JANUARY 26, 2015 | VOLUME XCVI | ISSUE XXXV FLIRCKIN’ SINCE 1918
SUSTAINABILITY REPORT
THOUGHTS ON ALLARD LAW
MARC EMERY
UBC Sustainability releases its annual sustainablity report, plans for improvement.
UBC Law is running out of things to rename for its most benevolent benefactor.
The cannabis connoisseur will be speaking on campus on January 27.
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TOUGH LOSSES Spartans put a dent in men’s volleyball playoff hopes.
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A continuation of their Chew on This events, Common Energy UBC will lead you in finding and harvesting tea-friendly nettles around campus. Free; bring gloves, good shoes and a mug.
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For MOA curator Susan Rowley, teaching goes beyond the classroom Tammy Hsieh Contributor
Susan Rowley is an associate professor in the department of anthropology, but her students are not limited to anthropology majors. In her other job as a curator in Museum of Anthropology (MOA), she leads the public in exploring the landscape and the culture of First Nations people in the past. After she completed her PhD at Cambridge, Rowley moved to the United States to do her post-doctoral research at the Smithsonian museum in Washington, D.C. Following that, she taught and consulted both in Canada and United States. In 2001, she accepted an offer to become an associate professor in UBC’s department of anthropology and the curator of public archeology in MOA.
We would do archeology in the community with high school students, and then we had to take everything with us and send them to museums ... for the community to come and see the things we’ve found so they can get a sense of that material.”
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Susan Rowley is curating the Museum of Anthropology’s new exhibit, c̓əsnaʔəm: the city before the city.
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Susan Rowley Museum of Anthropology curator and anthropology prof
Gazing at the breathtaking view of the ocean with snowtopped mountains outside of MOA, Rowley joked, “who wouldn’t want to work here?” Once she settled down in Vancouver, Rowley began to explore the history of the land. Six years ago, she started to coordinate a program called Musqueam 101 and has established a relationship with the Musqueam people, who have lived in Vancouver and surrounding areas for thousands of years. Dating back to her undergraduate study in University of
Toronto, Rowley found strong passion for archeology, especially the aboriginal groups in circumpolar areas. Struck by the beauty of the far north when she first stepped foot in it, she has returned there many times for her field work. “It’s just beautiful there. Mostly it’s the people, but the light there is hard to describe — it’s very different from here,” said Rowley.
The curatorial job is to create the idea, the vision and the content of the show. Then the designers take the vision and the content turn it into visual expression.” The far north is also where Rowley’s career as a curator began when she was doing her field work there in 80’s. “We would do archeology in the community with high school students, and then we had to take everything with us and send them to museums, so everything we found was leaving. We always got the high school students to put together the exhibits for the community to come and see at the things we’ve found so they can get a sense of that material,” said Rowley. These exhibitions were usually very short and lasted for only five or six hours, but it gave students a chance to learn their own history and build their confidence when they introduce the items to their friends and family. The community members also gain the knowledge of their local history before the items were all removed to museums. As a curator of public archeology, Rowley serves to present archeological data to the visitors of MOA. The core idea of public archeology is to engage with the interest of the public and pass along what archeologists have learned by exhibitions and other media. “I like doing exhibits — they’re fun, even though it’s
nerve-wracking,” said Rowley. “The curatorial job is to create the idea, the vision and the content of the show. Then the designers take the vision and the content turn it into visual expression.” In order to decide what people will view and feel in exhibitions, curators and designers have to communicate back and forth to make sure the idea and the execution are correspondent to each other. When they are not preparing exhibitions, curators help to classify and provide content for new collections. Rowley finds that being a teacher is beneficial for her curatorial job. “I love teaching. Students really help to keep you fresh,” she said. She finds that conversation with students prevents her from blocking herself in a narrow field. She also transposes the class from the classroom to the museum and has put on exhibitions with students, such as “Love and Memory” in 2010 and “Faces and Voices of the Inuit Art Market” in 2011. Currently, Rowley is co-curating an exhibition — “c ə̓ snaʔəm: the city before the city” — which opens on January 25. The exhibition introduces the life of Musqueam people in one of their largest villages, c ə̓ snaʔəm, located at the mouth of the Fraser River. The exhibition not only takes place in MOA but also in the Musqueam First Nation and the Museum of Vancouver. Titled with the same name, the exhibition is curated by different teams and showcases in each a unique perspective. The exhibition in MOA features an experimental element with plenty of interactive designs and first-hand narration from Musqueam community members instead of university scholars. Combining her interest of archeology and exhibitions, Rowley’s job allows her to research and introduce what she loves to her students and the public. For Rowley, from the classroom to the museum, there’s no limit to learning. U
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Headache Clinic aims to reduce patient medication use
UBC renames law school to Peter A. Allard School of Law following $30 million donation
Eliot Escalona Contributor
The UBC Headache Clinic and Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences have fostered a partnership to process and treat patients more efficiently — and not just with more pills. The clinic, which is the first of its kind in Canada and opened in November 2013, aims to relieve patients of their headaches and medical distress before they need to consult a neurologist. With more staff, the recent partnership is also expected to reduce the wait for people who would have perviously been placed on a list to get into the clinic. People who suffer from frequent headaches and migraines know that on top of the pain they withstand, they must also accept the fact that there is no immediate relief and no predictability on when the pain will come and go. The UBC Headache Clinic tries to help patients by tending to them faster and providing solutions to decrease the frequency and intensity of their headaches. But rather than prescribing additional medication to patients, the clinic often ends up reducing their intake. Sian Spacey, a neurologist who sees patients after they attend the clinic, said that many of the people who come in have suffered from chronic headaches for years. “By the time [the patients] get to the headache clinic they tend to have quite severe headaches and by that time they tend to be taking too much ‘over the counter’ medications,” said Spacey. According to Spacey, many of the patients who have chronic
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UBC has renamed its law school in honour of alum Peter A. Allard.
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The UBC Headache Clinic will be partnering with the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences.
headaches take ‘over the counter’ medication like Tylenol or Advil much more often than they should, as the recommended amount is only 15 days per month. The role of the pharmacists at the clinic is to look over medication intake for each patient and make proper adjustments. Additionally, the pharmacists go over various other aspects of the patient’s life, including sleeping patterns, frequency of physical activity and caffeine and supplement intake, that can help reduce
the frequency and the intensity of the patients’ headaches. Spacey also said that it is especially important for students who may be experiencing headaches due to high stress levels and poor health habits to pay attention to what these pharmacists at the clinic are telling their patients. For those who experience the occasional headache rather than chronic migraines, Spacey suggests trying to make small lifestyle changes before reaching for the Advil or Tylenol.
“We have a few important categories, reduction of ‘over the counter’ medication, modification of lifestyle, which includes eating and exercising frequently, having a normal sleeping pattern and limiting caffeine intake,” said Spacey. According to Spacey, many of the patients who follow these guidelines after seeing the pharmacist will often find that their headache frequency and intensity has reduced substantially before they visit the neurologist. U
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AMS cancels renovation plans for the old SUB, waits for word from UBC
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Plans for the old SUB’s basement have been put on hold.
Bill Situ Contributor
The AMS is scrapping their renovation plans for the basement floor in the old SUB. Ava Nasiri, VP Administration, said that the AMS initially signed trade contracts that specified that once construction of the new SUB is
complete, they will begin the renovation of the basement of the old SUB. However, due to logistical and coordination concerns, the AMS has cancelled these contracts. According to Nasiri, the AMS will hand over control of the old SUB to the university once it moves into the new SUB. UBC will then begin
either construction in the area or renovation of the current building, which they are currently in the process of reviewing. Nasiri said that the AMS cancelled their own plans because they remain uncertain of what UBC will decide to do with the building and did not want to create
confusion for the clubs that would be located there. “It would just be completely illogical for us to move our groups to the basement out in April, start our construction, and then back in, and then have UBC start their construction on the rest of the building,” said Nasiri. “Our groups would have to move out a second time, wait maybe two to three years while UBC completes their construction, and then move back in.” According to Nasiri, the AMS will now proceed with a new plan of action where, upon consultation with the university, they will decide on how to spend the $2.2 million that the AMS had originally set aside for renovation of the basement. “It’s something that’ll benefit, I think, to both parties because it allows a platform in which we can have a meeting of the mind behind the renovation of the basement,” said Nasiri. Still, the final say on what will happen with the current SUB rests with UBC rather than the AMS. For now, both parties are waiting for the opening of the new SUB and UBC’s review of the building before deciding on how to proceed. “There are major scheduling and financial implications with UBC geared toward the end of our project as we were approaching the completion of the new SUB,” said Nasiri. “[The change in plans] definitely caused a hiccup and we just had to adapt and do what was best for students.” U
UBC’s law school has been renamed to the Peter A. Allard School of Law following a $30 million donation to the faculty from alumnus Peter Allard. After graduating from UBC with a Bachelor of Arts in 1968 and a Law degree in 1971, Allard worked as a lawyer for 20 years, started his own law firm and took on various business and philanthropic ventures before selling his company to his partners in 1993. Allard Hall, which is the Law school’s main building and home to many of the faculty’s offices, also bears the donor’s name after he made an $11.86 million donation to the school back in 2011. The university also awards the Allard Prize for International Integrity twice a year, which gives $100,000 to a person or company focused on fighting corruption and promoting legal transparency. UBC will use the most recent donation, which is the largest that has ever been made to a Canadian Law school, to recruit high-ranking faculty, create more award and summer employment opportunities for students and expand its teaching programs. “Peter Allard has demonstrated a singular, unwavering commitment to the transformative power of legal education and research, nationally and globally,” said Mary Anne Bobinski, Dean of Law. Allard, whose legal passions include human rights, anti-corruption practices and international integrity, hopes that the donation will help more students advance these issues through their legal careers. “As a proud UBC alumnus, I am pleased to make an investment today that will enable students to pursue a profession that strives to create a more just society,” said Allard in a statement. Along with Sauder School of Business, UBC’s law school will be the second faculty to be named after an alumnus. U
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UBC professors get $1.7 million for research on genetics, psychopathology, pharmaceutics
English professor Mandy Len Catron talks love, writing and overnight success
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The Canada Foundation for Innovation has invested $1.7 million in UBC research.
Veronika Bondarenko News Editor
The Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) has invested $1.7 million into 14 research projects that are being done at UBC. The money, which comes from the CFI’s John R. Evans Leaders Fund, is given to researchers who are working on medical, technological and scientific research that is expected to benefit Canadians in years to come. In total, the CFI has donated over $35 million to researchers in 37 Canadian universities this year. A total of 14 UBC professors have received funding for their research. Tara Leah Klassen, a pharmaceutical sciences professor, has received $175,456 for her research on genetics and molecular diagnostic risk prediction. Obstetrics and gynaecology professor Paul Yong has also received $125,000 to continue
his work on endometriosis. Some of the other projects to receive funding includes psychopathological and neurocognitive research, work on ocean measurement instruments in the Canadian Arctic, the development of silicon photonics for faster data transfer between microchips and the establishment of a laboratory on medical physics. John Hepburn, UBC vice president — research and international, said that the funding that the university has received from CFI will help numerous researchers begin larger and more expansive projects. “CFI’s investment in our researchers allows them to be bold and think big,” said Hepburn in a statement. “The funding supports the university’s mission to raise the bar with research that’s transformative for the lives of Canadians and people the world over.” U
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Mandy Len Catron is the author of a New York Times article that went viral this month.
Mateo Ospina Staff Writer
Since writing her New York Times article “To Fall in Love with Anyone, Do This,” UBC English professor Mandy Len Catron has been bombarded by media attention. Catron’s writing has been published in literary journals in the past but a combination of Twitter retweets, Facebook shares and the popularity of The New York Times has served as mediums for Catron’s latest piece reaching its current viral stature. “I really wasn’t prepared for the amount of attention that came my way,” said Catron. For her, this piece of writing was no better and no worse than any other writing she had ever published, but it resonated with over 5 million readers under a week. <em>
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For me as a writer, I don’t want accolades, though they are really wonderful... I want readers, and social media is a really great way to find them.” Mandy Len Catron UBC English professor
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Catron, whose writing often focuses on the art and science of love, believes this is part of a growing trend for new writers to find creative spaces online rather than in traditional realms like literary journals and academia. “Writing in a literary journal just feels like firing an essay into the abyss,” said Catron. Showing previous examples of her work published in literary journals, Catron mentioned that her biggest complaint was a small readership and nearly nonexistent communication with her readers.
“For me as a writer I don’t want accolades, though they are really wonderful,” said Catron. “I want readers and social media is a really great way to find them.” Catron publishes some of her writing on a blog titled “the love story project.” She also encourages all would-be writers to consider blogging as a way to get feedback on their writing and help develop ideas.
I love love stories... They are compelling and I think most of us love them so what I want to understand is ‘well if they don’t make us better at love, what do they offer us?” Mandy Len Catron
“I think there are advantages of a blog that take some very solitary thing and makes it social and collaborative,” said Catron. “The people I’m close to always talk to me about the things that I’m writing about and that to me helps me think through those ideas more.” For Catron, blogging has allowed her to reach her community of friends and fans for both inspiration and criticism. Though she enjoyed all the opportunities that came with her instant fame, Catron also said that “I look forward to being forgotten about soon.” Catron considers her role as an educator and professor to be her primary focus and is glad that her article’s success has not interfered in this aspect of her life. Up to this point, Catron has only had one of her student approach her about the article, which she feels explores a more personal and vulnerable side of the professor.
While her newfound fame might later affect her classes on creative writing, Catron said that it will not influence her classes on literature and composition at all. “I want to focus on my students and how they’re writing and they’re thinking,” said Catron. She hopes that her new spike in Twitter followers will help her when discussing book deals with possible agents. Before writing this article, Catron had anticipated asking agents and editors to look at her writing, but has now found herself in the privileged position of having officials asking her if she had any more instead. As far as possible themes for a potential book, Catron is sticking to her favourite subject: love. “I love love stories,” said Catron. “They are compelling and I think most of us love them so what I want to understand is ‘well if they don’t make us better at love, what do they offer us?” Visit thelovestoryproject.com to read Catron’s blog. For her New York Times article, visit nytimes. com. U
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UBC Sustainability's report shows drop in water use, development of future classroom projects
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Joshua Azizi Staff Writer
UBC Sustainability has released its annual sustainability report for the 2013-2014 year. The 48-page report highlights various activities, operations and achievements regarding environmental sustainability at UBC, as well as outlines for future plans to increase sustainability on campus. For example, UBC has seen a 55 per cent drop in water use per full-time student since 2000, while absolute greenhouse gas emissions have also decreased by 14 per cent since 2007. By 2020, UBC Sustainability hopes to drop these emissions by 67 per cent. Aside from achievements, one of the main breakthroughs detailed in the report included future plans to integrate sustainability-related education into various courses at UBC. The new initiative will aim to give all students access to learning about sustainability, and to create programs where students can specialize in sustainability-related fields. At the first-year level, the aim is to add sustainability content into every one of the major first year courses across all programs and faculties. Once this is fully implemented, around five or six-thousand first-year students will have had access to sustainability education in their courses. Even more important is the development of the Sustainability Learning Pathway, a collection of sustainability-oriented courses that students can take alongside their chosen major, or as a separate minor. The program consists of courses, real-world experience such
as a co-op or participation in the SEEDS (Social Ecological Economic Development Studies) project, and a leadership or capstone course. With this new initiative, UBC Sustainability hopes to reach students across as many programs as possible. “I want to get to the point where every single student at UBC is offered a sustainability pathway,” said John Robinson, the associate provost of sustainability at UBC. “They can add sustainability to their program no matter what program they’re in, whether it’s civil engineering or medieval history. It doesn’t matter.” Alongside the program, Robinson believes that sustainability is important to UBC students overall. “I would say UBC students are probably more sensitized to sustainability than students in many other universities around the world," said Robinson. “It’s more part of a culture here in B.C.” Meanwhile, UBC also took steps to convert the district energy system from steam to hot water — a significantly more efficient, environmentally-friendly source of energy. The sustainability report also highlights many of the operational achievements of the past year at UBC. In particular, the Campus as a Living Lab initiative focuses on using the university campus to test out operational innovations related to sustainability. It combines campus operations with sustainability-related projects in order to carry out research. As one of these projects, the SEEDS Sustainability Program
works with students and faculty interested in sustainability projects such as the Zero Waste Action Plan and the Climate Action Plan. By using the campus as a miniature test-bed for sustainable societal innovations, UBC Sustainability hopes to test out elaborate projects on campus, thus gaining them sustainability experience that they can then export into the world. “We can turn our whole campus into a sort of sandbox,” said Robinson. “We think that’s the future, we think universities around the world should be doing this, and we think we’re starting to pioneer that. That’s where we want to go, where the whole campus is becoming this test-bed for society.” He’s also praised the new SUB for being one of the most sustainable building on campus. Still, Robinson believes that UBC still has a long way to go for better sustainability. “We’re not there yet,” said Robinson. “It’s not like we’re there in 8/10 areas and we just have to build in the other two. We just have to get better at everything.” In order to reach their sustainability goals, Robinson points towards the university's new strategy, which consists of six initiatives to be developed on campus over the next 20 years: new sustainability research pathways for undergraduates, internships and student-engagement programs, operational sustainability goals to reduce waste and emissions networking goals, the development of partnerships with the city government and new research projects on the university campus. U
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UBC SUSTAINABILITY STATS ARE PROMISING
After a $30 million donation by alum Peter Allard, UBC’s Law school has been officially renamed as the Peter A. Allard School of Law. While $30 million is a sum of money that is too large for most of us to even picture in our heads and students and faculty will benefit from it in ways that faculties like Arts and Science will never know, we still think it’s pretty funny that the law school’s entire existence has been so clearly consumed by one alum. There is, after all, Allard Hall, the Allard Prize for International Integrity and now the whole freaking faculty in his name. Allard’s generosity and love of legal justice aside, it looks as though the law school will soon run out of ways to honour him. Now that the faculty itself bears his name, we wonder what the next steps will be should Allard decide to make another donation. Perhaps a name change to University of British Columbia-Allard is in UBC’s future?
UBC Sustainability has released their annual report — and the results are promising. As always, there’s more that can be done — but don’t misunderstand that notion for pessimism. UBC’s efforts to create a more sustainable campus and student body are admirable and something of which we can be proud. We’ve seen some pretty substantial improvements in terms of tangible effects of sustainability — water use, greenhouse gas emissions and all that kind of stuff — but the most notable ones are those that might not be easily recorded on paper. It seems to us that UBC students are developing increasingly sustainable mindsets and frameworks of thought. Sustainability — whether it’s taking shorter showers or recycling bottles and coffee cups — is becoming second nature for many UBC denizens. If we really want to make a dent in making the world a greener place, these efforts are on the right track. The success that UBC Sustainability and student-run groups like
Common Energy have had so far is encouraging, and seems to suggest that taking a more grassroots approach and actually engaging students with campaigns like Ripple Effect or Do it in the Dark is just as important as broad, university-wide policy decisions.
THE AMS DOESN’T CONTROL THE FATE OF THE SUB The AMS seems to be of the mindset that they will have a fair bit of influence regarding what happens in the SUB after they cede control to the university. In reality, though, UBC can do absolutely anything they want. Sure, university officials may take into account the AMS’ advice — to keep the building as a student space, for example. But if UBC wants to turn the building in a research facility, another welcome centre or offices, there’s nothing that the AMS — and most likely students — can do about it. Even if UBC goes through a consultation process, there’s nothing to guarantee that it won’t be as much or more of a show trial than the tuition consultation. U
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Lack of communication is plaguing Ponderosa residents
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Ponderosa residents have been beset by problems since the building opened.
JAKE MULLAN Letter
Since its opening, Ponderosa has been a mess. We, the initial batch of residents, were skeptical if the residence was even going to open on time as the 2013 school year approached. While it did open,
it did not open without issue. Floods on the lower floors forced residents to relocate from their brand new homes, appliances were missing or did not work, and our furniture-less lounges couldn’t even be called lounges — some of them are still vacant, as a matter of fact. Elevators broke down, faulty doors posed security issues and
left some residents locked out of their rooms for hours on end. Wiring was installed completely backwards and not up to code — hence why an electrical fire this past summer did not surprise me one bit. Needless to say, it’s been a very eventful year and a half as Ponderosa President, seeing the in’s and out’s of what a new residence has to offer, and the lack of communication that housing has demonstrated. Throughout my tenure onboard the Ponderosa Commons Residence Association, I pleaded with my contacts in SHHS to help me out, and inform residents of repair ETAs, but non-essential services like elevators were not their primary concern. Apparently, a simple broadcast email to say that the elevator part had been ordered was too much trouble. I was discouraged from advocating for my residents, and felt left in the dark when people in the AMS knew more about my residence area than SHHS employees had ever told me. When basketball nets were mounted on the columns of our courtyard, and residents on the lower floors felt vibra-
NATALIE MORRIS
Advice Columnist
“Dear Natalie, I’m a 20 year old guy and I’ve never had a girlfriend yet. I’ve always been a little shy and I just have no idea how to actually get a girlfriend. Other guys seem to have it so easy to get a girlfriend but why can’t I? How come girls seem to ignore guys who are on the quiet and shy side but I see them chasing after guys who are sometimes a little too loud and obnoxious? What do I do? Sometimes I worry that I will die alone.” You are only 20. I know tons of people who haven’t been in a relationship before or even kissed someone before. Sure, it may seem like you’re the only on out there who isn’t in a relationship but that’s not true at all. There are tons and tons of people, especially on a big campus like this, who are in a similar boat as you. That being said I don’t think there is anything wrong with being single. I personally have spend a huge part of my life being single and was perfectly happy. You don’t need to be in a relationship to be content. As for the other guys who seem to have it easy, you’re only seeing one part of a small group’s lives. There is a difference between the people you notice and the actual whole tions throughout their rooms as basketballs hit the backboard, people were rightfully aggravated and distressed. I tried to get housing to immediately remove the nets — nets that I had never heard about being installed. The problem was dealt with at such a slow pace with no communication to my council or me. All of a sudden, we had heard that SHHS weren’t the ones who had installed the nets. One day it was Campus + Community Planning who had, the next day it was Properties Trust, and the next it was back to SHHS. My point is, throughout the month-long process of removing the nets, communication was lacklustre — or perhaps non-existent — between PCRA and Housing (and apparently within Housing, too). I sincerely thank Andrew Parr for coming forward and acknowledging that communication can be lacking between SHHS and its residents, and I hope that it continues to improve in the future. And when it comes to the future, I fear what’s to come with phase two of Ponderosa set to open in September. I fear that
population. Maybe being “loud and obnoxious” draws your eyes and can give the impression that they are the majority, not just one type of man. One thing commonly said about that type is that its their confidence that is drawing people to them, not their noise level. You seem a little down on yourself, from your letter. If confidence is an issue for you, try things like focusing on something you are good at and can excel at and take pride in what you can do. If you criticize yourself, try to replace that thought with a positive one. You should respect yourself. As a side note, you can be shy and quiet while still being confident and secure in yourself. However, keep in mind that girls who “seem to ignore guys who are on the quiet and shy side” are only a portion of the female population. Everyone has different preferences when it comes to relationship partners, and maybe the women you see “chasing after guys” prefer “loud and obnoxious.” That is their choice, but there are also women (and men) who are quieter, who don’t go to the same events you do, or are just not interested in being in a relationship. No one owes anyone a relationship, so please don’t think of women as passing over you. They are just talking to people they think they would like. On that note, you might (and I think can be hard for someone shy) have to put yourself out there. You can start talking to women (people can’t like you if they don’t know you!) at events, class, or clubs. You don’t have to be loud, but you have to be present. But have fun. Don’t just go looking about for a potential relationship, look for people you can connect to. Expand your social group. You can end up meeting some amazing people, even if you don’t end up in a romantic relationship with them. Finally, don’t worry about dying alone. 20 is a busy age, but also really the start of your life. You will find someone. Being nervous about school, relationships, and all that jazz is perfectly normal, but don’t let it stop you from living your life. You’ll be fine, you’ll see. Need advice? Write to Natalie anonymously at asknatalie@ubyssey.ca and have your questions answered in an upcoming issue of The Ubyssey. U if lessons are not learned from phase one, future and current residents will face the same problems we have since opening day back in 2013. I don’t think anyone wants a rehash of the “Pond Problems” that have been detailed in this article and articles before it. Housing: If you can’t avoid these problems, at least be ready for them. Please do not alienate us from submitting a maintenance request that will go unanswered — which may explain Pond’s “fewer work requests per capita… compared to other similar student residence complexes.” Let us know what is happening. Communicate with your residents who are shelling out the monthly payment of a Tesla Model S for an apartment complex that remains an incomplete product. The Residential Tenancy Act may not protect us, but perhaps you should at least give us the semblance that it does. Jake Mullan is Ponderosa Commons Residence Association President and a fourth-year psychology student. U
MONDAY, JANUARY 26, 2015 |
EDITOR JENICA MONTGOMERY
NETFLIX >>
Bottom of the Queue: Sharknado
TV >>
Brendan Taylor has a chance to win $1,000,000
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Sharknado gained internet fame for being as horrible as it sounds.
Sam Fruitman Staff Writer
Everybody knows it, or at least you should. Sharknado. Is it the definitive bad movie of our generation? With all of the publicity surrounding it when it premiered, and the recent sequel that it spawned, one could argue it’s the next big thing in bad cinema. But is it deserving of all the hype? The Ubyssey’s crack(pot) team of reviewers (read: just me) are here to answer that. The film, shot in only 18 days, unfolds at a quick pace, never giving you much time to completely process the absurdity of it all. It centres around Fin (oh look, a shark reference), a rugged-Rick-Grimes-type who must keep his family and friends safe after a freak hurricane sweeps up hordes of certain marine-dwelling killing machines, only to unleash them upon Los Angeles, wreaking all kinds of ridiculous havoc. Why didn’t we think of that?
After about the first minute and a half, it is abundantly clear that this film knows just how bad it is — and it doesn’t give a damn about it. Like any good train wreck, it dares you to keep watching for as long as you can. And because of this, it can actually be quite engrossing. The action rarely lets up, save for the occasional shots of cars driving through gloomy, rainy weather (picture an average Vancouver day) and for when Fin has to put being a macho man on hold to work on his failing marriage. The most glaring offence, however, is the poorly rendered CGI everything. From sharks, to people, to cars, to the weather itself, there’s enough CGI to make even George Lucas uncomfortable. The bottom line: Sharknado is one of those films that doesn’t apologize for its foolishness. Although it may have been a little overhyped, it still merits examination. If anything, this movie is the ideal film for a movie night with friends and adult beverages. U </em>
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Brendan Taylor wasn’t a BFA acting student, but found his passion in the arts nonetheless.
Adam Waitzer Contributor
Brendan Taylor has a sporting chance at 30 seconds of Super Bowl limelight — and a $1,000,000 cash prize. Taylor, a UBC alumnus, recently starred in a Doritos commercial that has bested 4,900 other entries to earn a spot as one of ten finalists in an advertisement contest. The commercial shows Taylor smugly refusing to share his Doritos unless pigs fly. A kid versed in engineering, however, quickly works on getting a pig airborne. Aptly entitled “When Pigs Fly,” Taylor’s submission is campy, compelling and looks poised to take first place. Although Taylor dabbled in acting at a young age, it was not
until recently that he decided to pursue a career on the stage. “I was a pretty shy kid — tall and overweight. For whatever reason, I took to acting pretty easily, and then I did it every year until Grade 12 … People told me I was good. It came naturally to me,” said Taylor. Born and raised on the North Shore, Taylor went to UBC right after high school. As an Arts student, he majored in Spanish and had a passion for astronomy. Although he did take some acting electives at UBC, he actually found his passion for the stage at acting classes off campus. “I finally got the guts to go sit in on the class, and I had this overwhelming sense of belonging. I was just so excited by that, and I started going there in my last year [at UBC].”
Taylor’s most fond memory of his UBC career was hanging around the no longer existing arcade in the SUB. As well, he cites studying abroad in Paris as a formative experience of his college years. Recently, Taylor revisited his old haunts while shooting on campus for an upcoming feature entitled “Charlotte’s Song.” According to Taylor, Vancouver is “definitely a really great place to be” for anyone looking to start a career in film. Taylor entered the film industry upon graduation, working in set decoration. He began to realize, however, that his real passion was not working behind the camera. “It’s only in the past few years that I’ve realized that acting is something that I wanted to be doing. I think it’s important to not feel like you’re ever wasting your time. Bottom line, it takes courage to pursue the thing you want to be doing, it’s scary. But that’s what you have to do with your time.” To date, Taylor has acted in plays, television shows, films and commercials. Off-screen, he co-operates a theatre company called Blind Pig Theatre. Taylor is a firm believer in the value of theatre experience for any and all upcoming actors. While some of his colleagues dislike advertising gigs, Taylor sees merit in this kind of acting experience. “I’ve had my struggles with it ... there’s a lot of painful commercials you have to sit through. I’ve sort of made peace with it because really I view commercials, for the most part, as a means for me to do comedy, which is something that I really enjoy. Most commercials are comedic in some way, and it’s an outlet for me to do comedy and get paid.” Check out and vote for Taylor’s commercial at vote4whenpigsf ly. com. U
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CULTURE VULTURE On January 28, sex positive YouTuber and public speaker Laci Green will be speaking on campus as a part of her university campus speaking tour. Green will be giving a talk on “Taking Down Rape Culture.” Green’s talk comes at an important time at UBC as January is sexual assault awareness month. Green creates sex positive YouTube videos meant to educate the public about sex, gender, and body image. This speech is open to students only and is a free event to attend. For more information visit lacigreen.tv
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When: January 28 at 6 p.m. Where: Woodward Lecture Hall UBC BFA acting program’s first feature film Naked Cinema: Mercury Falling will be premiering at the Norm on January 26. The film follows Jerry, played by Nathan Cottell, as he opens a bar and encounters a host of characters. The film is a first for the BFA acting program as their usual season consists of four plays, however this year they produced Mercury Falling rather than a fourth play. To purchase your tickets visit ubctheatre.universitytickets.com When: January 26 and 27 at 7:30 p.m. Where: The Norm Theatre, SUB From January 28 until February 1, the Norm will be playing the critically acclaimed film Gone Girl. This film sparked much discussion amongst Ubyssey culture volunteers — and for good reason. The film is suspenseful and will have the audience on the edge of their seat from beginning to end. If you have not had to opportunity to see what is arguably Ben Affleck’s greatest work, or you want to see it again in a theatre setting, this is your chance. When: January 28 - February 1 Where: The Norm Theatre, SUB
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WEED >>
THEATRE >>
Legalization activist Marc Emery to The Bacchae 2.1 an erotic and provocative speak at UBC on Tuesday performance
The Bacchae 2.1 left the opening night audience speechless.
Olivia Law
Senior Staff Writer
Marc Emery is a well-known cannabis activist in Vancouver.
Alex Lenz Contributor
Marc Emery’s downtown office looks exactly the way you’d imagine it — adorned with bongs, weed art and a visiting cat. No other work setting would be appropriate for an activist who has dedicated his life to libertarianism and drug legalization. Over the past 20 years, Emery has firmly established himself as local celebrity and an international symbol for the legalization of marijuana. After spending just over four years in various US federal prisons for selling marijuana seeds across the border, Emery is now campaigning for the Liberal Party’s success in the upcoming elections. Headed by Justin Trudeau, the party has taken an explicitly pro-legalization standpoint. “This election is unlike any other in that legalization is on the ballot, essentially. You get a chance to legalize pot, and we can pull this off or not pull this off … this is not the time to wait and see. This election could be on us at any time,” said Emery. Emery’s movement is nothing new to the city of Vancouver. Emery has been celebrating 4/20 in Victoria Square since 1995. Additionally, in 2001, he founded the British Columbia Marijuana Party in retaliation to the lack of representation of the issue of marijuana legalization in mainstream politics. “If no one listens to you, you run in an election and try and get
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people to listen to you. And that’s what we did ... because nobody was listening to us, we decided ... we’re not going to support these other parties, we’re going to get our own party. And we’ll run,” said Emery. Although Vancouver is now a world Mecca for cannabis culture, the city wasn’t always as politically active in the issue of legalization. Massive growth in the industry within the past decade has led to the rise of marijuana enterprises and capitalist-minded stoners who are reaping the benefits of said growth. There are now over 60 dispensaries in Vancouver, which serve to meet the high demand for cannabis consumption, in addition to the already abundant black market. “What I’m most proud of is turning the pot people into good capitalists. But now it’s gone to a bit of the other extreme, in that money dominates every aspect of cannabis. Think about why they’re legalizing it. They’re not legalizing it because it’s our human right to put something in our bodies. They’re legalizing it because they want to get tax revenue,” said Emery. For Emery, the legalization of drugs represents a greater philosophical and political issue. “The government has violated all sorts of sanctions against our body, daily, in every possible way — from in our food, to in our water, to in our septic system, to in the plastic water bottles we
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UBC Theatre’s newest creation comes with a warning — and for good reason. Bacchae 2.1 , directed by MFA Theatre student Dennis Gupa is a shocking, thought provoking, wonderfully artistic piece of theatre, which left the audience on opening night first speechless, then unable to contain their admiration, earning a standing ovation and well deserved praise. An adaptation of Euripides’ The Bacchae , Charles Mee’s Bacchae 2.1 sets the Greek drama in a contemporary period and tells the tale of Pentheus (played by BFA acting student Matt Kennery), Dionysius (BFA acting student Thomas Elms) and the women of the mountains. This is not a play one can simply sit back and relax, through however — the complex speeches and at times difficult subject matter ensures the audience is kept alert and concentrated. The Bacchae 2.1 could be used as an example of all the questions prevalent in today’s society about the meanings of gender, sex and freedom. Mee’s script highlights important subjects through huge contrasts between Pentheus, Dionysius and the women, switching at times from lines of hilarity, to vulgarity, to sincerity — quickly silencing the audiences’ laughter. The storyline of the play appears, in all sense of the basic forms, to be completely Greek. There is a traditional chorus, played by 10 women who transform into their real selves when in the mountains. Through a series of monologues, the audience gets perhaps the most honest and raw insights into the deepest parts of a woman’s soul. Certainly, some parts of The Bacchae 2.1 are shocking and unexpected. Some graphic, almost brutal energies transcend upon the audience, yet the realities of these sentiments hold strong. Making use of hyperbole to the point of hilarity, one must watch and embrace Gupa’s production with an open mind, saving any conclusions until the end. Kiara Lawson’s costumes are a memorable element of the play. Drawing on elements of the ether</em>
consume. We should tell them that they can go fuck themselves and that pot should be legal, as should any other drug, because we have that right as human beings to choose autonomously what to put in our body, and what to do with our body, for that matter.” Emery will be speaking at UBC, SFU and UVic on his small university tour. Small, because the university population doesn’t prove to be the most engaging demographic when it comes to the issue of legalization. He argues that despite the fact that many students do smoke pot, the student population tends to come from higher socioeconomic backgrounds, and in turn, the disadvantages associated with the criminalization of marijuana don’t affect students as greatly as the mainstream pot smoking community. Emery also commented on the lack of activism and passion among the student population, and how this is related to student’s vision of their future. “You’ll find that university students can compartmentalize very efficiently, what goes on in their university time. They think it’s all just transition anyway. Plus, they’re thinking opportunistically. All university students want to graduate, they want to go somewhere. Do they want to be seen advocating legalization of drugs?” Emery will be speaking at UBC on January 27 in the Frederick Wood Theatre. U
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eal, magical and supernatural, the transformation from women in black to individual women shows immense creativity and flair. The costumes make the production difficult to place in time, placing the world of Pentheus and Dionysius into somewhere completely unfamiliar. This is a play about transformations and dualities, and these themes are completely embraced through these costumes. Drawing on Gupa’s Filipino roots, the majority of the music throughout the production was live, performed by actors and musicians upstage. The use of strings and percussion was prevalent in the strangeness of the happenings, and was effective in highlighting and emphasizing the actors’ words and movements, rather than detracting from them or appearing as an act of their own. Seamless in its transitions and quick to transform hilarity into sincerity, the entire connectedness of human, animal and monster gives light to the human condition and topics so important as we move forwards. The play seems unlike a piece of university theatre, but more a work of art. It dismantles polarization of genders and the human condition, yet the brutality of the words and descriptions give you all the feelings. Feelings of joy, of despair for the human condition, pity, longing — it’s all there throughout the play, but moving quickly leaves you no time to address and take in what shocking lines or opinions you’ve just heard. 50 Shades has nothing on Gupa’s production. This is not the sort of play you can explain to somebody else, it’s the sort of play you must see for yourself. You need to experience the insane, wild world of the women in the mountains, the hilarious but strikingly familiar views of the men and the innovative lighting and sound technology from Eric Chad and Kate De Lorme. You will come away with maybe more questions than you entered with, but with a sense of invigoration, a sense of duty and a mind buzzing with all sorts of issues which are so important in our culture today, not just in our small world at UBC, but everywhere. U
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PICTURES + WORDS ON YOUR UNIVERSITY EXPERIENCE
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THEN AND NOW by Will McDonald
1926 UBC’s archives refer to this as a “university bus.”
2015 Translink’s busses are quite a bit larger, and a bit more advanced.
1956 A view of Main Mall looking north.
2015 Note the addition of Koerner Libary, among other renovations.
1964 This photo shows the “men’s residence block”of Totem Park.
2007 The view at Wesbrook and 16th before the development of Wesbrook Village.
2015 These buildings haven’t changed much over the past 50 years.
2015 South campus has far more businesses and condos than it used to. Archival photos provided by UBC Library and Google Maps.
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EDITOR JACK HAUEN
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HOCKEY >>
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Regina goaltender Lucas Gore watches the puck sail past him on Friday.
T-Birds shut the door on Cougar playoff hopes Jack Hauen Sports and Rec Editor Matt Hewitt has two shutouts in his last three starts, and they couldn’t come at a better time. Reminiscent of a 2012 Jonathan Quick, Hewitt stood on his head at times and was terrifyingly well-positioned at others, giving his team the lifeline support they needed to take a valuable 1-0 win over the University of Regina Cougars. “The first one was a monkey off my back,” said Hewitt. “Tonight we played a desperate team trying to make a push for the playoffs, and they pushed hard. I just tried to hold my ground and just give my team a chance to win.” “[After a game] you feel a bit sore, but after a shutout, the pain goes away.” At 12-9-5, UBC now sits in fourth place in the Canada West conference, which is good enough to give them a home playoff date in the quarterfinals. They’re just one point above the University of Manitoba Bisons (14-12-0) though, and both teams have two games left to play. Fortunately, the T-Birds will face off against the struggling Lethbridge Pronghorns (4-220), while the Bisons are slotted to take on the more formidable Mount Royal Cougars (16-9-1). The game Saturday night was a tense one — more exciting than its low score might indicate. For all the talk about Matt Hewitt, Regina starter Lucas Gore was the busier of the two for a good chunk of the night; the shots ended up 12-4 in the home team’s favour at the end of the opening frame, and many of those were solid chances. From the opening face-off the game was physical. UBC captain Ben Schmidt set the tone early with two thunderous hits in the offensive zone, something the players on both sides must have been comfortable with, because the physicality didn’t slow down.
The Thunderbirds showed their team identity of grit and toughness with a touch of finesse: chances were either fired from any angle, or a sweet passing play that ended up as a blitz on the crease. The latter drew the ire of the Cougars many times during the evening, perhaps rightfully so. Gore’s night, though filled with brilliant saves, was not made easy by UBC. Jam plays were a dime a dozen to begin the middle frame. Gore was seemingly unsolvable, until a few minutes in: Brendon Wall flew down the left wing into the offensive zone — he remained in control of the puck past the goal line and had everyone following him, which made his cross-slot pass to Nick Buonassisi so much sweeter. Buonassisi was looking at a gaping cage and made no mistake, burying the winning and only goal of the game. After this point was when the game really opened up. Chances came at both ends, but neither net-minder would concede an inch. Both teams took the puck directly into the blue paint whenever the chance was available, continuing the trend of post-whistle scrums. The ice began to tilt in Regina’s favour once the halfway mark passed — Hewitt came up big a few times, but none larger than a monstrous lateral pad save with four minutes to go in the second, drawing cheers from the crowd of 420 at the Doug. The best chances of the final period came around the eightminute mark when Thunderbird Greg Fraser was sprung on a shorthanded breakaway. He had Gore down and out with a backhand deke, but rifled it over the net. On the very next play, Joe Antilla darted between the Cougar defenders on his own break. He was hooked from behind though, and was awarded a penalty shot. Gore would have none of his dangles, however, and swatted the puck off his stick when he tried to finesse it five-hole.
“I kept it low. I should’ve looked high, put it upstairs or something,” said Antilla, brainstorming for next time. “Guys like me need to put the puck in the net when we have the opportunity late in the game.” The defence would take over after the attempt, as UBC tight-
ened up its back end considerably and left Regina nothing. Of course, Hewitt made the defenders in front of him look good, picking up anything that slipped through the cracks during the final few minutes. He’s confident about his play heading into the post season.
“This is a good time to pick it up and feel good about myself,” he said. “Throughout the season you have lots of ups and downs, and now I think our team in general is feeling up. We just have to keep building up towards the playoffs, so when [they] come, we can keep rolling.” U
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engagement principles The UBC Board of Governors has adopted Campus + Community Planning’s ten engagement principles to enable constructive dialogue with our community. These principles create clarity and transparency to how we define, design, implement and conclude public engagement in our land use and community planning processes. Upcoming engagement opportunity:
University Boulevard Precinct Planning (Phase 1) Public Open House Date: Tuesday, February 10, 2015 Time: 11:00am – 2:00pm Place: 2nd Floor Foyer, The Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, 1961 East Mall For more upcoming engagement opportunities or to learn more about our Engagement Principles go to planning.ubc.ca or contact aviva.savelson@ubc.ca.
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VOLLEYBALL >>
UBC suffers crushing loss at hands of Spartans
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Outisde hitter Jarrid Ireland jumps up for a spike.
Olamide Olaniyan Staff Writer After suffering two five set-losses against the Brandon Bobcats last week, the UBC men’s volleyball team needed a win this weekend to raise their chances of clinching a playoff spot. Unfortunately, the Trinity Western Spartans proved too big of a rival to squash as the Thunderbirds lost both their Friday and Saturday games, 3-1 and 3-0. The ‘Birds have been beaten
by the Spartans the majority of the times they have faced each other; the Spartans have defeated the Thunderbirds eight of the nine times they’ve played since February 2012. “Last weekend we were playing some good ball in Brandon, so to come home hoping for that advantage, and to give the crowd that performance, it’s rough,” said fourth-year outside hitter Ben Chow, who led the Thunderbirds in the second game with nine kills.
“That’s definitely not UBC volleyball play everyone saw. We all know we’re better than that, it’s just a matter of doing the things that need to be taken care of.” On Friday, even though the ‘Birds put up a fight and won the first set, they were overwhelmed with the final set scores at 2628, 25-19, 29-27 and 25-19. The home team looked set to attack the Spartans point for point in the second set, until the visitors surged forward to a lead and won the set due to a service error by
UBC setter Milan Nikic. An ace in the third gave the Spartans the lead again to make it 19-18, and a couple more plays extended the lead to 22-19. TWU then took the set after a controversial call. A strong service from Nicholas Del Bianco left the ‘Birds sprawling and struggling to recover at set point — the Spartans took the final set, and the game. The T-Bird’s offence was led by third-year outside hitter Mac McNicol, who made 17 total kills, and middle Chris Howe with 10 kills, who also has the fifth most blocks per set in the season so far. Nikic made a total of 39 assists on Friday and 38 on Saturday, more total assists over the weekend (77) than Spartan leader Adam Schriemer, who had a total of 73. Trinity Western’s Del Bianco and Ryan Schlater scored 16 and 15 kills in the game, proving as instrumental in defeating the ‘Birds as over a year ago in which they scored 13 and 12, respectively. A major problem the T-Birds had was stopping aces and services when it mattered. Both Del Bianco and Schlater made three aces each in the game. “I think our service section needs to be a little bit crisper. There were a couple times where they’d hit a good serve sometimes and get an ace, but we can’t let them do that twice or three times in a row,” said McNicol.
The following day, the ‘Birds were defeated in three sets at 27-25, 25-20 and 25-17. While the Thunderbirds looked like they would hold off the Spartans, they again fell short in the third set as the Spartans went off on a six-point run, and faltered in the third and final set, when it mattered most. For head coach Richard Schick, the two losses were more of a smear on their record that would be better erased and left alone. “No lessons taken, we have to forget about it as soon as possible,” Schick said. The next two series of games against the University of Calgary and the University of Regina will prove to be vital for the Thunderbirds’ regular season campaign. The Spartans are now tied for second with Brandon University and have already secured their playoff spot along with the University of Alberta Bears and the Brandon Bobcats. Now tied at eighth with the Calgary Dinos, the ‘Birds will have to pull themselves out of their four-game losing streak and play consistently for the next bit of the season. “We’re going to regroup to focus for next weekend. We’ve got four big matches as we’re fighting for playoffs so nothing else really matters except these next four games,” said Chow. The ‘Birds will face the Calgary Dinos on the road at 6:30 p.m. on Friday and at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday. U
RECREATION >>
Winter Futsal Classic: an indoor blast
Friday’s tournament showcased UBC’s best futsal talent.
Bill Situ Contributor While the winter season may not provide a suitable climate for playing outdoor soccer, it didn’t prevent the UBC community from realizing their passion for it. Participants and staff had a night filled with enthusiasm, action and excitement at the 2015 Winter Futsal Classic. The tournament took place in the Student Recreation Centre (SRC) on Friday from 6 to 11 p.m. A total of 18 co-ed teams belonging to two separate divisions — the Campus Wide Division (CWD) and Divisional (DIV) — competed throughout the night. The tournament began with a round-robin where teams competed with two other opponents in their respective divisions, followed by an elimination round
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where the top four teams for each division competed for the title of division championship. “It’s good to have fun and just to get some exercise,” said Robert Duckworth, a player for the team All Day I Dream About Futsal. “It’s just a way for us to engage in the community through sport.” In addition to the participants, game officials also showed a keen interest in the tournament this year. While refereeing for Winter Futsal Classic games was a volunteer position in past years, this year is the first time in which referees received payment for their positions. “I volunteered three times before, but this time I figured that we [actually] get paid for it and there were not many people doing it, so I guess I’d step in,” said Nod Klaimanee, one of the game’s officials.
Even the SRC staff members responsible for organizing the Classic were thoroughly impressed with the amount of participation they received for the event. “This year we were really expecting ten teams, but we ended up with eighteen teams, which was great, especially for this small event,” said Caoimhe O’Donovan, one of the event’s assistant directors. After an adrenaline-pumping night of competition, the two champions of this year’s Winter Futsal Classic were Dent United of Divisional and Hardly Athletic of the Campus Wide Division. “I know we have a phenomenal team, we’ve all played futsal and we have great chemistry, but just to win this means the world to us because we persevered. Every path, we ran with full heart and so it was well worth the win,” said Sarah Najafabadi, a player for Hardly Athletic. Najafabadi’s team scored a goal in the final seconds of the championship game to force a tie. Her team scored again during overtime to take the victory against their opponent, the Rebels. In addition to team championships, the staff in charge of the event also provided prizes for the top goal scorers from each division. This year, the recipients of these awards were Omar Wilsam of Dent United and The Ubyssey ’s own Ciaran Dougherty of All Day I Dream About Futsal. Wilsam scored a grand total of 12 goals and Dougherty scored 11. Both players will be receiving a lanyard with two tickets to a varsity men’s basketball game. U <em>
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