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After having his headshot “plastered” all over campus for three weeks of intense campaigning, AMS President-Elect Chris Hakim is finally getting over the bizarre experience.

“Every time a student would say, ‘Oh, hey, I recognize you, you’re the guy in the posters,’ I’d feel so embarrassed because I realized my headshot is everywhere,” said Hakim, who is the current AMS VP Administration and also a senator-elect. “But honestly, the fact that they were excited and they’re smiling … would really get me ramped up.

“You just basically have to because if somebody is just as excited for what you’re doing, you have to somehow be excited by that at the same time.”

And Hakim is excited. Since his first year when he started reading AMS Council minutes after a Jump Start friend told him about the student society, he’s seen himself involved in student government — but being president was not something he always thought was in the cards.

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Hakim, a third-year arts student, beat out fellow AMS VP Finance Kuol Akuechbeny, as well as newcomers Stuart Clarke, Jas Kullar and Spencer Latu, in a race where candidates struggled to differentiate themselves in terms of platform points and instead turned to strategy and experience.

But Hakim hardly sees this as a problem.

“I would say that a lot of the candidates are also running on very similar topics — you know, divestment, Indigeneity, sexual violence, mental health — that kept coming up. And people were saying, ‘Oh, you know, you’re just all running with the platform. There’s nothing different between you,’” said Hakim.

“But I think that speaks to a different message, which is that

these are the issues that students care about the most.”

Hakim’s leadership style is rooted in curiosity. He plans to support each of the executives, some of whom are very new to the AMS — VP External Cristina Ilnitchi is the only other incumbent remaining on the executive — but he also wants to keep in mind his roots at home and why he joined the AMS in the first place.

“I remember growing up in high school in Jordan ... I had very strong feelings when it came to the refugee crisis [so] I started working with humanitarian organizations and refugee camps to see how to help,” said Hakim. When he got to UBC, his friends shared similar concerns to him about how the AMS and UBC were doing things, but he noticed many more serious concerns weren’t being addressed at all.

“Our approach should always be, as a student union, to be working with our students,” said Hakim. “And I think listening to students, listening to people in general, provides so much information, so much knowledge that it can only be good.”

Hakim’s curiosity on these issues — and on changing the AMS itself — has helped him work on his own knowledge gaps. This past year, Hakim was part of the executive that decided to cut the support services at the AMS Sexual Assault Support Centre, a decision which was later reversed after intense community backlash.

“As much as I am an anti-sexual violence advocate, I’ll be honest, if you asked me like, a few years ago, I probably would not know too much about sexual violence,” said Hakim.

“Being able to slowly learn what it’s like to provide that support for each unique experience is something so key that I believe every institution should be prepared to do. And that’s something that I’ve been really trying to emphasize and learn.”

Cracking a few eggs As VP Administration, Hakim has had a central role in the creation

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of the AMS’s own internal sexual violence prevention and response policy, which is currently out for consultation with students. But as president, he wants to bring his level of work from the system to the student level to continue advocacy for survivors and reconciliation within the AMS and UBC. It’s no wonder he does. As a first-year student who grew up in Jordan and the Middle East but who is also a Canadian citizen, Hakim was immediately struck by the scale of UBC and the AMS itself. And after an election this year where all candidates for president and four of five original candidates for the Board of Governors were men, Hakim wants to make sure everyone can see themselves in the AMS in the way that he did in those first few weeks.

“I remember seeing [former AMS President] Ava Nasiri on stage at Imagine Day. And then just seeing the extent that students are willing to go for other students,” said Hakim. “It was just so inspiring to me that I just wanted to be able to do the same thing for students as well.”

Hakim praised the work of current President Marium Hamid on “fixing a structure that has been broken for years.” Now, he wants to look at what the society can do better to encourage people of all genders and backgrounds to see themselves in the society.

“The issue of representation, whether it comes from women or other marginalized communities, it’s something that is pre-balanced, not through our executives or elections, but more so our councils or committees or management,” he said. Hakim cracked eggs for breakfast in the background of his interview with The Ubyssey, a well-timed metaphor for his approach to complacency.

“We need to understand where we lack and how we can improve because we can ... keep staring a problem in the eye, [but] it’s about time that some changes are made.” U

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EdItors ALEX NGUYEN + ZAK VESCERA

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Hundreds of fake accounts flooded AMS elections pages — but why?

overall, there are around 1,000 identified bots at play.

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One night, AMS VP Admin-elect Cole Evans noticed something strange: hundreds of people had clicked ‘going’ to his Facebook event, and they were all Brazilian.

Evans quickly figured out they were fake accounts and deleted them.

“I don’t want to make it look like I’ve ‘bought’ people to go to my event,” he said.

But when he woke up the next day, almost 1,000 more bots had joined his page.

Evans is one of four candidates who saw fake Facebook accounts flooding their AMS elections Facebook events — and no one knows why.

“I didn’t notice them until the Elections Committee brought it to my attention, at which time I saw it on my Facebook page,” said VP External Cristina Ilnitchi, who was re-elected on Friday. “... I have no idea why it’s happening.”

The Ubyssey was able to identify at least 180 fake accounts attending Ilnitchi’s re-election event, over 400 bots who clicked ‘going’ or ‘interested’ on Board of Governors member-elect Max Holmes’s event, and over 300 who did the same on then-VP Academic and University Affairs candidate Nick Pang’s page.

Overall, there are around 1,000 identified bots at play.

In a statement to The Ubyssey, elections administrator Halla Bertrand said the elections committee “does not believe that any candidate is purposefully buying accounts or the like.”

Candidates were equally confused.

“I have no idea what’s going on,” said Holmes, who was only alerted about the bots when a friend commented on it.

Then-VP External hopeful Will Shelling had no bots attending his event, but said he noticed the number of people attending events increased dramatically overnight from Monday to Tuesday.

“I just think it’s really

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strange,” Shelling said. “I mean, this is a student government election, and it’s just strange to have accounts from all over the world following candidates.”

Pang says since the beginning of last week, the number of people who responded to his Facebook event spiked from 300 to almost 600.

“I thought that maybe it was because I started running Facebook ads,” Pang said. “... But I looked at the names, and I had no mutual friends with any of these people. And it didn’t seem like they had any [Facebook] history … they were obviously bots.”

The Ubyssey was able to verify the accounts are fake using reverse-image searches on their profile pictures, most of which were pulled from image-sharing platforms like Flickr.

Additionally, The Ubyssey used analytic software to trace the bots’ online activity, and found many clicked ‘going’ to the same set of unrelated parties across the United States and Europe — even though almost all of the fake accounts are listed as living in Brazil and mostly use Brazilian names.

Dr. Chris Tenove, a postdoctoral research fellow at UBC’s department of political science who has written extensively on how foreign actors attempt to undermine democratic elections, says the use of “botnets,” or groups of bots, in elections is increasingly common.

Fellow Canadian academics Dr. Fenwick McKelvey and Dr. Elizabeth Dubois call these types of bots “amplifiers” that work to make candidates, or their ideas, seem more popular.

“The idea is that one speaker or individual can use many fake accounts to make their voice seem bigger, as if it were coming out of many different people or from their fingertips,” said Tenove.

Bots like these are cheap to rent through online black markets.

The fake accounts identified by The Ubyssey were not created solely for AMS elections, and are also attending a bizarre range of events, including a “Tacos n

Tequila Crawl” in Richmond, Virginia. Many of them were also attending events from multiple candidates, suggesting they were rented in bulk by the same person or persons.

Pang doesn’t believe it helped his campaign.

“It’s very useless,” Pang said. “And it doesn’t bring more publicity.”

Evans said the bots “are more trolling than helping my campaign.”

But just by clicking ‘going’ or interested, Tenove says botnets can have an insidious impact on voting choices.

“They do have the effect of advertising — you turn the money you spend on the bot into more speech,” he said.

The more attendees an event has, the more likely it is to appear on news feeds. And the more people that appear to support a candidate or idea, the more likely we are to vote for them.

“This kind of trick is an effort to take advantage of certain psychological predispositions we have, which is thinking that the candidate that seems to be more popular is the best candidate,” said Tenove.

hAll Of MiRRORS It’s not the first time anonymous online accounts have caused a ripple this election cycle.

In some ways, online misinformation is as old as gossip.

Evans says he was recently attacked on Reddit for a conversation that he had with a friend. But the friend in question denies making the post, and Evans suspects a third party

is now impersonating them — although there’s no way of knowing.

“I think it’s important that student elections should be clean,” said Evans. “People have a right to express their opinion, but I don’t think attack ads are appropriate.”

A Facebook page called Forward UBC has also been running paid Facebook advertisements endorsing and attacking AMS candidates and referendum questions (it also endorsed two candidates for The Ubyssey’s Board of Directors).

All endorsed AMS candidates rejected the page’s endorsement because under AMS elections rules, paid ads from third parties count towards a candidate’s campaign expenses.

But the ads remain online — and many candidates were bothered that an anonymous page is running paid attack ads in a student election.

“This group has not been forthcoming with their sources of funding or who controls it and I believe that we should not be letting anonymous money control our elections,” wrote then-Board of Governors candidate Dylan Braam on his website.

Forward UBC declined to release how much they had spent on ads, but said their posts had earned 4,000 impressions so far.

The page’s operator or operators, who will not reveal their identity, said they don’t believe it would create a difference in the election.

“Forward UBC may help boost name recognition and draw attention to canddiate’s websites, event pages, etc., but it is highly unlikely they will be the determining factor in whether a candidate is successful or not,”

said the page in a message to The Ubyssey.

Anonymous ads aren’t the same thing as botnets. But they carry similar benefits for advertising candidates — and both circumvent AMS Elections campaign rules on spending.

“The feasibility of identifying who is putting this money down to buy speech means that it may violate the premise of campaign spending regulations, which is that we track how much a candidate spends,” said Tenove.

So who is paying for it?

Ilnitchi, Holmes and Pang all deny purchasing the bots, and felt it didn’t visibily aid their campaigns. Evans, for his part, says he’s deleted around 1,500 bots on his page since the election began, which took around two hours.

The fact that the botnet is attending the same AMS events indicates it was purchased by a single party with a vested interest in all four candidates winning.

“You get third parties or consultants who are a couple layers away from the candidate herself making this decision to go into the grey or black markets,” said Tenove.

He says it’s a good reminder that social media is often a far step from reality.

“Social media can be a hall of mirrors, and we need to think clearly and make up our own minds on what we value and why we’re choosing one candidate over another,” said Tenove. U Have any idea who’s behind this?

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THE RESULTS AR IN E

Words: Alex Nguyen, Moira Wyton, Zak Vescera, Charlotte Alden, Andrew Ha, Benoit Dupras, Marissa Birnie, Emma Livingstone, Thea Udwadia, Henry Anderson

SASC funding, U-Pass and Indigenous Student Max holmes + Jeanie malone board of governors Fund approved; bylaw updates defeated It was a victory for the AMS Sexual Assault Support Centre (SASC), the Indigenous committee and student groups — and a bittersweet loss for the AMS — on Friday as all referenda except for the proposed AMS Bylaw changes passed.

The SASC and Indigenous Fee referenda both passed, meaning the Sexual Assault Support Fund fee will nearly triple to support the SASC’s expanding operations and a $0.95 Indigenous Student Fund fee will be created.

A referendum to reduce the graduating class fee to $3 per year also succeeded and nearly 95 per cent of students voted in favour of continuing the U-Pass program for another five years.

However, the AMS Bylaw changes — which would have abolished Student Court, tightened

guidelines for referenda questions and allowed the AMS to limit the release of sensitive records — narrowly missed reaching quorum by 203 ‘yes’ votes.

Both questions that were put forward by a student petition — a fee for establishing a thrift shop and a restructuring of the campus culture and performance fee — passed.

SASC staffer and collective member Niki Najmabadi was thrilled by the result, which she said will allow for the SASC to continue its work on campus and in the UBC community. This follows a contentious year for the SASC, whose support services were nearly cut last year.

“Our team is so strong … and we made it through and we did it!” said Najmabadi of the campaign. “And I’m also really happy for survivors

knowing they’ll have stability coming in the future years.

“Now, our services can achieve all the things we wanted to have.”

Indigenous committee members were “beyond excited” for the support toward the Indigenous Student Fund which will provide support to Indigenous students and student-run initiatives on campus.

“It also sets up the future in the student body being involved in Indigenous events, because we’re going to host cultural events throughout the year,” said Laura Beaudry, a Cree and Métis student member of the Indigenous committee.

Indigenous committee members Verukah Poirier-Jewell and Tiana Bone echoed Beaudry’s sentiments.

“UBC is going to be home for us now,” said Poirier-Jewell. U

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Cristina Ilnitchi Lucia Liang VP FINANCE

Lucia Liang has been elected as the next VP Finance.

As current VP Finance of the Arts Undergraduate Society, Liang distinguished herself from other candidates by taking a hard stance against allowing AMS businesses to become profitoriented, even if surpluses are used to decrease student fees.

She also campaigned on issues of sustainability, translated reports and professional development for club executives.

“I’m so honoured to be in this race, and I want to thank everyone who supported me through this entire thing. I’m so happy,” said Liang. U

VP EXTERNAL Cristina Ilnitchi has been reelected as AMS VP External.

Ilnitchi was running in a heated race against Associate VP External Will Shelling and Riley Ty, an AMS councillor for the Science Undergraduate Society.

She ran on a platform that aims to amplify student voices nationally by lobbying to provincial and federal governments, advocating for more student affordability and further promoting the SkyTrain extension.

“I’m so thankful for everything,” Ilnitchi said. “I’m going to celebrate with my friends and the students that elected me.”

As the incumbent VP External, Ilnitchi mentioned in her interview with The Ubyssey that she is excited to start work from “before day one.” U

Chris Hakim is the new AMS president.

The current AMS VP Administration won the top job in the AMS executive body. He also won a senator-at-large seat.

“God, I’m just so honoured that students would pick me to be their advocate and I [would] want to make them proud,” he said.

Hakim ran on a platform of improving sexual assault support, affordability, Indigenous inclusion and sustainability.

“Goddamnit, I’m getting back to work,” he exclaimed, when asked about the first thing he wants to do after the celebration. U

Jeanie Malone and Max Holmes have won seats on UBC’s Board of Governors (BoG).

Malone and Holmes beat out competitors Dylan Braam and Awais Quadre to win two Vancouver student seats on UBC’s 21-member BoG. For Malone, this will be her third consecutive term on the BoG. “I’m happy,” said Malone as results were announced.

“I’m ready to continue serving students.”

Malone campaigned on her experience as an incumbent and her history of achieving victories for students at UBC’s highest table.

Holmes, the current AMS VP

Academic and Student Senate Caucus co-chair, won a spot on the BoG in a heated race that saw him clash frequently with Braam at debates. He campaigned on transparency, a survivor-centric review of UBC’s sexual assault policy and pushing UBC to divest from fossil fuels.

On Friday evening, Holmes was overjoyed and “humbled” by his victory.

“I’m humbled and honoured by students that they have put their trust in me on the Board of Governors,” said Holmes.

Holmes will replace engineering student Jakob Gattinger on the Board in its new term. U

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After a tight race, Cole Evans won the election for VP Administration.

“I’m feeling fantastic,” he said. “... it’s been a long three weeks and I’m glad the work paid off.”

Evans ran on a platform of reducing ‘over-governance’ by the VP Admin portfolio to better support student clubs and constituencies and “enhancing the student experience” with the AMS in general.

Evans said one of his first priorities when he gets into office will be to work on changing the AMS culture and prioritizing the bookings system.

“The first [thing] we’re going to do is to try and change that culture at AMS to make it work better for students as well as fix that booking system considering it has been such a priority for such a long time” he said. U

VP ACADEMIC Julia Burnham was elected AMS VP Academic and University Affairs on Friday night.

Burnham, who won against competitors Nick Pang and Vandita Kumar, was also elected as a senatorat-large.

Burnham ran on a platform that included supporting the SASC, increasing mental health support on campus and pushing UBC to divest.

She worked under former VPAUA Max Holmes as academic affairs and outreach commissioner for the AMS. As a former Ubyssey writer, Burnham twice covered the VPAUA race for this paper.

Through tears, Burnham shared that she was feeling “good” about her win.

“I’m going to call my mom,” she said. U

Julia Burnham, Julia Chai, Chris Hakim, Max Holmes, Nick Pang SENATORS-at-Large Chris Hakim, Nick Pang, Julia Burnham, Julia Chai and Max Holmes have been elected to the five positions for student senators-at-large.

In a crowded campaign of 10 candidates, the newly-elected senators focused on buzz-worthy topics like fall reading break and Senate governance reviews, all while emphasizing student consultation.

Incumbents Holmes and Pang were excited to continue their work in the Senate.

“I am humbled and honoured by students that they have put their trust in me for a third year,” said Holmes.

“My first action is to continue representing the students and push for the goals that we’ve worked on this year,” said Pang, who was unsuccessful in his bid for VP Academic and University Affairs (VPAUA).

Newcomers Hakim, Burnham and Chai were also elected.

Hakim and Burnham both have previous AMS experience.

“It’s about time to get to work,” said Hakim, who was also elected AMS President.

Burnham, who was elected as VPAUA, was ecstatic.

“This is great. This is amazing,” said Burnham.

Chai was the final newcomer elected.

“I think we have a really strong team of student senators,” she said.

“I really hope that we can push through and make a solid plan leading into this year.” U

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GOLDRAUSCH takes meta to a whole new level with a play about a movie about a book about a historical figure

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Actor Karthik Kadam.

Director Jenny Larson.

Cassandra Betts Senior Staff Writer

Actor Karthik Kadam encourages viewers to just go with the craziness of UBC Theatre’s latest production GOLDRAUSCH. The play tells the story of a group of artists who are filming a movie, based on a book, which is based on the real-life history of Johann Sutter. Sutter was a German-born Swiss pioneer who discovered gold in the late 1840s and sparked the now-infamous California Gold Rush.

Sound confusing? Add in the fact that the play was written by a Chilean playwright, has only ever been performed once — in German — and contains musical numbers involving karaoke.

It seems like UBC Theatre has taken on a risky endeavour that will either be a wildly entertaining romp or a puzzling spoof of Hamilton that replaces the founding fathers with forty-niners and rap battles with open-mic sessions.

Set designer Luis Bellassai.

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But Director Jenny Larson is confident that the show will get the audience laughing for the right reasons.

“It’s still mostly a situation comedy,” explained Larson. “That’s sort of the brilliance of [Guillermo] Calderón’s writing … all of the stuff about the history and the sociopolitical, it’s hidden.”

As for the music, Larson believes that it also adds meaning to the production.

“There are four sung pieces and then one piece that’s just danced to.

They’re not necessarily narrative and they’re not moving plot forward, but they are inviting you to think about themes … and tones, moods and relationships.”

“It’s good work. It’s hard work,” she added. “But it’s funny … The play is one long joke.”

Despite being a joke, the play does address some topical issues.

“When we think of the Gold Rush, themes of greed and capitalism and the American Dream come up, and this is also

Actors Hannah Everett Long and Karthik Kadam.

reflected in the actors trying to race to the spotlight and stake their claim,” explained Hannah Everett Long, who plays Marlene, a young actress brought in by the character of director Oskar in order to make his production more relevant.

“Oskar, the director, decides to include this scene at the end of refugees escaping the current fascist regime in the United States,” continued Everett Long.

“... It really brings up issues of immigration right now and the refugee crisis.”

Behind the jokes, GOLDRAUSCH hopes to tackle the idea who controls artistic narratives.

“Who are we to tell a certain story, what gives us a right to talk about these issues that sometimes we have never as ourselves have experienced?” asked Kadam. “...

The people who are making these big budget movies are people

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who themselves maybe have not experienced some of the things that they’re talking about.

“I think it’s that issue that we bring about, of how relationships are in this industry. And how storytellers have the right or do not have the right to tell the story.”

GOLDRAUSCH is running until March 30 at the Frederic Wood Theatre. Student pricing tickets are available online. U

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AWkWARD //

Indigenous Writers Edit-a- GOLDRAUSCH is a cringey, gut-busting comedy Thon creates online change through Wikipedia edits

Every time the camera started rolling, the theatre was roaring.

Cassandra Betts senior staff Writer

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Justice started a hashtag, #honouringIndigenousWriters, in december 2015.

Chimedum Ohaegbu staff Writer

As an open-access tool that has helped catapult obscure and obvious topics to the forefront of public imagination, Wikipedia — while the scourge of some professors — is an important way to share information. Like any human endeavour, though, it is susceptible to erasure and homogeneity.

This is a flaw that the Indigenous Writers Edit-a-Thon seeks to correct by bolstering the profiles and available information on emerging and established Indigenous authors.

“It’s creating conversation and making us think differently about how Wikipedia can respond to Indigenous issues,” said First Nations and Indigenous Studies instructor Dr. David Gaertner, whose focus is on Indigeneity in relation to cyberspace and new media.

Visibility and communitybuilding as an antidote to injustice is a fundamental tenet of Indigenous Writers Edit-aThon and its inspiration, the Art+Feminism Edit-a-Thon. In addition to training volunteers on how to edit Wikipedia pages, the Indigenous Writers Edita-Thon acted as a gathering space, involving catered food, readings from poet Sam Knock and filmmaker Jules Koostachin, book sales by Iron Dog Books and music from RPMfm’s Indigenous Futurisms mixtape to create a supportive place to grow and learn, which Gaertner said sparked passion.

This Indigenous Edit-a-Thon is the first of its size at UBC, though not the first overall — Gaertner has facilitated smaller versions of it in his classes. The event that happened on March 4, however, was a collaboration between Gaertner and his fellow facilitator Erin Fields, who he thanked as having done “the heavy lifting” of the event. Also involved was the First Nations and Indigenous Studies program, UBC Library, the Centre for Teaching and Learning Technology for Open Education Week 2019 and Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Literature and Expressive Culture Dr. Daniel Heath Justice.

Justice started a hashtag, #HonouringIndigenousWriters, in December 2015. Justice used the hashtag, which was named by writer Leanne Simpson, to spotlight one Indigenous writer every day for a year. This list was later added as an appendix to Justice’s book Why Indigenous Literatures Matter, and is what this Edit-a-Thon used as a blueprint.

“It’s important that [the list] opens up those conversations and not be seen as a frozen canon, just a gesture to the expansive range of voices in the world,” said Justice.

Gaertner agreed, highlighting how things as seemingly minor as changing ‘indigenous’ to ‘Indigenous’ as one student did created a “feedback loop” in the Wikipedia community that allowed for productive dialogue.

“It’s not just about the thing, but about how we come together to make [it], and I think that’s what we’re trying to emphasize.” U

GOLDRAUSCH is a fun comedy, with scenes that are so cringeinducing, it’s sometimes hard to watch.

A certain amount of cringeyness is to be expected. In fact, it’s what adds to the production’s humour and charm. After all, this is a show about making a very bad movie, so it makes sense that some of the scenes will be … well, bad. But as someone who suffers from secondhand embarrassment, there were moments that left me sinking down in my seat, wishing I could save both myself and the actors from the discomfort happening on stage.

Still, GOLDRAUSCH does not fail in its overall mission to break the fourth wall and encourage the audience to consider why people create art and who has the right to tell a certain story.

And the production, despite a few moments that fell flat in front

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of a silent audience, is still funny.

The interplay between technology and the actors is innovative and effective.

The camera used by the fictional film crew actually hooks up to a large screen on the stage, and moments are live-streamed above the set. This creates some absolutely gut-busting moments where the audience gets to see the actors’ horrified and purposefully over-acted expressions close up.

Every time the camera started rolling, the theatre was roaring.

Actresses Hannah Everett Long and Tebo Nzeku stole the show.

Everett Long, who played Marlene, the new pretty face brought in to film a porn scene, succeeded in making even the most awkward lines hilarious. Nzeku, on the other hand, played the aging star of the show. Throughout the show, she is fully aware of the ridiculousness of the whole thing, and her expressions of horror helped to break the fourth wall and reassure

the audience that they were not alone in their discomfort.

The set of GOLDRAUSCH was also a success. Scenic director Luis Bellassai created a beautiful world that melds pioneer-style log cabins with funky graffiti. The movie is filmed in an abandoned warehouse, and the space manages to feel both neglected and loved, perfectly suiting the mood of the play. The students themselves painted the stage, and the colours are bright and inviting.

The music in the piece was surprisingly enjoyable. The cast belts out warbling karaoke pieces, with just enough twang to make the audience feel like they could be raising cows on the undeveloped California hillside. The line dances liven up the scenes, and it’s fun to clap along as the the actors pigeon toe and slap-leather.

Overall, GOLDRAUSCH is a fun production for those with a very specific sense of humour who don’t mind a few awkward moments. U

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Memoir: Despair, hangover and ecstasy during lab life in Singapore Kevin Jiang Staff Writer

“In my lab, we play hard and work harder. Just have fun and you’ll be fine.”

Bill’s office was bigger than my apartment. It overlooked the National University Hospital and, beyond that, the glass jungle of Singapore.

I don’t know what I was thinking when I applied to Bill’s lab. Most likely I wasn’t thinking at all. Where I was that Sunday was either in bed or at the kitchen table, stoned off my gourd and full of Doritos, watching Hearthstone videos on YouTube. I know because that’s what I did every day.

I’d gotten into science co-op a semester and a half earlier and applied for a total of 20 jobs in that time. Most of this was over four days. I’d slouched my way through applications and interviews, hungover and unapologetic. My mentality was that people like me weren’t meant for success — we’re meant to burn out and drop out.

Imagine my face when I got the job. Last May, I moved to Singapore.

“We think SALL4 up-regulates GART expression,” my lab mentor Aisha explained on my first day. “It codes for three separate enzymes in de novo purine synthesis. Your job is to prove this is important for cancer growth.”

She smiled at me. “It’s good we hired a biochem student, this stuff should be second-nature to you!”

I managed a laugh.

I spent the next three weeks reading. I read until my eyes bled.

I became a model student. Deep down though, I felt like a poser.

What caused this sudden devotion was the intense guilt I felt in this sterile laboratory, with its benches of arcane instruments. I was a mediocre student and a subpar researcher. Every minute of my time could have been given to someone more intelligent, disciplined and

We were at this riverside bar at Clarke Quay, nursing gin and tonics and watching the colourful boats drifting by.

deserving. I shared these sentiments with my bench mate, Amelia.

“Yeah, I get that too,” she smiled. “But remember, we’re undergrads. Just do your best, because that’s all that’s expected of you.”

Amelia was a student intern like me, though her contract was for three months, not eight. We kept talking and eventually left together at six, passing Aisha who still laboured at her bench.

As the weeks wore on, experiments began to bloom and wither. I was bad at everything — especially tissue culture, contaminating plates or letting

plates grow over-confluent. I’d vent at Amelia and she’d retaliate with tales of her latest Western blotting disaster. We learned and struggled together, and as the work days grew longer and more involved, we became closer.

Pasta and pizzas were delivered and snuck into conference rooms at two a.m., Disney films were streamed between incubations. Life was fast, busy and beautiful.

“I love Singapore,” she said one night. We were at this riverside bar at Clarke Quay, nursing gin and tonics and watching the colourful boats drifting by. “You can’t get this back in North Dakota.”

“Get what?”

“All of this. The diversity.

The food. How big everything is.

Honestly, I still can’t believe I’m here. How can I go back to America after this?”

The stars were out, the air was cool. Pink and blue light played across our table and skin. It would have been so easy to lean over and kiss her. But I didn’t.

Our workdays swelled to accommodate deadlines. We both clocked hundred-hour workweeks in the scramble for lastminute results in preparation for presentations. “… and so, we hypothesize that SALL4 up-regulates purine salvage while down-regulating de novo synthesis. Are there any questions?” My stomach churned, waiting for professors to tear my research apart.

“Yes, I have a question.” The voice, crackling through Skype, was attached to a Harvard professor.

“It’s really simple, I’m sure you can answer this. How are you actually going to measure nucleotide export from cells?”

My stomach ate itself.

Somehow, in all the weeks of preparation, the topic never came up. I looked urgently to Aisha but she seemed just as clueless.

“That’s one of the things we’ll be working on,” I mumbled. “Any other questions?”

We gathered at Holland Village later that night to celebrate our mixed successes. Amelia brought her friend Zack, the head of mouse work on the floor above us. He was also much hotter than me. I decided I didn’t like Zack.

The night passed too quickly and like a blur. I don’t remember much, and what I do remember involved shots of black absinthe. “Amelia!”

Zack shouted, and I winced. “I’m getting popiah next week with a few friends. You must come!” He looked back at me. “You’re invited too.”

“I wish I could! But I can’t, I’m flying back to America on Sunday,” said Amelia. The fact lent the evening a bittersweet tone. Thus, the drinking.

The night ended at three, on the steps to her apartment. We hugged and said goodbye. I got into the taxi alone and looked out at her as I was driven away into the night. She disappeared slowly out of sight and I never saw her again.

When Amelia left, she took part of me with her. By the end of the first week without her, for the first time in the three months I’d worked there, I was exhausted. The long days finally felt long. But the guilt remained. Even after all this time, I still felt stupid and lazy. I forced myself to stay later and later, punishment for what I perceived as weakness.

I was heading home at eleven one night when I met Bill in the metro.

“How was your day?” I asked.

“Oh, you know. Too busy, not productive.” He flashed me a weary smile. “Same old.”

Most days, Bill was unapproachable. He was terrifying during meetings and stalked through his lab like a starved coyote. But that night, he didn’t look like the giant he was. He looked like a tired old man.

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“Let me give you a little advice,” he said as we stepped onto the train. “There are only three things you need to succeed in science: heart, head, hands. You know what that means?”

I shook my head no.

“Hands are your technical skills,” he continued, “pipetting, cell culture, the basics. Necessary, but not crucial. What’s more important is the stuff in your head. Your ideas, the planning behind the science. That’s the good stuff.”

Bill locked eyes with me. “But none of that means shit without heart. Passion. To succeed in science, you must love it unconditionally. Because you sure aren’t doing this for the money.” He groaned as he got to his feet. “Think about that. Have a good night.”

I saw Bill three more times on the metro, always at 11. He looked like he did when I first stepped into his office, but the glamour was gone. He no longer looked invincible. He looked old and very tired.

That’s when I realized my heart was gone. I didn’t love science, I stayed for Amelia.

I wish I could say, like a coming-of-age novel, I returned from Singapore stronger and better than before. But in the end, Singapore broke me. I came out the other side not victorious but bruised and humiliated.

Maybe that’s a good thing.

I arrived in Vancouver the night before Christmas Eve. I’d forgotten how cold it was, how small the buildings were. As I lugged my suitcase across slick streets, rain began to fall. It wasn’t the artillery I’d learned to fear in Singapore, but the drizzle of Vancouver. And for a moment, the moon peeked out from behind a cloud and suspended every raindrop in cool light.

I smiled, because I was home. u

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Editorial: What we want to see from the new AMS exec The Ubyssey Editorial Board

Our new AMS executives were elected on Friday evening after a grueling three-week gauntlet of interviews, debates and campaigning. The new executives, who will take up their jobs on May 1, are comprised of both AMS insiders and newcomers, many of whom won on talking points of consultation, transparency and sustainability.

At The Ubyssey, we have become well-acquainted with your new government’s platforms, promises and personalities over this long, long campaign period. The real — and very hard — work is not too far in the distance. So, we’re offering our help. Going forward, here are a few pointers that we want to give our new execs.

We as a newspaper love transparency, so to see this as a main goal going forward would warm our hearts. This means allowing us to properly cover AMS Council meetings. Private, in-camera sessions during meetings are essential for privacy during legal or human resources discussions, but their continued overuse could jeopardize the AMS’s goal to not seem like an impenetrable fortress.

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We as a newspaper love transparency.

To mitigate this, President-elect Chris Hakim should crack down on the trend set by the previous Council, stop trying to dodge bad press and follow the example of transparency left by current President Marium Hamid.

Hakim would also be wise to learn from his opponents. Former presidential candidate Spencer

Latu drummed up support with his dissatisfaction of the status quo and touched a nerve with students because he understands that for a lot of students, the AMS’s advocacy isn’t always enough.

Also with increased funding to the Sexual Assault Support Centre and a new fee to establish the Indigenous Student Support Fund

both approved, the AMS has the tools to provide essential services and empower student action.

We hope the society prioritizes supporting survivors and empowering Indigenous students as it works towards decolonization.

On the other hand, the slim failure of the AMS Bylaw changes is at best, a result of poor

communication, and at worst an expression that students don’t trust the society to make sweeping changes all in one go. Since all the changes were packaged together, it was all or nothing — and some of them were genuinely good ideas that were tanked by the more controversial changes. If the AMS takes this result seriously, it would mean a lot in terms of gaining the student support and trust.

Diversity in the AMS continues to be a problem that we hope is taken into consideration this year. The lack of women and non-binary students running for AMS President is fully contrary to UBC’s demographics. So, it would be nice to see the new exec make genuine moves to consult with stakeholders and help diversify itself going forward.

Some of the candidates have found success with big, nicesounding statements like having a fully ethical investment portfolio or moving Nest bookings fully online but sometimes the promises made on the campaign trail can be nebulous once candidates are finally in office. We suggest finding a concrete course of action to tether their goals to, if only as a means to keep them anchored and down-to-earth. U

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Mind Your Mind: Sleep matters more than you think

In my opinion, the first step is acknowledging the issue and making a commitment to addressing it.

Daphnée Lévesque Mindfulness Column

A professional once told me that getting good sleep is the equivalent of eating nutritious food. He also told me that most college students are sleep-deprived. I especially believe that in recent years, sleep deprivation has become so

common that it’s considered part of our university culture.

One thing to note is that sleep deprivation is not the same as insomnia. Insomnia is characterized as an inability to fall asleep, stay asleep and get restful sleep, while being sleep-deprived means an individual is not getting an adequate amount of sleep, for

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any number of reasons.

According to the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, about one in five adults fail to get adequate sleep. The causes vary. People fail to get adequate sleep because of their work hours, emergency situations and unexpected circumstances, personal obligations or medical

problems. Sleep deprivation can be voluntary or involuntary. Staying up late to study, for example, is a choice that some individuals make.

Staying up late to take care of a loved one who is sick, on the other hand, can be necessary.

Getting a good night’s sleep is due to a variety of factors, and often times, we don’t get to choose whether we wake up rested in the morning — if we did, we’d feel refreshed every morning! However, I do believe that we need to hold ourselves accountable. If staying up late is a choice we get to make, then it is also our job to deal with the consequences.

Needless to stay, being sleepdeprived affects individuals’ academic performances. Sleep plays an important role when it comes to consolidating memories and retaining information. For instance, if students are sleep-deprived, they will most likely suffer from day time sleepiness, which could then affect their ability to pay attention.

Mood swings, irritability, anxiety, fatigue and increased risks of medical conditions are also negative consequences of lacking sleep.

In order to lessen the effects of sleep deprivation, there are a few strategies that can help.

The first one is obvious and there’s no way around it — increase your nightly sleep time. In order to make up for insufficient sleep, you need to take the time to sleep. So in order to make up for your “sleep debt,” the difference between the amount of sleep you should be getting versus what you are getting now, you can add one or two hours of sleep each night, for a short period of time, until you’re back on track.

Not everyone can do that though, so there are other strategies that people can use as short-term solutions. Although caffeine has a bad reputation, even the American Academy of Sleep Medicine admits that caffeine can help you stay alert, especially after acute sleep restriction. Brief naps are also acceptable, but should only last 30 minutes or less, because longer naps can lead to grogginess and drowsiness.

It’s important to stress the fact that in terms of long-term solutions, establishing a sleep routine and practicing sleep hygiene will always be a more ideal solution, with long-lasting consequences. It can be really hard to establish a daily sleep routine, especially if you’re used to a hectic sleep schedule.

In my opinion, the first step is acknowledging the issue and making a commitment to addressing it. The second step involves getting to know your own sleep patterns, because everyone is different, and solutions can vary. The third step, and arguably the most difficult one, consists of brainstorming solutions, both short-term and long-term.

It is about making one small change at a time. For me, the first step was making changes to my studying schedule so I could maximize the amount of sleep I was getting. Then I tried to go to sleep half an hour before my usual bed time. Although I’m far from getting “perfect” sleep, I’ve been noticing a slight difference. After all, it’s a work in progress, and I have to be ready to make changes depending on my present circumstances and listening to my body’s signals. u

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indomie //

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Win a Nintendo Switch by eating as many Indonesian noodles as possible

Long for a simpler time with UBC’s RuneScape resurgence Johann Cooper Staff Writer

The /r/UBC subreddit is mostly comprised of campus-based memes, food service complaints and a metric shit ton of computer science students. However, in the midst of a stress-ridden midterm season, something truly beautiful has been created: an old-school RuneScape Discord channel.

Remember the days where instead of being a C-average university student, you were a level 50 in the wildy?

RuneScape remembers.

Fall back in love with the world of Gielinor now with the energy of four Yerba Mattes flowing through your veins. Rather than burying your anxieties and praying for an easy midterm, bury the bones of the goblins you’ve slain and use your prayer points for thicker skin!

But how can you possibly justify these indulgences with this much coursework? While not immediately apparent, there is a tremendous crossover between your education and your mythical exploits.

RuneScape’s Grand Exchange provides excellent supplementary material for those struggling in microeconomics. Learn to manipulate the long arm of capitalism firsthand as you trick a fresh recruit from Tutorial Island, into buying a party hat for

Remember the days where, instead of being a C-average university student, you were a level 50 in the wildy?

one million GP! Ace your next international relations exam as you learn to use your Kourend favour to dominate the houses of the land!

What this RuneScape resurgence really provides is a chance for you to be a kid again.

Use your imagination! Talk to strangers online! Type inane

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insults while mother isn’t looking!

The world is your oyster! U The Discord channel can be joined at https://invite.gg/ubcrs.

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Tyga may have to livestream from jail for Block Party Riekena won that lawsuit and a $238,000 settlement, but by 2017 the interest had caused the amount to rise to the tune of $250,000.

The latest court appearance was supposed to address Tyga’s failure to pay.

The judge has set his bail at $250,000.

“The news is really funny, honestly, everyone had a great laugh at it,” said Asad Ali, the AMS programming and events manager.

“I got our representatives to speak with [Tyga’s team], they said everything’s alright, they said [we] have nothing to worry about.”

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It’s an iconic Indonesian instant noodle brand.

Sammy Smart Senior Staff Writer

Have you ever eaten four packages of mi goreng and thought to yourself that you could just keep going forever? The chance to prove that you could has begun!

Well, not to eat noodles forever, but at least to prove that you can eat a lot of them.

Gado-Gado Indonesian Students Association of UBC is holding its annual Indomie Eating Competition on March 29.

The competition will be near the Subway in the Life Building, and it begins at 5 p.m. It costs $5 to join.

If you don’t know what Indomie is, it’s an iconic Indonesian instant noodle brand known for its legendary, flavourful and spicy mi goreng. If you truly believe you can out-eat everyone you know, you and your ego might as well try! Just don’t forget to bring your own water bottle to wash down the noodles.

Your body will thank you.

The grand prize is a Nintendo Switch, but of course everyone wins the opportunity to eat a bunch of noodles along the way. If all else fails, at least you got a $5 meal out of it.

So eat on, my friends. Eat those noodles and be crowned the champion. I don’t think you should put it on your resume, but at least it’s a title that will impress all your friends. U

The judge has set his bail at $250,000.

Samantha McCabe & Tristan Wheeler Coordinating Editor and Blog & Opinion Editor

Tyga’s Block Party performance is sure to be one of the more unique ones, as it might heavily feat. the American judicial system.

A spokesperson told TMZ that Tyga only missed the hearing due to a “last-minute work obligation.” Hopefully Block Party counts as a last-minute work obligation, too.

According to Ali, Tyga is “super excited” to come back to Vancouver and students have nothing to worry about.

“It’s all good, the show is still on,” said Ali. While we hope that Block Party is able to get a replacement if need be, we also all hope that Tyga invests in a planner to get his schedule in order. U

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A judge issued a warrant for Tyga’s arrest last week after he failed to appear in court. The 29-year-old rapper is reportedly still embroiled in a lawsuit that was filed against the company Tyga Music in 2015 by Shyanne Riekena, who was left with a four-inch head gash after one of his concerts.

A sight that Tyga may not see.

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The Dingbat: To all the boys I’ve seen on campus and never seen again Tait Gamble Senior Staff Writer

To the boy in the blue jacket/vest/ fleece/raincoat on Main Mall/ in Mercante/mid-lecture/on the steps in the Nest two seconds/ hours/days/weeks/months/years ago, I believe we made eye contact on Main Mall/in Mercante/ mid-lecture/on the steps in the Nest two seconds/hours/days/ weeks/months/years ago. Do you remember? I was wearing a light blue jacket/vest/fleece/ raincoat. You were also wearing a blue jacket/vest/fleece/raincoat.

Though fleeting, in that moment, I saw my whole life flash ahead of me. You were in it.

It was our life.

So, I guess what I’m trying to say is that I think we are soulmates. I know nothing about you besides your blue jacket/vest/ fleece/raincoat, and that we both found ourselves on Main Mall/ in Mercante/mid-lecture/on the steps in the Nest at the same time.

But I think I’d like to know more about you.

I wonder what you study here. When I saw you, you were wearing a jacket/vest/fleece/ raincoat and Blundstones. This is definitely a sign you’re probably in engineering/arts/sciences/ forestry. How is that for you? Do you like it? Do you think, maybe, if I had asked you, we could’ve

I saw my whole life flash ahead of me. You were in it. It was our life.

possibly studied together? I wonder what kind of food you like.

I assume you eat food. We all eat food. Do you think, if I had asked, you would’ve wanted to eat food together? And perhaps, if that went well, possibly eaten together another time, and then perhaps eaten food together on a regular basis?

It is so difficult for me to consider the possibility that I may never get the answers to these burning questions. This is why I have delayed finishing my degree by three years. Advising has told me repeatedly that I am eligible to graduate, and that they would actually prefer it if I left.

But I’m not walking across that

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stage without knowing I’ve done everything in my power to find you.

I have posted on UBC Crushes six times. I eat lunch at the place I saw you that one time at least four times a day/week/term/year.

I do double takes so frequently, my neck is permanently damaged.

I have worn the same outfit ever since, in hopes you will recognize

me. I have an extensive network of friends and kinship relations who regularly check in with me on my (our) progress. “Have you seen that blue jacket/vest/fleece/ raincoat guy you saw that one time since?” they ask at least three times a week. “No,” I reply — devastated.

I know it’s not your fault. You’re perfect. But it really gets me down some times. I really am trying my best here! I am pulling out all the stops to track you down, so we can live our happy life together forever and ever! I just wish you would make an effort to find me as well.

Mr. Dr. President Santa Ono says “Tuum Est” which translates to “it is yours.” Sure, “it” might be mine, but what does this matter when boy in the blue jacket/ vest/fleece/raincoat is not? So, wherever and whoever you are, know that I am going to milk this degree for as long as I monetarily can. Please know that I will be waiting faithfully on the Main Mall/in Mercante/mid-lecture/ on the steps in the nest, wearing a blue jacket/vest/fleece/raincoat for us to make prolonged eye contact again.

Yours, Girl in blue jacket/vest/fleece/ raincoat. U The Dingbat is The Ubyssey’s humour column. You can submit completed pieces or pitches to Angela O’Donnell at a.odonnell@ubyssey.ca.

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UBC Women and STEM conference addressed common barriers to women’s participation in science Clare Skillman Staff Writer

On March 2, UBC Young Women for Science hosted the 2019 UBC Women and STEM Conference.

The conference was the first of its kind held by the organization and was entirely coordinated by their undergraduate executive team.

STEM is the acronym commonly used to describe the fields of science, technology, engineering, mathematics and, more recently, computer science.

In addition to the undergraduate presenters, the conference hosted a panel comprised of UBC physics professor Dr. Janis McKenna, Capilano University Chief Information Officer Kristin Wilkes and Dr. Lesley Shannon, a Simon Fraser University (SFU) associate professor of computer engineering.

In their presentations, McKenna and Wilkes referenced a Statistics Canada graph from 2011 showing the differences between Canadian male and female STEM

employees and graduates and another graph from the National Science Foundation showing the percentage of women in various STEM occupations between 1993 and 2010.

Although there is an overall positive trend in female employment in STEM occupations, women internationally still only represent fewer than 30 per cent of people working in STEM. In computer and mathematical sciences, the number of women entering the field has actually decreased since around 2002.

“Nobody really seems to know why,” said Wilkes on the downward trend in computer sciences. “So that is disheartening, but again I am hopeful that even just talking about the problem will help to fix it.”

One of the main barriers that was examined at the conference was the stereotypes that often dissuade women from seeing themselves as professionals in STEM. In her speech, McKenna asked the audience to imagine a

Young Women for Science members Yuliya Badayeva and Chantal Percival.

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physicist and went on to illustrate how society has conditioned us to likely conjure up the image of Einstein or Sheldon Cooper from The Big Bang Theory. Not to say that these are bad people, but the stereotype of the lone, awkward male genius is harmful to science as a discipline because it has the power to discourage people who do not fit that mould from pursuing STEM. “For underrepresented groups who choose to pursue a career in STEM,” according to Shannon, “it is still choosing the road less taken.

But making that choice provides us with an important voice for the future that allows us to use our creativity and imagination to solve challenges and problems that matter to us personally. It also allows us to reshape perceptions and our world to benefit the future.”

The discussions throughout the conference concluded with a return to the main theme that it is important to analyze these issues in order to remove obstacles that may prevent talented women and minorities from entering STEM. “No woman wants to be hired just because she’s a woman. Merit always comes first, and I think that’s an important message when it comes to these topics. Everyone wants to be hired because they’re the right individual for the job,” said Wilkes.

The conference had a turnout of 49 attendees from institutions across Metro Vancouver. Those in attendance included high school students, undergraduates, graduates, alumni, faculty and working professionals from Sutherland Secondary, New Westminster Secondary, Langara College, SFU, BCIT, Capilano University, the Society for Canadian Women in Science and Technology and, of course, UBC. UBC Young Women for Science was founded by UBC undergraduate Teagan Phillips

SFU associate professor of computer engineering Lesley Shannon.

in July 2017. The organization currently has 13 members studying a variety of STEM disciplines and membership is open to all students studying STEM fields at UBC. So far, they have hosted 42 presentations at 14 different schools in Vancouver, West Vancouver, North Vancouver, Burnaby and New Westminster, speaking to over 1,000 students.

“Our goal is to reduce the gender gap in science by inspiring more young girls to pursue scientific careers. Most students have limited opportunities to see and speak with young women who are pursuing science, so the UBC Young Women for Science seeks to share our experiences and our passion for science with them. We believe it’s particularly important that young girls see and meet women studying science, so they feel more confident that they can study science themselves,” said Phillips.

Growing up in Penticton BC, Phillips expressed her personal struggles getting involved with STEM. She described a lack of

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female role models in the sciences contributing to a climate in her high school that discouraged her and her female peers from feeling confident about pursuing the sciences.

Now, as the founder and president of UBC Young Women for Science, Phillips feels it is important to continually push to start discussions and give presentations, especially at the secondary school level because as she puts it, “that’s who we were.”

“We want to show [students] that there are women in science because that’s where we were at then and we want to show them that a few years down the road this is where you can be,” said Phillips.

The organization will be travelling to the Okanagan to do presentations at the end of April. They currently have 12 presentations booked at 4 schools in Osoyoos, Oliver, Penticton and West Kelowna.

“We believe it’s important to show students that no matter what their gender, sexuality, religion, ethnicity or background is, anyone can study science!” said Phillips. U

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‘Putting the Science in Science Fiction’ lecture explored communicating science with fiction

The panel featured three notable science communicators.

Chimedum Ohaegbu Staff Writer

For the March 1 edition of the Institute of Oceans and Fisheries’ weekly lecture series, a trio of decorated science fiction authors, including two UBC alumni, converged at the Aquatic Ecosystems

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Research Laboratory Theatre. In a lively discussion, fantasy editor and science communicator Silvia Moreno-Garcia, zoologist and occasional Marvel Comics writer Seanan McGuire, and molecular biologist and zoologist Kristi Charish talked about science communications through fiction,

interdisciplinary fascinations and bubonic plague controversy at this out-of-the-box event.

“It’s sort of reconceptualizing how we view science,” said Kaylee Byers, the parasitologist and selfproclaimed ‘Rat Detective’ who moderated the panel.

“Putting the Science in Science Fiction” was the brainchild of UBC’s Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries’ communications manager Katherine Came. A fan of science fiction since early childhood, Came felt passionate about science fiction’s capacity for sparking non-scientists’ interest in science and its implications for our daily lives.

“I have too many [favourite moments],” said Came afterward, listing Seanan McGuire’s “freaky” account of having touched ebola for research as one anecdote that led to her excitement about the event’s success.

This excitement was shared by the audience and palpable at the event — punctuated by the beeps and chirps of a video game console a kid had brought — which spoke to the authors’ multidirectional passions.

Moreno-Garcia launched

a fascinating, sometimes scandalous discussion about how advances in technology led to momentous shifts in the French Revolutions, which led to changes in fashion trends. Earlier, Kristi Charish declared herself “a prions fangirl,” a statement swiftly and strongly supported by moderator Byers.

“I really liked hearing about the process of how they incorporate science,” said Byers, referring to the two main stances around science in sci-fi the authors took: building the story around an interesting scientific fact versus — or in conjunction with — peppering scientific facts of interest into a manuscript.

When the time came for audience questions, the authors gave such comprehensive answers that there were only time for two, though these were salient. The first was an inquiry, on behalf of the asker’s father, about how the authors went about publishing their books.

McGuire recommended going the hybrid route and publishing through large presses, small presses and indie markets in order to grant oneself the greatest flexibility and market strength as a writer.

The second question was a bit more contentious: the asker wondered if the authors ever worried about muddying the truths of science by incorporating it into their fiction. Kristi Charish noted the importance of generating public interest in science, and pointed out that “if the science[’s] accuracy hurts the story — or conversely, if the science’s inaccuracy hurts the story,” then it has failed as both a narrative and a method of scientific outreach.

“We view fiction as a very viable way to put your science within the hero’s dilemma framework,” said Byers, with Came noting that science communication is crucial for multiple reasons, including ensuring public safety.

“I’m hoping that this seminar gave [students and scientists] yet another opportunity, another avenue,” said Came. “We’re just going to have to keep pushing science out there by any means that we can.”

Especially because science is, as Byers said, “completely vital. It’s absolutely everywhere. Nothing isn’t science in some way.” U

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Women’s volleyball claim 12th national title in program history Scott Young Staff Writer

Photos courtesy Don Voaklander/University of Alberta Golden Bears

It’s another national championship win for UBC this spring.

Following a 3-2 quarterfinal win over the first-seeded Trinity Western Spartans and a 3-1 semifinal win over the Dalhousie Tigers, UBC claimed their second national title in three years with a 3-2 win over the Ryerson Rams ­— a team with a 16-2 record in the Ontario University Athletics conference this year compared to UBC’s 15-9 Canada West record.

On paper, UBC were the underdogs, but following that win over the Spartans it was hard to stop their ascent, even for the Rams.

After going down two sets to none to start the national final, the ’Birds dug deep and won the next three straight to claim the victory.

Thunderbird veteran outside hitter and setter Olivia Furlan took player of the game with 57 assists on the night, while second-year outside

hitter Kiera Van Ryk took home tournament MVP after another powerful performance.

The Ryerson Rams jumped out to an early lead in the first set, going up six points and putting the ’Birds in a tough hole. UBC made some hitting errors on the outside but started to find their stride, closing the gap to three points and 9-12 scoreline. The ’Birds failed to muster much offense from then on in the first and Ryerson took the set 25-14.

The second opened with a greater intensity for the ’Birds as they got up in pairs for the blocks much more effectively than the first set. With the set tied up at 10, UBC started to finally find their legs. However, UBC would lose their two-point lead and go into the technical timeout down 14-16.

After UBC gave up points on a few serving errors, the Rams would take the second set 25-20.

With all the pressure on UBC, the third set started with the ’Birds scoring key points to keep the game tight and tied at five early. The blue and gold started to pick up the outside hitting at the midpoint of the set, going up four and forcing a Rams timeout. UBC went into the technical timeout with a two point lead. From there, the ’Birds looked much more organized as they made the Rams drop their first set of the tournament with a 25-20 win.

The fourth set began with a blistering kill from Van Ryk as UBC looked to build momentum off their explosive third set. The team continued to apply pressure, building to a four-point lead with some great serving from outside hitter Tessa Davis and left side Anna Price. The Rams battled back within a point, but UBC was up three points going into the technical timeout at 16-13. As the set continued to

be extremely tight, both teams found space in the opposing teams backline. UBC spread the offense across their roster, creating chaos for the Rams blocking scheme — and it paid off. The ’Birds took the fourth set with a huge hit off a block by middle and outside hitter Jayde Robertsen, finishing with a 25-20 lead and forcing a fifth set.

To start the fifth, Price went on a three-point serving run for UBC and forced an early Rams timeout.

As the intensity picked up, the ’Birds were subject to an unfortunate call handing a free point to the Rams.

Even so, UBC took a five-point lead into the technical timeout.

The ’Birds continued to pound the ball at the Rams defense, but the Toronto side stood equal to the task as they closed the UBC lead to two points. At an 11-9 lead, UBC continued to play a strong defense as the teams traded serves. After a

lengthy rally, Van Ryk would — as has been a trend all season — lead UBC’s offense and complete the epic comeback, taking the final set with a final score of 15-11.

The final set win put UBC up to an overall 3-2 match win and earned them a national title — their 12th in program history.

Several ’Birds took home all-star honours at the game: Furlan, Van Ryk and Davis.

Earlier in the weekend, Van Ryk was also named U Sports women’s volleyball Athlete of the Year. She is the 11th Thunderbird to receive the award, and the first second-year athlete to do so since 2003.

The award follows a dominant season for the Surrey, BC, resident who led Canada West with 398 kills and 489 digs. She also holds the second highest single-season service aces total in Canada West with 68. U

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Rebecca Marino is back among Canada’s best in tennis after time off spent with UBC rowing

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marino plans to play in all four grand slams this year.

Ryan Neale senior staff Writer

Eight years ago, Rebecca Marino was one of Tennis Canada’s finest products. Her thunderous serve helped her rank in the top 38 of all female tennis players in the world.

The epitome of her career was the 2011 season in which she duelled against tennis titan Venus Williams in the US Open. She lost the match 6-7, 6-3 — but the experience is what stays with her.

“It was my first main draw Grand Slam, and so to get a chance to play one of the top players and one of the best female players of all time was pretty surreal,” she said.

But at the age of 22, after five years of touring — constantly jet setting, country-to-country — Marino had had enough. What seemed like everybody’s dream took an exorbitant toll on her physical and mental well-being.

“I felt burned out and I didn’t feel like I had a balance in my life,” Marino said. “From a young age, I’ve always been playing tennis and I just felt I was missing out on some normal things like school [university] ... It was a very difficult decision [to retire].”

Marino formally announced her retirement from professional tennis in 2013.

At the time, Marino was no stranger to social media, interacting with fans frequently.

Following negative results, those social media comments often turned nasty and media reports cited them as the cause of her step away from the spotlight.

Marino, however, maintains those interactions had little to do with her mental state and decision to step away. Rather, it was the culmination of a physical and mental burnout from her high-

level play at such a young age and an inexperience in balancing her priorities.

“People sometimes misinterpreted when I spoke about social media, they thought that was why I retired,” she said.

Marino decided to take an extended leave of absence to collect her thoughts. But she was always careful to keep the doors open for a potential return in the future.

Away from professional tennis, Marino decided to pursue a post-secondary education in her hometown of Vancouver. Living down the road from UBC — where she started playing tennis as a child — applying to her local university wasn’t a hard choice.

Unlike a typical first-year student that spends months carefully crafting an application, Marino scraped hers together around the admissions deadline in 2013.

“I was really lucky that admissions allowed me to come to UBC because I know that’s not the standard application procedure per se.”

Academically, Marino majored in English literature in order to help articulate arguments — perhaps paving the way for a future in law. That being said, she never spent too much time away from sports. An outlier in a family of rowers — her uncle won gold for Canada in 1964 — Marino found herself on the receiving end of recruiting by UBC women’s rowing head coach Craig Pond. So in her first and second years, while also coaching at the UBC Tennis Centre, Marino avoided running into him at all costs not wanting to commit herself to a ‘foreign’ sport.

Pond would outlast her, though. “[Pond] essentially chased after me in the Tennis Centre and stopped me,” Marino recalled. “He asked me to try it out and see how it goes … I thought I would go and be like ‘Ok bye,’ but I found out I really enjoyed it.”

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Eventually worn down, Marino finally gave rowing a serious try and ended up racing in varsity eights in 2015. Ironically, what she had been avoiding at UBC for so long was exactly what she came to university for: a sense of camaraderie.

Individualized sports, such as tennis, often fail in their very nature to bring out the feeling of collective teamwork. Competing in a team sport allowed Marino to dedicate herself to her teammates and lean on them when she needed help.

“You’re working together and it’s not just you. You build each other up and you don’t take the knock-down as hard as if you were alone,” she said.

Life balanced and identity found, Marino put school on hold in 2017 to reignite her professional tennis career after a four-year hiatus.

Throughout her recovery, she credits her family, friends, teammates and Tennis Canada for supporting her journey back to the world stage.

Though she didn’t feel the need to use them, Marino also acknowledged the vast amount of mental health resources available at UBC. Marino plans to play in all four 2019 Grand Slams, most recently competing in the Australian Open in January. After re-introducing herself at the International Tennis Federation, she is currently ranked 204th in the world. In the less immediate future, she’s mostly unsure of what’s to come, operating on a day-at-a-time basis.

One thing is for certain, however: she wants to graduate with her degree soon.

At any rate, she won’t allow herself to get sucked into the hardships of a professional sports schedule again. She’s learned her lesson and spends a healthy amount of time off the court to balance the commitment.

“Just having hobbies outside of your sport gives something for yourself,” Marino advised future athletes. “... also having friends outside of your sport helps.” U

The UBC men’s basketball team returns home from the U Sports Final 8 the fifth best team in the country. After a devastating firstround loss to the Dalhousie Tigers, the tournament’s Halifax host, the ’Birds closed out their season with back-to-back victories to pick up the consolation final win on March 10. Despite finishing the event on the losing side of the bracket, this is anything but a lost season for the team.

The Thunderbirds entered this season effectively a brand-new team — one that was missing the majority of their starting rotation following a stellar grad class at the end of spring 2018.

With such a young roster, the starting lineup by the midpoint of the season had just one member that had been with the team for more than a year — now-graduating senior Patrick Simon.

Alongside him were a pair of sophomores — Grant Shephard and Mason Bourcier — and a pair of former NCAA Division I players in Jadon Cohee and Manroop Clair.

Defying all expectations, this UBC squad posted a stellar regular season, finishing with a 17-3 record in Canada West. Though they entered the post-season third in Canada West, they downed the Alberta Golden Bears in the Canada West semifinal to secure a berth at nationals.

Despite their success in the conference, there was a sense that UBC wasn’t prepared to play at a national level.

“I think a lot of people [are] sleeping [on] us, a lot of people didn’t expect us to make nationals,” fourth-year guard Cohee had said prior to the team’s trip to the Final 8. “So, I’m excited to just go there and kind of prove people wrong and show them what we can do.”

The pressure of the underdog status, combined with the foreign environment and brutal Dalhousie crowd made for a challenging opening round game at nationals for the T-Birds. The loss to the Tigers was made all the more heartbreaking in a close match-up where the team knew they weren’t playing their best basketball.

The team played tight and missed their opportunities, letting a very winnable game slip away. It was a forgettable performance, and

one that easily could have paved the way for an early departure from the tournament.

But the team took the floor for the consolation semifinal looking much more relaxed, and much improved — with eyes set on finishing the tournament with a pair of wins instead of a premature exit.

Every moment they got to play was also invaluable to the development of their young core, and they weren’t about to give that up. The team knew that championship-calibre dynasties don’t materialize overnight.

“You look at the teams that have moved on here, they’re all teams that have been here multiple years,” UBC head coach Kevin Hanson said of the Final 8 tournament. “The players really have to have that experience for sure.”

Of the eight teams to reach the tournament, only UBC and Concordia were without a trip to the Final 8 over the past two seasons, as each of the other six teams have been regular contenders on a national level.

Concordia, in their first visit to nationals since the 2011/12 season, fared far worse than UBC, losing both of their games by double digits.

For the Thunderbirds, finishing the year the undisputed fifthranked team in the country should be taken as a victory. They closed out the year with two resounding victories on nationals hardwood and are a better team for their efforts. Much of the core returns next year, with experience under their belt and looking to build upon what is their first of many years together.

For now, the team will turn their attention inward, as the season winds to a close.

“We were all embraced, arm in arm,” Hanson said of the team’s final post-game locker room talk, following the national consolation final. “Our thing all year was being family, and it really was a family.”

With the departure of Simon, the team loses a cornerstone of their roster that has been a reliable piece of their puzzle for multiple years now, and the roster’s five rookies will have to say goodbye to a graduating senior for the first time. But despite the bittersweet moment, Hanson and the team know that the future is in good hands.

“You know, it’s a passing of the torch, these younger guys now have a chance to be leaders.” U — With files from Lucy Fox

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Weekend Rundown: Gold medals for volleyball, sweeps for baseball and split series for softball Lucy Fox Sports Editor

To say this weekend’s varsity sports were exciting is an understatement.

We won medals. We had home runs galore. Pitchers were on their games. In the first weekend of real spring weather here in Vancouver, our teams had more to cheer about than the added sunshine.

Road to Gold

In other news Double-split for softball Out at Softball City in Surrey this weekend, UBC softball split both their Friday and Saturday series against Eastern Oregon University.

A highlight across their four games was a home run by Cassa Courtney. Courtney claimed three runs that day along with teammate Emily Chorpita in their 14-5 Friday win. Kaia Gyorfi also had a strong pitching performance in Saturday’s 5-1 opening win. It was Gyorfi’s first collegiate victory, as she threw a complete-game three-hitter.

UBC has claimed another national title. Following the winning ways of UBC swimming, who claimed both national titles in midFebruary here at the UBC Aquatic Centre, women’s volleyball won The home run flurry the U Sports championship in Edmonton on Sunday with a 3-2 Out on the road, UBC baseball national final win over the Ryerson started their weekend on a high with Rams. Perhaps the biggest upset five home runs and all 10 runs scored of the weekend though was their in the first two innings of their 10-0 3-2 dismantling of the first-ranked opening win. Homers came from the Trinity Western Spartans in their hands of Ty Penner, Jaxon Valcke, opening quarterfinal on Friday — a Jordan Dray, Austen Butler and crazy turn of events considering the Nolan Weger. Oregon’s efforts at a T-Birds went into the tournament in comeback were muted due to the Information and opportunities for input on the eighth (and final) spot. outstanding pitching of UBC’s Niall improvements to Walter Gage Road We’ll let you read our recaps Windeler, who once again had a between Wesbrook Mall and East Mall will also for further details, but needless to stellar game with seven strike outsbe provided. say it was an incredibly impressive and only two hits allowed.

Can’t attend person? weekend for a team that was It was the start to in a productive Onlineweekend feedback the Pacific Residences will be relatively quiet throughout the foron the Thunderbirds, as accepted until March 5, 2019.

To learn more or to regular season and had to make they swept Oregon with three more comment on this project, please visit: adjustments to their roster following wins: 13-8, 6-4 and 4-3. planning.ubc.ca/vancouver/projects-consultations the departure of last year’s captain Of the weekend’s games, Sunday’s and middle Alessandra Gentile. final match was perhaps the most Star outside hitter Kiera Van exciting for the ’Birds as it saw Ryk was also named the U Sports Valcke hit a two-run home run women’s volleyball Athlete of which came at the top of the ninth the Year the evening prior to the to bring UBC past Oregon for the courtesy Don Voaklander/University of Alberta Golden Bears tournament’s start. narrow 4-3 win. U (Left to right) UBC’s Siobhan Finan, Anna Price, Ciara Hanly and Courtney Hillier stand together pre-national final for women’s volleyball.

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DP 19006 Arts Student Centre 2 DP 19007 Bosque Enhancement Design 1

Join us on Tuesday, April 2 to view and comment on a new Arts Student Centre (ASC) to serve the Arts Undergraduate Society to be located in the 1900 Block of East Mall and Bosque Enhancement Design underway for improvements to the Bosque (adjacent stand of trees).

Date: Tuesday, April 2, 2019 Time: 11:30am - 1:30pm Place: Concourse, UBC Life Building, 6138 Student Union Blvd.

Plans will be displayed for: 1. Arts Student Centre (ASC), a 912m2 multi-purpose facility to support learning, social-interaction, and collaboration for Faculty of Arts students. Construction of the ASC will require the removal of 8 trees in the Bosque.

For further information: Please contact: Karen Russell Manager, Development Services karen.russell@ubc.ca 604-822-1586

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Volleyball (W)

UBC

3-2

Trinity Western

Softball

UBC

14-5

Eastern Oregon

Softball

UBC

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Eastern Oregon

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Saturday, March 16 Volleyball (W)

UBC

3-1

Dalhousie

2. Bosque Enhancement Design to improve the ecological health and usability of the bosque.

Softball

UBC

5-1

Eastern Oregon

Representatives from the project teams and Campus and Community Planning will be on hand to discuss and answer questions about these projects.

Baseball

Oregon Tech

0-10

UBC

Softball

UBC

8-12

Eastern Oregon

This event is wheelchair accessible.

Rugby (M)

UBC

67-12

Capilano RFC

Baseball

Oregon Tech

8-13

UBC

Volleyball (W)

UBC

3-2

Ryerson

Baseball

Oregon Tech

4-6

UBC

Baseball

Oregon Tech

3-4

UBC

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