thelJjbyssey Vol.LXXXVIH N°28 NIGELLA DOES BITE! Listen to the Ubyssey for food advice... Page 3 www.ubyssey.bc.ca PUSHING BOUNDARIES Performing arts festival brings puppets, beasts and violins. Page 4-5 Bitch stole my purse on NYE since 1918 Tuesday, 9 January, 2007 MASTER DEBATERS exmploooode all over campus. Page 8 UBC Parking faces class-action lawsuit UBC "can't go around saying what's allowed and what's not/ says lawyer I AIN'T PAYING: Daniel Barbour's unpaid parking ticket led to the $4million class-action lawsuit, kellan higgins photo illustration by Momoko Price NEWS STAFF According to UBC's parking enforcement policies, not paying your parking tickets can have serious consequences, including vehicle impoundment, fine increases and the retraction of university services. But according to the grounds of Daniel Barbour's newly approved class-action lawsuit against UBC, these consequences aren't legally enforceable, and haven't been for the past 16 years. Last month the BC Supreme Court approved Barbour's case to go forward and now $4 million, paid in parking fines by some 100,000 people since 1990, may be at stake. It began on March 26, 2004 when a heated dispute between an angry driver and the man who towed his car. At the time, Barbour said his car had been towed due to five outstanding parking tickets which he knew nothing about. The tickets amounted to about $150 but a further $200 had to be paid to get his car. Barbour claims he was denied the option to appeal the charges against him until after he had paid the fines, a regulation he considered wholly contradictory and unfair. Barbour was frustrated. "I realised that their policy doesn't even say they have to put a notice on your dashboard...and if you want to appeal the fines you could only appeal to the people who charged you in the first place," he said. Because the UBC Parking appeals procedure does not involve an impartial arbitrator to resolve challenged cases, Barbour claims UBC is enforcing and defining parking laws unfairly and outside its jurisdiction. UBC Public Affairs director Scott Macrae contends that UBC is entirely within its right to enforce fines and that they are no different than any other university in BC. "We're authorised by legislation to pass these rules regarding traffic through the University Act," he said. "We're well within our rights to regulate parking and, as part of that regulation, to give fines to people when they go against the regulations we've set up." Though he did not wish to comment on the lawsuit itself, Macrae confirmed that the University will appeal the Supreme Court's decision from last month. "We believe we have the authority to not only charge for parking, which we do on a non-profit basis, but we also believe we have the right to fine people when they disobey the rules." On the contrary, Barbour's lawyer Sharon Matthews states that the issue is not UBC's general jurisdiction to "regulate traffic," but whether or not it can legally define parking offenses and collect fines from contravening parties, actions that require special permission from the legislature, which Matthews says UBC never had. "UBC says in its policy and regulations that if you have contra- see "Parking" page 2. Exam leak causes kerfuffle Releasing the exam key "a stupid thing to do"says UBC student by Colleen Tang NEWS EDITOR Biology 200 students will not be receiving their course mark until a January examination is completed by 183 students after an instructor in the course accidentally released the exam key before they had taken their final. James Berger, an instructor in the course, posted the final exam key on WebCT, intending it to be hidden until after the students had completed the final. But students were able to access it prior to the exam. The problem was magnified because the 1170 students that are registered in the five-section course were allowed to bring notes to the final. Berger only found out about this incident after being told by a student on December 6, the day of the exam. He could not be reached for comment by press time. A make up exam has been scheduled for the 183 students who have chosen to write the new final on January 10. According to Ellen Rosenberg, coordinator of Biology 200, there was a multitude of choices given to students including accepting their term mark as their final course mark, and rewriting the exam in January. Other students had the option of using their final mark towards 50 per cent of their final grade. Amy Rolfsen, a Biology 200 student in Berger's section, did not know about the key leak until after writing the exam and receiving an email about the different options left open to students in the course. "TO MAKE EVERY STUDENT WRITE A NEW EXAM WAS FOR A NUMBER OF STUDENTS...THE WORSE OUTCOME BECAUSE THEY WOULD HAVE TO STUDY WHEN THEY WERE STARTING NEW COURSES." -Paul Harrison Associate Dean of Science "I'm. not counting the exam," said Rolfsen, who decided to accept her term mark as her course mark, even though she took the final. "I would have done well enough if [the mark] was scaled...and I sort of get the impression that this exam won't get scaled at all." The incident, she said, was a stupid thing to do but the professor who leaked it should not be fired. "He's a pretty smart teacher." She said this gaffe posed "a minor inconvenience" to her personally but indicated that there were many students who "were studying really hard on the final" because for some students the final meant passing the course. In addition, the course was important to others considering that the course is an important prerequsite for other courses. "The final was a big deal," she said. All Biology 200 instructors, Rosenberg and Paul Harrison, associate dean of Science have worked for the past few weeks to determine the fairest possible grading solutions for the students. Anne Lacey Samuels, a Biology 200 professor, indicated that it's been a very difficult situation for all the instructors. "The majority of the students who have contacted me [felt] that the solution was fair," she said. She added that the incident affected all of the sections because there were common questions on see "Key leak"page 2. THERE ARE EIGHT OF THEM: CHEN PHOTO The founders of After 8 Events, oker First years embark on entrepreneurial endeavor by Colleen Tang NEWS EDITOR Who says UBC students are just a bunch of lazy cannabis smoking hippies? Jen Loong, an Engineering and Commerce student and one of the founders of After 8 Events and Entertainment along with other seven first-year students at UBC have created their own events and promotions initiative to provide students with an alternative party scene. "I always wanted to...follow a different genre of parties and I always had been doing that and I was experienced doing event promotion," she said. "I think I picked this group of people totally based on their different expertise and what they could bring to the group." Loong explained that the idea for After 8 Events and Entertainment came to the group of friends after they figured they could make waves in the 'party' scene. Commerce assistant professor see "After 8"page 2. Happy 2007 and welcome back to school. News Tuesday, 9 January, 2007 THE UBYSSEY Providing more entertainment geared towards students by students "After 8"continued from page 7. Ronald T. Cenfetelli feels that running your own business is a great learning experience. "It's a terrific idea," he said adding that typically people aren't in control of a company until they're promoted to senior staff. "It's a great learning tool in many ways." Cenfetelli hopes that the Sauder School of Business equips their students well enough for them to start their own entrepreneurships. "A business school at the undergraduate and graduate levels... involves many levels of disciplines," he said. Accounting, statistics and marketing are just a few of the areas a successful business student must master. "I hope it succeeds but..a lot can be learned from failure," said Cenfetelli. The founders of the group all have other part time jobs, some with two or three, added Loong. All members hope that this will be a success but in the meanwhile they are all enjoying running a company. "It's all about putting our names out there and just putting out the company image and doing relations with people [as] opposed to getting money," she said. "It comes easy for the eight of us to do what we're doing and we're [having] fun doing it. Professionally it's something we'd like to be doing for a long time." Loong explained that the events scene was a natural start for the group of eight friends and that they have had a lot of fun along the way, but they also see a professional future in the business. Having fun, said Loong, wasn't the only benefit the group saw in After 8; it gave them a chance to apply much of what they have learned in the classroom to real world situations. Jack Smith, a first year Arts student and friend of the founders of After 8, indicated that their first event, "Jungle Rumble", was a success, with over 300 students in attendance. "I haven't really heard of anything quite this ambitious," he said. "I think a lot of students are excited." They hope their second event, "No Pants 2.0", will be just as successful and with over 300 tickets already sold it's an event that is unlikely to disappoint. @ I thought the instructors acted quite efficiently, says associate dean of Science "Key leak"continued from page 1. all the sections. Harrison indicated that this incident was "a human error" and assured that "everyone will be more careful in the future." He added that the instructors were very careful to mark the exams and to give a fair assessment to each one. "I thought the instructors acted quite efficiently," he said. Harrison added that making all students write a new exam was not in their best interests. "To make every student write a new exam was for a number of students...the worse outcome because they would have to study when they were starting new courses," he said. "It was not a preferred option." "THE MAJORITY OF THE STUDENTS WHO HAVE CONTACTED ME [FELT] THAT THE SOLUTION WAS FAIR." -Anne Lacey Samuels Biology 200 instructor Instructors contributed five years to the improvement of this course, Harrison said, and it was very unfortunate that this happened. @ "Parking"continued from page 7. vened their regulations that you have committed an offense, and a private citizen—which essentially is what UBC is—can't do that. It can't go around creating offenses and saying what's allowed and what's not." While Macrae stressed the fact that parking fines at UBC are meant solely to deter parking violations and not to generate profit, Barbour is convinced the system is setup to make money, and speculates that the reason the issue hasn't been raised before is because students are penalised most of the time by regulations. "People don't do anything about it because most of them are students who don't know better and when it's $15 or $40 here or there and they can withhold your marks, it's not worth it." @ News Briefs UBC student forgets to tell mum he'll be late for dinner The search for a missing 21- year old UBC student was called-off on New Year's Eve when police found him in his dorm room. The student left Cypress on December 31 after a day of snowboarding, but did not return to his parents' Burnaby home as planned. North Shore Search and Rescue had a massive search ready to go before he was found on campus. Mo' buses, mo fusses? Students busing to UBC in the new year might notice shorter wait times along two of the main arteries runn -ing to campus. Beginning on December 18, Translink increased bus service along 4th Ave and 41st Ave, increasing Number 41 Joyce Station/UBC and Number 84 VCC-Clark/UBC bus services. Both routes serve as alternatives to the main Broadway corridor, which is one of the busiest transit routes in the city. Translink is looking to speed up service along Broadway in the new year, and is considering implementing dedicated bus lanes, and transit priority signals at key intersections. @ 'ttA)Mh& Arts Week is happening! Free! A 14-hourcontinuous January 12-19 presentation of VEXATIONS. All are welcome to come and Monday:Compete in go as they please. "Gladiator"in Buchanan D104. Walk the Labyrinth for Peace TuesdayiCheck out lOarnaz- St. Paul's Labryrinth, 1130Jervis ing student acts in the Freddy Wood Theatre @ 7. January 12,7-9pm Walk this recreation of a 12th Tickets are 55 and benefit the Century meditation tool SIDS Foundation. Canada's first permanent indoor labyrinth. Thursday: Check out the Arts Career Fairall day in the SUB The Art of Loving concourse,and at night,corne 1819 West 5th to Buchanan Dl40for our January 15,730pm Poetry Slam. The fee is 530. Photographer Horst Siegler Friday:Mardi Gras @7 in the shares tips on the technical SUB Ballroom. and professional aspects of More details at nude photography. www.aus.ubcca Five Nations Cup Wine Sonata for Violin and Tasting Turntables Vancouver Lawn Tennis and Chan Centre Badminton Club, 1630 West January 11,8:00pm 15th. Tickets 534-S3S January 9,7-9pm New Yorker Daniel Roumain A blind wine tasting, hosted mixes musical genres to cre by the South World Wine ate an innovative sonic land Society.Sample wine from scape. each of the southern-hemi sphere nations. Eric Satie's VEXATIONS UBC Recital Hall January 11,8:00pm CLASSIFIEDS canemic services TUTORS REQUIRED FOR ELEMENTARY SUBJECT AREAS. All materials and [raining supplied. Children are seen in their homes, two hours weekly. Please respond to wachon@shaw.ea with resume. UNCERTAIN ABOUT YOUR CAREER PATH? 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Eating out is never as cheap or nutritious as putting meals together yourself, which takes less time than you probably imagine. Some students still subscribe to the age-old argument that food from McDonalds is practical for students, aecause it can fill you up quickly at low cost. "Fast food just seems cheaper!" There are all sorts of problems with this, the first being the delusion that fast food is filling. Your average combo meal consists mainly of simple sugars, from the white bun and soft drink right down to the ketchup that goes with your fries. Simple sugars rate high on the glycemic index, meaning they spike your blood sugar levels with a temporary high, but break down quickly—leaving you feeling hungry soon after eating. Next, fast food is not cheap. Yes, a burger for less than a dollar seems like a good deal, but let's consider a value meal, which comes to, say, $5, if not more. If you skip breakfast and eat one of these meals each for lunch and dinner, you are spending $10 a day minimum, with no snacks and pathetic returns in terms of nutrition. On less than $ 10, you could eat three home-cooked, healthy meals, plus snacks, that will keep you full all day. To find out how, keep reading. Buy some things in bulk If you have the means, head to Costco every four months and expect to spend about $200. This will actually save you a ton of cash, since all other grocery trips during that time will come to no more than $3 5. Count it up: three $200 Costco trips plus weekly $35 local stock-ups a year and you 11 be spending less than $7 a day on food. Compare that to the $10-a-day McDonald's starvation diet—you save over a thousand bucks. Find a friend with car and a Costco card and make it happen. Before the trip, think about the things you eat most often and make a list that. you will not waver from, even when vats of gummy worms tempt you from the candy aisle. And hey, want to splurge on pine nuts and sun-dried tomatoes? Go for it—you can get away with it with this plan. Eating on a budget does not mean spaghetti and toast every day, supplemented by corndogs. Once you get home, take care of any meat. Open the huge packages and individually wrap pieces in foil or plastic before freezing. Small Ziploc bags work well, so that in a pinch meat can be defrosted in the bag in a bowl of room- temperature water. This process is far more efficient than botched microwave jobs in which the outside of the chicken actually begins to cook while the center remains frozen. Gross. Stop going to Safeway Shocked? Don'tbe. If you haven't ventured elsewhere, then you won't know this dirty little secret: Safeway is needlessly expensive, among other things. Small produce stores are usually found kitty-corner or across the street from most Safeways. An amazing variety can be found on West Broadway and 4th Avenue. These places are packed with cheap, fresh produce, and you may be surprised to find they also stock many other fridge and pantry products, often in bulk. You might pay a few cents more for milk, since these places are selling on a smaller scale than Safeway, but your receipt will definitely reflect the fact that these places are cheaper on the whole. If you live on campus, try the Granville Island Market store in the Village. It's a bit more expensive than the places along Broadway, but still good. At the cashier you will find $ 1 bags of fruit, vegetables, and bread nearing their stale dates-as long as you can eat these fast enough, or freeze the bread, the bags are a great deal. Eat your vegetables (and fruit) For the price of a chocolate bar out of a vending machine, you could buy about six bananas. Or two big bunches of spinach. Or a bag of potatoes. In most supermarkets, people tend to cycle through the store to land at the produce section last, with a full basket and an exhausted budget. Shop for fruits and vegetables first, buying in season and therefore cheaply (i.e. no strawberries in mid-December!) If you are sticking to the plan and spending $35 a week on groceries, then purchase $ 10-$ 15 worth of produce before buying other stuff. If price is not the problem, and you are simply unsure how to incorporate roughage into your diet, then just keep it simple. Cut orange juice from breakfast, since it is expensive and often made with soaked orange peels anyway, and eat a fresh orange, instead.. Stuff sandwiches and wraps with romaine lettuce, green beans, snow peas, green onion, tomato, sliced cucumber, chopped cilantro, whatever you have in the fridge. When stir-frying, simply double the usual amount of vegetables-try pre-chopped bell pepper, celery, broccoli, and cauliflower for quick cooking. One last vegetable tip: Make your own pasta sauce. It will be cheaper and more nutritious than the stuff that comes in jars, and it's dead easy. Simply saute some chopped vegetables (like onions, garlic, zucchini, etc.) until they are nice and soft. Then add a big can of diced tomatoes and some dried oregano, and let simmer uncovered for twenty minutes. One try and you will be pumped with ideas for the next batch, which you can always freeze for later. . Shop with recipes in hand (or mind) ■ People come to hate buying fresh food for two reasons. First, they come home and find they can't construct a single complete meal. Second, they are forced to throw out half their food in two weeks' time because it rots at the bottom of the fridge. Save yourself the pain of both by shopping with recipe ideas in hand. This means sitting down before your weekly shopping excursion with a pen and some paper, then flipping through recipes. If you don't have any recipes, then go to Allrecipes.com. Identify three meals that you will actually follow through with-they should be easy, and should require only a few, easy-to-find ingredients. In addition to these meals (soups, stews, lasagna, whatever), think of what you will need for a week's worth of breakfasts, snacks, and on-the-go meals such as sandwiches and wraps. Next, copy the ingredients down in groups. For example, list all of the produce in one part of the list, and all the | bulk items in another. This may seem tedious the first time, but as soon as you I are in the store, the beauty of the system will dawn on you. Learn some great recipes . People say they don't know how to cook, but usually they are just daunted. Cooking requires nothing more than fol- ilowing directions. This means that any one with a cutting board, a big knife, a pot, and a not-stick pan can do it. Great recipes are the ones you keep coming back to because they are delicious and easy to make. As soon as you find one of these, jot it down ontOo a large note card and keep in a drawer or in a box. Then, when you go to make your grocery lists, you can simply flip through your cards and choose the recipes you want for the week. For inspiration, ask your mom or dad how to make some of your favourite childhood meals. Or search around Allrecipes.com for your favourite kinds of foods. Some of your first meals might turn out truly terrible, but it doesn't take long to compile a stack of recipes that you know and love and can even cook for friends. Be quick and creative with your cooking -Breakfast sandwich: peanut butter and banana. -Breakfast smoothie: banana, eight or so ice cubes, and a package of dessert tofu (don't be afraid-they're like pudding and come in delicious flavours: coconut, banana, almond, and mango-papaya). -Mary's favourite sandwich: pita with cream cheese, figs, and chopped walnuts. -If you put an omelet in a pita, you can walk out the door with it. -Add nuts to cereal in the morning to stay full longer. -Easiest fruit crumble ever: chop up apples and mix with lemon, a little sugar, and some frozen berries. Let this sit for an hour or a day, then pour into a pie pan and top with a mix of flour, oats, brown sugar, a little butter, and some cinnamon. Bake at a medium heat for about 40 minutes. -Instant fullness: Cook instant noodles with broccoli and bok choi, and an egg swirled in at the end. -Cook extra pasta. In a hurry, you ca¥ toss in some canned tuna or salmon, and if you've got it, some dill or parsley, sun- dried tomatoes, pine nuts, lemon juice, and salt and pepper. -Eat lentils. Lentils + rice = complete protein. -Toss a sweet potato in the oven at a low heat for aOn hour, for the most comforting food ever. ■ -Mix plain yogurt with a few spoon7 fuls of sugar and some vanilla, then pour into ice cube trays and freeze. After a minute in the blender, this the best "frozen yogurt" ever. @ text byMary Ljeighton, photo by Oker Chen Tuesday, 9 January, 2007 THE UBYSSEY Culture THE UBYSSEY Tuesday, 9 January, 2007 Story of a direktor by Christine McLaren CULTURE WRITER On January 5, director Tom Tykwer's film, Perfume: The Story of a Murderer, hit theaters in Vancouver. The story, originally a renowned novel by German author Patrick Siiskind, takes place in 18th Century Paris and tells the tale of Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, who possesses the world's most potent scent of smell that allows him to smell anything and everything. After discovering the most beautiful scent in the world—that of a beautiful woman—he sets out to make the world's most extraordinary perfume, taking the audience on a near- supernatural journey of murder and insatiable desire. The sheer magnitude of the film's narrative has made it the most challenging work of Tom Tykwer's career. With a flair for the mystical and magical, Tykwer is well-known for bringing his audiences into a parallel world in his films, while the stories still remain within our own realm. "That is what the cinema does," he said. "It takes you to a place, a certain state that is a mixture of reality and fiction. The audience is suspended outside of reality, yet once they leave the cinema everything has been sharpened." It was at the age of nine that Tykwer was first drawn to filmmaking and its ability to seduce and manipulate the viewer. "We love to be manipulated," he said. "It's human nature." He became a film "addict" at a very young age, taking in everything he could until eventually crossing over from living in a PERFUME: THE STORY OF A MURDERER Tom Tykwer directs Karoline Hurfurth in his latest film. world of fantasy to creating it himself. The turning point came when he saw the film King Kong in theatres for the first time, Tykwer explained. "It was then that I realised that this was something man-made, and from then on I was hooked. It was my [artistic] medium before I could even know I had a choice." Through his younger years the director made a handful of films, finally making his break into the international scene with the hit German film, Run Lola Run. Following Tykwer's typically dreamy, distinctive style, the film explored the concept of time and the difference miniscule events can impact the fall of events in life, a topic that had always fascinated him. He admits although it is not always easy to be a film director from a financial perspective, he believes success is not defined solely by how much ends up in your bank account. "You always have to fight for the money, always, but I never did any film just for the money. It's the labor of love and if you give that to the people, they will give [you] the right to your own path. I can really do what I want and as long as I can do that, I'm successful." As far as his latest film goes, it had always been a dream of Tykwer's to pursue Perfume. He discussed the obligation a director feels when attempting a story that already exists in written form, to deliver something as "intense, drastic and simply crazy, while still being just as joyful as the book. We needed to deliver the movie as three-dimensional, with as many fantastic images as the original." In the end, Tykwer's artistic philosophy is simple—to allow his viewers to lose themselves enough within a film that it helps them find themselves more easily afterwards. "The further we allow ourselves to fall into another world," he says, "the easier it is to understand the one we live in." @ M A S T E R of FINANCIAL ECONOMICS U*/T Master of Financial Economics Program University of Toronto 150 St. George Street Toronto, Ontario M5S 3G7 The Master of Financial Economics Program at the Unit of Toronto is a small enrollment, collaborative program between the Department of Economics and the Rotman School of Management. The Program equips talented students with the tools required for successful careers in the financial sector by merging the theoretical, analytical and quantitative components of an MA in Economics with the practical and applied case-based studies of MBA finance courses. The MFE program is at the forefront of the new trend towards increased specialization in graduate programs. In addition to the core course requirements, students are able to choose electives from both economics and management to individualize their program and more closely match it with their career objectives. MFE graduates have been employed in a variety of areas in the financial system including: banking, economic rese portfolio management, risk management, consulting and the public sector. Applicants must have completed or be in the Final year of completing a four-year or Honours Degree in an undergraduate program. Preference will be given to applicants who have completed advanced level courses in economics, mathematic commerce and statistics. Application deadline: February 1, 2007 For additional program, admission and application information, please visit the MFE Web site or contact the Program Coordinator at (416) 978-8623. www.rotman.utoronto.ca/mfe/ Festival PuShes the envelope by Andrea Loewen CULTURE WRITER If you've ever found yourself wondering about the future of theatre, the PuSh Festival for the Performing Arts is the perfect place to start. Running January 10 to February 4, PuSh is an annual festival simply described as a "festival about contemporary performing arts," according to festival director and curator Norman Armour. You won't find any Shakespeare or Neil Simon at PuSh because Armour went out of his way to find pieces that were "innovative, bold, and daring... hybrid forms of performance." True to form, you'll discover pieces that push (pun intended) the boundaries of what theatre is, incorporating dance, multimedia, and other elements into their work. In Armour's view, theatre has an important place in society as a place to "make sense of the world, make connections and show the human cost of things... theatre is a huge investment- it's incredibly daring and vulnerable and with PuSh I was looking for artists who take that investment seriously." He found them in the collective theatre group, Forced Entertainment, from Sheffield, UK. Tim Etchells, one of six contributing artists to Forced Entertainment, describes their work as not only "trying to talk about the contemporary world, about our experiences, our identity," but also as trying to push the edges of theatre as a form. He likens their method to that of a child with a new toy—trying to see what it can do and what (if anything) will break it, making them a perfect fit for the festival. Their penchant for experimentation is clear with the two pieces they'll be contributing to PuSh this year: Quizoola! and Exquisite Pain. A "duration piece," Quizoola! runs for six hours, freeing the audience to come and go as they please. Breaking down traditional theatrical confines of a fixed audience and time constraints, Etchells describes duration pieces as creating a freedom among performers and audiences. Audiences have total freedom to come or go as they please, and as time goes by, he says performers "get tired, even slightly hysterical. You find yourself...making unplanned moves. You're naked, defenses down." Exquisite Pain is based on artist Sophie Calle's piece by the same name, a piece that tells her own story of personal suffering, as well as those of complete strangers. Although direct participation from audience members is not included in the show, Etchells describes the appeal of this piece as "inviting the thought experiment of adding to it" In contrast to many other PuSh performances, Exquisite Pain takes an extremely minimalist approach, stripping away most of what would be considered "theatrical" and leaving only two people onstage, working through other peoples' sad tales. As well as showcasing new and daring performances, PuSh attempts to create context and opportunities for artists to form community with the PuSh Assembly. The Assembly consists of various structured and unstructured networking events including speed dating, workshops, speakers, and an emerging artist assembly (theatre students take note!) All this adds up to a "a platform for profile, shared ideas, and providing means for likeminded people to connect." From local to international artists, dance, multimedia and extreme minimalism, PuSh tries it all. With such a large collection to choose from, Armour makes only one suggestion: "go where you're passionate." @ Wednesdays at 1pm, SUB 24 - be there! UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA Campus & Community Planning Development Permit Applications DP 06029: South Campus Lot 16 Townhouses GBL Architects Group Inc. proposes to build 24, 3-storey townhouses on Lot 16 of Wesbrook Place (South Campus Neighbourhood). This proposal is consistent with the approved Neighbourhood Plan. DP 06012: Site A (Coast) - Amendment Bastion Coast Homes proposes an amendment to their previously approved 76-unit project. Revisions to include reducing the size and floor layout of the townhomes; to split some mid-rise apartment units and revise others; and revisions to the parkade and landscape. This proposal would remain consistent with approved Neighbourhood Plan. Poafic Spinl Regional Park SUBJECT PROPERTY #1 — ■ Green Streets SUNOS H Green Buffer More information on this project is available on the C & CP website: www.planning.ubc.ca/corebus/devapps.html These applications are scheduled for consideration by the Development Permit Board on January 17, 2007, Room 101, Michael Smith Laboratories, 2185 East Mall, 5:00-7:00 p.m.; for directions visit www.maps.ubc.ca CJ Questions: Caroline Eldridge, Land Use Planner, C & CP e-mail: Caroline.eldridge@ubc.ca l This event is wheelchair accessible. For more information about assistance for persons with disabilities, e- ^* mail rachel.wiersma@ubc.ca UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COl 1MBIA GRADUATE STUDENT SOCIETY Attention Grad Students: The nomination period for GSS Executive Elections is now open! Executive officers receive the following annual honoraria: President: $13,000 Vice-President Finance: $10,000 Vice-President Administration: $10,000 Vice-President Services: $10,000 Vice-President Student Affairs: $10,000 The execs hire their own assistants which receive annual honoraria of $6 Grand. Limited Campaign funds are provided by GSS. The campaign period runs from Jan. 22nd-Feb. 12th and voting takes place Jan. 29th-Feb. 12th. For information contact Ed Durgan - GSS Election Officer: edurgan@interchange.ubc.ca Freedom to learn by Jennifer Chrumka CULTURE WRITER "My name is Erin Gruweli. Welcome to Freshman English." That's how it started, in Room 203 at Woodrow Wilson High School in Long Beach, California. She stood in front of a class of strangers, a string of pearls around her neck, facing the students who would change her life forever. It was Gruwell's first teaching job and the classroom was its own kind of war zone. The room was heated by gang violence and racial tension but Gruwell's slow, steady way of teaching by understanding and empowering transformed them all. "I tried to validate who they were and where they came from," Gruweli said. Her goal: "If I can teach them to pick up a pen and put down a gun, that's the weapon of choice for everybody." The students, as a result, became readers and writers and donned themselves with the moniker Freedom Writers. Now the Writers have graduated and moved onto University and Gruweli is taking their story on the road. She was recently in Vancouver speaking at Queen Alexandra Elementary School. Her hope is to inspire other teachers and students, so they can achieve all that she has. "This has really given me the platform to talk about the things I am very passionate about," Gruweli explained. "That every kid can make it, they all have the ability, and that doing bad things doesn't make you a bad person." Faye Walsh, executive director of the Erin Gruweli Education Project, says about her, "she has an amazing way of bringing worlds together of people that would not normally interact and of making them fit." The Freedom Writers have been immortalized, first through a book (a collective diary), and soon in a major motion picture, all bearing the same name. Gruweli played a big role in the making of the film. She helped with the screenplay and casting, and so had a say in who portrayed her. Her first choice was Hilary Swank. "I loved Boys Don't Cry, it was so poignant and gritty," she said. "Hilary really becomes an advocate for the subjects she portrays and I thought she could become a true advocate for education." "She brought so much passion to the film and she really believed in the story." While Swank came from a humble background, Gruweli had a different upbringing. The daughter of educated, successful parents, she was raised in a suburban, gated community. "It is a contrast for me to have experienced such a safe, loving, nuclear family and choosing to work a community where there aren't those kinds of homes, where kids are transient and have deadbeat dads." She wanted to make a difference by acting before problems surface- she turned to teaching and chose a neighbourhood far removed from her own. But that's not the end. While the movie, the book, and the success of the Freedom Writers "are wonderful first steps," she said, Gruweli is determined to train teachers across the country and across the world so that kids in similar situations can replicate the change she's seen take place. "I am a dreamer and I'm shamelessly idealistic," says Gruweli, "I want the kind of experience I had to happen to kids around the world." @ UBC Multidisciplinary Undergraduate Research Conference March 3rd, 2007 Location: SUB Ballroom Make your project count for more than jusl a grade... present it at the next Multidisciplinary llndergraduate Research Conference and make it count toward your future. The Multidisciplinary Undergraduate Research Conference celebrates the contributions of undergraduate research at UBC. It provides an opportunity for students from across campus to present a research project they have been working on while engaging in scholarly debate amongst each other. Participation in the conference is on a voluntary basis. It is open to all undergraduates interested in presenting their research. Presentations and posters will be judged by a panel of graduate students, and prizes will be presented at the end of the conference. MURC - Where Great Minds Meet. Important Dates: January 10: Information booth in the SUB - Main level January 8-12 and 22-25: Open office hours with Sonja Embree, the conference coordinator, from 2 - 4:30pm (see below for address and contact) January 18 and 19: Workshop on how to write an abstract (two slots; see website for times and locations) January 26: Deadline for submission of abstracts to present February 23: Deadline to register for the conference Sonja Embree. Coordinator Office of the Vice President Research - Rm. 101.6190 Agronomy Road lei: 604-822-4919 Fax: 604-827-5356 www.research.ubc.ca/murc info.murc@ubc.ca The Ubyssey welcomes you back and wishes you a happy 2007! culture @ ubyssey. be. ca Opinion&Editorial Tuesday, 9 January, 2007 THE UBYSSEY Introducing UBC ResolutionPlan 20/07 It's self-improvement time, UBC! Suck in that white-collar gut! Pull up those threadbare yoga pants! And for the love of Toope, will someone please think of the children! As the year begins anew, the Ubyssey unveils its own vision of a sustainable future...UBC ResolutionPlan 20/07! Play with kids! This includes children of all ages, be it little toddlers or first years, emotional, immature bosom buddies or content adult babies in the Commerce Department. Each one of these subgroups needs a little more TLC from the current administration, but nobody moreso than the 1200 or so individuals waiting for daycare spots here on campus. The University has so far proposed just 146 spaces to alleviate the current need. That's about 10 percent. Maybe UBC should be taking Math 184 along with every other broke freshman at Totem Park. Channel Jimmy Carter and start building! UBC students have elephantine memories- same goes for their genitalia—and no-one soon forgets the hassle of trying to find a place to live while studying at UBC. Thousands of students applied to live in residence this year. Imagine their disappointment when, just weeks before moving in, they were given notice that "it would be prudent to begin to investigate options for alternate housing." This is exactly what happened to anyone who didn't draw a lucky number for the rez lottery—even students from abroad were not afforded the chance to have residence even after initially being assured of it. The resolution here is to find a solution that does not unfairly kick students to the curb and be a little more honest with those who've taken the trouble to apply. Stop smoking! The fumes from your steaming piles of rhetoric are choking us all, and when you keep blowing smoke up our asses, it becomes unbearable. Rather than refusing to talk, try to reach out to a few people. Many of us want to get to know you, UBC, and you should talk to them. Macrae, when we ask you about UBC Parking lawsuits, don't talk to us about the U-Pass. Alumni Affairs, when trying to get more donations, don't tell us you're out to make us more friends on Facebook. Just stop already. We may be dumb, but we're not that dumb. Be Thrifty! "Thrifty" doesn't mean not spending any money—thrifty means evaluating what needs to be improved, who's overpaid, who's underpaid and where funding is needed. You keep '. should probably resolve to do something this New"* Year. Maybe get in shape, stop being so cheap, or be more pleasant to people.... ^o UBC'S NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTION IS TO NOT MAKE NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS getting those raises you shoot for, UBC, but that doesn't mean you should blow it all on a TV on the side of a building, or dual clocks for the same time zone, or ludicrous segways that tear up the carpets when they come inside (which they shouldn'L) It's just not practical. Instead, think before you spend and tighten a few things up. Some buildings don't need upgrades and it's alright to put your foot down when someone plans to spend money poorly. You have the power to stop them and give that money to the groups who really need it. This applies to UBC's attempts to expand their sister university, UBC-O. Their development plans have resulted in a $12 million shortfall. As of the last Board of Governors meeting, the administration has yet to find resources to completely fund the entire projecL However, they assure that they will find the money to fund the development projects currently underway. Whatever happened to University Boulevard which was to be ready for UBC's centennial celebration? And how about the underground bus station, slated to be ready by this year? The UBC Winter Sports Centre is slated to be on budget and ahead of schedule. Perhaps this is a sign of better things to come. Stop doing Coke™! Everyone knows the omnipresent of Coca-cola, as well as its ability to dissolve metal, stomach linings and even the teeth of tiny sub-Saharan babies. So why bother shelling out more money to the electronic coke pusher that scowls the basement of the SUB in search of young nubile bodies to poison? Also, we at the Ubyssey are still bitter at the ghosts of Alma Mater Society (AMS) past for inviting a virtual monopoly onto campus with open arms. We'd also like to take this opportunity to invite anyone who has ever spent a day on campus walking around with the taste of marijuana in a dry, dry mouth searching desperately for a water fountain to pass along to us any stoned missives against the administration. We'll forward them directly to Stephen Toope along with a roach for his consideration. The Alma Mater Society (AMS) has taken the right steps and have motioned against adopting a future contract with a cold-beverage provider. The prospect of UBC resigning with Coca-Cola for another decade has us wondering whether students at UBC will be sacrificed in the name of the almighty dollar again. As much as the New Year is an arbitrary deadline for something new, it's still as good a time as any to effect change. Be a positive influence, spend your money wisely and cut the excess faL Baby steps, UBC, baby steps. @ Streeters What's your mom's New Year's resolution? —VarunRana Mechanical Engineering. 4 "I'm an international student, so I only talk to my mom over the phone, and i forgot to ask." —UmairRana Engineering, 1 "My family doesn't make any New Year's resolutions." —Stephanie Hui Statistics, 4 "I haven't talked to my mom at all yet." —Ida Martin Law, 2 "III had to guess, probably learn how to play left-handed tennis...she's kinda odd." —TzzaraJohl Political Science, 4 "This is so serious, you have to know my mom. But probably to stay with her feelings" -Coordinated by Simon Underwood, Candice Okada, Cheatah Nao and Oker Chen Perspective Turnitin on track by John Barrie I want to acknowledge concerns expressed in the article, "Students using Turnitin vulnerable to US Patriot Act," that appeared in your publication on November 14, 2006. Students are understandably concerned with the privacy of their academic work and I commend the authors of the article for their desire to expose potential risk. However, I think it is important to note that the article did not address the full spectrum of potential privacy issues that should be considered when addressing the topic. Your readers should consider the thousands of service providers—from email providers such as Hotmail and AOL to major cell phone providers like Verizon and Cingular—that pose similar if not greater risk. With the advent of the information age, people must ask themselves if the benefits they reap from using a particular service are worth the potential privacy risks. Privacy is an important issue and should not to be taken lightly. Despite the potential risk, most people feel comfortable with these services and desire the convenience they offer. This is true for the six million plus students and educators worldwide who have used Turnitin to promote academic integrity, collaboration, and productivity in over 7,000 institutions worldwide. Additionally, the concerns cited in the article regarding Section 215 of the Patriot Act, which relates to procurement of "books, records, papers, documents, and other items," pose minimal risk when you consider that judicial authorisation is still required. According to U.S. Attorney Ken Wainstein's testimony before the U.S. House of Representatives in 2005, "just as prosecutors use grand jury subpoenas in a responsible manner, information recently declassified by the Justice Department reveals that the Department has used section 215 in a judicious manner." The issue of privacy is really with government policy-makers, not with services like Turnitin and others. I actively encourage your readers to understand the implications of the Patriot Act and other such laws imposed by government agencies around the world. It is important for all of us to understand when using services in this age of information how to protect our rights. The company recognises the concerns of students and provides guidance for protecting their privacy in our Pledge policy, which can be found on our website. Furthering our commitment to protect the privacy rights of students, we are actively developing a new feature that will be introduced with our service in 2007. This new feature will isolate and encrypt student's personal information and only the student, teacher and school will have access to the key that unlocks that data. Turnitin will not store this information. As a result, in the unlikely event of a court-ordered surrender of student information, Turnitin could only provide an encrypted /which would render the data useless. Because of this, the risks identified in the article are largely unfounded and simply do not apply to our service when adhering to the user guidance that the company provides. Turnitin will continue to make options available to students to protect their privacy and provide a level of trust that when using our service they can minimize their risk and forever protect their identity. —John Barrie is the creator of Turnitin.com and CEO of iParadigms, LLC. Feedback@ubyssey.bc.ca THE UBYSSEY Tuesday, 9 January, 2007 Culture 7 Scariest thing is the ancient cliches NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM now playing by Oker Chen CULTURE STAFF Everyone remembers those beloved films from their childhood. From the animated Charlotte's Web and The Jungle Book to the happy-go-lucky attitude of the redheaded orphan Annie, they all showcase lively hi-jinx while weaving a complex story with emotionally-involving nuances that the young mind can grow with—whether it's the search for lost identity, the responsibility of growing up, or learning to let go of friends. Director Shawn Levy's holiday film Night at the Museum plainly underestimates a child's ability to digest, or at least chew on, cinematic soul- food more intricate than a formulaic slapstick comedy cracker. Although it's easy to dismiss its mind-numbing mediocrity as a family film, all but the most closet-trapped children will roll their eyes at the film's stale attempts at comedy. Night at the Museum is highly impressive for one specific aspect—it hits every Hollywood comedy cliche it could find. Somewhere in Levy's chest of directorial tools, located between the jar of pickled wit- tiness and the wand of lousy romance, there lies a tone of conventional slapstick, to which Levy has faithfully followed in his directing. The film is about a lone parent (in this case, Ben Stiller's archetypal loser Larry) who is separated from his child (Jake Cherry as the heartbroken boy) and undertakes an adventurous quest to win him back with the help of a cast of quirky characters— who are much more interesting than him— by thwarting the nefarious plans of wicked and greedy villains and to have an unstated romance with a supporting damsel in distress somewhere as a romantic subplot. This film could be one of any number of movies fromFinding Nemo to Honey I Shrunk the Kids, but it just so happens to be about the hero taking a job in a museum of natural history to fight a machismo complex rooted in his jealousy over his son's stepfather ability to provide shelter better than he does. Oh, and the museum is enchanted— exhibits come to life after closing hours. Whoops, lost that one neat bit to the grind of bad acting as the characters are trying so hard to be weird and wacky, that the formula of having quirky characters becomes very evident in the canned exaggerations of both its main and supporting actors. Unfortunately, nowhere does the film actually attempt to distance itself from the highly calculated blandness. How many times must we endure Larry falling down, getting hit and flying across the room, being tripped, bound, and peed on by a monkey? At its worst, the film is downright damaging to a child's perception of the world with its examples of rampant sexism, mockery of foreign languages in tribute to ignorant racism, and worshipping wealth as social status. For the sake of ending this review optimistically, this film is highly recommended for those who cannot get enough of phony family-oriented comedies. @ SPRING BREAK/READING WEEK 07 Last Chance to enjoy Cancun's Biggest Party w> t'» 13 A few rooms are still available, DON'T WAIT, BOOK TODAY! • Incredible 4 star Gran Caribe Real Cancun • All Inclusive, 4 restaurants, tons of activities • Optional 5-night party pack Tons of other Ski & Beach options available Be a Spokesperson for Positive Change in the World If you are looking for a change of pace and want an opportunity to leave a unique mark on the world, you can do fundraising on behalf of humanitarian charities. Call 604-688-3224 or email jobs. 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To learn more about our exciting funding opportunities and innovative programs, visit: 8 Sports Tuesday, 9 January, 2007 THE UBYSSEY UNDERDOGS TAKE DEBATING CROWN by Mary Leighton SPORTS STAFF More than 1000 delegates from around the world made their way to the UBC campus last week for the 2007 World Universities Debating Championships. Many of the debate stars knew each other from other championships, but none could predict the surprise winner of the Grand Finals. The intensity of the teams would surprise anyone unfamiliar with debate competitions. One of the event's coordinators, conducting a security check at 5:30am, found teams "practicing together, exercising together." Some delegates even have special diets, he said. The teams, each comprised of two delegates from the same university, were given just 15 minutes to prepare once the topic was announced. Two teams defended the proposition and two opposed. Each speaker had a mere seven minutes at the podium. Last Wednesday, the audience at the Chan Centre hushed to hear which four teams would face off in the Grand Finals. Cheers and singing rang out after each name: "Queensland A...Cambridge C...Oxford D." To the shock of some, the list even included a G team- Sydney G. Once the teams took their places on stage, the topic was announced: "This house believes that economic growth is the solution to climate change." The teams retreated to the wings for their 15 minutes of preparation, while the delegates in the audience discussed arguments for and against as well as team favourites. "I'm hoping Sydney G gets it," said Zoya Sheftalovich from the University of Technology in Sydney, Australia. "It's an all-girl team...I don't think an all-girl team has ever won," she added. An all-women team has won in the past, but not since 2000. After a speech from VP Students Brian Sullivan, a Cambridge speaker sparked the debate, arguing that a "carbon trading system" would make environmental efforts profitable for companies. Queensland A opposed this plan, proposing in its place a flat carbon tax that would "make polluters pay." As the debate progressed, the speakers grew more colourful. Bob Nimmo of Cambridge, who appeared at the podium in a kilt, referred to George W. Bush as "the odd wanker in the White House," called the European Union "a bit crap," and taunted the opponents with a "na na na na na." The speakers also called each other by first names at times, revealing the col- legial nature of the event. Nevertheless, delegates formed sharp arguments and rebuttals, frequently dotting their presentations with debate formalities such as "ladies and gentlemen," "on this side of the house," and "what the prime minister proposed." The winners were announced at the Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre, after the adjudicators took almost two extra hours to decide. In a true underdog story, the all-women G team from Sydney took first place by a unanimous decision. "We're stoked!" said teammates Julia Bowes and Anna Garsia. "This is the first time a G team has ever won," said Bowes. She also added that Vancouver is "the most beautiful city in the world...after Sydney." In the ESL Finals, which also took place Wednesday, the team from IIU Malaysia (International Islamic University) won first place. The delegates may have learned English as a second language, but they delivered mile-a-minute performances, often leaving the podium breathless. To wrap up the ESL Finals, Raanan Eichler from the Hebrew University made the closing comments against the proposition that politicians have a right to a private life. He won laughter and applause when he responded to an opponent's sidebar question, "When did Monica Lewinsky give up her right to privacy?" Eichler began his response—"When you have sex with a president..." A year from now, many of the delegates will meet again in Bangkok, Thailand, for the 2008 World University Debate Championship. @ Bird Droppings Men's basketball The CIS No. 2 ranked Thunderbirds lost their first game to a Canadian opponent all season over the holidays at the Guy Vetrie Memorial Invitational in Victoria. UBC fell to the No. 6 ranked Concordia Stingers 84-70, before rebounding the next night, December 30 with a 75-68 win over the Queen's Golden Gaels. Back home after the new year, UBC downed their cross-town rivals from SFU Friday at War Memorial Gym 73-61 behind 16 points each from Bryson Kool and Jason Birring. The Thunderbirds pushed their conference record to 13-0 the following night with a 76-67 win at Simon Fraser. Casey Archibald led all scores with 27 points in the win, UBC's 33 consecutive in conference play. Women's basketball After beating up on three of Ontario's best in Brock, Toronto, and Laurentian over the Christmas break, the T-Birds returned to the court only to get handed their first regular season loss of the year. No. 3 ranked Simon Fraser beat No. 2 UBC 74-71 at War Memorial Friday. Five Clan players were in double digits while Cait Haggarty and Kelsey Blair led the Thunderbirds with 18 points each. UBC returned the favour Saturday as they outlasted the Clan on Burnaby Mountain 62-53 in a defensive battle. Erica McGuinness scored 16 points for UBC. @ Sms HITERRCTIVE Announcements THE WEEK HMD EEYDND Pub Quiz - Gallery Lounge 8:00pm Wednesday Jan 10th (free) Overflow Wednesdays w/ The Yoko Casionos - Gallery Lounge 10:00pm Wed Jan 10th, 17th, 24th, 31 st (free) Craig Cardiff w/ Patrick Brealey -Gallery Lounge Thurs Jan 25th Doors 8:00pm $7 at Outpost SLC STUDENT LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE This year's Student Leadership Conference (SLC) is coming up this Saturday Jan. 13th! Check out the website at www.ams.ubc.ca/slc for more information! www.ams.ubc.ca Nominations for the AMS Executive are now open! Go online to www.ams.ubc.ca/elections or grab a form at SUB 249K to nominate. Deadline is January 12,2007 at 4pm! Questions? Email Elections Administrator Chris Anderson at elections@ams.ubc.ca This year the AMS Elections is running a Voter-Funded Media Contest with the January 2007 elections! For more information and to enter, go online to www.ams.ubc.ca/elections/vfm.html. There are 8 prizes from $500 - $1500 to be won! Deadline is January 12,2007 at 4pm. Questions? Email VFM Administrator Tiffany Glover at vf m@ams.ubc.ca The AMS Presidential Candidates Debate will be held: Monday, January, SUB Conversation Pit AMS Day - January 12 Come find out more about your student society represents and serves you - from lobbying government to organizing social activities. SUB Concourse, Friday, January 12 And join us in the evening for a special Pit Night! Looking to get a job this year to pay the bills? Check out our massive database of part-time and full-time positions at www.careersonline.ubc.ca! Looking to gain more career-oriented experience, but don't have much prior experience? Consider signing up to be an intern with Joblink's Internship program. We've got a wide range of internships,from business to education. M For more information, see www.ams.ubc.ca/internships.And before heading out there to apply for jobs, come by our office or email joblink@ams.ubc.ca to sign up for a free cover letter/resume consultation or mock interview." im: bought to you by your student society