\UGUST28,2014 | VOLUMEXCVII ISSUE ?DICKLOSSPREVENTIONVSINCE1918 PHOTO CONTEST P2 | SAUDER FROSH NO MORE P3 | RCMP ON WRECK BEACH P3 | UBC-O PAPER EVICTED P4 | CULTURE ON CAMPUS P5 | PLACES TO BE P6 | WELCOME BACK BBQ BUTCHERED P8 What's on HIS WEEK, MAY WE SUC Ultimate Frisbee on the Mall: 12-2 p.m. @ the Library Garden (in front of Irving) UBC Campus and Community Planning and UBC Rec are teaming up to host a game of Ultimate Frisbee. Show up in front of Irving K. Barber library for two hours of summer sport fun. Free. MOVE-IN Move-in Day for new students @ UBC Residences. August 30 is the official move-in day for new UBC students living in residence. Thousands of new students will be on campus, friendships will be formed, ambulance callsforalcohol poisoning will be made. Free MOVIE NIGHT AMS Firstweek Flix @ Totem & Vanier fields from 8:45-11:30 p.m. Bring a blanket and watch a movie with your resmates only a few steps from home. Free Sigma Chi Toga Party @ Sigma Chi Frat House How many chances in life do you get to wear nothing but a bedsheet, stand in a hot building crowded with hundreds of first-years and drink lots of beers? Several times peryear, at UBC. Probably the biggest and most importanttoga party oftheyear. Free (bringyour UBC ID) IMAGINE DAY Imagine Day @ UBC Campus from 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Classes are cancelled for this day of tours, pep rallies, and school spirit. Make the most of the last day before school starts by checking out some ofthe hundreds of club booths, reconnecting with friends and getting some free stuff. Free Got an event you'd like to see on this page? Send your event and your best pitch to printeditor@ubyssey.ca. ON THE COVER Thanks to Coach Shawn and the O Line for being the pretty faces for this issues cover. 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Once he had completed his honours degree, Irwin found himself confused about his future. "Between my undergraduate degree and graduate school, I was really uncertain of what I wanted to do. I was all over the map." At this stage in his life, Irwin drew on his passions. "I loved the outdoors; I had grown up visiting the Yosemite National Park in California with my parents at least twice a year since I was five years old." When considering his options, Irwin looked into wildlife photography, outdoor tour guide training, conservationism and even medical school. While taking time to think about his career, he travelled to Baja, California to climb mountains, worked for the nature conservancy in Oklahoma as well as for a biotechnology company in the heart of the Silicon Valley. I had never actually met the professor with whom I would be working because he was on sabbatical in India.... The summer after I accepted the position, I flew across the world to Delhi, where I took a bus ride into the Himalayas to study birds with a professor that I was meeting for the first time." Darren Irwin UBC professor of evolutionary ecology and statistics "Through these experiences, I realized that I was frustrated [about] being told what to do," Irwin said. After "coming to [his] senses" about his brief medical school plan, Irwin found the perfect application for his love ofthe outdoors, passion for evolution and desire to seek out an independent career. He applied to several graduate schools and was particularly keen on a position at the University of California, San Diego. When he was offered the job, Irwin was put in a situation where he had to take a leap of faith. "I had never actually met the professor with whom I would be working because he was on sabbatical in India.... The summer after I accepted the position, I flew across the world to Delhi, where I took a bus ride into the Himalayas to study birds with a professor that I was meeting for the first time." From this point onwards, Irwin found himself living his dream: travelling around Asia, working in Sweden and eventually settling at UBC. "We certainly have to work hard as professors, but I am allowed to decide what I am going to study ... and that is why I love my job." Irwin urges undecided students to be patient. "Don't look at [professors] and assume that we always had our acts together. Many of us have faced the exact uncertainty that students feel after their degrees and most of our paths were not linear. "Students have to accept that uneasy feeling and continue to actively put themselves in situations that test their passions. Eventually, the time will come where you just have to jump into something wholeheartedly." ?» w Show us how you're spending your last days before class. Post your photo to Instagram with #ubysseycontest by September 2 for a chance to be published. #ubysseycontest // News I FIRST WEEK » This year's AMS First Week wrap-up event will be half the size of last year's. FILE PHOTO GEOFF LISTER/THE UBYSSEY AMS to replace Welcome Back BBQ with smaller event Jovana Vranic News Editor The AMS is holding a new event to welcome students back to school this year — the Backyard BBQ. Previous Welcome Back BBQs were held on Maclnnes field, but due to construction on the new UBC Aquatic Centre, the AMS had to find a new location for this year's event. "We knew that we were going to have to change somehow," said ORIENTATIONS » AMS Programming and Events Manager Anna Hilliar. "But we wanted to keep the barbecue feel." The AMS worked with UBC to find an alternate location. "UBC couldn't find us the outdoor space, so they offered us the [Thunderbird] arena," said Hilliar. "But it would have been to costly to run it [there]." Hilliar said she wanted the event to be held outdoors like previous years. "What I see the students experiencing is like they're stoked it's a concert but [...] the Welcome Back BBQ is reconvening and also meeting all of these new people," said Hilliar. "I think it's important to celebrate those things outside." The final location has been confirmed as the wooded area between the old SUB and Brock Hall. "Obviously we wanted to have a huge, massive party, but I think this is a good substitute," said Hilliar. Around 6,300 students attended the Welcome Back BBQ in previous years, but the Backyard BBQ will only accommodate 3,200. "In short, it's going to be a concentrated version of what we usually do," said Hilliar. "We're going to maintain that spirit, it's just going to be half the size." The AMS will release the concert line-up in the next couple of days. Tickets will be sold at $12 to $20. The event is scheduled for Friday, Sept. 5 at 3 p.m. *3 Sauder FROSH sparks first year orientation changes Lawrence Neal Garcia Contributor There is no FROSH at Sauder this year. Following last year's rape cheer scandal, the Commerce Undergraduate Society (CUS) is no longer running first year orientations, which are now being facilitated by the university, through the Sauder Undergraduate Office. The new initiative, now called "The Spark," is headed by Shannon Sterling, UBC's Associate Director for Student Engagement and Development. Sterling worked with a committee of Sauder students faculty and staff members, as well as some alumni, to plan the upcoming event. With the CUS executives no longer directly participating in the planning and implementation stages, "The Spark" presents a near-complete reworking of what was known previously as Sauder FROSH. According to Sterling, the new program is mainly built around social and educational programming. "I think that's a different place than FROSH, where it was really focused on a lot of fun and a lot of community," said Sterling. The two-day event will include a networking lunch and booths for clubs and organizations, as well as a closing gala dinner. "There's opportunities for all different types of personalities to shine, and for students to self-select into experiences that mean something to them," said Sterling. "We're kind of a hybrid model between an orientation, where you follow your group and you spend time with the same group of people ... versus a conference where you get to self-select into experiences 5^e||^^^7T»n*n The Commerce Undergraduate Society is no longer in charge of first-year orientations. that are interesting and that resonate with you." But, as with FROSH in previous years, the event itself is still largely student-led, with four student directors and seven student coordinators involved in all stages ofthe project, only now with the direction ofthe university through Sterling and the Sauder Undergraduate Office. Following last year's cheer scandal, every member ofthe CUS Executive Council, Board of Directors as well as orientation leaders went through various forms of training, including Anti-violence Ally Training with the Sexual Assault Support Centre and Active Bystander training through UBC Access and Diversity. "We took the issues last year very seriously and we've tried to take all reasonable steps to ensure orientation this year will be more successful and appropriate for the incoming students," said Sauder dean Robert Helsley. Helsley also emphasized the educational approach to the issue and pointed to the resulting changes across the university. In addition to general guidelines on what first year orientation should accomplish, a new training program from the Centre for Student Involvement and Careers, known as "Building Respectful and Inclusive Communities" or BRIC training, is being mandated across the board. This training consists of a 30-minute online module and a three-hour in-person training that applies not only to student leaders involved in "The Spark," but to all student leaders in various programs from Imagine Day to Jump Start to =ILE PHOTO GEOFF LI^ER/THE UBYSSEY each faculty's first year orientation. "[First year orientation is] not called FROSH anywhere else now," said Sterling. "That's all changed too." while there are no restrictions on who is able to get involved with "The Spark," there are no 2013 Frosh leaders at the planning committee level, although some have applied and been offered orientation leader positions. Although the CUS is not involved at the planning and organization level, CUS president Niloufar Keshmiri acts as a liaison between the CUS and Sterling's committee and stressed that the executive committee will still have a presence during the event aside from the other first year programs and support that they offer. XI RCMP» Wreck Beach patrols more friendly than expected Scott Jacobsen Contributor The RCMP has developed a somewhat friendlier relationship than many anticipated with the frequenters of Wreck Beach. Judy Williams, Chairperson ofthe Wreck Beach Preservation Society, wasn't pleased when she heard about plans for a police tent on the beach, which she says is the safest beach in B.C. "I have spent the last 45 years advocating for Wreck Beach as accepting, tolerant and loving," said Williams. "We did not need that kind of negative publicity from an officer new to the beach intent on cleaning it up." Sgt. Drew Grainger ofthe UBC RCMP said the police tent was put in place mainly to have officers on hand in case they were needed on the beach. "UBC is a small detachment," said Grainger. "We only have two or three members patrolling at any given time ofthe day." "The tent was essentially a thing of shade for our officers," said Grainger. "Our strategy down here was to enhance public safety, mitigate the need for call service for some of our officers up top." According to Grainger, this was a strategy to foster mutual understanding about what is responsible and respectful behaviour. Williams, however, compared the frequent visitors of Wreck Beach to a family that can get by without the additional police presence. "Like all families, we have our squabbles, but when push comes to shove, we are there for one another," said Williams. Williams further described the more relaxed stance ofthe police, even joining in some ofthe beach activities activities such as the Bare Buns Run on Aug. 10. "At some point, I would imagine we will have a more tolerant attitude," said Williams. Still, Grainger said that the RCMP will continue to focus on preventing the overconsumption of alcohol and selling of illegal drugs on the beach.'3 Want writ news COMEBYTHEUB SUB 24, FOLLOW THE SIGNS news@ubysseY.ca NEWS I THURSDAY, AUGUST 28, 2014 OKANAGAN» Student union evicts The Phoenix The editors of the student paper at UBC-O are packing up their campus office Dave Nixon Contributor The Phoenix, UBCO's 25 year- old campus newspaper, is being removed from campus. The move is part ofthe student union's re-allocation of space in the University Centre, which will see Resource Centres merged and new businesses added. "It just comes down to the utilization of space," said Rocky Kim, president ofthe UBC-O student union (UBCSUO). "We have to maximize opportunity with what we have, and the problem is The Phoenix being there is not the best utilization of space as of right now." The student union is self-imposing a space audit; to prepare for it, all the spaces used in the UNC are being reviewed. Kim said the paper has historically been a financial drain, running yearly deficits that eat up additional UBCSUO funds. "Our main concern was we've set aside x number of dollars that students agreed to through a referendum to pay for media on campus ... but what's happened [is] The Phoenix has been running deficits, so not only are they getting that money but they're dipping into SU funds and we're carrying that liability." Kim said The Phoenix was approximately $16,000 over-budget at the start ofthe 2014 summer. A large portion consisted of uncollected advertising revenue, however, and by the end of July the sum sat around $10,000. Alex Eastman, who was recently hired by The Phoenix as their first full-time non-student staff member, was also the Managing Editor in 2013-2014. "We're negotiating a way to deal with that now in a way that doesn't hamstring us financially," said Eastman. He noted that they were not alerted to these problems until mid-July, though Kim said the discussions to remove The Phoenix had been going on for five months. Eastman admits the paper had an onus to recognize these financial problems earlier on as well, though. The UBCSUO runs all of The Phoenix 's financials out of their accounting office since they are a part of the union. "We've been working directly with Bob [Drunkemolle],the General Manager, and we're having this consultation more as a business than a student club or association," said Eastman. Part of the reasoning he was given by the UBCSUO was that the SU wanted to charge more rent for the space, and if they charged The Phoenix commercial prices then the paper wouldn't have been able to afford it. To put that in perspective, The Phoenix had been expected to pay $8,000 per year for their office space each year, while The UBCSUO will be charging $70,000 to Koi Sushi and a brand new Taco Del Mar outlet, which will replace the old Valley First office. Other space re-allocations include the Pride Centre and the Women's Centre joining to share the old Phoenix office, while their old spaces will be used for business storage and for Student Union Productions, a new service that will offer Student Associations a one-stop-shop for everything needed to run events. The student paper at UBC-O no longer has an A full-service RBC will also be added on next to the Taco-Del- Mar. The Peer-Support-Network is now an official UBCSUO service, and it will also be run alongside both Resource Centers in the old Phoenix space. Eastman will now run The Phoenix out of his apartment in Rutland, while trying to book as much space on campus as possible on an ongoing basis for meetings. Another complication for The Phoenix is the media fee. The total amount (over $40k) has always gone to The Phoenix, but it is now likely to be divided between them and the promising radio club startup Heat Radio. The Phoenix ran a referendum in 2014 in an attempt to increase and separate The Phoenix's fee from the media fee, but it failed. "To put it bluntly, not having an office and having less money ... is a pretty big blow to our operations," said Eastman. "It will be harder to recruit and maintain contributors, and we won't have an office for staff to go." Eastman said event coverage will be more difficult, since their photographers used to use the office as a base. They would store their equipment and they would return to use the paper's software to do post-production. Now that office is a drive or a bus-ride away. Eastman said the UBCSUO, especially their General Manager Bob Drunkemolle, is assisting in locating a new space on campus, though no details are available at this time as to when or where that may be. Kim said it relied upon Eastman coming back in a couple months with a stronger business plan and budget, and then they would then look at new space options. Computers and server data were all given to Eastman to use in the relocated office. The financial impact on The Phoenix is significant. Their budget is expected to drop 27 per cent to $58,000 from $81,000. They have cut seven paid staff positions, combined other positions, and have switched some office on campus. pay models for more volunteer-focused or contractual-focused positions. The budget for wages at The Phoenix is cut by one-third in total. They have gone from 16 issues to 14 issues, and those will be maximum 24 pages with less colour. The volume of papers distributed each issue will not change from 2,000. "It's going to take everything I have just to keep the trains running and our heads above water while we try to sort all of this out," said Eastman, "It's great that we have the support ofthe SU to stay functional and operational." Eastman is now doing his full-time job at the paper for free, and getting $300/month for the space taken in his apartment to contribute to his rent. He is also working another 40 hours a week elsewhere to be able to pay his own expenses. His only direct income from the paper is $150 per issue to =HOTO COURTES- DAVID NIXOK distribute the 2,000 copies around university and town. "Last year we took so many steps forward with the paper ... at our national conference we were considered a rising star," said Eastman. "That's the disheartening thing about this, the development of our staff and our paper will probably, though I hope not, take a back seat to 'how much money did we make this issue'." tJ Notice of Development Permit Application - DP 14023 Public Open House UBC Life Building You are invited to attend an Open House on Tuesday, September 02 to view and comment on DP14023 for renovations to the UBC Life Building(former Student Union Building). day,September02, 2014 11 AM - 5 PM tha Piper Plaza, University Boulevard at Main Mall Subject Site Trolley Bus Loop Alumni Wesbrook Building / East Mall Abdul IK Barber ~2 Hennings Ladha O Hebb m. ■ we uue'e autre loud... ■ IU FkSURS OUTIFWB'fS m WAtriue lurm amtr uus. \ ■ MO, I POUr TH/MK1 ^THAT'S ueeessARUA -jjgfe- Julian Yu -2014/08/28-