? $12 for a bacon-cheddar burger on a pretzel bun Google rating: 3.9/5

the grawood dalhousie university

The Grawood, established in 1972, is the go-to student bar for the folks at Dal. It’s famous for selling beer by the yard and excellent trivia on Wednesday nights. It also played host to the Arkells a few years ago — a fact of which it was, rightfully, very proud.

How much for a beer? $4 for Bud. How much for a burger? $9 for the 6 oz. Grawood burger Google rating: 4/5

CULTURE

NOVEMBER 22, 2016 TUESDAY

EDITOR SAMUEL DU BOIS

MUSIC //

Review: UBC alum Missy D’s new album Lilian Odera Staff Writer

Diane Mutabaruka, otherwise known as Missy D, recently released her first studio album under Go Getters Entertainment, titled When Music Hits You Feel No Pain.

Missy D is a recent graduate from UBC who had been active in the cultural music scene on campus and in Vancouver as a performer and female MC. The album is a fusion of old school hip-hop, neo-soul and RnB — inspired by artists such as Missy Elliott and Lauren Hill. Missy D considers the album to be her story told in music.

“My album is sort of the answer to this question I’ve been asking myself — ‘What does music mean to me?’ Why has it been a part of my life for so long? When you think about an album, you think about the title [and] when music hits, you feel no pain. That’s … music in my life,” said Missy D. After graduating from UBC, Missy D has been highly active in the Vancouver music scene.

“It’s not always just a student life, but being a woman, being a female with local Vancouver artists such has been well-received within her MC, being black, being African [and] as Kimmortal, Cogeta and Laydy friend circle, and that she feels all these different labels that people Jams. accomplished when individuals put on you. I’m trying to sort out my “A lot of my music when I was can relate to her music. own identity as a person and people younger was very Missy Elliott “I was so happy that they had viewing it. Music has allowed me to inspired — very much an imitation one track they could relate to, express that.” of her. It was very much [in] her because they didn’t just like it When Music Hits You Feel No style and now it has become like because it sounded good and the Pain features 13 tracks, including her her style, but with my story. I’m rhymes were cool or whatever. first single “Too Many Feelings” — a adding Erykah Badu to [my style], They liked it because somehow bilingual mix of French and English adding local artists that I know.” they felt an emotion in the song.” rap verses featuring collaborations Missy D said that her album She continues to state that

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upcoming artists should not feel daunted to begin their career in music and take the chance.

In early 2017, Missy D hopes to go on a small tour, starting in Vancouver and moving to Montreal to expand her horizons. U When Music Hits You Feel No Pain can be streamed and purchased at missyd.bandcamp.com and is also available on Spotify.

All Hell Is Breaking Loose, Honey is honest about the modern man and poignant after the election

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The show was on November 8 — a terrible but fitting night for a work like this.

Sean Harbottle Staff Writer

It seemed appropriate to watch a show entitled All Hell Is Breaking Loose, Honey on November 8. The performers even alluded to it in the shows introduction, stating that should a critic be in the audience and review the show negatively, at least it would be overshadowed by the looming US election. Whilst the outcome in no way overshadowed the disjointed brilliance of the piece, it filled with regret — and still does — when I look back on this production.

The election of President-Elect Donald Trump on the 8th was intrinsically informed by the nature of what we traditionally think of as “masculinity” — a notion that choreographer Frédérick Gravel critiques so forcefully. It at least sheds some clarity on why someone who displays even the slightest sense

of femininity cannot be considered a potential presidential candidate by the majority of the population.

Maybe if those who voted for Trump could have seen Frédérick Gravel’s creation before heading to the polling stations, they might have at least felt guiltier for doing so.

Gravel lulls us into an unassuming sense of security, speaking to us frankly and stating that the show’s connections to what critics have called a “male crisis” were accidental and unintentional in the formation of the company’s show, even saying that it’s not cool enough to be considered performance art.

From the moment Gravel walks back from the mic and the lights go down, we can understand All Hell Is Breaking Loose, Honey is a show in love with division and disharmony — and it’s pretty damn performance-arty if I’m being totally

FOOD //

Pizza for the desperate vegan Arielle Supino Contributor

THEATRE //

honest. From an exposition of men “playing cowboys” and spilling beer, to a Magic Mike-esque nude pole dancing sequence that collapsed into a noise-rock performance, the show practically embodied disharmony in all its elements. The only part I might consider traditional was a piece set to Radiohead’s “Videotape,” but this ended disharmoniously. The stage was drenched throughout the sequence in an ocean of blue — only for an artificial pink to contaminate it near the play’s denouement. A performer in a tutu and Tinkerbell wings then emerged, moving with quiet tenderness. The audience were audibly affected — their laughter turned to chuckles, to gasps, then to silence, and finally, a rapturous applause.

The description of the play is a little misleading. Advertised as “half dance, one quarter performance art and one quarter rock show,” most of what we experienced were abstract dance routines and oddly choreographed fight sequences. Some of the shorter pieces appeared a bit superfluous and dragged away from the impact of the centrepieces, and the pace of the show took a while to spark before the performers fired up.

While I thought the structure of the narrative in All Hell Is Breaking Loose, Honey could do with a little extra tweaking, the sporadic nature of the dance forms and concepts forced next to one another also reflected the division

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and disharmony crucial to the modern masculine identity. The personal became political, just as it did when I left the theatre to a new United States president-elect and an uncertain future for hundreds of thousands of immigrants, Muslims, women, LGBTQ+ folk and more, in America and beyond. It brought me back, kicking and screaming, to the reality of modern masculinity.

The message of “Make America Great Again” ended up swaying 63 per cent of white men to vote for the president-elect, according to the general exit polls. I’ll be honest — I’m still a little confused as to what part of America they want to be made great again.

Perhaps it’s the nostalgic image of the beer-swilling cowboy, John Wayne — the literal white supremacist — crossing the plains over the bodies of Indigenous peoples. Or the chiseled 80s bodybuilder, sweat dripping off his chest and never skipping leg day. Or the aggression of the punk rocker, using distortion to spew out their insecurities, cultivating the male-domineered spaces of mosh pits and dive bars. Each of these traditional masculine figures were subverted and remolded by Nicolas Cantin, Dany Desjardins, Tomas Furey and Frédérick Gravel until they resembled something sexy, terrifying, feminine, masculine, strong and vulnerable all at once. It is something complex. Something better. Something the next US president and his cronies will never be. U

If there is one thing in this world that I would exchange my own family for, it would have to be pizza. As most of my friends who’ve received midnight texts from me wondering if they would also be down to order some will know, I’m obsessed with the dish.

It consumes my every waking thought, and creeps its way into most of my daily interactions.

There’s only one slight issue — thanks to the plethora of things I’m severely intolerant to, my romance with pizza has historically been somewhat of a forbidden one. However, being the pizza-enthusiast that I am, I could never simply accept giving it up for good, which is why I was recently prompted to find a solution to my lifelong problem. If you too are lactose intolerant, vegan or simply curious, you should be relieved to know that there are options out there for you!

VIRTUOUS PIE Located on Main Street, this restaurant is every vegan’s dream.

If you are a true pizza aficionado, dairy-loving or not, this place will exceed your expectations in every way possible. With toppings that will literally melt in your mouth, each artisan pie is light, fluffy and packed with flavour. Options range from fennel-sausage (complete with cashew mozzarella cheese and faux sausage) to Kim Jack-Il (a medley of kimchi, braised jackfruit and roasted brocollini). Need I say more? Actually, wait. If you need further incentive to get yourself there, they also offer their own brand of vegan ice cream, which is absolutely to die for. I may even go as far as to say that it surpasses “real” ice cream in more ways than one. Okay, now I’m done.

VEGAN PIZZA HOUSE Not going to lie — I fan-girled so hard when I found this place.

It’s essentially Domino’s but for vegans. Meat lover’s, Hawaiian, seafood, Greek… they’ve legitimately got it all! The thick crust and generous toppings are enough to satisfy your pizza cravings for the next while, so if you’re like me and can’t bear to witness another Domino’s pizza order from the sidelines, get yourself all the way to this place as soon as you can. The only issue is it’s quite far if you live on campus, so unless you have a car or very generous friends, hit up the next option for a good time!

PANAGO Everyone has heard of Panago, but not everyone knows that they deliver vegan pizza in addition to regular! Up until 12:30 a.m., you have the opportunity to order a pizza complete with vegan cheese, pepperoni and whatever vegetable your heart desires, to wherever you reside, UBC campus included!

I discovered this miracle not too long ago and since then, my life has been changed for the better!

Now you have no excuse not to. Go out and eat pizza in all its vegan glory! U

NOVEMBER 22, 2016 TUESDAY | culture | 9

NIGHT TIMES V 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 November 6, 2016 ped A Ball ies and shapes and sizes jum where creatures of many variet ed urr occ was I ngs ns. thi ter al pat tic tas ech fan nate spe ing to Bono, yelling in inordi about on trapeze lines, listen en. The sirens of an ambusir the was rd ring and all I hea sta ng, it. rti sta g, rin sta re, the a nuclear power plant ended rm ended it. Homer Simpson in ala My ?

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November 13, 2016 Trump dreams dreamed that I fought off Donald Trump with a broken Coke bottle, and won.

November 11, 2016 I dreamt of the lead singer of the spice girls was sitting on my boyfriend’s lap and she grew a penis.

November 9, 2016 The first nightmare I can remember I was visiting my friend’s house and saw the wicked witch of the west through their bedroom window. I tried to hide under the desk but she came in with a broom to set me on fire.

November 10, 2016 Nightmare the head of the suicide bomber after he exploded his vest, all that was left was the face of evil.

November 13, 2016 I dreamed that I went to summer camp and met my ideal man. One day, when I was staring lovingly into his eyes, I noticed that he had the pupils of a goat. I then realized that he was a goat.

November 6, 2016 I dreamt that the world had flooded, and fish were slowly swimming by (notably, a giant sturgeon). I began to panic as I was running out of oxygen. I woke with a sudden start and realized I was facedown, and couldn’t breathe because my face was in the pillow.

November 11, 2016 I had a dream that the head of the department was strangling me with white rubber gloves on.

November 17, 2016 I keep dreaming About people and places that are unfamiliar to me, yet they give me a sense of familiarity.

November 17, 2016 I was trying to escape from Billy Zane’s house. It was very big, with a disgusting garden.

November 17, 2016 The vault of the gallery I worked in looked like Coscto. To retrieve an artwork I had to place a ladder on top of a table. Only afterward did I realize how unsafe it was.

November 17, 2016 I dreamt that I robbed a bank and then flew away.

November 16, 2016 There was a First Nations carver making masks. He was planting grass, like a Chia Pet, as hair on the masks.

November 9, 2016 I was walking through a hallway. A light in the end. I try to keep walking, but no end.

And the light was just so attracted. I felt heart-attack.

November 5, 2016 I dreamed that my girlfriend and I had a fight that resulted in breaking up. It was sad.

OPINIONS

NOVEMBER 22, 2016 TUESDAY

EDITOR BAILEY RAMSAY

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Letter: UBC fails to make campus a safe space in allowing graphic anti-abortion posters Katie Radcliffe Contributor

Year after year, UBC allows the “Genocide Awareness Project” to set up large, graphic and distressing anti-abortion posters up on campus. This year, they are located right outside the main student hub.

There is nothing wrong with free speech and promoting dialogue between different perspectives, but this group purposely upsets and rouses students for a reactionary purpose. They have graphic and traumatizing images comparing murdered children of the Rwandan genocide to aborted fetuses. This actively disgraces women on campus who have opted for abortions in the past and scars young women.

These images are exposed to the thousands of students and members of the UBC community who pass by the Nest on a daily basis.

This is hateful. UBC would not allow an anti-gay group to come on to campus and relay inaccurate information to vulnerable members of the community. This would be targeting, misguided and simply wrong. Last year, UBC punished a member of the student body for burning a Pride flag. It is in the UBC code of conduct that “assaulting,

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Pro-choice protests were set up to rival the graphic pro-life display.

harassing, intimidating or threatening another individual or group” is prohibited. This group purposely intimidates young women, yet UBC does nothing. I don’t understand why this form of sexism is okay and as a result,

UBC is sending me a pretty sad message by allowing this kind of action right in the centre of campus.

My friend recently informed me that the University of Calgary had the same group protesting

on their campus. But unlike UBC, UoC believed concealing these signs was a “reasonable limit on the students’ free-speech rights” and promptly gave them notice to vacate the property. I’m sure the majority of the student body

would be more than happy to see the same thing happen here. So much for a safe space, UBC. U Katie Radcliffe is a fourth-year student studying applied animal biology.

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Letter: How to create a more effective pro-life campaign

Abortions will not go away as long as wire coat-hangers, among other things, are still available.

Alex Nguyen Staff Writer

To UBC Lifeline, It’s that time of year again.

Your members are brave and dedicated for standing up for what they believe in, but the current approach is a waste of time.

For all the money and effort that must have been put into the graphic displays, it isn’t likely that they are winning over the people’s hearts and minds.

“When presented with arguments, people tend to entrench their positions even more. The research would

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suggest that none of this would’ve changed anyone’s opinions,” said Kalina Christoff, a psychology professor, in a previous interview with The Ubyssey. “Essentially, that protest was doing the opposite of what it would actually take to potentially change other people’s opinions.”

More importantly, I fail to see how productive this protest and other awareness projects are at stopping fetuses from being aborted.

Even if pro-life groups are successful in lobbying for anti-abortion laws to be passed, abortions will not go away as long as wire coat-hangers, among other things, are still available. Will they be banned too?

Therefore, the only effective way to stop fetuses from being aborted is to stop the pregnancy from happening in the first place.

No, I’m not advocating for abstinence-only sex ed. It’s old news and the only things that come from that are people who are ignorant about their genitals and a higher rate of STD transmission.

Instead, more focus should be put on proactive approaches such as expanding access to birth control and comprehensive sex ed. Since UBC Lifeline is a secular organization, you are free of all the religious constraints to pursue these ideas. Just imagine the possibilities!

Want to create an open and civil dialogue? Engage people in meaningful conversations with the upbeat backdrop of a bake sale for male birth control research.

Want to create comprehensive change? Lobby UBC to provide free contraceptives for all.

Want to create a publicity stunt that rivals comparing abortion to the Holocaust? Look into the idea

of shooting condom packets out of a giant confetti gun. However, more brainstorming is required here because I’m not sure if anything could match the absurdity of that comparison.

Furthermore, it is not enough to simply feature the contact information of adoption services on your posters.

Pregnancy doesn’t happen in a vacuum. There are social stigmas and economic burdens that come along with being pregnant when you aren’t ready. As a result, there should be campaigns that focus on de-stigmatizing unwanted pregnancy instead of vilifying those who can’t afford to carry the pregnancy to term.

Likewise, there should be a push for expanding the access and financial support for childcare. Until then, unintended pregnancy will continue to be viewed as a burden instead of a “pleasant surprise.”

In the end, UBC Lifeline has two options — you could work toward eliminating the root causes for the need of abortion services or you could continue to debate the definition of “fetus” with die-hard pro-choice people in the cold. The first option is frankly more effective at achieving your goal of stopping fetuses from being aborted. U Alex Nguyen is a second-year student studying political science and a staff writer at The Ubyssey.

NOVEMBER 22, 2016 TUESDAY | opinion | 11 ARTS FACULTY //

Letter: AUS’s response to recent article exposing overexpeditures and budget cuts Elise Mance AUS President

The Ubyssey recently released an article, looking into our budget but more specifically at stARTup and consequent budget cuts. In line with our values of transparency and honesty, I would like to clarify what was written and ease some concerns.

The Arts Undergraduate Society, including myself, would like to once again acknowledge and apologize for the mistakes that were made during the planning of stARTup. To give some context about stARTup, prior years had great progress and we had no reason to believe that we could not match our past success. There were complications outside of our control and admittedly oversights were made by us on the planning. We apologize to our arts constituents.

We are students and this has been a learning process and will continue to be a learning process for us. We are doing our best to serve your best interests and will continue to work hard to do so.

Unfortunately, we had to make some cuts to stay on our budget for the year. I know the concern by most is that programming offered by the AUS will take a hit, but I would like to reassure you that the cuts will not impact programming. Just to clarify, all the numbers that were projected this year are a sharp increase from last year. For example, in previous years there was no budget for philanthropy, student wellness and

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professional development. Overall we offer more this year, despite these mid-year budget adjustment.

The decisions of which areas can be adjusted to cover the loss were done carefully with an egregious amount of thought and justification, input from all the executives and consultation with AUS council about how to move forward.

ADDRESSING THE CUTS Sports budget The sports budget was reduced because the AUS hosts an event called “Dodge in the Dark.” The event took up majority of the sports budget so to mitigate this, we decided to combine the event with the external portfolio and make it a philanthropic event. By doing so, we were able to decrease the overall sports budget and maintain the event.

Academic budget Another reduction mentioned was to the academic portfolio, specifically to professional development and student wellness.

We did this because last year, the

budget was allocated at $15,400 with only $1,025.66 of that used.

We wanted to give a healthy budget to the academic portfolio still, which is why it was initially at $8,000. Since only $1,025.66 was used last year, we felt as though $7,000 was still more than reasonable and the VP Academic still had room to grow the portfolio further.

Student Life budget Finally, the biggest reduction made was to the Student Life portfolio, with the reason being stARTup is directly under the student life portfolio. After talking to the VP Student Life, she was confident that she could maintain the same quality of events, while still cutting the budget. She has done this successfully thus far and the same events that were held last year are still being held this year.

Council retreat The final concern that we want to address is council retreat. The article highlighted that council retreat was not cut, with $10,000

allocated to it. We ran $2,500 under budget and spent less than previous years. The AUS still strongly stands behind the decision to not cut council retreat. The weekend is a way of showing our gratitude and offering councilors our support for their work. All of Saturday is spent planning programming for the year, participating in team bonding activities, and having a workshop about the AUS. This year, we had around 50 people attend, which is the highest attendance rate in years. This high attendance rate indicates that engagement with the AUS is on the rise and councilors are showing high levels of interest.

Without the hard work of our councillors, we would not exist.

We would not be able to provide students with services and events without them. People in the AUS often have a full course load like every other student, they have other jobs to get to, and homework and midterms to study for but they also go above and beyond and dedicate their time to the AUS without any compensation. They dedicate their free time in hopes

of creating a better university experience for other arts students.

Also to clarify, we do not have our cell phone bills paid and that column is zeroed out on our budget. Our capital expenditure budget, which was primarily going to be used for furniture for the office, was cut from $8,000 to $3,000. We wanted to ensure that the effects on the greater arts community were minimal to none.

Moving forward, we have implemented measures to make sure that the mistakes made during stARTup do not happen again.

We have empowered council to create an ad hoc committee to provide oversight and give recommendations about how to move forward. We are also ensuring that this year’s executives work with next year’s executives for the creation of the budget. The AUS is moving forward but we are committed to always doing better.

We highly encourage art students to get involved and make their voices heard about what they would like to see. We have an open AUS Council every other Tuesday and we warmly invite anyone that has any other concerns. Our next one takes place on November 22 at 7 p.m. in the Michael Kingsmill Forum. If anyone has any further questions, please contact aus. president@ubc.ca. U Elise Mance is the president of the Arts Undergraduate Society and wrote this letter on behalf of the AUS.

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Op-ed: The AUS serves a few at the expense of many

“The renovation of the Buchannan D MASS space ... is now a pipe dream.”

Leo Soh Our Campus Coordinator

The AUS mission statement states that it “aims to improve the social, academic, personal and professional lives of arts students.” In practice, it improves the lives of some arts students.

I don’t think that’s acceptable when all arts students are required to pay a mandatory membership fee.

Let me be clear — my personal experience with the AUS has been phenomenal. As a stARTup

leader, I forged new friendships, developed my leadership skills and had a lot of fun. But that event is like a microcosm of how the AUS operates. They collect a small sum from every arts undergraduate and lavish that money on a select few.

Don’t get me wrong — the AUS is run by well-intentioned student leaders who want to have a positive impact on the arts undergraduate student experience. And they certainly do — just in a limited context. Despite their best efforts, only a fraction of the 12,500 arts undergraduates that fund the AUS

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have any involvement with it, even when accounting for their marquee events such as stARTup and Arts Week.

The AUS executive retreat best demonstrates this unpleasant reality. This year, around 50 AUS members went on an all-expenses paid trip to Whistler, which was budgeted to cost students $10,000.

Elise Mance, the AUS president, claims the retreat ran under budget and that “all of Saturday [was] spent planning programming for the year.” Even still, it’s hard to view the retreat as anything other

than a misuse of public funds for a private function. Her claims are also misleading — of the 45 hours scheduled on the retreat itinerary, only 3.5 hours were for “AUS programming.” The rest of the time was spent engaging in “group games, chill sesh, bonding” and “free time.”

What’s more, the AUS executives partied with public funds. To be clear, bar covers and drinks were sponsored by the Donnelly Group and not subsidized, but students paid for their full stomachs and the rooms they slept in after getting drunk.

The problem isn’t that the AUS has a retreat — it’s that the students who fund it get nothing out of it. The Ubyssey goes on retreats, but at the risk of patting ourselves on the back, our retreats don’t cost students money. The editorial board visited Kelowna this summer, but the subsidy of $2,000 came from The Ubyssey’s advertising revenue and attendees paid for the remaining $1,665. Our annual retreat to Pender Island — which is open to both Ubyssey staff and non-staff — is completely selffunded by attendees.

To make a more direct comparison, consider last year’s Commerce Undergraduate Society (CUS) budget. Around 80 CUS executives attended retreats on a budget of $8,660 — that’s 0.77 per cent of their $1,118,540 revenue. The AUS retreat this year had less people attend, yet

the $10,000 budget is more than six per cent of their $162,500 revenue.

If the AUS really wants to be productive while on retreat, they should emulate the Centre for Student Involvement and Careers (CSI&C). As an orientations squad leader, I went on their annual retreat, which is attended by over 80 student leaders from all faculties.

The CSI&C banned all substances from the event and the bonding occurred late at night after the multiple workshops led by official UBC staff.

Furthermore, the AUS kept the retreat budget intact after making a loss of $35,000 on stARTup. Instead, the deficit will be levied against the student body — social events and sports have had significant budget cuts and the renovation of the Buchanan D MASS space, which was supposed to take place this year, is now a pipe dream. Mance sugarcoats this in her letter, but don’t be fooled. A loss of $35,000 on a yearly revenue of $162,000 is not chump change.

Sure, we’re all university students who are learning what it takes to be accountable. But even in this context, the AUS is failing to meet any sort of professional standard. That’s just unfair to the 12,500 undergraduate students who fund their agenda. U Leo Soh is a third-year student studying economics and honours English, and currently works as the Our Campus coordinator for The Ubyssey.

SCIENCE

NOVEMBER 22, 2016 TUESDAY

EDITOR KOBY MICHAELS

DESIGN TEAM //

Student team using “Trojan Bull” to fight brain cancer

PROFILE //

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Altintas’ work makes sure your airplane doesn’t shake itself out of the sky.

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The team recently won gold at an international competition.

Tisha Dasgupta Contributor

You can make the molecules of life into robots, drug carriers or even little computers. The possibilities are endless.

The UBC BIOMOD team recently won gold at the Biomolecular Design (BIOMOD) international design competition that gives undergraduates from around the world the opportunity to showcase their innovative, biologically inspired engineering projects.

BIOMOD involves working with biological molecules at the nano level and engineering them into something new or revolutionary. Participants create projects to address concerns in several fields such as medicine, biocomputing or environmental science.

This year, the competition — called The Jamboree — was held at University of California San Francisco at the end of October.

In the competition, teams must put together a video, a website and a presentation based on their work. UBC BIOMOD, a team founded last year and comprising of 17 active members, was one of the winners in the highest gold category. Their project was a drug delivery system that could be used to cure a type of brain cancer called glioblastoma multiforme.

“The whole team was very excited by the idea of innovating something to do with a brain disease. It’s a mystery to most and there aren’t many therapeutic solutions out there,” said Ileana Co, a co-captain of UBC BIOMOD. Glioblastoma multiforme is a brain disease that has a low survival rate, with only 10 per cent of patients being able to live longer than five years. Like most brain cancers, it is difficult to treat.

The UBC project, called the “Trojan Bull Drug Delivery System,” used a liposome — a

small balloon of membrane that can carry drugs and small molecules. This system can pass through the barrier between blood and the brain by the action of an extension on the liposome’s surface.

A second molecular extension was used to identify and latch onto cancer cells. The system then delivered the drug it carried to cancer cells in the brain. This allowed it to not harm healthy parts of the organ.

UBC BIOMOD is composed of mostly engineering students specializing in chemical and biological engineering, along with some immunology and chemistry students. They are also lucky to receive guidance from a few graduate students and faculty members. The team recruits new participants in January and brainstorms project ideas through March. Once the idea is decided upon, members go through previous research and try build their new project in the lab.

Then the video, website and the presentation are put together.

“Our presentation included a little skit and was placed second by the audience choice, which was pretty great,” said Nathan Chan, another co-captain of the team.

The BIOMOD competition was founded in the Wyss Institute at Harvard University in 2011, with the purpose to develop new research ideas. The club hopes to create a more interdisciplinary team and is considering a project with allergies for next year.

“What worked best for the team this year was that everyone was from a different background and had something unique to contribute. We are super grateful to them,” said Co when asked about the winning formula.

Biomolecular technology is a widely expanding field and one that is likely to see a lot of growth in our time. UBC BIOMOD wishes to make more people aware of it and get excited about the competition. U

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Yusuf Altintas makes machines that make machines better Miguel Santa Maria Copy Editor

An incredible amount of precision and accuracy is essential to building any machine. If this principle is ignored, it can cause a slew of problems. At the very least, it can cause your coffeemaker to overflow your mug — at worst, it can cause an airplane to fall apart. People like UBC mechanical engineering professor Dr. Yusuf Altintas, along with his team, are here to make sure the latter scenario is prevented by finding ways to make the manufacturing process more efficient.

Altintas’s work and research revolves around creating more efficient and precise methods of manufacturing parts for various industries. This typically entails creating better 3D modelling programs, designing controls for manufacturing robots or cutting metals more cleanly.

At first glance, this may seem like relatively straightforward engineering, but the reality is a lot more cumbersome. It involves a lot of nearly flawless math, physics and many other complicated elements.

“We look at the modelling of the machine, the model of the machine’s operations, predicting force-torque power vibrations, surface finish, errors coming from the machine, computer control and so on. The aim is to predict the machine operations ahead of costly physical trials,” said Altintas. “Typically, airplane parts are machined from solid blocks of aluminum and titanium. If they vibrate, then everything is broken, so we predict cutting conditions without any vibration.”

Looking at Altintas’ record of accolades and titles really emphasizes how important his

field’s work is. He’s received global recognition — from Canada to Japan — and most of his team’s work has regularly brought the attention of major aeronautics companies like Boeing and Bombardier.

Altintas is also the coordinator of mechatronics program in the faculty of applied science and is the industrial research chair of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC).

His work doesn’t necessarily involve creating specific machine parts themselves. Altintas doesn’t

focus on helping create a new kind of airplane part — he focuses on making them as high-quality as possible.

In the end, the application of his research and tools is ultimately up to the companies that look at it and whatever they work on.

“We don’t care what kind of part it is — we don’t work on individual parts. We train them [in] how to apply it. We don’t do it ourselves because this is confidential stuff and we don’t touch anything confidential,” said Altintas.

Altintas also said that apart from matters of jurisdiction, working in such a way enables broader viewpoints and thus, better research ethic overall.

“All of these [projects] come from industrial needs,” he said. “I visit lots of factories. When you walk into the factory, the problems scream at you, but we can’t do any work specifically for one company. I convert [the issues] immediately in my mind [into a research project that applies] not only to one company but globally.”

Although Altintas takes pride in the work he’s contributed to manufacturing, he sees his job as a professor teaching students as equally important. This is especially true since, for the most part, his team is comprised of graduate students he’s personally recruited and mentored. Given the benefits his research has contributed to various industries, ensuring that top-quality work continues into the future is a nobrainer.

“One of the best awards I got was a teaching award for UBC. That’s very important because our primary job is to train students,” said Altintas. “One of my American friends said once, ‘a professor without teaching is like a musician without audience.’”

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GRADING THE THUNDERBIRDS THE 2016/17 FIRST TERM REPORT CARD WORDS LUCY FOX, BILL SITU AND MARCUS YUN PHOTOS PATRICK GILLIN, CHOLADHORN SINRACHATANANT AND SALOMON MICKO BENRIMOH

FOOTBALL

Expectations were high at the start of the season for the defending Vanier Cup champions, but the Thunderbirds football team

ultimately finished with a 3-5 record and only managed to make a playoff appearance by a complete stroke of luck.

WOMEN’S FIELD HOCKEY

WOMEN’S SOCCER

MEN’S SOCCER

Following a successful season, head coach Mike Mosher and his Thunderbirds were aiming for

another high-place finish in the regular season and a long playoff run.

The team’s season ended after the 46-43 loss against the Calgary Dinos in the Hardy Cup. The ’Birds biggest struggle throughout the season was consistency. Several of the team’s games this season — including the Homecoming game back in September — could have easily ended in a UBC win if the ’Birds actually maintained their consistency throughout the game. The final team result might not have been too impressive, but many players, especially those on the offensive line, have performed phenomenally and the statistics do speak for themselves.

Running back Ben Cummings has averaged close to 100 yards per game throughout the season.

Various receivers have also tallied over 100 receiving yards in a single game. Perhaps the most stellar performance came from sophomore quarterback Michael O’Connor, who averaged 324.8 passing yards per game — the third most of all U Sport quarterbacks.

If the ’Birds can somehow improve their consistency, they’ll definitely have a better shot at the national championship next year.

Best player: Michael O’Connor.

Women’s field hockey was on fire yet again this season — in regular season, they had a 6-0-2, where both ties came in their first two games of the year.

From there, the girls didn’t look back, solidifying wins as immense as 7-0 and 5-0 against the University of Calgary Dinos early in the season.

With a comeback victory in this year’s national finals to claim first place in Canada and get their hands on the MacCrae Cup once again, the 2016 ’Birds are continuing a long, impressive women’s field hockey legacy at UBC.

The team now sits on six consecutive national titles. Going into 2017, the team will lose just three senior players, leaving a core group of women to keep that unbelievable winning streak alive.

They are this year’s queens of varsity sport, and we here at The Ubyssey are more than looking forward to what this group can do again next year. If this season was any indication, they will be a group to watch once again.

Best player: Rachel Donohoe.

Winner of the Liz Hoffman Award for player of the year, the fourth-

With head coach Jesse Symons starting a new regime for women’s soccer this season, the women faced the tough challenge of living up to their championship win in the CIS last year. Finishing with a 6-3-5 record in Canada West, the team was convincing in the Canada West Select Six just two weeks ago, defeating rivals Trinity Western 3-0 to claim top seed in the west.

Yet, the national championships proved more difficult than anticipated, with close calls against tournament host Acadia

University in their first match (1-0 win) and Queen’s University in the semifinals (another 1-0 win, this time on penalty kicks).

The tournament ended with a tough last-minute loss against the Quebec champions, Laval, leaving UBC with the second place title for this season.

Overall, the girls had a consistent season — no loss was astronomical and they blew some opponents out of the water.

Case in point, their 8-0 win over Thompson Rivers University on October 1. But going into the U

The Thunderbirds completed the regular season as the Pacific division champions, with a 9-1-6 record which put them four points above the second placed Trinity Western Spartans. The ’Birds played exceptionally well in the Canada West tournament, where they pulled off an impressive comeback against Lethbridge in the quarter-finals and also defeated Calgary before narrowly losing to Alberta in the penalty shootout of the finals.

The U Sport national tournament did not go the way UBC had hoped, as they surrendered their semi-finals

spot to the University of Quebec (UQAM) early in the tournament.

The Thunderbirds completed the tournament with a less than impressive fifth-place finish. With UBC’s standards, this season finished with a bit of disappointment in both tournaments, as the ’Birds were fully capable of winning both.

Nevertheless, the season can’t be deemed unsuccessful as they finished first in the Pacific division, making it into both the Canada West and U Sport national championship. One thing to improve on for next season

GRADE: C+ He is third of all quarterbacks in passing yards per game. He also broke Billy Greene’s previous passing completion record of 171.

Biggest surprise: Ben Cummings. This year has been a season of change for him, as he’s made the switch from receiver to running back. Even so, he’s proven to be a terror for opposing defensive lines and is on track to becoming the next Brandon Deschamps. U

GRADE: A+ year is a key member of UBC’s defence, and a playmaker going forward as well. She even scored two goals for the ’Birds this year.

Biggest surprise: Stephanie Norlander. Having joined the UBC team from the University of Iowa this season, Norlander has been a key piece of UBC’s attack this season, notching six goals for the ’Birds. She was named to the U Sports All-Canadian Team for her efforts. U

GRADE: A Sport gold medal match at top seed, they didn’t look as solid as usual, and didn’t seal the deal at the end of the day.

Best player: Jasmin Dhanda.

16 goals, 8 assists. CIS shots leader with 81 this season.

Enough said.

Biggest surprise: Aman Shergill. She scored the second most goals for the team, with 8 overall. What’s impressive here?

She is a central defender. U

GRADE: B+ would most likely be offence because the T-Birds clearly were not producing enough goals this year and even saw three straight matches of scoreless draws.

Best player: Titouan Chopin.

In a season lacking of goals, Chopin showed each match that UBC can still be a big offensive threat.

Biggest surprise: Zach Verhoven. In his first year in UBC, Verhoven proved to be a quick and efficient winger. U

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Women’s hockey beat Regina for 10th straight win Bill Situ Senior Staff Writer

Sporting an eight-game winning streak, the UBC women’s hockey team picked up two more wins at home to extend the streak to 10 and preserve the first-place spot in Canada West.

In the first game of the doubleheader, the ’Birds won by a score of 4-1, with goals from Haneet Parhar, Nicole Saxvik, Celine Tardif and Kathleen Cahoon. Goalkeeper Amelia Boughn again showed a brilliant performance in the net, stopping 26 of 27 shots.

The second game was a much closer contest where UBC won 3-2.

Although it was only a one-goal victory, the ’Birds did outshoot the Cougars by a rather large margin of 33-21.

“The team’s been working hard the whole season and again, it’s our relentless, resilient ability to get things done,” said Cahoon after the game.

Penalties were also a big part of the second game. Of the 18 total penalties, UBC’s Stephanie Schaupmeyer and Regina’s Merissa Zerr had the most with three each.

“It was a bizarre game. There were a lot of penalties. We just had to regain some emotional control and discipline, and I think once we did that, we were able to settle down and play,” said head coach Graham Thomas.

The ’Birds were first to get onto the scoreboard with four minutes remaining in the first period. Almost immediately after a face-off in the

In the first game, the ’Birds won by a score of 4-1. In the second game, they edged past with a one-goal victory.

Regina zone, Parhar was able to find the puck in the right circle and bury it past Cougars goalkeeper Jane Kish.

With 38 seconds remaining in the first frame, Regina’s Sam Geekie received a penalty for crosschecking, putting UBC on the power play.

Still, the ’Birds gave up a shorthanded goal only nine seconds after the face-off in the Cougars’ zone as Regina’s Jaycee Magwood carried the puck over to the attacking zone and equalized the game.

With the score tied at 1-1, the ’Birds fought hard in the second period to reclaim the lead, outshooting the Cougars 9-2. Still, the period ended scoreless, as Kish came out strong to make the stops.

The lead came again for UBC with 40 seconds remaining in a boarding penalty against Regina’s Jolene Kirkpatrick when UBC’s Mairead Bast rifled the puck from the slot to double the team’s lead.

As the game winded down to the final three minutes, the Cougars’ Kylee Kupper and Lilla Carpenter-

Boesch went to the box for slashing and roughing respectively.

Cahoon then capitalized on the two-man advantage, and picked up her second goal and fourth point of the weekend.

In the final minute of gameplay, the Cougars pulled Kish from the net for an extra attacker.

With the help of a crosschecking penalty against T-Bird Stephanie Schaupmeyer, the Cougars were able to find the net as Merissa Zerr picked up the last goal of the game.

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For Thomas, the most impressive part of the game was the fact that many of his players had to play through injury.

“A lot of girls played through bumps and bruises and some more serious injuries, so that was really impressive to see just the toughness,” said Thomas. U The ’Birds will play their next doubleheader next week on November 25 and 26, on the road against the Mount Royal University Cougars.

FALLING APART //

’Birds now second to last in Canada West after losing to Regina

The ‘Birds tried t come back at several points on Saturday but could not find the game saving goal in time.

Lucy Fox Senior Staff Writer

After back-to-back losses against the University of Regina Cougars in Saskatchewan this weekend, UBC men’s hockey fall to a 4-8-0 record in the Canada West, sitting second to last in the division just above the Cougars.

On Friday night, the team received a tough 6-1 loss. Just 24 hours later, the team again fell

to the Cougars, this time being slighted at 4-3.

Regina’s Isaac Schacher opened up the scoring for the home side in the first period on Saturday night, blasting a shot top shelf from just inside the blue line.

Two minutes later, in the seventh minute, Regina forward J.J. Coleshaw doubled the Cougars lead. With his team moving in on UBC’s defence,

Coleshaw got on the end of a cross-ice pass and pulled the puck back across the net, slipping it past UBC goalie Matt Hewitt.

The T-Birds tried to gain some momentum late in the first, but their first real push forward was called offside. Frustrated by the play, UBC forward Austin Vetterl earned a penalty for an elbow on a Regina defender. He made it back-to-back penalties seconds after he stepped back

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on the ice, but UBC’s defence came up big and killed-off both penalties, taking the teams to first intermission with Regina leading 2-0.

Even with the revival of UBC’s game late in the first, Regina notched the next goal of the game in the sixth minute of the second.

Deep in UBC’s end, forward Cody Fowlie sent a back pass to linemate Gray Marr, who tipped the puck into the ’Birds net.

UBC would finally get on the board just seconds after Regina’s third goal, as Joe Carvalho rocketed a shot past Cougars goalie Andy Desautels.

In the third, the ’Birds narrowed the gap to just one goal in the seventh minute of the period. With a slap-shot from the blue line by Joe Antilla, the Thunderbirds seemed to find their second wind with much of the period left to play.

Regina took the wind out of their sails though, as forward Tristan Frei tipped the puck past Hewitt off a face-off in the 10th minute. The goal would put him at three goals overall against the ’Birds for the weekend.

Again, the Thunderbirds would close the lead to one goal with three minutes to play as Manraj Hayer put the puck through Desautels’ legs off a slap-shot by Jerret Smith.

For the final two minutes, the ’Birds pulled Hewitt to launch an outright attack on the Cougars.

But with little movement out of their own end, UBC couldn’t find the game saving goal and found themselves with their second loss of the weekend at the final buzzer. U After a tough road trip to Saskatchewan, the Thunderbirds will head back home to face the Mount Royal Cougars at Doug Mitchell Arena on November 25 and 26.

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The AMS Boxing Club is stepping into the spotlight Qingsheng Qiu Contributor

The AMS Boxing Club was formed in 2013 by people who enjoyed the cathartic exhilaration of punching and getting punched. The founders and their successors, fueled by their shared passion of boxing, never stopped pushing the club forward into the spotlight among other notable clubs in the UBC community.

Advocating for a healthy and active lifestyle — and equipped with punching bags — the club had seen such significant growth in 2015, to a point that it began to restrict its membership. “[It was an] unfortunate milestone that would involve cutting off our membership registration and creating a waitlist due to the unaccommodating room capacities of our bookings,” said club president Jordan Huang.

Another issue that has been bothering the club and martial arts clubs in general is that it could be difficult to get a go-ahead from UBC on hosting an event, simply because there is going to be fighting. However, that obstacle is not insurmountable.

“Normally we just present it as a fundraiser to get around those issues,” said Cam Jennings, the vice-president external of the club.

Jennings still seemed surprised that UBC gave permission on hosting their event called SUBmission at the AMS Student Nest earlier in September, given the usual difficulty of getting these kind of events approved.

“We always have trouble [getting the go-ahead] doing our

annual sparring,” said Jennings.

The road to becoming a recognizable club was not without its challenges. With the rise of Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) and the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), regular boxing has taken a huge hit in popularity.

“We do get a lot of people coming into our class, even going into the first session of trying out in Boxing Club, [asking] when are we going to start kicking and something along those lines,” said Jennings.

According to Huang, one of the most valuable assets the Boxing Club possesses is its new young core of executives who dedicate their time and energy to the growth of the club.

“Sacrifices were made when my execs and I had to skip classes to ensure our presence, and other times, execs must step out of their job description to lighten the load of others,” said Jordan.

In addition to inserting a more vibrant new core, the club is well on its way to getting more involved with the university community in other aspects as well. In the wake of sexual assaults and growing concern about female students’ safety, the club is advocating for a womenonly session, and trying to get more amateur and professional female boxing instructors involved.

“We have had interest in doing a women-only class. I personally am advocating for that to happen,” said Jennings.

“I think there has always been a misconceived notion that boxing is a masculine-only sport and people

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The club had seen such significant growth in 2015, to a point that it began to restrict its membership.

going into the boxing environment are trying to be overly masculine.

But once you enter the ring, it doesn’t matter where you are from or what your sex is,” he said.

This message could open the door for more people to have a

taste in the sport and just have fun.

With more members signing up, the club is gaining more revenue to purchase better equipment and more lessons from professional boxers. After raising the membership fees by $10, the club

can now afford its instructor to come on a weekly basis.

Still going strong, the growth and success of the AMS Boxing Club has not made it complacent.

They are not phased by the challenges either. U

BASKETBALL //

Thunderbirds sweep Manitoba Bisons over weekend

The ’Birds extend their winning streak to four games.

Qingsheng Qiu Contributor

The Thunderbirds are on a winning streak and sitting on a comfortable 4-0 record in the early stage of the season.

Coming off a 96-89 win against the University of Manitoba Bisons

on Friday night, they were expected to cruise to another win against the Bisons again on Saturday. However, the rematch was not an easy breeze for the ’Birds, which makes their 75-72 win seem even sweeter after a hard-fought battle filled with fouls.

“I am just glad our guys, everyone on both teams, kept their

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composure for the most part of the end of the game. It’s a good game to win and it’s a game that you can learn a lot from,” said UBC head coach Kevin Hanson.

UBC forward Conor Morgan won the tip-off for the ’Birds and his teammate Patrick Simon ran down the floor, drew a foul and

proceeded to score the first point in the game. Both teams played air-tight defence from the get go and neither could find the flow to score points like they did in the first game. The game was tied at 12 at the end of the first quarter.

The second quarter was more or less the same story with both teams committing foul after foul. Neither seemed able to score. Due to a Bisons surge later in the quarter, the Bisons established a sevenpoint lead. The ’Birds were also down one man due to two technical fouls on A.J. Holloway.

“In the first half, it was a bit frustrating because we weren’t moving the ball,” said Morgan. “But we did that in the second half, so we are good.”

Bisons guard A.J. Basi’s turnaround floater started the second half. Both teams played physical defence and showed great effort which stirred up waves of shouting and cheering from their fans.

The Bisons continued their hot offensive streak and forced the ’Birds to crank up a notch on defence to play full-court press.

The T-Birds changed their strategy after a timeout to put up a smaller lineup and they retook the lead at 54-50 by the end of the third quarter.

“The guys really held onto the basketball and played quite selfish basketball,” said Hanson.

“So we just went with a different lineup out there. With a little bit of small ball, we played a different system [and] tried to get some spacing. [The] guys did a much better job at spacing and getting penetration that really helped us. It’s a good win for us.”

Bisons’ Keith Omoerah scored a reverse layup to open the final quarter. The ’Birds responded soon after, as fifth-year guard Jordan Jensen-Whyte scored four points in a row.

The Bisons kept up with the ’Birds and got the game back within their reach at 65-62.

Morgan checked back in for the ’Birds and scored a basket instantly. Basi drilled a three pointer to answer it back.

The ’Birds put the ball into Jensen-Whyte’s hands in the final minutes, and he scored a layup and a foul shot to put the Thunderbirds back in the lead.

A series of staunch defensive possessions secured the win for UBC. U The ’Birds will face the University of Victoria Vikes away on Friday, November 25 and at home on Sunday, November 27.

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