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we can say is we continuously strive to improve our collective response to sexual violence through education.

We can do better and we will do better.”

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- Susan Danard, UBC spokesperson

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Visiting the Rare Books and Special Collections at UBC can be an intimidating process. As you enter the office in the basement of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, you are first directed to sanitize your hands. Then you trade your student card for a locker key — you aren’t allowed to bring any coats or jackets inside.

“We tend to be regarded as a scary place to visit,” admitted Katherine Kalsbeek, acting head of the Rare Books and Special Collections (RBSC).

This fall however, the RBSC got some long awaited attention with the “Harry Potter at UBC” project. The RBSC had acquired the first editions of the Potter series in Canada, America and Britain. The occasion was marked by a discussion on the influence of Harry Potter on Vancouver, an ongoing exhibition in various libraries across campus and even a Potter-themed Halloween party in Irving. Kalsbeek was at the centre of it all.

“Harry Potter is much loved, regardless of what department or faculty you’re in on campus,” said Kalsbeek, noting how students and administrators across departments connected through the exhibition and Potter-themed parties for staff and students. Celebrating the arrival of the Harry Potter collection became an opportunity to introduce rare books to people in a nonthreatening way. Kalsbeek hopes to encourage more people to use the collection.

Kalsbeek’s job extends much further than organizing events for Potterheads though — she is in

charge of the university’s entire collection of rare and special books, from unique historical Chinese books to newly discovered Greek papyri. “Anything you could think of we probably have some sort of example,” said Kalsbeek of UBC’s extensive selection of books and archives.

“A rare book doesn’t necessarily have to be an old book, but it has to be a book that may be difficult to locate,” Kalsbeek explained. For example, the first book Kalsbeek added to the collection was a children’s book from the early 1900s — Uncle Jim’s Canadian Nursery Rhymes. According to Kalsbeek, it is the first Canadian book of nursery rhymes, but only a few copies are known to exist.

“I’ve tried to think really strategically in the past year about how we build the collections and how we enhance the current collections that we have here,” said Kalsbeek, adding that her role involves working closely with faculty from the English, history and Asian studies departments as well as potential donors.

“The books that I really appreciate are the books that I somehow helped to bring here,” said Kalsbeek. “Any collection that I’ve really been integral to ... there’s always sort of a special relationship.”

In addition to working to expand UBC’s collection of rare books, Kalsbeek is responsible for preserving the existing relics held in the Irving basement under the right conditions. “I’m the person who needs to make sure that, for example, in the vault, the humidity and temperature are under control and we’re providing a safe, secure

environment for the material,” she said.

Kalsbeek is now working on bringing the first British edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, a book that, according to Kalsbeek, would usually sell for around $40,000. However, not all of the new books that Kalsbeek acquires come from large sales like this. More often, Kalsbeek convinces book owners to donate to UBC — Uncle Jim’s Canadian Nursery Rhymes came from the attic of a woman in New Jersey.

“She was just somebody in New Jersey who happened to find it in her attic. I had to make the case to her for why that book should come to Canada,” Kalsbeek recalled.

“I love my job,” Kalsbeek said, pointing to her passion for researching, working and learning from others. “I get to work with many experts and those people are very generous in sharing their expertise with me and teaching me about the materials we have.”

Kalsbeek concentrates on supporting the faculty’s teaching and enhancing the learning experience of students. But providing that secure — almost sacred — space for the rare collections is of great consequence to her.

“Long term, making sure that these materials are cared for and looked after so that students 100 years from now still have access to that material — that, to me, is a huge responsibility,” she said.

Correction: A previous version of this article incorrectly stated that the first Canadian children’s book was from the 1990s. It is from the early 1900s.

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SUSPENSION //

Chair of creative writing department Steven Galloway suspended

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CLASS //

Enrolment in Sauder real estate course rises dramatically

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The industry is seeing a record high number of licensees with a total number of 22,000 across BC since the economic crisis.

Aidan Qualizza Staff Writer

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Author and creative writing chair Galloway has been suspended after “serious allegations.”

Moira Warburton News Editor

Associate Professor Steven Galloway has been suspended with pay from his position in UBC’s creative writing program, following “serious allegations,” according to a memo sent by UBC’s dean of the Faculty of Arts Gage Averill, and a pending investigation.

It is unknown what the allegations are against Galloway, how many there currently are or what the timeline of the investigation will be.

“This is never an easy or enjoyable task, but sometimes we need to — in terms of the leadership issue — make the change in order to allow everything else to go forward,” said Averill in an interview with The Ubyssey. “Having come forward, we thought it was the best route forward for everyone to separate [Galloway] from his current duties and allow the investigation to go forward.”

According to The Globe and Mail, Galloway learned of the allegations on Tuesday and is unsure what exactly they entail, saying that the faculty association has advised him not to comment.

Averill could not comment on what the allegations are or how many there are, citing concerns of privacy for parties involved as well as the potential for further allegations to come to light. He himself is currently unaware of many of the specifics.

“It’s not that I want to obfuscate on these issues or not be fully transparent, but because of the nature of it and the investigation, it’s safest and best for all parties if I don’t weigh in on allegations,” he said.

However he could confirm that the allegations are of a serious nature. “[The allegations] were concerning enough that I wanted to move quickly on this,” said Averill. “I certainly felt

comfortable — with what I knew — making a determination. But … there may be more to understand about this situation, so we’re going to do our very best to understand the full picture.”

Averill confirmed that Galloway has not been made aware of the full extent of these allegations, due to the same concerns for privacy. Averill noted that Galloway will have ample opportunity to defend himself.

Averill first heard of the allegations on Sunday. He stated that the faculty has since moved quickly to remove Galloway from his position as chair of the creative writing program in order for an external investigation to take place.

“The University is committed to handling the investigation in the most expeditious way for the benefit of all involved,” said a press release on the creative writing program website. Averill reinforced this commitment, stating that he doesn’t “want this hanging any longer than it has to hang.”

“I can promise you we’ll move quickly to release a report after the investigation has concluded,” he said.

The program cited Article 10.02 of the Collective Agreement between the university and faculty, which states that a suspension of this kind may not last for more than 60 days.

The same release asks the public to “keep in mind that the investigation has not yet commenced and no findings have been made about any wrongdoing

by Prof. Galloway.”

Galloway could not be reached for comment at this time.

Associate Professor Annabel Lyon and Professor Linda Svendsen are serving as acting co-chairs of the program for the time being. Neither could be reached for comment at this time, forwarding requests for comment to the dean of Arts. U

The Sauder School of Business’s real estate licensing course has risen in enrolment this academic year by 34 per cent. The dramatic increase is of no surprise to the department.

UBC is the only institution in British Columbia that administers the course work and testing necessary to become a registered real estate professional. The real estate trading service course is administered online with optional classroom work for students. The program has no prerequisites and is open to anyone with an interest in learning more about the British Columbia real estate market and the industry as a whole.

“A lot of our students actually take the course to gain information on the real estate market for their own use and not necessarily to go

into licensed activity,” said Dave Moore, director of Licensing Education at the Sauder School of Business. “They may be investors, they may be buying and selling their own houses…. Forty per cent of the people who respond to our questionnaires tell us that they didn’t actually take the exam for the purpose of becoming licensed.”

Partly why the course is seeing such high numbers of enrolment is because it can be taken by students across British Columbia, not just in the Lower Mainland where the real estate market is doing well in comparison to previous years.

This year, it is expected that 2,000 new licensees will take and pass the licensing exam and will then go into the workforce.

According to Moore, the industry sees a lot of turnover as the number of licensees in the province has been going up, but only minimally.

“When the sales volume is up, people see their friends or acquaintances who are in real estate being [successful], so that generates interest in our programs,” said Moore.

Essentially, the real estate industry has benefited from word of mouth. Many people do not know whether the market is at a high point at any given time until they see a friend successfully working within the industry. “[Enrolments] fluctuate fairly significantly…. The reality is that it is not actually as high as it was prior to the economic crisis in 2008,” said Moore.

However, the industry is seeing a record high of licensees with a total number of 22,000 across British Columbia since the economic crisis. “[The] student enrolment in our programs follows the market fairly closely, as you would expect,” explained Moore. U

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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2015

ASSAULT //

CBC investigation highlights UBC’s lack of a policy on sexual assault

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According to the investigation, UBC did little to bring the attacker to justice — only expelling him last week.

Emma Partridge News Editor

A much-anticipated documentary by the fifth estate has made some startling discoveries that ultimately cast an unflattering spotlight on how UBC handles sexual assault and the university’s lack of an overarching sexual assault policy.

According to CBC, Dmitry Mordvinov, who was working towards his PhD in history, was accused of multiple sexual offences that were committed two years ago. However, Mordvinov was only expelled from the university last week.

UBC spokesperson Susan Danard issued an email statement Friday evening responding to the story.

“It is important to understand that BC privacy law prevents us from disclosing information about or responding to specific cases mentioned in the media. What we can say is we continuously strive to improve our collective response to sexual violence through education.

We can do better and we will do better,” read part of the statement.

Several women came forward to the fifth estate to tell stories of assaults committed by Mordvinov.

One preferred to remain

anonymous, but another, Caitlin Cunningham, went on record.

She told CBC that after reporting her attack to the university, UBC encouraged mediation between herself and Mordvinov.

According to CBC’s reporting, Monica Kay, director of conflict management, perpetuated a sense that the survivors should keep their experiences to themselves. At this time, Kay has not responded to requests for comment.

When The Ubyssey spoke with Clark Lundeen, assistant principal of Green College — the residence in which Mordvinov was staying while studying for his PhD — he said that

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“Confirming is a difficult thing.

If we receive a complaint from somebody at the college who alleged that they’re a survivor of sexual assault ... then we take it very seriously and make sure that their safety will be made a priority and that includes … not sharing information that might compromise their privacy,” said Lundeen in that interview.

Although Lundeen would not reveal anything that could have potentially compromised the privacy of the survivor and the alleged assault victim, he could confirm that a report of sexual assault had been filed at the college within the last two years. According to Lundeen, the response by Green College “would be very similar to how it would be handled in any other residence managed by Student Housing and Hospitality Services.”

According to Janice Robinson, director of Residence Life and Administration in Student Housing and Hospitality Services (SHHS), should a survivor disclose their experience the response would be that the residence advisor offers peer support and focuses on getting the survivor the resources and help they need.

“At that point, a residence advisor would also share with the Residence Life manager that a resident has disclosed,” said Robinson. “From there, the Residence Life manager would coach [the] residence advisor on how to be the most supportive that they could, and that would include making sure that the student knows about resources on campus and off campus.”

When asked to address the issues raised by the fifth estate documentary, SHHS, Green College and Interim President Martha Piper all insist that UBC takes the issue of sexual assault seriously. However, if CBC is correct in their findings, it took the university almost a year to expel the graduate student who they were officially aware to have assaulted a woman in the spring of 2014.

All of this is ultimately complicated by the fact that UBC does not have a single overarching policy on what to do in the event of a sexual assault. When asked about the progress of such a policy in Senate, both Piper and Interim Provost Angela Redish said the question ought to be directed to the VP students, Louise Cowin, who was not present.

According to Ashley Bentley of the AMS Sexual Assault Support Centre (SASC), it is problematic that UBC lacks such a policy to deal with assaults and instead relies more on Policy 3 — dealing with harassment and discrimination in general.

“My experiences from talking to clients, to survivors of violence and to members of this community is that the lack of a policy by UBC makes it seem like they aren’t supporting survivors — that they’re not caring,” said Bentley. “It’s not necessarily to say that a policy solves everything, but what I do think it does is it has clear set guidelines and processes in place which at least make survivors feel like they have options.”

Many other universities have an overarching policy on sexual assault, such as Queen’s University and the University of Toronto to name a few. According to Bentley, UBC is “quite behind, honestly.”

The protocol that is currently in place at the university is that, should someone disclose an assault and would like to report in some capacity, they will first be referred to SASC. Should the student report internally – i.e., not to the RCMP – the allegations will be put to the non-academic misconduct committee where the survivor makes a formal report and both parties are asked questions — similar to a trial.

“A lot of people often don’t actually want to go through that process because they don’t really want to disclose to a group of peers,” said Bentley. “From what I’ve seen of other policies … I have really liked the statement of belief a lot of these policies have adapted ‘cause I think it really speaks to survivors and shows them it’s okay to come forward.” U

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TERRORISM //

UBC students respond to Paris attacks: “it still hasn’t really registered” Moira Warburton News Editor

The attacks on Paris last week hit UBC students hard.

“It still hasn’t really registered,” said Lauren Dixon. A fourth-year political science student from UBC on a year-long exchange, she is one of many UBC students studying in Paris — one of the most popular locations for Go Global among UBC students. Dixon’s apartment was in an area that saw several attacks during last week’s spate of terrorism strikes across the city.

At the time of the attacks, she and her friends were at a theatre watching the new James Bond film. It was only when they turned on their phones after the film ended that they received a barrage of messages and missed calls from frantic friends and family and realized what had happened. At that point, the attacks were ongoing.

“There wasn’t really anything in place for people to get home safely,” said Dixon. “There was obviously no métro, there were no taxis, no Uber, so we were just kind of left out in the elements.”

Unable to return to her apartment, she ended up spending the weekend at the house of her friend’s au pair family, monitoring social media and trying to make sense of what was happening outside.

UBC and Sciences Po, a Parisian university for political science, have a dual degree program, which makes UBC home to many French students. Those studying in Point Grey described a sense of trying to come to terms with reality.

“It was very weird to be away – the feeling that your home is in jeopardy,” said Marine Poylo, a fourth-year political science student from Paris. “I was talking about it with my parents – all the information that I had was through media and I think it dramatizes the situation, increases the fear.

“I couldn’t really feel how the situation was in Paris,” she said.

But Maximilien Azorin, a thirdyear arts student from Marseilles in the south of France, did not find the distance to be an issue.

“Because we have social media, people are very close and you don’t have less information than people who are actually in France,” said Azorin, whose family happened to be visiting Paris that weekend.

“Communication helps a lot.”

Poylo also found social media to be helpful. She commended Facebook’s safety check feature, saying that it was “amazing, to know all at once that all my friends were safe,” and hopes that the feature will be enabled for future disasters.

Azorin didn’t find the physical distance to be a strain, although he certainly noticed it. “You just feel

The Canal Saint-Martin runs through the 10th and 11th arrondissements of Paris.

detached from everything that is going on in France,” he told The Ubyssey. “It’s very hard to realize that your country’s at war and to accept the idea that your country is at war. And yet it’s true.”

Poylo noted that, for her generation, this is the first terrorist attack aimed at them. Canal SaintMartin is an area of Paris that was hit with several strikes and is particularly popular among the twenty-something crowd in the city.

“This happiness was targeted, young people going out on Friday night. It was us, me and my

friends,” said Poylo, who said she used to frequently go out on Canal Saint-Martin. “It was really hard on us that our lifestyle was targeted.”

Dixon felt a similar sentiment of empathizing with the victims.

“Paris is such a small place, so even being on the metro you can see the sadness in people’s faces,” she said of the days following the attack. “Every Parisian has been on a terrace, or the bar is too full and so they spill onto the street and drink beer with their friends there.… Everyone can identify with the victims because everyone

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has been there. And anyone in Paris could have been there.”

Although Poylo found the distance hard to begin with, she quickly realized it was something she had to get over. “The next day, I decided to take a step back and say, ‘Okay, this could happen at any moment. I’m not going to stay in fear for the next few years because of this,’” she said.

Dixon agreed. “As soon as I walked outside and saw other people walking around, I just felt so much better,” she said. “I guess it’s just the feeling of other people around you.” U

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AMS campaign to oppose international tuition begins

The campaign has various arms to oppose the nearly 50 per cent hike in international tuition.

Sruthi Tadepalli Senior Staff Writer

With the Board of Governors vote on the proposed international tuition increases fast approaching, the AMS’s opposition campaign is kicking into gear.

Proposed international tuition increases range from 0-200 per cent. Should the Board of Governors vote in favour of the increase, the average incoming international student could expect to see their tuition fees go up by around 50 per cent.

A series of motions recently passed by the AMS have led to the three main arms of the AMS’s anti-tuition increase campaign

that has been christened Afford UBC. These arms include the creation of a $20,000 fund to protest — of which any group protesting tuition increases is welcome to apply for a portion — attempts to reach out to alumni, and a campaign encouraging students to boycott UBC Food services. Arno Rosenfeld, a fourth-year political science student, has also been hired by the AMS to run the campaign.

Right now Rosenfeld says his main goal is to raise awareness among students of the tuition increases and the issues surrounding them — a task made more challenging by the time of year.

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“We’re looking at a really tight time frame in terms of when the Board of Governors is making their decision and it’s a busy time of the year for students so a lot of other groups are busy with other things,” said Rosenfeld.

With this in mind, Rosenfeld plans to run booths offering free coffee and information at different locations around campus this week.

“The idea is to do this outreach now so that students are made aware of it and see that the AMS is doing stuff related to it,” said Rosenfeld.

“Then when we try and do a larger event, people will already have some awareness of what’s going on, why it matters and will be more receptive to getting involved.”

The standing committees meeting of the Board of Governors convenes on November 24. Rosenfeld wants to hold at least one large event before then. The details for that will be determined, he explained, based on factors ranging from students’ schedules to the weather. Ideas for events range from panel talks to a trip to Victoria to get students’ voices heard at a provincial level.

Provincial funding plays a relatively large role in both the proposal for international tuition increases and its opposition.

The Afford UBC campaign aims to tell UBC that rather than raising tuition to make up for loss of provincial money, the university should be more aggressive in acquiring provincial funding.

“My understanding is that they’ve been keeping [funding levels] steady, but inflation increases so the net result of that is a 2-3 per cent decrease in UBC’s provincial government funding every year,” said Rosenfeld.

Having said that, an increase in provincial funding on par with inflation will not give the university the same amount of money that they will gain by international tuition.

“We did the math and we think that over four years or five years – [once] you get every class of students paying the higher amount – it will be a substantial amount of money, but the university has said very clearly they don’t know where most of that money is going,” said Rosenfeld.

Twenty per cent of the money is slated towards going to the faculties, but what will happen to the other 80 per cent is unclear.

Rosenfeld says approximately 60 per cent is supposed to go to a slush fund for special projects, but what those special projects are is unknown.

Meanwhile, based on reactions at a booth set up by the International Students Association, students on campus are largely aware and upset about tuition increases, but confused as to why or how it is happening.

Second-year commerce student Allie Riley, who was running the booth, said that both she and students she has spoken to are interested in getting involved to protest the increases.

“I think there are definitely people willing to get more involved if given easy chances to. Things that work with their schedule — like the march around campus last year — that was really good. People could just jump in, jump out and it works with their schedules,” said Riley.

With a short window of time available, Rosenfeld hopes students will get informed and involved in the campaign. He also emphasizes the power students’ voices have.

“We just want to make it clear to board that there are 50,000 students telling them not to raise tuition,” said Rosenfeld. “I think that the Board of Governors cares a lot about this university and I just don’t think they’re going to directly go against the vast majority of the university community and decide to raise tuition over our objection.” U

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Editor Olivia Law

Samantha McCabe Staff Writer When Essena O’Neill, social media “star” and model, quit all of her online platforms, the internet went crazy. Her nowfamous YouTube video, which has since been taken down, proclaimed that “social media is not real life.” It was a daring exposé on the detrimental effects of her rise to online fame.

“I let myself be defined by numbers,” she said through tears in the video. “Everything I did in a day was to be that perfect person online.”

The video was shared and discussed by hundreds of thousands of people. Some wholeheartedly agreed and shared similar feelings while others vehemently disagreed, citing O’Neill as the fake. Whatever the reaction, it has since sparked a huge discussion: what is social media doing to us?

Social media, an enormous part of this generation’s culture and university life, is an ever-present topic.

According to the Pew Research Centre, “Multi-platform use is on the rise: 52 per cent of online adults now use two or more social media sites.” Facebook acts as the “home base” for most users. Seventy per cent of Facebook users go online daily, a number that is not quite matched, but still large for Instagram’s 49 per cent. In part, this is because our technology use as a whole is increasing, but also derives from our growing infatuation with the platforms.

Whether you love social media or hate it, you’ve probably talked about it or used it at some point or another.

Social media is an excellent tool – it has revolutionized the way we communicate. In times of crisis or breaking news, it allows us to discuss and analyze situations on a global scale instantly and explore what others think about the topics at hand. We can share our lives with hundreds of friends or “followers” at once, plan events and show our support for people and movements.

Samia Khan, a fifth-year psychology student who recently gave a TEDxTalk at UBC’s event on the topic, is a frontrunner in the discussion of social media’s hold on our society. She spoke about aspects of hyper-positivity in our usage of it that result in detrimental effects.

“I think we’re at the point where you go from it being a connecting tool to it being an isolating thing,” said Khan.

“We don’t really relate to each other as much because we’re not looking at each other’s realities.”

Even if we are truly connecting with all of these people, studies disagree. According to evolutionary anthropologist Robin Dunbar in a Guardian report, we can only maintain meaningful relationships with about 150 people at a time.

Khan employs the term “self-hyping” to describe the way most of today’s users present themselves on social media platforms – with their best foot forward, displaying their highs and concealing, or at least not discussing, their lows.

At first glance, this seems like a sensible practice. But over time, Khan explains, this could be breeding poor mental health.

Paul Hewitt, a UBC professor of psychology, studies perfectionism as a pathological condition. The same perfectionist principles that he studies apply in a lesser extent to many university students, especially in their usage of the social media sphere.

Why do we feel the pressure to perform well in every possible way? We derive a lot of self-worth from how others see us, whether that be in a strictly personal sense or online.

“What [some people] are trying to do is, in a sense, make up for a flawed sense of self,” said Hewitt. “The problem is one of self-acceptance and looking externally to get acceptance and worth.”

When we feel under-confident, sad or dissatisfied with our own personal sense of self, we seek validation through approval in the social media sphere with likes, comments, followers and shares acting as proverbial pats on the back.

“Likes and comments are very validating,” said Khan.

“It affects the pleasure centre of your brain, so it’s like a surge of dopamine.” Once we get this artificial happiness through positive posts, we crave it again and learn that smiling selfies or posting accomplishments are the best way to get it.

“Trying to be perfect, there’s also an element of it that is in the interpersonal domain,” said Hewitt regarding perfectionism’s application to the contemporary usage of social media. “You’ll have people who don’t necessarily strive hard to be perfect, but will potentially present themselves to the world as if they’re perfect.” Perfection is validated the more popular you become online, but does

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not merely fade once you reach a certain milestone. There is no true marker for fame on social media.

O’Neill felt the same pressures. She described her 12-year-old self as feeling an immense sense of worthlessness because she wasn’t like the glamorous, skinny people she idolized in magazines and on social media.

“I thought, ‘I want that. I want to be valued,” said O’Neill in her video. She saw the solution to her self-worth issues as stemming from the fact that she was not revered in the same way which caused her to pursue online fame.

In a competitive culture like UBC’s academic sphere, students are under even more pressure to maintain an image of perfection and accomplishment that everyone else seems to have. And it’s not just UBC – university in general breeds a drive for attainment that may or may not be realistic.

“Here we’re trying to put our best face forward because we want to talk about how it’s going to impact us in the future,” said Khan. “We’re competing for not only grades, but also extracurricular involvement, even our social life – it’s definitely exacerbated because we’re in a successoriented context.”

If we feel that we are not measuring up to the unrealistic standards that we have set for ourselves as striving students, mood and mental health can certainly be affected.

According to Khan, this trend of hyper-positivity online is subconsciously internalized and acts as a subliminal pressure to present oneself as perfect. Since nobody shares failures or negative emotions on social media to a high degree, the low points are exacerbated by unconscious beliefs that we can’t really talk about them — at least not using these platforms.

Seeing everyone around us succeed in many different facets can take its toll. Urban Dictionary defines “FOMO,” or the “fear of missing out,” as “anxiety that an exciting or interesting event may currently be happening elsewhere, often triggered by posts seen on a social media website.”

The popularity of this phrase attests to how common these feelings are. These socially driven types of anxiety could also be aroused in similar forms by physical or accomplishment-driven envy, leading to lower moods and self-esteem issues.

The push to put our best foot forward at all times is not self-inflating, but self-deflating.

In certain situations, a healthy dose of competitive nature pushes students to succeed, to cultivate their best work and encourage them to pursue goals that, without that drive, they may not have striven after. However, success and happiness are vastly different things. Even with huge amounts of success within the social media stratosphere, happiness is an independent gain.

“That’s not the way to feel better about yourself, by trying to be perfect,” said Hewitt.

The constant barrage of people’s highs and the absence of their lows may not be drastically affecting the entire student population, but slow internalization of these messages over time may still make students look poorly upon themselves.

“I think it’s really important to realize [that] the things that you’re seeing are someone’s highlight reel, as opposed to their daily log,” said Khan. “Don’t internalize it. Don’t think that this is the reality, because they’re just like you. They have high points and low points. Once you realize that, it takes some of the pressure off of you to be perfect.”

With the current status of our social media presences, we aren’t talking about what is important: real friendship, good mental health, being happy, finding meaningful work and being satisfied with our lives.

Hewitt advises students feeling the stressors of a perfectionistic lifestyle to surround themselves with the people who truly care about them and show that love in positive ways.

“I would encourage people not to look at things in an evaluative fashion,” he said. Students shouldn’t be constantly measuring ourselves against others, but evaluating our successes and failures on the basis that we are all widely different people with varying strengths.

“I think it’s not so much saying social media is bad … [but] the messages that we’re seeing on social media are one-sided. And maybe we should draw attention to that,” said Khan. “It creates social comparisons that we wouldn’t be doing in regular life.”

Social media remains an excellent platform for many reasons. But as impressionable university students, we should be looking critically at the effect that using it is having on our mood and mental health.

With heightened perspective, we can use it to bring us together — not isolate us. U

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Tai Grauman: A promising voice in theatre Stephanie Wood Contributor

Since her first community play at age 10, Tai Amy Grauman has been drawn to the stage.

“I was a dancer my whole life and then an actor,” she said. “I cannot remember a point in my life I haven’t been doing theatre.”

Currently, Grauman is part of the Full Circle First Nation Theatre Company as she completes a BFA in Acting with a double major in Indigenous Studies. Grauman has received recognition for her years on stage by being selected for the 2015 Mayor’s Arts Award for Emerging Artist in Theatre, nominated by Margo Kane, a prominent figure in Canadian theatre.

Looking through Grauman’s portfolio, it’s easy to see why she’s being recognized in the Vancouver theatre scene. Through writing and acting, Grauman has addressed several pervading political and social issues. Her screenplay Faith, performed in Alberta last year, focuses on two young girls with eating disorders.

Not only does the play address a critical contemporary issue, but Grauman incorporated social engagement with the performance by including a fundraiser for two foundations — The Looking Glass Foundation and Project True,

which both aid those who suffer from eating disorders. While Grauman says the funds raised were modest, the awareness generated added significance to the event.

“It was getting students to donate, that was the cool part,” she said. “These were students and they didn’t have much to give.”

The dream, she said, would be for the play to tour high schools to support teens who are particularly susceptible to these issues.

Grauman has also participated in projects that challenge traditional elements of theatre. She refuses to be restricted to “ingénue roles” — archetypical, innocent female leads.

“My classmates and I practice gender-bending a lot,” she said. “A big issue in theatre is that there aren’t a lot of roles for women.”

This is evident particularly in established plays like those of Shakespeare and Moliere.

Grauman has also contemplated how her roles connect with her Métis identity.

“As a Métis person studying classical theatre, [I had to discover] what it means for me to be doing Shakespeare,” she said.

When Grauman performed in Galatea — produced by the UBC English department — a similar issue was addressed. The adaption gave the play an “indigenous

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A PhD focusing on aboriginal theatre is next for Grauman.

spin” to acknowledge the fact it was being performed on unceded Musqueam territory, posing the question, “When we perform classical works, should we be taking into account geographically where we stand?”

Grauman is focused on theatre that reflects “real people, real things and real issues we have in Canada.” She hopes to see more indigenous actors playing indigenous roles as well as drawing

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more attention to Canadian theatre in general.

As for her future, Grauman’s main goal is to get a PhD focusing on aboriginal theatre and also plans to continue pursuing writing, directing and acting.

“I’m the kind of artist who can’t have one without the other,” she said. “I’m a bit of a hurricane.”

With such interesting projects underway, this will be a hurricane to watch. U

(In)Visible links tradition and contemporary Taiwanese art

Elena Volohova Staff Writer

Adventure, a sense of wonder and a unique immersion into a vast and diverse Taiwanese contemporary culture — all of that and much more can be experienced in the Museum of Anthropology’s new exhibition (In)Visible.

Contemporary Taiwan is a fascinating world of tradition, spirituality and culture. Dynamic and ever-changing, Taiwan embraces both modern and traditional cultures, merging them into a unique cultural spectacle. Introducing and exploring traditional and modern

cultures of Taiwan, the Spotlight Taiwan Initiative is a four-year project launched by MoA in May 2014. Among various fascinating cultural events and exhibitions within the project, MoA is currently hosting (In)Visible: The Spiritual World of Taiwan through Contemporary Art, curated by a socio-cultural anthropologist and curator Dr Fuyubi Nakamura.

Featuring seven Taiwanese artists who work in a variety of mediums from puppetry to sculpture and video, the (In) Visible exhibit offers a unique experience of eccentricity, spirituality and the modern through the craftsmanship and

Belkin gallery mixes music and visuals

The performance questions what “performance” means.

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culture of Taiwan.

“Taiwanese contemporary culture is so rich and diverse and it follows many different directories,” said Nakamura.

“That’s why it was impossible to limit ourselves to only one artist or one medium.”

Although considered contemporary art, (In)visible is a refreshing take on the genre, far from the flashy and glamorous kitsch so commonly seen under the tag of contemporary. The exhibition is a carefully crafted equilibrium of thoughtful traditional practices and skills such as sculpture, calligraphy, weaving, modern conceptualism

and expressive freedom.

Through the collaboration of both contemporary art and cultural artifacts, (In)visible creates a unique experience for any viewer, regardless of their prior cultural knowledge.

“Static and representational forms of traditional art are transformed into a unique dynamic visual language that everybody can understand and most importantly experience,” said Li Jiun-Yang, one of the featured artists.

“I believe that artworks speak for themselves,” said Nakamura, explaining the idea behind the exhibition. Nakamura believes that when it comes to culture, there are more layers to learning about it than simply viewing and comprehending. Her goal as a curator was to create an experience of culture, rather than a description of it.

“I didn’t want the exhibition to be about the artwork,” she said. “I wanted it to be about the culture, about the artists and about the spectators.”

While crafting the exhibition’s title, Nakamura said she wanted to emphasize to audiences the ambiguity of cultural experience.

One can see the objects, but the experience — the invisible — is what makes the exhibition unique.

“Many things we take for granted are invisible but they are there,” she added.

Displayed until April 3, the exhibition will be accompanied by various events including workshops with featured artists, artist talks and discussions concerning issues of identity and indignity in contemporary art. U

Maria Eichhorn’s exhibit at the Belkin challenges the audience, aiming for a sense of the uncomfortable. Beneath all these emotions, Eichhorn wants the audience to think and reflect on their feelings.

“Eichhorn wants the audience to ask questions about what performance is and what we bring [to it],” said Shelly Rosenblum, curator for academic programs at the Belkin. “How does the subjective experience create meaning?”

The exhibit features two components: a photography collection and a film section which forces the audience to pick what they want to see.

“The experience of deliberating and being in the space … really sheds lights on what activates a performance, what is the role of the visitor of the audience and how are we involved in the performance,” said Rosenblum.

Coupled with live music that aims to reflect Eichhorn’s idea for the exhibit, the Belkin concert showcased both art forms and helped make connections to create a new experience for both the audience and the performers.

One distinct piece performed at the gallery was Geuro, a piano piece played percussively on the instrument without any “real” notes.

Different sounds are produced depending the speed in which the pianist runs their fingertips along the keyboard.

The rest of the repertoire for this avant-garde exhibit was also unique.

“We’re just trying to go for the progressive, exploratory nature of [Eichhorn’s] work,” said Corey Hamm, co-director of UBC Contemporary Players. The pieces vary in style and technique, ranging from exploration with tuning of instruments to performance in atypical keys, experimentation with improvising and incorporation of familiar folk songs in the pieces.

While the pieces are all very different from each other, Hamm said that they share one idea — “to try to push and explore the boundaries that composers have moved.”

“The vibe of the displayed art coupled with a really appreciative audience and decent acoustic is really inspiring” said Hamm. “You really feel like you are having a little conversation with the visual artists.”

It challenges the audience to make connections and reflect on art — both visual and performing — by enhancing their experience through interweaving the two art forms together. U

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“Dear Natalie,

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The AMS’s Afford UBC Afford UBC is what students plan is too little, too late — not the AMS — make it mike cameron Letter

While I strongly disagree with UBC’s proposed international tuition increases — the proposal is inadequately justified and creates even greater financial barriers to receiving a post-secondary education — I am also deeply disappointed by our student government’s response.

All illusions aside, the AMS holds no direct power over UBC’s decision making processes, including the setting of tuition rates.

UBC has made its intent clear even if its facts aren’t. If we use last year as an example, student action has an insignificant impact on UBC’s ultimate plans. Behind all the grandstanding from Council about the increases, the AMS knows this fact.

AMS Council has based their course of action on a presentation given by the UBC Social Justice Centre (SJC) a few weeks ago — a group that doesn’t tend to lend themselves to credible positions that the AMS can take to shift university policy. The SJC put forward several motions, including the motion to boycott UBC Food Services and a request for $20,000 from AMS Council — both of which passed with little time for review, discussion or amendment.

In a later article in The Ubyssey, AMS President Aaron Bailey stated that the “AMS (has) a directive … from our board of directors … to pursue this boycott because general students from the Social Justice Centre brought this motion forward” and “because of that, we have to enact the boycott campaign.”

While a solid attempt at redirecting responsibility, this statement and the passage of these motions both have a significant and unnecessary financial impact on the

AMS. They’ve used our student fees without consultation or discussion with campus partners like CUPE 116, whose members will be the first impacted by any boycott. This is made even more problematic by the fact that the AMS is currently sitting on a fund of more than $40,000 collected from student fees dedicated specifically to the Resource Groups for exactly this

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The “Afford UBC” campaign ... is much more about making student groups feel heard and consulted.”

type of situation.

The AMS and the GSS — who knew about these increases since April — had months to prepare a tangible and credible campaign of opposition, rather than a PR move that is being pieced together less than three weeks away from the next Board of Governors meeting.

The “Afford UBC” campaign, pizza giveaway and boycott of UBC Food Services has little to do with actually looking to shift decisionmaking at the Board of Governors level and is much more about making student groups feel heard and consulted. Unfortunately, the real intention behind their actions is to divert student ire away from the AMS for otherwise lacklustre and insignificant pandering. Afterwards, they want to be able to say that they gave it the old college try should these increases pass. I find that to be sketchy at best — disingenuous at worst. U

Mike Cameron is a third-year biochemistry major.

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Mike Cameron sees the Afford UBC campaign as a cynical PR move that the AMS supposedly knows will have no impact.

Nothing could be further from the truth.

Afford UBC is one piece of a much larger effort by the AMS to preserve the affordability, accessibility and diversity of UBC in the face of the proposed 50 per cent international tuition increases, announced just four weeks ago, to be voted on December 3.

Our executive team is pursuing all channels to oppose the increases, including participating in the university’s formal consultation process, working on a thorough submission to the Board of Governors detailing the problems with UBC’s proposal and lobbying members of the Board. Afford UBC is the public-facing element of these comprehensive efforts.

The campaign is meant to inform and mobilize students to show the administration, the Board of Governors and the British Columbian public that we won’t take these unjustified, unaffordable and unacceptable tuition hikes lying down.

Cameron writes, “It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to know that students would be opposed to tuition increases.”

Unfortunately, we believe the university administration needs a reminder that UBC’s nearly 60,000 students are the heart of this institution and our voices must be taken seriously.

Cameron rightly notes that “the AMS holds no direct power over UBC’s decision making

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processes.” But with the student body visibly and vocally behind us, the administration and board will be hard-pressed to ignore the opposition we have been expressing throughout the consultation process and in our ongoing appeal to the Board of Governors.

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Afford UBC is one piece of a much larger effort by the AMS to preserve the affordability, accessibility and diversity of UBC in the face of the proposed 50 per cent international tuition increases.”

That is precisely why we want to mobilize students — and so far, we’re off to a good start. Since launching on Monday, we’ve held six events, distributed over 1,000 pieces of literature and collected over 500 signatures on letters asking interim President Martha Piper to oppose the increases.

And we’re far from done.

Come out to events and protests.

Vote with your dollars by avoiding UBC Food Services outlets. Distribute the alumni petition to family and friends.

Update your cover photo and throw a red button onto your bag or coat. U Arno Rosenfeld is a fourth-year political science student and an organizer of Afford UBC.

I keep hooking up with these guys who really don’t want a relationship and just want to hook up. But I want the relationship, not just the sex.

What should I do?”

You want a Ted, but you keep getting a Barney. I get it.

There’s nothing wrong with not wanting a relationship and there’s absolutely nothing wrong with wanting a relationship. But you should try to figure out what you want and what they want before you hook up if you know you are not okay with something casual. Talk to them! Be firm.

Know what you want. Don’t bend for anyone. Be honest and ask that they are too.

If they are looking for the same thing, great! If they don’t, let them go. It’s not healthy to expect people to change what they want when starting a relationship. If they don’t respect that, then you know you made the right choice.

People who push you to sleep with them after you’ve made it clear you’re not 100 per cent for it are bad news. While I feel like your mom saying this, you are deserve more than them.

If you keep hooking up with these guys you know aren’t going to work out, try taking a break from dating for a little bit. Focus on you and what makes you happy. Hint: It’s not going to be a relationship. It’s not going to be someone else. It’s going to be you.

Don’t change yourself to attract more boys. Don’t bend who you are in hopes of impressing the right guy. The right person will find who you really are interesting and awesome and wonderful. Don’t stress about it.

In university, it can feel like everyone is either looking for something casual, already in a relationship or in engineering. But that’s not the case. There are tons of great guys who are looking for great partners like yourself — you just have to keep looking. There’s no rush to find “the one” because you’re young and you’ll definitely change in the next five years. U Need advice? Contact Natalie anonymously at asknatalie@ ubyssey.ca and have your questions answered in an upcoming issue.

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Field hockey wins fifth straight CIS national title Olamide Olaniyan Senior Staff Writer

If a team’s performance at their homecoming game is a reliable index of how well their season will go, then the UBC women’s field hockey team would have been dead in the water. But the ‘Birds did not let their first game determine their season.

The team had an ugly start to their 2015 season in September, losing to their Vancouver Island rivals – University of Victoria Vikes – in their back-to-back homecoming opener. But despite that and having one of the youngest rosters in Canada, the team defeated the Vikes 2-1 in the round robin stage of the CIS national championships and then finished the tournament with a shoot out win in the final. This year’s championship MVP and Thunderbird midfielder Hannah Haughn has won almost every top award that a collegiate field hockey athlete can win. Even then, she found the experience of winning this year to be “surreal.”

“You definitely want to believe that you can win, but at the same time, the other teams had a lot of talented players,” she said about the competition at CIS tournament.

“So the fact that we won was really a testament to our team play and how we were able to come together at the end of the tournament.”

Katrina Davis, captain of the T-Birds, felt the same way.

“It was nice that we were all brought together from scratch and really did it,” said Davis.

Davis is a fifth-year science student and has won five straight national championships. Coming from a family of Thunderbirds — her parents and three of her grandparents went to UBC — being able to finish her time at UBC with an unbeaten CIS tournament record is something to be proud of.

“This one was extra special because our team was just so young and we were all very good individually. But why we won was because we were so good as a team,” said Davis.

Winning nationals multiple times and defeating all of Canada’s top ranking teams is an amazing feat, especially when the T-Birds were underdogs the past two seasons.

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Several players from the national team pose for photos after their championship win.

“We got to have a lot of young players and a lot of up and coming young players. The other teams in the CIS have a lot of senior players — especially national team players — so we were definitely seen as underdogs this year,” said Haughn.

This is further compounded by the fact that Davis sported a very serious injury for the past two seasons and that she and her co-captain Sarah Keglowitsh led a relatively young roster to victory.

“The younger players, they can really get demoralized. You kinda have to just keep everyone positive and say, ‘Okay it is not over yet,’” said Davis.

The team’s former coach, Hash Kanjee, started the championship winning spree. When he left in 2014, he left a large legacy behind and very big shoes to fill. Robin D’abreo, who is now finishing his second year with the team, adapted well, took

the ‘Birds to two more nationals and won both.

“I think that Robin just brings a different perspective to the game and he’s an incredibly smart coach,” said Haughn who got to play with D’Abreo when he was assistant coach of the senior women’s national team. “He knows exactly what tactics to play [and] when.

He’s a really good teacher.”

“He’s brought a lot of structure to our team, which is awesome.

He is very much about just the process and he’s very consistent with his tactics. So we gain confidence in how we know how to play,” said Davis, who is also the vice-president of the Thunderbird Athletics Council.

“He was able to teach the new people coming in exactly what to do at the right time. He was really pivotal in our win this year and last year,” said Haughn, who has been

named a CIS all-Canadian team four times.

Haughn, now in her fourth year at UBC, says that a big reason why the team has fared so well in the nationals is because of their belief.

“It ultimately came down to who could have more belief.… We came from behind in a number of the games and scored with no time left.

So definitely belief was a huge thing for us this season,” said Haughn. U

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1. What would you say is the team’s official theme song for this year?

Probably Sorry by Justin Bieber. Katie has really brought him back into our lives.

Sorry by Justin Bieber because – in the words of Katie Crawford – that song is “hot fire.”

The song that Katie plays all the time in the team room.

Well, based on the amount of times it’s been played in the team room so far, I’d have to say it’s currently Sorry by J Biebs. This is likely due to KC’s obsession with it.

What gets played the most in the team room and sung around the gym is for sure Sorry by Justin Bieber.

2. What jersey number do you wear and what significance does it hold for you?

My number this year is 18 because Kelsey took nine, but I figured it was a good one to settle on because 1+8=9 and nine doubled is 18!

I’m 15 because Alissa took five.

I am number 17. I chose it in my first year because 10 was taken (my house number) so I took 17 instead because it’s [prime].

I’m number 12 on our team! I’ve always liked it because it’s my birthdate (typical).

My jersey number is five.

I have always loved that number because it was my club number growing up.

3. If you were a superhero, what power would you have?

I think I would be Elasti-Girl so I could finally touch my toes.

Teleporting so I wouldn’t have to travel to Brandon!

I would like to have the power to move things with my mind like Matilda or Jean Grey in X-Men.

My power would be the ability to fly so that I could go home ... whenever....

Realistically, I’d probably be like “Super-Clean Girl,” or something.

If I were a superhero, teleporting would definitely be my super power. Sick of the rain? Poof! I’m in Hawaii.

4. Other than a thunderbird, what is your favourite flying animal?

Hippogriffs because it has always been my dream to fly on one!

Go ‘Birds or go home.

I would have to say the Phoenix from Harry Potter because its tears have healing powers which is pretty cool.

I personally enjoy hummingbirds. It’s probably because they are so small and speedy. I also think that owls are pretty majestic.

A sugar glider. It’s an Australian flying squirrel and it’s basically the coolest animal. I had one growing up.

5. If Air Bud (renowned volleyball player) joined the team, who would be placed in charge of picking up after him on the road?

I feel like that duty would get dumped on a fellow rookie.

Not Siobhan [Finan].

She’d forget every time.

Other than me, I am going to have to say Alissa [Coulter] because she has the next-best experience with that kind of stuff.

For some reason, Alessandra [Gentile] comes to mind. Maybe it’s because of some stories I’ve heard from her that involve such activities.

I think Laura MacTaggart. She is a fellow Albertan and a true farm girl. She has the experience and knowledge to be the best pooper-scooper

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Football heads to Vanier Cup after beating St. FX 36-9 Public Open House - December 2 Library Garden Draft Design Concept

UBC is undertaking a process to redesign the public green space between Memorial Road and Agricultural Road, in front of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre.

This central location will bring together students, faculty, staff, residents, and visitors and will house the new Indian Residential Schools History and Dialogue Centre.

Join us to learn about the project, view the draft design concept for Library Garden and provide your input.

The project landscape architects and Campus and Community Planning staff will be on hand to discuss the draft design concept and answer questions.

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Coming off of a formidable Hardy Cup victory against Calgary, UBC football beat the St. Francis Xavier X-Men 36-9 to seize the Uteck Bowl and qualify for the Vanier Cup. St. FX was first to get onto the scoreboard with a rouge point during the kickoff. On the X-Men’s next possession, they conceded a safety to the T-Birds to make the score 2-1 in favour of UBC. The defence was strong on both sides of the ball during the first quarter. After the two points by the T-Birds, X-Men linebacker Daniel Tshiamala intercepted a pass by Michael O’Connor, but St. FX’s ensuing possession didn’t last long either as UBC defensive back Taylor Loffler responded with an interception of his own.

T-Birds running back Brandon Deschamps then took control on the next two UBC possession, rushing the ball 54 yards on eight plays for a touchdown and giving UBC a 9-1 lead by the end of the first. The fifth-year finished the game with 129 rushing yards and was named MVP of the game.

Strong defence on both sides kept the game at a stalemate throughout much of the second quarter. The X-Men defensive line picked up a fumble recovery and two sacks on O’Connor. On the T-Birds side, defensive back Stavros Katsantonis had an interception.

The only points that UBC scored during the second quarter was a touchdown with 2:39 remaining

when O’Connor made two consecutive passes to receiver Trivel Pinto for 57 yards.

With UBC taking a 16-1 lead at halftime, Thunderbirds kicker Quinn van Gylswyck got a rouge point at the start of the third. On the X-Men’s ensuing possession, T-Birds linebackers Yianni Cabylis and Mitch Barnett recorded a sack on St. FX quarterback Tivon Cook.

Pinto recorded his second touchdown of the game three minutes into the third quarter on a 16-yard reception from O’Connor to raise UBC’s lead to 24-1.

Desperate to score, the X-Men successfully advanced to the T-Birds’ 10-yard line on the next possession, but UBC’s defence forced a third and goal play. The Thunderbirds then blocked the X-Men’s field goal attempt, but still conceded a rouge.

With 3:47 remaining, the T-Birds advanced to the St. FX 19-yard line to set up van Gylswyck for a field goal.

Linebacker Terrell Davis then got the Thunderbirds’ third interception of the game.

With UBC leading 27-2 after three quarters, van Gylswyck added three field goals in the fourth to increase UBC’s lead to 36-2. He finished the game with 15 points.

After struggling for the entire game, the X-Men managed to get a touchdown with 1:03 remaining in the game, narrowing the Thunderbirds’ final score to 36-9.

With the win against St. FX, UBC advances to the Vanier Cup championship where they will take on the Montreal Carabins in Laval on November 28. U

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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2015

Notice of Development Permit Application - DP 15035

Public Open House

Gage South Student Residence and Diesel Bus Transit Exchange Join us on Wednesday, December 2 to view and comment on the proposed Gage South Student Residence and UBC Diesel Bus Transit Exchange to be located southwest of Wesbrook Mall and Student Union Boulevard.

Date: Wednesday, December 2, 2015 Times: 3:00 - 6:00 PM Place: Lobby, Robert H. Lee Alumni Centre, 6163 University Boulevard Plans will be displayed for a new 26,940m2 integrated facility incorporating a 630-bed student residence, bus storage and a transit exchange area.

The facility will comprise four buildings ranging in height from 7 - 14 storeys (including a 2-storey podium for diesel bus storage).

Representatives from the project team and Campus + Community Planning will be on hand to discuss and answer questions about this project For further information: Please direct questions to Karen Russell, Manager, Development Services karen.russell@ubc.ca 604-822-1586

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CROSSWORD PUZZLE ACROSS 1- Wagers; 5- Perfect Sleeper maker; 10- Yellow spread; 14- Island of Hawaii; 15- Lower a sail; 16- Empty; 17- Misdeed; 19- Inventor Rubik; 20- Evade; 21- Small dog; 23- Malt beverage; 25- Garr and Hatcher; 26- Affectedly dainty; 29- Tailless amphibian; 31- Dense element; 35- Part of ETA; 36- ___ Lang Syne; 37- Come out; 38- Entrust; 40- Stuff oneself; 41- Idle; 42- Can’t do without;

43- Mil. address; 44- Biblical abode of the dead; 45- Merit; 46- Type of gun; 47- Strap; 49- ___-mo replay; 51- Parliament of Israel; 54- Acrylic fiber; 58- Bust maker; 59- Tiny; 63- Sigmund’s daughter; 64- Where Hercules slew the lion; 65- Falsehoods; 66- Coarse file; 67- Pal, south of the border; 68- Easy to steer;

This event is wheelchair accessible.

Can’t attend in person? Online feedback will be accepted from Nov. 16 to Dec. 9.

To learn more or to comment on this project, please visit: planning.ubc.ca/vancouver/projects-consultations

7- Thor Heyerdahl craft; 8- Colored; 9- Wrath; DOWN 10- Supervisor; 1- Boxer Riddick; 11- Actress Petty; 2- James ____ Jones; 12- ___ kleine 3- Ten C-notes; Nachtmusik; 4- Ice cream topped with syrup; 13- Smell or fragrance; 5- Blue; 18- Hair goo; 6- Funnyman Philips; 22- Having a rim;

24- Chopin composition; 25- Wee bit; 26- Folded food; 27- Angry; 28- Bert’s buddy; 30- Flamenco cry; 32- Rare delight; 33- Open-mouthed; 34- Divulge;

36- Bridal paths; 37- Levels; 39- Writing paper; 40- Not ‘neath; 42- Slangy denial; 45- Respect; 46- Very much; 48- Big name in insurance; 50- Fan setting;

51- Knot in wood; 52- Granny; 53- Sea birds; 55- “Star Wars” princess; 56- Doozy; 57- AMEX counterpart; 60- British record label; 61- Not pos.; 62- Center Ming;

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