"CONTENTdm"@en . "http://resolve.library.ubc.ca/cgi-bin/catsearch?bid=1211252"@en . "University Publications"@en . "2015-09-11"@en . "2012-03-12"@en . "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/Ubysseynews/items/1.0128102/source.json"@en . "application/pdf"@en . " Taking cake to the face SINCE 1918\nMarch 12,20121 vol. XCIII iss. XLVI\nSASC COORDINATOR\nRESIGNS\nMilewski says AMS ^P^B\nneglected support service __t ^_w\nUNDERGRAD\nSOCIETIES\nGO TO THE 21 Page 2103.12.2012\nWhat's on\nThis week, may we suggest..\nCuts for Cancer: 10am-4pm @ SUB concourse\nFor those of you not terribly attached to your hair and with a heart of\ngold, the annual Cuts for Cancer head-shavings and haircuts will be taking place in the SUB. Proceeds from haircuts will go to towards cancer\nresearch and you'll get a sassy new 'do in the process.\nTUE\nart:\nCircle painting: 12pm @ Global\nLounge\nWonder how Pollock created his\npaintings? Check out the Global\nLounge's circle painting. If you want\nto create large-scale paintings with\nother students, grab a paintbrush\nand have at 'er.\nTHU\nJOBS\u00C2\u00BB\nAIESC Internships Meeting\nAIESEC is a club that provides\nstudents with internships at their\nchapters around the world. Students are encouraged to come\nout in order to learn about the\nprocess and the club itself.\nStudent Appreciation Sale:\n9:30-6pm @ UBC Bookstore\nLoad up on textbooks; the\nBookstore will be selling its merchandise at reduced cost.\nSigma Phi Delta presents\nGreen Slime: 7-1am @ Sigma\nPhi Delta house\nThe engineering frat is hosting a\nSt Patrick's Day party. It's pretty\nsweet. It'll be like one of those\nmovies about college.\nGot an event you'd like to see on this page? Send your event\nand your best pitch to printeditor@ubyssey.ca.\nTHEUBYSSEY\nVlarch 12,2012, Volume XCIII, Issue XLV\nEDITORIAL\nCoordinating Editor\nJustin McElroy\ncoordinating@u bysseyca\nManaging Editor, Print\nJonny Wakefield\norinteditor@ubysseyca\nManaging Editor, Web\nArshy Mann\nwebeditor@ubysseyca\nNews Editors\nKalyeena Makortoff\n& Micki Cowan\nnews@u bysseyca\nArt Director\nGeoff Lister\na rt@u bysseyca\nCulture Editor 4\nGinny Monaco\nculture@u bysseyca\nSenior Culture Writer\nWill Johnson 1\nwjohnson@u bysseyca\nSports Editor\nDrake Fenton\nsports@ubyssey.ca *\nFeatures Editor\nBrian Piatt\nfeatu res@u bysseyca\nCopy Editor\nKarina Palmitesta\ncopy@ubysseyca\nVideo Editor\nDavid Marino\nvideo@ubysseyca\nSenior Web Writer\nAndrew Bates\nabates@ubysseyca\nGraphics Assistant\nIndiana Joel\njoel@ubysseyca\nWebmaster\nJeff Blake\nwebmaster@u bysseyca\nSTAFF\nAndrew Hood, Bryce\nWarnes, Catherine\nGuan, David Elopjor\nChiang, Josh Curran, Wil\nMcDonald, Tara Martellaro\nVirginie Menard,Scott\nMacDonald, Anna Zoria.\nPeter Wojnar, Tanner\nBokor, Dominic Lai, Mark-\nAndre Gessaroli, Natalya\nKautz, Kai Jacobson, R_\nReid, Colin Chia, Mine\nWong.CJ Pentland, Laura\nRodgers, Jeff Aschkinasi\nBusiness Manager\nFernie Pereira\nousiness@u bysseyca\nAd Sales\nBen Chen\nadvertising@u bysseyca\nAccounts\nSifat Hasan\na ceo u nts@u bysseyca\nLEGAL\nCONTACT\nBusiness Office Room 23\nEditorial Office: Room 24\nStudent Union Building\n6138 Student Union Blvd\nVancouver, BCV6T1Z1\ntel: 604.822.2301\nweb: www.ubyssey.ca\nfeedback@ubyssey.ca\nPrint Advertising:\n604.822.1654\nBusiness Office\n604.822.6681\nadvertising\n@ubyssey.ca\nThe Ubyssey Is the official student newspaper ofthe University of\nBritish Columbia. 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The\nUPS shall not be responsible for\nslight changes or typographical errors that do not lessen the value or\nthe impact of the ad\nOur Campus\nOne on one with\nthe people who\nmake UBC\n>3\nGEOFF LISTER^HE UBYSSEY\nOn being unboring: \"I think sometimes we forget that you get to sit all day and discuss really cool things. That's fun, right?\"\nNick Thornton on a mission to unbore UBC\nLisa Anderson\nContributor\n\"Why aren't buildings just painted\nviolent purple? Why is everything\nso muted?\" says Nick Thornton.\nIt's a point that fits into Thornton's\nlarger view of university: that maybe the things we're here to learn\ncould be a little more fun.\nAnd that's part of why he\nlaunched UnboringLearning.com.\nThornton's used his passion\nfor the humanities\u00E2\u0080\u0094specifically\nCanadian and American history,\nEnglish, sociology and gender\nstudies\u00E2\u0080\u0094to create a series of videos and blog-style posts on his\nfavourite topics for the recently\nlaunched website.\nSo far, he's given his take on\nthe Progressive Era, the Lower\nCanadian Rebellion, the history of\nthe banana and how to pronounce\nthe letter R\u00E2\u0080\u0094among other topics.\nThornton also produces videos to\ngo along with each topic. When\nyou're finished watching, you can\nenter your email address, and the\nnotes are sent right to your inbox.\n\"I get how busy people are,\" says\nThornton, who works three jobs\nand goes to school full-time. \"But\nlearning should be fun.\"\nThornton is a self-proclaimed\nnerd: interested in everything.\nHe tries to weigh that against\nthe burnout he's seen in many of\nhis peers. \"I think sometimes we\nforget that, you get to sit all day\nand discuss really cool things\nlike history or English or biology\u00E2\u0080\u0094that's fun, right?\" With a\nhost of libraries, researchers and\nworld-class lecturers, UBC is a\ncandy store and Thornton is the\nproverbial kid.\nThough most of his time and\nmoney goes into university, he\nstill makes time for travel and\nthe odd adventure. Once, he and\na friend unknowingly broke into\na tennis court in Japan. \"There\nwas this big high fence around it.\nThat should've been our first clue.\"\nSecurity and police came running\nout to what was, in fact, the private\ncourt of a luxury hotel. \"What?\"\nThornton said at the time. \"We're\njust playingtennis!\"\nMost nights, however, aren't\nspent breaking into Japanese tennis courts. Instead, Thornton can\nbe found expandingthe new website, which lie produces along with\na few friends. He also works at the\nChapman Learning Commons. He\nwants people to enjoy the learning\nprocess. \"You may hate the book\nor hate the poem or whatever, but\nifyou shut down, you're really not\ngoingto learn anything and it's a\nmissed opportunity.\"\nThornton has a few other suggestions to help make a subject\nmore appealing, such as talking\nto your professors. And, he says,\ndon't be afraid of subjects you\ndon't really like. It's about being\nopen to learning and using your\nimagination. \"Buildings are too\nbeige, people too tame and society\ntoo unimaginative. Let's change all\nthat.\" 13\nI\nThrough the Valley\nof the Shadow:\nReflections on Pain, Suffering and Life with God\nKnow\nsomeone\nwho should\nbe profiled\nfor Our\nCampus?\nContact Jonny Wakefield\nprinteditor@ubyssey.ca\nMarch R; I WaS\nDismayed: Living with\nan ImwMi: Illness\nPulin 30 with Edwin Scjny\nMarch 15:1 Don't Havr\na Spatula: Living auj'tJi\nAli'tUuJ lUtUSt and Distress\nFulil'. 2} With K.iilhcVi'i fiiiliJrIL\n.Mijvcfj 21: Coming Home to the\nCostnox Ecological Crisis as an\nIdentity Grists\nPulrn 19 vsiih Bnca S\u00C2\u00BBn\u00C2\u00A3uin\nn:japm, Room wo of cl>^ lan.i Building\n6000 loiM Driv* (UBC Cirtipu*)\nFtm Sn.iclti mid Coftrc Provided\nI\nPresented by United Church Campus Ministry\nwww. ubc-united 5.cj News\u00C2\u00BB\nEditors: Kalyeena Makortoff & Micki Cowan\n03.12.2012 | 3\nANIMAL RESEARCH \u00C2\u00BB\nUBC opens new animal research facility on Vancouver campus\nKalyeena Makortoff\nNews Editor\nUBC opened a new animal research\nfacility last week, but activists aren't\nconvinced that animal interests\nhave been taken to heart.\nThe $40 million Centre for\nComparative Medicine (CCM) will\nreplace the Animal Care Centre\n(ACC), which housed and distributed the university's research animals\nfor over 30 years.\nBut STOP UBC Animal Research\n(STOP) said UBC shouldn't be\nspending money on a new facility\nlike the CCM.\n\"No amount of fresh paint and\nshiny cages in a brand spanking new\nbuilding will improve the lives of\nmonkeys who are given electroconvulsive shocks or who have poisons\ninjected into their brains,\" said\nSTOP director Brian Vincent.\nHe said that the standard set by\nthe Canadian Council for Animal\nCare (CCAC) \"requires UBC to ultimately reduce the numbers of animals used in research. But it appears\nfrom the data UBC released lastyear\nthat the numbers of animals used in\nresearch at UBC is increasing.\n\"UBC should not be investing\nresources in building new animal\nresearch facilities. Instead, UBC\nshould invest funds in developing\nnon-animal alternatives.\"\nLucie McNeill, director of UBC\nPublic Affairs, said the facility is an\nimprovement on the old site. \"The\nstandards of this building surpass\nthe standards set by the CCAC,\"\nshe said. \"It incorporates the latest\nthinking on humane animal care\nand animal welfare in terms of their\nhousing and the stimulating environment that they're in. They're\nkept in social groups...most of them\nhave access to the outside.\"\nWhile the facility is smaller than\nthe ACC, the animal housing capacity has not changed; the facility\ncould house an estimated \"several\nhundred\" animals.\nThe old ACC is set to be decommissioned and all animals have\nalready been moved to the CCM.\nWhile the BC Society for the\nPrevention of Cruelty to Animals\nhas launched an investigation into\none of UBC's research projects that\nled to the deaths of four macaque\nmonkeys, McNeill didn't anticipate\nthat the new facility will be under\nscrutiny from the animal welfare\norganization.\n\"Our campaign remains deeply\nconcerned that UBC will remain\ntight-lipped about the work being\ndone in the Comparative Centre for\nMedicine,\" said Vincent, \"which\nmeans the public will have no idea\nwhat researchers are doing to animals behind the facility's locked\ndoors.\" 3,3\nSERVICES \u00C2\u00BB\nSASC coordinator set to resign\nMilewski: AMS neglected Sexual Assault Support Centre\nJonny Wakefield\nManaging Editor, Print\nThe coordinator ofthe AMS Sexual\nAssault Support Centre (SASC) has\nresigned, citing a lack of support\nfor the centre from AMS staff\nOutgoing coordinator Sharon\nMilewski said the centre has received little support from permanent SUB staff since she was hired\nin October. SASC provides support\nand referral services for people\nwho have been sexually assaulted,\nas well as running information\ncampaigns\n\"I don't feel like SASC was being\nacknowledged by higher-ups as an\nimportant service,\" said Milewski.\n\"It's sort of like pulling teeth to\nget something done. I've been told\nthat sometimes SASC gets forgotten about because of its office location,\" she said. SASC is located on\nthe east corner ofthe SUB's main\nfloor. \"But just because something\nisn't right in your face doesn't\nmean it's not your responsibility.\"\nMilewski said there have been\nserious security concerns about\nthe office that have not been addressed. She cites an incident from\nlast August, where a SASC staff\nperson was reportedly assaulted\nwhile working alone. That person\nquit her position shortly thereafter.\nA security camera for the office\nhas yet to be installed.\nIn an email dated February 2,\nformer AMS President Jeremy\nMcElroy complained to AMS staff\nabout the lack of progress on the\nsecurity cameras. \"Four months\nago the [Business and Facilities]\nCommittee and Council approved\nthe installation of security cameras\nNews briefs\nUBC invents \"robo-fur\" able to\ndetect sensation\nUBC scientists have created a robo-\nbunny able to detect its user's emotions. The device calms users down\nor cheers them up by leading them\nthrough several deep-breathing\nexercises.\nDeveloped by graduate student\nAnna Flag, the gadget is able to distinguish between a pet. a scratch, a\nbreath and up to 30 other gestures.\n\"The one thing a robot can do\nthat's different from an animal is truly\nbe in the service of its owner and do\nwhat the owner needs it to do.\" said\nKaron MacLean. a UBC computer\nscience professor and leader of\nthe lab where the device is being\ndeveloped.\nERIC INASI^HE UBYSSEY\nThe Sexual Assault Support Centre's location made it easy for AMS senior staff to forget it, said resigning coordinator Sharon Milewski\nand a panic button in the SASC\narea following an incident involving a distressed client in the office,\" he wrote. \"Much to my concern there are still no cameras and\nno panic button in the space.\n\"This has taken far too long and\nnow we have tangible concerns\nin addition to our previous safety\nconcerns.\"\nSASC was also without a supervisor, as the position went unfilled\nthroughout Milewski's term.\n\"[There was] no one to advocate\nfor me and SASC to upper management,\" she said. \"I was told when\nI was hired in October that person\nshould be in any day now.\"\nNow that she's stepping down,\nMilewski hopes the office won't sit\nBC SPC A to investigate UBC\nanimal research project\nThe BC Society for the Prevention\nof Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) has\nlaunched an investigation into UBC\nanimal research practices after\nnumerous complaints from local animal rights group STOP UBC Anima\nResearch.\nThe complaints stemmed from\nreports last week that four macague\nmonkeys had been killed after being\ninjected with neurotoxins. The SPCA\nis also investigating whether there is\nadeguate oversight within the UBC\nAnimal Care Committee. As part of\nthe examination, an outside expert\nwill conduct a thorough analysis of the testing facility and their\npractices.\nempty, as it did earlier this school\nyear when the AMS failed to fill\nthe vacancy left by the previous\nSASC coordinator.\nAMS President Matt Parson\nsaid he hopes to address SASC's\ncommunication concerns. He also\nsaid the AMS is working to hire\na director of student services\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nthe position senior to the SASC\ncoordinator\u00E2\u0080\u0094but has encountered\ndifficulties due to the specialized\nnature of the job.\n\"Our hope is that the added level\nof support that this position will\nbe able to bring will help take off\nsome ofthe burden and some of\nthe stress ofthe SASC manager,\"\nhe said.\nThe AMS said they plan to hire\nUBC-O student union under\nnew leadership\nFor the first time in UBC Okanagan's\nhistory, its student union has a new\nslate in power.\nIn this year's student election, the\nACTION slate defeated the incumbent Students 4 Students (S4S)\nslate in every race, according to The\nPhoenix.\nS4S has won every UBC-O election\nsince the campus opened in 2005.\nSlates, banned in AMS elections, are\npermitted at UBC-O.\nElection issues this year addressed\ntransparency, student services and\nthe resources spent on federal and\nprovincial lobbying campaigns.\nUnofficial results revealed a 24 per\ncent voter turnout.\na manager before Milewski leaves\non April 10. Parson said there will\nbe no disruption of service, and\nif a candidate cannot be found,\nthe AMS will look to establish a\ncontract with a third-party victim\nservices worker.\nBut Milewski said this was not\nthe timeframe she was initially\ngiven.\n\"I was told this week that my\nposition wasn't goingto get hired\nuntil May or June,\" she said. \"Then\nI said, 'Okay, I guess I'll go talk to\nthe newspaper.'\n\"When I implied a few days ago\nthat I was potentially going to talk\nto The Ubyssey, that's when ten\nminutes later the president shows\nup at my office.\" ^\nCUS to re-run student election\nElections for the Commerce Undergraduate Society (CUS)'s AMS Council\nrepresentative will be re-run. as more\npeople voted to reject both candidates than to elect either of them.\nLandon Goold received 322 votes\nand Rachael Reddy received 193\nvotes. But 339 people selected \"No\nVote.\" forcing a by-election. Four\ncandidates, including Goold. will run\na second time. \"We hope that people\nwill be just as engaged as the previous election.\" said CUS elections officer Maria Sun. \"People are aware of\nit. and that's always a good sign.\"\nThe election's other races-including Senate, ombudsperson and a\nreferendum-ran normally, with Jackie\nLeung elected CUS president. 13\nTECHNOLOGY\u00C2\u00BB\nAMS app aims to\nhelp you beat the\nlunchtimerush\nYARA DEJONGATHE UBYSSEY\nMaiyatree Dhaka\nContributor\nThe AMS is developing an app that\nwill make lunch lines shorter, allowing students to pre-order meals\nfrom AMS food outlets in the SUB.\n\"We are [currently] restricted\nnow on how fast an order is processed and by the amount of point\nof sale units at each outlet,\" said Uli\nLaue, director of operations ofthe\nAMS.\n\"With an online ordering app, we\ntransform the user's smartphone\ninto an extension of our outlet, increasing capacities.\"\nLaue wasn't able to speculate on\nthe app's ordering capacity, but said\nit will depend on how many orders\nare placed to each outlet.\n\"The volumes we can handle will\ngreatly depend on when orders are\nplaced and what items are chosen.\nIf users pre-order hours before the\npick-up time, we will be able to deploy resources to meet that demand\neasier than a few minutes before\nthe pick-up time is requested,\" Laue\nsaid.\nRobbie Bousadda, manager of Pie\nR Squared, said they already have\npretty fast service, but some aspects\ncould be streamlined.\n\"The app would work perfectly\nfor whole pizzas, but not so well for\nindividual slices. Instead of phoning\nor sending an email or coming in\nperson, it would make it much easier\nfor them and us,\" said Bousadda.\nStudents with smartphones were\nexcited bythe idea.\n\"When I'm in class, I'd definitely\nuse it. I go to the SUB a lot because\nI have lunch breaks at that time but\nusually it's super busy, so having\nan app would help,\" said third-year\nArts student Kailee Kotilla.\n\"You could be in class and order\nsomething and come and pick it up.\nIt would make things much more\nefficient,\" said Abigail Shakespeare,\nalso a third-year Arts student.\nThe app is expected to be available in September free of charge. 13 4 I NeWS 03.12.2012\nACTIVISM \u00C2\u00BB\nUBC group opposes Enbridge pipeline\nUBCC 350 was inspired by 350.org, a global movement aimed at reducing carbon emissions worldwide\nEvan Brow\nContributor\nThe 1000 kilometres between\nVancouver and Kitimat, BC isn't\nstopping UBC students and faculty from speaking out against\nthe Enbridge Northern Gateway\nPipeline.\nUBC Community 350\n(UBCC350) was formed in\nNovember, inspired by350.org, a\nglobal movement to reduce carbon\nemissions to 350 parts per million.\nThe 35-member group is taking issue with carbon exports in British\nColumbia.\nThe group wants to inform the\nUBC populace about the Enbridge\npipeline, a controversial proposal\ncurrently going through the federal government's National Energy\nBoard. The project proposes a\npipeline between Edmonton and\nKitimat to transport over 525,000\nbarrels of oil per day.\n\"We think the province needs to\ntake more responsibility for those\nexports. We'd like the province to\nstart by saying no to the Northern\nGateway Pipeline,\" wrote George\nHoberg, a UBC Forestry professor,\nin an email.\nUBCC350 held a talk about the\npipeline last Thursday, where presenters said that expanding emissions without any sort of policy\nchange is inexcusable.\nFeatured speaker and UBC political science professor Kathryn\nHarrison said that while the BC\ngovernment has adopted aggressive greenhouse gas reduction targets, including the carbon tax, they\naren't looking at the global impact\nof their policies.\n\"We're exporting all kinds of\nfossil fuels from British Columbia\nthat then have emissions elsewhere,\" said Harrison. \"Ifyou\ntake into account the complete\nfootprint, emissions that occur\nwithin British Columbia as well as\nthe carbon that we're exporting,\nthe overall footprint is three times\nbigger than if we just look at our\ndomestic emissions.\"\nGordon Katie, a fourth-year\nphilosophy and political science\nstudent, is a member of UBCC350\nand also presented at the event.\n\"It's really easy to take action,\"\nsaid Katie.\n\"All you have to do is open your\neyes and see that there are a bunch\nof other passionate and engaged\nindividuals who care about these\nissues, and you just need to make\nan effort to reach out to them and\nsay, 'Hey, we share common values.\nLet's try and find a way to actually\neffect some change.'\"\nHoberg said that UBCC350's major event for the year\u00E2\u0080\u0094called Storm\nthe Riding\u00E2\u0080\u0094will be held March 31.\n\"We are canvassing the\nVancouver-Point Grey riding to\ninform voters about the carbon\nexports problem and get signatures\non a petition to ask Premier Clark\nto say no to the Northern Gateway\nPipeline,\" he said.\n\"Next fall we'll be taking additional political action.\" ^\nSTUDENT POLITICS \u00C2\u00BB\nAMS looks to give\nmore Council\nmembers a vote\nLaura Rodgers\nStaffWriter\nStudents at the Vancouver School\nof Theology (VST) pay hundreds of\ndollars in AMS fees, but that doesn't\nmean they get a vote.\nEmily Jarrett, an AMS representative for VST who regularly\nattends Council meetings, is one of\nthose students.\nThe three affiliated theological colleges-VST, St Mark's and\nRegent College\u00E2\u0080\u0094are not currently\nentitled to voting seats on AMS\nCouncil. Jarrett feels that without a\nvote, the VST doesn't have a real say\nin what the AMS does.\n\"We pay student fees, we are\nmembers ofthe student body as far\nas AMS services are concerned,\"\nsaid Jarrett.\n\"Because we are part of it, we feel\nwe should have representation.\"\nBut the AMS is looking into\nchanging that in the near future.\nAn informal poll of full-time VST\nstudents\u00E2\u0080\u0094which was taken at their\nstudent society meeting in the fall-\nindicated there would be strong\nsupport for the change, according\nto Jarrett.\nAdding new representatives to\nCouncil would require an amendment to the AMS's bylaws. Such a\nchange requires a referendum to be\ncalled, and have at least 8 per cent\nof students who are AMS members\nvote for the change, and no more\nthan 25 per cent of votes be against\nthe change.\nThe AMS's Legislative\nProcedures Committee (LPC) is\nconsidering putting such an amendment on the ballot when students\nvote to renew the U-Pass program\nin the fall.\nKyle Warwick, former LPC chair\nand current AMS VP External,\nsaid that it's unfair to take student\ndollars and not give them an equal\nvoice. \"LPC was pretty clear that\nthere isn't an ethically sound reason\nto not give them voting seats,\" he\nsaid.\nStudents at VST aren't the only\nones concerned about their lack of\nAMS representation.\nWarwick said that Diploma in\nAccounting program (DAP) students, who are part ofthe Sauder\nSchool of Business but don't belong\nto the Commerce Undergraduate\nSociety, are also seeking a voting\nCouncil seat.\nOne difficulty in getting representation for DAP students is that\nthe program doesn't have a student\norganization with mandatory membership, which would result in difficulties in holding a election for all\neligible students.\n\"There's a lot of things, procedurally, [that are] not clear on how to\ndo that,\" said Warwick.\nNewly-elected LPC chair Hans\nSeidemann remains unsure of\nwhether he will push for the new\nseats, however.\n\"They kind of are arm's-length\norganizations, so if they want to\nbecome voting members I would\nthink that we'd want to make sure\nthat everything was consistent\namong them and existing AMS voting members,\" said Seidemann, an\nEUS member.\n\"I think what's maybe more important is that students from those\nschools, if they are feeling disenfranchised, we find avenues for\nthem to get involved in the business\nofthe AMS.\n\"The best way to do that may not\nbe through modifying bylaws and\ncreating voting member status, but\nrather to create and enforce mechanisms whereby they're able to give\nfeedback and have their concerns\nheard and things like that.\"\nBut Jarrett wants to make sure\nthat VST is able to influence AMS\ndecisions about concerns specific to\nVST students, and said she would\nuse a voting seat to push for measures such as increasing psychiatric\ncare benefits for dependents.\n\"A lot of our students are mature.\nA lot of them have families, spouses,\nchildren,\" she said. ^B\nSt. Patrick's!\nat the point!\nM\u00C2\u00BBy&Wday|M\u00E2\u0080\u009Ech,6&,7\nFish & Chips with Mushy Peas $15\nSpring Creek Beef& Guinness Pie with Chips $16\nIrish Stew - Local Spring Lamb with\nPotatoes & Spring Vegetables $16\nWhiskey Cake & Baileys Cream $6\nwww.food.ubc.ca\nPH: 604-822-9503\nBuilding#4 2205 Lower Mall\nn am - io pm M, T, W, Sun\nn am -11 pm Th, F, Sat\nperson to\nenter The\nUbyssey\noffice and\nhug Geoff\nLister wins\n100 free\ncopies of\nthe paper.\nGreat for\nswatting\nflies!\nCOME BY THE WBFSSEFOFFICE\nSUB 24, FOLLOW THE SIGNS \u00C2\u00BB\nLAaj^Il\n|r ^ *j ~~ w'\nill\nc\n^^\n* 6 I NeWS 03.122012\nANOTEFROMTHE EDITORS\nFrom career fairs to beer gardens, academic workshops to graduation blowouts, the undergraduate societies of UBC do all sorts of things for students. Three ofthe largest societies-the Arts Undergraduate Society (AUS), Science Undergraduate Society (SUS) and Kinesiology Undergraduate\nSociety (KUS)-all have hotly contested presidential races this year. The undergraduate societies are charged with large sums ofyour student fees,\nand play a unigue role in defining student life at UBC. The Ubyssey has given candidates a chance to explain what sets them apart in their own words,\nasking each of them to respond this guestion: \"What makes you different from the other candidates in your race, and why should students vote for\nyou?\" The Engineering Undergraduate Society was originally going to be covered here as well, but with one candidate withdrawing from the race early\nlan Campbell now runs unopposed. The Land and Food Systems Undergraduate Society also has a single-candidate presidential election, with Whitney\nHussain running unopposed. Voting is running online this week at the respective undergraduate society websites.\n-LAURA RODGERS + WILL McDONALD GUEST EDITORS\nKUS CANDIDATES\nAlexRebchuk\nMy vast involvements within the Faculty of\nKinesiology differentiate me from my opponent\nin the KUS presidential race. In my previous\nthree years at UBC, I have been involved in many\npositions within the KUS. Specifically, this past\nyear I was the Health Science Stream representative, I worked with the tutoring program and was\ninvolved in coordinating numerous KUS social\nevents. One of my biggest leadership responsibilities involves being the KIN\nfrosh coordinator. In addition, I have represented the Faculty of Kinesiology\nat the KIN Games, have been on numerous KIN rec teams (Longboat\nchamps!) and been involved with UBC orientations. Essentially, what sets me\napart from my opponent is that I eat, sleep and breathe KIN!\nI believe that the promises I have made in my platform address issues\nimportant to Kinesiology students. As president, I would work to develop a\nbetter student space for Kinesiology students. Currently, our student space\nconsists of a few tables, chairs, old computers and textbooks at Osbourne Gym\nand is shared with labs and other groups. As president, I would help provide\nKinesiology students with a dedicated student space that fits our social and\nacademic needs. As well, I want to establish a KIN week, featuring a variety\nof events in which Kinesiology students can show the rest of UBC that we are\nthe smartest, most fun and best-looking faculty on campus! Lastly, I am never\nafraid to speak up. As president I would be an outspoken voice for the opinions of Kinesiology students to the faculty, staff, community and AMS.\nMy previous leadership roles within the faculty make me the ideal person\nto be KUS president. I hope that KIN students give me the opportunity to represent them and continue to expand and improve our faculty and the KUS!\nAlyssa Reyes\nIf I had to sum myself up in three words they\nwould be \"approachable,\" \"genuine\" and \"determined.\" There are so many things I would\nlove to do for the KUS. I want to continue to\ndevelop the projects created this year such as\nKin-TV and Relay for Life, similar to what I was\nable to help do with our Kin Games Team as a\nco-coordinator. I have always been a goal-setter,\ndriven for change. I am a big believer in making small steps towards large\ngoals; utilizing the opportunities board, organizing an open forum and catering events to first-years and transfer students to get involved are all stepping\nstones to drive for student engagement. I am an advocate for student involvement; I want the KUS to be well-represented by involving a variety of students\nin Kin and ensuring I am available and relatable to Kin students. By staying\ninvolved in all aspects of Kin life and listeningto as many voices as possible, I\ncan be that person. If elected, with the support ofthe Kin student body, I will\ndevote all my energy towards continuingthe long-standingtradition of being\nthe loudest and proudest on campus and develop ways to engage the entire\nfaculty.\nKIN UNDERGRADUATE SOCIETY\nThe two KUS presidential candidates,\nAlex Rebchuk and Alyssa Reyes, are\nboth third-year students specializing in\nkinesiology and health science. Aside\nfrom sharing a major and friendship,\nthe two have another thing in common\u00E2\u0080\u0094neither has held an executive\nposition before.\n\"I think that's goingto be a weakness ofthe KUS next year...that no\none [running] has any experience in\nan executive role on the KUS,\" said\nRebchuk.\nHowever, both candidates are still\noptimistic about the upcoming year. And\nRebchuk thinks that a less-experienced\nexecutive team will promote a new style\nof thinking.\n\"I think that's goingto give us afresh\nperspective. We get to run where we\nwant to run,\" he said.\n\"We won't have anyone from previous\nyears holding us back, saying, 'This has\nSCIENCE UNDERGRADUATE SOCIETY\nRegardless of which new president they\nchoose, Science students can continue to\nexpect a buttoned-up, professional development-focused Science Undergraduate\nSociety (SUS) next year.\nBoth SUS presidential candidates,\nMona Maleki and Joaquin Acevedo, hope\nto ensure that the SUS can help students\nsucceed in their careers in the pressures of\ntoday's job market.\n\"One ofthe main platform points is\na professional development and career\ndevelopment focus. What it would entail is\nworkingwith Career Services and Student\nDevelopment as well as the Faculty of\nScience,\" said Acevedo. A second-year cognitive systems student, Acevedo has served\non the SUS first-year committee and is this\nyear's SUS director of finance.\nMaleki, who is a third-year biology student, was a first-year SUS representative\nand has served as this year's VP internal.\nShe said she's worked to increase SUS's\ncommunication with Student Development\nthis year, includingthe faculty-focused\ngroups SCI Team and Science Peer\nAcademic Coaches.\n\"I'd say definitely SUS has changed a\nlot, from a very social organization to a\nlot more professional development,\" said\nAcevedo, describing what he had seen at a\nSUS alumni reunion event.\nA survey of Science students carried out\nbythe SUS last fall shows the same thing.\nBoth Maleki and Acevedo noted that the\nsurvey indicated students were interested\nin the SUS providing more career-focused\nresources.\nAcevedo also wants to work with the\nAMS to create opportunities for extern-\nships, or extended job-site tours, while\nMaleki stressed the importance of creating\na science career fair.\nBoth also claimed that one ofthe SUS's\nmain weaknesses was ineffective communication with students at large.\n\"One ofthe things that would be different would definitely be a little more\nengagement with the students. In the past,\nthe president [has been] very hands-off,\"\nsaid Acevedo.\nMaleki called Kiran Mahal's performance as this year's president \"phenomenal,\" but also stated, \"We're still not as\napproachable as we should be. Students\ndon't feel at ease comingto us.\"\nAcevedo criticized the Faculty of\nScience's academic advising structure and\nwants to improve it, saying that advising\nshould be more one-on-one.\n\"Right now it's very much departmental,\nand students don't really get that support\nuntil they're in their programs in third\nyear,\" he added.\nWith such similar focuses, what sets the\ntwo candidates apart? Maleki stressed the\nimportance of feedback and communication. She worries that club reps, who no\nlonger sit on SUS Council as of this year, may\nneed more opportunities to work together.\nAcevedo, however, stated that he would\nmake the group \"more of a lobbying organization, so [the SUS] can advocate for\nstudents as far as academics go.\"\nBoth candidates have similar experience\nwithin SUS, and similar priorities; their\nposters even feature similarly-composed\napproachable business-casual photos.\nHowever votingturns out, it doesn't\ntake a rocket scientist\u00E2\u0080\u0094or a biologist, or a\ncognitive systems major\u00E2\u0080\u0094to know what\nSUS will be focusing on next year. 13\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094Laura Rodgers\nbeen done in the past, so it should be done in\nthe future.'\"\nReyes plans to bridge the experience gap\nby focusing on communication with students,\nusing avenues such as Facebook and Twitter.\n\"[I'm] really hoping to just be a relatable\nand approachable person on the KUS exec,\nI think that would make a huge difference.\nThen people feel able to come to you with\nideas and concerns.\"\nIf elected, each candidate has different ambitions for the position.\nReyes hopes to shape the social atmosphere\nofthe School of Kinesiology.\n\"I think a whole bunch of it is just getting\neverybody involved, and making it more of a\nfamily.\"\nShe explained that the KUS had traditionally succeeded as a social organization. \"The\nKUS makes a point of making it more than\njust going to class and studying and being involved in just academics. I think we're really\ngood at making a well-rounded experience.\"\nRebchuk sees the presidency as a chance to\nestablish a few attainable goals. \"It's being in\nthat position where you can force things to go\nthrough,\" he added.\nHe described hopes for creating a departmental \"Kin Week\" similar to other\nfaculty weeks. He also plans to update the\nKinesiology student space.\nDespite differences in their goals, the two\ncandidates say the presidential race has not\naffected their friendship. \"When we see each\nother in class, we're laughing the last few\ndays,\" said Rebchuk.\n\"We have this friendship where we've both\nbeen involved in the Kin events together and\nwe're both representing our school together.\"\nBoth Rebchuk and Reyes plan to represent UBC in late March at the 11th annual\nCanadian Kinesiology Games in Ottawa.\nReyes isn't letting campaigning get in the\nway of their friendship either. \"It's actually\nbeen really nice,\" she said.\n\"We're both competitive people, but at the\nsame time it's a very friendly competition and\nit's kind of a nice thing to have. It's a good\nenvironment to be in.\" 13\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094Natalya Kautz 03.i2.20i2 News\nSUS CANDIDATES\nMona Maleki\nI My name is Mona and I am running to be\nyour next SUS president. I am a third-year\nbiology student and my motivation to run for this position comes from my passion for SUS complemented bythe\nexperiences I have acquired over the last few years. My\nposition ofVP Internal this past year in SUS is what truly\nsets me apart and demonstrates my capability in following\nthrough with my platform. This year, I took on the projects\nof creating an effective council orientation, running a more efficient council retreat, and\nI co-chaired both academic as well as first-year committee. I was able to gain knowledge\nand feedback in both first-year transition processes as well as in the different science\nprograms/departments. The relationship I established with student development and\nmy communication with the dean's office strengthens the basis from which I draw my\nconfidence in running for this role.\nApart from having the inside knowledge and experience which would support me\nin the running of this undergraduate society, I am also an approachable person especially when it comes to SUS. I have always considered it a top priority to engage students\nwhether through my presentations or one-on-one conversations. At times, I have even\ntaken the drastic step of drawing on a blue moustache to show that at the end ofthe day\nwe are all just students, drawing from each others' experiences and trying to make sense\nof our undergraduate experience. Students should vote because their voice is at the foundations of this undergraduate society and you should vote for me because I can oversee\nand create an undergraduate society, which, like an enzyme, will depend on your voices\nas substrates to catalyze the many possible reactions. Please visit my website www.wix.\ncom/monamaleki/prez.\nAUS CANDIDATES\nJoaquin Acevedo\nI'm Joaquin Acevedo\u00E2\u0080\u0094currently second-year COGS student\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nand I'm running to be your next SUS president. I believe that\nI have the skills, experience and passion to be your SUS president. The society does fantastic work for Science students\nthat benefit us both socially and academically. I want to be\nable to lead the SUS executive team to create a better, more\nrelevant SUS. I will focus on expanding our services and\nmaking them more accessible. Additionally, I want to work\nwith the faculty and other offices around campus to provide students professional and\ncareer development opportunities. All of this, and of course continuation from previous\nyears.\nPlease visit my website www.joaquinforsus.com for more details and remember to vote\nJoaquin for SUS president!\nARTSUNDERGRADUATE SOCIETY\nJeff Boudreau, Jenny Chen and Harsev\nOshan are competing to be president of\nthe AUS and its 12,000 students.\nThe president is in charge of providing services and social events to students\nthrough the AUS. One ofthe main issues\ndiscussed by the candidates is the improvement ofthe Meekison Arts Student Space\n(MASS). All three presidential hopefuls\nagree that the current student space leaves\nsomething to be desired.\nChen, a third-year art history and visual\narts student, said one of her main platform points is to renovate MASS, but\nBoudreau thinks Arts students need an\nentirely new building.\n\"Arts students need their own\nspace...a whole building dedicated to\nArts students,\" said Boudreau, a third-\nyear archaeology and history student.\nOshan, a second-year political science student, plans to renovate MASS,\nas well as push for additional student\nspace elsewhere in Buchanan.\nStudent involvement is another issue\ncandidates look to address. Boudreau\nbelieves that rebranding the AUS will\nmake students more engaged, but\nOshan thought club activity was the\nkey.\n\"We're focusing too much on branding the AUS and we're not focusing on\nthe quality of participation from the\nclubs,\" said Oshan.\nOshan said he plans to design an Arts\nday planner containing profiles of each\nclub, and also to institute an inter-club\ncompetition.\n\"Increasing competition will make\nthe clubs more active. And when students see that the clubs are more active, students will want to get involved\n[with the AUS],\" said Oshan.\nChen feels one of AUS's most important aspects is the services it provides.\nShe also stated that students are often\napprehensive about documenting complaints or issues with the AUS and believes\nan online survey would allow students'\nvoices to be heard.\nAs far as event planning, Chen said she\nwould focus on creating a \"better and bigger\" Arts week by surveying students to\nfind out what events they would like to see.\nBoudreau, on the other hand, would like\nto put on weekly events in MASS for Arts\nstudents.\n\"I would like to have a beer garden every\nsecond Friday ofthe month for the year.\nAnd the odd Fridays, have it be non-alcoholic events,\" said Boudreau.\n\"Every Friday, every Arts student\n[should] know they can come to MASS for\nsomething.\"\nThe candidates have also been addressing internal issues within the AUS.\nOshan said that committees should be\nrestructured and that methods for monetary reimbursement need to be improved.\n\"This year, we've had some problems\nwith the financial processes, where payments have been delayed...it discourages\ncoordinators and counsellors from using\ntheir own money. Also, the spirit goes\ndown,\" said Oshan.\nAccordingto Boudreau, the position\nof general officer, who has no defined responsibilities but can sit on various committees, needs to be reconsidered.\n\"There's something not right about the\nposition itself if no one's runningfor it,\"\nsaid Boudreau.\nChen said the biggest problem ofthe\nAUS is the way it relates to its students.\n\"I feel that we should expand our list of\nservices, our list of events,\" she said. \"We\nhave about 12,000 students and I feel like\nwe are not reaching enough.\"\nVoting runs online from March 12 at\n8am to March 16 at Spm. 13\n-Will McDonald\nJeff Boudreau\nHello fellow Arts students,\nFor those who know me, you know I'm a planner, organizer, and that I'm ambitious with my\ngoals. For those who don't yet know me; I am\nco-president ofthe Classical, Near Eastern, and\nReligious Studies Students Association, I'm a\nsquad leader for the upcoming Imagine Day, I was\na panel moderator at this year's Arts Career Expo,\nI'm involved with Arts tri-mentoring, and I was host and organizer of Gods\nand Goddesses ofthe Ancient World 2012 Beer Garden.\nNow, ifyou will indulge me, I'll share with you my plans for the AUS. I like\nto think big and I see my platform as a common vision for many Arts students.\nI will change the face ofthe AUS and I will do this by not just holding more\nevents at MASS, but instead having regular events every Friday with beer gardens held every second week.\nFurthermore, I don't want to just renovate MASS or glass in the underpass\nof Buchanan B for more student space; I want all Arts students coming together to leave a legacy in the form of a new Arts students' building.\nLastly, the role of general officer needs redefining and an increase to the\nnumbers for this position. This gives students more opportunity to have their\nvoices heard and their visions put forward to the AUS council. These three\nsteps lead to rebranding the AUS so that more students will feel there are\nmore events for them, that they are leaving a legacy for future Arts students,\nand that they are being better represented bythe AUS. Ifyou have any questions about these or other issues I would love to hear from you by email at jeff.\nboudreau@hotmail.com, or via Twitter @JeffBoudreaul.\nJenny Chen\nMy involvement with the AUS has been three\nyears through joining first-year committee,\nfunctioning as a social coordinator and AUS\nvice-president student life respectively. As\nVP Student Life, I have been on the executive\nteam and interacting with the Arts council and\nfaculty, which helped me gain a much better\nunderstanding ofthe AUS mechanism and its\nprocedures. Before taking up the position ofVP Student Life, I believed that\nthe core of an organization was best represented through its social events.\nWhile this idea still holds some merit, my experience this year has taught me\nthat a successful organization must be well-rounded. We must maximize Arts\nstudent benefits by addressing all aspects ofthe student experience, not just\nthe social ones.\nWith a firm grasp on institutional knowledge and innovative ideas for the\nfuture, I have a clear vision for what is required of AUS to thrive as an organization. My three years AUS experience has allowed me to gain valuable\nknowledge regarding the diverse needs of clubs, volunteers, Council members\nas well as students at large. Following this year's success, I believe AUS should\naim higher and think bigger. If elected as president, I will ensure to achieve a\nbalance among all aspects of our accomplishments.\nTo learn more about my platform or past experiences, please visit my website: www.votejenny.ca.\nHarsev Oshan\nWhat makes me different from my opponents\nis my vision for the society. I want us to work\n'^gr\ I towards seeing higher levels of engagement from\nifl |,\nEvents: 100m. 200m breaststroke\nAchievements: Gold medal at the 2010\nYouth Olympics in the 100m breaststroke\nAnnamay Pierse\nSwam for the T-Birds from\n2005-2009\nEvents: 100m. 200m breasts\nAchievements: Set a world r<\nirtha McCabe\nTrains at UBC, completed her CIS eligibility this year\nEvents: 100m. 200m breaststroke\nAchievements: Won bronze in the 200m\nbreaststroke at the 2011 World Swimming\nChampionships\nSavannah King\nCurrent UBC Thunderbird\nEvents: 400m. 800m freestyle\nAchievements: Set the Canadian\necord in the short-course 400m\nreestyle. CIS s' 03.122012\nSports 19\nSWIMMING \u00C2\u00BB\nOlympic profile:\nKing of the pool\nWill Johnson\nSenior Culture Writer\nThe best swimmers often look\nlike they're not even trying. Many\nworld-class competitors have a\nlanguid quality to their strokes, an\neffortless rhythm that gives spectators little evidence ofthe incredible\npower being generated below the\nsurface. And no one knows this better than UBC swimmer Savannah\nKing, an Olympic long-distance\nfreestyler.\nKing broke the Canadian record\nfor the short-course 400-metre\nfreestyle last month with a time\nof 4:02.76 at the CIS championships in Montreal. And she did it by\nmaintaining her deceptively powerful technique throughout the race,\nwhile her competitors slowly lost\ntheir momentum.\n\"I'm known for coming back fast\nin the back end,\" King said. \"I'm not\nas fast as the other girls going out,\nbut they know I can come back basically the same speed as I went out.\nThey know I can come home in a\nreally fast 50.\"\nKing almost even-split the race,\ncompleting the first 100 metres in\n2:00.9 and then returning in 2:01.8.\nShe got a glimpse ofthe clock while\nshe was swimming, which let her\nknow she was on track to beat the\nrecord held by retired BC swimmer\nBrittany Reimer. She eventually\nfinished six seconds ahead of her\nclosest competitor.\n\"I finished the first 100 [metres]\nin 58 seconds, and when I saw that I\nwas like, 'Well, I got this,'\" she said.\nEarlier that day, in a move reminiscent of Babe Ruth pointing to\nthe horizon, King had announced\nher intention to best the Canadian\nrecord on Facebook.\nI finished the first 100\n[metres] in 58 seconds\nand when I saw that I\nwas like, Well, I got this.'\nSavannah King\nOn setting the Canadian record in\n400-metre freestyle\n\"I posted 'The Canadian record\nis 4:03.61. Watch the clock on my\n400/ so I kind of told everyone I was\ngoingto do it,\" she said. \"Afterwards\nsomeone commented, and they were\nlike, 'You called the corner pocket,\nand then nailed it.'\"\nKing considers herself an endurance swimmer, and she currently\nholds the Canadian short-course\nrecord for the 400m, 800m and\n1500m freestyle. But she's had the\nmost success with the 400m race,\nwhich she describes as a hybrid of\nboth sprint and endurance work.\n\"In the 800m, you're going fast,\nbut it's a different type of fast. You\nhave to have as much power with\nas little effort as possible,\" she said.\n\"The 400m, though, is about speed.\nMy coach and I have been working\non a lot of stroke rate stuff, literally\ngetting the arms moving quicker.\"\nTraining consumes most of King's\nlife, taking up approximately 24\nhours a week, but she also finds time\nto take classes, workingtowards a\ndegree in kinesiology.\n\"All athletes go through it. You get\npretty good at time management, at\nbalancing everything,\" she said.\nLuckily, she describes her teammates as a second family, and said\nshe receives top-notch coaching from\nboth Tom Johnson and Steve Price.\nShe credits Johnson for helping her\nthrough a short lull a few years ago,\nafter her initial international success.\n\"Lots of swimmers hit that age,\nand they kind of plateau. Tom helped\nme through that period,\" she said.\nKing first qualified for the\nOlympics at the age of 15, and ayear\nlater she was competing in the 400m\nfreestyle in Beijing. Finishing with\nthe 19th fastest time out of 42 competitors in the qualifying heats, she\nsaid the experience was transformative. She already has the Olympic\nrings tattooed on her leg, and a gold\nOlympic ring as a souvenir from her\nfirst stint. This time, she hopes to\nqualify in more than one event.\nAnd her recent successes in\nMontreal have helped steel her resolve for the coming months, when\nshe'll have to qualify for her spot on\nthe Olympic team.\n\"I consider it a stepping stone,\"\nshe said. \"And I'm ready for the next\nstep.\" 13\nJOSH CURRAN/THE UBYSSEY\nSavannah King represented Canada at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. She hopes to represent her country once more in London\ninstant\ncash back\n& free SPC Card*\nwe make\ntaxes painle$$\nH&R BLOCK8\nFollow us on Twitter and Facebook\nhrblock.ca | 800-HRBLOCK (472-5625)\n\u00C2\u00A9 2012 H&R Block Canada, Inc. *$2Q.95 valid for regular student tax preparation only. Cash Back service included. To qualify for student pricing, student must present either (i) a T2202a documenting 4 or\nmore months of full-time attendance at a college or university during 2011 or (ii) a valid high school identification card. Expires July 31, 2012. 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Opinion \u00C2\u00BB\nB Editor- Rrian Piatt\n03.122012 | IQ\nNDIANAJOEL^HE UBYSSEY\nThe Last Word\nParting shots and snap judgments on today's issues\nSASC may not be able to survive\nas a student-run operation\nNot only have two Sexual Assault\nSupport Centre (SASC) coordinators\nresigned in the past seven months,\nbut now the outgoing coordinator\nsays that the centre was \"[not] being\nacknowledged by higher-ups as an\nimportant service.\" This is cause for\nserious examination of why it's so\ndifficult to keep SASC staffed.\nThe truth is that it will always be\ndifficult for a student union to find\nqualified personnel to run the centre.\nGive the nature of SASC, you cannot\nmake do with half-measures; you\neither need to give the centre full resources, or admit that you are unable\nto run it.\nWe have longbeen skeptical of\nthe idea that the AMS will be able to\nproperly run the SASC on its own,\nand recent events have justified this\nskepticism. The AMS should consider a partnership with the university\non sexual assualt support services to\nensure that the services are easily accessible and well-advertised.\nIn the end, while it would be nice\nto keep SASC as a entirely student-\nrun service, it's more important that\nSASC actually be able to perform the\nservices it promises.\nThe annoying sideshow of the\nGenocide Awareness Project\nOn Thursday, the Genocide\nAwareness Project (GAP) set up their\ngraphic display of aborted fetuses\noutside the SUB in order to advance\ntheir pro-life views. A small but vocal\ngroup of protesters expressed their\noutrage at the display, further incited\nby the fact that GAP showed up on\nInternational Women's Day.\nIn general, it is good for universities to have this sort of activism. Nobody's mind is likely to be\nchanged bythe heated exchange of\nviews, but everyone should still have\nthe right to make their arguments.\nWhether graphic photos such as\nGAP's should be displayed outdoors\nin a prominent location on campus\nis debatable. But we try to avoid\nthat debate, because it allows GAP\nto play the victim and make this an\nargument about free speech. In other\nwords, it becomes a total sideshow\nto the much more important debate\nabout the fact that Canada, alone\namong Western countries, has absolutely no legislation around abortion\nprocedures. That's an argument that\nreasonable and intelligent people\ncan and should have with each other,\nregardless of their position on abortion. Instead, GAP goads us into\ndistracting and pointless shout-fests,\nand for that reason more than any\nother, their presence on campus is\nunwelcome\u00E2\u0080\u0094which is not the same\nas saying they don't have the right to\nbe here.\nGetting to know our campus\nneighbours\nWith UBC having weighed in to\napprove the results of January's\nBoard and Senate elections, the\nAMS has finally learned the voting\nprivileges ofthe various affiliated\ncolleges of UBC. You know the ones,\nright? Regent College, St. Mark's,\nVancouver School of Theology, Carey\nTheological College? Do you know\nany students from there? Or what\nthey do? Or how they contribute to\nour campus community?\nIfyou don't understand what these\nthings are or how they relate to UBC,\nyou aren't alone. Even though they're\non our campus, seemingly everyyear\nthere's confusion and consternation\nwithin the AMS over whether some\nof these students deserve voting/\nUPass/medical privileges.\nWhat this demonstrates is a fundamental lack of communication to\nstudents about who comprises this\ncampus. UBC has a responsibility\nto better inform people about its affiliated groups on campus\u00E2\u0080\u0094if only\nso their contributions can be better\nrecognized.\nAn embarrassing entrance to\nthe heart of campus\nWe get a lot of amusing emails,\nbut one of our favourites came last\nmonth. It read:\n\"What's the deal with University\nBoulevard between East Mall and\nWesbrook Mall? I came here in 2008\nand the thing was closed and it's still\nmostly closed now. America invented\nthe fucking atomic bomb in less time,\nso this seems ridiculous that prettying up a road could take so long.\"\nIt is pretty sad that the main\nentrance to the heart of campus has\nbeen in a state of pseudo-construction for literally years and years. The\nfirst experience students, alumni and\nprospective students have of UBC if\nthey travel here via 10th Avenue are\nblue construction fences and a traffic\nlight that makes no sense. Aside from\nthe 2010 Olympics, when the area\nsuddenly looked nice for all the tourists, most ofthe last five years have\nseen that intersection resemble our\nsports editor after a night of heavy\ndrinking.\nUBC has lots of excuses for why\nthis road can never be in stable\ncondition. But the real reason is\nthat they've been trying to figure out what to do with that area\nof campus for a decade. Campus\nand Community Planning has had\nplenty of ideas for the area (high-\nrise condos, heavy retail space, an\nunderground bus loop, removingthe\nKnoll), and all of these ideas were\neventually discredited bythe public.\nThe David Strangway building has\nbeen the only successful development in the area.\nSo please, UBC, get on it already.\nMost of this campus looks like a\nmillion bucks. Let's have our central\nintersection at least be worth pocket\nchange.\nStay skeptical about YouTube\nlectures\nThere is not much more to say about\nthe Kony campaign that hasn't been\nsaid elsewhere. But the one thing we\nmight add to the conversation is this:\nbeware ofthe influence TED Talks\nhas had on political activism.\nSmartly packaged videos are great\nfor getting introduced to a subject-\nbut they are also easily manipulated\nto give distorted views ofthe situation. The only cure for this is the\nsame thing that has always been\navailable, regardless of technology: a\nlengthy and nuanced discourse by an\nacknowledged expert.\nIfyou want to get involved in a political campaign, first take advantage\nofthe wealth of knowledge available\nat a large university like UBC, and\ntalk to professors who have spent\nmuch of their lives studyingthese\nsubjects. At the very least, just avoid\nthe temptation to start proselytizing after a few minutes of YouTube\ninstruction. 13\nProblems with Totem\nand scholarships\nLetters\nRe: \"Chancellor's Scholar Award\nreplaces President's Entrance\nScholarship but offers no cash,\"\nMarch 5\nI was quite upset to hear that\nUBC has decided to eliminate the\nPresident's Entrance Scholarship\n(PES), a financial award recognizing\nfirst-year students for high school\nacademic achievement. It is pathetic\nthat UBC is doing away with this\nfinancial award and opting for a\ndistinction that will only appear on\na student's transcript. This change\nis completely misguided. Students\ndepend on scholarship money to help\npay for BC's risingtuition fees and\nthe out-of-control livings costs in\nVancouver.\nBack when I applied for university,\nI realized quickly that UBC was one\nofthe stingiest universities. Queen's\nand the University of Ottawa offered\nto almost completely pay for my four\nyears based on my academic achievement. I support greater funding for\nWork Study (which will be receiving\n$2.5m ofthe $6.1m which went to the\nPES), but this should not come at the\nexpense of scholarship funding.\nI find it alarming that UBC is reallocating PES funding for Go Global.\nDon't get me wrong, I support\ntravel-abroad opportunities, but this\nre-allocation means thatyou could\nbe taking money away from students\nwho financially may never be able\nto afford travelling abroad, but were\ndepending on that added financial\nassistance to cover basic domestic\ntuition fees.\nRather than eliminating financial\nawards, this university should be\nincreasing the availability of scholarships and financial aid. Oh, but I forgot, this might require UBC administration to call out the BC Liberals for\nyears of underfunding education in\nthe province.\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094 Andy Longhurst\nGeography 4\nRe: \"Totem hot water problems\nresolved, for the most part,'\"\nMarch 5\nIn regards to the recent attention\npaid to the new Totem Park houses,\nwe have seen the power that the\npress can do. Housing has the reputation and image of their new building to uphold, which is why we saw\nquick action and compensation for\nthose residents.\nHowever, within the old buildings,\nwe are faced with so much more. As I\nwrite this email in my lounge, I look\naround and see outlets with exposed\nwires that spark as I try and plug my\nlaptop in. There are also numerous\nresidents who have to leave their\nfloors and houses for the luxury of a\nwarm shower. Yes, the term luxury\nis necessary when referringto our\nwater quality here in Totem.\nIn the end, we don't want compensation, we don't want housingto cut\nus a cheque telling us it will be fixed\n(though it would be nice). All we\nwant is to know when we go to bed,\nor wake up we will have the ability to\nshower and have access to the amenities that we deserve, because as of\nnow I fear my morning shower.\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094This letter was sent to us by a person\nemployed by Student Housing and\nHospitality Services, and published on\nthe condition of anonymity.\nDon't be a slacktivist\nPerspectives\n\u00C2\u00BB Blake K.Kim\nTaking down Joseph Kony is an\nadmirable cause, but Invisible\nChildren's discourse and the public\nreaction to this new Bad Guy may be\nmore problematic than beneficial for\nthe cause.\nFor those of you who are curious,\nJoseph Rao Kony is the leader of\nthe Lord's Resistance Army (LRA),\na guerilla group who were set on\na violent conquest to establish a\ntheocratic government in Uganda.\nThe LRA has abducted and forced\nan estimated 66,000 children to\nfight for them, and has also forced\nthe internal displacement of over 2\nmillion people since their rebellion\nbegan in 1986. The International\nCriminal Court has labelled him\nas a war criminal, but Kony has\nevaded capture since his disappearance into the Democratic Republic\nof Congo.\nIf you've seen Invisible Children's\nKony 2012 video, you wouldn't need\nthese numbers to convince you that\nKony is a villain. Based on these\nheinous crimes, it makes sense for\nus capable Westerners to do something. The combination of child\nsoldiers, raping of women and indiscriminate killing rouses us from our\nprivileged slumber. One passionate Facebook status I found on my\nnewsfeed summed up the public\nsentiment neatly: \"Kony, we're coming for you.\"\nSo, what can you do? Well, accordingto Invisible Children, you\ncould purchase their 'action kit,'\nwhich gets you a bracelet, a book,\nsome posters and a T-shirt. That'll\nbe $30. Or there is another dynamic\npath of action you can take to promote this cause: you can Facebook\nit. Hit that share button on that video, join that Kony Movement group\nand click ATTEND to the Kony 2012\nCover the City, and...relax. Invisible\nChildren, with the help ofyour\ndonations and advocacy, is goingto\nfigure it all out.\nOr are they? The ideological\nand logistical integrity of Invisible\nChildren Inc. has been under the\ncritical eye for years. The best of\nthis criticism can be seen at Grant\nOyston's blog, www.visiblechildren.\ntumblr.com.\nAt this point, the best thing we can\ndo is to turn our focus towards the\ntrue causes of this malaise: poverty\nand corruption, which provide social\nand economic atmospheres for atrocities like this to happen in the first\nplace. Although activism and spreading awareness is good, Facebook\nslacktivism (also known as active\ncomplacency), will never bring Kony\nto justice. Sol urge you to get up\nfrom your armchairs, and ifyou are\ntruly passionate about this cause, do\nyour research and make a dynamic,\nwell-informed and nuanced impact\non this movement. Maybe then, after\nthe dust has settled and the Facebook\nbandwagon has long gone, we'll see\nKony at The Hague. 13 Scene\u00C2\u00BB\nPictures and words on your university experience\n03.12.2012 | 11\nSEX\u00C2\u00BB\nHow satisfying suppers\nlead to sensuous sex\nGEOFF LISTER/THE UBYSSEY\n\"The meal you eat before going home with someone anticipates the type of sex you will have.\"\nHappy\nHealthy\nHomy\nRaevenGeist-\nDeschamps\nImagine yourself breathing in\nthe clean, fruity smell of a freshly\nwaxed car. Or experiencing the\numami of soft goat's cheese with\nslightly dried sweet fig in your\nmouth. Or feeling yourself sensually melt into your shots of Jack\nDaniels, knowing that the throaty\nburn anticipates sheet-shuffling.\nAnd Coors Light tastes like a one\nnight stand and sipping wine is like\nthe dark handsome person you flirt\nwith till you purple-mouth yourself\ninto their pants.\nIsabel Allende wrote an entire\nbook examining the relationship\nbetween sex and taste, associating\nthe ability to appreciate food with\nerotic fascination. M.K. Fisher, a\nfood writer, wrote a short story\nabout a young virgin so nervous\nabout losing his cherry that he ate\n76 oysters and then promptly felt\ntoo sick to meet his lover.\nI spent many nights arguing with\na Frenchman about how a person's\nability to gush over food unveils\ntheir appreciation for sins ofthe\nflesh. He said that the invention\nof North American fast food was\nparallel to the pallid performances\nof Canadians and Americans in\nbed. Fast food has no soul or sense\nof romance, he would say, unlike\ndrawing out a meal till it's appreciated in full.\nMcDonald's develops a culture of quickies. Another one of\nmy friends says the meal you eat\nbefore going home with someone\ncompletely foreshadows the type\nof sex you have. Ifyou go out for a\nfancy, sensual date with wine and\ndessert\u00E2\u0080\u0094four courses and playing\nfootsie\u00E2\u0080\u0094you'll make love sensually, because it's first-date sex. And\nif you've been with the person for\na long time, you're still going to\nhave amazing sex because it's a\ncelebration. But if you've been with\nsomeone a longtime, your falafel\ndinner means bra-on, pants-down-\nto-ankles, maintenance sex.\nThe invention of fast\nfood runs parallel to the\npallid performances of\nCanadians and\nAmericans. McDonald's\ndevelops a culture of\nquickies.\nIn the doldrums of this midterm\nseason, amongst the splashes of\nraindrops and insanity of stress-\nfilled library hours, perhaps you'll\nallow yourself to eat\u00E2\u0080\u0094silently,\nslowly\u00E2\u0080\u0094grasping what texture actually feels like, rather than shoveling cold Honor Roll rice down your\ngullet with a side of fatty eel. I've\nheard of gurus givingtheir students\na grape and telling them to spend\n20 minutes consuming it, skin and\npulpy interior. It's supposed to be\nan exercise in experience, but what\nI think it comes down to is that a\nperson who doesn't connect with\ntheir palate cannot possibly titillate\ntheir pelvis. 13\nDO YOU WANT THE CHANCE TO EARN\nthis Summer?\"\nH0O8 AH Star Team\nwww.PropertyStarsJobs.co\nUBCREC\nJOSH CURRANflHEUBYSSEY\nA cyclist competes in UBC Rec's Triathlon/Duathlon on Sunday. Most athletes enjoyed the accomplished feeling that came with\ncompleting the arduous swim/bike/run, but victory came with some downsides. Worst part of the Tri? Chafing, tweeted one\nparticipant.\nThink this\nnewspaper\nsucks?\nThink that\nit's pretty\ngood-but\nyou could\ndo better?\nYou're in luck.\nElections for the\n2012/13\neditorial board begin\nlater this month. Ten\neditorial positions are\nopen to candidates\nwho will be UBC students next year. 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