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THOMQUINE/FLICKR Signed without Signature @ MOA Charles and Isabella Edenshaw were two prolific Haida artists active dur­ ing the late 19th century. He worked as a silversmith, and she as a basket weaver. Neither of them actually signed their works, but their master­ ful technigues have distinguished their pieces across generations. Their pieces will be on display until September, so now is the time to take a look at some of BC's amazing cultural patrimony. More info at moa.ubcca

UBC Farm Market: 11:30am @ UBC Bookstore Farm fresh boun­ ty without the trip to south cam­ pus. Grab a few ears of corn for a beachside clam bake. Compliment your bounty with some freshly- picked wild raspberries.

Campus tours: 10am and 1pm @ SUB Concourse Are you a UNA» prospective student interested in learning more about UBC? A first-year student wishing to im­ Free outdoor show: 5-6:30 press all your friends with arcane pm@ Michael Smith Park Got trivia about campus? Or simply an hour to kill on campus in the a grizzled fifth-year hoping to early evening? Wander on over return to a time when UBC was to the Wesbrook Place neigh­ new and magical? Try a campus bourhood for a free show with tour and relearn what UBC wants The Rythmn Collective. Meet our to tell you about itself. lovely friends in the University On not putting it all on the field Neighbourhood Association. Jonny Wakefield competitively when he entered While Cory's assist wasn't [email protected] UBC, opting instead for casual enough to beat the tough Seattle games in leagues like Out for side, after the kick, he trots back NOSTALGIA » Cory Genereaux pauses for a mo­ Kicks, a gay, lesbian and allies onto the field as the Vancouver ment before delivering the corner drop-in recreational team. The side erupts in cheers. He hears a Sesame Street Live: 1pm @ kick. He finds his man and belts coach for the Outgames squad saw few friends congratulating him on Thunderbird Sports Centre No it into the melee, where a frantic him play and decided to call him his assist. He looks to the sky and, we are not going to suggest that defence fails to keep the ball from up when a player was injured. somewhat sheepishly, blows a kiss you take hallucinogens and go find ing the back of the net. Cory says that regardless of to the heavens. tH see a bunch of muppets dance Cory has been playing soccer where he's played, sexuality hasn't and sing about the importance of most of his life. He's also gay—a been a big deal on the field. Know aperson on campus that healthy eating. There are children point which has rarely had any "The team members that I'm you think deserves to be featured there, you degenerate. Saturday bearing on his life as an athlete. still friends with from playing here? Email us atprinteditor@ kicks off Sesame Street's month- But as one of about 800 athletes metro and select were still pretty ubyssey.ca long stint on campus. Take a who competed in the second cool about it. It might of been a younger sibling perhaps. World Outgames, a weeklong problem when they were younger LGBTQ and allies sporting event but I don't think it would bea Cory Genereaux JS NATIONAL ARCHIVES in Vancouver, sexuality and sport problem now." >>1 do collide. But for professional athletes, Got an event you'd like to see on this page? Send your event "Your personal life has noth­ he says, coming out can be a very Occupation and your best pitch to [email protected]. ing to do with how you play in a public and ugly process. Soccer player. HIV researcher at sport," he says. "People have a ten­ "Johnny Weir is one ofthe most BC Centres for Disease Control dency to link the two when they well-known out athletes," says CONTACT shouldn't." Cory, referring to the American Hometown Cory wasn't out in high school. figure skater. Duncan. 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LIQUOR LAWS » Ontario university liquor bans unlikely to affect UBC, says Housing Jonny Wakefield the possession of all alcohol, even if "Banning alcohol from our resi­ she said. "It creates an opportunity alcohol underground. Friends may [email protected] the person is of legal age. dences during First Week is not our for some reflection about that." be reluctant to seek assistance for The policy states that the move policy and we're not anticipating Unlike UBC, Queen's houses someone who has over-consumed While Ontario universities move to "clearly signals Queen's commit­ that this will be our policy," she primarily first-year students. because they don't want them to get ban alcohol in residences during the ment to reducing alcohol-related said. According to a report in the in trouble," Robinson said. firstweek of classes, UBC said that harm, particularly at a critical Robinson said that in the wake Queen's Journal, 92 per cent of "It's moving the problem," said such a change is unnecessary for its transitional time when the risk of of student deaths last year, the students living in Queen's resi­ Alex VanDurnen, a former residence own student housing. alcohol misuse among first-year Queen's ban could lessen the focus dences are under tlie legal drink­ advisor in Place Vanier. "If UBC Queen's University is implement­ students has been known to be on alcohol. ing age. That number is closer to were to crack down and say 'there's ing an alcohol-free residence policy high." "They've had some tragic cir­ 30 per cent at UBC. no more drinking in rez at all,' it during its Frosh Week following the Janice Robinson, a spokesper­ cumstances to deal with, and I Some have suggested that the would still go on, the parties would death of two first-year students last son for UBC Student Housing and know they're very serious about policy runs the risk of driving move to Wreck Beach more often, year. The University of Guelph insti­ Hospitality Services, said that the wanting to change their campus alcohol consumption out of resi­ maybe they would move to parking tuted a similar policy in 2010 to curb changes made at the eastern uni­ community culture as it relates to dences and into unsafe locations. lots. But the kids aregoingto drink alcohol abuse. Queen's policy bans versities will not impact UBC. the over consumption of alcohol," "It may drive over-consumption of no matter what." tH

TOTEM PARK » BOOKSTORE» UBC Bookstore Names proposed for new Totem buildings rebrandingmet Kalyeena Makortoff with petition [email protected] On the names Names for the two new buildings hsm'lsssm: a site of transfor­ under construction in Totem Park mation (south of Wreck Beach) have been proposed. The names, where X9:l's. the transformer "hsm'lsssm" and "q'slexsn," were who oversees social behavior, chosen by committee after con­ punished a greedy person for sultations with students and First being possessive and wasteful Nations groups, following concerns of fresh water from the natural that the current names in the resi­ spring. While bent over to drink, dence are often used in disrespect­ and unwilling to share this vital re­ ful ways. source, he was turned to rock. His Botfi names are in the chamber pot spilled and became Musqueam language, using the the smaller rock beside him. International Phonetic Alphabet JESSICA LI/THE UBYSSEY (IPA) which has already been q'slexsn: q'slexsn was a strate­ The UBC bookstore is one of the first stops used on campus to name the gic fortified site (on Point Grey) on any new student's campus trip. Xwi7xwa Library and the S'7umux where Musgueam warriors and Ming Wong Kindergarten. their families resided, including Contributor The names are now await­ warrior of renown qsyspslensx* ing approval from the Board of (Capilano). who is celebrated The UBC Bookstore name change to Governors by the residences' grand for leading war efforts protecing "UBC Central" has been pushed back opening at the end of August. his people from invaders and wel­ due to negative feedback from the According to a report commis­ coming the first western explor­ UBC community, including an online sioned bythe naming comittee, ers, including George Vancouver, petition. the IPA spellings were preferred to to Musgueam territory. "Some have expressed concern English translation "which would GEOFF LISTER/THE I about the proposed name change, be disrespectful to the Musqueam Spencer Lindsay and Sarah Ling spearhead the project 'Decolonizing Knowledge' maintaining that books are inher­ community..and would likely dis­ ently linked with academia," said courage people from learning the Knowledge by Lindsay and another Day ofthe Longboat and dressed up Nation. Rebecca Irani, communications IPA versions." First Nations studies student, Sarah like "Indians" and called themselves "Some ofthe early ideas were manager for the UBC Bookstore. Codes for the building names— Ling. The existing buildings bear "The Savages." [that]... we were goingto use "We are postponing the name "hmsm" and "qlxn"—will appear the names of broad aboriginal He said that it is an issue of edu­ Musqueam names, because it's change to collect more input from next to the IPA versions to ease groupings—Haida, Kwakuitl, and cation. "There's no opportunity for Musqueam traditional territory. If our customers and the UBC commu­ pronunciation. Dene, for example—some of which first years to have a deeper under­ we use a name in their language— nity at large." "What better welcome to UBC are outdated. standing," Lindsay said. "People hsn'q'smin'sm'—automatically As soon as she received the than to arrive in a house that has a "We wanted to put them into tend to make t-shirts that are offen­ students will know this language campus-wide email notification connection with the original inhab­ context and raise awareness about sive, for example, a t-shirt that said exists, they'll know more about it, ofthe name change, which was to itants ofthe land you're standing the history and background of those Absolut Haida' instead of Absolut and that it's endangered like a lot of happen this month, Kim Snowden, a on?" said Spencer Lindsay, a First names...because we've seen a lot of Vodka,' and there's indigenous stu­ languages in BC," Lindsay said. Women's and Gender Studies profes­ Nations studies student at UBC misrepresentation of them in Totem dents on campus who see this. "We want to make sure the sor, began circulating an online peti­ and a co-chair of the Totem Park Park Residence," said Ling. "It's not just about indigenous [Musqueam] community is okay tion against it. Residence Infill Building Names Lindsay said that disrespect­ students, but it's about recognizing with it, because in a sense it's their "Books in their basic format sym­ Advisory Committee. ful use ofthe building names have everyone's right to be represented cultural property," he said. "They bolize learning, desire for knowl­ It was the names of existing been noted in the past. He saw this accurately." have a say and they have the right to edge," said Snowden. "If we take buildings which originally spurred while living in Dene House, when The process also included con­ be represented the way they want to away the name bookstore, we disso­ a project called Decolonizing residents were preparing for the sultation with the Musqueam First be represented." X& ciate ourselves from the fact that this is a part of what we do. Renaming it alienates from us that idea, from News briefs book culture and I think that is really crucial for a university campus." UBC appoints VP Students CUS to build student space obtain student space that is sepa­ The only other genuine pho­ Debbie Harvie, managing director UBC has confirmed the appoint­ Commerce Undergraduate Society rate, student space that we know tographs of the Cadborosaurus of University Community Services, ment of Louise Cowin as the new VP (CUS) president Johannes Rebane will be ours, that'll be a benefit to according to the BC Scientific argued that the name change reflects Students. Cowin will begin her five- confirmed that they are looking to the students as well as the institu­ Cryptozoology Club were taken in the changing nature ofthe products year term in October 2011. succeed­ create a student centre for com­ tion." said Rebane. 1937 in the Queen Charlotte Islands. the store sells. The bookstore has long ing Brian Sullivan who stepped down merce students. hosted the UBC Carding Office and in March after 12 years. Rebane said that Commerce BC to get new phone area code sold UBC merchandise, stationary and Loch Ness video confirmed by electronics, in additiontotextbooks. It Cowin joins UBC from the students used to have a space 20 UBC professor University of Toronto, where she years ago. The POITS Hut. named BC will be given another area will also house all ofthe U-Pass vend­ previously served an administration after a weekly drinking event, was UBC Professor Emeritus Paul code from the Canadian Radio- ing machines. position as Warden of Hart House, a condemned in the early 1980s and LeBlond has confirmed that a video television and Telecommunications "The problem with 'bookstore' is student activity centre. demolished because of aesbestos of a Loch Ness-like creature, shot in Commission. In June 2013. the 236 that people aren't buying as many She holds a PhD in Educationa and the CUS has been shuffled an Alaskan bay last year, is genuine. code will be used for new telephone books as they used to sadly, and so I Studies from McGill. has held tenure around during the renovations in LeBlonde. former head of the numbers, adding to the 604.778 don't know if the student of tomor­ positions at Queens and Dalhousie Henry Angus. Department of Earth and Ocean and 250 codes that are- already in row, whethertheword'bookstore'will Universities and has taught as an While CUS has been speaking Sciences studies cryptozoology, use. have the same meaning." said Harvie instructor at UBC. with potential donors. Rebane did which refers to the search for ani­ The entire province was under The negative feedback has The VP Students portfolio not rule out the possibility of hold­ mals whose existence has not been 604 until 1996. when 250 was in­ prompted a new round of includes student housing, athlet­ ing a referendum to obtain funding proven. The creature is said to pos­ troduced for all areas outside of the consultations. ics and recreation, and student from students. sibly be the Cadborosaurus. a sea Greater Vancouver area. The 778 The bookstore will hold open development. "If we follow the route of science serpent living off the waters of the area code was introduced in 2001. houses on August 4 and 11 to discuss and engineering and are able to Pacific Northwest. the name change. 13 41 News o8.o2.2oii

on; jtablMt s«iol U-Pass history THE The U-Pass has had a long and rWSSO turbulent history. The program has Where is our U-Pass? undergone many changes and en­ TransLink's 2003 plan pledges countered its fair share of snags, sug­ to increase transit access gesting that this current incarnation *^5&§£* could face similar problems

September 1996 BC transit introduces the first 99-B line.

October 1996 An AMS survey finds that 67 per cent of students believe that transit ser­ vice to UBC is inadeguate. Then AMS VP External says "The AMS would like to see a better discount for students who take public transit."

1999 The AMS. university and BC Transit enter discussions about creating a mandatory student bus pass.

April 1999 Andrew Bates TransLink replaces BC Transit as the [email protected] Lower Mainland's transportation authority.

January 2001 The Ubyssey reports that "despite three years of effort, negotiations New U-Pass blues? for a mandatory student bus pass have once again faltered." Then VP- tudents returning to UBC in program and requiring institutions to punish As a queueing system, the changes sacrifice External Graham Senft claimed that September won't recognize their pass fraud with non-academic misconduct. convenience for fraud protection. "That is part the $29 per month fee proposed by U-Pass. The U-Pass, formerly mailed These options, however, never left the bargain­ ofthe tradeoff," said Nagarajan. "Ifyou came the university was too high, saying out to students at the beginning of ing table. up with a fool-proof system, what you would students would only endorse a pass their study term, will now be picked UBC-affiliated private institutions like want to do is go [pick up your pass] as few in the $15-20 per month range. Sup by students on a monthly basis at the UBC Regent College, St Mark's and the Vancouver times as possible." Bookstore. TransLink cited rampant fraud and School of Theology weren't originally included "Now, what I do anticipate is that there are the extension ofthe subsidized transit program in the plan but were eventually added. going to be lineups during the time of renewal. 2003 to all post-secondary schools in the Lower This is going to cause a bottleneck." Mainland as reasons for the change. After four years of unsuccessful ne­ Never-ending line ups? Nagarajan said that bottlenecks are likely gotiations with the AMS. TransLink's Many students are unhappy with the to occur when students leave pass pickup to annual plan pledges to "complete change, fearing Disneyland-like lineups. "A lot of program changes have been made to the last minute, even with passes for the next negotiations with UBC about a uni­ Twenty machines in the corner ofthe book­ meet TransLink program conditions un­ month going on sale two weeks early. "This versal bus pass." Students hope that store will issue transit cards to all UBC der the new [U-Pass BC] program," UBC is student behaviour," he said. "In any queue­ the $63 monthly pass will be reduced students. "I'm really, really pissed. 47,000 stu­ Transportation Planning Director Carole Jolly ing system, for the first few months, there are to only $20. dents needing to line up each month for a pass. said. going to be long lineups towards the end ofthe Brilliant," said UBC political science student The new passes will resemble existing month. I think people quickly figure out that Hollman Lozano on Twitter. TransLink fare cards, without photos or any this is not the most optimal way of doing it, and February 2003 "As soon as the news broke, suddenly every­ kind of identification. Students will have to it will stabilize over time." With record breaking voter turnout. one's an expert on handling one ofthe most carry their UBC student card and will be According to McElroy, the AMS offered to UBC students pass the U-Pass. 10.742 administrative-heavy programs in the Metro charged a $35 replacement fee if the U-Pass is station some machines in the SUB, but UBC students voted, with 70 per cent vot­ Vancouver area," said AMS President Jeremy lost. decided against it. ing in favour. The pass cost students McElroy. "The sense of entitlement and out­ Vancouver Community College (VCC) imple­ "Unsupervised machines around campus $20 per month. rage that most students have expressed for a mented the automatic dispense station system lead to incredible logistical nightmares in 60-70 per cent subsidized pass has been insult­ in March. terms of keeping track of card stock," he said. ing for me. September 2003 "We were worried at first," said Tiffany "The cards have a lot of value to them...so we "I'm the first person to recognize that this Kalanj, executive director ofthe VCC Students' want to be sure," Jolly said. The U-Pass finally arrives at UBC. is not an ideal system," he said. "[But] I don't Union. "We had the same questions, but it has TransLink adds 28.000 more hours think people realize that the program was go­ actually gone quite well." Will increased ridership lead to poor of bus service in preparation for ing to disappear." VCC serves 23,495 students with five ma­ service? increased ridership. but within weeks According to TransLink, these new ar­ chines on its two campuses. However, VCC's the system is pushed to the limit. rangements were necessary to curb the rise in system is more decentralized than UBC's McConnell said that this year's changes are "The U-Pass is being used and it's tax­ fraudulent passes. plan, with machines located in different areas only a temporary solution, set to be replaced by ing our system to the limit right now." "We worked...to try and mitigate [fraud] as around campus—including one in the student the Compass electronic card program which said a TransLink spokesperson. best as possible so that we weren't losing those union space. launches in 2013. funds and we had a better way to track it," "It has proven to be successful, so we've The cards, similar to systems in London said TransLink spokesperson Erin McConnell. ordered the number of machines we feel will and Los Angeles, will easily be cancelled March 2008 Approximately ten per cent of U-Passes are adequately meet the demand requirements," and recovered, like debit cards, according to Students pass a referendum renew­ reported lost or stolen, some of which are said Jolly. McConnell. ing the U-Pass for a three-year term. re-sold on sites like Craigslist, according to "My understanding is that once we get "That will give us the ability to provide McConnell. through the first term and students kind of get much more certainty with respect to those The current program will end August 31. the hang of it, it takes very little time to swipe passes that we are subsidizing, and provide June2010 the card and getyour U-Pass out," she said. better customer service to the students," she The Campbell government announc­ said. U-Passcuts UBC will use Twitter and Facebook to give es that the U-Pass will be extended advance warning of line length and help people Larry Frank, a Bombardier chair in sus­ to all publicly-funded post-secondary U-Pass negotiations have taken place over the navigate the crowds, added Debbie Harvie, tainable transport at UBC, is more worried institutions. past year and half, ahead of the expiry of the managing mirector of University Community about the influence ofthe new program on the existing deal. The Vancouver transit author­ Services. Vancouver transit system. ity wanted the program price to increase. February 2011 Jolly said the machines will be concentrated "I think we have to understand that we're "TransLink had come back with a significantly in the bookstore for easy maintenance and getting a good deal from TransLink, relatively TransLink reveals plan to switch to a higher rate than we had been expecting," security. speaking," he said. "It's going to increase the monthly U-Pass system, with cards McElroy said. The bookstore will have a staff support per­ demand for transit, and for someone who distributed by machines, in an effort In June 2010, the provincial government son in charge of solving difficulties and refill- wants to promote transit use, that's a great to curb pass fraud. announced that the U-Pass would be extended ingthe machines. Staff will also issue passes thing. But we have to have revenue to build to all publicly-funded post-secondary institu­ for the current month after passes for the next and support...the adequate level of service." tions. McElroy said this changed the direction one go on sale on the 15th of every month. March 2011 "I think [TransLink is] really struggling of those talks. The government and TransLink Nevertheless, the plan to centralize the sta­ for enough money to make this work, and this negotiated the new price, also endingthe tions in the bookstore has some critics warning is one way to cut less," he said, pointing out UBC students once again pass the $3-per-student subsidy which was formerly that the system could back up. that it is already a two-bus wait on Broadway U-Pass. this time for a two-year term. part of UBC's program. "Clearly, the new agreement is a pain in the during peak hours. "Taking transit can be just Fraud prevention was a sticking point, said neck," said Mahesh Nagarajan, an associate miserable...is there a net gain in revenue? If -Jonny Wakefield McElroy. Potential solutions to combat fraud professor in Sauder's operations and logistics there's a net gain in passengers over a loss in included cutting the lost U-Pass replacement division. revenue, I think it's a big worry." 13 Cnltnre» 08.02.20111 5 Editor: Ginny Monaco

WRECK BEACH » Sketchy recognition out at Wreck Beach Beach denziens out in force for a family portrait day Ginny Monaco [email protected] For the regulars, Wreck Beach is more than a place to get rid of tan lines. On the 30th anuual Wreck Beach Day, Wreck Beach Preservation Society chairperson Judy Williams says that what is be­ ing celebrated is the sense of commu­ nity, the Wreck Beach 'family'. "It's my heart, it's my soul, it's my healer," she says. "This is the real world." Williams greets people com­ ing down the trail. She invites them to join in volleyball or bocce or the sandcastle competition. She asks that, if possible, they spare some change for Rumana Monzur. Williams plans to personally match the donation. Williams also informs beach go­ ers that at 3pm, they will take the annual Wreck Beach family photo. One assumes that on most days, a photographer is as welcome on the beach as the RCMP. But today, David Diana throngs flock to be part ofthe photo, Paul the joint-seller approaches an­ to commemorate that they are part of other sunbather. Six years ago, while workingtowards A warm wind picks up and rattles the this community. The family portrait "Hey, man," he says. When Paul a finance degree at UBC, David laminated "Massage" sign against a is just that—it stays within the fam­ smiles, his gold teeth gleam in the started selling Wreck paraphernalia beach umbrella. John ily. In short, we couldn't publish it. sun. down at the beach. He sells the first "I've been coming down here for Between stops in Calgary and Even so, Wreck Beach in a way defies "We're trying to raise money for of his newt-shirts a little after noon. 32 years," Diana says. The canvas top Victoria, John and his partner find photos. There is a sort of haziness to that lady that was attacked by her "It's a terribly slow year because of her Bedouin-like stall dips over time for Wreck Beach. "It's impres­ the whole experience—brought on husband. Spare some change?" the weather's been horrible," he says. her face as she talks. sive," he says, turning his head to by a combination of the heat, the im­ Paul points the newspaper article "No one's been coming down to the She can't remember exactly how the water, the sand, the trees. "It's so mensity ofthe scene and the oft-cited towards the sunbather. A few coins beach. The vendors have been having long she's been offering massages at much more than I expected." chemical enhancement. rattle with some crumpled bills a tough time." the beach, but it's her way of giving There's a clothing-optional beach A lens doesn't come close to inside the jug. The sunbather takes David displays his shirts on a back. in Toronto, where he and his part­ capturing this indescribable scene. of his glasses to look at Paul. "Sorry wooden stick tnat rests over his Business has been steady today, ner live, but he said Wreck feels A visit to Wreck is often little more man," he responds. "I only got shoulder. The new design has a but even on days when the weather different. than a sketch. enough for booze and dope." drawing of a streaking Calvin (of stops would-be beachgoers, Diana "I was told it was very hippy, very "No worries. Have a good one." Calvin andHobbes fame). is here. spiritual. There were other things we Paul Paul moves on to the next beachgoer "That was the first one I've sold, "I kind of go with the flow," she could have done today, but I had to because, he says, "It's good for my but I've only walked about a hundred says."You set up on the good days come to down here." 13 Holding a halved milk jug with a karma." feet," he says. "It's a long beach." and all the other days you get time newspaper clippingtaped on its side, out to chill with your friends." Under review

THEATRE» However, it goes without saying P.G. Wodehouse and is equal parts that the success or failure of any comfortingly predictable and ab­ Bard on the Beach I Richard III staging of Richardlll is predicated surdly surprising. on the strength of its lead, and long­ The music represents Porter's time Bardian Bob Frazer's ambling, greatest work: no matter who's arachnid Richard lifts this produc­ speak-singingit, audience members tion to the heavens above Vanier will have "I Get a Kick Out of You" Park—if only the more convincingly swimming around in their heads to deliver it to the hell beneath. for days. Taking a cue from British actor This production of Anything Goes Antony Sher's 1984 Olivier award- also, well, goes, despite some minor winning portrayal of Richard, quibbles. For instance, there are Frazer has his deformed Duke of more than enough tap numbers in Gloucester turned English King this show. "Heaven Hop," rightfully slither across the stage in a pair of cut in most modern versions ofthe crutches with spiderish alacrity, libretto, is back in, and although perhaps as a visual realization of it's charming in a sort of retro-sexy Queen Margaret's line which refers way, it, and about 20 other minutes =HOTO COURTESY BARD ON TH E BEACH to Richard as a "bottled spider." of clickety-clickety-click, weigh This year's production oi Richard Bard's Richard III is a sumptu­ down the first half. III at Bard on the Beach gives a con­ ous feast for both the eyes and ears, The standout ofthe show, on the vincing, bloody end to the festival's appealingto general audiences and =HOTO COURTESY THEATRE UNDERTHESTARS accent mark and otherwise, was exposition of Shakespeare's War of fastidious bardians alike. The design Anything Goes is a solid 'B' show, except for tap fans, who will think it's theatrical nirvana Irene Karas as nightclub singer/ the Roses cycle of plays, which be­ palette is borrowed predominantly evangelist Reno Sweeney. She MUSICALS » gan three years ago with Richard II. from the red end ofthe spectrum, people on a windy, drippy July makes a gallant attempt to channel Bard veterans Scott Bellis and from the dandyish purples worn Theatre Under the Stars I evening, all sheltering under the her best Ethel Merman, funnelling a Allan Morgan played the syco­ by Elizabeth's faction to the blood Anything Goes provided plastic ponchos. compelling and magnetic talent into phantic Duke of Buckingham and literally running down the walls Part of TUTS' success is the a truly atrocious Nyoo Yawk accent. an unctuous Lord Hastings. They during the play's famous nightmare It's not such a bummer summer for source material; if any musical But by the second act, its grating were joined by newcomers Melissa sequence; the sound effects are Theatre Under the Stars (TUTS). could put butts in wet seats, it's Cole tendencies have mellowed, and Dionisio, who is mesmerizing as impressionistic and menacing in the One might have guessed that Porter's classic—especially this re­ overall, she's brilliant—luminous the hapless Lady Anne, and the way they orient the play within the the Vancouver institution, which vival-based version, which punches and funny and utterly show-steal­ charming Hayden Davies and Dante psyche of its main character. mentors youth during the winter up the original score with some of ing, with belts that defy logic. Zago, who performed as Richard's This is a side ofthe bard you were and displays their talents during his best-loved standards. The com­ Anything Goes runs on even young nephews, Prince Edward never told about and a side of Bard the summer, would require a heavy edy of errors plot—a boy-meets-girl nights in August at the Malkin Bowl and the Duke of York. Davies and you've never seen. boost from the warm weather to story starring an impoverished heir­ until August 20. Zago came from the Bard's Young draw crowds. Yet the seats for ess and an imposter gangster—was Shakespeareans program. —ArmanKazemi Anything Goes were packed with penned in part by English humorist —Kai Green » Scene» 08.02.20111 7 Pictures and words on your university experience A Day at Pride

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Justin McElroy too.' So a lot more started playing "The bigger schools...have signifi­ [email protected] golf at a younger age. There's now cant funding, and that's always the tournaments for six-year olds." challenge for recruiting the very top Any national championship held in UBC assistant coach Lindsay athletes for our program." Canada is as much a chance for in­ Bernakevitch, who a decade ago Marty Zlotnik, a long-time trospection—where we neurotically studied and played golf at both supporter of UBC Athletics and evaluate our place in the sporting UBC and Western Washington golf-standout in the 1960s, is also world—as it is for celebration. University, said the strides made in sanguine about the reality. So itwas for the Canadian Open Canadian golf are impressive. "The [top kids] want to play for last month, held at Shaughnessy "I think the kids coming out now, the NCAA schools. The constraints Golf & Country Club, just a stone's they're competing at an extremely of our program are we're playing throw from UBC. While American high level. From the time I started in the NAIA. The other side is the Sean O'Hair emerged victorious playing college golf to now, the level really quality golfers going to the after four rounds, much ofthe at­ has risen greatly. They're start­ NCAA, we probably couldn't attract tention on this side ofthe border ing younger, they're getting better them all due to the academic side," was focused on the 17 Canadians in coaching, they have more complete he said. "We have a terrific pro­ the field. Five of them made the cut, programs in training and condition­ gram, given the limitations." with Abbotsford's Adam Hadwin ing and mental game. They have However, whether they stay in finishing fourth. everything at their fingertips... Canada or not, young golfers looking It's the latest in a series of de­ they're definitely ready to compete to make a career ofthe game they velopments that bode well for at a world stage." love need support after their degree. Canadian golf. Youngsters like Nick But despite improvements made "There's a gap for young profes­ Taylor (no. 1 ranked amateur in in developing Canadian golfers, few sionals in getting the financing to 2009), Matt Hill (NCAA champion ofthe elite are choosing to hone take the next step," said Weeks. in 2009) and Eugene Wong (named their craft in Canada. Despite UBC's "Some of them never will, they don't NCAA player ofthe year in 2010) reputation for golfing excellence— have the talent. But some of them... are just some ofthe reasons experts with three NAIA championships need a lot of support when they believe the future is bright for in the last decade—a favourable learn their craft, and that's where Canadian golf. climate and the ability to give full we don't have a lot of resources. It's "Success breeds success," said scholarships has attracted top BC expensive to play tournament golf. Bob Weeks, TSN golf analyst and amateurs to play in the NCAA every "We have a great development editor of SCOREGolf Magazine. year. program...but once they turn pro, "When Mike Weir won the masters, This doesn't bother Chris they're kind of on their own." 13 a lot of people went 'lean do that MacDonald, UBC's golf coach. RICHLAM/UBCATHLCTICS

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