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=HOTO CARTER BRUNDAGE/THE UBYSSEY Sarah was the co-host for the UBC Events videos, a set of promotional videos telling students about various happenings on campus. WEDNESDAY' 30 Sarah Chow wants to bring OCTUBAFEST 8 P.M.-10 P.M. @ ROY BARNETT RECITAL HALL Watch the musical stylings of the science to the masses UBC tuba and euphonium studio. And then since you're on campus anyway, why don't you grab a Olivia Law the Discovery Channel, both of confidence and improve her drink at the Pit or something? StaffWriter which she cites as influences. So communication skills. Free (unlessyou go to the Pit or Sarah Chow's Twitter profile Chow began working with the "Highlights definitely include something) says she is looking to take over UBC Events team to improve her interviewing the former govern­ the world by 2013. speaking skills. or general of Canada [Michaelle There's still a couple more Jean], and the chancellor's mace months to go until the end of bearer, but also performing a the year, but having finished her skit on stage at Imagine Day," time as co-host of UBC Events It's the thrill she said. videos and finishing up her Between schoolwork, hosting doctoral program, it's safe to of doing an UBC Events and a job, Chow say she's made a good dent into experiment for stressed the importance of THE her goal. organization. "Organization is Set to graduate with a PhD in the first time and key. Sometimes you have to give COVER cardiac physiology in November, up social commitments to work Vancouver-born Chow's ultim­ knowing I am the on your thesis or to research for ate aspiration is to make science first one in the a video." accessible to all. She wants to And she certainly has got her bring science out from the text­ world to do it. That's time management down to a fine book and into the everyday. what inspires me. art. Rising at 5:30 a.m. every $20 of multivitamins, one giantsoftboxand one last-minute cover. "The reason I do science is day, Chow leads a busy sched­ Photo by Carter Brundage. because I am a naturally curi­ Sarah Chow ule, spending hours in the lab, Former UBC Events co-host and filming UBC Events videos when ous person," she said. "I want PhD student to know everything. During she was still the host, commut­ my bachelor's at SFU, I felt I ing, working out and working was only scratching the sur­ "As a graduate student, it is in science communications at Want to see your face about what your body can easy to get stuck in the lab for Science World. events listed here? do. That's why I chose to do days on end," she said. "But by But for Sarah Chow, the sci­ research, so you can get really working with UBC Events, I ence is worth it. Email your events listings to down into the nitty gritty of how -^ was able to be out and about on "Knowing that every experi­ [email protected] <+• your heart works." campus, engaging myself with ment I do will get me closer to Aiming for a career in camera the daily goings-on." answering a question that no hosting and production, Chow UBC Events produce a set of one has ever answered before. stresses the importance of con­ promotional videos informing It's the thrill of doing an ex­ veying science in a way that has students of events on cam­ periment for the first time and ^|THE UBYSSEY OCTOBER28,2013 | VOLUMEXCV| ISSUEXIX less jargon and is more under­ pus, and as host, Chow has knowing I am the first one in

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Amo Rosenfeld of black that on, ~:et printing ture (not for puplication) as well as | | ' [email protected] can produce. // News EDITORS WILL MCDONALD + SARAH BIGAM MONDAY, OC MONEY » The board approved $250,000 Mavinic said that the Annacis Simplified timeline 2011 in additional capital funds, with centre that was finally built was 6John Hepburn, UBC's the condition that UBC commits a not a directly in line with the ear­ the development of VP Research and Metro the Annacis Van negotiate a different million to the project. lier discussions, which envisioned Wastewater Centre agreement: instead of $1 However, from this point on­ a standalone facility. Once Annacis mil lion. UBC will fund $540,0 00 over 9 years for ward, all proposed budgets for the became one of five proposed acad­ this project. Centre do not include any contri­ emies, a new agreement had to be 7 Anna ncis Wastewater 8. Mayor of Bu maty and Centre opens member on committee bution from UBC. arranged, according to Mavinic. involved with wastewater The actual cost ofthe Centre However, Hall said the Centre 2006 facility angrilygoes to 1 Metro Vancouver asks press after finding out was $9,127,856. According to Corri­ is in line with the original plans. UBC if interested in UBC did not follow gan, since the Centre has been built There also appears to have research together on through $1 mi llion com­ wastewater treatment. mitment. and paid for, the further $1 million been a communication breakdown 2. UBC comes back to needed came out of taxpayers' within Metro when Carline re­ MetroVan with idea of a research facility dollars instead. tired, since the Intergovernmental 3. UBC and MetroVan Corrigan was skeptical of UBC and Administration Committee tentatively agree to build facility on Annasis Island VP John Hepburn's statement that was not aware ofthe new agree­ a final agreement of $1 million was ment, according to Corrigan, until never finalized. two weeks ago — and neither was "I think there's more to this Mason, the new CAO. than meets the eye, and if it's a "Unfortunately, the first time 2007 problem with our staff then I'd 4. U BC conducts study we saw it was when we were and predicts Annasis like to sort that out," said Corri­ told that they had recanted on facil fty will cost $9 m ill ion. gan, though he said that he did not the original million dollars," 2006 5. UBC is listed as provid­ think it could be due to a problem said Corrigan. ing Si million forthe with Metro's staff. project. In a letter dated Oct. 17, Hep­ Between April and June 2011, burn stated that "this funding is a new agreement was negotiated subject to further negotiations between UBC and Johnny Carline, over a detailed memorandum of GRAPHICMING WONG/THE UBYSSEY the CAO of Metro Vancouver at understanding (MOU) and the Annacis Wastewater Centre is located on Annacis Island, an island between Richmond and Delta. the time, stating that UBC would establishment of a proper stake­ commit $90,000 a year over six holders governance board," which years, for a total of $540,000. The is why no money has gone to agreement also stipulated that a Annacis yet. Research funding foibles memorandum of understanding Mavinic said UBC has set aside outlining the specifics ofthe Cen­ $180,000 and are holding it for Sarah Bigam and Administration Committee, Sometime in 2008, UBC ex­ tre would be drafted. when Metro signs the MOU. News Editor agree that the money from UBC pressed to Metro that they would The most commonly cited ex­ "Everything's been cleared was only ever intended go to the be able to provide $1 million in planation for the funding discrep­ through UBC, including the law­ UBC and Metro Vancouver are Annacis Wastewater Centre, which funding toward the Centre. Ac­ ancy is changes in staff. Michael yers, but Metro has not signed it both confused regarding a change opened in 2012 and performs re­ cording to Mavinic and Hall, Mi­ Isaacson stepped down as dean of and without the MOU, it's still in in a funding commitment from search on treating wastewater. chael Isaacson, dean ofthe Faculty Applied Science on June 30, 2008, limbo," said Mavinic. UBC to one of Metro's research The Annacis Wastewater of Applied Science at the time, put and Tyseer Aboulnasr became the However, the contract proposed centres. Centre was conceptualized in this forward. new dean on August 31,2008. On on Oct. 10 is somewhat different In 2006, UBC had committed $1 2006, when two UBC professors, However, Isaacson denies mak­ Feb. 14, 2012, Carline retired, and from what was originally negotiat­ million to the Annacis Wastewater Mavinic and Eric Hall, head of ing this commitment. Mason took over in Sept. 2012. ed between Hepburn and Carline, Centre, and Metro has just discov­ the civil engineering department On Oct. 23,2008, a letter to Aboulnasr stepped down in 2011 according to Mason. It will not ered that UBC is now committing at the time, were approached by the Greater Vancouver Regional and is currently doing research include a MOU or a governance half of that. two representatives from Metro District Board of Directors said with the Nile University in Cairo. board; UBC's money will go This change was negotiated Vancouver. UBC had pledged $1 million to She could not be reached for com­ towards paying rent on the facility. over two years ago, and UBC says "The idea that they came with the facility. ment. Currently, according to Ma­ they have been waiting on Metro's was a simple one, and it didn't This $1 million was included in "I expect more out of universi­ vinic, UBC is still waiting to hear cooperation since then to move involve a building or a centre, it all proposed budgets for the Centre ties," Corrigan said. "If a university back from Metro about the MOU. forward with the funding. The was just an expression of interest from this point onward, including tells you that we're in for a million In the meantime, Mavinic is doing change seems to have been a result in working more closely with UBC a press release from Jan. 12,2010, dollars then I expect that you research at the Centre on recover­ in high-level staff changes both at research around wastewater treat­ which reported that UBC was con­ should be able to take that to the ing phosphorus from wastewater. Metro and UBC, with an ensuing ment," said Hall. tributing funds to the Centre. bank, and apparently you can't." According to Mason, the Inter­ lack of communication both within Later that year, Mavinic and Then, on Oct. 25,2010, a rec­ A breakdown in communica­ governmental and Administration Metro and between Metro and Hall officially proposed the idea to ommendation was made to the tions between Metro and UBC dur­ Committee requested their staff to UBC exacerbating the problem. Metro Vancouver. Greater Vancouver Sewerage and ing this period of staff transition investigate what exactly happened Both Donald Mavinic, a UBC In 2007, UBC commissioned a Drainage District board that the may have also contributed. to end UBC's commitment to $1 professor of civil engineering, and feasibility study with Stantec, who board get authorization to spend "The agreement fell apart, see," million. They will report back at Derek Corrigan, who sits on Metro predicted that the facility would an extra $1.25 million to complete said Mavinic. "The dean retired, the committee's next meeting on Vancouver's Intergovernmental cost $9 million to build. construction ofthe Centre. and then nobody picked it up." Nov. 15. a

DRUGS» Funding restored for UBC-based Therapeutics Initiative Austen Erhardt within the ministry. Though the TI missioner and the ministry's new Contributor was not found to have committed privacy policies. Researchers will any wrongdoing, it and many other also be subject to random audits. The Therapeutics Initiative, an organizations reliant on B.C. gov­ Research conducted by the acclaimed UBC-based pharmaceut­ ernment data for research had their Therapeutics Initiative has been ical review group, had its funding access — and funding — put on hold credited by some as having saved and access to data restored by while the government investigated hundreds of lives in B.C. Warnings the B.C. Ministry of Health last the privacy problems. issued by the group regarding Tuesday. During the suspension, the UBC Vioxx (Rofecoxib), an anti-inflam­ The Ministry of Health an­ Faculty of Medicine continued to matory pharmaceutical that caused nounced on Oct. 22 that the suspen­ fund the TI, albeit to a slightly lesser a higher incidence of heart attacks, sion of external research contracts, extent than the ministry contract. led to the drug eventually being including the one with the Thera­ "We were not able to provide withdrawn from the market. One peutics Initiative, had ended. The [the Therapeutics Initiative] with study attributed up to 140,000 Therapeutics Initiative's funding the full amount that would nor­ heart attacks in the U.S.A. to use of was reduced from $1,000,000 to mally have been provided during the drug, and the Canadian Health $550,000 in April 2012, and it is the the government contract. But we Coalition credits the Therapeutics latter number to which funding has were able to [fund them], for the Initiative with saving over 500 lives been restored. most part," said Gavin Stuart, dean in B.C. as a result of their research Although James Wright, man­ of UBC's Faculty of Medicine. and warnings on it. aging director and chair ofthe Though the lack of funding was Stuart did not comment on esti­ Therapeutics Initiative, said the an issue, it was the inability to ac­ CARTER BRUNDAGE3THE UBYSSEY mates regarding the exact number funding is not sufficient for the cess government data and networks James Wright, managing director ofthe Therapeutics Initiative, is glad funding is back. of lives that the TI has saved or organization to operate at its fullest — such as PharmaNet, a provincial build at UBC in this regard is able on regaining access to ministry positively impacted, but said it potential, he was pleased with the system that hosts information on to bring into play a level of rigour data, but Stuart said his priority "is not a one-off. We have seen a ministry's decision to resume the patient prescriptions — that led and evidence-based review that now is to work with the Ministry sustained level of productivity with contract and funding. to the significant reduction in probably can't be done as well any­ of Health to see if some or all ofthe the TI." "We were happy to get it, and research performed. where else." funds the Faculty of Medicine pro­ Although Wright is pleased to we will be working to find ways to Stuart defended the importance The Therapeutics Initiative also vided to the Therapeutics Initiative have the TI's contract restored, he fill in the extra funding that will be of independent review institutions receives up to $150,000 per year canbe recovered. pointed out the negative effects needed overtime," Wright said. like the Therapeutics Initiative from the Ministry of Health to According to the B.C. Ministry that the lack of TI research has had The Therapeutics Initiative's in light of increasing preference conduct clinical evidence reviews, of Health, researchers using data on B.C. physicians and pharmacists. contract with the ministry was being given to government-run or though this funding is not as secure from the ministry must undergo "It's really the public and the suspended in September 2012, fol­ affiliated organizations. as their primary grant. privacy training, as a result ofthe taxpayers who have been losing lowing the emergence of informa­ "I think the cadre of academic Recently, the focus ofthe TI and conclusions of a report by the B.C. out in this period of time," said tion on patient privacy violations leaders that we've been able to the Faculty of Medicine has been Information and Privacy Com­ Wright. XI NEWS I MONDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2013

PRIVACY » UBC Parking Enforcement's new toy Department introduces controversial surveillance technology, tries to improve image

Arno Rosenfeld No cameras are visible atop Cam­ of standardization and consistency Features Editor pus Security vehicles at UBC. in terms of ticketing. Jones explained that Parking But the reality remains that the If there's one thing that really sticks doesn't retain any ofthe license high price of parking on campus — a in Brian Jones' craw, it's UBC park­ plate data it collects unless a car is perennial complaint among students ing enforcement's bad reputation ticketed or towed, in which case — is not an accident. According to on campus. the photographs will be stored for Jones, the expensive parking is part "The department has been given 90 days to allow the owner ofthe ofthe university's sustainability a really hard rap over the years, vehicle to appeal the fine. strategy. The more it costs to park, and sometimes justifiably so," said "We only retain them at all so the thinking goes, the more Jones, who has been director of [because] you won't believe how people will take the bus or carpool Parking and Access Control Services many people want photo evidence to campus. at the university since last spring. that they parked illegally or didn't Jones emphasized the import­ "We're actually here to be a service pay for parking," Jones wrote in an ance of ensuring equity in parking provider." email. enforcement, and wants it known Parking Services is located in the He said Parking has no distinct that Parking embraces its role as a General Services Administration privacy policy governing their data campus service. Building, the dark grey monolith collection, but that they followed "If anybody were to approach us across the bus loop from Shop­ the university-wide policy. Only the and say, 'Hey, can I get a ride across pers. But while the department two parking managers have access campus?' of course we'd help them remains housed in the brutalist to the database of stored images, out," Jones said. 1968 addition to campus, parking Jones said. Parking's two enforcement enforcement is pushing ahead with Jones added that Parking's vehicles, both colourful Toyota industry-leading technology. Jones' version ofthe software is less robust Priuses — better for the environ­ efforts to employ best practices in than law enforcement's and that ment, Jones explained — patrol Point Grey have led to the intro­ they had no need for the more so­ campus from around 7:30 a.m. until duction of controversial technology phisticated version. He said variants 11 p.m. With the recent assaults on that has riled privacy watchdogs in ofthe technology UBC uses are also campus, he said Parking employees other contexts. employed by Whistler, North Van­ have been keepingtheir eyes out for The technology in question couver, Burnaby and others. anything suspicious. comes in the form of cameras Vonn said it's entirely possible "We're still part ofthe UBC com­ mounted to the roof of two parking that Parking's of ALPR is appro­ munity, so we'll be observing," he enforcement vehicles. The cameras, priate, but that through "func­ said. Jones' efforts to put a friend­ using software known as Optical tion creep," privacy concerns lier face on Parking and introduce Character Recognition (OCR), point often crop up after a technology computers to increase efficiency and downward and scan license plates of is implemented. consistency in enforcement comes parked cars as the vehicle drives by. "Typically what happens is a couple years after a period of wild "In the university world, we're you say, 'We're going to introduce turbulence for the department. actually cutting edge because what this program and we've got all the In 2009, a judge issued a ruling [OCR] enables us to do is monitor a checks and balances in place,'" Vonn saying UBC lacked the legal au­ number of different parking meth­ explained. "Six months later, we say, thority to issue and collect parking ods," Jones said. 'This would be really interesting for fines. The university was ordered The software matches license a whole lot of research purposes if to return $4 million in fines plates against Parking's database we just had this data.'" they had collected between 1990 of permit-holders on campus and While still within the bounds of and 2005. flags any cars which end up on the parking enforcement, Parking's use The decision was the result of a tow list after their owners fail to of ALPR has escalated from its early class action lawsuit filed by Daniel pay a certain number of fines. With use on campus. Originally installed Barbour, who had his car towed on this same technology, UBC's new in only one vehicle and used only campus due to outstanding fines and parking meters, like those along the to flag cars on the tow list, Jones got in a f istfigh t with the tow truck bus loop, record the license plates introduced a second vehicle and driver and later sued UBC. of cars that have paid and relay that expanded the functionality. "I don't like bullies," Barbour information to the enforcement "When I came along it kind of told The Globe and Mail at the vehicles. made sense to get a second vehicle time. "Everybody has a UBC park­ If the RCMP or Campus Security just from an efficiency perspective," ing story. It's harm they're doing to are looking for a particular vehicle, Jones said. "[ALPR] is movingto- their own students and staff." automatic license plate recognition ward an integrated parking platform The provincial legislature (ALPR) technology enables Parking — one that can check permits, pay- ended up passing legislation which to input license plates into their by-license-plate ... and make sure retroactively gave the university the system and flag the vehicle if the you've paid for parking so there's a right to collect fees, and after a four cameras spot it on campus. level and fair playing field." month reprieve, UBC began enfor­ Vonn said that at first glance, cing parking on campus again. CAMERA CONCERNS license plates may not seem like Parking at UBC presumably personal information and photo­ hadn't gotten that much media Law enforcement's use of this graphing them may appear benign. attention prior to 2009, and they technology has been the source of It's when the plates are connected certainly haven't gotten it since some privacy advocates' fury. with a database that hold personal then. Jones remains determined to "There has been some very con­ information on the vehicle's owner, keep his department in the com­ troversial use of these technologies like parking or law enforcement's munity's good graces. in British Columbia," said Micheal computer systems, that privacy "We just want a fair, equitable, Vonn, policy director at the B.C. becomes a concern. ethical environment. This helps us Civil Liberties Association. "If you're walking down the make sure everyone's playing by the While the RCMP does use ALPR, street you don't have the ability to same rules — and it is good technol­ Campus Security declined through attach that license plate number to ogy," Jones said. XI a UBC spokesperson to say whether a record — it's the data linkages that they use it. are key here," Vonn said. From top: Brian Jones, right and a Ubyssey "By principle, UBC does not editor stand outside one of two parking en- talk about its security technology NOT THE BAD GUYS forcementvehicles; a camera with Optical and systems," spokesperson Randy Character Recognition (OCR) technology; Schmidt wrote in an email. "Any Jones seems earnest in his quest a parking enforcement vehicle scanning the systems in use must and do comply to follow best practices when it license plate of a parked car; Enforcement with all UBC policies, for example comes to parking on campus, and officer Angel Villarta shows off the inside of on privacy, etc." the ALPR technology offers a type the vehicle. Photos by Carter Brundage. MONDAY, OCTOBER 28,2013 | FEATURES | 5 1 was the first of her students she had met/ Well before she ever set foot in Point Grey, Kanta Dihal — and thousands of other students — had already taken their first UBC course: for free, for no credit, from the convenience of their living rooms.

=HOTO MACKENZIE WALKERffHE UBYSSEY =ILE PHOTO ALEXANDRA DOWNI' SEY UBC professor Rosie Redfield, left, taught her first online course, "Useful Genetics," from behind her desk at UBC to thousands ents worldwide- - including the author of this article, right.

hen I attended my first tional genetics course was [often] The University of Alberta has a final exam, all of which were UBC lecture this April, a waste of time. And to me, it tried a similar approach. Under­ graded by a computer. There WI was 7,715.3 kilometres was like, how can it take me 20 graduates are able to take the was also an optional assignment, away from the UBC campus. years to realize that we should entire "Dino 101" course online which was peer reviewed. I had never been to Canada, be teaching stuff that's useful?" using Coursera. "Everybody was highly but I had just been accepted as Redfield said. "I was really un­ "Useful Genetics" is going to motivated," Redfield said. "They an incoming exchange student happy at what we were teaching." be offered on Coursera again this actually really wanted to learn for September 2013 and wanted But the traditional on-campus year. Redfield and her team have genetics. And that was thrilling. to get a sense of what would be course at UBC had recently been made a few changes to the ori­ Because it's so different [from] an expected of me as a UBC student. overhauled, so in an act of aca­ ginal format, including a larger ordinary course where people are UBC could offer me this demic defiance, Redfield turned number of peer assessments, a going, 'Why do I have to learn experience entirely for free in elsewhere — in this case, to a more flexible grading system and this stuff? Can I go home now?'" the form of an online genetics MOOC — to try her new idea. extra TAs. Redfield said one ofthe most course, taught by zoology profes­ "I was basically going, 'Well, Professors on Coursera have Everybody was highly important parts ofthe learning sor Rosie Redfield. if you're going be like that... options in how they present experience, both for students "You're actually the first stu­ you guys can teach genetics, I'm their classes. motivated. They and for herself, was the dis­ dent [I've] met in person," Red- walking away from this,'" the "The 'Climate Literacy' actually really wanted cussion board. Roughly 1,300 field told me when I sat down to professor said. lectures applied really sort of to learn genetics. And of the students posted on the interview her on campus this fall. When she heard about ambitious production values," board which, while exciting, also In 2012, UBC partnered Coursera, Redfield realized she Redfield said. "They're real nice, that was thrilling. frustrated Redfield. with Coursera, a company that could find an audience after all they're quite slick. They're al­ Because it's so different "It was driving me crazy what provides an online platform for for the new genetics course she most like TV show quality. from an ordinary the students were doing. They digital courses offered by 80 dif­ had devised. "I decided to go to the other were saying, 'We want more ferent universities worldwide. Coursera requires universities end ofthe extreme and go for low course where people feedback!' And I'm going, 'I Redfield's "Useful Genetics" to offer at least three courses. production values — me sitting in are going, 'Why do I don't have time to give you more course was one ofthe first Redfield's "Useful Genetics" my office, talking to my laptop. have to learn this stuff? feedback!'" MOOCs — massive online open was joined by Gregor Kiczales's I did it all by myself, here, at Though Redfield and her courses — to be offered on Cour­ "Introduction to Systematic Pro­ night." Can I go home now?' teaching assistant Alana Schick sera by the university. MOOCs gram Design" and Sarah Burch In fact, Redfield did not just Rosie Redfield were active on the forums, they are free to take and generally and Sara Harris' jointly taught talk to her laptop. Her lec­ Zoology professor and one of UBC's were forced to bring on another open to an unlimited number "Climate Literacy." tures were built around slides first professors to teach a massive TA to help respond to students. of students. Starting in fall term next year, and stop-motion animations online open course through For a class that offered no I was one among the initial second-year undergraduates at using candy. Couresera college credit, students were thousands of students to register UBC will be able to take Red- This made the course quite surprisingly concerned with for Redfield's "Introduction to field's genetics course — for cred­ sophisticated compared to, for their grade. At one point, an Genetics," and also one ofthe it, though not for free — in what instance, Stanford University's online spread sheet was made by roughly 700 to actually take the she calls "an extreme version of course on Albert Einstein. In a student on which people could final exam at the conclusion of ... flipped classrooms." these lecture videos, the profes­ calculate their average grade. (I the 10-week course. Students will acquire the sor was filmed talking in front of must confess that I participated Redfield initially developed necessary theoretical knowledge a whiteboard. in this.) the course as a replacement for outside the classroom, while the "Useful Genetics" was the "One ofthe shocking things we the regular second-year genetics seminar will be used for discus­ most demanding course I have discovered was how much people course taught to biology under­ sions. The midterm and final taken so far on Coursera, which are motivated by grades, even graduates at UBC. for UBC students, however, will offers roughly 70 courses a in an online course that doesn't "I started to realize that what be taken on paper and graded month. The course included count for anything," Redfield we were teaching as a conven­ by staff. weekly quizzes, a midterm and said. XI II Sports + Rec EDITOR NATALIESCADDEN MONDAY, OCTOBER 28,2013 | Q SOCCER» UBC moves on to Canada West final four T-Birds beat Dinos 2-1, rookie Jasmin Dhanda scores game-winner in 83rd minute

Natalie Scadden "We knew it would only take one lessons from that, and now what Sports + Rec Editor opportunity, and that was it," said an opportunity we have to go and Neil of Dhanda's game-winning implement those lessons against The phrase "defence wins cham­ strike. "Nine times out of 10, you the team we just faced and fell pionships" may have a certain truth want that type of player in front of down short against." to it, but it requires a great deal of the net." UBC will need to find a way to patience. In Saturday night's Canada After a scrappy first half in which keep Shalla Kadima under control West women's soccer quarterfinal neither team seemed to be able to this time around. The fifth-year match up between the University of control the ball or put up any great defender put up a hat trick against Calgary, the offensive powerhouse, chances, Dhanda took a low cross UBC when she was left unmarked and UBC, the shutdown defensive from Janine Frazao and softly in front of goalie Alyssa Williamson, regime, the winning goal didn't tipped it into the bottom corner costing the Thunderbirds the first come until the 83rd minute. to open up the scoring in the 48th place spot in the conference. How­ UBC has relied on its defence minute. The lead was short-lived, ever, the rematch carries far more since new head coach Andrea Neil though, as Calgary's Nikki Fuku- weight. The winner goes through took over this year, allowing just wara struck from 20 yards out less to the Canada West final, and more five goals in 12 regular season than two minutes later, her ninth of importantly, to the CIS champion­ games. But at the end ofthe day, the season. ship tournament in Toronto the you still need to score to win Neil recognized this as another following week. UBC hasn't been games, and a tie doesn't cut it in mental lapse, which got the best of to nationals since 2010, a testa­ the playoffs. And after a heart­ UBC against Alberta the previous ment to the strength ofthe Canada breaking extra time loss last week­ week as well. "It's about controlling West conference. end to the University of Alberta, emotion, same as last week," said Neil was pleased with her team's UBC's only loss ofthe season, Neil. "When we scored they came efforts on Saturday night. "Every­ and two straight years of getting back and scored right away. That's body from the back up to our tall knocked out ofthe playoffs on a key learning moment we have to striker did the job," she said. "No­ penalty shootouts, it was getting a take from this." body had a poor game. Everybody little nerve-wracking. The victory moves UBC through played to their capability, and we Thankfully, UBC rookie Jasmin to the semifinal round next week­ know we have another notch in us Dhanda took Nicole Sydor's pass in end in Victoria, where they'll get a as well." stride on the right side and broke rematch with Alberta. Neil intends to stick to the same loose of her defender. She carried "It's a nice opportunity to come plan next weekend, putting her the ball to just outside the six-yard back and have another go with team's defensive mantra to its big­ box and expertly chipped it over them. It was a back-and-forth gest test yet. Calgary goalie Lauren Good for her affair, and they have some very "Everything comes down to one second goal ofthe game and seventh special players," Neil said of Al­ game, so everybody's got to fight for ofthe season. berta. "We needed to learn some it and be prepared on the day." XI Rookie forward Jasmin Dhanda led UBC with two goals on Saturday night.

FOOTBALL» UBC falls to Calgary in final test before playoffs Dinos stay undefeated, T-Birds 4-4; high-stakes rematch set for Saturday afternoon in Calgary

C J Pentland With the 'Birds driving into off, but he again failed to show an Managing Editor, Web Calgary territory, a pass completed ability to deliver late in the game. to Micha Theil looked promising As mentioned before, this is some­ After two solid wins that guar­ — at least until he started to run thing Williams has been able to do, anteed them a postseason berth, and promptly fumbled it away, as evidenced by narrow wins over it became clear that the UBC giving the Dinos the ball back. Alberta, Manitoba and Regina on Thunderbirds were a legitimate One minute and two seconds later, the road. contender in the Canada West. But Calgary was back in the end zone, UBC head coach Shawn Olson as they found out Friday night, making it 22-11. has said Williams is his starter, but there is a vast margin between The fumble signaled the end he's made it clear over the past two simply being a contender in the of UBC's ability to do much on games that Bowcott is his main conference and being the best. offence outside of Brandon Des­ guy, giving him the vast majority In the last game ofthe regular champs running for 161 yards. A ofthe snaps. Come next week, season, the 'Birds put their perfect safety, rouge and field goal were there won't be any more time to 3-0 road record on the line against the only points the Thunderbirds experiment. You tell one guy that the University of Calgary Dinos, a could muster in the second half, you have faith in them to get to job team that had already locked up first and the end result was a 34-17 loss. done and hope they deliver. The place and was looking to complete This was not the same team two pivots fought all year for this their first undefeated season in his­ who put up 60 points a week ago. moment, and now it is here. tory. UBC, on the other hand, was Yes, Calgary is a bit better than a It's safe to bet that the running looking to improve their position in certain Alberta team that hasn't won game and the defence will do the standings, as a win would most since 2010, but to turn 447 yards of their parts next Saturday, but the likely help them move up to third offence into just 15 points doesn't quarterbacking corps will need to or perhaps second place, meaning bode well heading into the playoffs. complement these aspects for UBC they would avoid Calgary in the first While UBC's defence has been to pull out the upset. Whether it's round ofthe playoffs. fantastic all year, it's asking way too Bowcott or Williams filling that In the teams' first meeting much of them to shut down Calgary. role, they need to step up. XI =ILE PHOTO JOSH CURRAN3THE UBYSSEY ofthe year, UBC held their own The Dinos are a team that averages Greg Bowcott has received the bulk of the play at quarterback over the past two games. against the Dinos, leading in the 42.5 points per game and 549.6 fourth quarter but fading late in a yards of offence, so to hold them to 41-31 loss. Friday's meeting would 34 points really isn't that bad. BIRD DROPPINGS show if that performance was All that being said, the only way simply a flash in the pan, or if UBC UBC can pull off a win against Women's Field Hockey really is a threat capable of deny­ Calgary is if their offence is on its ing Calgary their sixth straight game. Deschamps can typically After 10 straight years of taking home the Canada West crown, the UBC conference title. be counted on for a big game on women's field hockey fell 2-0 to the University of Victoria Vikes on Sat­ The game started out well for the ground — he's averaged 143.9 urday afternoon in the deciding match. Both teams came into the game UBC. They held their own once rushing yards per contest — but undefeated, having tied each otherthree times already again and led briefly midway the quarterbacking duo of Bowcott Both teams will move on to the CIS championship tounlament , beii through the second quarter after and Carson Williams needs to held Oct. 31-Nov. 3 in Victoria. Greg Bowcott hit David Scott in deliver. Williams started the game, the end zone to make it 11-8. Cal­ but only threw two passes before Interestingly, UBC swept the conference awards: gary responded right away when being replaced by Bowcott last Mercer Timmis crossed the goal night, despite completing a 37 yard Player of the Year: Rachel Donohoe line for the 19th time this season pass on his first toss of the game. Rookie of the Year: Sophie Jones — a Canada West record — but Bowcott didn't put up terrible Goalkeeper of the Year: Bea Francisco right before halftime, if looked as numbers on Friday, completing 16 Coach of the Year: Hash Kanjee if UBC would at least be in striking =ILE PHOTO CARTER BRUNDAGE3THE UBYSSEY of 33 passes for 224 yards and one Gail Wilson Award nominee (outstandinc randaiviann distance if they weren't ahead. touchdown while not being picked UBC looks to defend their CIS title next week. MONDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2013 | SPORTS + REC

HOCKEY» Women's hockey on 3-game hot streak Rafter and Casorso sit on top of Canada West leaderboard with 10 points apiece

Jenny Tang Skillful stick checking by UBC's The team were pushing [hard] and it StaffWriter Harheet Parhar and Sarah Casorso was a result of work by everybody." put pressure on the Pandas for Teamwork and consistency were It was an intense Friday night for much ofthe second period. Finally, key for the win, and head coach the women's hockey Thunderbirds the score broke even in the last five Graham Thomas glowingly praised as they faced off against the Uni­ minutes ofthe period when Saxvik the team for finally playing for a full versity of Alberta Pandas, but with made a precise pass to Casorso, who 60 minutes, which has been a fault major improvements in offense and then flicked the puck into a high for them so far this season. defence, greater consistency and a blocker-side shot into the net. "They had a bit of a tag team little bit of luck, UBC were able to Desperate to take the lead again, moment.... A light going on, I guess. pull ahead and take the game in a Alberta came out fast and furious That was our most consistent game 2-1 victory. in the third period. But Dube didn't ever for that 60 minutes," Thomas Coming off of a weekend split in let up, and UBC took another goal said. "We're definitely seeing that Regina, UBC were eager to get go­ when Casorso shoved the puck past the girls are starting to figure it ing, and Alberta came on strong. But Panda goalie Michala Jeffries and out — what it takes to win and how goalie Danielle Dube was not going across the goal line. to win and how to pull it out when to let the puck past her, making save With UBC in the lead, the Pandas facing a challenge." after miraculous save. At the mid­ became more and more aggressive. The Thunderbirds kept their point ofthe first period, a sprawling Alberta's Janelle Froehler broke winning streak up with 2-1 victory Dube made an amazing save by through the defensive line and man­ on Saturday night for their third in lifting her leg and blocking the shot aged to earn a penalty shot, but her a row. With the game locked at one mid-air with her pad. attempt was thwarted by Dube, who apiece and heading into a shootout, Shortly afterward, however, was unstoppable at this point. Dube Thomas made an interesting move Alberta managed to draw first blood saved 25 of 26 shots on goal on the and pulled goalie Danielle Lemon, after a board pass that landed in night to hang on for the win. who had made 30 saves to keep UBC front ofthe goal, which was then The two goals for Casorso put in the game, in favour of Danielle tipped in by Panda Alison Camp­ her atop the Canada West leader- Dube. The move paid off, though, bell's shoulder. board with 10 points, but she didn't as Dube stopped both shooters she The 'Birds fought back in the forget about the teamwork behind faced and Christi Capozzi and Tati­ second period, and a close shot on her success. ana Rafter scored to seal the victory goal by Nicole Saxvik that hit the "They only came because every­ for UBC. post was the start of a series of fierce body worked so hard to get the The Thunderbirds (5-2-1) will tactics UBC would use to take back goals," said Casorso. "I wouldn't say take on the Mount Royal Cougars =HOTOKOSTAPRODANOVIC3THE UBYSSEY the game. they were individual by any means. (2-6-0) in Calgary on Friday. XI UBC powered past Alberta for two victories this weekend.

VOLLEYBALL » MOREV-BALL» Women's volleyball sweeps Men's volleyball rivals in opening weekend drops home opener Bailey Ramsay Bailey Ramsay Contributor their opponents' score, a painful Contributor 11-25 defeat. Saturday's women's volleyball Despite increased efforts in the home opener was a tight 3-1 win for What started out as an extremely third set, Trinity again took an ear­ the six-time consecutive nation­ close game soon went downhill ly lead. A brief tie was achieved by al champion UBC Thunderbirds as the Trinity Western University UBC due to an attack error by the as they defeated the number Spartans spoiled UBC's men's vol­ Spartans, which brought UBC back two-ranked Trinity Western leyball home opener. into the game and wrestling with a University Spartans. With the Thunderbirds start­ small lead. "They are, in the true sense of ing out strong in the first set, a the world, rivals, and a healthy one," fragile lead of 6-5 grew into a more said UBC head coach Doug Reimer, confident 12-6. Trinity worked ofthe Spartans. hard to close the gap and chased WheThenn voyoiu have two After what started as an early 5-1 closely behind. Branden Schmidt of injuries that keep two lead forthe Spartans, UBC closed the Spartans tied the game with a main guys out of your the initial gap in the first set. The powerful hit to make it 20-20. lineup, it shows. score then rocketed from 7-9 to With UBC ahead by one point, 16-9 as a nine-point streak put the Trinity retaliated to tie it up again Richard Schick T-Birds in a comfortable lead. They until the score hit 26-26. The point Men's volleyball head coach continued to wedge a gap in the that tied the game was caused by score ofthe first set as it climbed UBC hitting the ball into the net rapidly to 22-12. and it dropping to the ground. With Trinity soon caught back up After being denied their set point Trinity's next serve hitting out of and subsequently took the lead for three plays, UBC finally finished bounds, the possession and lead by storm, scoring seven points in it off with a defiant hit from outside was returned to UBC as captain eight rallies to make it 12-17. The hitter Juliana Kaufmanis to close at PHOTO GEOFF LISTER/THE UBYSSEY Ian Perry set the ball to Gabriel set would finish with that same 25-15. Lisa Barclay led UBC to victory over Trinity Western with 12 kills and 12 digs. Aaron, who hit the winning point five-point gap in Trinity's favour. The second set was not as com­ to take the incredibly close first set In what was the fourth and final fortable as the first for UBC as the early season where you see the po­ strong, with the final point being a 28-26. set ofthe match, the Spartans again Spartans regrouped and returned tential of both teams, but you know punishing hit from Barclay as the As close and intense as the first came out strong with a dominant with more intensity. With the gap there are quite a few unforced ball smacked the ground a little out set was, UBC was unfortunately start that the T-Birds struggled to never more than two or three points, errors." of reach of a diving Spartan. Barclay unable to remain the dominant compete with. possession and points experienced a The intensity ofthe second set finished with 12 kills and 12 digs, team in the sets to come. UBC tried to play catchup, but high turnover rate. leaked into the third as the score both game highs. Rosie Schlagint- "I thought today was not a with a consistent cushion of four Inching from tie to one-point continued to climb tightly upward. weit and Kaufmanis added 10 kills good response to how we played to five points, Trinity kept the lead and back again, points crawled The match started out with Lisa each for UBC and Kirsty Setterlund last night," said UBC head coach lead for the remainder ofthe game for UBC to 22-21 as they barely Barclay serving up five consecu­ had 11 digs. Richard Schick. "Last night we and closed out with a convincing held onto their short advantage. tive points to gain the initial lead. "Almost without exception competed well and tonight I was 25-17 win. Approaching the game point, the But UBC's reassuring 9-2 lead we have good battles, and I think expecting to come out much the "I think this showed that we rallies became longer and the stakes dwindled down to 9-7 as Trinity both teams play a fairly physical same, and we didn't. It was a need to get healthy," said Schick. grew higher. worked hard to close the gap with a volleyball game," said Reimer. "Each good character check for us and I "When you have two injuries that A hit from UBC was blocked by five-point streak. season has a little different rhythm, didn't think it was a very positive keep two main guys out of your the teamwork of Royal Richardson With a cushion of three of four but by a large number of years, both reaction." lineup, it shows." and Lauren Moncks resulting in the points, the score continued to climb teams have pushed each other, and In the second set, Trinity UBC (0-2) will host the Univer­ winning point ofthe second set for as UBC held the lead all the way the result is never a foregone con­ server Adam Schriemer earned sity of Manitoba Bisons (1-1) on the Spartans with the score finish­ towards the final set point with clusion by any means whenever we his team an early four-point lead. Friday and Saturday night. ing at 23-25. TWU unable to quite catch up. A kill play them." The score continued to grow in "There is nothing we have to "We were a little unsure. We by Alissa Coulter made it 25-22 and UBC will be back in action at the Spartans' favor as a gap of work on," Schick said. "If there have had some pretty tough mo­ 2-1 in sets for UBC. War Memorial Gym on Friday and 2-10 was dug. is anything we have to work on, ments in terms of preseason," said With a consistent lead of five Saturday as they host the University UBC couldn't recover and it is probably every part ofthe Reimer. "It did look a bit like [the] points in the final set, UBC finished of Manitoba Bisons. XI finished the set with less than half game." XI II Culture RHYS EDWARDS THEATREDisorde» r in the court Players Club opens 2013 season with judicial drama at Dorothy Somerset studio When a scene is over, the close­ tion student Noah Cohen, who ness ofthe cast and crew becomes plays Loeb. evident. Even right after a tense No matter the challenges, the and emotionally draining scene, club agrees that the rewards are they are able to joke about trivial starting to come. "It's an invest­ matters such as who handles each ment of time and effort, and chair on set. you almost always get it back," "I start to move towards it and Isbrucker said. then somebody sits on it," Mattes And it seems that the biggest said, laughing. reward will be more than simply With major projects come great entertaining an audience. The cast obstacles, and Never the Sinner is says that there is a lot more to the no exception. Each member ofthe story than just a courtroom drama. club faces their own challenges "One ofthe notes in the be­ within the rehearsal process. ginning ofthe play is 'remember "For me, the most difficult thing that this is a love story,' and I is making my characters seem ob­ would like people to take that viously distinct, because I play four [with them]," Mattes said. "It's a PHOTO WILL MCDONALD3THE UBYSSEY different characters and have very love story between two boys who Although Never the Sinner is adapted from the macabre real-world trial of Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb, the Players Club are a jovial bunch. minimal costume changes," said would not function without each journalism student Chris Lane. other and could not be as absolute­ Marlee Laval "Trial ofthe Century" of Nathan "With every show I've been "You feel like you are getting ly evil without each other." StaffWriter Leopold Jr. and Richard Loeb. in, the more serious the subject closer to understanding your char­ "I read about 15 plays before I "I can see sin in all the world, and The play follows the true story matter, the goofier the rehearsals acter, and then you are further found this one, and I don't know I may well hate that sin, but never ofthe two students who, seem­ are," said first-year Arts student away than before," added Asher why, but something resonated the sinner," exclaims defence law­ ingly without a motive, kidnap Marianna Mattes, who plays a Isbrucker, a fourth-year interdisci­ with me," Weston said. yer Clarence Darrow, portrayed and murder 14-year-old Bobby multitude of characters in the plinary student who plays the role As showtime draws closer, the by UBC Players Club member Franks. As Darrow fights to save show, including a reporter cover­ of Leopold. Players Club hopes their produc­ Steve James. the boys from a potential death ing the trial. The cast likes to use the meta­ tion will resonate with audi­ At 53 years old, James, along sentence, the story is not a case "We're still making jokes and phor of a puzzle in order to better ences, too. Spend a night with the with students and non-students of "whodunit," but rather, an in­ giggling like little schoolboys or describe the issue. "Every time oldest club on campus from Oct. alike, is busy rehearsing for the vestigation into why it was done girls," said director Paul Weston, you think you're getting close 30-Nov. 3 at the Dorothy Somer­ upcoming UBC Players Club to begin with. a fifth-year film student. "Our to getting the puzzle, you find set Studios. U production of Never the Sinner The storyline may be serious, rehearsals run anywhere from five another piece, and then you have by John Logan, a theatrical but the cast and crew still know to six hours a pop. We very quickly to disassemble the entire puzzle," Tickets can be reserved at tickets® adaptation ofthe 1924 so-called how to have fun. love each other or hate each other." said second-year film produc­ ubcplayersclub.com.

FILM» MUSIC » The frames in Africa Pit shakes with Baauer bassquake New Wave film series brings African auteurs to Vancouver of cinema more directly and who are pushing the boundaries of what defines African cinema." Films being shown throughout the week — some for the first time — are no more than four years old, with at least three of them joining the series straight from their first showings at the Toronto International Film Festival. MacArthur sees the series as an opportunity to recognize the journey young African directors are engaging in through shifting the dynamic of African cinema. "My goal was to bring great African films to Vancouver," she said. The featured productions, MacArthur explained, are "stories about people themselves, struggling in various contexts." African cinema in itself is not a genre, she stressed, but rather a regional cinema COURTESYJULIEMACARTHUR that engages in common genres identified around The New Wave in African Cinema runs until Nov. 7. the world. PHOTO GEOFF LISTER/THE UBYSSEY As the Pit found out on Friday, there's more to Baauer than his hit "Harlem Shake." Alexandra Meisner As programmer ofthe series, MacArthur placed the films' individual storytelling approaches within StaffWriter Jenica Montgomery the context of global sociopolitical issues, ensuring Contributor rose as his set went on. The air Internationally recognized yet highly personal, Afri­ that they become more relatable and emotionally was thick with alcohol and sweat, can cinema is transforming. stimulating to the general population. "In that way, The night might have started out but Baauer's chaotic rhythm This transformation can be witnessed at the New they are much more recognizable for people in a slow, but it ended with a bang — brought the crowd together. Wave in African Cinema film series, coming to Van­ wider world. I think they have a greater appeal to a or better yet, a bass drop. The separate artists' sets couver next week. The series, playing at the Pacific global audience, because they are more about individ­ On Oct. 25, eminent trap flowed together nicely, with no Cinematheque, will bring directors from across the ual stories," she said. artist Baauer, alongside SRGNZ hard breaks, but Alex Mason's African continent to Vancouver, and is intended to The New Wave project will also involve UBC stu­ and Alex Mason, performed an and SRGNZ's sets were difficult entice the wider public into issues of African identity dents in other ways. "We have a partnership with the intimate set at the Pit Pub on to differentiate. Baauer set him­ and cinema. Africa Awareness Initiative on campus," said Mac- campus. Known by many for his self apart from the other artists The film series — sponsored by UBC African Arthur. "[It] is made up of undergraduate students, hit track "Harlem Shake," which with his distinctive bass lines and Studies and the Liu Institute for Global Issues, among both African and non-African, who are involved in quickly skyrocketed earlier this heavy beat. others — will allow many ofthe featured film's discussing African issues and concerns." Starting next year when it was appropriated The event itself, put on by directors to actively participate in post-viewing Q&A term, MacArthur is also bringing the world of African as a popular internet meme, AMS Events and TheCalendar.ca, sessions, as well as academic roundtable discussions. cinema into the classrooms of UBC with HIST 309A, Baauer's performance showed was Halloween themed, but the The lineup includes both feature-length titles and "Topics in Sub-Saharan African History," which will that he is much more than an music and the theme ofthe party short film programs about a range of subjects, from showcase the work of many new African directors. internet sensation. didn't quite match. The night an existential drama about a Cameroonian cancer MacArthur affirmed that this younger generation The party started later than would have been more cohesive if victim in France to a post-apocalyptic samurai flick of filmmakers is now working beyond the borders of advertised and took a few hours the artists had incorporated the from Burkina Faso. their own culture. to find its bearings, but once the Halloween theme into their sets. The project is piloted by Julie MacArthur, an "They're more engaged with questions about how night got rolling, there was no Regardless, the energy was strong African historian and professor at UBC. "We thought, the individual deals with things like trauma, deals stopping it. While the opening and flowed through the crowd. what better way to raise the profile and get people with things like violence [and] deals with things like lineup was fantastic, and invig­ The performances of Alex talking about African studies than a film series that family, rather than being much more specific to an orated a seemingly dead evening, Mason, SRGNZ and Baauer were would really showcase the new talents that are emer­ African context." 'tJ Baauer's performance brought ones to remember, and although ging from the continent?" she said. a renewed energy to the crowd. the energy ofthe crowd wasn't "The point ofthe series ... is to showcase what I see The New Wave in African Cinema runs from Nov. 1-3, Even though this was an intimate necessarily focused on taking in as a new wave, a new generation of African film­ and then again from Nov. 5-7, at the Pacific Cine­ performance, he didn't hold back the music, their talent spoke for makers," MacArthur said. "[Those] who are asking matheque cinema. Discount tickets are available for — the crowd was receptive to the itself, managing to bring even the different questions, who are engaging with the world students. deep bass lines, and the energy outliers onto the dance floor. tJ MONDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2013 | CULTURE

MUSIC » BZZR» S.F. Brew and brUBC duke it out at Deep Cove Gregory Pitts Contributor I members, the price of brewed beer & averages around $2 a litre." The UBC Brewing Club began its Although the Hops Connect 2013-14 year in style with the first cup went to SFU, UBC did win the with Joyce Island ever Hops Connect tournament, award for best wheat ale, and tied slated to become an annual brewing Mariam Baldeh for best dark ale. Prizes included a competition between UBC and SFU. 20-litre brewing cask, which Kerry Contributor The event is a landmark for the says will be a fine addition to the club — also known as brUBC — club's collection of equipment. UBC alumna and Vancouver song­ which has grown rapidly since its But UBC Brewing doesn't seem writer, guitar player and vocalist founding four years ago. "Initially, to hold grudges or resentment in Lisa Joyce is about to embark on the club was hard to get rolling the slightest. That's because both a cross-country train tour, titled because of alcohol and licensing SFU and UBC Brewing stress an Folkways and Railways, to pro­ issues," said president Kerry Dyson. atmosphere of camaraderie and col­ mote her debut EP, Joyce Island. "It was a little like herding cats." laboration rather than competition. The album, which has been played That's in the past, though, as mem­ Patrick Warshawski, VP of market­ on CBC and various college radios, bership has almost doubled since ing, says the club is trying to balance was released to positive acclaim in last year. its growing membership body while April this year. jsa Joyce, a UBC alumna, will travel across Canada via train to promote her new album. The growth in popularity also maintaining its signature feel of a The Ubyssey interviewed her to reflects a wider trend in the city of tight-knit community: "We meet learn more about her sound and so we recorded the seven songs, used to hop on a train and play Vancouver. Nine new microbrew­ once a week on Sundays from 3-7, her Canadiana-inspired sojourn. and then one day in the studio, I their music and carry their mes­ eries have either opened or are but we're hoping to expand by was just playing something on the sage to other travellers. scheduled to open in 2013. Deep organizing more professional work­ The Ubyssey: So you actually- guitar between takes and what­ Cove Brewery in North Vancouver shops and tours." graduated from UBC. When and not, and they said, "What's that?" 17: Has anyone ever done a train — where the tournament was hosted As the club grows, the number of from what faculty? And I said, "Oh, it's just this song tour before? — is one such facility. Its combina­ opportunities to be actively involved I wrote... it's more folky and old tion of state-of-the-art equipment in it have to grow as well. Lisa Joyce: Yeah, I graduated a country than the rest ofthe songs LJ: It was done one other time and old-world pub feel made it the "Overall, we're a group of stu­ few years back! Did a major in an­ on the album...." And they said, that I know of in 1970.... Artists perfect venue for such an event. dents who appreciate beer and its thropology and a minor in English. "Well, play it again." So I played it like Janice Joplin and The Band "Ten years ago, you couldn't walk many benefits," said Warshawski. for them and they said, "You know, all got together and went across into a bar in Vancouver and order "And we hope to have as many stu­ 17: Your sound has often been we love it and we should add it to Canada on a train.... And they've the types of beer you can now," said dents get involved as possible."1 called a rock and roll mix be­ the album somehow...." done the exact same route I'm Dyson. "It just wasn't possible." Kerry says the next step is to tween Neil Young, Fleetwood doing, playing music on and off If that's true ofthe bars, the same gain enough clout to have a say in Mac and Tom Petty. Who are 17: What was your inspiration in the train in select cities, which I certainly applies to the brewing reforming B.C.'s "archaic" liquor your musical influences and writing the songs? thought was an inspiring idea. It's community; flavours of beer at the laws, such as eliminating the why? not something people are doing, so competition included honey basil, total ban on liquor in parks and LJ: I guess the inspiration behind I thought it would be a unique and Earl Grey, midnight pumpkin and beaches and reducing the taxes LJ: I'd say the biggest influences are the songs is just a lot of troubled fun way to get my music out there salted caramel, to name a few. A — and therefore price — imposed the things I listened to in my parents experiences.... Life in general, the and see the country at the same total of 11 beers were entered by on microbreweries. It might be a record collection growing up. A lot ups and downs and hardships of time. I've never been to the Mari- UBC, and 13 by SFU. ways away, but if UBC Brewing can of rock and roll and old country.... life are my inspiration. The things times before, so I'm really excited Don't let the exotic names fool make that happen, they might just Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, the that in the end make you stronger. to see that part ofthe country. It's you, though; Kerry says they were become the most popular club on early Rolling Stones, The Who, I find that it's those things that a bit of a dream for me. all easy and cheap to make. "For campus. XI The Band, Bob Dylan.... My sound people can relate to in the songs. became a mix between those two The honesty and vulnerability. 17: So the tour starts when? genres without intentionally trying to make it that way. Nowadays, I'm 17: What inspired you to do a LJ: The actual tour starts on listening to a lot of Wilco and Will train tour? How exactly does Tuesday, Oct. 29 when I board Oldham and stuff like that. that work? the train. First stop is Halifax, and then I'll also be stopping to ALTERNATIVE 17: So there are seven songs on LJ: Well, I've always known perform in Montreal, Toronto, the album? that there was a train that went Edmonton and other cities, as well all the way across Canada, and as performing on the actual train. DISPUTE LJ: Yes, and then there's also the taking a train across the country is I'm really excited. XI secret song. something I've dreamed of doing for a longtime. And I love playing RESOLUTION 17: The secret song? music, so I thought it would be POSTGRADUATE perfect to combine the two ideas. Readthefull interview with CERTIFICATE LJ: It's funny, actually.... We set I'm inspired by the nostalgic idea Lisa Joyce at ubyssey.ca. out to make a rock and roll album, of musicians back in the day who fe

PREVIEW » Colin MacDonald: savage and silly Band, the Pocket Orchestra explores studied at UBC. Hintersteininger the boundaries between classical, started playing the cello at the age jazz and contemporary music. of five; he then went on to receive On an abstract level, their music several degrees in both music and is gracefully savage. It combines library science. the luxuriance of baroque orches­ "To me, music is all about emo­ tras with trance-inducing repeti­ tions and this is what I try to put in tions of minimalist music, sprin­ all music that I do," said Hinter­ kled with a hint of tango passion. In steininger. "It has to have certain a word: cryptic. meaning behind it. Music that is A few artists in the Orchestra are purely technical is not interesting UBC alumni, including MacDonald to me." himself. When MacDonald was On Nov. 1 at 8 p.m., the ensemble nine, his elder brother asked him to will be performing at the Orpheum sign up for the saxophone pro­ Annex. "Fantasia" will present gram — "because it [was] so cool," some new arrangements of existing PHOTO COURTESYCOUNMACDONALC as MacDonald put it. At the same pieces, including works by Benzion Colin MacDonald leads his ensemble in creating bold, experimental music. time, MacDonald started listening Eliezer, Steve Martland, Michael to some classical records. "It got me Nyman Band, Steve Reich and the Jolin Lu hooked," he said. Musicians and the Philip Glass Contributor On his odyssey as a saxophonist, Ensemble. MacDonald attended UBC and In addition, the Pocket Or­ Music, to Colin MacDonald, is "a studied with Julia Nolan and David chestra will be premiering pieces puzzle you have to figure out." Branter. Their open approach written by its members, cellist The sound of his ensemble, the to different styles of music has Hintersteininger and trombon­ Colin MacDonald Pocket Orchestra, profoundly influenced MacDonald ist Brad Muirhead. "The new is rich like a symphony — yet its as well as his orchestra. The three pieces are primarily inspired by dark, mystic aura leaves wonders then became colleagues. "I've been the British composer, Michael in your mind. In 2006, the Vancou­ playing with them more than I ever Nyman. His music is very ener­ ver-based saxophonist started the studied with them," said MacDon­ getic, driving, and rhythmic," Orchestra to develop his compos­ ald. Currently, Branter plays the Hintersteininger said. itions for a larger instrumental alto and soprano saxophones in The concert will be brimming force. Modelled after minimalist the ensemble. over with energy. As Hinterstein­

better to have some students-at- several years, and backers ofthe FASCISM AT THE AMS? large on the committee, even if project like Burnaby mayor Derek NOT QUITE, BUT... they're not strictly qualified to be. Corrigan are unhappy with the But the rules exist for a reason, university's change of heart. Watch out, UBC. The AMS and in this case the reason is to UBC's defence seems to be that almost imposed martial law on get students involved — which they communicated years ago that Wednesday night. apparently the AMS needs to be they wouldn't be funding the full Well, not exactly — unless one doing more of. This particular million, but that staffing changes considers the black-clad AMS committee, which will create the on both sides led to the mix-up. security guards in the SUB a questions for the January referen­ The reality is that budgets military — and certainly not on dum, wasn't the only one having change over time, and for the purpose, and in the end not at all. trouble. The University Sport and university's ability to fund the But when AMS Council had dif­ Recreation Council also did not project to change over time is ficulty finding qualified students advertise their openings. This hardly scandalous. But when to appoint to one of their commit­ was the second student-at-large you decide you're only going to tees on Wednesday, they moved position discussed that night of be able to pay half of what you a motion suspending code — that which students at large were not originally committed, it's import­ is, the AMS' governing laws — so well informed. ant to let backers ofthe project ineligible candidates would be AMS Council has also been know before construction is allowed to be appointed. trying to appoint a chair for the already done. They needed to appoint two Legislative Procedures Commit­ Corrigan is mad that taxpay­ students-at-large (i.e. not mem­ tee (which, ironically, reviews ers are going to have to plug bers of Council) to a committee, code) at three consecutive meet­ the hole in Annacis' budget and ofthe three students present, ings during the past three weeks. that UBC left - just wait until two of them were already on a So far, none ofthe over 40 council he hears how UBC gets funded committee, which means that, members have stepped up to the in the first place — and that's a according to code, they're not job, which doesn't inspire confi­ reasonable complaint. dence that whoever eventually ILLUSTRATION JETHROAU3THE UBYSSEY allowed to join another. On the whole, it seems like bet­ Burnaby mayor Derek Corrigan is none too pleased with UBC. There are a few problems here. does take the job will do it well. ter communication on both sides President Caroline Wong's jump Thankfully, it wasn't all bad. was needed, and the university control and keeps patients safe, Don't believe us? Just look to suspend code the instant it Other AMS Council members doesn't come out looking great goals that we can all agree are outside. We've already received became inconvenient is somewhat themselves raised these same con­ here — but they're still donating worthy of pursuing. reports of ghoulish creatures — authoritarian and frankly alarm­ cerns as we are here. The motion half a million dollars to the pro­ zombies, mutants, Justin Bieber ing. Also concerning was Coun­ which would have suspended the ject, which is nothing to sneeze at. HALLOWEEN WELCOMED lookalikes — appearing on campus cil's immediate wholehearted student-at-large section of code BY FOG at night, and we predict that bandwagoning. The motion had failed 26-3. And eventually, they RESTORING TI FUNDING many more will appear on campus already been moved and seconded just appointed the one student ANO-BRAINER Last week, Vancouver was inter­ before VP Finance Joaquin Ace­ who was eligible. But it was pretty mittently covered in swathes of Some climatologists vedo said, "Could we just further concerning for a while. UBC's Therapeutics Initia­ eerie fog. Although the impene­ may have the gall to specify which part of code we're tive saves lives and money, and trable greyness provided a potent suspending?" A FUNDING MESS AT restoring its funding is the only atmosphere for mid-term exis­ suggest that there is a This incident highlights the SEWAGE PLANT responsible decision the provincial tential crises, it portends more relationship between poor job the AMS is doing of government could have made. macabre ramifications. Don't the fog and increased reaching out to the student body Something weird happened with The initiative does objective believe what you read — many a weather events across when it comes to getting involved. UBC's funding commitment to testing of various new drugs meteorologist will tell you that Council members are supposed the Annacis Wastewater Centre, a to determine if they really are fog is merely the condensation of the globe. But we at to advertise student-at-large sewage plant on an island in Delta effective, or if they are simply water droplets in the air resulting The Ubyssey know the openings to their constituencies, where UBC professors are doing being pushed through the approv­ from lowered temperatures. Some truth. but they apparently are not. VP research. al process despite providing no climatologists may even have External Tanner Bokor confirmed Annacis, which received the real benefit. Its evidence-based the gall to suggest that there's a at the meeting that these pos­ bulk of its funding from Metro approach looks at existing trial logical relationship between the before the week is over. As fans itions were not advertised online, Vancouver, was expecting $1 data to determine if there is fog and increased weather events of Silent Hill know, these beings either. million up front. That didn't enough information to justify, say, across the globe. are manifestations of our inner Now, Wong's line of thinking come, and the plant was built any­ prescribing antidepressants for But we at The Ubyssey know depravity, so lock your doors, arm was understandable: the commit­ way — but organizers were still insomnia, or self-testing devices the truth: Point Grey is slowly yourself with a rusty pipe, and be tee was going to start working expecting UBC to pitch in. Now, for certain types of diabetes. turning into Silent Hill, the town sure to only think about whole­ regardless of whether anyone was the university says they'll pay Their independent voice helps from Capcom's hit horror video some things, like bunnies, doves elected that night, so maybe it's half that amount over a period of keep B.C. healthcare costs under game franchise ofthe same name. and 2009-era Miley Cyrus. XI OP-ART » Dear Ubyssey, I recently worked on a photo project regarding the "blue phones" on campus that might be relevant to your coverage of campus safety. They are arranged from new or clean to out of order, missing or inaccessible. There are 27 phones listed on the Campus Security website. When I took the photos, i found an extra one not listed to make it 28, and of the 27 listed, one was behind a fence, three were out of order and three were missing because of construction projects like Main Mall, Ponderosa and the New SUB. -Chris Mills, second-year UBC student II Scene

Convenience Variety How close is it to the major Do they serve anything other buildings on campus? Do they than just drip coffee? Amer­ Caffeine have more than one location? icanos, lattes, double-whip Was the wait long? blended cold beverages?

Price Overall Wewould paymoneyfora In a nutshell, would you go good cup of joe, but is it rea­ here again? sonable? All prices based on roundup © a 12-ounce cup of black coffee. The Ubyssey reviews coffee on campus. Featuring our Quality We're talking mouth feel, esteemed panel of tasters: Sarah Bigam, Carter Brundage balance of flavoursan d good Jenica Montgomery and Kanta Dihal. ® blends.

Starbucks

An abundance of locations (University Village,SUB, Kaiser near Forestry building, Book­ store), good variety and fast service for great convenience, but you'll pay a premium for pretty average quality.

UBC Food Services

Well, it's cheap, you can always find it, and it has caffeine. And that's all we're going to say about that.

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