March 6, 2014 by The Ubyssey

MARCH 6, 2014 | VoLuME XcV| IssuE XLV ...but with socialism since 1918

WORLD WAR WOMAN UBC and Ubyssey alum Doris Gregory first fought for unsegregated classrooms, and then for the Allies

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ARTHUR IN SOCHI Ubyssey alum and National Post sports columnist talks about life in the journalist hobo tribe at the Winter Olympics

WHEELIE INCLUSIVE

UBC’s favourite repair shop, the Bike Kitchen, breaks down gender barriers with Women and Queer Night

FULL-TIME

COUNSELLOR Sauder students voted against paying for a new counsellor in the wake of FROSH chants, but UBC hired one anyway

STUDENT’S

DEATH

INSPIRES FILM Sony plans to make a movie based on the death of Elisa Lam, a UBC student who went missing in 2013

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OUR CAMPUS

ONE ON ONE WITH THE PEOPLE WHO MAKE UBC

THURSDAY 06 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE CAREER FAIR 5 p.m. @ EARTH SCIENCES BDLG

Get career advice from people who got jobs after university. Guests include the AMEC and CPAWS. $5 non-members, free for members

FRIDAY

FIJI ISLANDER

10 p.m. @ #4-2880 Wesbrook Mall

Want to go to a frat party? This party, hosted by Phi Gamma Delta, boasts impressive decorations and a 50:50 male-female ratio. Dress code is anything tropical. At least go for the decorations. Tickets at www.goodnights.me/ fijiislander $15

Bill Wong’s shop, Modernize Tailors, has been clothing Vancvouerites for more than 100 years.

SATURDAY

OUTDOOR AVENTURE AND TRAVEL SHOW

7:30 p.m. @ 999 CANADA PLACE

Head downtown to the Vancouver Convention Centre East for over 250 booths featuring camping gear, outdoor clothing, free travel-photog seminars and overall Pacific Northwest sporty stuff. Tickets $10-15

ON THE COVER

Carter’s arms are stained. Let’s hope the professor doesn’t notice during his midterm tomorrow. Banner photo by Will McDonald. Main image by Mackenzie Walker.

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MARCH 6, 2014 | Volume XCV| Issue XLV

BUSINESS

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Bill Wong is tailor-made for Vancouver Jack Hauen Staff Writer

Bill Wong, former UBC engineer and owner of Vancouver’s longest-standing tailor shop, Modernize Tailors, is 92 years old and shows no signs of slowing down. His shop is a “living museum”, according to the man himself, and is deeply entrenched in B.C. history. Wong’s father started the business in 1913, making the Chinatown shop itself just over the century mark in age. The only one left in the area, the shop is a survivor of two world wars, and still thriving today. “We started in 1913. We were in the same building for 50 years, then we had to move across the street for 45 years, and now we’re back because my brother bought the building,” said Wong, gesturing to the old address out the front window. Like the now-famous shop, the owner is a full-blooded Vancouverite, born and raised. “When I was 14 years old, I went to Tech [Vancouver Technical Secondary] because I loved working with my hands. I got top marks in the shop courses — woodwork, metalwork.” Once he had completed his four-year degree at Tech, it was time for UBC. The timing

couldn’t have been better for Wong, who began his university career in 1941, just after the Pearl Harbour attacks. Since the army needed able-bodied young men, attending school was one way to avoid the horrors of war. “If you’re not attending university, they’d draft you. And as soon as you graduate, they’d catch you. By the time I had graduated, the war was over. It seems to me that my life was really controlled by the economic and political situation at that time.” UBC was different in the early ‘40s. “The first thing you did was attend COTC [Canadian Officer Training Corps]. Everything was programmed to [go toward] the war effort.” That included varsity athletics. “During the duration [of my degree] there was no football, no hockey, nothing. Instead of sports, you’d have six hours of military training per week.” Despite the hardships the war created in Vancouver, Wong and his family found a way to thrive. Because the army was so desperate for supplies, able-bodied students had no trouble finding a sea of work in factories or on the shipyards. And since the school dress code in the ‘40s included

dress pants, young men with money burning a hole in their old, tattered pockets went to the best place to get a shiny new pair of slacks: Modernize Tailors. “My father’s business was expanding, and we had ten tailors working on coats, which requires skill. But pants don’t take as much skill, so my brother Jack and I looked after them. I didn’t need any part-time work, I was running my own tailor shop!” Once his father decided to hang up his scissors, Wong was able to take over with relative ease. Though he had graduated with an engineering degree, he felt he was “a lot more useful” doing tailoring, as most of the factories that had been supplying the army were shutting down. Now that he’s in his 90s, it seems Wong hasn’t thought all that much about retirement himself. When asked about the prospect of closing up shop, he looked at the orders yet to be returned to the customers. “Well, I’m too busy right now,” he said. All in all, Wong is happy. “I like fashion because you’re dealing with lifestyle, and it’s changing all the time — you always have to be on your toes. That’s why I like tailoring. I’m well-fitted to what I do.” U

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frosh chants >>

activism >>

UBC prof hopes to address generation squeeze

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UBC professor Paul Kershaw presents on his campaign.

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The new counsellor will do some of their work with the Sexual Assault Support Centre.

UBC hires counsellor after frosh chants

Veronika Bondarenko Senior News Writer

In response to the Sauder rape cheer and a series of sexual assaults on campus last term, UBC has hired a new full-time counsellor. Jennifer Hollinshead, who has a master’s in counselling psychology and over 14 years of experience working with depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder, was selected for the position by a panel of representatives that included members of UBC Counselling Services and the Sexual Assault Support Centre. She will start at her new position on March 17. “I think that this will really be an important role,” said Cheryl Washburn, director of UBC Counselling. “It provides an additional level of expertise and capacity to focus on sexual assault both in terms of response to an individual

NEWS BRIEFS Sony plans horror movie based on UBC student’s death The mysterious death of a UBC student who disappeared in Los Angeles last winter may soon be made into a horror movie. Sony Pictures purchased the story rights for The Bringing, a horror spec script written by brothers Brandon and Phillip Murphy, their agent Rich Cook confirmed. The movie is based on the death of Elisa Lam, a UBC student who was found dead in a water tank on the roof of the Cecil Hotel in Los Angeles. A coroner determined that her death was accidental and due in part to her bipolar disorder. The film follows the story of a man investigating Lam’s death. Tolmach Productions will produce the film with Daniela Cretu from First Born films, who developed the script. Lam, 21, went missing in Los Angeles in February 2013. While she had taken summer courses, Lam was not enrolled at UBC at the time. UBC grad develops world’s thinnest condom UBC engineering graduate Victor Chan now holds the Guinness world record for creating the world’s thinnest latex condom. The Aoni condom is only 0.036 millimetres thick. Chan said Health Canada has approved the product, which is currently only available in Asia. Chan is now working on other projects including a vibrating condom and a “silver nano particles-coated sanitizing condom.” U

student, but also in terms of ensuring that we have a very strong and coordinated response more broadly across campus.” UBC President Stephen Toope, VP Students Louise Cowin and Sauder School of Business Dean Robert Helsley first presented the position at a Sept. 18 press conference. The Commerce Undergraduate Society agreed to make a $50,000 contribution to the development of this position. But while Helsley expressed his commitment to provide an additional $200,000, Sauder students voted down this proposal. UBC has since agreed to provide the additional funding necessary to maintain this role. According to UBC spokesperson Randy Schmidt, the annual budget for the new role is $100,000, which includes both salary and benefits.

“The Commerce Undergraduate Society has committed $50,000 toward the first year of the position and the university will fund the remainder of the first year,” said Schmidt. “The university will establish a funding strategy going forward and is committed to the continuation of this important new role.” The position, which Schmidt said is permanent, is based out of UBC Counselling services. Washburn said the new counsellor’s duties involve reaching out to students who have been impacted by sexual assault and educating the wider UBC community. Hollinshead will be working alongside groups such as SASC, Campus Security and the RCMP victim to develop a coordinated campus response to sexual assault services, according to Schmidt.

Anisa Mottahed, manager of SASC, said the new position will help ensure that all survivors of sexual assault have access to the assistance, counselling and resources they need. “The plan is for us and that particular individual to work as collaboratively as possible and to really ensure that outreach is happening effectively, so that students aren’t falling through the cracks,” said Mottahed. Mottahed said the new role comes at a much-needed time for the UBC community. “[It’s] really important to have someone who is solely dedicated to working with survivors of sexual assault,” said Mottahed. “We haven’t had anything like that before on campus, so it is a really timely and appropriate response.” U

technology >>

Forestry acquires high-tech woodcutting robot

Paul Jon Contributor

UBC is now home to one of the most advanced wood-cutting robots in the world. Called the Hundegger ROBOT-Drive, the machine was purchased by the Centre for Advanced Wood Processing (CAWP), part of UBC’s Faculty of Forestry. The centre hopes this new piece of technology will help position B.C. as a world leader in advanced wood construction. The Hundegger features a robotic arm capable of six axes of motion using a variety of tools from precision drills to buzzsaws. It is entirely computer-operated and described as one of the most sophisticated heavy timber processing machines in the world, and the first of its kind in North America. Wood has become increasingly common in the construction of non-residential buildings, including UBC’s Earth Sciences Building, the largest panelized wood building in North America. This is partially due to the environmental sustainability of wood and the provincial government’s 2009 Wood First Act, dictating that all future provincially funded buildings must use wood as the primary building material — an initiative approximately 80 municipal governments have also followed. The centre hopes its new technol-

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The Hundegger joins timber panels for the construction of wooden buildings.

ogy will help B.C.’s advanced wood construction industry compete in a business currently dominated by Europeans. “In Canada, we are playing a catchup game in the world of wood construction,” said Iain Macdonald, managing director of CAWP. “We really believe it’s about sustainability,” said Macdonald. “It’s the only renewable construction material.” The Hundegger’s primary function is the joining of engineered timber for large wooden structures. With the emergence of various new wood building materials, the focus has fallen on the joining of these materials in order to create durable structures capable of withstanding fires, earthquakes, moisture and other hazards. “You can build these big cross-laminated timber panels, but if you don’t join them together ef-

fectively, the system is going to fail,” said Macdonald. Macdonald emphasized that the department’s intention is not to manufacture commercial products using the Hundegger, as this could take business away from the industry. “We don’t want to compete with industry,” he said. “We’re here as a resource for the industry.” Exceptions could be made for charitable projects with minimal funding such as current construction efforts for a Ronald McDonald House where other companies would perform the service at a loss. The Hundegger ROBOT-Drive cost $640,000 and was paid for through contributions from the German manufacturer, the Canada Foundation for Innovation and a private donor who wishes to remain anonymous. U

A UBC professor has started a project to address what he sees as a lack of government support for Canadians under the age of 45. Paul Kershaw, a professor at UBC’s School of Population and Public Health, founded the Generation Squeeze campaign. According to Kershaw, compared to a generation ago, young people are being squeezed by lower incomes, higher costs of living, less income and a deteriorating environment. Kershaw said despite this rise in costs, there have been no policies implemented by either the provincial or federal governments to help account for this drastic increase. “[Government] expenditure on younger people is out of balance,” said Kershaw. Kershaw said his research has found that seniors were economically fragile in the 1970s, with 30 per cent of seniors living below the poverty line, and today, due to groups such as the Canadian Association of Retired Persons that figure is down to five per cent. Kershaw thinks that if young people can organize, they will be able to successfully lobby to government for funding reforms. “I, very purposefully, am talking about Canadians under 45, full stop. One of the keys to change is that we build our club. We need large numbers, and the data are showing ... the change in housing cost, the change is tuition is a similar experience for those under 45 generally,” said Kershaw. Emphasizing that young people generally have poor electoral turnouts, even after multiple mass movements to try and spur young people to vote, Kershaw wants to curtail this problem by focusing outside of former politics. Instead, he wants to garner political traction by locating close-race ridings in provincial and federal races, and informing all election candidates of the numerous Generation Squeeze members in that riding. “We do think in the medium term, that we can truly make Canada more affordable for more generations,” said Kershaw. Although, his research spans over a decade, Kershaw launched the Generation Squeeze website in February 2013, with an ally drive scheduled for late fall 2014. The movement has attracted funding from sources including, the Vancouver Foundation and YMCA along with some private philanthropists. Kershaw plans to build the organization at UBC before branching out to more campuses. U

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cheating >>

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UBC punished 37 students for cheating last year, but many cases of academic misconduct are handled at the faculty or department level.

Academic integrity: how UBC stacks up UBC punished 37 students for cheating last year; SFU punished 436 Sarah Bigam News Editor

Compared to other universities across Canada, the proportion of students disciplined for academic misconduct at UBC is quite small, a CBC survey has found. For the past 13 years, the number of UBC Vancouver students punished by the president’s advisory committee for plagiarism, impersonation and cheating on exams and assignments has hovered around 50. Last year, this number was 37, which is just 0.07514 per cent of the student body. According to the CBC survey, this is one of the lowest rates of discipline in the country. The study, which looked at the 20112012 school year, found Carleton University to have the highest rate, with 607 cases — 3.12 per cent of their student body. “Across the country, institutions are not very good at reporting their academic integrity because unfortunately they see it as, if we produce our academic integrity data then that’s going to result in a media story, that’s going to reflect poorly on our institution, and it’s going to inhibit our ability to recruit students and we’re going to be labeled as a school of cheaters,” said Ryan Flannagan, director of student affairs at Carleton. “Quite frankly I think that [means] you’re doing a disservice to the post-secondary education system because we as a country and as a province are served very well by making sure that we produce people that earn their degrees in an honest way. If we’re producing a whole bunch of engineers and scientists and etc. and they’re not actually doing the work to earn their degree and they go out and start building bridges, that is not a very good thing.”

Last year, Simon Fraser University punished 436 students for various academic offences. However, when looking at the severity of the punishments, UBC’s and SFU’s numbers are more on par. In the 2012-2013 year, for example, UBC students were given grades of zero in 28 courses, while students at SFU were given failing grades for academic misconduct in 11 courses. There’s also more discipline happening at UBC than is immediately obvious. Minor cases are handled at the department or faculty level and only the most serious are seen by the president’s advisory committee. All cases are filed with the committee to be destroyed upon the student’s graduation, but only those cases decided by the president’s advisory committee are reported publicly. Chuck Slonecker, chair of the committee, said about 30 cases have been decided at the faculty or department level so far this year. Slonecker said the average number of students disciplined annually at UBC is 100, with about 40 determined at a lower level. Still, 100 people is quite a small proportion of the study body. Slonecker said he thinks the only reason for the small number is that UBC students are better educated on academic integrity than students at other universities. “The very first lecture in every course deals with academic integrity … and they’re also usually informed about the level of penalties that can be incurred,” said Slonecker. “I think that UBC is in front of it more than behind it. I think they encourage people to be honest.” He said he does not think that UBC is failing to catch students for plagiarizing papers or cheating on exams. “Most of the examinations that I see in the health sciences in large rooms and stuff like that, there’s four or five proctors walking around watching people and doing things, I think it’s very difficult to [cheat].”

Other universities have an academic misconduct policy that is more centralized either in the discipline or reporting process. Tim Rahilly, associate vice-president students at SFU, said about five years ago SFU standardized the procedures for dealing with academic misconduct and centralized reporting of it. Since then, the recorded number of students disciplined has increased drastically, from 119 people in 2007 to 498 in the 20112012 school year. “It wasn’t that we weren’t following up on these issues previously…. I think a lot of faculty members at SFU were handling, giving feedback, and maybe imposing their own consequences at the course level but not reporting up,” said Rahilly. “And so one of our concerns was that there was maybe an inconsistency across departments in terms of penalties, and that’s also another reason that we wanted to centralize.” At Carleton, all cases of misconduct must be reported to the faculty dean and go through the same central process. This policy was put in place in 2007. “We wanted to put in place a regime that was more equitable to the students … that really gave the university a sense that people were being dealt with in a fair and consistent way,” said Flannagan. Slonecker acknowledged that settling disputes individually at the faculty level could mean there are inconsistencies in the penalties applied, but UBC won’t be moving towards a centralized policy any time soon. “I don’t think that’s really necessary. I think the faculty and staff and profs really have been through this enough that they [can] deal with the student,” he said. “Most students are traumatized a lot by having to come before the president’s committee. “I think [the policy] is fair.” U

CHEATING ACROSS THE NATION 2011-2012

Lowest rate

University of Alberta (0.04%)

Highest rate

Carleton University (3.12%)

Highest number of cases

University of Toronto (1,200 cases)

2012-2013

UBC

Cases of...

SFU

Plagiarism

247

Cheating on exams/ assignments

158

Impersonation (UBC) Fraud/misrepresentation (SFU)

Incident reports

436

PUNISHMENT BREAKDOWN

UBC · 0 in a course: 21 cases · Suspension: 20 · Letter of reprimand: 8 · 0 on an exam or assignment: 3 *specifically failing because of academic misconduct UBC does hand out warnings and other forms of punishment but they are done at the faculty or department level.

SFU · warnings: 61 cases · penalty less than F for work: 56 · failing grade for work: 297 · grade less harsh than FD*: 16 · FD for the course: 11 · redo/do supplementary work: 15 · formal reprimand: 20 · suspensions: 5

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EDItoR NATALIE SCADDEN

SPORTS JOURNAliSM >>

The Olympics of sports writing

Ubyssey alum Bruce Arthur on his experience in Sochi Bruce Arthur Guest contributor

The first time you cover the Olympics, it feels like someone dropped you in the ocean and told you to swim for it, have a great time, good luck. There’s just so much . Every Olympics feels this way, as it turns out, no matter how many you’ve done. There is always so much. Someone told me early in my career that the Olympics are also the Olympics of sports writing, and it’s true. Sochi was my fourth Games; Beijing was the first. My job in Sochi was simple: cover Canada, but not just Canada. The Olympics is the one time you really get to cover the world, and when I go I want to cover the whole of it; the sports, the politics, the experience, everything. So you work. In Sochi I worked about 16 hours a day, if I had to guess; that’s about average. I was so tired. We were all so tired. By the end, journalists are a hobo tribe. The Olympics are a barrel of exhaustion for the soul. But it’s worth it. On one Wednesday in Sochi I got up at 6:15 on three hours’ sleep, was on a bus to the mountains by 7:30, covered slopestyle for seven hours, wrote it, ate a meal cobbled together out of apples and water and a cake-like

yellowish thing with raisins in it, covered the half-pipe where Shaun White lost, ran out of the mixed zone and under the bleachers as White’s last run ended to get a Canadian cross-country coach on the phone after he’d given a ski to a Russian competitor, scrambled back, slipping on the snow, covered the half-pipe until White finally spoke around midnight, wrote one of the columns on the bus ride back down the mountain, wrote the other one in the Main Press Centre (MPC), missed the 3 a.m. bus, had a beer with a colleague in the media bar, caught the 4 a.m. bus, decided to have two more beers with the same colleague in the media village bar because at the Olympics you start to get punchy after a while, and went to bed 24 hours after I started. Great day. And then there was another. And another. Every Olympics is a tidal wave of sensory information, of challenges, a lifetime. You need to figure out the bus schedule, the competition schedule, the venue locations, the places to eat (I carry chocolate bars in my bag, because they’re like food steroids), the places to nap (I napped on my keyboard during a mixed doubles match at Wimbledon in 2012 while waiting for a later match) and some local

customs. English is the lingua franca of the world, but learning some words of Russian helped — “hello,” “thank you,” “Russia and Canada are friends.” Talking to volunteers taught me so much about Russia. You always try to talk to people, because when you’re covering everything, anything can come in handy. You have to figure out your hotel. My Sochi hotel wasn’t a huge problem — I lost hot water for 24 hours — but I’d talked to so many people with issues early on that I could write a hotel problems column on day two, as the jet lag subsided. Everything can be material. And once you have those fundamentals down, you try to choose the right story, and then the right story again, and again, and again. And you will be wrong, often. When Denny Morrison won his unexpected silver medal in men’s long-track speed skating after teammate Gilmore Junio stepped aside, I sprinted most of the kilometre from the MPC to the speed skating, and I stood in the mixed zone wheezing, sweat running down my back. Then I chased down Junio’s brother and sister at Canada House. They said they cheered for Denny like he was family. Sometimes you will stumble on stories. In Sochi I walked into a

press conference for the Dufour-Lapointe family the day after two of the sisters won medals and felt my eyes well up as their parents poured out their love and pride and regrets. It was beautiful. There’s a lot of crying at the Olympics. And that’s why the Olympics are the best, too. It’s the widest possible canvas, the richest possible material, and it matters so much to so many people. People might cry because they win or because they lose or because their child just competed

on the world’s biggest stage. But it matters, so much. You might even cry. It’s OK. Because the more you experience the Olympics, the more you work and grind and care, the better you swim in the ocean, and the more it feels like home. U Bruce Arthur is a sports columnist for the National Post, and was very proud to be The Ubyssey’s sports editor (1997-98) and coordinating editor (1998-99), back when the world was young.

the author with a well-deserved beer at the end of the games.

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BASeBAll >>

UBC baseball throws change-up in future plans CJ Pentland Managing Editor, Web

Put bluntly, it’s a pretty exciting time for baseball at UBC. Having freshly secured varsity status for the time being, the Thunderbirds have visions of a new stadium, training facility and university league on the horizon, but that doesn’t mean the present lacks excitement of its own. Coming off of two years in which they compiled a strong regular season record before falling in the NAIA West playoffs, leaving them short of the NAIA World Series, UBC returns the majority of their pitching staff and top hitters to round out a balanced roster. They’ve shown that balance over their first 11 games, going 7-4 with their latest win coming against Lewis-Clark State, the NAIA’s No. 2-ranked team. In those four losses, UBC was outscored by a total of just six runs, with three losses coming by a single run. While that number could

suggest that the ‘Birds aren’t able to close out tight contests, head coach Terry McKaig believes otherwise, especially since his team has three wins in games decided by fewer than two runs. “I think we are quite balanced,” said McKaig. “We aren’t a heavy offensive team that’s going to put up 10 runs per game, so I have a feeling we’re going to play a lot of close games this year. But we seem fit to handle that with our pitching and defence.” The stats back up McKaig’s claim of tough pitching and defence. In seven games, the T-Birds have given up three or fewer runs, and they’ve given up more than six once. In their past four games, they’ve give up just four runs. Leading the way on the mound is Connor Lillis-White, who’s thrown 11.2 innings without giving up a run, allowing just 11 hits and striking out 15 in the process. Rounding out the trio of aces is Sean Callegari, the lefty back for his senior year after

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uBC’s jeremy Newton was recently named NAIA west pitcher of the week.

posting a 2.56 ERA in 59.2 innings pitched last season, and Jeremy Newton, who threw seven shutout innings against Lewis-Clark State last weekend. In the bullpen, Bryan Pawlina anchors a strong relief corps. Pawlina, who went 9-1 last year with a 2.47 ERA as a rookie and was named NAIA West pitcher of the year, already has one save on the year, while Alex Webb has recorded a pair. Pawlina was also named to the All-NAIA West Team as a relief pitcher last season, and was joined by Callegari, shortstop Tyson Popoff, second baseman Andrew Firth and outfielder Jerod Bartnik, all of whom are returning save Firth. Popoff recorded one of the most impressive seasons in T-Bird history last year, posting the highest single-season batting average with a .401 mark that went along with a .533 slugging percentage. His .975 fielding percentage also saw him named a Gold Glove winner. Popoff will again hit near the top of the order along with Bartnik, who has his team’s only two homers so far this year. Infielder Kevin Biro has got out to a hot start with a .381 average out of the cleanup spot, while Tyler Enns is hitting at a .429 clip with a .529 on-base percentage. Offensive production as a whole has been coming from throughout the entire order, with seven regulars hitting over .300. McKaig doesn’t expect his team to put up gaudy offensive numbers, largely due to the new metal bats and the cold weather, and has come to accept it as part of the new college game. “We’ve been playing a lot of small ball,” he said. “You have to be able to hit and run and be able to bunt and move guys around and then hope

you get the big base hits, because you’re not going to hit three home runs anymore like you used to. It’s just a different brand of offence.” The T-Birds have made the NAIA World Series just once in their team history, as untimely slumps have had a habit of finding them in the NAIA West tournament where the

spots for nationals are decided. The conference knows that UBC has balanced pitching, hitting and defence in the regular season — now they need to show it in the playoffs when it really matters. U The full version of this article can be read online at ubyssey.ca/sports.

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T-BiRDS 5-ON-5

KATRINA DAVIS

TONY GANTON

LIAM MURPHY-BURKE

Field hockey

Football

Rugby

KRISTA WHITTAKER

MARLEE MARACLE

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uBC AtHLEtICs EVENt stAFFERs 1. what’s the best perk of working for ubc athletics?

the pheromones that saturate my work environment.

Fifty per cent off all food. gotta gain that weight!

I get paid to watch the most attractive university athletes. taylor Pischke, call me.

Being employed by 6’2”, 220 [events manager Breanne watson]. she hates babysitting, by the way.

Meeting new people not only from other sports teams but other students at uBC.

2. what song best describes your work ethic?

“Lose yourself” by Eminem.

“A thousand Miles” by Vanessa Carlton.

“stacy’s Mom” by Fountains of wayne. I love mowing the lawn.

“you Can Do It (Put your Back Into It)” by Ice Cube.

“work Hard, Play Hard” by wiz khalifa.

3. what’s your dream job?

[I’m] already living the dream. Blue Crew forever!

the most rewarding and honest career out there: zamboni driver.

Lawyer. Have you seen the suits Harvey wears?

Bearing Luke Bryan’s children or an English major.

My dream job would be to be an astronaut.

4. if you had to perform the halftime show at a ubc game, what would you do to entertain people?

Broad jumps and power cleans, with a touch of tRX maneuvers.

sarcastic comments or a spot-on two-step.

If I had to perform at the halftime show I would sing a song because I have a terrible voice.

5. if it were up to you, what local band would be playing at block party?

Chad kroeger feat. Avril Lavigne. #sk8ergirl

Either a chicken wing-eating contest or showing off my amazing air guitar skills.

trooper.

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wet t-shirt contest.

Disclosure is from the u.k., but I can’t say I am a fan of any of the local bands. Plus Cully Quirke told me they were way better live.

Mad Dawg and Big Nick, the upcoming big thing. Listen in for the “she wolf” cover.

I’m not a local but I am a huge country fan so really any country band would do.

Doing the UBC Tri-Du? 5 tips from a pro triathlete Editor’s note: The UBC Triathlon takes place on Sunday, March 9. In case you're ge ing nervous or haven't got a clue what to expect, pro triathlete Brendan Naef of the UBC Triathlon Club has five tips to help make your race go smoothly. 1 Practice your swim ﬂip-turns or touch-turns under a lane rope if you can. throughout the swim you’ll need to change lanes several times as you work your way across the pool. Ducking under the lane rope and negotiating the people around you can be a bit of a challenge. Nailing your turns without getting a litre of water up your nose is always nice! 2 If someone is faster than you in the pool, there’s no real benefit to fighting hard to keep him or her behind you. Let the eager beavers by and concentrate on keeping a steady pace — you’ll have plenty of time to get them later. that said, don’t be afraid to swim as close as possible to the person in front of you, without continuously slapping their backside. Drafting in the pool can save you significant energy for the bike and run — drafting on the bike is cheating, drafting in the pool is being smart! 3 think about how (or if) you’ll use the change tent. Many men and women will do the whole race in tri-shorts and a tri-top and won’t need to use the tent. others will change out of their swimsuits and into bike gear in the tent after jumping out of the pool. A tight, long-sleeve jersey (avoid the parachute jacket) will keep you warm

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Brendan Naef is a professional triathlete who trains with the uBC triathlon Club.

enough during the bike. I usually just opt for a pair of arm warmers, but I’m from Quebec! 4 Expect to have very heavy legs when you hop off the bike. keep in mind that this feeling won’t last. Dig deep! you’ll start feeling better a couple of kilometres into the run. 5 Don’t overdo it with the nutrition. you really don’t need to carry a buffet with you on the bike. one water bottle will do and, if you want, you can tape a gel to your bike. Also, there will be hydration tables along the run course. unless you’re just a fan of fanny packs, you don’t really need to carry anything with you. U

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EDITOR Rhys Edwards

The fighting woman

In the fall of 1944, there were so many casualties. The troops would come over, you would see a fellow, have a few dates with him, and then he’d be gone.

How Doris Gregory tackled gender segregation — and the Nazis — with hard work and a sense of humour Bailey Ramsay Staff Writer

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After her time at UBC, Gregory joined the Canadian Army Women Corps in the fight against the Third Reich.

t the age of 92, Doris Gregory has just finished writing the manuscript of her life. During her studies at UBC in the 1940s, she was a catalyst for a feminist movement against gendered classroom segregation. She worked as an associate editor for The Ubyssey and dropped out of school to join the Canadian Women’s Army Core towards the end of World War II. “This had been percolating in my mind for many years,” said Gregory, concerning her motivation to finally write and publish her story. “At first I was just going to write for my friends and family. Then, I discovered that so few people had known that we Canadian Army Corps girls had ever existed.” Gregory was eager to join the staff of The Ubyssey at the age of 18 when she had the idea of journalism as a career. She started out as a reporter and, through her hard work, she soon became an associate editor with fellow editor Pierre Burton. “There were very few options for women in those days. You could be a nurse, do office work, or maybe be a teacher — and I didn’t want to do any of those things. I wanted to be a journalist and always wanted to write. The only way to be a journalist in those days was to get on the staff at The Ubyssey because there was no journalist program.” Looking forward to studying English at UBC, Gregory was extremely disappointed when she became aware that classes were unfairly segregated. She used the power of the press to spur a feminist movement that was heard all over UBC, and eventually reached campuses all across Canada. “I wasn’t exactly rebelling against the whole thing, I was rebelling against one specific thing that happened.” Junior professors, assistant professors and lecturers — all of who were mostly female — taught all the women’s English classes. Meanwhile, senior professors only taught the men’s classes. Not only were the classes segregated and teaching quality unfairly divided, the senior professors of the English department also created exams and denied junior professors access to the exam material. In the face of a course conflict, 10 female students had the option to either miss two out of their three lectures a week or take a men’s class. Two professors who were teaching in the fall term allowed the girls to participate in their men’s class. But in the spring term, professor Freddy Wood refused the women permission to study in his class. “One of those girls complained to me in my capacity as a reporter for The Ubyssey.” Gregory, along with the 10 girls who were denied permission to participate in the men’s class, recruited an addi-

I never thought math was a very sexy subject — except maybe for the bell curve.

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tional 10 women to their group. Despite being instructed against it, the 20 women crashed the men’s lecture. After Wood walked in and began lecturing, he noticed the 21 women sitting at the back of the classroom. Stopping mid-sentence in his lecture, Wood said, “I am not accustomed to lecturing to young women in this class. Would all of the women kindly vacate the room at once.” After writing her article about the incident, Gregory was horrified to read the last sentence of what had been published by her editor in the paper: “Unless something is done to appease these enraged young women, Mr. Wood may not find it safe to cross the campus without a body guard.” Burton encouraged Gregory to return to Wood and gather a response statement regarding his reaction to the article. Laughing, Gregory said, “I had the paper and pen in my hand — I was a scared kid, you know!”. After ushering her into his office, he explained to her how he believed “there [were] very good reasons for having segregated classes in English.” When she inquired as to what those reasons were, Wood said “there are certain things in English literature which cannot be discussed in mixed classes.” “Very shortly after of course, Canadian University Press had picked up the story and some reference to it appeared in campuses all across the country,” Gregory said. “I didn’t accomplish anything, except that those 10 girls did get their lecture slot. “I later found out that the same deplorable situation existed in the mathematics department. I wonder what Dean Gage and his professors’ excuse was because I never thought math was a very sexy subject — except maybe for the bell curve.” In response to being asked why she dropped out of university to join the Canadian Women’s Army Corps, Gregory responded with a joke. “The campus was rapidly being depleted of interesting young men,” she said, laughing. “I didn’t put that in my book, but people may read between the lines.” Gregory considered herself fortunate to be assigned to serve overseas, and was stationed in London from late December of 1942 until D-Day, June 6, 1944. The remainder of her time in Europe was spent in Farmborough, until September of 1945. “I don’t think I ever said I was being really truly patriotic — I don’t think I was.” Sharing a small bedroom with her mother at 19 years old, Gregory was unhappy at home and sought some space of her own. “The army presented a really neat way of getting out of the whole thing because it was the thing to do, and it wouldn’t offend my family. “I wanted to travel and it satisfied my thirst for adventure. The other thing was that, being such an awkward, fish-out-of-water kind of character, I had never really felt a sense of belonging. I thought, ‘In the army, I will be wearing the same uniform; I will be involved in the same routine as everybody and have the same adventures. Maybe this will give me truly a sense of belonging.’ This was an underlying feeling I had, but of course [what] I told people was that I wanted the adventure and the excitement.” Gregory says the story of the Canadian Women’s Army Corps needs to be told. “I mean, maybe what we did wasn’t terrifically significant, but it freed up guys to fight and that was the idea,” she said. In London, Gregory was assigned to file stacks of cards upon a seven-digit regiment number. “Everything I did would now be done by a computer. It was the most soul-destroying job that I ever had. “In the fall of 1944, there were so many casualties. The troops would come over, you would see a fellow, have a few

dates with him, and then he’d be gone. You’d know that it was not just the fact you didn’t get the chance to really know anyone, but also the significance of what that meant. The casualties were really mounting, and 18- and 19-yearolds were being sent from Canada with very little training to be thrown into battle. That is when the war really came home to me, not from the air raids.” Being present for various air raids and other dangerous situations along the way, Gregory admits she didn’t feel scared. “I really can’t account for it. It was really more of a matter that those things were happening, it was a matter of discourse, and there was nothing you could really do about it. You just move on.” During her time in Europe, Gregory made many friends and explored much of England on bicycle. The detailed accounts of such adventures are written in depth in her upcoming autobiography, How I Won the War for the Allies: One Sassy Canadian Soldier’s Story. “I wasn’t anxious to get back [home after the war],” she said. “After D-Day, I was already mourning the loss of my army identity. This is who I was: I was always fashionably dressed, I never had to worry about what to put on, everything was taken care of, and I didn’t need to worry about finding a place to rent. It was a very comfortable feeling and a wonderful camaraderie.” Being pressed for further details on her return trip to Canada, Gregory simply teased: “In the ending — wait, no. I am not going to tell you the ending.” True to Gregory’s cheekiness, it appears as though the only way to get the full story is to read the book. U How I Won the War for the Allies: One Sassy Canadian Soldier’s Story will be published for June 6, 2014 — the 70th anniversary of D-Day.

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Queering the Kitchen Monthly Women and Queer night at AMS Bike Kitchen breaks down gender barriers Aurora Tejeida senior culture Writer

Chelsea Enslow is one of only two female mechanics currently working at UBC’s Bike Kitchen. Besides helping people fix their bikes, Enslow also helps run workshops like “Women and Queer Night,” which happens the first Wednesday of every month. “The purpose of Women and Queer Night is to both introduce people to the bike shop and to provide a safe space for someone who might not feel comfortable working in a regular bike shop environment,” Enslow said. People come and go during the workshop, which runs from 6 to 9 p.m. But most of the attendees stay to chat about bikes; there’s also music and free pizza. According to organizers, last month about 12 people came through at one given time. During the last installment on a cold February night, there were about eight people in the Bike Kitchen at the SUB, a large underground area covered in bikes and tools. Enslow is a former UBC student who used to be a board member at the Bike Co-op. Now, she works as a mechanic two days a week. She explained that Women and Queer Night had been around since before she became involved with the Coop, but it continues to exist for the

same reasons it was created. “Any trade-type place is geared towards men and we’re trying to change that and have it be an open space for women and queer people,” said Enslow. April Stainsby has been involved with the Co-op for the last three years and is the current coordinator of the event, but this is just her second month in the role. “[The Bike Kitchen] always seems to be male dominated,” said Stainsby. “Some people have told me that they appreciate this event because they feel uncomfortable or intimidated in the shop during regular hours.” The numbers speak for themselves. At the moment Enslow is one of two female mechanics working at the Bike Kitchen out of a total of six, the other four are men. “Women come in during regular shop hours, but I find that when somebody has come in for Women and Queer Night it’s more likely they’ll stop by at another time to work on their bike,” added Enslow. “It’s like they come and they see that girls work here and girls hang out here, and that it’s a friendly space.” But sometimes it feels like Women and Queer Night is mostly geared towards women, queer or not. Chris Lee is a PhD student in

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Elephants take the SUB by storm

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Christina toms’ video installation features relaxing footage of our everyone’s favourite pachyderms.

Kaidie Williams contributor

Christina Toms invites audiences to acknowledge the elephant in the room — literally. Toms, a candidate for an MFA in film production and creative writing at UBC, discovered that art isn’t merely whatever has the most monetary value, but rather what Mother Nature preserves. Her exhibit, “The Elephant in the Room,” will be on display in the SUB art gallery until March 7, 2014. After pursing her Bachelor’s degree, Christina Toms embarked on a journey through the jungles of Africa and, together with non-profit organization Save the Elephants (STE), recognized that the existence of the forest elephant was an art form in virtue of its endangered status. The elephants

in the room, although once largely ignored, are now the centre of attention for Toms — and soon, she hopes, the world. Gallery-goers are taken to another continent as they enter the exhibit. Upon entrance, the sounds of flowing water, animal calls and other forces of nature create a calm and peaceful atmosphere. The white walls of the SUB enhance this serenity by evoking a solemn mood. The walls are covered in long, green vines to create a jungle ambiance for viewers as they walk through the gallery; plants on the floor embody the foliage which springs from the ground in the habitats of elephants and other animals alike. The size of the gallery makes it impossible to miss the eponymous elephants. Footage of elephants is projected on all four walls, emphasizing that the elephants should be noticed and valued. Every screen tells their stories, through the movements of their trunks and the ways in which they socialize. Toms allows audiences to view the elephants in their natural habitat and observe their everyday lives. The exhibit is further equipped with two beanbags for audiences to sit, relax and enjoy the wonders of the elephants in the room in a state of comfort. Toms’ work shows that art is beyond painting, ornament and sculpture. Mother Nature presents the world with the purest form of art: nature itself, pure and untouched. U

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Chelsea Enslow helps run the monthly workshop, which provides a welcoming environment to cyclists who might otherwise feel intimidated by the Bike kitchen.

the Department of Botany. He chose this night to come to the Bike Kitchen because he feels more comfortable, even though he’s usually the only man in sight. “The people here in general are very nice, it’s just nicer tonight because sometimes some of the members are very macho about things and there’s no need for that,” said Lee.

He’s been coming to the event for the last two months, but he’s usually the only guy. Sometimes this makes him feel like he’s invading a women-only space. “I would’ve thought that more gay guys would be into cycling, but maybe not,” he said, laughing. Lee still enjoys coming to this event, and thinks there should be more like it.

“When the Bike Kitchen started doing this I thought it was wonderful,” Lee said. “I see a lot more involvement with a more diverse group of people, and with other groups that would be fantastic. I just think other groups aren’t as sensitive as the Bike Kitchen has been.” But organizers stressed that the point of events like this one isn’t to create an even bigger divide between genders and orientations. “The point of Women and Queer Night is not to encourage women to come to this night instead of other shop times, it’s to get women in the space in general. If they’re scared to come during regular hours, it’s to show them that the bike shop is not a scary place to be,” said Enslow. It’s also meant to be an opportunity to learn about bike mechanics — something workers, volunteers and coordinators are happy to teach. Katie Miles doesn’t know much about bikes. She’s a first-year Arts student whose brakes gave out the day before Women and Queer Night. “This night was perfect, because I’ve come here in other nights and there’s always all these burly men, and I try to ask for help but I felt intimidated and I felt silly. I felt like this was perfect and everyone is so nice and I don’t feel dumb at all,” said Miles. Miles changed her tires, fixed her brakes and oiled her chain — all things she had never done before. “I think it’s valuable for anybody to come in. Maybe I’ll even think about volunteering, I need to learn much more,” said Miles. U

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Student Cooking: Three pancake recipes for a hot plate

CiTR unites local talent for fundraiser

Jenica Montgomery staff Writer

After nine days of non-stop fundraising, campus radio station CiTR promises a wild ride at their annual Fundrive Finale show this Friday — and a warm hug along with it. Until March 7, CiTR is conducting their annual fundraiser to help raise money to support CiTR’s operating costs and, particularly, this November’s move to the New SUB. The finale show will consist of six bands, which have been formed randomly for one night only, as well as a silent auction including items donated by Fluevog Shoes, the Vancouver Folk Music Festival, Sled Island, NXNE, Mint Records and more. Sarah Cordingley, music department manager at CiTR, approached around 150 local bands before solidifying musicians from over 15 different Vancouver-based bands to participate in the Fundrive Finale show, aptly themed as a “Rock and Roll Lottery.” “They’re a pretty wild range of people, from folk singer-songwriters to goth rock bands, and pop bands, punks bands, and sort of everything in between,” Cordingley said. “They

were all shuffled together to make who knows what. We won’t find out until Friday.” Twenty-four musicians have been randomly placed in bands and have had this past week to prepare a set to play at Friday’s show. The amalgamation of musicians includes talent from HØØVES, E.S.L, WAR BABY, the Ballantynes and more. “It’s just important to support the people who have been so awesome to us, really,” said Kirby Fisher, drummer for WAR BABY. “CiTR has just been so rad to us, to WAR BABY. It’s kind of like, anything to help them, because they’ve helped us so much and been so supportive to us.” CiTR’s efforts to promote and support local bands have not gone unnoticed. Their hard work has created a solid community of listeners, alumni and artists who are willing to contribute back to the station. “I think CiTR is really rad for promoting local music and keeping the community alive,” said Joy Mullen — also known as Joy on Drums, drummer from E.S.L. “Props to them for doing such a good job all the time, keeping the local music scene alive.”

JESSICa CHRIStINHaMEtNER Food

Every so often, I like to make crêpes. They are a classic bite to eat and one of life’s sweetest pleasures. For students, cooking needs to be efficient, fast and affordable. Fortunately, pancakes happen to fulfil all of these criteria. While many undergraduates have a fully equipped kitchen and oven, there are some of us who are less fortunate, finding ourselves with merely a hotplate. At first, this may seem tragic; after all, how could one possibly sustain themselves without an oven? This last year, however, I have embraced my one-plated companion, and discovered dishes that made the leap from “bland and boring” to “appetizing and tasty.” Pancake day was on March 4, so I’ve compiled three recipes that will whisk you off around the world and satisfy even the pickiest of students.

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CitR’s sarah Cordingley approached 150 bands for the musical smorgasbord.

While the silent auction and onenight-only bands will reel audiences in, it’s the community that makes them stay. “I think that our Fundrive Finale shows have always been really warm and welcoming and had a more of a community vibe than most rock shows you might go to. So it’s a really diverse bunch of people,” Cordingley said. “It’s a once-in-alifetime thing.” U The show takes place at 8 p.m on Friday, March 7, at the Biltmore Cabaret. Tickets can be bought in advance from Red Cat Records, Zulu Records, at citr.ca and at the door.

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Traditional performance comes alive at MOA

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Aurora Tejeida senior culture Writer

“This song is about the Vancouver fire of 1886,” said Cease Wyss, after singing her first song during a pre-festival performance at the Museum of Anthropology. This was the same song three Squamish women were learning on the night of the fire. According to Wyss, they went back and forth across the Georgia Strait until the sun came up, trying to save as many lives as possible. It doesn’t matter that the song was a Catholic hymn, the result of European contact and subsequent evangelism. The song is in Squamish, a language that still lives, and the night was important enough to be remembered. This living memory, in part, is what the Coastal First Nations Dance Festival is about.

The festival is described as a celebration of stories, songs and dance, but it is also a colourful and powerful experience that brings together cultural traditions from up and down the American coast: the Yukon, Alaska and, for the first time this year, Ecuador and Peru. “I think dancing is an integral part of culture,” said Nigel Grenier, a third-year UBC student and a member of the Dancers of Damelahamid, the dance troupe that organizes the event. “Part of it is that it’s a form of self-expression, but in addition to that, it’s something that brings people together, as families and as communities. And in terms of the dance festival, it’s an opportunity for cultural sharing.” The festival has been happening for seven years now, and Grenier has participated every year. “For me, growing up with it has been really good to have a foundation in my culture,” he said. “I really enjoy being part of that community.” Grenier performs traditional Gitxsan dance. For most of the dances, he wears traditional button blankets and carved masks, as well as other regalia. Like fellow dancers, he has been training since he was very young. “Most people start dancing before they can even walk,” he said. “Parents will carry them around, so from a very young age you’re involved with dancing.”

Buckwheat pancakes

This is also the case with Giselle Vargas, one of the two South American dancers joining the festival this year. She started dancing when she was five, and has continued for 15 years. Originally from Ecuador, Vargas is excited about the festival and being in Canada for the first time. “Even though our cultures are so different, there are so many similarities,” she said. “Dancing is a sincere and pure way of showing your feelings towards things that matter. What moves you to dance is the force that comes from the earth and those things you can’t buy.” Like Vargas, Grenier believes dancing is a spiritual experience, for both the dancer and the audience. “It gives other people a chance to have a connection with something deeper, something more profound,” he said. It is also an opportunity to experience culture like never before at the world-renowned Museum of Anthropology. “I think a lot of people in Canada don’t know much about the diversity of culture in B.C. and other places in the world, and it’s an opportunity for them to get a glimpse of that richness,” said Grenier. “Hopefully it’ll open a few eyes.” U

These super nutritious pancakes by Honestly Healthy are ideal for those on dairy- or gluten-free diets. Buckwheat is not a cereal grain, as it is often believed to be, but a fruit seed. As suggested by the George Mateljan Foundation, buckwheat is good to start your day with, because it benefits your cardiovascular system, regulates blood sugar and protects the heart. Ingredients (serves six)

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Photo must be taken on campus during the contest period. The theme is School Spirit, so bring out your blue and gold.

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I recall a balmy summer’s afternoon when a dear friend of mine surprised me with this delightful take on the classic pancake: a towering wedged pancake cake. The Hungarian palacsinta torta is a traditional dessert that simply stacks one pancake on top of the other, commonly filled with sugar, jam or fruit. It is fluffy, light and a wonderful alternative to crêpes.

Ingredients (serves five to eight)

4 eggs 50 g caster sugar 50 g butter 350 ml milk 120 g flour Cooking oil Sugar and vanilla sugar to sprinkle.

Instructions

1. Mix egg yolks with butter and sugar, add flour and milk for a pancake mixture. 2. Whisk up the egg white until stiff. 3. Fold the whipped up egg white gently into the pancake mixture, being careful not to over blend it. 4. Heat a little oil in a frying pan, add a ladle of mixture and fry it only one side. When it’s golden underneath, slide it on to a plate (with the egg white uncooked top side) and sprinkle with sugar and vanilla mixture. 5. Repeat process until the pancakes stack up as a cake. The very last pancake should be served with the cooked side up. 6. Sprinkle with sugar mixture and slice it like a cake.

Potato pancakes

These are not everyone’s conventional idea of what a pancake should be, but these “kartoffelpuffer” are rather common in my native southern Germany and I continue to devour them as much today as I did back when I was a child. This is my grandma’s authentic recipe.

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1. Place the buckwheat flour, rice flour, baking powder and salt in a large bowl and mix well. The Coastal First Nations Dance Festival runs from March 4 to 9. Per2. Place the milk, lemon juice, formances are free with admission, sunflower oil and rice syrup in anwhich is free to UBC students. other bowl and mix well, then stir into the dry ingredients and mix gently until just combined, being careful not to over-mix. 3. Wipe a frying pan lightly with oil and heat over a medium heat. Ubyssey staff members may not enter this 4. Place a pastry ring in the pan contest. we reserve the right to change the and ladle in one tablespoon of the terms of the contest. pancake mixture. Cook until air bubbles start to appear on the surface of the pancake. Do not turn se y pu blic a until this point. s y b ti 5. Remove the mould, turn the opancake and cook for about one eu minute on the other side, until set. 6. Serve in a stack, layered with the compote, a sprinkling of blueberries and soya yogurt, or with fresh fruit and agave syrup to accompany. 7. To make the compote, place the ingredients in a pan over a low heat. Simmer for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally until the berries are soft. Blend the compote

Hungarian palacsinta cake

70 g buckwheat flour 70 g rice flour 1 tsp baking powder ½ tsp Himalayan pink salt 300 ml brown rice milk 1 tbsp lemon juice 1 tbsp sunflower oil, plus extra for greasing 1 tbsp rice syrup

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until smooth and drizzle over your pancakes.

Ingredients (serves four)

6 russet potatoes 2 eggs, beaten 1 teaspoon salt Vegetable oil for frying Apple sauce to serve

Instructions

1. Finely grate potatoes into a large bowl. Drain off any excess liquid. 2. Mix in eggs and salt. 3. Heat oil in pan over medium high heat. 4. Drop two or three 1/4-cup mounds of the potato mixture into hot oil, and flatten to make 1/2inch thick pancakes. 5. Fry, turning once, until golden brown. 6. Plate and serve with apple sauce. U

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student voice. Community reach.

Fair Elections Act would suppress student vote

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Student’s sufferage could sufffer under the Conservative government’s new elections act. ILLUSTRATION jethro au/the ubyssey

UBC’s new robotic wood processor could come in useful for more than just making 2x4s.

LAST WORDS Is this the end for humans at UBC? Just asking Under the ersatz auspices of “developing innovative construction techniques,” the UBC Faculty of Forestry has recently acquired a death machine. Don’t let their gentle words, bewhiskered visages and warm, unpretentious clothing fool you; with the procurement of the Hundegger, Forestry students are ushering in a new dawn of sentient robotic massacre. The Hundegger (it even sounds like it’s designed to reap death) has a multifunctional arm which can hold a variety of tools, including “gigantic buzz saws,” to quickly cut massive stockpiles of wood. Undoubtedly, these functions could be quickly adapted (indeed, if they already aren’t) to the efficient evisceration of undesirables. And that’s just the start. The whole thing is operated by a computer — who’s to say that an enterprising individual, perhaps from the computer science department or the engineering faculty, couldn’t program the Hundegger to hold something better suited to longrange warfare? (As if plus-sized industrial lumbering tools aren’t terrifying already). Not to mention that the Forestry faculty themselves could very easily develop advanced laser weaponry under the pretense that such a device, à la Goldfinger , has superior cutting capacity — perfect for excoriating the bark of the great Western Red Cedar and British intelligence operatives variously. And who knows what the Hundegger will be capable of once it achieves sentience, as it undoubtedly will. Perhaps most injurious is that the entire purchase has been partly funded by an “anonymous donor.” Who is this donor? Why should they wish to remain anonymous, for funding something so purportedly innocuous as a lumber cutting tool? The answer, of course, is obvious: he, she, or indeed it, is the agent of a nefarious organization dedicated to the equanimous destruction of

PArting shots and snap judgments from The ubyssey editorial board

humanity via the most horrific means possible. We at The Ubyssey virulently condemn this purchase, if only for our love of peace, kindness and the common good. Maybe we’re just better than everyone else UBC has far fewer reported cheating cases than other Canadian universities. In fact, the 37 reported cases are well below Carleton, which leads the list at 607, and even SFU, which had 436, according to a recent CBC survey. This probably means UBC is missing some cheaters, but there’s also the possibility we’re just morally superior to the rest of Canada. Then again, there is the question of whether cheating is really such a bad thing to do, but we digress. An interesting aspect that may reflect UBC’s publicly reported numbers is that administrators said the system at our university is less centralized when it comes to reporting and dealing with cheaters. To the extent this allows a more flexible, case-bycase discipline system in cases of academic misconduct, it is undoubtedly positive. We should be careful to ensure, however, that the lack of a truly centralized system does not unfairly impact certain students who get stuck with more strict teaching assistants or professors. Also, with Forestry having a new robot capable of cutting off arms, cheaters should make sure UBC President Stephen Toope’s replacement — who will be announced this spring — isn’t a fan of creative punishments.

Please sir, can you spare a dime for CiTR? Look at the things you spend a couple bucks each month on. Your cable bill. Netflix. A coffee and muffin. Perhaps an album or movie. If you can afford those facets of your life, surely you can afford to support CiTR, UBC’s famous radio station run by campus and community volunteers. The whole “university is a time to explore” line is said quite often,

but CiTR offers an experience that can’t be fulfilled at many other places. You can run your own live show, have access to a record collection bigger than you’ve probably ever seen, or find your band put on the road to success. And it’s not just music on the airwaves, but news and sports, too (and Nardwuar). Few others have done more for the Vancouver music scene than CiTR over the past 75 years, so even if it’s just a loonie you find under a couch cushion, throw it their way to ensure a smooth transition into the New SUB.

UBC’s scrambled PR effort finally implemented Remember the whole media shit show at the beginning of the year after The Ubyssey broke the story about the Sauder rape cheer? Well, in their quest to get the monkey of shame off their back, UBC announced a bunch of weird measures to respond. One of them was hiring a sexual assault counsellor to work at (or for?) Sauder to improve the climate. What that actually meant was never very clear. Nor was the need. Because some Commerce students are insensitive about rape, we are going to hire a counsellor for students? Things got even more confusing after Commerce Undergraduate Society students voted against allocating money to pay for the position. That was an OK decision, because UBC and Sauder were basically coercing students into paying for something they didn’t understand the need for. Following that vote, UBC stepped in to pay for the counsellor themselves, and after a six-month hiring process, they’ve finally found an eligible candidate. Despite its inauspicious origins, you can never have too many sexual assault counsellors at a major university, and the fact the position has finally been filled means they have a chance to do some great work. U

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TORONTO (NUW) — The federal Conservative government recently announced the Fair Elections Act, a controversial proposal to amend the Canada Elections Act. Unfortunately, the act takes steps to suppress voter turnout by implementing new rules for verifying who is an eligible voter at the polls. This new piece of legislation poses significant issues for minority voters, low-income families and, unfortunately, students. At present, eligible voters can vouch for another person’s eligibility, such as a roommate or neighbour, at polling stations, allowing them to vote. The Conservatives's proposal places unnecessarily stringent limits on reasonable and useful forms of identification, which will inevitably prevent young people from voting. One form of identification targeted for elimination is vouching. While the act will leave 39 identification options, these are often onerous or impossible for students or marginalized voters. Other identification options — including providing phone bills, bank statements or ID — work for voters who have a well-established life in the riding. Students, who who often live in a given riding for only one federal election, and marginalized citizens, who might not have a mailing address or ID, rely on vouching to facilitate their democratic right. While it has been presented as a measure to crack down on voter fraud in Canada, the Fair Elections Act really represents a direct attempt on the part of the federal Conservatives to suppress voter turnout among groups that habitually oppose them. By ending the practice of voter vouching, the government risks effectively disenfranchising entire demographics, from new citizens to students. Another troubling detail is the lack of any convincing evidence that individual voter fraud is a major problem in Canada — one that calls for a legislative solution. The Conservatives have cited Elections Canada research, saying that it shows vouching is problematic. However, many experts have convincingly argued that the Conservatives are distorting this research

for their political purposes. That the Conservatives have chosen to target vouching, without proving that it is really a problem, speaks volumes on their motives. These are political, not public-spirited. In addition to eliminating vouching, the act includes new limitations on the implementation of online voting. Under the current election laws, the testing and implementation of electronic voting by Elections Canada, as well as other forms of alternative voting, is permitted, as long as it is approved by Canada’s chief electoral officer and a parliamentary oversight committee. Under the Conservatives’ proposal, online voting in any form would have to be passed by the House of Commons and the Senate. It’s worth remembering that the latter body is itself unelected and currently has an iron-clad Conservative majority. Many believe that implementing online voting at a national level would drastically improve voter turnout by increasing ease and accessibility. In particular, online voting would almost certainly increase youth voter turnout. With the bill in place, the Conservative government would have to approve any move to implement, or even test, online voting. This power is better left in the hands of Elections Canada, an arms-length and impartial organization. Experts such as Jon Pammett, a political science professor at Carleton University, argue that the chief electoral officer should decide when online voting should be implemented, and that the senate shouldn’t have a say in the matter. With the act, he argues, the decision would be rendered “more difficult, if not impossible.” The measures proposed in this act will make it more difficult for demographics who generally oppose the Conservatives — including students — to vote. Youth voter turnout is already dropping. Steps should be taken to encourage student voters, not bar them from the polls. Any genuine attempt to ensure fairness in this country’s elections is a step in the right direction, but the act is not such an attempt. By placing unnecessary barriers between voters and the democratic process, the Conservative government is making a calculated move to frustrate a demographic that has traditionally supported its opponents.

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