WHO DROPPED THE BALL? I PARKING PARANOIA Metro Vancouver thought UBC was committing $1M for a UBC Parking's new surveillance raises privacy wastewater facility, UBC says no — both sides are confused concerns for the image-conscious department WOMEN'S SOCCER GOING TO SEMIS P6 BAUUER DROPS THE BASS P8 COFFEE REVIEWS Pll WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL KNOCKS SPARTANS DOWN P7 FROM MOOC TO IRL: LEARNING ONLINE P5 // Page 2 WHAT'S ON l THIS WEEK, MAY WE: OUR CAMPUS// ONE ON ONE WITH THE PEOPLE WHO MAKE UBC MONDAY 28 STUDY NOW, HAVE FUN LATER ALL DAY ©YOUR STUDYSPACE Midterms vs. Halloween — study for those tests so you can have guiltless fun. As they say: work now so you can work it later. Unsurprisingly free TUESDAY ' 29 JUDGE DEE'S HAUNTED HOUSE 7 P.M.-10 P.M. @ 578 CARRALL ST. Dr. Sun Yat-Sen's Chinese Garden is transformed into a haunted houseforthis interactive theatre-like experience. Find the killer before it's too late. Tickets at the door or call (604) 662-3207. $10 for students, $12 for adults =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 EDITORIAL Video Producers BUSINESS standable, much like what they had many out-of-the-ordinary the world to do it. 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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.