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In his years as Speaker of AMS Council, Abdulrahman Alnaar has seen it all. “When we had the [Boycott, Divestmest and Sanctions (BDS)] referendum … we had really polarizing opinions,” said Alnaar, a UBC Okanagan (UBCO) graduate and current higher education advisor in UBC’s faculty of science. “You have folks who are protesting at the meeting at the very back while you have 18- to 20 yearolds trying to decide whether this referendum was something to get behind or not.” But whether it’s BDS, the now-reversed proposed cuts to the Sexual Assault Support Centre or historic tuition increases, Alnaar has always kept his cool in the chair. Now, as he prepares to move onto a new role as the society’s senior student services manager, Alnaar reflects on a legacy of being what he calls the AMS’s “referee”: principled, fair and universally respected.
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Alnaar didn’t have the easiest start at UBC. When applying to universities from the Kingdom of Bahrain, Alnaar coped with both financial constraints and an extensive visa delay that forced him to start his first term at UBCO a full three weeks after school started. “It was hard to navigate school when you haven’t had the opportunity to do Jump Start or take part in orientations,” said Alnaar. “Everyone in residence was already fully integrated so it was hard for me in the very beginning.” But it was this stunted start that made him a more engaged campus member, feeling like he had to catch up. Along with volunteering for different initiatives and working for Residence Life, Alnaar quickly became a leading figure in university governance at the UBC Students’ Union Okanagan (UBCSUO), where he advocated to bring locally-focused change to a student government occupied by an entrenched slate of executives.
Since then, he has worked in student governance at the local, provincial and federal level. It wasn’t always easy though. Alnaar said he struggled with his mental health at times — a trial that he hopes to turn into motivation as he takes over overseeing services like AMS Vice and Speakeasy. “I remember when I was 19 or 20 years old, going through five courses a week, while working part time, there were times where I was depressed,” he said. “If I did not have the health and counselling services back at UBCO, I wouldn’t be where I am today.” While mental health advocacy isn’t the only part of Alnaar’s new portfolio, he said he hopes the AMS will continue to play a central role as the university reimagines its mental health support services. “But how do we do a strategic plan in terms of looking at what do students need right now and how do we meet those demands,” said Alnaar.
SpeaKer Of tHe HOuSe Alnaar’s first stint as Speaker actually started at UBCSUO, despite being elected that year as a director. There had been a lot of turnover — particularly the role of meeting chair — so other councillors asked him to fill the seat because of his “knack for parliamentary procedure.” Coming to UBC after losing a UBCSUO election, he would be asked again to be Speaker for the Graduate Student Society before joining the AMS. Alnaar attributed his success as a moderator to his enthusiasm for something almost no one else is enthusiastic about: the nuances of parliamentary procedure. “... I love watching what is actually happening on the floor of the [US] House [of Representatives on CSPAN] just as a way for people to engage with each other and be respectful — sometimes they’re not, obviously,” he said. While councillors, students and journalists alike might see Robert’s Rules — the code of parliamentary procedure that AMS Council follows — as formalities, Alnaar believes they’re the crux of finding common understanding.
“I love being the referee and letting opposing views have their time and creating that space for minority opinions to still be present in the room,” he said. “... Student government to me has always been about engaging students in a space that can be seen as fairly apathetic — but these are engaged students who do want to effect change for the larger student population.” Ultimately, Alnaar believes that being a good Speaker is not just about knowing codes, but also understanding “how to read the room.” “At the end of the day, it’s perhaps not being too strict on the rules, but having that balance of having fun, knowing how to read the room, looking out for folks who want to say something, and encouraging them to speak their point,” he said.
“i LOVe WHat i DO” Looking forward into his new role, Alnaar hopes to continue engaging both executives as well as on-the-ground staff and students — something he has been doing throughout his time as a UBCSUO director and speaker for various societies. “Apathy is not just about voting in elections,” he said. “I always remind myself how many clubs the AMS has and how our students are engaging with the AMS. It may not be through Council, but it may be through their smaller communities. “For a big campus … we should be able to foster those smaller communities to thrive.” And while he didn’t expect to stay involved with student government for this long — he “had other plans” to work in politics — Alnaar is loving what he’s doing. “My work experiences through Residence Life, through recruitment and being a student ambassador, then student government all led to me engaging students and I do love that opportunity to work with students through their issues, but also work with students who want to get more engaged,” he said. “I love what I do.” U
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Provincial mandate letter tells UBC to take ‘balanced approach to international education’
The headpiece spins to generate electricity.
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AMS to install wind-powered ‘charging centre’ outside Nest Henry Anderson Contributor
The AMS is installing a windpowered “charging centre” between the Nest and the Robert H. Lee Alumni Centre to demonstrate the possibilities of renewable energy. The ‘U’ Square Mobile will take advantage of the wind corridor created by the surrounding buildings to generate electricity and power for either a phonecharging station or an LED flatscreen information board. The sculpture is based on the mobiles of Alexander Calder, an influential abstract sculptor from the early 20th century. The idea originated from the AMS sustainability team, who then brought it to SEEDS, a program that works on over 100 projects each year to promote sustainability on campus. They also partnered with engineering capstone teams on projects to offer undergraduate students the opportunity to work on real-world problems and give back to UBC. “After three or four years of studying mechanical engineering and specializing in electronics, I finally have the chance to apply it. It shows, as a student in the university, what I have learned,” said Zhuheng Charles Cai, a mechanical engineering student working on the project this semester. The capstone teams are currently working to perfect the headpiece, the part of the sculpture that will spin to generate electricity. AMS designer Michael Kingsmill, who presented the project at the October 10 AMS Council meeting, said that the headpiece may currently cause it to lose some of its generational capacity. “What we have is a frictional loss through the gear train, and so we’re working on that to improve the efficiency of it,” he said. Compounding the issue is the inconsistency of wind speeds in the space between the buildings. Oftentimes the wind won’t be strong enough to generate usable power. “A lot of our problems stem from there not being enough wind, but there are going to be days
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when there’s too much wind. You don’t want anything going wrong,” said Lauren Anderson, another engineering student working on the project. For these reasons, the team has considered changing the sculpture’s purpose away from its original goal of charging phones. “Who wants to be standing out in the rain with their phone connected to a sculpture?” asked Anderson. Instead they’re thinking of using the energy to power a screen that will display information and statistics on how the sculpture works or even report the weather.
Safety first Some of the major concerns around the sculpture are safety and security. To accommodate high wind speeds, the turbine will have a braking mechanism that will keep the headpiece from spinning too rapidly or erratically. The sculpture will also be 15 feet tall to make it impossible to climb the piece.
The mobile illustrated for scale.
“One of the things about this piece is there can’t be any sort of opportunities for people to cling to and kind of hang off it. So we decided to streamline it,” said Kingsmill. “It’s right in front of the Pit right? So Wednesday nights in the evening ... there’s some unaccountable things that we have to try and account for. That is one of the main reasons why it is so tall: safety,” said Andrew Clayton, whose capstone team worked on the project throughout the 2017/18 academic year. The ‘U’ Square Mobile will cost slightly under $30,000, and it will be funded by the Sustainability Projects Fund and the AMS. Construction will begin in January, with a goal of completion by the end of February 2019. “I think it’s a good example of what a group of students can do to change the campus as part of their learning and give back to UBC and I really look forward to seeing the kind of conversations that arise,” said David Gill, a program and policy manager at SEEDS. U
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UBC’s international student population has doubled over the past few years.
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Universities across BC are being legally mandated by the province to take a ‘balanced approach’ to international students — and UBC is no exception. Each year, every public BC university gets a list of instructions from the ministry of advanced education, skills and training telling them what they should — or should not — be doing as publicly funded institutions. The government requests this year span from Indigenous integration to mental health services. But one of the most notable parts of the letter is an instruction to “take a balanced approach to international education.” “... In order to support government’s key commitments, I ask that University of British Columbia ... work closely with my Ministry to develop a balanced approach to international education,” wrote Minister of Advanced Education, Skills and Training Melanie Mark. The measures the ministry has requested this year are somewhat vague in contrast to previous years. In all of the previous mandates up to the 2014/15 school year, there have been more quantifiable objectives, being told to “meet or exceed financial targets” and to “deliver on provincial priorities for international education”. As the school with the largest population of international students in the province, UBC’s “balanced approach” will affect thousands of people. The university’s international student population has grown substantially over the past few years, from under 10,000 in 2012 to nearly 20,000 as of the last school year. A ministry spokesperson said that even though the government currently has no annual tuition increase cap for international students, they are still “focused on maintaining British Columbia as one of the leading destinations for international students.”
But some student organizations have pointed out that that is unrealistic unless tuition stops rising. The BC Federation of Students — which represents over 100,000 students in the province, but not UBC Vancouver’s AMS — has been pushing for a tuition cap on international students, noting that it would create “predictability and consistency and stability” for them and maintain the province as an “attractive destination.” BC Federation of Students Chair Aran Armutlu also added that international students currently contribute heavily to the BC economy. The federation is worried that if international tuition rates continue to increase, the shared goal of maintaining the province as an attractive destination for international students would likely be challenging. “In 2015 alone international students in British Columbia added over 3 billion dollars in spending, and that spending created 26,000 jobs that contributed over 1.7 billion dollars to the provincial GDP.” wrote Armutlu in a statement. Pam Ratner, vice-provost and associate VP of enrolment and academic facilities, said that the steadily increasing rate of incoming international students “is expected to remain stable over the next several years” and that efforts are being made to give the “best experience possible” to all students. Some include “an array of bursaries up to full-need,” “shortterm loans for international students encountering an unexpected and significant crisis” and an increased commitment to the Work Learn program. Tuition decreases, however, are not necessarily part of that. “All B.C. public post-secondary institutions were asked to comply with government’s two per cent cap on tuition and mandatory fee increases. This policy does not apply to international students,” wrote a spokesperson from the ministry of advanced education, skills and training. The AMS did not respond to a comment request by press time. U
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Kennedy Stewart edges out Ken Sim to be Vancouver’s new mayor Moving forward
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At the end of Election Day on October 20, Vancouverites elected Kennedy Stewart as the new mayor and brought a wave of Green candidates to city governance. Stewart’s victory makes him the first mayor in decades to be unaffiliated with a political party. The last was Mike Harcourt in 1986. But Stewart is far from being a newcomer to politics. Prior to this mayoral election, he served as an NDP MP for Burnaby-Douglas and Burnaby South ridings between 2011 and 2018. As results rolled in from 133 voting locations, Stewart and Ken Sim of the more conservative Non-Partisan Association (NPA) were neck-and-neck — but Stewart managed to hold the lead for most of the night. In the end, he received 28.72 per cent of the votes in comparison to Sim’s 28.15 per cent. While Sim initially refused to concede, he sent out a press release congratulating Stewart on his election Monday afternoon. The official results will be finalized on October 24. Independent candidate Shauna Sylvester was in third place with 20.49 per cent of the votes. Coalition Vancouver’s Wai Young and Yes Vancouver’s Hector
Besides Stewart, the big winners of the elections are the Greens.
Bremner trailed far behind in fourth and fifth place, with 6.85 per cent and 5.73 per cent respectively. But the big winners of the elections were the Greens. They dominated the Park Board race, with incumbent Chair Stuart Mackinnon as well as newcomers Camil Dumont and Dave Demers leading the pack in terms of votes. Two NPA candidates, John Coupar and Tricia Barker, as well as John Irwin and Gwen Giesbrecht from the Coalition of Progressive
Electors (COPE) took the remaining four commissioner seats. For City Council, the NPA’s five elected candidates — Melissa De Genova, Colleen Hardwick, Lisa Dominato, Rebecca Bligh and Sarah Kirby-Yung — are rounded out by three Greens: Adriane Carr, Pete Fry and Michael Wiebe. Longtime homelessness activist Jean Swanson of COPE and OneCity’s Christine Boyle also won seats. The Greens and the NPA then tied with three elected candidates
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each for School Board trustees, an election that was also open to residents living west of Blanca. They include Janet Fraser, Estrellita Gonzalez and Lois ChanPedley from the Green Party, and Oliver Hansen, Fraser Ballantyne and Carmen Cho from the NPA. OneCity’s Jennifer Reddy, COPE’s Barb Parrott and Vision Vancouver’s Allan Wong split the remaining three seats. Notably, Wong’s election saved the incumbent party from a complete wipe out.
Stewart’s election marks the end of a tense election cycle, centred largely on the housing crisis. While his housing policies largely mirror incumbent Gregor Robertson’s 10-year housing plan, Stewart also plans to add 13,000 more units. It also raises important questions about the future of the Broadway subway extension to UBC in question. Stewart told The Ubyssey last month that he supported extending the subway — but he was not necessarily in favour of starting right away, and had additional reservations about making the project happen. While most Vancouverites support the extension of the subway to UBC, funding has yet to be secured to expand the line beyond Arbutus Street. “No SkyTrain or transit line would ever get built without provincial or federal support,” Stewart said. “I am very reluctant to stand up and promise to deliver a SkyTrain to UBC because it would basically bankrupt the city if we did it on our own. And that’s the position that all candidates are in regardless of their promises.” The new mayor-elect and councillors will take office in November. U
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UBC to build 1,600 student beds and mixed-used spaces in north side of campus
“We have new residences coming online every year except 2020.”
Andrew Sandfort-Marchese Contributor
Community members in the northeast corner of campus will see more ubiquitous construction fences in the near future. The UBC Board of Governors has given its first round of approval to the development of Brock Commons Phase 2 and
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Pacific Commons, which was temporarily called the Walter Gage Infill Site. Because they are commons spaces, these developments will add 1,600 new student beds and create new mixed-use spaces for services, studying and recreation. “[We’re] not just building an independent private residence, we’re building commons that
allow for the entire community to use services at the ground [level] and to make connections across buildings,” said interim VP Students Andrew Parr. Following the 2017 opening of the 404-bed Brock Commons Phase 1 — also known as the Tallwood House — Brock Commons Phase 2 will add approximately 600 new beds in the form of mostly four-bed quads and studios for year-round students. The project will also house arts academic advising, experiential learning suites for the Allard School of Law, an integrated Student Wellness Centre and multi-faith spaces, among others. “We actually had a vision contained within the vicepresident’s portfolio to create a precinct of student services to start at the north end of Brock Commons, and work all the way south ... to the UBC Life Building and into the AMS Nest,” Parr said. Because of the inclusion of these services, the project will receive $15.06 million from the faculty of arts, $1.73 million from the Allard School of Law and $37.08 from the central university budget. The majority of the funding — or $109.28 million — will still come from Student Housing and Hospitality Services, bringing the project’s total cost to $163.2 million. The construction for Brock Commons Phase 2 is expected to start in March 2020 and be completed by September 2022. The Gage Towers area will also be receiving a make-over with Pacific Commons, which is to be constructed on top of
the space currently occupied by student parking. The project will add 1,000 new beds for winter session students. Parr cited Totem Park as a model for Pacific Commons. Along with services more oriented toward residential life, there will be a common use lobby equipped with various amenities for the public. There will also be an underground parking with 240 parking spaces to replace the spots that were lost to the project’s development, but he acknowledged that the administration has a “goal of reducing car use” and promoting alternative transportation. “I think the other important message … is UBC is striving for a reduction in the amount of vehicle traffic coming to campus and hopefully the SkyTrain line will help that,” Parr said. During the June Board meeting, UBC Associate VP of Community and Campus Planning Michael White added that the university is planning for bus lanes south of University Boulevard. When asked if the project could be larger, White said UBC also has to consider concerns about densification from community groups like University Endowment Lands (UEL) residents. When asked about this, Lindsay Byers, a public affairs officer at the ministry of municipal affairs and housing, only said that “UBC is consulting with UEL residents” as the project continues. According to the Board submission, the university is
leaning toward building mainly six-storey towers. The option also includes a 16-storey tower along Wesbrook Mall and a 12-storey tower along Student Union Boulevard, but there would also be “further exploration” about their height. The construction of Pacific Commons is scheduled to start in October 2019 and finish by July 2021. The funding for its expected capital cost of $153.1 million will mostly come from internal borrowing. At the same time, there is also discussion about potentially financing parts of these projects through the creation of a government-business enterprise (GBE), depending on the timing of its development. As a separate trust with the university as its beneficiary, it would let UBC borrow without a provincial cap, allowing it to “build quickly and at lower cost,” according to Parr. UBC is currently working with the Canada Revenue Agency and the provincial government to create a GBE — a project that is amongst the top of Parr’s priorities as interim VP Students. With these developments, Parr believes that UBC is bringing forward “a pretty aggressive growth plan” for student housing. “We have new residences coming online every year except 2020,” he said, adding that there will also be two new residences opening in 2020 at UBC Okanagan. “That’s a pretty aggressive growth plan — a total of over 2,700 beds, between the two campus in the next four years or so.” U
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Alumni-led company brings ‘smart lockers’ UBC accused of obstructing release of to campus in partnership with AMS records linked to human rights complaint
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“From our standpoint, I believe it was the university using the fact that it broke one law to protect it from the fact it broke a second law.”
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UBC’s largest association of professional employees is accusing the university of obstructing the release of information related to a recently filed human rights complaint. Earlier this month, the Administrative Association of Professional Staff (AAPS), which represents 4,500 UBC employees, filed eight human rights complaints against the school and some of its senior staff. Now, AAPS Executive Director Joey Hansen said he believes that the university’s consistent struggles in returning freedom of information (FOI) requests could undermine one of the cases, and that it amounts to obstructionism on the part of UBC. “[UBC] essentially wielded its illegal delays in the FOI like … they were trying to squash the human rights complaint,” said Hansen. FOI requests can be filed by any private individual or organization to obtain records from a public body — with specific exceptions related to things like third-party privacy or another individual’s personal information. Hansen said the AAPS’ two requests were to obtain an employee’s personnel file and to corroborate whether the grounds given for their termination were legitimate before officially filing against the school. Under BC’s Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FIPPA), FOI requests have to be returned within 30 working days. However, UBC has faced a years-long flood of requests that have caused the office’s response time to reach an average of 151 days in 2018. The professional association is alleging that UBC discriminated against six of its members on the basis of disability and pregnancy, including reneging on a promised promotion to an employee after learning she was pregnant. None of the allegations have been proven in court and the cases will not be heard until next year at the earliest.
Because the BC Human Rights Code maintains that a complaint must be filed within six months of a violation, the AAPS had to choose to file without the potentially important information. “Based on our experience with the University Counsel’s Office on this matter, I would describe it as inconceivable that we would receive this information to meet the filing deadline under the code,” said Hansen. Complaints or requests for review about FOI requests can be submitted to the provincial privacy commissioner, who can order institutions to disclose more information. UBC received 31 complaints and requests for review this year. But Hansen pointed out that processing complaints takes time. Even if the request came back before the end of the sixmonth period, it would have been difficult to review the records in time to file a complaint. UBC’s Information and Privacy Counsel Paul Hancock wrote in a statement to The Ubyssey earlier this year that the delay is due to the sheer frequency and complexity of requests it receives, noting the office has tripled its staff since 2013. Under FIPPA, public bodies are allowed to go beyond the 30-day limit if “meeting the time limit would unreasonably interfere with the operations of the public body.” But Hansen said the university uses this provision to justify obstructionist practices. “From our standpoint, I believe it was the university using the fact that it broke one law to protect it from the fact it broke a second law,” said Hansen. “That’s not how the law should work.” Hancock maintained that the office does not discriminate between requests and aims to respond to each request as quickly as possible. “AAPS requests were treated like any other requests, and were handled in sequence with all other requests on a first-come, first-served basis,” wrote Hancock in a statement to The Ubyssey. U
In partnership with the AMS, an alumni-led company is bringing “smart lockers” onto campus to improve the commuter experience. Developed by Hwadong Holdings Incorporated, the locker project is now going through a pilot program until the end of April 2019. Currently, there are 19 locker units on the first floor of the Nest that can be accessed with a code through the company’s app. The lockers allow customers to store items on a short-term basis, as well as use them as convenient locations for selling items like textbooks and receiving packages
from online orders. To store items, it costs $0.25 per hour for the first four hours and $0.50 per hour afterwards. “If you order it here it will never get stolen, you will never have to go to the post office again,” said Seunghwan Son, the company’s CEO and a graduate of the UBC Sauder School of Business. Miguel Testa, a UBC engineering graduate who is behind the company’s tech platform, attributed the idea to the prevalence of smart lockers in Singapore, where Son previously lived. At the same time, they observed that there is a demand for convenient storage space from commuter students. “ … There are a lot of resources for people in residence already,” he said. “Why we chose UBC is that it matters here that commuter students need resources … [and] help [to] get their packages sorted, sell their textbooks, help store their stuff.” AMS VP Administration Chris Hakim agreed with the assessment about commuter students’ need for storage. “The AMS recognizes that there is little storage space on campus for commuter students and we are making the efforts to ensure that commuter students are being accommodated for as well,” he said. According to Son, the service has seen “strong attraction”
already with almost 100 users signing-up despite minimal marketing. The company is also already partnering with some AMS clubs, such as the UBC Boxing Club and Yoga Club. While the pilot project has just been launched, both the AMS and Hwadong are already looking to expand the service. “We’re looking into different ways to make sure this project is even is able to be further accessible as well to all of our UBC students,” said Hakim, adding that the AMS is not aiming to make money from the project. According to him, one potential addition that they are exploring is allowing customers to access the lockers by scanning their UBC cards. For Testa and Son, they aim to better understand the demand at UBC during this pilot project by talking to constituencies and exploring locations around campus. They are also excited about the potential of the service and its technology. “It’s pretty new tech, and again there are so many possibilities surrounding it,” said Testa. “We really believe this is going to be the future of how people interact with stuff in general.” “We see this as the future of delivery,” Son said. U
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SFU, UBC award the Aga Khan honourary degrees at joint ceremony
“It’s especially meaningful that we’re doing it together as SFU and UBC.”
Cassandra Betts Senior Staff Writer
At an unprecedented joint ceremony in downtown Vancouver, UBC and Simon Fraser University (SFU) awarded honourary doctorates of law from both schools to the Aga Khan. The ceremony held on October 19 recognized the 49th hereditary Imam of the Shia Ismaili Muslims for his philanthropic contributions to both schools. “It takes someone of the stature of the Aga Khan to get two universities to figure out how to bring their convocations together,” said SFU President and ViceChancellor Andrew Petter. “The Aga Khan is well known for his commitment to
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reconciliation, but to reconcile two convocation ceremonies is really an accomplishment.” “It’s especially meaningful that we’re doing it together as SFU and UBC,” said UBC President and Vice-Chancellor Santa Ono. “We’re honouring an incredible individual who has given so much to help individuals around the world and to help with education and to make sure that individuals who are less privileged are taken care of.” UBC is currently partnering with the University of Central Asia (UCA) — whose chancellor is the Aga Khan — to create a bachelor of science program in earth and environmental sciences at UCA’s campus in Khorog, Tajikistan. UBC’s faculty of education has also partnered with the Aga Khan
Academies’ Teacher Preparation Programme to provide mentorship to teacher interns in Mombasa, Kenya, who are seeking International Baccalaureate (IB) certification. Aga Khan University President Firoz Rosul called the partnerships a two-way process. “We learn from the universities in Vancouver and Canada, but also their faculty and students visit us, work with us, do research with us and bring their ideas back to Canada,” said Rosul. “Asia and Africa in particular are where the central gravity of the world is moving — and those populations are not only growing but also they’re innovating, they’re coming up with new ideas in resource-limited settings which I think others can learn from as well.” The convocation reflected the unique nature of the partnerships being celebrated. SFU’s pipe band led the processional and students from both universities partnered to perform a dance and music presentation. Members of the Musqueam First Nations community opened the ceremony with a traditional welcome and an acknowledgement that the event took place on their traditional, ancestral and unceded territory. BC Premier John Horgan was also in attendance. The ceremony concluded with more collaboration: combining the traditional academic dress of UBC and SFU, Petter presented the Aga Khan with an SFU robe and Ono provided a UBC hood. U
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Guo Pei uses couture as a tactile imaginative art form at the Vancouver Art Gallery Laura Palombi Contributor
For the first time in its history, the Vancouver Art Gallery is presenting an exhibit dedicated to art and fashion — and boy, are they premiering with a bang. Guo Pei has been an haute couture designer for over 10 years. Her work focuses on embracing traditional Chinese embroidery and displaying it on a grand scale with lavish and opulent designs. She gained notoriety when Rihanna donned the iconic yellow gown Guo designed to the 2015 Met Gala, which is one of the many pieces on display in this exhibit. The media tour featured a conversation with fashion journalist Bronwyn Cosgrave and Guo. Guo is extremely dedicated to her craft and explained that displaying her work on exhibit would achieve her vision of a lasting impact. “The life of fashion is brief,” Guo said, “but in museums, people can appreciate the work of a designer even after 100 years.” UBC global fashion historian Dr. Tara Mayer commented on the exhibit, claiming that Guo’s work goes beyond the general appeal of fashion. “Fashion exhibits tend to be highly popular and with a large Chinese community in Vancouver, there is definitely a market for that,” Mayer said.
“When you are able to see my work up close in a quiet setting, you get to know my world.”
“But the appeal of Guo’s work spans far beyond the Chinese community. Her work has a broad appeal as a tactile imaginative art form. Couture is one of the high art forms where design and craft really come together.” Behind all the glitz and glamour, Guo is really looking to convey her emotions and “express her heart” in her work. “Runways are amazing because you have set designs with lights and music but when you are able to see
my work up close in a quiet setting you get to know my world, you see the details in the work and to me details are wisdom,” she said. Details indeed — Guo has roughly 300 employees who focus just on the embroidery of her garments. The yellow gown, for example, took 50,000 hours to complete. What sets Guo apart from many designers is not just her dream-like concepts, but her dedication to traditional embroidery techniques. The main inspiration of her work
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Rihanna’s 2015 Met Gala dress.
comes from the Qing Empire, the last imperial dynasty. “In ancient times no one taught a seamstress their talent, they just did it,” she said. “I believe we can learn and even improve ancient techniques.” Despite having followed Guo’s work for a few years now, I did not truly understand the complexity and detail of her craft until I viewed the exhibit for myself. The mix of beads, jewels and embroidery all carefully
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placed on a beautifully designed garment meshing together in harmony blew me away. Being immersed in Guo’s world of design, you truly understand her work is a labour of love. u Guo Pei’s exhibit will be on display at the gallery from October 13 to January 20, 2019. Student tickets for general admission are $18 with valid ID. Visual art majors can receive a $5 student membership for the whole year.
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Hidden Treasures: Arguments, vanity and enduring ingenuity Andrew Sandfort-Marchese Contributor
The Museum of Anthropology (MOA) has over 45,000 objects in its collections, fewer than 10,000 of which are available for the public to view. The overwhelming majority of these are still semi-hidden throughout the nooks, crannies and drawers. Hidden Treasures is a column dedicated to finding some of the best-kept secrets that MOA has to offer.
Kawa Rigit (Orator’s Stool) Located near the doors of the Multiversity Galleries, the Orator’s Stool sculpture catches the eye right away. Known as the Kawa Rigit in the language of the Iatmul people of Papua New Guinea, the carved wooden stools are a traditional form of settling arguments between individuals. The stool itself is never sat upon — rather, the statue that accompanies it is seen as the guardian of the conversation. Whenever someone has a dispute, they can call upon the spirit for support by hitting the seat with a bundle of leaves. As long as they remain, the speaker holds the floor, while officiating elders progressively remove leaves as the argument continues.
Chinese Bronze Mirror Hidden in one of the many gallery drawers, this Han Dynasty mirror might confuse the casual viewer. To a modern individual, the dull black
disk looks nothing like the shiny mirrors we are familiar with in daily life. In ancient times mirrors were prized possessions, expensive objects highly decorated on one side and obsessively polished on the other. One would hold the mirror to the light and catch their reflection on the surface, much like on the back of a spoon. They were often treasured to the point that they are commonly found buried with their owners. This particular mirror has some cool inscriptions and detailed decorations referencing the 12 Chinese zodiac animals in seal script. In the end, this dull little piece of tarnished metal has a peculiar way of reminding us how much can change across history, and how some things — like vanity — stand the test of time.
Haida horn spools and bowls.
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Chinese bronze mirror.
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Haida Horn Spoons and Bowls The art of the BC First Nations is on full display throughout the MOA, and it is easy to miss some of the lesserknown artifacts hidden deeply in the Multiversity Galleries. One of these, the collection of Haida horn spoons, is remarkable in their construction and design. The horns of Mountain (Dall) Sheep were traded to the Haida, who boiled the horns before shaping them in wooden molds. After cooling, the outline and details were carved in with tough horn. The intricate carved handles often depict detailed animal heads representing families and important symbolic qualities. These spoons provide yet another example of the enduring ingenuity of Indigenous artists. U
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Kawa Rigit (Orator’s stool).
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Kealoha covers playgrounds, The feelings of a glacier take the form evolution and colonialism through poetry of abstract music cassandra Betts Senior Staff Writer
Works by Deborah Carruthers, photo by John Williams.
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The world premiere of slippages at the Chan Center on October 5 was sandwiched between performances of Tsang-Houei Hsu’s The Splendid Universe and Gustav Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde (The Song of the Earth). It was between these relatively safe offerings that the experimental piece offered a unique take on how music can be represented. It brought forth the question of whether context is necessary to understand abstract forms of art. slippages was the result of work between former Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies artist-in-residence Deborah Carruthers and UBC Symphony Orchestra Director Jonathan Girard. Carruthers had been exploring the concept of solastalgia, the distress experienced when an environment changes drastically but those living in it cannot leave. The result of this was 27 paintings on handmade paper that explore another of Carruthers’ passions: glaciers, specifically their ecology and philosophy. With the help of Girard, these works were then developed into a structured improvisational score. The viewer sees a projection of images in the form of a complementary video arranged by Edmonton-based artist Sydney Lancaster, and watches as the orchestra reads directly from a large roll of copies of the 27 glacial paintings, which are occasionally ripped off the roll, balled up and thrown on to the ground.
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Listening to slippages was initially a challenge. After Hsu’s tranquil Chinese folk music, the piece seems unapproachable and disjointed. However, after considering the context of the piece and watching as the orchestral members work through what must be challenging for them to improvise, a more interesting thought emerged: this piece isn’t supposed to be conventionally easy to listen to. At the same time, there is no framework for understanding it. The orchestra reads a score in a form that has never been done, and expresses a feeling (solastalgia) that is presumed to be felt by a glacier. Holes in the canvas mean that portions of the past and present are played at the same time, and it was adventurous ideas like these that allowed the music to make physical sense. When asked about how a casual listener should attempt to approach slippages, Carruthers spoke about the first time she saw a score without traditional musical notation, describing a cellist who played solely based off of streaks of the colour green appearing on a piece of paper. She then offered advice about listening to this style of music. “Don’t overthink it, live the experience. It’s the same thing as when someone is confronted with abstract art and they just stand in front of it and say, ‘What does it mean?’ You need to let it develop its own meaning.” slippages challenges the listener to do this and makes a strong case for creating art in this form. U
Works by Deborah Carruthers, photo by John Williams.
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On October 3, the Chan Centre became the venue for a fun and sometimes intensely emotional slam poetry scene. The first half of the show consisted of performances by mitcholos touchie, Santiago Ureña, Ivan Leonce, Valeen Jules and Anjalica Salomon. After the intermission, Kealoha, Hawaii’s poet laureate, performed pieces that covered a range of subjects from evolution to school yard recess to what it means to be Hawaiian in the 21st century. Before the show, Kealoha promised the audience a poetic journey that takes them through a wide range of emotions and thoughts. “At the very least they’ll be entertained,” he said, “at the very most, they’ll be moved.” The performance was nothing if not entertaining. It was incredible to watch as Kealoha weaved stories not only with his voice but with his body. What could have been a simple poem about connecting with a young boy at the beach by passing a red kickball back and forth was transformed into a magically immersive experience through his body language and stage presence. Kealoha seemed to materialize on different sides of the stage and while speaking of the young boy, he seemed to physically shrink and become a small child. Although it seems like Kealoha was born to occupy the stage, he did not always perform professionally. He first graduated from MIT with a degree in nuclear physics and then moved to San Francisco to be a consultant. He was working 10 to 12 hours a day to, as he put it, “help big corporations make more money.” But this wasn’t what he wanted to do, and he called the decision to pursue poetry as a career one of the single biggest decisions of his life. Even after the radical career change however, Kealoha did not abandon his scientific background. He has written a 90-minute stage play called The Theory of Everything, part of which he performed in Vancouver. “[The play] uses storytelling and poetry, and dance, and music and visual art to tell a creation story of how we got here, starting from big bang all the way up to now,” he explained. “The inspiration for that was one day I was thinking: one day I might have a kid. This kid is going to ask me where we come from. And for me, I don’t have a specific creation story I subscribe to [that] I could tell him or her. So … that afternoon I started to write [about] where we come from, from a scientific lens, because that’s the one thing I do subscribe to.” The excerpt Kealoha performed showed the evolutionary process. He seemed to transform into bacteria, dinosaurs, dolphins and
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While entertaining, Kealoha also achieved his goal of moving audiences.
everything in between as he used his voice and movements to show how we “broke off from the chain” and formed a new species. While entertaining, Kealoha also achieved his goal of moving audiences. Especially with his poem “Hawaiian in the 21st century,” which described his struggle with the colonial legacy in Hawaii, he managed to educate and create an emotional response from audiences. His performance, coupled with the performances of the five openers, took the audience on a journey that was equal parts entertaining and moving. U
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archives UBC Improv showcases comedy, community and flying vegetables LGBTQ provide accessible queer histories
Zak Vescera News Editor
No lecture hall at UBC has ever been this packed. Students are squishing against the stairs, crammed in the corners and splayed out on the floor. The crew squeezing students into the room, God bless their hearts, are doing their best to keep this event moderately fire-safe. The sheer numbers of sweaty 20-somethings in here makes the room about 10 degrees hotter than it should be. But no one seems to mind. After all, this is just part of UBC Improv. Over a bristling two hours on October 12, three improv teams brought the crowd to the brink of tears during their first event of the year — the Back to School special. When I say the brink of tears, I mean the girl behind me was laughing so hard she was almost crying. There are lot of new faces on the teams this year, but you wouldn’t know it from the flow of the show. Even when a bit falls short, another actor jumps in to bring it to the next scene. You feel stupid for laughing at some of these jokes until you realize that everyone else is laughing with you. Movies taught me that college improv shows weren’t like this. I imagined six awkward, untrained theatre students desperately trying to appease a disenchanted crowd of
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even more awkward freshmen. But if the comedy is good, the vibe at these shows is unbelievable. When the club presidents step on stage, there’s a thunderous round of applause. When they acknowledge the event is taking place on the unceded and traditional territories of the Musqueam people, there’s a thunderous round of applause. When they say the name of the first team, there’s a thunderous round of applause. They haven’t even done anything and the
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audience is eating out of the palm of their hand. What gives? The reason why students are willing to squeeze themselves against a stairwell for two hours to watch this show is the same reason why people will happily squish against strangers at the front row of a concert and why Ubyssey editors are prone to writing in the office together until 9 p.m. on a Wednesday. It’s about the community — the feeling that everyone in the room is as excited
to be there as you are. No one ever goes to just one UBC Improv show. One of the highlights of the show came when an audience member chucked a head of romaine lettuce on the stage and the actors immediately began bird-feeding to each other as part of a scene. As hilarious as it was, the best part of the whole thing was when the presidents candidly reminded the crowd to not throw food onstage — and recieved their fourth thunderous round of applause for the night. U
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Ricecake provides queer Asian youth a space to explore intersecting identities
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Rose Butch, Shay Dior and Maiden China.
Elliott Cheung Contributor
As we witness a cultural time period where Asian-Canadians have the opportunity to explore the duality of their identities, queer Asian-Canadian youth also continue to face challenges at the cross-section of racial and sexual identity politics. Enter “Ricecake” — an event series dedicated to queer and trans people of colour (POC) that has exploded recently onto the Vancouver party scene. The night is centred around showcasing local Asian talent, with past events featuring queer female DJs, drag performers and a gogo dancer. Ricecake delivers
an experience of queer public life to the Internet generation, or those who could feel underrepresented in Vancouver’s conventional queer spaces. Van Dang, also known as the performer Shay Dior and the creator of Ricecake, observed that “when [he] moved to Vancouver from Toronto, [he] saw a much denser concentration of Asian-Canadians, from employees to pedestrians to even advertisements.” However, in spaces designated as queer, he noticed a discrepancy. “There weren’t many Asians,” Dang said, “... which left me lacking that sense of belonging or familiarity.”
Beginning at XY in May, the events have spanned multiple venues in the city, moving to the Warehouse at Eastside Studios during Vancouver Pride and most recently to Fortune Sound Club in Chinatown. This is not a permanent venue — Dang and his team are continuing to explore options that help to “promote queer Asian visibility.” As a movement, Ricecake has made “[inspiring] our queer Asian friends and family … to live as their authentic self ” a priority, inviting performers who “serve as an inspiration to queer youths,” such as Ongina, the first Asian contestant on RuPaul’s Drag Race. By moving into Chinatown, they
seek to “combat queer rejection in traditional Asian culture” by claiming a space also historically fraught with racism. “When we announced the venue,” Dang explained, “we were made aware of the concerns some shared around the venue and its relation to gentrification of Vancouver’s Chinatown. We opened ourselves up for discussion by posting a statement explaining how we feel bringing Ricecake to Chinatown will allow us to begin reclaiming our space as a newer generation of queer Asians.” For queer POC youth who are subject to various pressures in the process of exploring their identity, Ricecake intends to cultivate community and convey that “we can belong.” In the future, Dang hopes for the opportunity to collaborate with similar organizations across Canada, making new and greater strides in “generating safe spaces for young queer Asian-Canadians.” A couple of weeks ago, though hampered by rain, my friends and I managed to make it out to the event. The DJs blasted Asian pop hits and classic tracks in equal measure, and the performances, which included one from Dang himself as his drag persona Shay Dior were met with wild cheering and confetti. Even more palpable was the sense of community — not only were we here to have fun, but to participate in something meaningful. U
“It’s almost as if you can reach out and touch the material”
Angela O’Donnell Senior Staff Writer
The UBC library system has acquired a new addition to its archives. “LGBTQ History and Culture Since 1940, Part II” is an archive of primary documents relating to LGBTQ life and history. If you don’t care about these UBC archives, you really should. They’re an excellent resource for your academic life, plus they provide an insight into history through primary sources. Collections and Reference Librarian at Koerner Library Keith Bunnell spoke about the importance of the database, saying that “it’s a part of history that was buried for a long ... time and thanks to people who collected material [like] this, we can look at that.” The database features around 1.5 million documents with everything from newspaper clippings to personal letters, ACT UP photographs to bathhouse ticket stubs. When asked why one should take advantage of a resource like this, Bunnell asked “Why wouldn’t you? ... These are the primary sources ... [and] this is a lot more fun than just reading secondary books. This is the real kind of research that you do.” Co-coordinators for Out on the Shelves, the LGBT2QIA+ library on campus, echoed the excitement in a written statement to The Ubyssey: “We’re very excited about UBC making strides to explicitly include and develop queer resources. Not only is it important to support scholarship and research generally, but focusing specifically on queer history and queer experiences as records of an enduring queer community are essential; having a shared history to investigate, explore, and pass on is especially meaningful in light of all the history in our community which has lost and censored over the years.” Bunnell said his favorite pieces in the archives were the poster collection and the periodicals. “It’s almost as if you can reach out and touch the material ... it really gives that impression.” U LGBTQ History and Culture Since 1940, Part II is available online through the UBC library website.
STILL GETTING PICKED UP AT 100 Tuesday, October 24, 1961 — One of the first of many clashes with the AMS!
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Last Words: Ask Pawan: I’m planning Apologizing on to get drunk for the first behalf of whoever time and I’m nervous defaced the Cairn Pawan Minhas Advice Columnist
“Dear Pawan, I’m going to a Halloween party and it’s gonna be the first time I get drunk ever. My friends know this and they promised to not force me to drink a lot but I’m still worried.”
When you’re new to drinking, it seems like every bottle, glass and shot is filled with a bit of anxiety and a bit of excitement. You’ve seen the most reserved of people become the life of the party, and the most stoic become even more stoic. Alcohol can be fun when it’s used safely, but throwing a bit of peer pressure into the mix can turn things sour very quickly. Here’s a few ways to help quash that peer pressure and keep the night fun, on your terms. First thing, you’ve got to feel the vibe. Within every friend group, there are always one or two people who facilitate the making and downing of drinks according to somewhat arbitrary rules. While they are doing this out of a desire for everyone to have fun, keep in mind that they probably don’t remember how many drinks they’ve had, so they almost definitely haven’t tracked yours. This type of partygoer can be identified through their battle-cry, something akin to “_____, where the [expletive] is your drink?!” which they quickly rectify by pouring you something
Thinking of all the paper wasted, frankly, makes us sick.
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Defacing the Cairn is a rite of passage for many campus groups. The faculty of forestry plants trees around it, promoters paste their event details onto its three faces and UBC Improv proves they can draw with comical doodles over the infamous “E.” Last week, UBC awoke to a papier-maché-covered Cairn. Given how sturdily hundreds of copies of The Ubyssey’s centennial issue were pasted onto the campus icon, whoever did it is probably really, really sorry for the work they created for that poor EUS first-year charged with cleaning it up. When we walked by the Cairn the morning of October 17, the maché had dried solidly and formed an impenetrable shell of journalistic integrity. The blue spray paint that spelled out our logo and “100” was an extremely subtle nod to the 100 years of Ubyssey history that October 17 marked, and it hadn’t faded one bit in the many, many hours since the vandals finished up and celebrated at a westside McDonald’s the evening before. Although, that was also the day cannabis was legalized in Canada, so who’s to say what the vandals were truly celebrating? Even if the engineers haven’t found the Ubyssey “U” — a
strong and watching with glee as you down it. They’ll be satisfied with that, but only for five to ten minutes. If you’re wondering how to combat this, look no further than the next tip. Keeping your drink close to you is a standard rule of thumb for just about any social gathering you’re attending, but it also has a secondary use in letting you maintain a grip on how much you’re drinking. In drinking games or giving toasts, people don’t really care what you drink, so long as you are actually drinking. To keep things controlled, it’s beneficial to keep a low-alcohol drink, like a beer or cider (or even water) for whenever someone calls for a drink in celebration. I once nursed a single, large Somersby can for an entire pre-drinking session hosted by a beloved hype-man and came out of it with nothing more than a polite buzz. If you can’t get any canned alcohols, self-mixed drinks are acceptable alternatives — but be careful with ratios! Finally, the most important bit of advice I’ve got for those who are worried about the peer pressure is also the simplest: use your voice. Too often at university parties do those unaccustomed to drinking or the party environment find themselves seemingly without a say in how the night is going. You want to fit in and have fun, but something equally as
important is keeping yourself safe and staying within your limits. Stay close with your friends, let them know how much you want to drink beforehand and keep an eye out for anything that makes you uncomfortable. When you’re first getting into partying, a strong social web is one of the best things to keep you having fun and staying safe. Try to talk with and get tips from people who have more experience in social gatherings, whether it’s an upperyear, older sibling or one of your rockabilly grandparents. Drinking can be a very scary thing to jump into, but the reality is that partying has a lot of potential in both the positive and negative. You can minimize the latter by getting educated on the dangers and having some trusted folks there to watch your back and share the fun with. Start out small, with lots of your friends around you, all understanding that you’re a bit nervous about drinking. Work your way up, both in number of drinks and size of parties, at a pace that fits how comfortable you think you’ll feel in that situation, based off of what you’ve felt in previous ones. Soon enough you’ll be partying like a pro at whatever venue you feel most welcome in, whether it be a warehouse rave or black-tie gala, and you’ll have your own wisdom to pass off. All it takes is some close friends and a little time. U
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“dingbat,” for those who don’t know — spray-painted under the papers, they should know that whoever is responsible is probably really, really remorseful. The perpetrators, although we don’t know them or their motives, most likely regret that they pretaped rows of old Ubyssey issues together, attached them firmly to the Cairn with copious amounts of packing tape and then pasted on another layer of the centennial issue for good measure. The Okanagan peach cider they were drinking probably doesn’t sit well in their stomachs knowing the ruckus they’ve caused. It must have taken a long time to get all the paper and tape sorted, buy the spray paint, make a dingbat stencil and actually pull this amazing centennial prank off — so even if they’re not sorry, the sleep deprivation will have certainly taught the hooligans who did this a lesson. On top of that, thinking of all the paper wasted, frankly, makes us sick, and it probably makes whoever committed this blatant act of vandalism just as ill. We can’t imagine how wracked with guilt they must be. Whoever they are. Trust us when we say it will take several hours for the glue to dry enough for them to pick it off their hands — we’ve done our research. U
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What your How to productively procrastinate studying for midterms Guevara umbrella choice Matthew Contributor says about you Procrastination has become such
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Tait Gamble Contributor
It’s October in Vancouver and that means rain. For the next few months, the umbrella will become a fixture at UBC. But is there more to the umbrella beyond its practical application of keeping you dry? Here’s a breakdown of what your umbrella says about who you are deep down inside.
The classic umbrella Picture Mary Poppins or an old English businessperson. This umbrella says “I’m mature, sophisticated and appreciate the aesthetic value of old-fashioned things.”
The foldable umbrella This practical umbrella says you’ve got places to go, people to meet and things to see. While, just like this umbrella, you can be finicky at times, at the end of the day you do your job and that’s all that matters.
an ugly word nowadays. You’ve always got to at least look like you’re up to something — no one wants to be that person at a Starbucks without a spreadsheet to go with their cappuccino. Everyone seems to forget, though, that getting stuff done can be exhausting, time-consuming and frankly a little overrated. So as a compromise, and mostly inspired by my own refusal to study, here are some strategies to help you avoid responsibilities in the most responsible ways possible.
Clean. Everything. Cleaning to avoid work is a classic. Every meditation guide will tell you that our minds find it difficult to focus in messy surroundings. In this sense, decluttering is almost like a prerequisite to productivity — an important corollary here being we never have to work so long as we never run out of things to throw away. So bust out the fresh trash bags, organize your closet and wash every dish you can. It’s not procrastination, it’s self-care.
Video essays Imagine the coolest teacher from high school teaching film,
English, science, philosophy and government — blows your mind, right? Luckily, YouTube has tons of channels with enough animated visuals and low-fi hip-hop to go around, so you can at least return to that blank draft with a definitive understanding of the concepts from classical philosophy present in Pokémon Go.
Tetris Let’s round this out with a shocker and work’s perennial opposite — retro video games! Whereas today’s games can be problematic with their uses of micro-transactions and morally questionable operating conditions, Tetris is a simple game with clear rules and clear benefits.
Playing this colourful classic for at least three minutes not only lets you avoid work, but studies have also demonstrated its effectiveness at decreasing the strength of cravings for addictive substances like nicotine, caffeine and alcohol. Not bad for a game most commonly referred to as “practically chess” by Tetris fans in denial all over the world. U
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The transparent umbrella As you peer out from your clear, concave umbrella and easily maneuver the crowded streets around campus, you prove to passers-by that you’re an open book with nothing to hide.
The patterned umbrella Bright red polka dots. Rainbow stripes. A Van Gogh painting or abstract piece. A patterned umbrella is a proud declaration of your individuality, as pattern choice allows you to express anything from your philosophical outlook on life to angsty inner turmoil.
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memory. While these tricks might not work and I don’t recommend experimenting if you’re in a time-crunch, if you’re desperate enough you might as well try them to see if they enrich your studying experience.
lyrics of your new chemistry ballad might help with remembering concepts during the exam — just don’t start singing out loud while writing it unless you want to get kicked out of the exam.
Eat a 10-month-old candy cane
Tattoo your notes on yourself
When I Google-searched “peppermint and memory” I got a lot of results from “reputable sources” stating that peppermint causes the body to increase oxygen saturation in blood, which in turn positively impacts memory function. So try eating a candy cane you had sitting around from last December and see if it makes you remember the plot of The Importance of Being Earnest.
I’m not promoting academic dishonesty and I don’t advise that you wear short sleeves to your exam if you try this one. I’m just saying that maybe having all your notes tattooed on your arms forever will help you remember it in time for your midterm and beyond. When you read it through to check for errors before you give it to the tattoo artist, that’s one reading. When the tattoo artist discusses the material with you after reading it through, that’s a group study session. When you look at the tattoo in the mirror after getting it, that’s just another review. This is probably a horrible idea.
Rewrite all your notes over and over and over
The cheeky smile. The tentative grip on the handle. You know what you’ve done, and so does everyone else cruising down Main Mall. Those with stolen umbrellas send a clear message about their mindsets — in the rainy Pacific Northwest fall, it’s every student for themselves.
No umbrella Though your lack of umbrella may be partially due to laziness, forgetfulness or failure to check the weather app, no one knows that when they see you. Despite being more damp than the rest of us, when you brave the rain without an umbrella, you send a clear message that you are an individual with great substance, grit and courage. U
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It’s not procrastination, it’s self-care.
If you’re desperate enough, you might as well try.
Sammy Smart Staff Writer
With midterms coming up, a lot of students will be desperately trying to find last-minute ways to
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study effectively. Some might be wondering how to absorb half a course in a single night, and while I certainly don’t recommend that, there are ways people try to commit more information to
The physical act of writing on paper seems to improve comprehension because paper allows for more personalization of the material. So, try rewriting all your notes. Then do it again. And again. In Grade 8, I memorized regular French verb conjugations by writing them over and over until my hand hurt. Try it.
Sing the material Reading aloud helps with comprehension. Take it to another level by singing it. Remembering the melody and
Go off the grid There are a ton of apps out there to block certain websites or restrict phone usage when you want to study. Take it to a new level by leaving all your technology at home, taking your textbook into a forest and studying there. You will be forced to either study or take in the nature around you. I don’t recommend this one if you actually enjoy being outside. U
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The top campus date spots to ‘fall’ in love this cuffing season So, whether you are into their adventurous flavours or keep it vanilla, Rain or Shine is the perfect place to share a scoop — or five — with someone special.
Get psychological Go the unusual route and participate in one of several psychology studies conducted at UBC to get to know others — and yourself — on a whole other level. Afterwards, if the date goes well, use the revenue to grab a coffee. If it doesn’t, at least you made 10 bucks and now know why you have a deep fear of intimacy.
Wreck Beach Who said beaches are just for the summer? Bring a blanket and cuddle up to watch the sunset, before climbing the 500 steps stupidly fast to prove just how fit you are. But remember, Wreck Beach is clothing optional, so keep your eyes on your date. Cold weather does not stop the nudists.
Tacomio Cuffing season has arrived.
Nina Mjaset Contributor
With Starbucks bringing out its seasonal drinks and Instagramworthy foliage distracting from even the heaviest of construction,
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it is evident that fall has hit UBC campus. However, the return of everything pumpkin-spiced doesn’t just signal the beginning of excessive flannel-wear. Wander through Main Mall these days and you can undoubtedly pick up on the
disturbing blend of rain and sexual frustration lingering in the crisp air. Cuffing season has arrived. So, slip on your rain boots, bring a date to one of the following campus spots and maybe you will end up with a special someone
to make the cold, dark months ahead a little less dreadful.
Rain or Shine Ice Cream As their name suggests, frozen treats are a staple year-round.
Want to impress your beau, but don’t possess the level of physical fitness required for Wreck Beach? Visit Tacomio on University Boulevard, indulge in Mexican street food and douse your taco in a ridiculous amount of their signature hot sauce. Hopefully much more than your mouth will be on fire. U
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Bon Appécheap: Butternut squash soup to cure your midterm blues Early-fall Butternut Squash Soup A delicious and hearty butternut squash soup — are you ready to squash those midterms? 1 large squash 3-4 carrots, diced 1 medium onion, diced 4 cloves garlic, minced 1 inch ginger, minced 3 tablespoons olive oil 1 litre vegetable stock 1 teaspoon cumin salt and pepper to taste
Eating healthy is an important part of being a student.
Steffani Grondin Contributor
It’s October — rain is pouring, midterms are here and Halloween parties are running rampant. You may already be feeling run-down from a September of toga parties, late nights and eating more Domino’s than one would ever be proud of admitting. And that’s okay — university is a time to take
risks and learn how to develop a lifestyle that suits you, and one of the most important parts of developing a healthy lifestyle is having a healthy diet. Eating healthy is an important part of being a student. Science shows that eating healthy can not only boost our overall mood — much needed in the constant grey that is Vancouver — but potentially help us perform better
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in school, too. If eating healthy is as important as people say it is, then why does it feel so hard? Between classes, club meetings and the commute to school, it seems that there is often no time to put together a cheap, easy and healthy meal. Throughout my time at UBC, I have developed some quick, easy and healthy recipes that will help you conquer many of the wild
curveballs UBC may throw you. These recipes won’t replace your late night McDonalds’s craving or prevent you from contracting whatever the sneezing person beside you in lecture has, but they just might give you the energy and warmth you need to persevere through the semester — even after eating a pint of ice cream because yes, that math exam was really that devastating.
Preheat your oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit. Cut the squash lengthwise, remove the seeds and drizzle with olive oil. Sprinkle salt and pepper over the squash, and place face down on a baking tray and put into the oven. Roast until tender with a fork (about 45 minutes). While the squash is roasting, heat olive oil in a large pot and add diced onion. Cook until translucent (about five minutes) and add in the carrots. After five more minutes, add the garlic, ginger and cumin, and cook until aromatic. Add the vegetable stock to the pot and bring to a boil. Once the squash is done, remove the peel and add to the pot, cooking for ten more minutes. To purée the soup, you can use an immersion blender, magic bullet, baby bullet, or whatever you have. Purée until smooth and your soup is done. Enjoy! U
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The tool assesses the cost-effectiveness of different management options.
Imagine that you are a policy-maker pressed to decide how you should best employ your government’s limited resources to save endangered species. Where should you direct your energy? Which species should you save and how? And which species do you let go? A new tool developed by UBC researchers and the Commonwealth Science Industrial Research Organization can now help answer those questions. Aptly called “Priority Threat Management,” the new tool is a mathematical equation that helps NGOs, governments and environmental agencies prioritize competing conservation goals and make the best decisions possible. “Essentially, it’s a tool that enables us to determine the cost-effectiveness of different management strategies for saving biodiversity,” said Dr. Tara Martin, a professor in UBC’s faculty of forestry and the lead author of a case study that assessed the tool’s use in Saskatchewan. “It allows us to answer questions such as how much would it cost to save all of Canada’s species at risk and which management actions would save the most species per dollar invested.” By considering aspects relevant to conservation efforts — like the cost, feasibility and benefits of management strategies — the tool can also determine the likelihood that management actions will successfully recover a species at risk. It can also determine which species cannot be saved regardless of the management strategy. Martin emphasized that the tool is meant to measure a species’ probability of persistence — its likelihood of forming thriving, self-sustaining populations — into the future. In 2018, partnership with Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), Martin and other UBC researchers applied the tool in Canada for the first time. They focused on 15 species in a region of Saskatchewan called South of the Divide, 13 of which were listed under the Canada Species at Risk Act. In 2017, ECCC’s multi-species action plan recommended 18 general management strategies and over 200 actions for species conservation. By applying the tool,
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New decision-making framework identifies the best uses for scarce conservation resources
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A Nobel legacy: Michael Smith was a trailblazing researcher and champion of science literacy
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the researchers helped agencies decide how to best use their limited resources to save the greatest number of species. If little to no species management was applied, the researchers found only 2 of the 15 species would achieve their recovery goals, However, if 5 of the 18 strategies were implemented, that number would jump to 13 of 15 species. The two remaining species, the burrowing owl and black-footed ferret, would not reach their recovery goals with the resources currently available. Martin noted that the tool’s data comes from various sources. Much of the conservation literature includes what Martin called “train wrecks,” or the impact of different land uses and the exploitation of biodiversity. There has been less information published on the effectiveness of certain management strategies, knowledge about ecology and threats to species. Knowledge from Indigenous communities, however, has helped fill many of these gaps. “We’ve spent a lot less effort in documenting and identifying what management actions we can take to mitigate those threats, and so in order to populate these models, we need to talk to people, we need to talk to experts,” said Martin, “and a lot of those experts are Indigenous peoples who’ve been … working [and] living with these endangered species in their territories for millennia.” A future consideration for the tool is incorporating cultural or social values towards different species into the equation. Since people do not value all species equally, Martin explained that the tool could be adapted to quantify the cultural value or phylogenetic uniqueness — the genetic distinctness — of different species. Martin also does not plan to stop at Saskatchewan. The tool has been applied in parts of New Zealand and Australia, and there have also been four case studies conducted in Canada so far. “So in terms of scope, we are continuing to develop the method and test it in different regions, not only in Canada, but different regions around the world,” Martin said. “The more we can test it in different jurisdictions, the more … robust this tool becomes.” U
The symposium began with a pannel presentation on Smith’s life and career.
Micah Killjoy Contributor
October 1 marked 25 years since Michael Smith won the Nobel Prize in chemistry for his work at UBC. Smith, who passed away in 2000, is most well-know for his research in gene manipulation, which represented the first time biochemists were able to pinpoint and change specific genes in DNA. Smith was born in Britain and came to Canada for a post-doctoral fellowship at the BC Research Council. There, he was mentored by Nobel Prize-winner Har Gobind Khorana before becoming an associate professor in UBC’s department of biochemistry. After a stint working with two-time Nobel Prize-winner Fred Sanger in England, he returned to UBC as a world leader in molecular biology. He then went on to publish the paper that eventually won him the 1993 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Before his discovery, there was little way to alter specific genes outside of selective breeding. Scientists would experiment with gene mutations by bombarding DNA with radiation — and while this got results, it wasn’t effective at altering specific traits. Smith’s work opened the field of gene therapy and led to the identification of genes associated with cystic fibrosis, sickle-cell anemia and hemophilia, among others. Smith’s legacy was highlighted at an event for the 25th
anniversary of his Nobel Prize win on the morning of Monday, October 1. Several hundred people gathered on the second floor of the Nest for a symposium featuring Smith’s life story and lectures from leaders in biochemistry. The following day, dozens of high school students also participated in lectures and lab experiments at the Michael Smith Labs. At the symposium, people buzzed about the presence of Fen Zhang, a biochemist celebrity who even the unscientific among us have heard of for his paper on CRISPR — a discovery in gene manipulation that furthered the field Michael Smith initially explored. Former colleagues then shared stories about how Smith used his name to recruit highprofile scientists, his laid-back personality, how he carried his shiny new Nobel Prize medal in a plastic bag that he then lost and found. Many of the audience members conducted research in labs that he aided through the prestige associated with his name. But Smith was not just occupied with research. Smith saw the science world as a place that should be welcoming for everyone. This value informed his greater vision: a scientifically literate society in BC whose science education went from grade school through college and beyond. He wanted students to learn the hard facts and understand the culture of science, advocating for young people to experience
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science in actual labs and get a taste for the community they could one day join. “He was a really good guy. I don’t think it’s an accident that he’s iconic in BC,” said David Ng, the associate director of the Michael Smith Laboratories. “He felt it very important that there should be an arm of this lab that deals with education, science communication, science literacy.” Ng also thinks Smith created his position — untethered to any department — on purpose. It allows him the freedom to work on all the aspects of public education, from coordinating field trips, to designing curricula, to working on Pokémon-style card games about biodiversity, to educating priests about stem cell research, to organizing STEM camps for girls. “He became a huge spokesperson for science in the local context once he got his Nobel Prize,” said Ng. Smith then donated all his Nobel Prize winnings to schizophrenia research, Science World BC and the Society for Canadian Women in Science and Technology. He also used his name to bring leading researchers to campus and advocate for building up the BC sciences infrastructure, including founding UBC’s Biotechnology Laboratory now named the Michael Smith Laboratories. “We want to highlight the fact that ... there has been some amazing science and we’re excited for the next 25 years,” Ng said. U
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Changing of the guard: Championship run comes to an end for new-look women’s field hockey in heartbreaking fashion ryan Neale & Lucy fox Senior Staff Writer & Sports Editor
It’s Saturday afternoon and cheers are erupting from Wright Field, home of the UBC Thunderbirds women’s field hockey team. It isn’t UBC’s fans, though, who are cheering — it’s the Calgary Dinos’ who are celebrating a narrow loss to the seven-time reigning national champions. UBC and their fans, on the other hand, are deathly quiet. As the Dinos celebrate between themselves, UBC’s roster congregates solemnly in front of their net. Though Sarah Goodman’s lone goal of the match secured them the win on the day, it didn’t give them the easy route to their eighth national final they had perhaps hoped for. Moving forward, the team needed to have at least seven more goals than the Dinos in their Sunday match-up to take the Canada West national berth over the University of Victoria. It was a daunting task — and one they wouldn’t surmount in the end. Calgary came into the games with renewed hope after tying against a formidable Victoria team the previous week. “We really had a great weekend back in UVic and I think that really got our spirits up,” said Dinos midfielder Meghan Norlander on playing UBC. The first bit of Sunday’s rematch was an even affair, with both sides feeling each other out. Towards the end of the half, the ’Birds decided to pressure Calgary’s all-star goalie Ingrid Ulrich with multiple chances. Ultimately, they were unsuccessful and the momentum was starting to shift. Following a scoreless first half, hope was dissipating quickly for UBC, but the home side pushed on. Half a dozen penalty corners were
UBC’s Izzy Fraser defends against Calgary.
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awarded to the Thunderbirds and it was clear the Dinos’ backline was fatigued. After their relentless attack, the ’Birds’ efforts were rewarded with their first and only goal of the game: a Margaret Pham rebound off of a breakaway shot by Izzy Fraser. The scoreline would remain that way until the final horn, marking a bittersweet end to UBC’s season. “A shutout starts with our first line [forwards] and continues all the way through our midfield and defence,” remarked UBC all-star senior goalie Rowan Harris. “For
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those that were newer to the team, for them to step up and fill these roles has been amazing to see, I’m really proud of them for that.” The result marks the end of a new chapter for UBC women’s field hockey — but not the end of their continued story. Though evidently not the result they hoped for, the season overall indicates a changing of the guard for the Thunderbirds team, providing a new level of excitement for fans. Two months prior, and for the first time in the 2018/19 season, UBC women’s field hockey took to the field for a Canada West match up against the University of Victoria (UVic) Vikes. There was something different about the team this year though: their bench boss. For four seasons, the Thunderbirds were lead by head coach Robin D’Abreo. This year, T-Bird and Team Canada alumna Poonam Sandhu is at the reins. Five seasons ago, Sandhu was a veteran on UBC’s roster. Having played with current veterans Rowan Harris, Emily Martin and Gabby Switzer, Sandhu joins the team with the unique experience of having played with several of her players. She also understudied D’Abreo himself, having managed and assistant coached the team for several seasons. With her Thunderbirds experience, the culture of the team holds steady, something Harris said has benefitted the squad overall. “[Sandhu] understands what it means to be part of a field hockey team that’s very centred on culture. We work hard for each other, we work hard by ourselves and we support each other for anything. She knows
our routine, she knows our traditions,” Harris explained pre-season. “It’s been an easy transition because she knows what our team is all about,” co-captain Emily Martin echoed. But with any new coach comes some new expectations, and though Sandhu preaches the same mentality D’Abreo has fostered in the team — that each year is a different year and that they have to work hard no matter their reputation — she hopes to leave her own mark on the Thunderbirds legacy. In particular, she hopes to
Alyssa Nonis carries the ball for UBC.
foster a sense of ownership and autonomy in her players. “Sometimes [coaches are] there for support, but [athletes] can make those decisions on the field,” Sandhu said in a pre-season interview. “Allowing the girls to be a little bit more autonomous on the field … looking to each other for advice .... [and] a little bit more problem-solving.” “Poonam wants to give us the freedom to make our own decisions on the field, to become smarter players and for us to lead the team,” Harris explained from the players’ point of view. For the ’Birds, the small Canada West women’s field hockey league, with its tight rotation of games against the University of Victoria and Calgary, only gets more difficult each year. “The pressure’s always the same, I always want to win. It never gets easier — in fact, each year it gets harder,” Harris said. “If it wasn’t such a battle every year, if it wasn’t so close every year, it wouldn’t be fun.” And though that tight nature of the division means UBC may not be gracing nationals this year, there is only hope and positivity for the future of the team under its new leadership. When asked if she is optimistic about the future of Thunderbirds’ women’s field hockey, Sandhu said, “Hundred per cent, if you look at the team, they’re a lot younger than our past seasons’, so I think we’re just excited to see if they can bring that extra level next year.” And having now played out the season, Sandhu can reflect back and see her positive changes to UBC’s roster coming to life. “They’re getting to a point where they’re making decisions on their own and not listening on the side. Everything they did, that was all on them,” she said. U
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VOC and Ski and Board mentorship program gives students opportunity to share downhill and backcountry passions James Vogl Science Editor
Living in Vancouver, we’re fortunate enough to have spectacular mountain terrain right at our doorsteps. When the winter snow starts to fall, there are many different ways to enjoy the landscape, two of the most popular being backcountry and downhill skiing — rarely do athletes have experience in both, though. While there is certainly a considerable crossover in skills, each discipline requires some unique knowledge. The UBC Varsity Outdoor Club (VOC) and UBC Ski and Board Club might just have the fix for that with their new mentorship program, open to their club members. Participants will have the opportunity to learn from experienced backcountry and downhill skiers and riders, picking up some of the important skills they need to be safe and successful in either realm. The program, which is currently accepting applications to the VOC until October 29, will allow participants a fair amount of flexibility when it comes to deciding exactly how the teaching will work. VOC Trip Coordinator Heather Hughes-Adams and UBC Ski and Board Co-President Axel Runner are hoping the program will draw anywhere from 10 to
20 participants, each of whom will be paired with another participant based on the skills they want to learn. Backcountry travelers will be paired with downhill skiers and riders, and each partner will have an opportunity to teach the skills they are familiar with and learn skills that they aren’t. Together, they will go out into the backcountry or to local ski areas to teach and learn. The program requires that each participant spend at least two days as a mentor and two days as a mentee, to allow both students equal opportunity and experience in the program. Outside of those requirements, participants are given ample leeway when it comes to coordinating the details of each outing with their partner. The idea for the program came from Hughes-Adams. Through her experience with the club, she noticed that the skills of VOC members seemed to be developing in a lopsided way, with emphasis on backcountry skiing. “There’s a lot of people with the VOC that started skiing by ski touring, so they’ve never really skied on-resort before, or they had very limited experience skiing on-resort,” she said. “[They] have a lot of experience in the backcountry, but not a lot of downhill style.”
For Hughes-Adams, that skills gap was no small detail. “[Not] having that downhill style is not only a safety concern, but it limits your possibilities,” she said. Wanting to provide an opportunity for VOC members to improve their downhill skiing abilities, Hughes-Adams approached Runner about the possibility of a partnership. Seeing a complementary skills imbalance amongst some Ski and Board members, who tend to favour downhill skiing, Runner agreed that the program idea would make for good pairings between his club’s members and the VOC. “I know a lot of people who are good skiers [but] they don’t know how to use their backcountry equipment properly,” said Runner. Given that this is the first year of the program, it represents a trial run for the partnered mentorship idea. Both HughesAdams and Runner expressed hope that the program will be successful and can continue in following winters. “I’d love to see it carry on to next year,” she said. U For more information on the downhill and backcountry skiing mentorship program, visit the UBC Varsity Outdoor Club website or Facebook page, or the UBC Ski and Board Facebook page.
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The VOC/Ski and Board partnership brings together two skiing disciplines for their members.
Fixtures Sport
Home
Score
Away
Volleyball (M)
UBC
1-3
Alberta
Ice Hockey (M)
Calgary
5-2
UBC
Basketball (W)
Calgary
59-62
UBC
Rugby (W)
UBC
0-26
Victoria
Basketball (M)
UBC
81-73
Brock
Volleyball (W)
UBC
0-3
Alberta
Soccer (W)
UBC
1-2
Trinity Western
Ice Hockey (W)
UBC
4-0
Calgary
Friday, October 19
Saturday, October 20 Volleyball (M)
UBC
1-3
Alberta
Field Hockey (W)
UBC
1-0
Calgary
Basketball (W)
UBC
69-59
Lethbridge
Field Hockey (M)
UBC
1-1
Vancouver Hawks
Ice Hockey (M)
Calgary
8-2
UBC
Football
UBC
30-11
Alberta
The future is information.
Ice Hockey (W)
UBC
4-0
Calgary
Rugby (M)
Victoria
26-45
UBC
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Soccer (M)
UBCO
0-2
UBC
Basketball (M)
UBC
107-70
Brock
Volleyball (W)
UBC
1-3
Alberta
Soccer (W)
UBC
2-2
Fraser Valley
Sunday, October 21 Rugby (W)
Alberta
5-27
UBC
Field Hockey (W)
UBC
1-0
Calgary
Soccer (M)
Thompson Rivers
1-0
UBC
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