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GO TO:\nHTTPS/USTREAM.TV/CHANNEI/AMS-ELECTIONS-201Q/\nFOR A LIST OF DEBATE TIMES, CHECK OUT PAGE 2.\nM O N D A Y^H ^%\n2010.01.18\nWEATHER\n19 SHOWERS\n20 CLOUDY\n21 CLOUDY\n759\nSUNRISE\n4:48\nSUNSET\t\nUBC BY NUMBERS\n84 DAYS TIL END OF TERM\n1 WEEK TIL AMS ELECTIONS\n240,000 UBC ALUMNI\n870,000 FULL-TIME UNIVERSITY\nSTUDENTS IN CANADA\nNEWS BRIEFS\nMORE CANDIDATES DROP OUT OF\nAMS ELECTIONS\nAMS presidential candidate Bijan Ahmadian has dropped out of the Board\nof Governors race.\n\"I had signed up for both races\nin order to meet the nomination\ndeadline, but I was always clear that\nI'd only run in one race,\" Ahmadian\nexplained in an e-mail interview.\n\"I needed time to reflect on the\ndecision [to run for president] carefully...In the end, I decided to run for\nAMS president in order to repair the\nbroken relationships between AMS\nand everyone else who makes decisions for students.\"\nAdditionally, Guessy Wang has\ndropped out of the international\nstudent representative race, and Kyle\nWarwick has withdrawn his name\nfrom the race for the Student Legal\nFund Society.\nINTERIM PRESIDENT APPOINTED\nAT U OF A\nLast Thursday, the University of\nAlberta's Student Council appointed Zach Fentiman, VP Operations\nand Finance, as president after\nformer president Kory Mathewson\nresigned due to personal reasons\nIn an in-camera meeting, Counci\ndecided to avoid the costs of a by-\nelection and elect Mathewson's\nreplacement by secret ballot.\nTwo candidates were nominated, Arts councilor Jon Mastel\nand Fentiman. After presenting\ntheir platforms and answering\nquestions, 21 votes gained Fentiman the presidency.\n\"I do appreciate the faith that\nCouncil has placed in me, and\ntherefore the faith students have\nplaced in me,\" Fentiman told\nThe Gateway, \"[Over] the next\nfour months, the SU is going into\nsome critical discussions and\nnegotiations for students. We\ndo have a series of obstacles we\nneed to overcome, but I'm confident that we can.\" Fentiman wil\nserve until the end of the term on\nApril 30 when the position will be\nfilled by the candidate selected in\nMarch's general election\nHSTREBATE FOR UBC\nThe Government of British Columbia\nhas decided to give an HST rebate to\nuniversities, much to UBC's pleasure.\nThis will give eligible universities a\nrebate of 75 per cent and, according\nto the Government of BC's website,\nwill \"ensure that, on average, these\ninstitutions pay no more tax [than\nthey presently do] when HST is\nimplemented.\"\n\"This action on the HST rebate\nunderscores the government's\ncommitment to post secondary\neducation in British Columbia,\" said\npresident Stephen Toope. \"This\npolicy decision will ensure that post\nsecondary institutions will continue\nto have the resources necessary\nto provide quality education, leading edge research and excellent\nservices to students.\" *vU 2/UBYSSEY.CA/EVENTS/2010.01.18\nJANUARY IS, 2010\nVOLUME XCI, N\u00C2\u00B0 XXXIII\nEDITORIAL\nCOORDINATING EDITOR\nPaul Bucci: coordinating@ubyssey.ca\nNEWS EDITOR\nSamantha Jung: news@ubyssey.ca\nASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR\nSarah Chung: schung@ubyssey. ca\nCULTURE EDITOR\nKate Barbaria : culture@ubyssey.ca\nASSOCIATE CULTURE EDITOR\nJohnny Wakefield: jwakefieki@ubyssey.ca\nSPORTS EDITOR\nJustin McElroy : sports@ubyssey.ca\nIDEAS EDITOR\nTrevor Record: ideas@ubyssey.ca\nPHOTO EDITOR\nGeraldDeo :photos@ubyssey.ca\nGRAPHICS ASSISTANT\nAnthony Goertz: graphics@ubyssey.ca\nPRODUCTION MANAGER\nVirginie Menard: production @ubyssey. ca\nCOPY EDITOR\nKatarina Grgic: copy@ubyssey.ca\nMULTIMEDIA EDITOR\nTara Martellaro : 7nultimedia@ubyssey.ca\nCONTRIBUTING EDITOR\nAshley Whillans : awhillans@ubyssey.ca\nRoom 24, Student Union Building\n6138 Student Union Boulevard\nVancouver, BCV6T lZl\ntel: 604.822.2301\nfax: 604.822.9279\nweb: www.ubyssey.ca\ne-mail: feedback @ubyssey. ca\nBUSINESS\nRoom 23, Student Union Building\nadvertising: 604.822.1654\nbusiness office: 604.822.6681\nfax: 604.822.1658\ne-mail: advertising@ubyssey ca\nBUSINESS MANAGER : Fernie Pereira\nAD TRAFFIC : Sabrina Marchand\nAD DESIGN : Chibwe Mweene\nLEGAL\nThe Ubyssey is the official student newspaper of the\nUniversity of British Columbia. 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Letters received after this point will be published\nin the following issue unless there is an urgent time\nrestriction or other matter deemed relevant by the\nUbyssey staff.\nIt is agreed by all persons placing display or\nclassified advertising that if the Ubyssey Publications\nSociety fails to publish an advertisement or if an\nerror in the ad occurs the liability of the UPS will\nnot be greater than the price paid for the ad. The\nUPS shall not be responsible for slight changes or\ntypographical errors that do not lessen the value or\nthe impact of the ad\nCONTRIBUTORS\nTin soldiers, and Ian Turner's\ncoming. Lauren Whitehead's finally\non her own. Sarah Chung hears the\ndrumming. Kristen Ford is dead in\nCynthia Koo. Gotta get down to Katie\nDangerfield. Tara Martellaro's cutting\nus down. Jonny Wakefield should\nhave been dead long ago. What if you\nknew Kate Barbaria and found Brendan Albano dead on the ground? How\ncan Maggie Zelaya run when Philip\nStorey knows? Jessica Michielin and\nSancho Mccann. Ashley Whillans and\nPaul Bucci. Justin McElroy, Katarina\nGrgic. Anthony Goertz, Gerald Deo.\nVirginie Menard. Trevor Record. Nan\nnah nah nah nah nah nah nah.\nV Canada Post Sales\nAgreement\nNumber 0040878022\nCanadian printed on^100s%\nUniversity 'reeycledpaper\nPress \__]Q\nEVENTS\nONGOING EVENTS\nUBYSSEY PRODUCTION \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Come help\nus create this baby! Learn about\nlayout and editing. Expect to be fed\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Every Sunday and Wednesday,\n2pm.\nKOERNER'S NIGHT* Join us for open\nmic night every Monday. Listen\nto the different flavours of music,\nall while enjoying a nice cold beer\nor a competitive game of pool. \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\nEvery Monday, 8:30pm onwards.\nKoerner's Pub.\nMONDAY NIGHT COMMUNITY MUSIC\n&MEAL* Like to play fun music?\nJust want to listen? Looking for\na sense of community? This is\nfor all members of the UBC community who want to have a good\nmeal and great conversation.\nAll meals are home-cooked and\nare vegetarian-friendly \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Every\nMonday, 6:30pm-8:30pm, Chapel\nof the Epiphany (6030 Chancellor\nBlvd), more info revnathanwright@\nmac.com.\nDRIPPYTOWN: VANCOUVER'S COMIC\nARTISTS ON DISPLAY* Want a different take on Vancity? The collection\nfeatures contributions from six\nlocal comic artists whose work\nprovides a look at life in Vancouver. \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Continues until Jan 31, Rare\nBooks and Special Collections in\nIKE, more info at puddingsock\nlivejournal.com.\nNOON \"FUN\" RUN \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Get healthy and\ncome run or walk. Hosted by UBC\nRec, the Noon \"Fun\" Run is about\nactive participation, wellness and\nfun that takes students on a scenic\ncourse ranging from 3 to 5 km. \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\nEvery Thursday starting Jan. 14,\nStudent Rec Centre (6000 Student\nUnion Blvd).\nAFRICA AWARENESS WEEK \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Participate in the on-campus dialogue\nabout African issues \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Opening\nNight, 6pm-7:30pm, africaconfer-\nenceweek eventbrite. com.\nROMEO & JULIET \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 \"These violent\ndelights have violent ends.\" Expect a brave and twisted approach\nto Shakespeare's iconic story of\nlovers in a dangerous time from\nMFA Directing Candidate Catriona\nLeger. Drawing from the traditions\nof bouffon, clown and cabaret, this\ntheatre-in-the-round production\nwill tickle, thrill and tantalize. Audiences will experience theatre as it\nwas meant to be - LIVE. \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Telus\nStudio Theatre, $15 for students,\nruns until Saturday, Jan. 30.\nTUESDAY, JAN. 19\nAAI CONFERENCE: AFRICAN ART AND\nPOETRY: OPEN MIC PERFORMANCES \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\nAfrica has been the source of artistic\ninspiration for many, the geopraphi-\ncal nature of Africa is an astounding\npiece of art in its own right. Join us\nin celebrating the artistic nature of\nMama Africa through art from the\nmotherland. This is a collaborative\nevent with the Nyala restaurant\nand Caribbean African Association.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 6pm-12am, Koerner's Pub, Entrance by donation, suggested $5.\nTHURSDAY, JAN. 21\nHKIN SEMINAR SERIES: OLYMPIC\nGAMES INPACT RESEARCH\u00E2\u0080\u0094HISTORICAL, CONCEPTUAL AND METH0D0L0G-\nICALCONSIDERATIONS* This seminar\nwill be given by Dr Rob Van Wyn-\nsberghe, who will be examining\nthe theorectical and methodogical\nunderpinnings of the International\nOlympic Committee's Olympic\nGames Impact research program.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 12:30pm-2pm, War Memorial\nGymnasium Room 100.\nTHEATRICAL PERFORMANCE\u00E2\u0080\u0094DISSOLVE\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Being put on for Sexual Assalt\nAwareness Month as their second\nevent, followed by a Q&A with creator and performer Meghan Gardiner. \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 7pm, Dorothy Somerset Studio\n(6361 University Blvd). $5 deposit to\nbe returned at performance.\nSPARTACUS YOUTH CLUB CLASS SERIES\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 For the Unconditional Defence of\nthe Chinese Deformed Workers\nState! For Workers Political Revolution! \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 6:30pm, UBC SUB Room\n224.\nSUNDAY, JAN. 24\nAMS ELECTION PRESENTS: HACKFEST\nBZZR GARDEN! \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Meet the candidates\nrunning to be in your student government, one day prior to the opening\nof the polls! Mingle with your opponents and campaign to students\nwho never go out to debates! Also\navailable: samosas and $2 beers! \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\nJan 24, 7pm-11pm, SUB Partyroom.\nMONDAY, JAN. 25\nGSS ELECTIONS ON-CAMPUS DEBATE\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 The Graduate Student Society\nis hosting an on-campus debate\nbetween all nominees for the\nGSS elections. Come meet your\nfuture executives and enjoy the\nfree food and beverages. One\nfree drink ticket will be issued to\nall in attendance. \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Thea's Lounge,\nGiaduate Student Centre (6371\nCrescent Rd.), 5pm-8pm. More\ninfo at elections@gss.ubcca.\nCAPTURE THE FLAG \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Teams from Science, Commerce, Engineering and\nArts will battle it out in the middle of\nthe UBC campus, using wit, speed,\nand endurance to capture the opposition's flags and claim victory\nfor their faculty. Participation is free\nfor anyone in these four faculties. \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\n2pm-4pm, Main Mall and Agricultural Road.\nTUESDAY, JAN. 26\nALLIES UNITE! COMMUNITY RALLY AND\nMARCH \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Being put on for Sexual\nAssault Awareness Month as their\nthird event. Gather for a rally and\nmarch around campus, followed\nwith refreshments. \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 4pm-6pm,\nStudent Union Building.\nGSS ELECTIONS OFF-CAMPUS DEBATE\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 The Graduate Student Society\nis hosting an off-campus debate\nat the BC Cancer Researc Centre\nbetween all nominees for the GSS\nelections. Come meet your future\nexecutives and enjoy the free food\nand beverages. \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Diamond Family Lecture Theatre, BC Cancer\nResearch Centre (675 West 10h Avenue, by Heather), 12:00pm-2pm.\nMore info at elections@gss.ubc.ca\nWEDNESDAY, JAN. 27\nJELLO WRESTLING \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Science Week's\nannual jello wrestling contest! Two\ncompetitors enter the \"ring\", each\nwith a sock (provided by SUS) on\ntheir right foot. The winner is declared\nwhen one competitor has removed\nhis/her opponent's sock. Waiver form\nrequired for participation. \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 72pm-\n7pm, SUB Ballroom.\nTHURSDAY, JAN. 28\nTOUGH GUYS: SEXUAL VIOLENCE, MEDIA, AND THE CRISIS IN MASCULINITY\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Being put on for Sexual Assault\nAwareness Month, a public lecture\nby Jackson Katz, PhD. \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 6pm, Hebb\nTheatre.\nCHEMISTRY MAGIC SHOW* Part of Science Week. Come down to see some\ninteresting chemical reactions, causing\n\u00C2\u00A9(plosions, color changes, freezing and\nother chemical phenomena! Don't miss\nyour chance to try some liquid nitrogen\nicecream! \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 1230pm-2pm, RoomB150,\nChem Building.\nFRIDAY, JAN. 29\nCOLD FUSION \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 On the last day of\nScience Week, SUS presents the\nbiggest, baddest party of the year\nwith live performances from State\nof Shock, the Veer Union and Shell\nProvider. \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 19+ event, 8pm-12am,\nSUB Ballroom, $8 tickets presold\nat the SUB Booth in the SUB Concourse during Science Week.\n\"TAKING IT PERSONALLY: WHY GENDER\nVIOLENCE IS AN ISSUE FOR MEN\" \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\nWorkshop for students being put\non for Sexual Assault Awareness\nMonth. \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 70am, Room 100, Neville\nScarfe Building (2125 Main Mall).\nSATURDAY, JAN. 30\nEXHIBITION INDIA 2010* Presented by\nthe U BC Bhangra Club, this is one show\nthat combines the sounds, sights and\nvibrancy of India in an entertainment-\nfilled night of entertainment. All ticket\nproceeds go to BC Children's Hospital.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Jan. 30,6pm-9pm, Bell Centie fa the\nPerforming Arts (6250-144th St), $15,\nFor tickets call Harman (778-865-3216)\norPuneet (778-24-4235)\nGAZA REMEMBERED* One Year Later\nHear Dr George Bisharat, Dr Mads\nGilbert, Dr Joanne Naiman and Dr\nHani Faris speak. \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Alice MacKay\nRoom, Vancouver Public Library,\n350 West Georgia, 7:30pm, Free,\nRSVP at MuslimCommunityCenter.\ncom.\nCLASSIFIEDS\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Price Reduced. 2005 Acura TL\nfully loaded, 56,000 klm. 4 doors,\nstandard, white exterior, leather\ninterior in good condition, $21,000.\nContact Calvin (778) 928 9797\nAMS ELECTION DEBATES\nSENATE-TUESDAY, JAN. 19,\n11:30AM-12:30AM,SUB CONVERSATION PIT.\nAMS PRESIDENT, VP EXTERNAL, VP\nFINANCE -WEDNESDAY, JAN. 20,\n12PM-1:30PM,NORMTHEATRE.\nVP ADMINISTRATION, BOARD OF\nGOVERNORS, VP ACADEMIC -\nTHURSDAY, JAN. 21,11:30AM-1PM,\nNORMTHEATRE.\nBOARD OF GOVERNORS, VP FINANCE,\nVP ADMINISTRATION-FRIDAY JAN.\n22,12PM-1:30PM, NORMTHEATRE.\nPRESIDENT, VP EXTERNAL, VP\nACADEMIC-MONDAY, JAN. 25,\n12PM-1:30PM, SUB CONVERSATION PIT.\nV T~r*\u00E2\u0080\u0094^\nYou're the type to save a life...\nUBC Blood\nDonor Clinic\nWhen: Wednesday, Jan.20th 2010\nWhere: 11:15 am-4:40 pm\nUBC Longhouse\n1985 West Mall\nREGENT DENTAL CENTRE\nFriEnrJIy Kitsilano nfficE that seh/es your camprEriEnsivE oWa! nEEds!\nDr. Lam\nI\n2I82 Wast Broadway,\nVancouver, BC.VGK2CB\nTel: B04.733.343l Fax: 604.733.3432\nCall 1 888 2 DONATE\nto book an appointment.\nwww.blood.ca\nCanadian Blood Services\nit's in you to give\n1 888 2 DONATE\nGOT WIND OF A SWEET EVENTYOU WANT MORE\nPEOPLE TO KNOW ABOUT? ALL EVENTS ARE FREE FOR\nUBC STUDENTS! E-MAIL US AT\nevents@ubyssey. ca. 2 010.01.18/UBYSSEY.CA/NEWS/3\nOVERHEARD\n\"After all the kerfuffle this year over the UN thing, all eyes are on Blake\nand Tim to see if they get re-elected. I wouldn't give Tim a hope in hell,\nbut Blake is a different story.\"\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094Student senator Geoff Costeloe on AMS President Blake Frederick\nand VP External Tim Chu's decisions to run in this year's elections\nGreenpeace storms stage at Ignatieff talk\nKATIE DANGERFIELD\nContributor\nOn January 15, Liberal Leader of\nthe Opposition Michael Ignatieff s\nvisit to UBC was interrupted by\nGreenpeace activists in a heated\ndemonstration.\nThe visit was part of Ignatieffs\ndesire to hold what he termed \"a\nnational conversation.\" The visit\nwas also to promote Canada\u00C2\u00AE 150:\nRising to the Challenge\u00E2\u0080\u0094a nonpartisan conference to be held in\nMarch that is dedicated to reach a\npolitically apathetic generation of\nyouth. The Norm was packed. Many\nstudents sat outside and watched\nthe speech from a screen in the\nStudent Union Building halls.\nThe low voter turnout among\nyouth during the last Canadian election is what fueled Ignatieffs opening speech. He argued that without\na high voter turnout during election\ntime, democracy fails.\n\"At the last federal election, of\nthe 18-year-olds who were eligible\nto vote for the first time\u00E2\u0080\u0094only one\nin five showed up,\" said Ignatieff.\n\"Politics based on cynicism and\nstaying at home ceases to be a democracy at aU.\"\nHowever, political disinterest\ndid not seem to be the case at UBC\nthat Friday afternoon. The turnout\nfor the event was the largest Ignatieff had seen so far.\nFelicia Lam, a UBC alumna who\nattended the event, was pleased.\n\"It's more of an information gathering than a support for a political\nplatform,\" she said. \"I don't know\ntoo much about Canadian politics,\nbut I would like to know more.\"\nIgnatieffs speech concentrated\non electoral turnout, positioning\nthe opposition party under the\nmicroscope, and challenges the\nfuture faces politically, economi-\n*nd for once the wc\nawesome,' that we\noveruse all the time,\nis truly what you feel\nwhen you're\n[at the tar sands].\nIt is awe-inspiring.\"\n^^^- Ignatieff\njdy concern fe that [the\ntarsandsjare barely\nenvironmentally\nsustainable, barely\nsocially sustainable\n...But am I proud of this ]\nindustry? You bet\"\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0Ignatieff\nMichael Ignatieff was flanked by Greenpeace protestors during his talk on Friday. GEOFF LISTER PHOTO/THE UBYSSEY\ncally and environmentally. He also\ntalked about the importance of the\nupcoming superpower nations in\nthe international community.\n\"We're in a new world. The\nmarkets of the future are going to\nbe Brazil, China, India, and yes,\nAfrica,\" said Ignatieff.\n\"So if you haven't learned Mandarin, and you haven't learned Portuguese, and you haven't learned\nsome African language, I think it\nmight be a good time to start. These\nare the things that are driving our\nfuture.\"\nThen came the question period. Ignatieff pleaded with the\ncrowd to form short and quick\nquestions\u00E2\u0080\u0094but this was not the\ncase.\nJessie Schwaz, a Greenpeace\nactivist, asked Ignatieff about his\nstance on the Alberta tar sands.\nHe was interrupted by Greenpeace\nprotesters before he could answer,\nHe thanked the protesters for\nmaking their point before saying,\n\"If you're asking me to shut down\nthe tar sands, I'll tell you, frankly, it\nis not in the international interest\nof our country to do it,\" said Ignatieff in response to the Greenpeace\nactivists.\n\"I'll give this to Greenpeace: this\nis affecting the international prestige\nof Canada and the international credibility of Canada,\" he continued. \"I get\nall that..I am not going to establish\nmy street cred by running against an\nindustry that employs thousands of\nCanadians and contributes $6 billion\nayear to the federal change.\"\nThis may not be the last demonstration Ignatieff comes across\non his tour; there is an event\nposting on the Greenpeace Canada website for his stop in Ottawa\non Monday. \"We're definitely not\ngoing to drop the issue,\" said\nSchwaz. \"It was about exposing\nhis position.\"\n\"There was a lot of talk about\nStephen Harper and his lack of\nsupport on environmental issues.\nWe didn't want the people to believe that the Liberals were doing\nany better on the state of climate\nchange,\" he added.\n\"They are another part of the\nproblem.\" tl\nUBC uses \"secretive voting procedure\"\nSARAH CHUNG\nschung@ubyssey.ca\nA recent post on UBC Insiders\nrevealed a \"secretive voting procedure\" by the UBC Board of Governors (BoG), where policies can be\npassed via e-mail, meaning that no\ndirect public consultation or public\nrecord of its process is documented.\nThe policy in question is Policy\n92, which was passed on October\n23, 2009. Student BoG representative Bijan Ahmadian described\nthe policy as \"a land use policy\"\nthat outlines the responsibilities\nthat UBC Campus and Community\nPlanning has over issues such as\n\"ground rules, traffic regulations\nand bylaws.\"\nUpon further investigation, The\nUbyssey discovered that e-mail\nvoting in the BoG has happened before, as confirmed by both student\nrepresentatives Ahmadian and\nMichael Duncan.\n\"You should go to public consultation for everything, and that's an ideal thing that the Board [of Governors]\nshould look up to, but I don't think\nthat is a requirement,\" Duncan said.\nPolicies passed through e-mail\nare called \"consent items,\" where\nthe BoG's secretary sends a mass\ne-mail to all members of the BoG\nwith the proposed policy attached.\nThe board is then asked whether or\nnot they wish to call a meeting for\na discussion. If no member of the\nBoG makes a request for a meeting,\nthen the policy is assumed to be\npassed unanimously.\nIn most other cases, policy development on the BoG begins on ad\nhoc committees\u00E2\u0080\u0094smaller, specialized groups that debate policies\non issues such as finance, property and planning and governance.\nThese committees generally draft\nthe motions that come before the\nboard.\nAhmadian said that e-mail\nvoting is used when an item is\n\"missed on the agenda\" or when\nsomething is a \"really urgent and\npressing matter.\"\n\"It's a very, very rare way of passing things,\" Ahmadian explained.\nDuncan said he recalls at least one\nother incident when this process\nhas been used this year.\nAhmadian added that Policy 92\nwas a reaction to Metro Vancouver's\nproposal to impose zoning guidelines on campus that poses a threat\nto UBC's governance and infringes\nupon their academic freedom.\n\"We were defensive,\" said Ahmadian \"When Metro Vancouver came\naround and questioned our [governing] practices we kind of felt like we\nwere under an attack\"\nStephen Owen, UBC's VP external,\nlegal and community relations, said\nthat Policy 92 was a result of three\nyears of developing UBC's \"land use\npractices\" by its Campus and Community Planning committee.\nUnlike Ahmadian, Owen claimed\nthat \"electronic mail confirmation\"\nis \"not that unusual...something\ntransitive.\" He then added that\nthere is \"no municipality that I\nknow of in British Columbia that\nhas the extensive public consultations [as UBC does].\"\nStill, Duncan expressed concern\nabout electronic voting at the time.\n\"I am under the personal belief\nthat passing things through e-mail\nis not the most effective way,\" he\nsaid. He said that he had interest in\nbringing this transparency issue to\nthe BoG, but had been pressed for\ntime. \"I did not have the time to\nlook at all of those policies, but [I]\nwould have addressed the issue,\"\nhe said.\nAhmadian said Duncan did not\nmake the effort. \"He as a board member has the right to call a meeting, and\nmy understanding is that he never\ndid,\" he said. \"If you take an interest\nin front of a mirror, it doesn't make\nany difference. You have to write an\ne-mail [saying] Td like to make a request [to call a meeting].'\"\nAhmadian admitted that the\npassing of Policy 92 was \"enclosed,\" but argued that it was\npassed legitimately because there\nhad been \"a substantial amount\nof discussion\" on it among members of the BoG and because both\nstudent representatives were previewed on all the discussions \"in\nthe back room.\"\nAhmadian puts trust in the university adrninistration. \"I've not\ngone so far as investigating whether\nor not this is legitimate,\" he said. \"I\nhave sort of trusted that UBC would\nentertain a practice like this where\nit is legitimate, and we have very\nsmart people at UBC that make sure\nthat it is legitimate.\"\nThe province also does not prohibit the public university from\nmaking their own rules about\npassing policies giving procedural\nand contextual freedom to the\ninstitution.\n\"It's not up to us,\" said Craig\nMacBride, the public affairs officer\nof the Ministry of Advanced Education and Labour Market Development. \"Universities, we fund them,\nbut...they are pretty much autonomous institutions.\"\n\"Any rules for the board basically\nare made by the board.\"\n\"We already had a good sense on\nwhat the public wanted,\" Ahmadian\nsaid. \"[BoG] just put it in writing\nso that it's 'clear, predictable,\nconsistent.'\"\n\"There was never an intention to\ndo anything deceiving here.\" va\nA UBCity?\nJUSTIN MCELROY\nsports@ubyssey.ca\nIs UBC a city? It depends on what you\nlook at. It has a unique and defined\ngeographical base, a local police\nforce that everyone knows and loves\n(ahem), a permanent population\nbase, a commercial sector, development happening all over the place,\nas well as a popular elected mayor.\nSee what I did there? Yes, UBC\nis basically a city. No, we don't have\nany sort of municipal government.\nBetween the UNA, Electoral Area A\njoint committees, and consultation\ngroups, students are subjected to a\nseries of byzantine structures that\neffectively places them as cogs in an\nacademic-corporate oligarchy. Which\nis interesting from a political sociological point of view, but disheartening for students actually living in it.\nLet's recap the last nine months.\nTHE GOOD\nThe BC Supreme Court ruled that\nUBC was illegally issuing parking\ntickets and towing cars, as they did\nnot have the power to do so as a\nuniversity.\nThe BC Privacy Commissioner\nruled that UBC's non-academic arms,\nsuch as Properties Trust, were in fact\npublic organizations that had to be\npublic with their information.\nMetro Vancouver issued a scathing report pointing out that UBC\nlacked the municipal authority to\nzone and develop the way they do,\nand threatened to intervene.\nTHE BAD\nThe provincial government flagrantly ignored the Supreme Court's\nruling on parking, retroactively\namending the University Act to give\nUBC that power. Oh, and unlimited\npower on noise bylaws too.\nUBC alleged that Metro Vancouver's proposals were a \"threat\nto academic freedom,\" a claim so\nbogus it's been derided by student\npoliticians of all stripes. They have\nsince passed a secret board policy\nthat states their ability to control\nall zoning on campus, and have\nstarted to negotiate with the provincial government a way out of Metro\nVancouver\u00E2\u0080\u0094which would eliminate\nthe one municipal check on UBC.\nAll said, it isn't a pretty picture. It's\nabundantly clear that the university is a public organization that has\nbeen running like a private corporation. It's also clear that the university\nwill do all they can to maintain that\nadvantage. This may benefit UBC,\nthe UNA and the RCMP, but there's\nno doubt that students are left out in\nthe cold in this arrangement.\nwhat's to be done, you ask? Well,\nwe're about to have a new AMS president. The the last three years, when\nstudents have banded together and\nactually used their numbers to pressure the government, they've been\nsuccessful. The underground bus\nloop. High athletic fees. The UBC\nFarm. The two main candidates for\npresidential office, Bijan Ahmadian\nand Natalie Swift, haven't talked\nmuch about UBC's governance yet.\nHere's hoping they do soon, tl 4 /UBYSSEY.CA/ NEWS/2 010.01.18\nYOUR PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES\nAhmadian full of passion and drive\nCritics argue his viewpoints do not match those of students\nSAMANTHAJUNG\nnews@ubyssey.ca\nAMS presidential candidate Bijan\nAhmadian is someone whom\npeople would call a \"model student.\"\nBorn in Iran, he moved to Canada in\n1998. Ahmadian completed his degree\nin engineering physics in 2007, and is\nnow in his third year of study at UBC's\njoint MBA and Law program.\nAfter ayear as AMS Ombudsperson,\nAhmadian started gaining ground in\nstudent politics as a student faculty\nrepresentative of the UBC Vancouver\nSenate, a position he held from 2003\nto 2006. From there, he was elected\nas one of two representatives on the\nUBC Board of Governors (BoG) in the\n2008/2009 school year. He is now\nserving his second term on the BoG\nwith former AMS president Michael\nDuncan\nSo as a 30-year-old student with\nan impressive resume, why is Ahmadian running for AMS president?\nHe said that it is because he feels\nfrustrated with the leadership of\nthe AMS over the past few years.\n\"Students are being constantly\nsabotaged by irresponsible leadership in the AMS,\" he said. \"I felt\nthe sense of obligation to...[put]\nstudents back in the driver's seat.\"\nHowever, some critics have argued that Ahmadian's viewpoints\nare \"too close\" to that of the university and do not necessarily reflect\nthose of students. He used to be\nUBC President Stephen Toope's\nresearch assistant, and has served\non the Board of Governors for the\npast two years, siding with the\nboard on a number of controversial\nissues, including the proposed underground bus loop.\nBijan Ahmadian is running for President. GERALD DEO PHOTO/THE UBYSSEY\nAhmadian disagrees. \"I've\nalways fought for students' interests,\" he said, citing his efforts to\nlobby against the building of an\nend-of-life care centre near first-\nyear residences on campus as an\nexample.\nA contentious point during the interview was the issue of tuition, a hot\nbutton topic across campus this year.\nThe university is looking to lobby the\nprovincial government to remove the\ntwo per cent cap on tuition, meaning\npotentially large increases in tuition\nacross the campus.\nWhile Ahmadian did not explicitly say that he is for the proposed\nremoval ofthe cap, he said that \"the\nuniversity needs to maintain its\nfinancial position so that the future\ngeneration of students get the same\nquality of education that we get.\"\n\"It would be selfish of us, knowing what happens to the value of\nmoney, to not increase tuition by\ntwo per cent....Students and the\nuniversity are essentially after the\nsame thing. They both want better accessibility when it comes to\neducation.\"\nAs to whether there should be a\nseat on AMS Council for students\nwith disabilities, Ahmadian said\nthat he will maintain that Council\nis not the place for such a seat. \"It's\nvery challenging if you try to give\none marginalized student privileged access but exclude others,\" he\nsaid.\nAhmadian has faith that students have the power to work with\nthe university. \"If you can find a\nway to work with the [UBC] administration,\" he said, \"you can actually\nget things done for students that are\nvery tangible.\"\nOn Thursday: Natalie Swift's leadership background and Sean Kim's\nfocus on the student experience, tl\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094with files from Justin McElroy\nAMS elections 101\nASHLEY WHILLANS\nawhillans@ubyssey.ca\nThe 2010 AMS elections begin today,\nand they feature an assortment of\nnew and old.\nWHAT'S NEW\nOnline voting\nThe elections committee is hoping\nto encourage students to vote, cut\ndown on costs and reduce waste.\nVoting will therefore take place\nonline, with only two paper polling\nstations for students who do not\nhave CWL logins. However, there\nwill be online polling booths across\ncampus.\nPenalty box\nThis is a notification on the elections website that will inform students about any infractions candidates commit, including incurred\nwarnings. The penalty box was\nimplemented this year in order to\nincrease candidate accountability.\n\"[The Penalty Box]...helps communicate to voters how their candidates...are acting during campaign\nperiods,\" explained Ricardo Bortolon, chief returning officer of the\nelections committee.\nWHAT'S NOT (NEW)\nSlates\nWhile there are many new aspects\nof the elections this year, the AMS\nmaintains its policy against slates.\nA slate is when individual candidates affiliate themselves with one\nanother.\nWHO TO WATCH\nThe most interesting race to\nwatch will be AMS president,\naccording to Mitch Wright, a\nformer AMS Arts representative and current writer for the\nindependent media source UBC\nSpectator.\nWright predicts that the race for\npresidency \"will be probably between Bijan [Ahmadian] and Natalie JSwift].\"\n\"But again, it's really tough\nto say,\" he added. \"[Ahmadian]\nhas a lot of experience, probably\ntoo much experience,\" he joked.\n\"[Swift] is also going to be a great\ncandidate....I've found her very\nimpressive.\"\nGeoff Costeloe, current AMS\nstudent-at-large senator, begs to\ndiffer. He told The Ubyssey in an\ne-mail interview that while the VP\nexternal and presidential races\nare \"certainly the most important, repairing the AMS' broken\nimage should be the priority,\nand I have faith that the winners\nof both of those races, provided\nthey are not incumbents, will accomplish [this].\"\nCosteloe said that Senate will\nbe the most interesting race, due\nto the large number of candidates and the possibility of president Blake Frederick taking one\nof the five spots, despite what he\nreferred to as the \"UN Kerfuffle\"\nof last December.\nWHY THE ELECTIONS ARE\nIMPORTANT\nCosteloe and Wright both agreed\non the importance of student\nvoting.\n\"Some pretty dramatic things\nhave been happening [in the AMS],\"\nsaid Costeloe. \"If students feel like\nactions over the last year didn't\nrepresent them then they need to\nhave their voices heard, he said.\n\"This year the politicians are really\nlistening.\" ^J\namS Insider weekly\nstudent society\na weekly look at what's new at your student society\n01.18.10\nNEED TO PRINT A\nBANNER\nFORYOURNEXT\nEVENT?\nNEW AT\nCOPYRIGHT!\nLARGE FORMAT\nPRINTING\nSUB Lower Level\nFULL\nCOLOUR\n$5.00\nSQ/FT\nJ\nStuff White People Like\nChristian\nLander\nVOTE VOICE\nVote in your AMS Elections\nJanuary 25th-29th\nt\n$$ Elections JT\nwww.ams.ubc.ca/elections\n..%*\u00C2\u00BB\nSafeJ\nWalk/\n604-822-5355\nTravelling late at night?\nAfraid of going alone?\nCall Safewalk, a free service\nwhere a co-ed team will take\nyou anywhere you need to\ngo on campus.\nDon't walk alone!\nU-Pass holders are exempt\nfrom the YVR AddFare.\nU-Pass holders do not\nneed to pay the additional\n$5.00 fee to take the\nCanada Line to the airport. For\nmore information visit\nwww.ams.ubc.ca.\nHow well do you know\nyour Canadian trivia? t\u00C2\u00A3\nDrop by any AMS food outlet to pick up your\ncontest entry form and enter to win!\nJust answer 49 Canadian trivia questions correctly\nand you could win a front row reserved table for\nyou and 10 friends at the Pit Pub to watch the Gold\nMedal hockey game on February 28th. Beverages\nand all you can eat pizza and wings are included!\nGift certificates for AMS food outlets will also be\nawarded for 2nd through 5th place!\nC D E E lOOfr. ,\nfltb for any UBC Athletic *\n^m_\_p**w_m^m_m Event at the Outpost m\nTICKETS First come, first serve.\nVOLUNTEERS\nAMS Safety Office is looking for volunteers to be part of\n\"Safe-Team\". Successful applicant will be provided with First Aid\ntraining. For further info or to apply, email safety@ams.ubc.ca\nThe Sexual Assault Support Centre is looking\nfor volunteers. Our next orientation is on\nJanuary 29,30, and 31.\nPlease contact us if you would like to attend:\nsasc@ams.ubc.ca, 604.827.5180\nSASC\nSexual Assault Support Centre\nSTAY UP TO DATE WITH THE AMS\nFacebook:\nUBC Alma Mater Society\ny Twitter:\nAMSExecutive 2010.01.18/UBYSSEY.CA/CULTURE/5\nCULTURE\nDID YOU KNOW?\nEDITOR KATE BARBARIA\u00C2\u00BBculture@ubyssey.ca\nASSOCIATE JONNY WAKEFIELD\u00C2\u00BBculture@ubvssev.ca\nPuSh, the International Performing Arts Festival, is coming up soon. Starting on\nthe 20th, PuSh will include Jerk, a chilling one-man play about David Brooks, an\naccomplice in the 1970s Houston Mass Murders. Similarly dark, though delightfully so, is Nevermore-The Imaginary Life and Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe.\nPresenting a fantastical rendition of the Gothic dreamscape of Poe's life, Nevermore\nis a whimsical and beautiful piece of musical theatre not to be missed. Details at\npushfestival.ca.\nHip Hop Karaoke kicks it in Terminal City\nAfter storming through Toronto, hip hop karaoke surges into the Fortune Sound Club in Chinatown\nJESSICA MICHIELIN\nContributor\nThe lyrics of Notorious B.I.G.'s Dead\nWrong filtered through the speakers\nat the Fortune Sound Club in Chinatown. DJ Seko of the local DJ collective, The Freshest, provided the\nbeat. The audience gathered close to\nthe stage with their heads bobbing.\nThe twist? The entertainment\nwas not courtesy of a professional\nhip hop artist, but rather of Amber\nHarder and Emmelia Gordon, two\nparticipants in Volume 1 of Hip\nHop Karaoke Vancouver.\nHarder and Gordon were excited\nabout their performance. The first\ntwo of a handful of female emcees\nto perform, the duet garnered an\nenthusiastic response from the\ncrowd.\n\"I feel it went really well,\" said\nGordon, despite having been nervous and originally apprehensive\nabout appearing on stage.\nHarder echoed her partner's\npost-performance sentiments, adding that she thought the event was\na great idea, and that she was really\nglad it had come to Vancouver.\nHip hop karaoke began in New\nYork City in 2004. The feedback\nwas positive, spurring subsequent\nevents in Toronto and the UK.\nThe December 7 show at Fortune\nmarked hip hop karaoke's debut\nin the Pacific Northwest. Chad\nIverson and Paul Gibson-Tigh are\nresponsible for establishing a night\nin Vancouver.\n\"It's impossible not to hear\nabout it. It's so huge in Toronto,\"\nsaid Gibson-Tigh, a native of\nthe eastern city who has been\nto hip hop karaoke shows in his\nhometown.\nInitial reaction to the event was\nsupportive, said Iverson, adding\nthat a lot of people he had heard\nfrom were excited the event had\nfinally come west.\nThe premiere drew over 160\npeople. The night's host, DJ Flipout,\nbegan the show by performing \"My\nPhilosophy\" by Boogie Down Productions. Between songs impromptu break dancing battles took place.\nUnlike traditional karaoke in\nwhich the lyrics to songs appear\non a screen, performers at hip hop\nkaraoke either come knowing their\ntracks or they are provided sheet\nmusic. Before the show started,\nemcees were seen sitting around\nthe perimeter ofthe club, practicing\ntheir verses.\n\"None of my friends listen to\nrap,\" said Matt Day, an eager participant. \"I'm cool with that. It's\nfun to pretend you're a rap star. It's\nfun to pretend you're the centre of\nattention.\"\nWhen it came time to take the\nstage, Day stumbled at points,\nbut the audience was receptive,\nencouraging him to continue. In\nfact, the crowd of hip hop enthusiasts showed support for nearly all\nof the performers.\nIf you're interested in participating, dates for the next\ntwo shows have been set and\na Facebook group has been\ncreated for the events. If you\nwould like to perform, Iverson\nand Gibson-Tigh ask that you\nsend an e-mail to hhkvancou-\nver@gmail.com along with\nyour name, song choice and\nartist.\nAs the next show approaches\nthe coordinators eagerly anticipate what will unfold. Both Iverson and Gibson-Tigh agree Hip\nhop keraoke provides an arena\nfor local emcees to showcase\ntheir talent, as well as an opportunity for the Vancouver hip\nhop scene to carve out a place\nfor itself among the already-\nestablished cities.\n\"The west coast hip hop scene\nhas a little bit of a chip on its\nshoulder to prove itself,\" said\nGibson-Tigh, \"I think that they\nwill be hungry.\"\nHip Hop Karaoke Volumes 2\nand 3 are going down January\n18 and February 15, respectively. All shows are at Fortune\nSound Club, 147 Pender St. E.\nDoors open at 9pm, free cover\nbefore 10:30pm. \l\nSTEPHANIE FINDLAY& GERALD DEO ILLUSTRATION/THE UBYSSEY\nTHOUSANDS\nSWEAR BY\nFIND OUT WHY\nbcit.ca\nIt's your career.\nGet it right.\nTeach English\nAbroad\nTESOL/TESL Teacher Training\nCertification Courses\n* Intensive 60-Hour Program\n* Classroom Management Techniques\n* Detailed Lesson Planning\n* ESL Skills Development\n* Comprehensive Teaching Materials\n* Interactive Teaching Practicum\n* Internationally Recognized Certificate\n* Teacher Placement Service\n* Money-Back Guarantee Included\n* Thousands of Satisfied Students\nOXFORD SEMINARS\n604-683-3430/1-800-269-6719\nwww.oxfordseminars.ca\ns\nEARN 20.00\nFOR RESEARCH\nSURVEY!\nIs your first language neither\nEnglish orFrench?\nDid you immigrate to Canada\nbefore your 14th birthday?\nAre you enrolled in a\nCanadian University?\n$$$\nIf so, wc would like to hear\nabout your experiences in\nCanadian schools and\nuniversities. We will pay up\nto 500 students $20.00 to\ncomplete a 20 - 30 minute\nonline questionnaire. Please\nshare your views at:\nsarveymonkey.eom/s/6SD LCVM\nYOU HAVE WOWERFUl TASTE IN\nMUSIC, MOVIES ANP LIFE IN GENERAL,\nAPMIT IT.\nTHEREFORE, YOU SHOULP\nCONTRIBUTE TO THE U&YSSEY\nCONTACT US AT culture@ubyssey.ca. 6/UBYSSEY.CA/CULTURE/2010.01.18\nWhose grooves are whose?\nPlunderphonics and your right to sample music\nSANCHO MCCANN\nContributor\n\"What did you get Charlie Brown?\nI got a...I got a...I...I...I gotta.,.1 gotta\nrock...\"\nWhat began as a sample from\nthe Peanuts Halloween Special is\nnow the intro to Kid Koala's Trick\nn Treatz. The Vancouver-born,\nMontreal-based turntablist is just\none more artist making extensive\nuse of samples.\nAnyone who's been tuned into\nmusic knows that the sample has\nbecome a staple of composition,\nused as a musical technique and\nsometimes even taking the role of\nan instrument. Some genres have a\nreputation for being more sample\nbased\u00E2\u0080\u0094electronic styles, hip hop,\nturntablism\u00E2\u0080\u0094but even rock groups\nlike Coldplay recognize that a good\nsample can't be passed up. Cold-\nplay's \"Talk\" makes use of a line\nfrom Kraftwerk's \"Computer Love,\"\napparently only after some begging\nby Chris Martin.\nThe devices used to bring samples together into a new composition are varied: analog tape, turntables, digital samplers, and, in the\npast decade, computer software.\nThe relative ease with which even\namateur producers can sample\nraises issues related to intellectual\nproperty and the rights of an artist.\nIf a producer samples a drum track\nfrom one song, a bassline from\nanother, adds some horn stabs of\ntheir own, and then drops lyrics on\ntop of it all to make a new musical\nproduct\u00E2\u0080\u0094whose property is it?\nCan you use that bassline in your\nsong? Is the music that you create\nfree to be cut up by others and used\nin their original productions?\nLegal precedent is clear: the creators of the\nwork own the copyrights. This\nusually means the songwriter\n(who created the song or musical\nwork) and the recording studio\n(who created the actual recording). If you're going to use part\nof somebody else's work in your\nsong, unless you get permission\nfrom the copyright holder, you're\nliable. You might have to pay\nroyalties down the line and could\neven be required to stop distributing your new piece.\nNot all samples leave you open\nto this risk. If the sample you chose\ndoesn't take distinct traits of the\noriginal work, or didn't require any\nspecial skill, then it might not even\nbe copyrightable...go ahead and\nsample! Of course, what makes a\nsample distinct or requiring skill is\nnot so clear-cut.\nIf you've determined you'll\nneed permission for your sample,\nhow do you actually go about getting permission to use it? You'll\nneed to contact the copyright\nholders, and work out a contract\nto use their sounds. If that sounds\ntoo difficult, use a sample clearance service. These companies do\na lot of the difficult work for you.\nThey'll know who to contact and\nwhat information you'll need to\nprovide.\nThere are other takes on the proper role of copyrights in art-making.\nThe 2009 Vancouver New Music\nFestival Copyright/Copyleftprovided a\nstage for artists that use sampling as\nan outlet for their opinions on intellectual property.\nThe festival featured pieces\nsuch as Mark Hosier's Adventures in Illegal Art:\nCreative Media Resistance and\nNegativland and a session by John\nOswald, who coined the term \"plunderphonics\" to describe the sample-\nbased approach to new music.\nA more open attitude towards\nthe reuse of one's work is exemplified by Nine Inch Nails' release\nof The Slip and Ghosts I-TV under a\nCreative Commons Licence, awhich\nallows fans and producers to freely\nmix and share new works.\nWhatever your take on the\nrole of copyright as it relates to\nsampling in music, there is a\ncommunity around to support\nyou, whether it be the commercial sample clearance services to\nnavigate the legal requirements\nof sampling somebody's work, or\na community pushing for a more\nopen atmosphere regarding this\nreuse, tl\n\"#\nCD REVIEWS\nPHIUP STOREY\nContributor\nTHEE SILVER MT. ZION MEMORIAL\nORCHESTRA\nKOUAPSTRADIXIONAUS\nThee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial\nOrchestra (hereafter abbreviated as\nTSMZO, because I can) is a band\nthat I've sort of known about for a\nlong time without ever having heard\nthem. So when their newest album,\nKollaps Tiadixionales, found its way\nonto my desk, I was genuinely\ninterested.\nThe first thing you absolutely\nneed to know about TSMZMO\nis that they are a \"post-rock\"\ngroup. One does not go into an\nalbum like Kollaps Tradixionales\nlooking for pop music conven-\nThere will\nbe no\nverse-\nZhorus-\nverse\nstructure, and\nif you are look-\n>r something to play\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 friends on a Friday\nnight, think again.\nNot one song on the album\nis purely instrumental. This is\na trend common to most post-\nrock bands. As time goes on, they\nrely more and more on vocals. In\nsome cases this works out, but in\nothers it can kill the project entirely\nEfrim Menuck's lyrics are\nadequately poetic, but his vocals\nare grating and, for me, ruin the\nentire joy of the heavy violin and\nelectric guitar soundscapes. Too\noften TSMZO ends their songs in\nexactly the same way, with Menuck\nshouting the same three or four\nwords over and over as the music\nslowly fades away. Yet, underneath\nthe vocal slop is everything I've ever\nloved about post-rock. The opening of \"Kollaps Tradicional (Bury 3\nDynamos)\" is particularly epic and\n\"I Fed My Metal Bird The Wings Of\nOther Metal Birds\" is as awesomely\ncreepy as the title suggests.\nKollaps Tradixionales is an album\nwith a few interesting songs that\nare probably totally inaccessible to\nanyone who isn't on a huge amount\nof drugs or an artsy music snob, tl\nROCK THE DAT\nNeed help\npreparing\nfor the DAT?\nGet great tips & tricks\nat our next course\nJan23&24.\nwww.rockthedat.com\nLSAT MCAT\nGMAT GRE\nPreparation Seminars\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Complete 30-Hour Seminars\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Convenient Weekend Schedule\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Proven Test-Taking Strategies\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Experienced Course Instructors\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Comprehensive Study Materials\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Simulated Practice Exams\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Limited Class Size\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Free Repeat Policy\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Persona] Tutoring Available\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Thousands of Satisfied Students\nOXFORD SEMINARS\n604-683-3430\n1-800-269-6719\nwww.oxfordseminars.ca\nCAMPUS & COMMUNITY PLANNING\nwww.planning.ubc.ca\nPublic Open House\nShort-term Child Care Projects\nBarn Coffee Shop + Child Care Administration Building\nYou are invited to attend an open house to view and comment on a proposal for the\ntwo new Short-term Child Care Projects. 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