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November 5, 2007 • 127/10 • FREE www.peak.sfu.ca | Getting giddy over gadgets since 1965 Decades of fashion The evolution of fashion on campus from the ‘60s to now Features page 14 U-Pass referendum SFU’s public transit access may be at risk, with a voter turnout of 1,350 required for referendum to pass News page 7 11 | Dave Coulier tells fart jokes 21 | Women’s basketball 2-0 November 5, 2007 • Volume 127 Issue 10 2 FIRST PEEK THE PEAK Maggie Benston Centre 2901 Simon Fraser University 8888 University Drive Burnaby, B.C., Canada V5A 1S6 www.peak.sfu.ca General Production Phone 778.782.4560 News Phone 778.782.3597 Arts Phone 778.782.4630 Business Phone 778.782.3598 Advertising Fax 778.782.4343 Copy Editor Stephanie Orford [email protected] Production Editor Amy Gibson [email protected] News Editor Shara Lee [email protected] Associate News Editor Jason Sunder [email protected] Features Editor Paul Hiebert [email protected] Arts Editor Mike Hingston [email protected] Sports Editor Chad Klassen [email protected] Opinions Editor Warren Haas [email protected] Photo Editor Andy Fang [email protected] Andy Fang / The Peak Humour Editor In between classes and studying, students still take the time to care about style (see page 14) (Model Lorina Keery). Kellen Powell [email protected] Web Editor Cameron Maitland [email protected] OPINIONS thank you C Business & Advertising Manager Attack of the meats Larry van Kampen screw you [email protected] Ever wondered what are the best places in Vancouver to get your meat eating on? D Ad Designer/Production Resource Our columnist takes a look at venues for artery-clogging goodness. thank you Larry van Kampen to the Toronto [email protected] By Iain W. Reeve 4 Raptors. Network Administrator screw you to the Nashville Andrew Yang 3 [email protected] Predators. Distribution & Archives Coordinator NEWS thank you to forwarding your Josephine Wong webmail so you don’t have to [email protected] U-Pass Referendum deal with inept servers. Students will soon be heading to polling stations to vote on whether or not they screw you to still not get- Columnists Susie Hill, Iain W. 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The Peak also reserves the just not winning right to reprint submissions at any time, in both written and ETC electronic formats. Peak Publication Society 26 on the score- Board of Directors LAST WORD At-Large Reps Sean Wilkinson Justin Mah Canadian University Press board yet.” Earl Tapia 28 Collective Reps Paul Hiebert Stephanie Orford Cover Design Dave Johnson, Alumni Rep Stephan Fagan Amy Gibson Employee Rep Vacant Head Coach of the football team Secretary Larry van Kampen Photo Illustration Campus Plus Andy Fang on the progress of the program. Model The Peak is a proud memeber of Canadian Univer- Kristine Nilan Page 23. sity Press and sells multi-market advertising through Campus Plus. Andy Fang / The Peak the peak November 5, 2007 opinions editor Warren Haas e-mail [email protected] OPINI O NS phone 778.782.4560 3 Letter of the week: Peak Speak Interviews and photos by Andy Fang. Gateway to an unsustainable Were you affected by the SFU future webmail outage? Playing on the frustration of grid- ing its greenhouse gas emissions, Fraser Valley, similar to the West locked Fraser Valley commut- increasing roadway capacity will Coast Express. Existing train tracks Sara Belanger ers, the B.C. Government touts never be the solution. are already present from Surrey to Mrs. T its mammoth Gateway Project as There is no question that a con- Chilliwack that could be adapted crucial for easing the Lower Main- tinuing inflow of people and ever- easily for convenient passenger land’s horrific traffic congestion. upward-spiraling costs of housing service. In addition, there is little I wasn’t able to print our t- In reality, the multi-billion-dollar in and around Vancouver City are doubt the world-class planning shirts for the Biology Stu- twinning of the Port Mann Bridge fueling a population boom in the and engineering talent now being dent Union. [They] might and construction of what amounts Fraser Valley. Adding extra freeway attracted to the region can come up not be ready for our biology to more freeways along both the capacity will certainly ease conges- with other, creative solutions — if social on November 17. north and south banks of the Fraser tion in the short term. But, in the given the challenge. River is nothing of the sort. Rather, long run, the continued develop- If we choose to ignore these its primary purpose is to expedite ment of commuter-focused subdi- options and invest in expanded the movement of truck traffic to, visions that will then be encour- freeways, Vancouver will join the Emma Laprise from, and between the various port aged mean it is inevitable traffic plethora of North American cities Noteworthy facilities. will exceed capacity again within a disfigured by sprawl and hurtling Despite government claims, few years, as has been shown time into an unsustainable future. Gateway will be little more than a and again in cities that have fa- Whether or not Gateway goes I needed [it] so I could get very temporary solution to a prob- voured freeway expansion through- ahead will determine whether one my physics notes for my lem that threatens daily the high out North America. of the modern world’s greatest cit- midterm which was the quality of life Lower Mainland The horrendous congestion that ies soars into the 21st century, or next day. And I needed it to residents enjoy and take such jus- already occurs in the Fraser Valley remains mired in the 20th. know my registration date. tifiable pride in. As for its much- can only get worse unless practi- Be sure to attend SFPIRG’s Cli- hyped ‘green’ benefits, the colossal cal, long-term solutions are found.