August2,20111 Still finding rocks since 1918 WE'VE GONE GLOSSY (AND WE'RE COMPACT) SEE WHAT •••••Sii ALL OF THE ABOUT News)) Names proposed for new Totem ^ &. We've redesigned our paper-and for good reason. P6 Where's my U-Pass? /r You can pick up your U-Pass in two weeks, find out how. P4 Bookstore delays name change after backlash. P3 21 Page 210&02.2011 One on one with ¥ATl*M^'f f\wm Our look at what's happening this the people who week on campus Our Campus make UBC >3 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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ID will be checked wf - rors that do not lessen the value or COME BY THE UBYSSEY OFFICE submissions are dropped off at "•-•; ct of the ad SUB 24, FOLLOW THE SIGNS News» 08.02.20111 3 Editors: Kalyeena Makortoff & Micki Cowan 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.