UBCO’s Student Newspaper Nov. 29, 2010 | Vol. 22 Issue 7 ...reducing our l ow since 1989 Campbell name redeemed by UBCO’s premiere xeroscaping rapper REAd FUll STORy PAGE 8

UBCO student Graham Campbell’s rap video about xeroscaping is currently i rst in BC Hydro’s Invent the Future contest. Log onto inventthefuture. com and check out his video. 4 The Phoenix | November 29th, 2010 News UBCO students’ rap is number one ...in BC Hydro’s Invent The Future contest, so far Aidan Whiteley Photo Editor

Meet Graham Campbell: UBC and xeroscape gardens is a good Okanagan geography student, extension of that”, notes Camp- climate crusader, and white bell. rapper. Don’t let his preppy The video is one of those rare demeanor fool you, Campbell examples of class projects that is involved with a turf war. leave the academic realm and Kentucky blue grass turf, that move into real world impacts. is. His video about Xeroscap- Started for his Natural Resource ing, the practice of using plants Management, Policy and Prac- that require no supplementary tice geography class, the vid- watering, is currently sitting eo has since received support in first place in the 20-24 songs from the Okanagan Basin Water category on BC Hydro’s Invent Board, CBC Radio 1 Kelowna, the Future contest. and the local xeroscaping com- “[Xeroscaping] effectly works munity. Campbell positioned with the climate rather than his video to take advantage against it”, said Campbell. “It of the concept of viral videos, is important in the Okanagan principally the action of passing because we have this myth on through social media and the of abundance [of water]. The Internet, a video an individual Okanagan [has] a semi-arid cli- likes and thinks others will like. mate”. To do so he researched effective Invent the Future contest musical communication meth- aims to engage the youth and ods and formed his video using broader community in innova- what he learned. tive ways to conserve energy To vote, register and log-on and resources. Campbell’s song to inventthefuture.ca and look and accompanying video high- under the “songs” tab and find lights the waste involved in tra- Graham Campbell’s video, “Xe- ditional landscaping methods roscape Gardens”. You can vote in a humourous and interest- once per day. Registration en- ing format. He raps, “You don’t ters you to win a $300 gift cer- need that patch of Kentucky tificate to Mountain Equipment blue to have your neighbours Co-op and the winner of the looking on like ‘hmm that’s contest will receive up to $2000 cool’”, suggesting a societal and a week at the Gulf Island shift away from the praise of Film and Television School. nothing but green grass. “To Check thephoenixnews.com preserve the water we have and for a link to the video. use it sustainably is a big idea Graham Campbell wants to talk to you about gardening Photo by Aidan Whiteley (The Phoenix) News at a glance International National Provincial Local Campus

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North Korean artillery attacked Dozens of body scanners have B.C. Education Minister George The cold spell that has been The irst bottles of wine to come the South Korean island of Yeon- been issued to airports across Abbott announced on Thursday, sweeping over the Okanagan for from the UBC Okanagan campus pyeong on Tuesday, November Canada for use by airport secu- November 25th that he would be the last few weeks has been a re- are in the process of being made 23rd. Four people were killed in rity, said the federal government. entering the race for the leader- cord setter – according to CHBC by fourth-year biochemistry the attack, including two civilians A total of 44 scanners have been ship of the Lib- news, this is the coldest it’s been student Mariana Galata and As- and two South Korean marines. purchased and will be installed eral Party. As premier, Abbott has since 1985, with temperatures sociate Professor of Chemistry Fifteen others were injured. The in Vancouver, Calgary, Edmon- stated that he would postpone dropping to -22 degrees Cel- Cedric Saucier. They are making exact motives for the attack are ton, Winnipeg, Toronto, Ottawa, the HST referendum to June 24th, sius. The effects of the cold have the wine as an experiment to un- still unclear. The border between Montreal and Halifax. The scan- and would raise the minimum been felt throughout the city. The derstand how nitrogen in grape North and South Korea is a geo- ners, which scan through clothing wage to an undisclosed amount. Kelowna Gospel Mission has been fertilization inluences the qual- political hotspot, and the two and produce a three-dimensional Abbott is the second person to an- seeing many more of the homeless ity of wine. Soil in the Okanagan countries are notorious for their image of the naked human body, nounce their candidacy to replace using their facility. In the wake area tends to be dry and lacks in rivalry. The North Koreans ac- have brought into question issues Premier in the of such extreme weather condi- that signiicant ingredient – nitro- cused the South of “unnecessary of privacy. The system, which vote on February 26th of next tions, the Mission has kept their gen. Saucier and Galata hope to military provocation”, which was tested at the Kelowna airport year. Other prominent liberals doors open at all hours, and offer ind the right amount of nitrogen may have led to the conlict. US throughout the last year, can accu- are expected to make announce- comforts like coffee, food, warm to use in growing better grapes. President Barack Obama has crit- rately search for dangerous items ments of candidacy in the near clothes, and a place to spend the With this information they could icized the actions of the North, on a person’s body, such as plastic future, including Health Minister night. Police have the authority possibly help to determine a and has sided with the South. It explosives. The scanners are only , Solicitor General to force people inside whom they guideline for fertilization require- is the most serious altercation be- used on passengers selected for Rich Coleman, Attorney General have reason to suspect are pur- ments. Saucier expects about 36 tween the two nations in recent secondary screening and who opt , and former Liberal posefully neglecting themselves bottles of Pinot Noir, and will put years. out of the physical body search. cabinet minister . due to mental illness or otherwise. some of the batch away to age.