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The UPS shall not be responsible for slight changes or typographical errors that do not lessen the value ortheimpact of thead.\nThe Beaty Biodiversity\nMuseum is more than an\narchive for dead specimens\nFILEKOSTAPRODANOVIC\nBeaty is home to a vast array of natural history displays and has been architecturally designed to house different exhibits.\nMalcolm Wilkins\nStaff Writer\nThe Beaty Biodiversity Museum is\nknown for its numerous exhibits\non natural history and its most\nstriking exhibit \u2014 an 82-foot\nskeleton of a blue whale, hanging\nfrom the roof, right in the centre of\nthe building atrium. However, you\ncan't find its own history, arguably\nthe museum's most interesting-\nexhibit, by visiting in person.\nUBC zoology professor and\nacting director of the museum\nDr. Eric Taylor knows a great\ndeal about the museum's past, its\nexhibits and how students can get\ninvolved with the facilities it has\nto offer. He discussed its founding\nin 1999 and the circumstances\nsurrounding it.\n\"The first thing that we needed\nto open the museum was the\nfinance,\" he said. \"We received a\nfederal grant \u2014 about 80 per cent\nof the total initial budget \u2014 from\nthe Canadian Foundation for\nInnovation.\"\nThe Canadian Foundation for\nInnovation (CFI) is an independent\nfunding body that was initially\ncreated by the Government\nof Canada, which has since\nterminated its sponsorship. Since\nits founding in 1997, the CFI's\nprincipal focus has been to \"ensure\nthat Canadian researchers have the\ntools \u2014 cutting-edge labs, facilities\nand equipment \u2014 they need to\npush the frontiers of knowledge in\nall directions.\"\nBeaty's creation fell under\nwhat the CFI's website describes\nas \"discovery and technology\ndevelopment.\"\nAccording to Taylor, the\nmuseum is named after two alumni\nbenefactors Ross and Trish Beaty.\nA mining legend, Ross Beaty is now\nchairman of Pan American Silver\nand Alterra Power, and in 1999,\ndonated the remaining 20 per cent\nof the budget not covered by the\nCFI grant.\nBeaty is home to a vast array of\nnatural history exhibits, and has\nbeen architecturally designed to\ncater and house different types\nof exhibits. However, Taylor\nexplained that the intricate\narchitecture is not the defining\nfeature of the museum, but rather\nfacilitates access to the world-class\ncollections.\n\"It's more the \u2014 I would say\naround 2.1 million \u2014 specimens in\nall of the collections that we have.\nAll the exhibits are in this public\nspace where people can wander.\nThe vast majority of museums\nhave a minority of their exhibits on\npublic display, whereas virtually\nall of our exhibits are on public\ndisplay for all to see,\" he said.\nGiven the vast collection\nof exhibits and Beaty's annual\ncontributions to biological\nresearch, Taylor believes students\nshould get involved in the\nmuseum's day-to-day operations.\nHe specified that the museum\noffers both professional and\nacademic opportunities. But simply\napplying does not guarantee that a\nstudent is hired.\n\"We \u2014 for a relatively small\nnumber of students \u2014 do hire every\nterm [through the Work Learn\nProgram]. This happens usually at\nthe end of the summer. We always\nget money from the Canada Student\nWorks Program, which is important\nbecause it ensures that students\nwork for pay, obviously,\" he said.\nBeaty has a number of student\njobs during the summertime or even\nduring academic sessions, from\ncuratorial roles to marketing and\npublic outreach.\n\"Students can work either in\nthe collections department, where\nthey're helping curators organize\nand work on specimens and research\nand so on, or the public outreach\npart where they help to design\nprograms and other things [related\nto museum functionality]. You\ncan also be a guide. We have a 130\nvolunteers who do that too and I'm\npretty sure the majority of those are\nstudents,\" he said.\nThe museum is also equipped\nto host a variety of academic\nendeavours. Taylor spoke of the\nmany opportunities that university\nclasses can take advantage of to\nenrich knowledge about biodiversity\nand the environment.\n\"Student classes use the\nmuseum for various classroom\nexercises and they're certainly\ninvolved academically as well,\"\nhe said. \"That's important for us\n\u2014 to integrate ourselves into the\nundergraduate teaching program\nand many undergraduates have\ndone that.\" H\nThe Beaty Biodiversity Museum\nis open from Tuesday to Sunday\nbetween 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. NEWS\nEDITORS SRUTHITADEPALLI + SAMANTHA MCCABE\nFEBRUARY28.2017TUESDAY\nRANKING \/\/\nHow does Santa Ono plan to take UBC into the top 20?\nOno will need to take in a myriad of factors on UBC's path to the top 20 list.\n=ILE MARTIN DEE\nSalomon Micko Benrimoh\nSenior Staff Writer\nIn a recent interview with The\nVancouver Sun, UBC President\nSanta Ono expressed a drive to see\nUBC rise from its current top-40\nstanding in the global universities\nlist to the top 20. The Ubyssey\nspoke with Ono to find out how he\nhopes to do so.\nOno's first comment was\nthat rankings aren't the most\nimportant thing in his mind.\n\"The only reason rankings\nare important is because they\ndo reflect to some degree how\nan institution is perceived. I'm\nnot going to believe that one\ninstitution is better than another\nbecause it's ranked five or ten\npoints higher, because it is an\nimperfect science.\"\nDifferent systems of global\nuniversity rankings vary widely,\nlooking at factors such as the\npapers the institution has\npublished, the number of students,\nthe student to staff ratio, the\ngender ratio, the admissions rate\nand the number of international\nstudents. In ranking systems like\nQS World University Rankings,\nTimes Higher Education World\nUniversity Rankings and Maclean's\nUniversity Rankings, UBC\nroutinely ranks among the top two\nto three schools in Canada and the\ntop 30 to 40 in the world.\nWhile rankings often have a\nwide disparity between both their\nmethodology and conclusions,\nthey can still factor into the\ndecisions of prospective students,\nas they are usually tied in with the\nreputation of a university.\n\"I see no reason why UBC\ncan't go from being one of the top\n40 universities in the world to\none of the top 20,\" Ono told The\nVancouver Sun.\nAccording to Ono, there are\nmeasures that UBC would look\ninto implementing that are\nintended to have a positive effect\non the university's global ranking.\n\"The most fundamental thing\nthat an institution can do is really\ntake a look at the quality of the\nfaculty, and to really focus on\ndoing everything that's possible\nto equip those faculties and\nsupport those faculties as they\ncarry out their scholarship,\" said\nOno. \"Recruiting and retaining\nthe best faculty is really the\nbest way that we can really\nvalidate not only research and\nscholarship, but also teaching at\nan institution.\"\nOno also stressed the\nimportance of student\nsatisfaction, noting that certain\nrankings \u2014 including that of\nMaclean's \u2014 take more of an\nin-depth look into it. \"The\nprimary reason is to ensure that\nyour faculty and students have\nthe most nurturing and the best\nfacilities to perform research and\nto learn. That's a real driver and\nif you do those things, it sort of\nnaturally follows that you will rise\nin the rankings,\" said Ono.\nA recent Times ranking placed\nUBC as the most international\nuniversity in Canada, and 12th\nworldwide.\n\"A university with a diverse\nstudent body, a diverse faculty,\nand representation from around\nthe world is a positive thing and\nexperience that the student has at\nthe institution,\" said Ono on the\ngrowing internationalization of\nUBC.\nThe geopolitical and economic\nrise of Vancouver in recent\nyears is also a pivotal factor\nbecause it encourages increased\npartnerships with universities\nand pushes for greater\ngovernment spending and input\ninto these institutions.\nAs for student government\nopinion, the AMS is taking a more\ncautious outlook. AMS President\nAva Nasiri pointed out that UBC\nneeds to be very particular if it\nwere to go about actively trying to\nclimb international rankings.\n\"In this rise to the top,\nwe [can't leave out] students\nwho may not be able to afford\nattending this institution. I\nthink that the first thing that\nwe as students have to do ... is\n[make sure] that, in the short-\nterm, there are no increases in\ntuition, no further increases for\ninternational students and no\nadditional increases for domestic\nstudents.\"\nThe two per cent cap on annual\ntuition increase is something\nthat Nasiri said the AMS would\nnot condone losing as a means to\nboost the university's reputation\nor rank. The shakeup at the\npresidential level that UBC has\nseen in the last five years also\nworried Nasiri.\n\"Our university has been set\nback at least six years' worth of\nstrategic planning, thinking and\nacting because of the high level of\nturnover at the leadership level\nin the president's office. Now, I\nunderstand that President Ono\nhas come in and made promises,\nbut it's also important for us to be\naware of how much we've lost. We\nshouldn't feel the need to make up\nfor that instantly,\" she said.\nWith stiff competition, Ono\nwill need to take in a myriad of\nfactors in order for UBC to climb\nup the ranks. 1H\nSTUDENT GOVERNMENT \/\/\nCandidates\nfor 2017\nAMS\nelections\nannounced\nJACK HAUEN\nMax Holmes is this year's election\nadministrator\nSruthi Tadepalli and Samantha\nMcCabe\nNews Editors\nAt the AMS All-Candidates\nMeeting this evening, the\nstudents running for each\ncategory in this year's elections\nwere announced. Here they are:\nPRESIDENT:\nJames Cohen, Sugar Brewer, the\nCairn (Alan Ehrenholz), Jesse\nHooton, Julian Del Balso\nVP ADMINISTRATION:\nPooja Bhatti, Julien Hart, Faraz\nNikzad\nVP ACADEMIC & UNIVERSITY\nAFFAIRS:\nDaniel Lam\nVP EXTERNAL AFFAIRS:\nDario Garousian, Sally Lin\nVP FINANCE:\nMatthew Morton, Alim\nLakhiyalov\nUBC BOARD OF GOVERNORS\nSTUDENT MEMBERS:\nLouis Retief, Jakob Gattinger,\nKevin Doering, William Chen,\nSneha Balani, Jeanie Malone\nSENATE:\nDaniel Lam, Simran Brar,\nWilliam Chen, Kevin Doering,\nJakob Gattinger, Maja Dziok, Ian\nSapollnik 1U\net the scoop.\nWrite for news!\nSign up online at\nubyssey.ca\/volunteer NEWS   I   TUESDAY FEBRUARY 28, 2017\nLEGAL \/\/\nHow UBC grades your broad-based admissions essays\nJack Hauen\nCoordinating Editor\nThe Ubyssey has pursued UBC's\nrubrics for how broad-based\nadmissions (BBA) are graded for\nthe past four years. Now, provided\nby a person with access to the\ndocument, we have the version\nthat UBC used in 2016 to grade\napplications. The person wishes\nto remain anonymous due to the\nconfidential nature of the rubric.\nThe document asks graders\nto look for attributes that UBC\nwants in its students, then to\nrank each attribute on a five-\npoint scale. In approximately\n1,000 words, the ideal applicant\nwould display a sense of self and\ncommunity, problem solving and\nresilience, intellectual readiness\nand expression, leadership and\ninitiative and achieving goals.\nEach attribute gets its own page\nto let graders know exactly what\nto look for in applicants' essays.\nFor example, on the leadership\npage graders are given a list of\ncomplimentary adjectives that\ncould describe a leader (focused,\nconfident, influential, etc.), and\nsome examples of situations that\ncould demonstrate leadership\nability (is the applicant responsible\nfor the work and well-being of\nothers?).\nTo grade the application,\neach of the listed attributes are\nranked on a scale from zero to\nfive. Detailed descriptions of\nanswers that exemplify each rating-\ncan be found on each attribute's\npage of the document. Among\nother considerations, markers\nare told to take into account each\napplicant's age and potential access\nto opportunities, and to flag areas\nof concern, such as mental health\nor other circumstances which\nmay require additional support.\nFlagging an application, according\nto the rubric, has no effect on the\nchances a student will get in.\nInterestingly, grammar,\npunctuation and spelling have no\neffect on an applicant's submission.\n\"You should be focused on\nthe thoughts and intentions of\nthe applicant's responses. For\ninstance, you should not penalize\napplicants for using an incorrect\nverb or tense,\" the rubric says,\nnoting that English dialects vary\nbetween Canadian and worldwide\ncommunities.\nAccording to UBC Director\nof Undergraduate Admissions\nAndrew Arida, the rubric is\nupdated on a yearly basis \"as the\nuniversity seeks to enhance the\nprocess.\"\nArida said that an average of 75 to\n80 per cent of the decision to admit\nsomeone to UBC is still solely reliant\non grades. Somewhere between one\nin five and one in ten students would\nnot be admitted without the broad-\nbased admissions process.\n\"It depends on the faculty and\nhow competitive the program is and\nthe introduction of other admission\npolicies,\" he wrote in an emailed\nstatement.\nUBC'S OPINION VS. THE BC\nSUPREME COURTS\nOne of the initial reasons the\nuniversity rejected our freedom\nof information (FOI) request\ncited the section of the Freedom\nof Information and Protection\nof Privacy Act that deals with\n\"disclosure harmful to the\nfinancial or economic interests of\na public body.\"\nBroad Based Admission Rubric\n2016\nPrepared by Undergraduate Admiaions\nYou should be focused on the thoughts and intentions of the applicant's responses.\nImplementing broad-based\nadmissions cost UBC about $1.76\nmillion, according to Arida.\n\"There would be cost associated\nwith amending the system to\nensure it remains viable if the\nrubric is released. The cost of\nreturning to grades-only would be\nsubstantial. However, the cost to\nthe student body, to its diversity\nand to those who might not\notherwise have a chance to pursue\ntheir studies has an impact that\ncannot be measured in dollars.\nThere is a huge lost opportunity\ncost because it would reduce access\nto UBC,\" he said.\nJustice Loryl Russell, in the\nsection of her BC Supreme Court\ndecision that dealt specifically\nwith that claim, wrote that \"it is\nclear that the BBA process is not\nlike an exam where a student must\ndemonstrate their knowledge\nof the concepts taught by an\neducational institution, and where\nmaintaining the secrecy of the\nquestions and answers is essential\nto the fairness and integrity of the\ntesting.\" UBC later appealed this\ndecision.\n\"Even if it were reasonable to\nconclude that disclosure of the\nrubrics necessitates abandoning\nthe BBA process ... UBC did not\nprovide information that satisfies\nme that this could reasonably be\nexpected to harm its financial or\neconomic interests,\" wrote Russell.\nUBC Director of Public Affairs\nSusan Danard wrote in an emailed\nstatement that \"it is the university's\nposition that releasing the BBA\napplication scoring guides would\nallow prospective students to tailor\ntheir answers and exaggerate or\nmisrepresent their experiences\nto meet UBC's requirements,\nwhich would seriously harm the\nability of the university to evaluate\napplicants fairly.\n\"Everyone who participates\nin the evaluation of students'\nadmission applications signs a\nstrict confidentiality agreement to\nprotect the integrity and fairness of\nthe application process.\"\nThe email also noted that\nThe Ubyssey is publishing these\ndocuments \"at [our] own risk.\"\nRussell wrote: \"Given the\nnature of the information in\nthese rubrics, I am not convinced\nthat disclosure would make\nexaggeration, misrepresentation\nor false information any\nmore prevalent or harder to\ndetect than they currently are.\nTherefore, I do not accept that\nit is reasonable to believe, as\nUBC does, that disclosure of\nthe rubrics would significantly\nUBC UNDERGRADUATE ADMISSIONS\ndiminish the predictive value of\nthe BBA process, and that the only\nalternative is to abandon the BBA\nprocess.\"\nWHY ARE WE RELEASING THE\nRUBRIC?\nThe Ubyssey hopes to accomplish\nthree goals by releasing this\ndocument:\n1. To \"level the playing field\"\nbetween high schoolers with\naccess to university preparatory\ncounselors who provide feedback\nto students and help them tailor\ntheir applications to specific\nschools, and those without. As it\nstands, a student from a low-\nincome family at a public school with\nlimited resources is at a significant\ndisadvantage to one who can afford\na counselor who's experienced in\ntelling universities what they want\nto hear from applicants. Free and\nequal access to the rubric for all high\nschool students should partially\nerase or at least lessen the effect of\nthis divide.\n2. To reduce the element of luck\nin admissions. Two students who\nhave experienced the same situation\nand learned the same things may\nboth choose to write about it, but\nsince answers are only 200 words\nlong, might place their emphasis\non different attributes or qualities\nin their essays. If every student has\naccess to the rubric, every student\nknows where the \"starting line\" is, so\nthe chance of an applicant getting in\nbased on luck should be reduced.\n3. To hold UBC accountable to\nits legal obligations. Though the\nuniversity is required to comply\nwith FOI laws, they have sought to\nseriously undermine students' right\nto public documents, as illustrated by\ntheir refusal to accept the rulings of\nthe BC Office of the Information and\nPrivacy Commissioner and the BC\nSupreme Court. We see it as our duty\nto act as a check on the university's\nauthority, especially when that\nauthority is being used illegally. 13\nRead the full, unabridged rubric at\nubyssey.ca FEBRUARY 28, 2017 TUESDAY I   NEWS\nFOOD SERVICES\/\/\nOver 900 students call for change\nto UBC meal plans and dining halls\nAlex Nguyen\nSenior Staff Writer\nStarted by a group of first-year\nresidents on February 16, a petition\ncalling for \"change [to UBC's]\nmandatory meal plans and dining\nhalls\" has since garnered over 900\nsignatures. The petition was made\nin response to numerous posts in the\nUBC Class of 2020 Facebook group\ncomplaining about the price and\nquality of the dining halls' food.\n\"We are running out of our meal\nplan because the food is expensive\n... yet people found a pebble in their\nomelette or a cup of oil in their\nchow mein,\" said Maria Michouris,\none of the petition's organizers.\nMichouris noted that while\nthe Minimum Plan is intended for\n\"students who dine on campus\noccasionally on weekends,\" many\nstudents who eat on campus more\nfrequently choose it because it is the\nonly rate they can afford.\nColin Moore, the director of food\nservice operations at UBC, cites the\npricing as necessary.\n\"We stand by our prices because\nwe prioritize local, organic and\ntop-quality ingredients,\" he said.\n\"The prices that we set are also\ngenerally at market pricing and they\nare impacted by the cost of doing-\nbusiness. We pay a living wage to\neveryone who works for us.\"\nThe petition also demands\ngreater transparency from the\nuniversity, stating that students are\nregularly being overcharged.\n\"Within my group of friends, five\nof us were overcharged at least three\ntimes in one week,\" said Markus\nLee, another first-year student and\npetitioner. \"They try to rush you\nthrough [when it's busy] so you\ndon't want to be the person who\nholds up the line by asking for the\nreceipt.\"\nAccording to Michouris, students\ncan check online to see how much\nthey have spent, but this doesn't\nallow them to see a detailed list of\nwhat they were charged for, offering-\nno proof of being overcharged.\n\"Unless you notice it on the spot\nwith a receipt, there's no way for\nyou to complain and get your money\nback,\" said Lee.\nMoore acknowledged that there\nhas been some feedback about\nstudents being charged incorrectly.\n\"I would encourage anybody\nwho thinks that they have been\novercharged to let the dining\nhalls' supervisors know about the\ntransaction and we can try to make\nit right,\" said Moore. \"They could\nalso let us know by filling out our\nSpill The Beans survey.\"\nThe call for transparency\nis further motivated by the\nambiguity surrounding the capital\nimprovement fund (CIF) and the\noverhead fee, which together take\napproximately 35 per cent from\nthe Minimum Plan. The petition's\norganizers questioned whether\nthe money is being effectively used\ngiven reports from Vancouver\nCoastal Health showing that both\nPlace Vanier and Totem Park's\ndining halls have incurred serious\ninfractions.\n'When any critical infraction is\nflagged, we fix [it] immediately,\"\nsaid Moore. \"I would prefer\nthat there wasn't any infraction,\nbut as part of running the food\nbusiness, we do have some\nstandard infractions to address.\nHowever, we have elevated our\nauditing standard well above what\nVancouver Coastal Health offers.\"\nRegarding the fees, the CIF\nis a non-refundable fee that is\nused to do planned upgrades to\ndining facilities such as building\n\"We don't expect immediate changes.\"\nOrchard Commons. The overhead\nfee goes towards \"utility, repair,\nadministration and management\ncosts,\" but according to Moore,\nstudents recover that overhead\nthrough the discount they get from\nspending their meal plan at the\ndining halls.\nMoving forward, there's a\ntentative meeting between UBC\nFood Services and the petition's\norganizers to discuss the issue in\ndepth. The Residence Association\nfor first-year residences has also\ncreated a survey to \"gain data on\nhow first-year students feel about\n[the] meal plan.\"\nFILE BORIS BOSNJAKOVIC\n\"Our aim for now is to get as\nmany people to sign our petition as\npossible,\" said Michouris. \"We need\naround maybe 5,000 signatures,\nwhich I think is possible because I\nhave talked to upper-years and they\nare more than happy to sign the\npetition.\"\n\"We don't expect immediate\nchanges,\" said Lee. \"However, if\nUBC could gradually transition\ninto something that would actually\nbenefit us more, that's something\nwe are hoping for because many\nof us are still going to be living on\nresidence and we need a reliable\nmeal plan.\" U\n...ortobe Happy?\nAs you go through this phase of life, take comfort in the fact that there is nothing new under the sun.\nWhile there is never going to he anyone with identical genes who will experience life exactly as you\ndo, your emotions, good and bad, are something that we all have. Life comes in stages, getting a college\neducation is one stage. This is around the time in which your prefrontal cortex is getting developed, when\nyou are becoming more aware that your behaviour affects other people. It is a time of great self-awareness,\nparticularly awareness of a moral conscience. Up to this point your behaviour has been mostly shaped by\nfear of punishment. But never forget that the urges you have, and even your sexual orientation are largely\npart of the pre-package that you came into the world with. Don't be hard on yourself, after all, you did not\nmake yourself and you are not responsible for the genes that have shaped you up to this point. It is not for\nyou to feel guilt or shame about how you were put together. What is important, is what you do about the\ntraits that are harmful to others. With a moral appreciation of consequences, your behaviour should be\nshaped by a desire to pursue goodness, for goodness' sake. This is a narrower road, but it brings peace of\nmind, success and happiness. It is also the surest road to wisdom. So try not to despair when the day seems\ndreary or the task seems impossible. Bad times never last and you will adjust like you've always done. Never forget that we live in our minds and so just as negative thoughts bring you down, positive thoughts will\nlift you up. As so, it is important to control your thoughts. Learn to shake off negative thoughts the moment\nthey occur to you - practice makes perfect. This, by the way, is one of the triumphs in life - gaining control\nof what we allow our mind to dwell on. No one knows where thoughts come from, but with some effort you\ncan learn to focus on the things that bring you happiness. Work hard, and try to remain honest, so you can\nkeep growing in your ability. You are capable of much more than you realize. Learn self-discipline and organisation so that work doesn't spill into play, and your play is not spoiled by guilt from work left undone.\nTry never to panic, instead seek help to recover from trouble. Offer good advice and don't hesitate to seek\ncounsel. We are all in this together. Don't be embarrassed to embrace faith but do not become self-righteous\nor a hypocrite. Your friends may not tell you so, but they will respect you and admire you as a spiritual\nperson. After all, true spirituality is about learning to love others. You will find that the more you pray, the\nbetter you know yourself and the less mistakes you make. Pray for those you don't like and forgive others so\nthat it is easier to forgive yourself. Overcome your shyness, not by heavy drinking or by using drugs, but by\nreminding yourself that we are all shy to some extent. In fact, shyness tends to be a result of self-awareness.\nNo one is better than anyone else, we all have our warts. Through prayer you will gain more self-knowledge\nand understanding of how you fit into the world. The more you know about yourself, the calmer you will be\nand the more hopeful you will be about the future. Hope and faith are wonderful assets and they will teach\nyou about love and laughter. You are about to come into your own so learn to pick up after yourself and\nhang in there. You have yet to taste the best that life has to offer, be patient.\nElvis & Twyla Iginla, The Compassionate Listening Society of Alberta\n780.705.2289 ~ wedaretolisten.com CULTURE\nEDITOR SAMUEL DUBOIS\nFEBRUARY 28,2017TUESDAY\nCHAN CENTRE \/\/\nReview: Dianne Reeves put\non a stunning performance\nRocio Hollman\nStaff Writer\nThere is a reason why The New York\nTimes calls her \"the most admired\njazz diva since the heyday of Sarah\nVaughan, Ella Fitzgerald and Billie\nHoliday.\" Dianne Reeves really is just\nthat good.\nThose lucky enough to hear the\nfive-time Grammy award winner\nwere treated to a night of jazz\nclassics and retakes on contemporary\nsongs. The concert began with her\nskilled quartet \u2014 Romero Lubambo\non guitar, Peter Martin on piano,\nReginald Veal on bass and Terreno\nGully on drums, playing a mostly\nimprovised jam which set up the\nlively, smooth, ambient sound that\nwould continue throughout the\nnight.\nThe first song they played was\nFleetwood Mac's \"Dreams\" \u2014 yes,\nthe players-only-love-you when-\nthey're-playing \"Dreams.\" If you\nhaven't heard Dianne Reeves's\nrendition of it yet, what are you\nwaiting for? However, it was 10 times\nbetter live. For starters, the band\nstarted instrument-by-instrument,\nlayering on the musical lines so\nthat you felt as if you were hearing\na painting being created in front of\nyou. Then Reeves came in with an\nentrance fit for the diva that she is,\nbelting out the lyrics in her powerful\nyet effortless manner. The crowd \u2014\ninitially subdued and somewhat shy\n\u2014 was already falling under her spell.\nBefore the show began, the\naudience was introduced to them\nas Dianne Reeves and her quartet.\nBut I think that a more accurate\ndescription would have been that of\na quintet due to the way that Reeves\nuses her voice as an instrument on\nits own. Often foregoing lyrics for\nher trademark scatting, she breathed\nin new life into classics and bent\ncontemporary melodies into new,\nbeautiful jazz renditions.\nOne of the highlights of the show\nwas when she sang her 1993 song,\n\"Nine.\" Not only is this song beautiful\non its own \u2014 with its delicate melody\nand fast-paced phrasing \u2014 but also\nher introduction was heartwarming,\nfunny and really buttered up the\ncrowd. Reeves described how\nshe chose the number nine, as it's\n\"the last age where you are only\none number\" and then it keeps on\nappearing at important times in\nyour life. This can be either when\nyou're 19 and excited to move onto\nyour 20s, or 49 and feeling like \"you\ngot this.\" Although it sounds cheesy,\nReeves filled the room with chuckles\nand her personality made the lyrics\neven more touching.\nI think that the show really hit\nits stride after the intermission.\nEven though it was already late in\nthe night, the audience was ready to\nhave more fun. One of the best parts\nwas Reeves' \"tour\" of the ensemble,\nwhere she demonstrated her class\nand technical skill by introducing\neach member, describing how\nthey met and their talent, all while\nimprovising her way all over the\nmusical scale. For example, she\ndescribed how she and Romero \u2014\nher \"brother from another mother\"\n\u2014 met while singing in Rio. She then\nwent onto assemble a party the\nlikes of those in Rio by singing and\nbeckoning the other players on stage.\nThe following songs definitely had\na hint of Latin fusion, and had the\naudience busting a move or two.\nTowards the end of the concert\nwas the final highlight of the night.\nPutting her light up in the air, she\nsang a transcending version of Mali\nMusic's \"Beautiful.\" Bittersweet in\nthe current political context, Reeves\nmanaged to convince the initially\ntimid sold-out crowd to wave their\niPhone \"lighters\" in the air and\nplayfully copy her riffs in a musical\nversion of Simon-Says. She ended\nthe song with the words \"one note,\none voice, one people, one world, one\nlove\" and I, along with the rest, was\nall caught up in the emotions of a\ntruly stunning concert. *S1\nThe RVF are\nstarting soon!\nVisit RVF.ca\/en\nto find fun French\nactivities in your area\nA'^rJll i o O La Federation\n_   VOUS*a\nFranco\nphonie\nMarch 2 to 22,2D17\nc.  .,. #RVFranco \u00a9 f\nOBITUARY\/\/\nBEN FLOCK\/CBC\nMcLean began The Vinyl Cafe series in 1994. The show continued until November 2015, when he stopped to undergo treatment.\nThe Ubyssey remembers Stuart McLean\nNatalie Morris, Samantha Searle,\nMoira Wyton, Jack Hauen and\nSamuel Du Bois\nOn Wednesday, February 15,\nStuart McLean \u2014 writer and radio\nhost \u2014 passed away after a battle\nwith melanoma, for which he had\nbeen undergoing treatment since\n2015. Many of us at The Ubyssey\nwere raised listening to his show,\nThe Vinyl Cafe, and are deeply\nsaddened by his loss.\nTo celebrate his legacy, we\nthought we'd put together some\nof our memories and thoughts on\nMcLean and his increadible work.\nNATALIE MORRIS\nIn a lot of ways, Stuart McLean\nwas my first love. I grew up with\nhim and his stories. The Vinyl\nCafe was a staple in my life. Every\nSunday at noon on the dot, CBC\nRadio would be on and Stuart's\nvoice filled our home. He was\nthere when I started to walk,\nwhen I entered school, when I\nhad my first crush and my first\nheartbreak. He was with me\nalways. Even now, when I think\nof home, I think of snowy Sunday\nmornings listening to his voice\nunraveling another story of Dave,\nMorley and the kids.\nI can remember sitting at\nthe table, watching my mom\nin the kitchen as I held a hot\nchocolate, listening with her. I\nremember the three Christmas\nspecials I went to with my\nfamily. I remember listening\nto Sam getting lost in Quebec\nCity. I remember listening to\nDave cooking that turkey and\nStephanie start university. I\nremember sitting in Salish house\nin Totem in my own first year,\nfollowing his stories while I\nworried over midterms and boys.\nNever have I felt so Canadian as\nwhen I was listening to Stuart\nMcLean's soothing tones.\nWhen he cancelled his\nChristmas tour in 2015,1 felt like\nthat season had lost a little bit of\nits sparkle. When I read about his\npassing, I knew Canada had lost\none of its brightest.\nSo long for now, Stuart, but\nyou'll be in our hearts forever.\nSAMANTHA SEARLE\nTwo years ago, I picked up a\nbook called Extreme Vinyl Cafe.\nIt was my first encounter with\nStuart McLean and his wonderful\ncharacters, and I instantly fell\nin love with his stories. Every\none of them made me smile and\nsince then, I've gone out of my\nway to read and listen to more\nof his works. Although I am sad\nthat he is gone, I'm happy that\nhe has left a lasting legacy that\nwill be remembered by so many\nCanadians. Stuart McLean will live\non through his stories.\nMOIRA WYTON\nStuart McLean was the most\ncontroversial topic in my family.\nMy grandparents loved him. My\nparents loved him. My sister was\nindifferent. I was bored. When\nmy grandparents gifted our family\nof four with tickets to see his live\nChristmas show when I was in\neighth grade, my parents shot stern\nglances my way to make sure I said\na gracious thank you. My sister and\nI bonded over our shared horror at\nthe thought of dressing up to watch\na man sit in a chair and speak to an\naudience of thousands.\nDespite our disagreement on\nlistening choices, my family's living-\nroom, our car, my room \u2014they all\nbecame The Vinyl Cafe. I used to sit\nin the back of my family's van, my\ndog's muddy paws all over my thighs,\nlistening to Stuart McLean drone\non and on as I fell asleep. His voice\nbecame the soundtrack to a complete\nsense of familial belonging.\nAfter his death, I'm now\nrealizing that it wasn't his stories\nthat mattered to us. Every laugh\nelicited by my parents at one of\nDave and Morley's difficulties\nas we flew down a two-lane\nhighway taught me more about\ntheir marriage. My grandparents'\nmuted sighs when characters\ndiscussed growing old revealed to\nme how fragile they sometimes felt.\nShared looks with my sister when\nthe cassette went in often said\nmore than words could\nStuart McLean did not teach me\nabout my family. He taught me how\nto listen to them \u2014 and I would\ngladly relive my pre-teen boredom\nto feel that sense of wholeness\nagain.\nJACK HAUEN\nMcLean was the sound of my\nchildhood, adolescence and\nadulthood. Canada has lost a point\non its maple leaf.\nSAMUEL DU BOIS\nStuart McLean and The Vinyl\nCafe were synonymous with\nlong summer car rides and lazy\nafternoons spent reading the paper,\ndrawing and playing board games.\nHis warm, amiable voice became a\ncharacter in my life whose humour\nand wisdom I would always go\nto when I needed to escape the\nfrustrations of being a bored high-\nschooler in a boring town.\nIn the scalding heat of the\nOntario summer, when I was\nworking a long and unpleasant job\nat the local golf course, I would\nsneak precious minutes of his show\nwhen no one was around. His\nstories were a precious escape that\nrescued me from hours of mind-\nnumbing boredom.\nStuart was a writer like no\nother. He roamed across a massive,\nsprawling country populated by\nclusters of people who often times\ncould not seem more dissimilar, and\nfound in all of them a commonality\n\u2014 that intangible quality that makes\nus all proudly Canadian. Stuart\nshowed me that even in the simplest\nand quietest towns, there can still be\ngreat stories and wonderful people.\nIn every one of the monologues that\nbegan his live shows, Stuart observed\nthe most poetic and deeply human\nparts of places that most of us would\ndrive through without looking twice.\nHe helped me to appreciate and love\nthe country that I've spent most of\nmy life in, oftentimes wishing that I\nwas elsewhere and for that, I will be\nforever thankful.\nWith his death, Canada loses\none of its greatest talents. Stuart\nMcLean not only observed the best\nof our country, but also contributed\nto it with a magnificent legacy of\nliterature and radio. You will be\nmissed on those car rides, lazy\nweekends and at Christmas when\nwe cook the turkey and think of\nDave trying to do the same. \"SI FEBRUARY 28, 2017 TUESDAY I   CULTURE\nMUSIC\/\/\nA guide to hunting for vinyl in Vancouver\nSalomon Micko Benrimoh\nSenior Staff Writer\nVideo killed the radio star and it\nwould seem that most trends from\nthe 1960s, 70s and 80s stayed in\nthe 20th century. The same isn't\ntrue for vinyl records. After going-\nthrough a long period of descent in\n1990s and 2000s as a result of the\nrise of the CD and digital music,\nvinyls have made a great comeback.\nAs of January, the vinyl industry\ncrept to over $1 billion in value \u2014\na huge milestone largely thanks\nto inexpensive record players\nand vintage vinyls, and exposure\nin large chain stores like Urban\nOutfitters and HMV (RIP).\nThe vinyl industry is valued\nhigher than most free streaming-\nservices, so the demand is\nobviously there. The supply is too,\nbut shopping for records can still\nbe a little tricky. The first thing to\navoid is getting records at major\nstores (even Hudson's Bay sells\nvinyl now) and to instead support a\nlocal record store.\nThere are countless shops\nnestled into the nooks and crannies\nof Vancouver, so here's a little guide\noutlining some of the best this city\nhas to offer.\nDANDELION RECORDS \u2014 2442\nMAIN ST.\nDandelion Records may not have\nthe biggest location, but they take\nadvantage of it. Columns upon\ncolumns of records take up almost\nall of the floor space, except at the\nfront where you can buy different\nartisanal goodies ranging from\nornaments to locally produced\ncandies and honey.\nThe shop has been around for\naround eight years, making it one\nof the oldest shops on its street,\nwith an extremely convenient\nlocation on Main Street, right near\nBroadway and a 99 B-Line stop.\nThe best part about Dandelion\nis the variety. If your musical tastes\nrange outside the most popular\ngenres and regions, then this is the\nplace for you to shop. There are\nrows upon rows of records of every\ntype of music that you can name,\nfrom just about any place on Earth.\nWhen I went the first time, I\npicked up a vintage Iggy Pop record\nthat was in great shape, as well as\nan old copy of Blizzard ofOz. I got\nboth for $20, which was surprising-\nconsidering the fact that punk and\nmetal records are way harder to\ncome by than other genres from\nthe time.\nIt's kind of hard to comprehend\nhow they're able to fit thousands of\nrecords into such a tight space, but\nthey find a way. In fact, there are so\nmany records that not all of them\nhave been catalogued and priced.\nThis isn't anything to worry about\nbecause the owners at Dandelion\nwill give you more than a fair offer.\nRED CAT RECORDS \u2014 4332\nMAIN ST AND 2447 E HASTINGS\nST.\nRed Cat Records is one of the more\nrecognized names in the Vancouver\nvinyl market, having two stores and\nbeing independently owned since\nits founding just over a decade ago.\nBoth locations offer great variety in\nterms of new releases and vintage\nrecords. Each location boasts a\nsizable collection of both Vinyls\nPictured above, Zulu Records features a diverse collection of vinyl, including a nice selection of older records, which they are constantly adding to.\nSALOMON MICKO BENRIMOH\nand CDs (for all you 90s lovers).\nRed Cat also sells concert tickets\nfor any midsize show in the city, so\nbasically anything that isn't at BC\nPlace or Rogers Arena.\nGoing and picking up the tickets\nat the store actually lets you skip on\ncertain fees and charges depending\non the venue and artist.\nBack to vinyls, Red Cat is the\nperfect shop if you're a newbie to\nthe whole trend. They sell a variety\nof turntables, and tend to keep a\nsolid collection of the foundation\nrecords that every collector needs\nsuch as old Zeppelin records or\nHotel California.\nAnother plus to this shop is how\nneatly the records are organized\nand how the vintage vinyls are\nkept in incredibly good condition.\nSome of the records that are over\n30 years old look like they're\nalmost new \u2014 something that still\nflabbergasts me.\nThe prices are also incredibly\nfair, with most vintage records\npriced around the $8-10 range.\nPlus, the newer releases are never\nmarked up from their original\nprice, which is something you tend\nto see in other shops and especially\ndepartment stores that try to sell a\nhandful of records.\nZULU RECORDS \u20141972 W 4TH\nAVE.\nZulu Records is probably the oldest\nname when it comes to record\nstores in Vancouver. The shop has\nbeen around for the last 35 years,\nhaving opened in 1981, and features\na diverse collection including a\npretty good range of smaller seven-\ninch discs. There is a nice mix of\nnew releases and older records of\nwhich they are constantly buying.\nThere's also a huge discount\nsection where you can pick up a\nton of records for a low price. They\nmight not be the most well-known\nartists, but it's a good way to\ndiscover something new and save\nmoney. They also have an extensive\nCD and DVD collection for you to\nbrowse.\nThe best part about Zulu has to\nbe the way everything is organized\nby genre. The systematic approach\nthe shop owners took leaves you\nfinding what you're looking for\nin no time. The prices are fair too\nand you're bound to find some\nhidden gems for under $10.\nLike Red Cat, Zulu also sells\nconcert tickets for most shows\nacross the city. It's also a great\nplace to go if you're just starting\na collection, as they do sell some\ngood vintage vinyl players and\nequipment at fair prices.\nVINYL RECORDS \u2014 321W\nHASTINGS ST.\nWhen going to Vinyl Records\non Hastings, one must bring\ntwo things. The first is a stuffed\nwallet, and the second is a\nbucket to carry your brain which\nexploded when you first walked\nin and saw the store.\nThis place is no joke and it\ncarries over 50,000 pieces of\nvinyl at its Gastown location. It's\none thing to have a shitload of\nrecords, it's a whole other thing\nto have everything you could\npossibly be looking for. There\nare so many records that owner\nDavid Jones had to not only\nhave a Beatles section, but also a\nseparate section for every damn\nalbum the Beatles dropped. There\nare so many copies of classics that\nsome are put into a sale section in\nthe front of the store just to make\nroom.\nTo put it in perspective, it took\nme at least a year to find a vintage\ncopy of Dark Side of the Moon.\nThis place had at least five on the\nshelves. There is even variety in\nthe pressings \u2014 the first visit to\nthis shop yielded a Japanese copy\nof The Clash. Punk records are\nhard to find, The Clash's records\nare very hard to find and good\nconditions of Japanese pressings\non this side of the Pacific are\nincredibly hard to find. Add all\nthree of these things together and\nyou can get why I said to bring\nyour wallet stuffed.\nThis is the place to go to if\nyou are really having a hard time\nfinding a certain record. It's also\ngreat if you've just started because\nyou'll be able to stock up on some\nof the classics and necessities that\nany good collection needs.\nA plus is that David Jones has\na show on CiTR called African\nRhythms, which has aired every\nFriday from 7:30 to 9 p.m. for the\nlast 23 years.\nThere you have it \u2014 a guide to\nsome of the best vinyl shops that\nVancouver has to offer. Now get\nout there and start collecting\nbecause let's be honest, a vinyl\ncollection is that last thing-\nseparating you from being the\ninevitable Vancouverite hipster\nthat you're bound to become.\nHappy vinyl-hunting. *SI\nWELCOME\nDr. Harry Ho\nDr. Peter Lam\nSMILE I\nFirst Impressions, It's Ail in Your Smile.\nRegent Dental Centre offers you with a wide variety of General\nDentistry in Vancouver Kitsilano and West Broadway\nArchieve a perfect Smile with us.\nHere at Regent Dental Centre we accept all major insurance\nprovider. We support our post-secondary students by\naccepting all post-secondary institution insurance( including\nUBC, Kwantlen, Langarra, SFU, BCIT).\nDENTAL\nCENTRE\nCall Us Today!\n(604) 733- 3431\nORTHODONTIC BRACES\nDENTAL IMPLANTS\nDENTAL CLEANING\nTOOTH EXTRACTION\nACCEPTING NEW PATIENTS\n2gentdentalcentre.com - 2182 W. Broadway, Vancouver\n(Located on the corner of West Broadway and Arbutus) OPINION\nEDITOR BAILEY RAMSAY\nFEBRUARY28.2017TUESDAY\nADVICE \/\/\nAsk Natalie: I think my friends are secretly\nhooking up \u2014 why won't they just tell me?\nNatalie Morris\nAdvice Columnist\n\"Dear Natalie,\nIt's the second term of school but\nI still haven't made any friends\n(I'm a freshman). My dorm is\nokay, but I'm not really clicking\nwith anyone and the clubs I've\njoined aren't really working out\neither so I'm not sure what to\ndo.\"\nDon't give up hope! There's no\ntime limit on when friendships can\nbe made. Join other clubs you're\ninterested in (check out The Ubyssey\ntoo!) and try to go regularly. Going\nconstantly is how people get to know\nyou and people getting to know you\nis how friendships are made!\nYou won't always hit a home run\nwith friendships, but you will one\nday! Sometimes you just stumble\ninto the best friendships. One of my\nbest friends just happened to be an\nassigned roommate. I know it sucks\nnow, but if you keep looking for\nfriendships, you will find them!\nDon't limit yourself to just the\nuniversity either. Our campus may\nhold 40,000 people, but Vancouver\nhas 600,000 more. Do something\nthat takes you outside campus, or at\nleast your room.\nYou can do it!\n\"Is it okay to miss a friend's\nbirthday party if I have a lot of\nhomework? I know it sounds\nshitty, but I have a lot of stuff on\nmy plate and I can't really bring\nmyself to go.\"\nYou 100 per cent don't have to go.\nWe all just can't manage everything\nsometimes. What's always most\nimportant is your mental health\nand well-being. If you're too busy or\nstressed to go, I'm sure your friend\nwill understand.\nOne thing that you might think\nabout though is how much going out\nmight help with your stress. Doing\nthe same things over and over can\nreally grate on how much you can do.\nTaking a brain break can really help\nyour studying. If it's only an hour\nor two, your friend's birthday party\nmight help both your mood and the\nquality of your work.\nOf course, if you just need to\npound out an essay or some readings\nas a one-time, due-tomorrow, I-only-\nread-my-syllabus-five-minutes-ago\nkind of thing, then missing one\nparty shouldn't be too much of a\nbig deal on your friendship. Friends\nunderstand when friends need to get\nsome shit done.\n\"I'm pretty sure that two of my\nfriends are hooking up behind\neveryone's back. I don't really care\n(it's not my business who sleeps\nwith who) but I'm a little bummed\nthat they're hiding it from us. I\nthink we'd all be supportive of\nthem together if they did tell us.\nThe only thing would be if\/when\nthey break up. It will be awkward\nFILEKAIJACOBSOK\n\"Friends can be lovers and lovers can be friends. Let them figure out their own stuff.\"\nthen, but they shouldn't let the\nfear of the unknown future stop\nthem, right?\"\nWhoa, slow down there cowboy.\nOne reason they might not be telling\nyou is because you seem to assume\nhooking up is equivalent to dating.\nUnless they have the \"going steady\"\ntalk, they're not dating. They could\nhave had this talk already and\ndecided to want to keep it casual.\nThere's nothing wrong with that, but\nit does make it awkward when your\nfriends start coupling the two of you\nup all the time when you decided\nagainst that.\nOr maybe they're just really flirty.\nIt's happened to me a few times\nwhere people have assumed I was\nwith someone because we were\ngetting along so well. Maybe their\nfriendly banter looks like flirting.\nMaybe they view each other as\nsiblings.\nHell, maybe they are together and\nthey just don't want to tell anyone\nfor some reason. This is valid too.\nMaybe they will soon, but they need\nto figure out some things first.\nLeave them be, and if or when\nthey come to you with this piece of\ninformation, you'll know it's because\nthey wanted to and not because\nsomeone shouted it out over sushi\none night. Friends can be lovers\nand lovers can be friends. Let them\nfigure out their own stuff. 1H\nNeed advice? Contact Natalie\nanonymously at asknatalie@ubyssey\nca or at ubyssey.ca\/advice and have\nyour questions answered!\nSTUDY ABROAD\/\/\nTheir Campus: Making fast friendships in East Anglia\n\"First-year me had this picture in her head that some of the best times in school would be made somewhere else.\"\nMARGARITADEGUZMAK\nMargarita De Guzman\nContributor\nI always knew that studying abroad\nwas something that I wanted to\ndo. First-year me had this picture\nin her head that some of the best\ntimes in school would be made\nsomewhere else. It's not that I\ndidn't like UBC, but that first year\nwas lonelier than I initially thought\nit would be. I regret that I hadn't\njoined any clubs, associations,\nsororities, sports or rec teams that\nyear. I was part of UBC Collegia\n\u2014 the supposed \"home away from\nhome\" for commuter students like\nmyself \u2014 but unfortunately my\ntimetable didn't allow much time\nfor me to visit as often as I would've\nliked.\nFlash forward to me now in my\nthird year \u2014 happy with my major,\ndedicated to the UBC A Capella\nclub, involved in a rec volleyball\nteam and working a job on campus.\nSince it took me longer than I\nthought to develop a solid network\nof relationships at UBC, I suddenly\nbecame nervous about going to the\nUK for six months where I would\nhave to start from scratch all over\nagain.\nThankfully, I ended up\nhaving nothing to worry about.\nOrientation week for all the study\nabroad students at the University\nof East Anglia provided plenty of\nopportunities for us to socialize\nwith each other, which everyone\nwas desperate to do. By the end of\nthat first week, we were all able\nto form our own circles: bonding-\nover playing tourist in the city,\ngoing to pubs and planning nights\nout. Since we're only staying here\nfor half a year, we all seem to be\nputting extra effort into creating\nclose friendships right away as\ncompared to back home where I\ntook my time to develop the same\ncloseness with people.\nIt has, however, been harder\nto make friends with the students\nwho are locals. Since programs\nare much smaller and focused\nhere, most have already made\ntheir established group of friends.\nJust like it is in UBC, it's a bit\ndifficult to make friends during\na lecture too. My flatmates have\nbeen nothing but lovely to me,\ninviting me out with them a\ncouple of nights, but there is still\na sense of being on the outside\nsince I have a harder time relating\nto their British experiences. With\nmy a cappella background from\nhome, I decided to join the Glee\nShowchoir on campus. But again,\nI have only been able to make\nfriends with the other new kids to\nthe group.\nThe obvious pattern seems to be\nthat most of us tend to make friends\nwith those whom have similar life\nexperiences to us. The tricky bit\nthat I'm hoping to overcome is\ngetting to know the people who are\nmore different from me. 1H\nMargarita De Guzman is a third-year\narts student who is studying abroad\nat the University of East Anglia.\nSEXY BASTARDS\/\/\nFILEKOSTAPRODANOVIC\n\"Buying coffee from Loafe is like walking\nby an Abercrombie and Fitch store.\"\nOp-ed: We\nsuspect\nthat Loafe\nhires from\na Ralph\nLauren\ncatalogue\nSamuel Du Bois\nCulture Editor\nWe here at The Ubyssey are avid\ncoffee drinkers. Almost every day\nis punctuated with a \"want to get\ncoffee?\" when we get bored and\nneed that sweet, frothy fix. Usually\nwe go to Uppercase, but on those\noccasions when we really want to\ntreat ourselves, we go to Loafe.\nSure, the coffee is great and the\nfood delicious, if also overpriced.\nYet, there is also the significant\nplus of being served coffee by what\nsurely must be the most attractive\ngathering of people on campus\nsince Ryan Reynolds and Blake\nLively stopped by for coffee and a\nstroll. Shout out to that guy with\nred hair, whose chiseled jaw and\nwell-combed hair belong on an\nadvert for an Irish singles website.\nAlso a shoutout to the blonde-\nhaired lady who never has to ask,\n\"what was your order again?\"\nBuying coffee from Loafe is\nlike walking by an Abercrombie\n& Fitch store with far more\ndoughnuts and without the sleazy\nobjectification.\nSo congratulations, employees\nof Loafe. You are all beautiful\npeople whose warm, attractive\nsmiles and genuinely pleasant\npersonalities help to brighten our\nlong, sleep-deprived days. Keep\nbeing the unreasonably perfect\nhuman beings that you are, but\nmaybe lower the price of that food.\nMy wallet can only take so many\nbreakfast sandwiches. \"SI\nSamuel Du Bois is a fourth-year arts\nstudent and culture editor for The\nUbyssey. SCIENCE\nEDITOR KOBY MICHAELS\nFEBRUARY 28,2017 TUESDAY\nSPACE \/\/\nThree UBCers shortlisted to become CSA astronauts\nNeha Sree Tadepalli\nContributor\nIn June 2016, for the fourth time\nin Canadian space history, the\nCanadian Space Agency (CSA)\nlaunched a call for potential\nastronauts. Of those that applied,\nthree UBC faculty\/alumni were\nselected for the 72-person\nshortlist.\nFour thousand applicants\nanswered this call for two spots\nto join the next class of Canadian\nspace explorers. However, the\nrequirements were numerous and\nthis vast group of applicants was\nslowly whittled down.\nHere is an overview of some\nof the basic requirements. The\napplicant must have permanent\nresident status in Canada, be\nproficient in English or French\n(having both is an asset), a\nminimum of a bachelor's degree\nin STEM or a doctorate degree in\nmedicine\/dentistry, three years of\nprofessional experience, as well as\nan indicated proficiency in various\nscientific and\/or technical tasks.\nThere are also various physical\nrequirements with very specific\nrestrictions in regards to height,\nweight, blood pressure and more.\nOf course, there are also some\nof those keywords that are thrown\naround for everything from\nuniversity applications to coffee\nshop job interviews \u2014 integrity,\njudgement, resourcefulness and\nmotivation.\nAfter a battery of exams,\nphysical test and aptitude exams,\nthree UBCers made the cut.\nDR. RICHARD FEDERLEY (PHD,\nCHEMISTRY PROFESSOR,\nUNIVERSITY OF BRITISH\nCOLUMBIA \u2014 OKANAGAN)\n\"It's really just about exploring\"\nsaid Federley, a chemistry\nprofessor at UBCO when asked\nabout why he decided to apply to\nthe astronaut selection campaign\nthis summer. \"Growing up, I\nwould always ask myself these\nquestions \u2014 T wonder what that\nis like, I wonder what it feels like,\nI wonder what you could do with\nit' and of course the ultimate\nquestion, 'I wonder if I would be\nable to do it.'\"\nFederley said that as many\nchildren do, he always dreamed\nabout one day becoming an\nastronaut and kept a continuous\neye on the CSA. When the timing\nlined up well both career-wise\nand life-wise for this recruitment\ncampaign, he knew he had to take\nthis chance.\nFederley is a licensed pilot,\navid skydiver, mountaineer\nand rock climber. He attributes\nhis ability to engage in these\nactivities while maintaining a\nsuccessful professional life to\nopportunities provided by UBCO.\n\"I kind of refer to this area\n(UBC) as an astronaut training\nfacility because ... we have this\nphenomenal opportunity to seek\nout and actually engage in those\nexploratory activities on a daily\nbasis,\" said Federley.\nThis love of exploration\nand adventure, combined with\nhis scientific interests and his\ninterest in educating, cemented\nhis decision to apply.\n\"Everything has been\nincredibly well-organized and\nAll three UBCers are medical doctors though you do not need a medical degree to become an astronaut.\nvery well-informed, and they have\ndone an absolutely phenomenal\njob putting this whole process\ntogether,\" said Federley.\nHe described being selected\nfor the shortlist as an amazing-\nexperience.\n\"I really feel very honoured,\nand it's a tremendous feeling\nto just to even be put on that\nlist with these extraordinary\nindividuals. It has been a surreal\ntime in my life,\" he said.\nDR. MICHAEL KOEHLE (MD\/\nPHD, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR,\nPRACTICING SPORT AND\nEXERCISE MEDICINE \u2014\nALLAN MCGAVIN SPORTS\nMEDICINE CLINIC\/DIRECTOR\nOF THE ENVIRONMENTAL\nPHYSIOLOGY LABORATORY)\nFor Koehle, a practicing\nphysician-scientist and associate\nprofessor at UBC Vancouver,\nbecoming an astronaut isn't\nsomething he ever expected to\nhappen.\n\"As a kid, it's kind of up there\nwith mermaid and NHL hockey\nplayer,\" he said.\nHowever, planned or\nunplanned, Koehle's career lined\nup well with the recruitment\nspecifications. He was a\nscientist studying the impact of\nstress on human bodies in various\nenvironments, a sport and exercise\nphysician who had practiced in\nmany rural and remote areas with\nlimited resources \u2014 such as the\nArctic, the Himalayas and remote\nareas of Africa \u2014 as well as an avid\nscuba diver and pilot.\n\"When the call went around and\nbasically said, 'Hey, we're looking-\nfor pilots, scientists and doctors,' I\nthought, 'Okay, well I can check\nthose boxes and it was certainly\nof interest to me [so let's] see\nwhat happens here,'\" said Koehle.\nThat sentiment is still evident\nin Koehle. When asked what the\nmost surprising or interesting part\nof the selection process has been\nso far, he semi-joked that he hasn't\n\"been kicked out \u2014 yet.\"\n\"When the call\nwent around\nand basically\nsaid, 'Hey, we're\nlooking for\npilots, scientists\nand doctors,' I\nthought, 'Okay,\nwell I can check\nthose boxes and\nof interest to me\n[so let's] see what\nhappens here,'\"\n\u2014Dr. Michael\nKoehle\nHe also said one element that\nis continually stressed during\nthe process is the importance of\ncommunication and teamwork.\n\"It's not so much about\nleadership as it is about\n'followership.' You're being given\ninstructions, and you and your\nteam are meant to follow them\nto the best of your collective\nability \u2014 you are not supposed\nto take charge and be this bright\nvisionary scientist.\"\nKoehle also mentioned\nthat the experience has been\n\"fascinating,\" but one of the\nhighlights so far has been meeting\nthe other candidates.\n\"It has been really great to\nmeet [the other] shortlisted\ncandidates because they are all,\nkind of in their own way, rock\nstars,\" he said.\nAnother highlight has been\nthat the whole process has been\na huge learning experience and\nthat is one of the key things that\nactually drew him to apply.\nDR. GAVIN TANSLEY (MD,\nGENERAL SURGERY RESIDENT,\nHALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA; UBC\nBSC AND MD GRAD)\n\"It is something that I never\nreally stopped thinking about,\"\nsaid Tansley. \"I think most people\ngrow out of it when they are\nabout six. You no longer say it out\nloud because you don't want to be\nthat guy that's an adult and still\nwants to be an astronaut.\"\nTansley began his career at\nUBC, first obtaining a bachelor\nof science in cell biology and\ngenetics, and then attending\nUBC's Northern Medical\nProgram for his medical degree.\nHe then began his general\nsurgery residency at Dalhousie,\nbut always \"had an interest in\nremote and rural medicine and\nresource health care for rural\nand remote areas.\" He then took\ndedicated research time that\ninvolved those fields, achieving two\nmaster's degrees in the process. He\nis currently finishing his general\nsurgery residency.\nTansley recalled being in\nhigh school and flipping through\nastronaut profiles online.\n\"Astronauts just seemed to always\nbe these really well-rounded, diverse\nindividuals,\" he said.\nTansley took inspiration from\nthis. While his professional research\ninterests were \"elated to delivery\nof healthcare in austere settings,\"\nhis recreational interests were\nback-country exploration such as\nmountaineering, rock climbing and\nlong distance running. Although, this\nmeant that finding ways to merge\nhis recreational interests with his\nacademic interests was always a bit\nCANADIAN SPACE AGENCY\nof a challenge. Being an astronaut\nwas just an interesting way of doing-\nit, as it combines his love of discovery\nand exploration with scientific and\ntechnical elements.\n\"I made sure to look at it as an\namazing experience regardless of\nthe outcome because that is sort of\nthe thing that you have to do when\nyou are dealing with this kind of\nsituation,\" said Tansley in regards\nto the selection process.\n\"You meet some of these\n[candidates] and you feel further\naway from being an astronaut\nthan you have ever been before.\nIt is the most humbling group of\nindividuals I have ever had the\nprivilege to meet.\"\n\"I think most\npeople grow out\nof it when they\nare about six. You\nno longer say it\nout loud because\nyou don't want to\nbe that guy that's\nan adult and still\nwants to be an\nastronaut.\"\n\u2014Dr. Gavin\nTansley\nFederley, Koehle and Tansley\nall share a similar message of\nworking hard and taking chances.\n\"I think that the main thing that\nI have learned through this \u2014\nmeeting these people \u2014 is that\nif you work hard and there is\nsomething that you want bad\nenough, it is entirely manageable\nto obtain,\" said Tansley. 1H 10   I   SCIENCE   I   TUESDAY FEBRUARY 28, 2017\nBIOTECH \/\/\nMagnetic sponges could be\nthe future of drug delivery\nThe implants can give the right dose of the right drug at the right time.\nUBCPUBUCAFFAIRS\nSean Wong\nContributor\nHaving trouble keeping all of your\nmedication straight? Your worries\ncould soon be a thing of the past.\nResearchers have developed a\nmagnetic implant that is capable\nof delivering drugs to very small\nand specific parts of the body. This\ntechnology could offer an efficient\nalternative for those who struggle\nwith a number of different pills or\ninjections on a daily basis.\nThe device is composed of\na silicone sponge reservoir and\nmagnetic iron that is wrapped in a\nthin membrane. Drugs are loaded\ninto the sponge and the device\nis surgically implanted into the\ntreatment area.\nHow does it work?\n'You bring a magnet up to the\ndevice and [the sponge] deforms,\nand it spits out a little bit of drug-\nloaded solution into the local tissue\narea,\" said Dr. John Jackson, a\nresearcher scientist the faculty of\npharmaceutical sciences.\nThis device is especially relevant\nfor patients with conditions that may\nrequire variable drug dosing and\ntiming. For example, after surgical\nremoval of a tumour, chemotherapy\ndrugs are often administered to\neliminate any remaining cancerous\ntissue. This device could allow\nphysicians to easily alter dosage in\nresponse to a patient's progress.\n\"That's the objective,\" said\nJackson. \"To have an on-demand,\ncontrolled release system.\"\nThis technology is particularly\nalluring, as it has the potential\nto minimize toxic side effects\nof chemotherapy drugs while\nimproving patient outcomes.\n\"The advantage of that is that\nyou're not giving a cytotoxic [toxic to\ncells] drug intravenously to a patient\nwith all the toxic side effects. If you\ncan locate the device right at the site\nof action, you can release enough\nlocal drug \u2014 but if any of that\ndisperses through the bloodstream,\nit will get diluted so much [that] it\nwon't cause any toxic side effects to\nthe body,\" said Jackson.\nThere are similar implants\ncurrently being developed that\nare triggered through alternative\nmethods such as temperature,\nelectricity or light. However, it seems\nthat this unique magnetic activation\nmethod has multiple advantages.\n\"It's completely safe, you can\ndo it remotely and you don't need\npower,\" said Ali Shademani, a\nPhD student in the biomedical\nengineering program and co-author\nof the paper. 'You can still precisely\ncontrol the dosage that you want to\nbe introduced.\"\nThe device was tested in\nanimal tissue with docetaxel, a\nchemotherapy drug that is often\nused for prostate and breast cancers.\nWhile this technology is still early in\ndevelopment, it maybe a huge asset\nto healthcare in the future. \"SI\nCanada's Largest International University and Student Travel Expo\nStudy and s\nGOABROAD 2\nEXPERIENCE THE WORLD OF EDUCATION\nEDUCATION \/\/\nSome channels aren't afraid to cover heavy topics \u2014 from erections to drug use.\nASAPSCIENCE\/YOUTUBE\nNerdy YouTube channels that'll\nmake you really fun at parties\nKoby Michaels\nScience Editor\nSorry, Bill Nye \u2014 it's time to move\nover. (Just kidding. I love you Bill).\nA few week ago, we published\na list of nerdy books that would\nmake you an annoying know-it-all\nat parties. We forgot that it's 2017\nand no one reads anymore. So in\nthe spirit of your 21-st century,\ngoldfish-sized attention spans, we\nput together a list of our favourite\nnerdy YouTube channels.\nMake us proud and annoy\neveryone at your next party with\nthese facts.\nTOM SCOTT\nOkay, maybe this one isn't purely\nscience, but it's close enough.\nTom Scott travels to places\naround the world and tells short,\noften historical, stories about\nseemingly unimportant things.\nFrom the origins of the Bluetooth\nsymbol to a town without wifi,\nScott will tell you all about things\nyou might not know (but should).\nMINUTE PHYSICS\nI know you hated physics in\nhigh school \u2014 it was boring-\nchalk equations on a blackboard.\nMinutePhysics is neither. With\na whiteboard, some markers\nand a little animation, creator\nHenry Reich explains concepts\nin physics, astronomy and\nengineering in easily digestible\nand interesting three(ish) minute\nvideos.\nASAP SCIENCE\nIn the same vein as\nMinutePhysics, AsapSCIENCE\ncreators and power-couple\nMitch Moffit and Greg Brown\ntake on science concepts from\nhallucinogens to how to wake up\nwithout coffee. AsapSCIENCE\nisn't afraid to take on more, um,\nadult topics like orgasms and\nwhether you should shave your\npubes or not.\nThey also have a second\nchannel, AsapTHOUGHT, which\nthey describe as \"science with a\nsocial conscious.\"\nCRASH COURSE\n\"Learning should be fun,\" or so\nbrothers John and Hank Green\nthink.\nThe brothers behind\neverything from SciShow (which\nis next on our list) to vlogbrothers\nand The Fault in Our Stars comes\nCrash Course, a YouTube channel\nwith almost 700 educational\nvideos. Crash Course breaks\ndown their videos into playlists\nof different topics \u2014 from history,\nto science, to literature, to\nphilosophy.\nWhile some of the videos are\nhigh school focused, they can\ndefinitely help out with 100 (and\nmaybe some 200) level courses.\nSCISHOW\nAnother John Green endeavour\nfocusing on education and science,\nSciShow explains science's news\nand concepts. While they focus on\nnew and noteworthy research, the\nchannel also dispels science myths\nand answers science-y questions,\nsometimes even from viewers.\nVSAUCE\nWhile Vsauce isn't strictly about\nscience, it'll definitely give you\nthings to talk about (and bore people\nwith). Host Michael Stevens takes\nbig ideas (think human extinction\nand the moon kind of big) and\nworks through them, explaining the\nscience, philosophy and thoughts\nbehind these topics. It's a channel\nfull of thought experiments, in-real-\nlife experiments and the occasional\nguest. Just be ready to have your\nmind blown.\nKURZGESAGT \u2014 IN A NUTSHELL\nI have a love-hate relationship with\nKurzgesagt. On one hand, their\nvideos are gorgeous, amazingly-\ntold and super interesting. But you\nhave to wait so long for the next\none because the videos are so\nmeticulously produced, they take\nforever to come out.\nAs much as I love to hate the\nchannel, you can't really stay mad at\nit. Their videos cover topics across\nthe scientific perceptive and while\nthey aren't unified in theme or\nbuilt into curriculum like Crash\nCourse, it doesn't matter. Pick\none at random and find yourself\nsucked down an (educational and\ncolourful) YouTube black hole.\nTHE BRAIN SCOOP\nWomen are underrepresented\nin science. Unfortunately, this\nproblem seems to have been\ntransmitted to the YouTube\nscience community and this list\n(yup, we suck). That's not why\nI picked The Brain Scoop \u2014 I\npicked it because it is awesome.\nEmily Graslie hosts the show,\nworks for the Field Museum of\nNatural History in Chicago and\nhas a masters in museum studies.\nGraslie and Brain Scoop\nfocus on biology, conversation\nand ecology (and use museum\nspecimens as props), but the\nshow covers everything from the\norigins of humans to how to deal\nwith periods on field expeditions.\nNUMBERPHILE\nThink math is boring? I\nagree. Well, I did until I saw\nNumberphile. The channel is\nall about numbers (duh) but in\na way you've never seen before.\nWhether it's printing out a mile\nof pi or explaining how to tie your\nshoes really fast, Numberphile\nis unlike any math you've seen\nbefore.\nSMARTER EVERY DAY\nHow hard do you think it is to\nride a bicycle that has its controls\nbackwards? Doesn't sound so\nhard right? Wrong, and engineer\nand Smarter Every Day host\nDestin Sandlin proves it. Sandlin\nexplores the world around us\nthrough science, explaining-\nconcepts with experiments and\ndemonstrations. Plus, watching\npeople fall off a backwards bike\nrepeatedly is hilarious. \"SI SPORTS+REC\nTHUNDERBIRDS \/\/\nEDITOR OLAMIDE OLANIYAN\nFEBRUARY 28,2017 TUESDAY\nTHE UBYSSEY'S\nESTEEMED\nSPORTS PANEL\nTACKLES\nPLAYOFF SEASON\nRead the full article online at\nubyssey.ca\n1. What has been the bestteam\nof the semester so far?\n2. Despite all winter semester\nteams making the playoffs,\nwere there still teams that\ndisappointed you?\n3. Give some words of wisdom\nthat will helpthem next year.\n4. In the darkest timeline, when\nyou're not participating in this\nnoble profession we all know\nas journalism, what sport would\nyou play?\n5. Who is the coach that you\nrespect the most and why?\nSPORTS + REC EDITOR\nCOORDINATING EDITOR\nNEWS EDITOR\nSCIENCE EDITOR\nCULTURE EDITOR\n\\ J-\nOlamideOlaniyan\nNo question, it's women's\nhockey. Their 15-game winning streak had me shook.\nI really thought men's hockey\ncould rally in the playoffs,\npull off some huge upsets\nand be real league contenders this year... it's just not\nthe Cinderella story I was\nexpecting.\nDon't let go of Butenschon.\nHave faith in him and the\nteam he is trying to build.\nTrust the process. The team\nwould really benefit from a\nlittle stability.\nYou know, before my\ncareer-ending injury of 2012,\nI was breaking ankles and\nserving some sick handles\non the court. I'd probably be\na non-starting power guard\nintheNBAD-League.\nDoug Reimer led his team\nto six consecutive national\ntitles between 2008 and\n2013, and made the team a\nperennial contender in the\nU Sport nationals. I have so\nmuch respect for that guy.\nJackHauen\nSamantha McCabe\nKoby Michaels\nActually a tough choice!\nWomen's hockey is beast, as\nalways, but men's basketball\nhas rebounded as a top-tier\ncompetitor. Gonna have to\ngive it to the boys.\nAs someone who got their\nstart at The Ubyssey by\ncovering men's hockey, I am\nused to perennial disappointment on that front. But\nthey finally pulled off the\nWinter Classic win!\nChip'n chase. Don't let\nHewitt get signed by the\nCanucks.\nThe Thunderbirds!\nMen's hockey.\nCalvinball.\nYou don't tell me how to do\nmy job, I won't tell you how to\ndo yours.\nSoccer is a great stress-reliever.\nMen's basketball is hard to beat\nwith a 26-4 overall record except\nmaybe if you're the women's\nhockey. But then basketball\ndropped the ball and my University of Manitoba friends shoved it\nin myface. So women's hockey.\nI'm still disappointed that\nwe didn't win back-to-back\nVanier Cups.\nWin the Vanier Cup so The\nUbyssey can cover it and\nhave people read the sports\nsection again.\nHotdog-eating. It's in my\nblood.\nDeb Huband. She's been\nhere forever, she's a winning\nmachine and her players\nhave the utmost respect\nfor her. I can think of no one\nbetter for the Basketball BC\nHall of Fame.\nAny coach that can corral\nhungover university students into athleticism is\nalright in my book.\nBrian Crowley. MHS shout-\nout.\nSamuel Du Bois\nFrankly, my favourite team of\nthe season is Team Edward\n... it is clear that Robert Pat-\ntinson won at the long game\nby actually having an acting\ncareer after the Twilight\nfranchise.\nThe greatest weakness of\nthe 'Birds is when they fuck\nup passing the old pigskin\ndown centre-field in violation\nofall-purpose yardage\nthrough a faulty pass attempt\nSee thou character. Give thy\nthoughts no tongue, Nor any\nunproportioned thought his\nact. Be thou familiar, but by\nno means vulgar... Farewell:\nmy blessing season this in\nthee!\nI am an aggressive and highly competitive practicer of\nthe sport known as billiards.\nCoaches remind me of my\ntraumatic past as someone\nwho was terrible at gym. They\nare the scourge of the Earth\nand when the fires of reckoning come, they shall be the\nfirst that I cast into the abyss!\nHE UBYSSEY 12   I   SPORTS+REC   I   TUESDAY FEBRUARY 28, 2017\nPHENOMENAL \/\/\nUBC beats Huskies in Canada West semi-final\nBy winning the series, the 'Birds earned a berth to the U Sport national championship.\nBill Situ\nSenior Staff Writer\nThe UBC women's hockey\nteam won two games against\nthe University of Saskatchewan\nHuskies in the Canada West semifinals.\nThe first game of the weekend\nended in a 2-0 win for the 'Birds,\nwith goals from Mathea Fischer and\nMadison Patrick in the first and final\nframes respectively. Fourteen saves\nby UBC's goaltender Amelia Boughn\nsecured the team's seventh shutout\nof the season.\nWith UBC leading 1-0 in the\nseries, the Huskies equalized in the\nsecond game with a 1-0 win, forcing\na third game. The goal happened\na little over two minutes into the\ngame when Saskatchewan's Rachel\nJohnson buried a rebound off of\nteammate Bailee Bourassa. Despite\nUBC's loss, shots on goal were 23-17\nin favour of the 'Birds.\n\"We thought it was going to be\neasy, and we took the foot off the\ngas and just relaxed a bit. We came\nout a little flat and [Saskatchewan]\njumped on us,\" said UBC head coach\nGraham Thomas.\nAfter a win and a loss, the 'Birds'\nmoment of triumph came on Sunday\nnight with a 3-1 victory.\nUBC was first to get onto the\nscoreboard a little over four minutes\ninto the first frame, when fifth-\nyear forward Haneet Parhar put it\nhome on a sharp-angle shot after a\ndeflection off of teammate Kathleen\nCahoon.\nEight minutes later, the 'Birds\ndoubled their lead to 2-0. This time,\nthe goal went to Kelly Murray. She\nmanaged to shoot the puck past\ntraffic in the attacking zone and\nbeat Huskies goalkeeper Cassidy\nHendricks.\nAs the period winded down to\nthe final three minutes, the Huskies'\nAlyssa Dobler cut the 'Birds' lead in\nhalf with a shot from the slot.\nAfter three goals in the first\nframe, the game went scoreless\nuntil the final five seconds.\nJEREMYJOHNSON-SILVERS\nDesperate to make up some ground,\nSaskatchewan pulled Hendricks\nfrom the net for an extra attacker.\nBut Nicole Saxvik \u2014 who led UBC in\nscoring during the regular season \u2014\nwas able to find the empty net and\nsecure the 3-1 win.\n\"We talked about... battling- and\ncompeting hard, and that's what\nwe did,\" said Thomas. \"I give the\nHuskies a lot of credit. They played\nreally hard and they played really\nwell.\"\nThomas was especially proud of\nhis senior players and the amount of\nleadership they displayed over the\nweekend.\n\"I'm just really proud of our\nsenior group. We really relied on\nour seniors and our veteran group.\nOur leaders were just phenomenal,\nso that carried us through and\nwe're really proud of them,\" said\nThomas. %\nUBC will now face the University of\nAlberta Pandas in the Canada West\nfinals which begin on March 4.\nAthabasca University has over 850 courses for you to choose from\nto meet your needs. Monthly start dates of undergraduate courses\nfit into your schedule so that you can work at your own pace.\nFill the gap and save a semester.\nAthabasca\nUniversity\ngo.athabascau.ca\/online-courses\nHEARTBREAK \/\/\nMen's basketball falls to\nManitoba in 98-96 loss\nKOBY MICHAELS\nThe'Birds came close to keeping their hopes alive, only to lose it in overtime.\nQingsheng Qiu\nContributor\nThe UBC men's basketball team\nlost game one of the Canada\nWest quarter-finals against the\nUniversity of Manitoba Bisons on\nFriday night. After the close 75-79\nresult, the 'Birds had been backed\ninto a corner in their own home.\nThe team had to win the\nsecond game on Saturday night to\navoid elimination. They came so\nvery close to keeping their hopes\nalive, only to lose it in a ridiculous\novertime shootout.\nUBC's A.J. Holloway drew a\nfoul to open the game but missed\nboth free throws. Bisons' Justus\nAlleyn caught fire early and\nscored half of his team's points in\nthe first quarter.\nConor Morgan \u2014 Canada\nWest's leading scorer this season\n\u2014 committed early fouls, and\nwas out of the game for most of\nthe first half. The 'Birds' offence\ncentred around post-up and\nattacking the basket throughout\nthe game. Offensive rebounds gave\nthe UBC tons of second chances\nas well.\nBut free-throw woes continued\nfor the 'Birds in the first half, as\nthey only made 8 of 15 attempts\nfrom the charity stripe. Ilarion\nBonhomme's quickness and play-\nmaking gave the Bisons an edge.\nStill, they found it hard to counter\nthe size and athleticism of the\nT-Birds. It was a tightly matched\ngame with Manitoba leading by\ntwo going into halftime break.\nThe second half was even\nmore competitive, as both teams\nwent over foul limits within the\nfirst five minutes. The 'Birds kept\nattacking the basket and wreaking\nhavoc on the glass, while the\nBisons moved the ball beautifully\nand created easy buckets.\nJordan Jensen-Whyte\ndominated in the paint by\nsteamrolling opponents, and went\nto the line five times. UBC forward\nPatrick Simon filled the void left\nby Morgan's absence by putting up\n21 points, and was deadly beyond\nthe three-point line.\nThe Thunderbirds overcame\na four-point deficit in 35 seconds.\nThis came after a stretch that\nsaw five field goals scored by\nboth teams, including- four\nthree-pointers. The game went\nto overtime. Bonhomme's buzzer\nbeater was waived for being one\nmillisecond late.\nOvertime was an emotional\nroller coaster with the momentum\nswinging like a pendulum. Morgan\ntied the game at 95 with a clutch\nthree-pointer, and proceeded to\nmake a free throw to put the 'Birds\nup by one.\nWhen everyone thought the\nvictory was almost certain for\nUBC, Basi made his way over\nmultiple screens, got open and\ndrilled in the dagger that ended\nthe T-Birds' playoff journey at 98-\n96. The entire War Memorial gym\nsank into disbelief and sorrow.\nThe Bisons completed the\nsweep behind Bonhomme's 26\npoints and nine assists. Basi\nknocked down the final three-\npointer with nine seconds left to\nclinch the victory or the visiting-\nteam. Jensen-Whyte finished\nthe game with a game high of\n33 points and 10 assists for the\nT-Birds. His performances sent\nthe game to overtime and gave the\n'Birds a one-point lead with 19\nseconds left in overtime.\nEvery player gave it their all.\nAlthough it was gut-wrenching to\nwatch UBC players choke on tears,\nshrouded in disbelief and anger,\nthis was no doubt a great game.\n\"It's tough man. It's a great\nyear. Couple of things didn't go\nour way,\" said Jensen-Whyte. \"For\na couple of our guys, this is their\nsophomore year and Manitoba is a\ngreat team.\n\"I have nothing but respect for\nmy coach and the players. I have\nnothing but love for this place.\" ^ FEBRUARY 28, 2017 TUESDAY I   SPORTS   I   13\now do you go about traveling\nwhen you're a broke college\nkid? You get creative.\nBeing a fresh-faced\nUBC student in my first year of\nuniversity, I definitely wanted to\nexplore as much of Vancouver as\npossible. I also wanted to explore\nthe surrounding national parks, and\nof course, Vancouver Island. My\nGage apartment does have quite the\nimpressive view, but it wouldn't cut it.\nI actually needed to get out there and\nexperience what British Columbia has\nto offer in person.\nAfter some consideration, a\ncouple of roommates, friends and I\ndecided to plan a weekend getaway\nto Vancouver Island. The best part\nof going there was that it was dirt\ncheap. Any hotel or hostel won't\ncost you more than $35 a night.\nAfter planning our trip, we came\nup with a long weekend itinerary\nthat consisted of one night in\nNanaimo and one night in Tofino.\nNanaimo is a quaint coastal town,\nbut it's nothing compared to what\nthe rest of the island has to offer in\nterms of sights and adventure.\nAt a point, we thought Nanaimo\nwas all we were going to see. This\nwas after we had been denied a\ncar by at least three different rental\nagencies. We needed one to get\nacross the island from Nanaimo\nbecause bus prices are downright\nastronomical.\nLuckily, we managed to get\nourselves a vehicle, and thank the\nheavens for that. The drive from\nNanaimo to Tofino is a breathtaking\nexperience. The narrow road paved\ninto the mountainside overlooking\nKennedy Lake in the last stretch is\nbeyond amazing.\nFinally getting to Tofino delved\nus into the world of the small surf\ntown. As pretty as it seemed,\nexploration would have to wait as\nour accommodations for the night\nlay across the strait, just off Mears\nIsland at the Lone Cone Mountain\nHostel.\nWe had to take a water taxi to the\nisland where the hotel is. The price\nof using it is included in the price of\nstay (about $30 per night), so don't\nworry about paying extra.\nAfter finally reaching the furthest\npoint of our trip and seeing the\ngrounds of the hostels, we all had\none instant regret \u2014 why in the\nworld did we book only one night\nat this place? We rushed to throw\nour bags away in our rooms so that\nwe could catch a sunset that was\nnothing short of majestic.\nThat night, we were treated with\nfreshly caught Dungeness crab\ncaught by some of the staff at Lone\nCoast. The fresh meal was a much\nneeded change from a college diet\nof pop-ramen and Nutella. After\nstuffing ourselves, we relaxed in\nLone Cone's hot tub \u2014 a key amenity\nto the place. Later, we sat around\na campfire with a guitar and beers.\nTo cap off the night, we stood and\nlooked up into the sky in complete\nsilence, marveling at the cluster of\nstars above.\nThe next morning, we all woke up\nfairly early. We had to leave early if\nwe wanted to visit Tofino and make\nit back in time for the 6 p.m. ferry\nback to Horseshoe Bay. We all still\nmanaged to take advantage of at\nleast one or two of the activities that\nLone Cone had to offer \u2014 a list that\nincludes scenic hiking, kayaking,\nstand-up paddling and more.\nEventually we had to leave, but\nnone of us wanted to. But a long\nweekend is only so long and it's not\nlike we wanted our professors to\nhate us more than they already did.\nAs we took the boat back to Tofino,\nwith the hostel slowing fading in the\ndistance, all I could think about was\nwhen I was going to plan my next\ntrip back. Ill 14   I   SPORTS+REC   I   TUESDAY FEBRUARY 28, 2017\nWORDS BY TIFFANY WU\nPHOTOS BY SAMANTHA MCCABE, JOSH CURRAN\n\/ 9 CLUBS\nTHE UBYSSEY'S DEFINITIVE GUIDE TO THE UBC DANCE SCENE\nHere are the different dance groups and styles available to students to sign up for on campus.\nUBC\nDANCE\nCLUB\nThe UBC Dance Club is one of the oldest\nclubs on campus. The club was originally\npart of the UBC Music Society back in 1919,\nuntil it branched out to be its own club in\n1949.\nTheir primary focus is Latin and standard\ninternational ballroom dancing.\nThe club has boasted around 200 to 300\ndancers each year for the past five years,\nbut its heyday was back in the 1980s, when\nits membership was around 1,600.\nAccording to club president Theresa\nBonardchuck, that period was the club at\nits peak. However, due to the amount of\nclubs that have sprouted up since then, its\npopularity has waned.\nThe club's dynamic has also varied\nthroughout the years. In some years, the\nclub was more competition-focused while in\nother years, it focused more on the social\nside of things.\n\"This year we took the social approach,\"\nsaid Bonardchuck. \"We really focused on\nmaking sure there were enough social\ndances that people can come out to.\"\nTwo of the largest events that the club\nhosts are the team match and the holiday\nball. \"Team match is held sometime in\nOctober [or] early November, and has\nseveral different teams who come together\nto build a silly dancing skit,\" said club social\ncoordinator Ezra Parker.\n\"Usually there's a certain theme to team\nmatch \u2014 we usually have the teacher come\nto judge and it's lots of fun,\" said Parker.\n\"You have people doing absolutely\nridiculous things. We had some dancing\nzombies last year and this year, we had\npeople dancing with horses.\"\nAccording to Parker, the holiday ball acts\nas \"really big wrap-up event of the year.\"\nThe event takes place in November or\nDecember.\n\"There's dinner, there's dancing, usually\nthere's some silly performances or different\nkinds,\" said Parker. \"It's a great way to get\ntogether, semi formal event in the evening.\"\nDance Club will be hosting Dance\nConventions, an event where members get\nto learn new styles of dance such as Paso\nDoble and Viennese Waltz. They will also\norganize the gala ball. This is their annual\ndance competition that has been running\nsince 1962.\nDance Horizons was founded as\nDanceworks UBC in 1983, a theatre project\nfrom Ballet UBC jazz club. The club's name\nwas re-branded to Dance Horizons in 1984.\nThey currently have around 140 dancers.\nDance Horizons prides itself on offering\na large number of dance styles and different\nlevels of dance classes. They are especially\nopen to beginners, and also welcome\ndancers who have more experience.\n\"We're always open to new ideas and\nwe've been opening up to new styles rather\nthan just ballet and hip hop,\" said club\npresident Caitlin Lee.\n\"Voguing was something we introduced\nthis year. We've never had that before.\"\nIf you're looking for something more\nchallenging, Dance Horizons offers three\ndance teams that vary in style and difficulty\n- DHCo, DHC and DHX.\n\"DHCo is our contemporary team,\ncatered more towards beginner dancers,\"\nsaid Lee. \"DHC is the hip hop team. Some of\nthe more experienced dancers are in there\nand they help out the beginners.\n\"DHX is the performance team. It\ncombines contemporary, jazz and hip hop.\nSome of the dancers are stronger in one of\nthe styles more than the other, but they are\nwilling to take on the challenge of another\nstyle.\"\nAccording to Lee, the club organizes\ngatherings like flash mobs to promote arts\nand culture on campus throughout the year.\nIn addition, they team up with other groups\non campus to put together dance week in\nFebruary. During that week, each dance\nclub hosts a class of their own.\nThe club's mid-year and year-end shows\nare also a big deal. A portion of the ticket\nsales are usually given to charitable clubs\non campus like the Dollar Project and the\nHeart & Stroke Foundation.\nHowever, the club dealt with unforeseen\ncosts this year. This was because The Norm\nTheatre, where they normally used for\ntheir shows and which was free to rent, is\nbeing renovated. They thus had to rent the\nFrederic Wood Theatre.\n\"It was an expense that we weren't\nexpecting,\" said Lee.\nDANCE\nHORIZONS\nUNLIMITED\nDANCE\nCLUB\nIn 2009, a group of Korean breakdancers \u2014\nalso known as Bboys \u2014 searched for a club at\nUBC that would reflect their dance style. They\ncame away empty-handed.\nIn their disappointment came the inspiration\nto start a movement at UBC that is still growing\ntill today. The Unlimited Dance Club (UDC)\nwas born.\n\"When we first started, we had too many\nclasses. They weren't really popular enough\nand people didn't come out that much, which\nwas financially hard for us,\" club president\nCarson Shi said.\n\"There were like 20 people when I joined\nand [our] competitive choreography team had\nlike 10 to 15 people.\"\nThrough hard work and plenty of promotion,\nUDC now has about 150 dancers. \"Dance\nclasses are doing so much better and they are\nfinally breaking even financially,\" said Shi.\n\"We sold a lot of our class packages. We\nare able to pay off the teachers and average\nclass size went from four to five in previous\nyears, to 15 to 20, which is a big improvement.\"\nUDC's competitive choreography team\nwas first named NUera. But after finding out\nabout a dance crew in the US that was named\nsimilarly, the team was re-branded to Project\nU&G.\n\"They won CVC Super Skillz last year, and\nalso last year they did World of Dance, [which]\nwas all the way in Edmonton,\" said Shi.\n\"It was the first time that they ever\nperformed at something so big and in the\nfuture, they wish [to] get to the point where\nthey get to go to larger scale competitions like\nHHI (Hip Hop Internationals).\"\nThe biggest event of the year for UDC is\nthe Unlimited Styles competition, their year-\nend dance battle. It usually takes place at the\nend of second term.\n\"We've hosted it about three times no'\nsaid Shi. \"The first time we hosted it was abi\nsix years back. It was really, really good.\"\nAccording to Shi, the clubs falling populai\ntwo years ago meant that the event's recepti\nwas not as good. But it has gotten better.\n\"Last year, when we hosted it, it was whgri\nour club had actually gotten really big ai\nthat's when it really stood out.\"\nThe UBC Ballet Club is the latest addition to\nthe UBC dance community. Founded three\nyears ago, the club now boasts about 30\nmembers \u2014 many of which are new to the\nclub.\n\"Last year was the year that the club\nstarted to get big because the execs really\nput in effort to promote the club and make\nevents,\" said club president Shirlei Ishizaki.\n\"That was the time when we had the\ngreatest amount of members. That's also\nwhen we started the recreation team,\" said\nIshizaki. \"This year we're having a hard\ntime getting members, especially for the\nrecreation team.\"\nThe club is run entirely by students. There\nare no outside teachers, and members\nhelp teach and choreograph routines for\ncompetition and performances. In addition, it\nhas classes for both beginners and dancers\nwith more experience. They also have a\ncompetition team for dancers looking for\nsomething more challenging.\n\"Last year, we went to Vancity Project and\nwe also went to the Surrey Dance Festival,\nwhere we danced in the adult division and\nplaced first,\" said Ishizaki. \"This year, we're\ngoing to Surrey Dance Festival again and\nanother competition in late January.\"\nOne of the events that Ballet club hosts\nis the annual calendar photo shoot. Anyone\nis welcome to attend and it is a chance for\ndancers to have fun. They also have a year-\nend show in March.\n\"Ballet is the base of every dance style.\nIt's the technique part of the dance,\" said\nIshizaki. \"I encourage people to do ballet\neven if they do hip hop, or contemporary,\nor even figure skating.\"\nUBC\nBALLET\nCLUB FEBRUARY 28, 2017 TUESDAY I   SPORTS+REC   I   15\nUBC\nJUNOON\nUBC Junoon is a Bollywood fusion\nteam that was founded four years\nago. Its focus has changed largely\nfrom the Raas Garba team that\nit originated from. Raas Garba is\none of the dances from the state of\nGujurat in India.\n\"Ever since then, we've been\ncompeting in what we like to call\na 'Bollywood circuit,' so basically\nwe compete against other\nuniversities teams that have both\nco-ed and single gender teams,\"\nsaid Sarina Prasad, one of the\nclub's co-presidents. \"The goal of\nthe competition is to take it to the\nBollywood championship called\nBollywood America.\"\nBollywood America is the biggest\ncompetition in North America. It's\nwhere all the best teams from the US\nand Canada go to compete against\neach other. To get there, teams have\nto go through smaller competitions\nand accumulate points by either\nwinning or coming second or third.\nIf a team gets enough points, they\nwill enter Bollywood America, which\nusually happens around the end of\nMarch.\n\"That's basically the goal of\nthe team. Since we're a fairly new\nteam, we've never made it that far to\nBollywood America. But we've been\ncompeting so far at this competition\nin Toronto called Bollywood Dance\nCanada,\" said Prasad.\nThis year the team is going to\na new competition in San Antonio,\nTexas called Sitara. \"It's the first time\nthat the team is competing in the\nstates. So it is a pretty big milestone\nfor our team,\" said Prasad.\nA big challenge that the club has\novercome is membership. When\nUBC Junoon first started out, the\nteam had about 12 dancers and due\nto it being a large commitment, the\nturnout was low.\n\"Since then, we've had more and\nmore commitment. This year, we\nare 25 large,\" said Prasad. \"That's\nbasically the capacity that we can\nreach for these competitions.\"\nAs a Bollywood fusion team, UBC\nJunoon incorporates a lot of different\nstyles into their dance. These range\nfrom Bollywood dancing, bhangra\nand other classical Indian dancing,\nto hip hop and contemporary\ndancing.\n\"Our dances tell a story.\nSometimes they recreate the story\nof a movie that has come out or a\nDisney fairytale,\" said Prasad. \"We\ncome up with a story and then we\nhave an intro video to our dance,\nwhich is usually a two-minute long\nvideo where we just lay the ground\nout for the story.\n\"Then we go into our dance\nwhich tends to be an eight-minute\ndance.\"\nThe club sometimes organize\nsamosa sales around campus,\neither bi-weekly or once a month.\nThey also do club fundraisers,\nwhich happen both at the pit and\ndowntown.\nA new thing that club started\ndoing this year was a movie night\nwhere they play an Indian movie. In\nNovember, they watched a movie\ncalled Three Idiots.\n\"It's a very famous movie that\nkind of resonates with the entire\ncommunity,\" said Prasad.\nThe Thunderbird Dance Team\n(TDT) was originally founded as\na part of varsity athletics. Since\nthen, it has transformed into a\nperformance-based dance group.\nThe team performs at different\nvenues on UBC's campus as well\nas off-campus.\nIts members celebrate their\nlove of dance and express it\nthrough hip hop and jazz.\nThe TDT consists of\napproximately 15 members each\nyear. Interestingly, the group rarely\nbrings in guest choreographers to\nhelp out.\n\"I've done a number on my\nown. Martina's contributed a lot\nas well, but we leave it open to all\nmembers. If someone has an idea,\nthen we're totally open to letting\nit happen,\" said the team's vice\npresident external Rebecca Moug.\n\"It's a good way to encourage each\nother creatively.\"\n\"We're not a competition-based\nteam, so a lot of the performances\nthat we do are mainly showcases,\nnot actual competitions,\" said\nMartina Knappett, the vice\npresident internal.\nAccording to TDT's club\npresident Vanessa Bermisa, there\naren't many competitions for older\naged groups. \"There are so many\nfestivals and dance conventions\nwhen you're younger, but once you\nget a little bit older, it's kind of like\nyour options are narrowed.\"\nTDT's event of the year is\ncalled Get Schooled. It is an all-\nstyles, all-level dance off. \"It's just\nheld in the Agora, so it's open to\neveryone. It's totally free. It's for\npeople to come watch or even just\nlook over the railings and hang out\nfor a little bit,\" said Bermisa.\n\"That's like our main event\nwhere we try to bring the community\ntogether,\" said Knappett. \"It's so\nmuch fun to see all the talent out\nthere ... like that one guy in your\ncomputer science class \u2014 maybe\nhe can spin on his head!\"\nDuring the event, there's an\namateur round where people in the\ncrowd are invited to show off.\n\"We have people who have\nnever danced a step in their life\ncome up just to goof off with their\nfriends,\" said Moug.\n\"We make it entirely inclusive\nto everyone in UBC, not just the\ndance community, but anyone who\nwants to participate and have fun.\"\nTHUNDERBIRD\nDANCE TEAM\nUBC\nBHANGRA\nUBC Bhangra started in 1992. The\nclub was created to show culture\nthrough Bhangra \u2014 a traditional\ndance from the Punjab region\nin India. It was also created as a\nsocial club where people could\nhang out. Currently, the club has\nabout 60 members.\n\"We have three teams [which\nare] the co-ed Bhangra team, the\nladies Bhangra team and we also\nhave a Giddha team which is just\ngirls as well, but a different kind of\ndance \u2014 it is more like folk dance,\"\nsaid co-president Anmol Toor.\n\"None of our teams compete\nright now. Back then, the girls\nBhangra team won a lot of titles.\nThey were the first girls team to\nwin at an all-male competition, but\nnow it's more of a showcase of\ntalent.\"\nAccording to Toor, the club's\nlarge events usually bring about\n700 attendees. One particular\nevent called Fusion tries to blend\nIndian culture \u2014 particularly\nPunjabi \u2014 and western culture.\n\"As students, we're kind of half-\nand-half, so it's nice to have an\nevent which includes both of our\ncultures,\" said Toor. \"I feel like that\nattracted a lot of students.\"\nThey also have an event in\nMarch called Formal and as the\nname suggests, it's a bit more\nformal.\n\"There's dancing and a dinner.\nIt's basically more large scale. We\nalso wear Indian attire whereas\nto the other events, we just wear\nwestern attire,\" said Toor. \"It's\nofficial name is called Nach for the\ncause. Nach just means dance.\"\nUBC Bhangra is involved in\ncharity, so every penny earned at\ntheir events goes to a charitable\nfoundation.\n\"The reason we put on these\nevents is because we want\nsomething that students can attend\nat UBC, but every single dollar that\nwe collect goes to charity,\" said\nToor.\n\"We always try to surpass our\nprevious year's donations,\" said\nAvneet Athwal, the club's treasurer.\nHarpawantaj Toor, the club's other\nco-president of the club, mentions\nthat the club donated about\n$30,000 from its collected funds.\nPast recipients of donations\nhave been the BC children's\nhospital and the Make-A-Wish\nfoundation.\n\"Every year we choose a new\ncharity. This year is Khalsa Aid and\nwe're also giving some funds to\nKids Play, which is a local charity,\"\nsaid Anmol Toor.\nYou almost never see UBC Rueda\nmembers promoting their club due\nto their large amount of members.\nSometimes it's to the extent where\nthey can barely handle the numbers.\nAt one point, the club had around\n1,200 active members and even\nnow, they have 40 to 50 people\nshow up to classes every week. It\nis strange that the only way people\nhear about it is through word of\nmouth from friends who went and\nhad a great time.\n\"Our club started when two law\nstudents, Sam Turcott and Martin\nFerreira Pinho, wanted to share their\npassion for dance with everyone\nback in 2011,\" said club treasurer\nAdi Steif.\n\"The club actually split from a\nclub called ALAS (Association of\nLatin American Students at UBC)\nbecause it got too big.\"\nEvery week, UBC Rueda holds\nclasses at the International House\nwhere advanced members teach\ncomplementary lessons. Classes\nconsist of three circles \u2014 beginners,\nintermediate and advance. At the\nend of class, everyone gathers\naround in a giant circle and dances\ntogether, usually in basic steps so\nthat the beginners can join too.\n\"We didn't charge anything to the\nmembers until we became an official\nclub of the AMS,\" said Steif. 'Then\nwe charged the minimum $1 for\nstudents of UBC and $1.5 for non-\nUBC students.\"\nUBC Rueda also hosts various\nevents throughout the year.\n\"Last year we fundraised $600\nfor Directions Youth foundation by\nholding dance lessons,\" said club\npresident Diana Ihnatovych.\n\"One of our members also\nparticipated in an art competition\nwith the with the topic 'heart art' by\nhaving the Rueda club dance in the\nshape of an heart, which won first\nplace!\"\nUBC\nRUEDA\nUBC\nDANCE\nTEAM\nFounded in 2009, the UBC Dance\nTeam focuses on styles such as\ncontemporary, jazz, ballet and tap.\nThey are a performance-based\nteam and you can catch them at\na number of events. 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