Capilano Courier | Vol. 50, Issue 4.

VOLUME 50, ISSUE 4

OCTOBER 2–16, 2017

Lifelong Learning A conversation with mature students pg. 10

NEWS

CSU spends 80% of annual events budget on Captivate

ARTS

IDEA student falls victim to art theft

EDITOR'S DESK

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EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

Carlo Javier capcourier@gmail.com

DOMESTIC STUDENTS TAKE BACK SEAT TO INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS

MANAGING EDITOR

News

Justin Scott manager.capcourier@gmail.com

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NEWS EDITOR

Christine Beyleveldt news.capcourier@gmail.com

WORD OF THE WEEK: SUSTAINABILITY

OPINIONS EDITOR

Tia Kutschera Fox opinions.capcourier@gmail.com

Campus Life

FEATURES EDITOR

Helen Aikenhead specialfeatures.capcourier@gmail.com ARTS & CULTURE EDITOR

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REHEARSAL SPACE BLUES

Rachel D'Sa arts.capcourier@gmail.com

Arts & Culture

CAMPUS LIFE EDITOR

Greta Kooy campuslife.capcourier@gmail.com ONLINE EDITOR

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DROPPING THE F-BOMB: THE NAME GAME

Jessica Lio online.capcourier@gmail.com

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Rachel Wada artdirector.capcourier@gmail.com

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LATE REGISTRATION Carlo Javier EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

"No, I already graduated, and you can live through anything if Magic made it. " – Kanye West On my first regular school day at Capilano University, I asked the student beside me a seemingly innocuous question that was met with raised eyebrows, a snicker and if I remember correctly, a “Gosh, no.”

I had no idea that asking someone if they were in first year, would be met with such repulsion.

Poor 18-year-old me was taken aback and embarrassed. I only heard other students asking one another about their programs and years of study, so I had thought it was simply university norm – it was my first day.

As it turned out, that became the last day for a while, where I consciously made attempts at socializing in classrooms. Not until about a year and a half later, when the eminent Michael Markwick asked, “can I push you on that?” did I start to feel comfortable in classrooms again.

I went to a multicultural high school in Coquitlam. Coming into CapU, I was fairly confident that my experiences in a diverse environment would translate well into post secondary. What I was not ready for was another layer of diversity: age. I don’t think everyone else was either. In my time as a student, I’ve had younger classmates who were particularly averse to working with their older counterparts. They assumed mature students to be awkward, to be technologically inept and to be behind in social and pop culture acumen.

Yet the same principles ring true with some of the older students I’ve met and worked with. Some of the misconceptions I’ve heard and encountered include the immediate thought that anyone younger and less experienced is unqualified to lead projects, that they’re immature and that they really don’t know anything.

I know a student who once uttered, “fucking kids!” after a younger student had accidentally spilled his coffee. Granted, the spill did nearly take a laptop as casualty, so, I might’ve said something along the same line myself.

I know a younger student who tried their darnedest to avoid having to work with

older people in a group project. Believing the age gap will simply be a hindrance towards an A. This week, I got an eye-opening opportunity to write a feature about mature students. While anyone over the age of 20 who lacks minimum program requirements can qualify for a mature student status, in speaking terms, we tend to use mature students to refer to older classmates – essentially students from a different generation.

In my conversations with my interviews, what truly floored me was not the pleasant news about how a sense of belonging is not a problem, it was not about how ageist discrimination happens less than you might assume – it was about sympathy.

They were incredibly sympathetic to their younger counterparts, citing the unbelievable pressure that younger students face today. Pressure from academics, from socioeconomic factors, from parents and even from the very real fears of having to pause or indefinitely leave school.

The sympathy and understanding I saw ultimately had me wondering if this type of feeling exists for the rest of us, too. Younger students could very well be caught up in assuming that their older cohorts are just privileged enough that they can afford to take courses for the sake of learning and discourse. What might get lost in the conversation is that for many older students, the opportunity to go to school just did not manifest itself earlier in their lives.

Having graduated this past June, I now exist in the limbo of student-life: young enough to pursue a Master’s Degree, and experienced enough to truly get into the real workforce. While that decision is yet to be finalized, the one nugget of truth exists: learning has neither the age requirement nor the age limit.

NEWS

CAPILANO UNIVERSITY SIGNS AFFILIATION AGREEMENT WITH THE SHÍSHÁLH NATION Promise of continued support of Aboriginal studies marks the University’s 40 years in Sechelt Helen Aikenhead

– COURTESY OF BLUEPRINT UNIVERSITY

FEATURES EDITOR

CSU SPENT $20,000 ON CAPTIVATE

Only $5,000 remains in the events budget for the academic year Christine Beyleveldt NEWS EDITOR

With files from Greta Kooy Less than a month into the fall semester, the Capilano Students’ Union (CSU) has already spent 80 per cent of its budget for events this year on a single function – Captivate. The back-to-school party, featuring DJs JP Valdes, Coach Bombay, Grayson Repp and Fishy, food trucks and a beer garden set up in the Cedar courtyard for the duration of the afternoon on Sept. 14, cost the CSU $20,000 to host. Now only $5,000 remains in their budget, which must last the rest of the year.

Yats Palat, vice president student life, explained that he had been planning Captivate since May, and that it was the biggest party the CSU has ever hosted on campus to date. North Vancouver has a different culture to the rest of Vancouver, so he worked closely with the production house Blueprint University to sub-design the playlist and tailor the musical lineup

to Capilano University tastes, which in his mind included pop songs and oldies from the early 2000s that proved to be a hit with attendees.

Since it was the first event the CSU hosted this year, Palat said it was natural they couldn’t get a lot of support from sponsors. CIBC and Student Care contributed $2,750 between them toward the cost of the event, which totalled closer to $22,700, but Palat’s main concern was ensuring the event would be free.

He explained that it would have cost significantly less if it had been ticketed.

The after party at Celebrities nightclub was a ticketed event, despite Palat’s wish to keep events free for students.

It also wasn’t a CSU sanctioned event.

Rather, students in conjunction with Axis Entertainment organized it and originally used the CSU’s branding and the Captivate logo without their permission. “We would never have charged tickets at an after party,” he said, “No matter how much time, effort or money it took for Captivate, I wanted it to be free to students.”

The CSU has gambled before on extravagant events. Three years ago, they hosted Rock the Boat for the first time, which put them at an expected loss of $7,600 when the bill totalled over $15,000 though it was a ticketed event.

But despite its initial cost, Rock the Boat was a success by the numbers and has become an annual year-end party that draws hundreds of students.

Palat shared Captivate’s attendance numbers at a Sept. 22 Board of Directors meeting. He had hoped 650 students would turn out to the event and that at

least 400 would pass through the beer garden. In total, 1,400 students came to Captivate and 880 went into the beer garden. President and vice president finance and services, Perry Safari, indicated to the board that the CSU hopes to host Captivate again, and according to Palat, many students, staff and faculty have likewise requested a repeat of it next year.

As for managing the remainder of the budget and making it last for the rest of the year, Palat indicated that future events might be ticketed to ensure the CSU can successfully manage them.

“We knew [Captivate] would take 80 per cent of the budget, so it was expected,” he said. “The entire board approved of it almost unanimously.” However, the board of directors hasn’t passed planning tools for any other campus events for the rest of the year to date. Clubs and Collectives Day went ahead on Sept. 21 in the Library Lounge, and also drew more students than anticipated. But that event drew from a different pool in the clubs line item of the events and outreach budget and didn’t affect the $5,000 that remains of the events line item.

There were also a few noise complaints throughout the day. Palat explained that he had informed the neighbours of the event in advance and the Capilano Faculty Association (CFA). He requested to have classes in the Cedar building moved temporarily as well, although instructors didn’t receive the notice until school had started again for the semester.

Despite the cost, Palat and the rest of the CSU consider Captivate to have been a success.

Capilano University celebrated its 40 years in Sechelt on Sept. 21, and at the same time as this milestone, signed an historic agreement with the shíshálh Nation to “formalize and expand upon existing collaboration” at kálax-ay, the school’s Sunshine Coast campus.

The agreement states that the University will continue to support Aboriginal studies as well as work on further development in “Aboriginal history, culture, language protocols and values.” Along with Elder Mus-Swiya (Jamie Dixon), a representative of shíshálh chief and council, and CapU’s Dean of kálaxay, Julia Denholm, CapU President Paul Dangerfield spoke at the signing and voiced his hope for increased collaboration between the school and the shíshálh Nation in the future.

With the University having observed Truth and Reconciliation week from Sept. 18 through Sept. 24, the signing was just one of the actions taken in CapU's effort to strengthen its collaboration with First Nations communities. Throughout the week, First Nations Student Services and CapU’s Indigenize the Academy committee had speakers on campus as well as forums, a book launch and a potluck and an interactive art installation available to students and staff.

In an effort to further inform and educate the campus community on the history of residential schools and the significance their history holds, many instructors have additionally included curriculum about Truth and Reconciliation in their courses.

It is imperative to a thriving community that all of its members are equally represented. The week of events commemorating Truth and Reconciliation and the signing of the affiliation agreement serve as symbols of a promise to continue to acknowledge the past failures of this country, and give a platform to the histories often left untold.

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NEWS

CAPILANO PARTNERS WITH CARRIER SEKANI FAMILY SERVICES TO DELIVER HEALTH TRAINING

–COURTESY OF TRACY DIGNUM

The pilot project provides remote communities access to health services Christine Beyleveldt NEWS EDITOR

Capilano University has partnered with UBC and Carrier Sekani Family Services, a holistic health and wellness service, to deliver training to health professionals in some of BC’s remote First Nations communities.

The year-long pilot project, launched in May and funded by the Ministry of Advanced Education, sees professionals receive hands-on training at the Carrier Sekani office in Vanderhoof, just over an hour west of Prince George.

According to CapU Rehabilitation Assistant Instructor Tracy Dignum, one of the biggest problems people living in remote communities face is access to adequate health services. For the most part, the northern half of the province doesn’t have the access to the services they need.

Dignum sumbitted a proposal to the Ministry of Advanced Education at the end of 2016 to launch the Rehabilitation Therapy Support Skills program pilot project. The ministry agreed to fully fund a year-long training program. She had also partnered with Robin Roots, a University of Northern British Columbia coordinator of clinical education, because her physiotherapy students based at the school in Prince George already service the area and have connections in many of those small communities.

The training, which includes

DOMESTIC STUDENTS TAKE BACK SEAT TO INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS With tuition repealed on AEP courses, instructors fear long waitlists will deter domestic students Christine Beyleveldt NEWS EDITOR

When he retired in January after 10 years of teaching at Capilano University, English for Academic Purposes (EAP) and Business Communication instructor Christian Steckler left behind a $20,000 endowment fund that was meant to help subsidize the education of one domestic student each year. Following a BC NDP ruling earlier this year, tuition was removed from all English Language Learning (ELL) courses province-wide, and domestic students in the EAP program fell under that banner.

Now, with the exception of EAP 100 and

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physiotherapy and occupational therapy, is similar to the curriculum of the Rehabilitation Assistant program offered at CapU, although it doesn’t include speech rehabilitation therapy. Initially, Dignum thought about offering online programming, but quickly realized that face-to-face interaction was more practical.

It also made more sense for instructors to travel to Vanderhoof to deliver training, because students who come from remote communities to do their training in the Lower Mainland often don’t return.

Service delivery is where the training gets difficult. “I didn’t realize quite how underserviced some of these communities were,” Dignum said. Cell reception and internet access are taken for granted in the Lower Mainland, but up north it’s difficult to keep a steady correspondence.

There is teaching space, but no health training lab at the Carrier Sekani offices in Vanderhoof like the one Dignum has access to at the University.

The community didn’t have all of the necessary equipment to use in training exercises either. Some of it had to be

brought over from the UNBC campus in Prince George.

“I think the program is a wonderful opportunity to build capacity within our communities, and to provide educational and employment opportunities in a growing field,” said Laura Giroux, an occupational health therapist working for Carrier Sekani. She explained that people from outlying communities in the central BC region are travelling to Vanderhoof to receive their training two days per month so far, although Carrier Sekani’s health teams frequently travel to those communities too. Dignum added that so far, they’re receiving positive feedback on the training model and participants are asking for more.

Dignum also noted that she’s learned a lot, not just about the culture of the region while she was teaching, but also about how to deliver training in a manner that was consistent with the resources available in Vanderhoof. She spent time teaching in Haiti in May, which she acknowledged helped prepare her for the cultural differences she encountered

when she got to Vanderhoof. “What I found really interesting was when I went into Haiti I was able to say, ‘look, teach me about your culture because I’m really not all that familiar,’ and so I ended up kind of using the same format when I got up there [to Vanderhoof],” she explained.

For the first course during the summer, Dignum delivered training with Roots.

“We’re already seeing what’s working and what we would want to change next time, but it’s a really nice trial run, so that we could then parachute this program down anywhere in the province,” she said. Her goal is to see CapU able to deliver training anywhere outside of the Lower Mainland.

Currently, instructors are mid-way through the second course and need to wrap up their training by May 2018. After it comes to an end, she hopes they can leave a legacy in the form of equipment and health promotion. She doesn’t know how training will continue after the pilot project is complete, but hopes there will be financial support that will allow it to continue to be offered.

101, all other courses in the program are free for domestic students, something Steckler believes to be wonderful.

The EAP program is run differently than other programs at CapU. Most programs are funded by the provincial government and from tuition. EAP relies on tuition fees paid by international students, who normally comprise about 75 per cent of the student body in the program, to pay for classes to run. Some of the programs' instructors who would like to see more domestic students afforded the opportunity to enrol in the program are concerned because international students who pay much higher fees are given precedence for most courses.

Domestic students are often waitlisted after they apply to the program, although once they’ve been accepted they’ll be able to remain in the program and continue all the way through.

“They’re the ones who are paying the taxes for the University and they’re being denied,” Steckler said. But it is part of the program’s mandate to bring in more international students and bring their English abilities up to the level that is required by CapU. In the past

few years there has also been a rapid increase in the number of international students enrolling, and if they’ve paid for study permits they should have a spot in classrooms. Two thirds of a class must consist of international students, specifically so that the remaining spots can be made available to domestic students, many of whom are immigrants.

“I thought I would get at least one immigrant student in there to help them out in their journey to self-sufficiency in a new country,” Steckler added. “Also another reason is that tuitions in the province are too high. We have had a provincial government for 16 years that decided to give university students loans not grants, and loans were encumbered with the highest interest rate.”

Previously, instructor Corey Muench noted, there were several part-time course offerings in the EAP program that would be filled with domestic students, while international students filled fulltime classes. By around 2012, parttime courses ceased being offered. The University explained that the program was barely reaching its target income to allow part-time courses to continue. With

tuition recently removed, a higher number of domestic students are anticipated to enrol, Muench said that they are currently discussing the possibility of bringing back two part-time courses to create more space for domestic students in the program.

The idea wasn’t to move domestic students into CapU’s academic programs right away, rather students would move into full-time courses to improve their English skills before advancing. In the last few years, waitlists have shortened but since tuition has dropped, instructor Maggie Reagh expects they’ll fill up again.

During Steckler’s time at the University before tuition was re-introduced on ESL courses by the BC Liberals in 2015, he said some students waited over a year to be accepted after applying for courses.

Reagh fears that if the number of students applying gets to be too high, students won’t be able to continue in the program. “My wish would be – and I know Christian would say the same – that once we let a domestic student in we could keep them in the program and let it be a priority not to have their studies interrupted by lack of funding,” she commented.

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WORD OF THE WEEK: SUSTAINABILITY

WHO YOU

That time of the year where you get to find out if you’ve been using the right bin or not Emily Gaudette CONTRIBUTOR

Capilano grads Lexi Wuthrich and Brady Keeler take a cross-Canada trip to film North of 49 Sarah Schmidt CONTRIBUTOR

Lexi Wuthrich is a 22-year-old graduate of Capilano University’s Motion Picture Arts (MOPA) program and the Business Administration and Management diploma.

She and her boyfriend Brady Keeler, also a 22-year-old graduate of MOPA, are currently traveling across the country creating their short film North of 49. The film, which bears the same name as their popular Instagram page, attempts to capture the vastness and diversity within Canada.

Now halfway through their trip which began on July 27, the couple is taking a road trip across Canada and back, camping and staying with family and friends along the way. Their accommodations allow them to extend their trip over three months, while keeping it affordable for the two recent university grads.

Originally, the two had hoped to gain funding through StoryHive, a company dedicated to helping support film makers in BC and Alberta, and were using their social media pages to help build a portfolio. The determined couple, along with the help of their family members, saved up enough money for their trip without a grant.

Using social media sites like Facebook and Instagram, they continue to promote the film while journeying across Canada. @explorenorthof_49, Wuthrich and Keeler’s Instagram page, is an inspiring visual representation of how far they have already come since leaving Vancouver nearly three months ago.

With hopes to someday work in film, Wuthrich studied and received diplomas in both MOPA and Business Administration. Although she graduated in 2016, she's going to return to CapU in January of 2018 to further her studies in marketing. Travelling the country, trying to spend a week in every province and preparing their film has reaffirmed the educational choice that Wuthrich made, as it has inspired her to succeed in both her passion and career aspirations Currently on the road between Quebec and Ontario, Wuthrich and Keeler are nearing the end of their travels.

They will be passing through Saskatoon, Edmonton, Jasper, Banff, Cranbrook and Kelowna before coming back to Vancouver. After a long four months, the couple will be arriving home towards the end of October.

“If you have the opportunity, just do it,” said Wuthrich. Traveling allows you to grow your knowledge both geographically and culturally, she explained.

Being fortunate to grow up in a family environment that nurtured her love for traveling, they have always advised her “travel while you’re young, there’s never going to be a perfect time or enough money, you just have to do it.”

Whether today marks your fourth week or 400th week at Capilano University, by now we are all equally and acutely aware of the various reputations CapU has earned over the past few decades – the evergreen wonderland that surrounds us, the lackluster food options and perhaps most apparent is the priority placed on improving the sustainability of our campus.

CapU is surely a step ahead of many other institutions when it comes to the implementation of sustainable practices. This is evident at first glance of the campus’ Zero Waste stations and the cafeteria’s compostable take-away containers. However, how many students and staff actually feel empowered and knowledgeable enough to consistently use these receptacles correctly?

Though CapU is making strides toward sustainability, we still have a long (ideally, solar-powered) road ahead of us.

This is something the dedicated staff of CapU Works and the Facilities Department are hoping to address during their second annual Sustainability Week on campus. CapU Works is a student-driven sustainability program that engages in behavioral change campaigns and events, and one of their biggest projects is just around the corner.

Sustainability Week will take place on campus beginning Monday, Oct. 2 through Thursday Oct. 5, starting with a Kick-Off Sustainability Lounge in the Birch Cafeteria at 11:30 a.m. There will be free food, music and beverages and a “Speakers Corner” – a video booth led by CapU Works’ student organizer, Erica O’Hearn, for students and staff to voice their innovative

ideas regarding sustainability.

The week will consist of fun, engaging events taking place all over campus. Head to the Birch Cafeteria between 8 a.m. and 10 a.m. during the week and grab a free coffee with a reusable cup, or enter to win a MEC gift card with proof of transit purchase. In the spirit of Sustainability Week, the CapU Bookstore will even be discounting all reusable cups 20 per cent.

These incentives attempt to engage students to both get involved in the week’s events and to simply promote the habit of thinking more consciously and sustainably.

However, if you want to get more involved, stop by the Bosa Building on Oct. 4, where Earthworks will be hosting a screening of Su Rynard’s 2015 documentary film The Messenger.

The purpose of Sustainability Week is to create a dialogue regarding conscious living at CapU, emphasized by the “Raise Your Voice” event – a facilitated discussion in which students, staff and faculty will each have a chance to discuss sustainability issues and ideas. “We want students and staff to let us know what’s working, what isn’t and what’s really important,” explained Kayla Blok, sustainability assistant and coordinator for CapU Works. “We also want everyone to take personal action on improving sustainability at CapU and, most importantly, have some fun.”

The Capilano Students’ Union (CSU), in conjunction with Sustainability Week efforts, will take the conversation to Seymour's Pub, where the “Green Drinks” event takes place on Oct. 5. Though organized by the CSU, the event is open to all students, faculty and staff to discuss the future of sustainability, whilst drinking some locally brewed beer and munching on sustainably sourced appetizers.

CapU has earned its reputation as a sustainabilityfocused university, thanks not only to the dedicated group of students, staff and faculty that organize events like Sustainability Week, but also to those who participate in these events. So, for those who are passionate or curious about the future of sustainability, join the conversation and share your ideas by participating in Sustainability Week!

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ARTS & CULTURE –COURTESY OF CLOSET RAID

Q & A WITH VANCOUVER CLOSET RAID’S TIFANEE PO

Vancouver has a fairly substantial used-clothing scene with shops like House of Vintage, Mine & Yours, and Turnabout. How does the Closet Raid differ from other consignment shops in the city?

Co-Founder of one of Vancouver’s most highlyanticipated pop-up events, previews the upcoming consignment extravaganza

We do a one day, pop-up. There's one chance to get your hands on these amazing goods, then it's over, until the following season. We also get our friends involved who are previously from retail, currently in retail and have great style.

Our clothing sellers are carefully selected so we have some of the best product available.

Rachel D’Sa ARTS AND CULTURE EDITOR

On Oct. 15, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., Barre Fitness Gastown will be the home of the annual Vancouver Closet Raid. The free pop-up event returns to showcase the city’s most outstanding fashion articles on consignment, providing customers with a conscious-free shopping day, staying true to the “reduce, reuse, recycle” motto that the organization stands by. The event series has partnered with organizations across Canada to reduce textile waste, while also supporting local businesses. Cofounder Tifanee Po encourages Vancouver fashionistas to shop a collection of gentlyworn pieces from brands including Rag + Bone, Mackage, Aritzia and many more.

This is the event’s third year running in Vancouver. What does the history of, and inspiration for the event look like?

Closet Raid began two years ago out of our dissatisfaction with how the clothing industry works, specifically with fast fashion. We also both came from retail backgrounds where we saw the daily encouragement to have people buy things that they don't need. We appreciate shopping and refreshing your wardrobe, so Closet Raid was our solution to all of this - our way of giving people an alternative way to shop. Plus we obviously just love to bring the community together, have fun and shop.

THEATRE FOR THOUGHT When theatre is more than just good entertainment Rachel D’Sa ARTS AND CULTURE EDITOR

For some, theatre is either a distant high school memory, or a great date night idea.

For others, theatre stands as a meaningful and crucial coping mechanism.

Former Capilano University student, Nathan Zwicker, hopes to further advertise the oft-overlooked benefits of theatre performance through the creation of his theatre company, Theatre for Thought. As of mid-October, the company will be nearing its one-year anniversary.

The previous Acting for Stage and Screen student described the company as

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How has the event evolved since its debut?

Our first Closet Raid was out of my apartment in 2015, when moving over 10 boxes of clothing every year when your lease was up, was just not smart. We wanted to host a small event just for us to clear out our closets, then all our friends got wind and wanted to get involved. When we sat in the apartment the day before our first sale, with over 2,000 units of clothing that people just no longer loved, we saw the opportunity to turn it into a recurring event and business. A piece of clothing may be unloved by you, but cherished by another. We decided to host our second event with our friends at Rodney's Oyster Bar in Calgary and when we saw how the community embraced the idea, we just kept going. We reached out to friends across Canada and have continued expanding since.

As the event continues to prosper every year, what turnout can be expected this fall?

What is the process of collecting donations and putting together the event, and what challenges come along with it?

We partner with a local charity in each city and encourage both customers and sellers to donate any clothing that they no longer use. We typically set up a donation section in each event where people can drop stuff off. We try to select charities that support women in each city. In Calgary, we work with Making Changes, which is a local non-profit that helps to get women who have come out of tough living situations, back into the workforce.

Choosing the right charity is actually way harder than you would think. We take our time to make sure that they support our cause and help those that are genuinely in need. [The biggest challenge is] finding the right partners that support our cause and coordinating all the people involved, for sure. But we love it. Bring it on.

What is your favorite part of organizing this particular event and what are you most excited for?

Our turnout varies year to year and is very season dependant. Fall is the main shopping season, so we're expecting a solid amount of traffic in each city this year. Our largest turnout has been in Calgary last fall at Trolley 5 Brewery where we saw about 1500 people in a span of four hours.

We love bringing together communities, supporting those in need and shopping.

We're most excited to get to work with all our friends in each city and to update our wardrobes with some amazing pieces.

a community out to promote emotional and mental development through a therapy-like experience with the art form.

As an individual battling mental illness, Zwicker noted that over the years, he has found comfort and support through theatre. “The theatre is a space where you are safe to feel and express a vast range of emotions. I feel it helped me figure out my own emotional identity,” he said.

The idea of starting his own company crossed Zwicker’s mind when he noticed how many people had similar stories to his. Many of his fellow performers had found theatre to be the light in their dark times, sparking him to have the thought.

“Theatre has helped my classmates and I’m sure there is a way for it to help others.”

He concluded that he wanted to make it a priority to provide others, especially youth, with the same opportunities to explore themselves via theatre.

However, Zwicker noted that his project does not claim to be a source of medical therapy. “We simply believe the

dramatic arts, like all mediums of art, are good for the mind, body and spirit,” he said. Through theatre, he has grown as an individual, helping him to become comfortable with himself after a long history of mental illness. “The theatre gives me a chance to come as close as possible to walking a mile in another’s shoes, so I am always seeing things from new perspectives. I experience emotions that I may not have discovered in my daily life,” he said.

Zwicker credits CapU for showing him just how many like-minded people there are out there, and that when they come together, they can create amazing works through sharing the same learning and working environment. He noted that when he had begun his education at the University, he was unsure of what aspect of theatre he wanted to be involved in. However, the school helped him refine what he was after in life. “CapU introduced me to many of the people that would inspire what Theatre for Thought

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Holding and developing a background in closet raids over the years, what have your experiences with other closet raids been like and in which direction do you plan on taking the Closet Raid?

Always amazing. We go into each new city, not really knowing what will happen.

But once you see how excited people are about what we're doing, it makes it all worth it. We honestly never really know.

We like to think that this is part of the organic side of life - take things as they come, but be smart and make it happen.

After all, if we didn't just roll with Closet Raid in the start, it wouldn't be what it is today.

What can customers expect when they walk into Barre on the 15?

Amazing clothing, amazing people and to support an amazing cause of reducing clothing waste.

The organization’s Facebook page reminds customers to bring reusable bags for their purchased goodies. The cash or credit only event, held at Barre Fitness in Gaston (130 West Hastings St., Vancouver) will continue to accept clothing donations at the door. For event updates and further information including how to get involved, visit the Closet Raid’s website at Closetraid.ca.

stands for. The support I received from my peers and teachers really helped push me towards this very large goal,” reflected Zwicker.

Theatre for Thought has focused its efforts on raising awareness of the beneficial capabilities of theatre, and since the start up, has been able to cultivate widespread interest. Zwicker hopes to gain momentum, and in the meantime, is researching and networking in order to accurately provide specific services to those battling certain illnesses.

Currently, the company is working towards establishing a physical space, while also working on skits and plays to educate and entertain. The company anticipates working its way through the school system, uplifting young artists across the country. Through Theatre for Thought, Zwicker hopes to spread his inspiration and thought-provoking message by promoting theatre, and will continue to shine a spotlight on the positive benefits of the art form.

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How a Capilano University student was conned out of her work and respect Justin Scott MANAGING EDITOR

While it’s true that most graphic designers and artists are very creative people, there is a common misconception that their work often requires no effort and comes to them with ease. Unfortunately, due to this belief, creatives are often underappreciated for their hard work. Atrin Yazdani-Biuki is a student in Capilano University’s IDEA program, and has first-hand experience with these attitudes, and in her case, has led to an outright robbery.

Before she began her time at CapU, Yazdani-Biuki studied Graphic Design at BCIT. Upon completion of her six-month program at BCIT in August 2016, she met a local real estate agent EM (YazdaniBiuki requested he remain anonymous), who was looking for someone to design his logo. “I met him through my mom,” she explained. “He said he was looking for someone to make him a logo for his real estate company.”

The artist said that while she learned a

REHEARSAL SPACE BLUES Decreasing amounts of attainable rehearsal space leaves young musicians castaway from their own city Luka Vasic CONTRIBUTOR

As the price of property and rental rates in Greater Vancouver has been skyrocketing, local businesses have found themselves having to make a choice: sink or swim. This is no exception to local rehearsal spaces like the Vancouver Rockspace, having found itself in the former situation and Sanctuary Studios, which is set to shut down this month.

What has been an ongoing issue for local professionals has also affected the city’s young musicians and students. There are already many challenges for musicians trying to make it in the industry, and the lack of space for rehearsals and individual practice has become a growing concern in this city.

For Capilano University music students, the worry of finding space to rehearse is not as urgent as they have the luxury of accessing the school’s practice rooms, and classrooms that are large enough to accommodate their rehearsal needs. These spaces are open to them Monday through Saturday. They also have access to the school’s music storage, which has a variety of instruments that they can rent out without charge.

However, this becomes a problem for

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great deal about graphic design during her time at BCIT, the instructors there never discussed how to handle freelance clients and contracts with the students. “I had learned a lot at BCIT, however I hadn't been given any advice as to how I could deal with freelance assignments,” she said.

EM requested a logo that featured an M and a crown. Eventually Yazdani-Biuki created a logo that met his requests and contained a hidden house in it. “I wanted to be a bit more creative,” she said. After this, EM then asked for another logo featuring just his initials for a business card, which she then created. Having kept track of the time, Yazdani-Biuki knows she spent 26 hours working on the projects.

That time included her research, brainstorming, sketching and eventually crafting the final versions on her computer – two options for each design, to be exact.

Once the designs were complete and sent to EM, things took a turn for the worst.“In the very end, he said that he absolutely loved the logos,” she recalled, “But, when I asked him for the payment he stepped back.” EM’s email responses began to take longer and Yazdani-Biuki began to worry.

Soon, Yazdani-Biuki’s fears became a reality.

"If I knew it'd cost this, I would've most likely taken it to my professional branding company to do the job for the same rate.

Anyway, I am forwarding it to my dad who's handling all of it, but he needs a business invoice for tax purposes," read

EM’s next correspondence. Not only was this a warning sign for Yazdani-Biuki, it also saddened the artist to see her work devalued. “I was hurt so badly over these words because this was like saying ‘since you’re not in a company you shouldn't be paid like them or you are not professional enough to be paid the same rate,” she said.

Back at it, Yazdani-Biuki believes that EM’s request for a tax form was just his way of dragging out the process and trying to make her life more difficult, even though he didn’t intend on paying.

However, she complied with his requests, and after some help from her father, sent EM his receipt. It didn’t matter.

"Just want to inform you that while in expectation of your email, I proceeded to reach out to professional branding companies for their services. My professional branding company that is also creating my website took on creating my logo for a better price and value. I'm very happy with the whole experience with them.”

This was the message Yazdani-Biuki feared, but had been expecting. Although she knew EM had another company designing his website, she was still skeptical about his story.

“It was weird,” she said. “I don't know how to explain it. Something was telling me to not trust those words and check up on his website.” And that’s what she did. “I searched up his name at least once a week to see if his website had

been launched and a month or so after of constant searching, my gut was right. My logo was up on his website and he had lied about having another logo made by the company he kept talking about.”

Even though she knew EM had stolen from her, Yazdani-Biuki explained that after consulting with her family, they agreed it was best not to pursue the situation any further. Additionally, as much as having her work taken like that stung, she did get some solace from seeing her work being used. “My family did say that because I have the original files, all emails, and documents it could be possible to sue him if I wanted to,” she said, adding, “I've left the matter for now.”

For Yazdani-Biuki, the now is going very well. She’s in her second year of the IDEA program and is enjoying it immensely. Additionally, she mentioned that in her first year of the program, IDEA instructors went over freelancing with their students and gave them advice on how to handle the situations, to avoid anyone else going through what YazdaniBiuki did. Nonetheless, she said there have been other students in the program who have similar experiences.

In the end however, it was a learning experience for her, ensuring that she won’t encounter issues like this in the future.

She hopes to spread awareness through her story, so that fellow artists will not have to endure the same distress that she was put through.

students more involved in bands outside of school. While students may use the school’s facilities to work on their own projects, it is understandably discouraged to bring nonstudent musicians on campus. This creates the need to find a space off-campus, which becomes a challenge.

“Finding space can be sort of all over the place. Affordable space at preferred times is definitely difficult,” said Aidan Goheen, Capilano Jazz student, and leader of Big Madge, a local Ska band full of CapU students. “Having a good-sized room with good acoustics is pretty important when you have a seven-piece band with horns.”

This is a common problem among students in the Capilano Jazz program, and is especially a concern for alumni, who after completing their degrees suddenly find themselves without access to the facilities the University had once provided them with. Most will say that they avoid playing in rentable rehearsal spaces, as many of them are too expensive, difficult to book with ideal times and cannot accommodate the larger bands. Therefore, many bands will opt to rehearse at a privately-owned space or a basement if they have the access, and some will rehearse in churches or school band rooms if they are available for such activities.

The reason for the diminishing amount of rehearsal space in this city could be blamed on Vancouver’s real estate market, which continues to get pricier each year.

“Everyone’s rent is getting too out of hand,” said Paul Alexander, owner of Pandora’s Box Rehearsal Studios, one of the go-to rehearsal spaces for young musicians.

Alexander, who has had previous experience running a campground, knew that the best way for a business of this sorts to thrive was to “provide a

better product.” Recognizing that other businesses were failing due to rent and lease problems, Pandora’s Box created for themselves a chance to thrive from the get-go. The business signed a 10-year lease, giving itself the opportunity to build a better business without worrying about the skyrocketing prices and complications of property agreements.

Finding the right location, in a

neighborhood that didn’t mind the noise, Pandora’s Box has been able to create a sense of community with its customers.

“Half our lockout rooms are with people that have been renting since we started.”

This, and the gear provided are available for rent, has made Pandora’s Box a popular option for younger musicians and students, in a city with less and less to choose from.

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THE DOUBLE-EDGED KNIFE

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The food industry's labour shortage is partly self-inflicted

Aki Guomundsdóttir COLUMNIST

For years, there has been a well-publicized labour shortage in BC's food and hospitality industry. Such a shortage would normally result in higher wages, but instead, wages have remained... competitive. And while “competitive wages” is a term often used in a positive light, what it really means is wages low enough that the businesses are able to stay competitive with other businesses who pay equally low. Higher wages would drive menu prices up, making the restaurant uncompetitive. Or so the argument goes.

“Probationary” wages for over a month are also bullshit, but common. The reasoning is that there is so much labour turnover that restaurants punish new employees by simply assuming they're temporary workers anyways, justifiably paid at a lower wage during “training,” which is very loosely defined.

This misguided and short-sighted economic logic inevitably leads to a major waste of a valuable resource: human capital. Because cooking is part art, part craft, part manual labour and mostly,

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Vegan attempt #1

Andy Rice ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER

Anyone who knows me knows that I love meat with every fibre of my being. It’s not uncommon to see me floating around my local butcher shop clinging to a side of pork the way Rose did with that wooden door in Titanic.

This past summer I ate nothing but grilled lamb chops and home-brew, which made it a pretty good one in my books.

But then I waddled into September with a bad case of the meat sweats and a gut that stuck out so far, I could no longer see my junk when standing at a urinal.

Something had to change, and so I began entertaining the idea of going vegetarian for a few weeks until my little situation sorted itself out. The gut was nothing I couldn’t deal with, but the meat sweats had to go.

Enter my girlfriend who, I think, was starting to become rather annoyed by both of those things.

“Alright, say goodbye to ground beef.

We’re going vegan,” she said one evening after we’d just wolfed down a quarter of

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because feeding people who have essentially forgotten how to feed themselves is one of the world's most depended on jobs. Doing it well requires years of learning, honing your craft, training your palate, mastering the chemistry of transforming ingredients and forever adapting to nature's whims...

Some even go through very expensive culinary programs to get an inter-provincial Red Seal certification, which will often guarantee them slightly higher wages, but not necessarily a better lifestyle.

The job is however treated as the most basic, non-skilled profession worthy of teenagers entering the work force, misfits and college dropouts, and as such, it attracts and manages to hold mostly those very people.

To make it worse, employers in the food industry will try – whether consciously or not – to get away with murder when it comes to labour laws, to mention a few: unpaid overtime, withheld meal breaks, split shifts scheduled beyond 12 hours and withheld vacation pay after employment is terminated

are very common breaches. Which is why I always tell the less experienced, more naive cooks to take the time to read and highlight the BC Employment Standards Act. Sure, you'd rather read A Game of Thrones, but the Act is really not that long or boring, and it will inform you about safeguards we should all be aware of, regardless of what industry we work in, but specially in an industry so notorious for breaching those rights. Some people do know their rights, and yet are afraid to stand up to employers for fear of appearing weak in a sickening macho culture.

With stagnant wages and notoriously damaging work standards, the industry is providing a wonderful incentive for those already in it to look elsewhere for employment, deepening the labour shortage.

Sadly, the alternative to wages is what's widely known as “the salary trap”.

Experienced cooks have become very cautious of owners or managers who offer them a monthly salary instead of hourly pay, since it almost always will lead to

a lasagna and were feeling particularly good about ourselves.

“Now?! Can we talk about this first?

How about vegetarian to start?” I countered. “Or some combination of the two. Vegan is… well, it’s vegan.”

I’m not even sure why I agreed to do it.

For years, I’ve treated herbivores with a level of skepticism one might reserve for their creepy uncle. No matter how hard I try to look past their misgivings, I just keep wanting to kick them out of my life.

Anyways, I agreed to do the no meat/no dairy thing for a few weeks to see what would happen. To be perfectly honest, I kind of enjoyed the challenge, and the attempt did me some good health-wise as well. Not only did it earn me some brownie points with my lady friend, but it also brought my blood pressure back down to a number I no longer had to hide from my mother.

I’ll admit, it’s a little weird getting excited about things like quinoa, chia seeds and cashew cream for the first little while, but soon you start to make a game out of it and see just how many unpronounceable things you can incorporate into your diet.

There are some good-tasting recipes in this world that don’t include meat. There, I said it. But don’t get me wrong; while my mind may have got full Ghandi for a couple of weeks, my stomach remained as Ted Nugent as ever.

How do I know this? Well, my life and work schedule recently made it necessary for me to leave my little vegan experiment

back in Vancouver and hop on a plane to the Maritimes. If you’ve ever been there, you’ll agree that it’s probably the best region in Canada for greasy, late night bar food. I don't even think they have vegans there.

Fighting it was futile. The closest I got to a salad all trip was eating a lobster while wearing a pair of Lululemon shorts. But when I walked up to the order window at Willy’s Fresh Cut Fries in Halifax at two o’clock in the morning last Friday and ordered the donair poutine, that's when I really tumbled off the wagon. That winning combination of cheese curds, gravy, and flaky donair meat is precisely why I eat things that moo.

The following evening, I devoured a plate of breaded wings; then a steak sandwich on Sunday for lunch; then a burger that night. It’s a slippery slope, my friends.

To top it all off, I was heading to Newfoundland on the Monday, where vegetables are notorious for showing up by boat as six-week-old ghosts of their former selves. Going vegan there would be impossible. I was shocked when I found things like coconut oil, Daiya cheese and Happy Planet juice on the Sobeys shelves. Not so shocked when I checked the prices or the expiry dates.

By this time, however, I was starting to get a little restless around meal times.

I couldn’t look at a pork chop without thinking “Man, I really wish I had some grilled zucchini to go with it.”

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thousands of hours of unpaid overtime.

The trap is that it's virtually impossible to get a sous chef or head chef promotion on an hourly pay basis. For example, the average $40,000 salary for a chef working an average 60 hours a week amounts to a base $12/hour pay with over 4,000 hours of legal overtime a year. If the “unfortunate” labour shortage “forces” a head chef with that salary to work an average 65 hours a week the entire year, then his base wage would drop below the minimum wage, not mention the health effects of overworking.

In the absence of HR departments or a union, most harassment, underpayment and abuse cases end up not being reported or talked about at all, giving perpetrators a sense of impunity, and perpetuating the aforementioned macho culture. Examples I've personally come across include a very explicit and disgustingly smug use of the n-word, a comment that gay people are mentally ill and an overweight co-worker being referred to as a “tub of lard”. All of this I heard in the kitchens of our presumably puritanical, all-inclusive Canadian wonderland.

Pursuing legal consequences for such employers is often too much of a hassle, too hard to prove, and little can be expected to come from it. The easier solution is to simply walk away from a toxic work environment and leave it behind, maybe warn others to stay away from it and help those stuck in it to find an alternative.

Solving this labour shortage will require much more than higher wages: it will require a recognition from employers and consumers that those cooking for a living receive payment and treatment commensurate with their contributions within a business and within society at large.

It used to be the other way around. I’d stare at a bunch of grapes wishing I had some rare superpower that permitted me to turn them into mini meatballs.

The thing about travelling is that it’s hard to say no, and this gets me every time. Whatever diet or health kick I’m on tends to melt away as soon as I arrive, and whatever pounds melted away before I got there tend to pile back on before I leave. I just want to eat what the locals eat. I want that thing on the menu that TripAdvisor tells me I’m an idiot if I don’t get. Pig’s ear fries? Sure.

Montreal smoked meat? Awesome. No one’s provincial delicacy is a kale caesar.

That’s not how the world works.

So, after nearly two weeks of eating meat for every meal, I had no choice but to tell my girlfriend that I’d been deviating inexcusably from our little pact. And no, it wasn’t because she finally noticed that extra chin on my Snapchat selfies. It was because I needed someone to slap me back into line.

Surprisingly, she didn’t, though her response left an ominous chill in the air.

“You do you,” she said. “Eat whatever you feel like eating. But as soon as you get home we’re going on a cleanse.”

“Oka—” “I’m not done,” she said. “And then vegan until Christmas.”

That’s so terrifying I’m honestly trying not to think about it.

For now, I’m just livin’ la meat-a loca.

I’ll figure out the rest once I get home.

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The Name Game

Brittany Tiplady COLUMNIST

I have that kind of name that makes people say: “Seriously? That’s your real name?” I worked as a server for years and my last name was always fair game for tacky jokes about tipping etiquette and so forth. I hate having such a common first name, but my first and last names as a whole, have bound my identity in so many ways.

I was Brittany Tiplady, the cute, curlyhaired child actress. I was Brittany Tiplady, the dancer. I am Brittany Tiplady, the ballet teacher and mentor. I am Brittany Tiplady, the journalist and the small business owner.

DIVIDED WE STAND For Argument’s Sake

Gabriel Scorgie COLUMNIST

Conflict is at the root of human nature.

Dr. Israel Shahak was the chairman for the Israeli League for Human and Civil Rights. He had a tough youth, growing up as a Jewish resident in pre-1940 Poland.

In 1943, his family was captured and sent to Poniatowa concentration camp.

By Shahak’s 13th birthday, he had lost his father, escaped Poniatowa with his mother, been recaptured by Nazi forces and sent to another concentration camp where they were eventually liberated by the British.

Everything he endured should’ve made him adverse to conflict, yet when his friend, author and columnist Christopher Hitchens, would ask his opinion on current events, Shahak would often say, “there are some encouraging signs of polarization.”

Shahak understood that an open debate of ideas is necessary. An idea, principal or belief must be able to survive the collision with an opposing view for it to have value. San Francisco 49ers Quarterback Colin Kaepernick took a knee during the national anthem last year to start a conversation. He believes that minorities are oppressed and discriminated against in the United States and wants to talk to those who refute his point of view.

The problem we face is that these conversations seldom happen. Arguments on both sides of the issue exist, but they run parallel to each other, rarely crossing paths.

One of the most prominent voices in racial discussions is author and journalist Ta-Nehisi Coates. His book, Between the World and Me, written as a letter

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My name encompasses who I am: deceptively ordinary until you dig a little deeper. I have no way to flower this up – my name is just who I am and I figured it would always be that way. Then, I got engaged.

My last piece I wrote wholeheartedly about feminism and marriage, and the question of, if you can truly have both.

If you read it, you know that in the right relationship, I believe you can. We are now happily married (yay!) and I am still, for all intents and purposes, Brittany Tiplady.

Now, let’s rewind. When my husband and I started talking about marriage many years ago we talked about marital name changes, and we agreed that I would stick with my maiden name. Neither of us are wrapped up in our family lineage or feel a need to “carry on the family name” and thankfully, he was on board with my decision. For me, my desire to remain a Tiplady has nothing to do with family ties – my dad is adopted, and the call to keeping my identity came from my own personal feminist fire, and the inconvenience and confusion a name change would bring to

my writing career. I toyed with the idea of hyphenating, but the process was far too arduous. I looked into changing my name legally, but still going by Brittany Tiplady professionally. Eventually, I circled back my original plan: no paperwork, no problem.

Now that we are married I obviously don’t walk around with a sign around my neck that says: “I’m not Mrs. McPherson, I didn’t change my name. Stop calling me that,” but I wish I could do so without looking like a lunatic because my life would be so much easier. I love my husband and I am thrilled about our marriage and future, but I didn’t get married to lose my identity. I got married so that we could commit to a lifetime of love and partnership with all of our loved ones as our witnesses. And while I am in no way saying a woman is a bad feminist if she takes her husband’s name, it simply was not the right decision for me.

From the older generations in our family, we have been celebrated and greeted with the good old: “Congratulations to the McPhersons!” or my personal favourite: “Hello, Mrs. Ryan McPherson!”

I didn’t expect this would make my blood boil as much as it has, but let me tell you, I’m fired up about it. We have been met with so much love in this special time and at the helm of these jovial greetings, I know that they are said with the best of intentions. I’m still working on how to respond politely and respectfully, and I am definitely still working on keeping my cool when the error is made.

If I’m being honest, I haven’t quite figured out how to make my forever Tiplady status a public announcement.

I’m hoping that over time people will learn and my sensitivity to the topic will fade.

It’s not a perfect solution, but I’m working on it.

As we grow, as we enter new chapters, and as we expand our minds and definitions of feminism, we are also greeted with a humbling learning process. I’m still learning why my name is so important to my integrity.

But in the meantime, while I compartmentalize all the moving parts of my marriage and what lies ahead, I’ll do it with my name as Brittany Tiplady - Don’t wear it out.

to his son shortly after the acquittal of the police officers involved in the killing of Eric Garner, attracted praise from writers, minorities and liberal leaning individuals. Coates believes America’s history is that of "racist violence that has been woven into American culture."

Though many people praise Coates, he does have his opponents. Thomas Chatterton Johnson and Jason Hill are examples of authors who have penned responses to articles and books Coates has written. They argue that his ideas on race are nihilistic and directly contradict their experiences as black people in America.

However, that’s where the debate dies. They throw a glancing blow that Coates need not respond to. There’s no penetrating cross-examination and neither Coates nor his detractors must defend their views any further. Little progress is made.

Although it’s rare two equally matched debaters will succeed in convincing the other, it’s even more rare that both sides will have the exact same stance on the issue afterward. Concessions will be made, and an adjustment will have occurred – even if their stance appears to be the same. John Milton said in Areopagitica, a speech he gave against censorship, that if we believe our position is right then it should be exposed to the wrong, because only in a fair fight can it be proven correct. Fyodor Dostoevsky would make his ideological antagonist as strong as possible in his novels so he could be sure he fully understood the opposing argument.

By challenging views oppositional to ours, we also challenge our own. It’s a crash test to see if we really understand the issue or if we’re seeking asylum in the false nation of consensus. Answer this, if someone told you today they thought the moon landing was fake and provided facts to support their claim, could you prove them wrong?

Kaepernick is right when he says we need a conversation. The leaders of movements need to talk to each other, not

just at each other. Coates himself admits his opinions on race have radicalized in recent years. More people are being pulled towards the corners of their ideologies.

No number of open letters or brief news segments is going to change that. Long form, open debates might. Kaepernick is

partly right when he says America needs a conversation. Americans don’t just need to talk - they need to argue.

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DROPPING THE F-BOMB

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Capilano's Mature Students discuss learning at any age

By Carlo Javier Illustration by Juliana Vieira

Elizabeth Meek has been here before.

She took classes in the buildings that stood where the Bosa Centre for Film and Animation now stands. She ate in the cafeteria that the Capilano Students’ Union (CSU) office and Maple lounge now occupy. She fondly remembers an English Literature class that she took in the P Building, a part of the school that ceased to exist this past spring. When Meek first stepped foot on the grounds of thenCapilano College, the school was still based out of the northern section of the campus, the south was barren. The Sportsplex, Library and the Cedar and Birch buildings did not yet exist.

Armed with a wealth of experience, Meek returned to Capilano University in 2015, having enrolled in the School of Communication. Her resume includes two Associate’s Degrees from Langara College-one in Social Sciences and another in English. She also has a TV and Radio Broadcasting Diploma from Columbia Academy and a daycare license she attained from a condensed version of the Early Childcare Education programs that have become popular at schools like CapU today. Her work experience includes over 20 years of acting credits, having roles in a variety of films and television shows, as well as a multitude of commercials, such as Germany’s “Swiss Miss” advertisements.

From 2002 to 2004, she hosted, wrote and produced the CFUN Morning Show on CHUM Radio. Since 2008, she’s worked as a recruiter for Syncro Marketing Research, making it the most long-term position she’s held in her multifaceted career.

If any student were to be labelled as “overqualified,” it would be her. Now in her 40s, Meek enters the fourth year of her degree program, with graduation well in sight. She stands among the many mature students who have prospered in the CapU community – despite their dwindling numbers amidst a demographic dominated by youth.

While Meek often finds herself being the oldest student in her classes, her experiences with ageist discrimination at CapU have fortunately been few and far between. One particular incident that she does recall happened while completing a group project, where members demonstrated a clear bias against working with her, assuming that her age would equate to inadequate skills and a lack of technological savvy. “I actually spoke to the professor and left the group,” she said. “I don’t think this person intended it, but they were constantly singling me out, because of my age.”

Despite the regretful incident, Meek’s time at CapU has been more than welcoming. Generally, students have treated her no differently than they would other students and while some professors talk to her as if she was an external, objective figure in the class, she has found this dynamic to be neither negative nor a case of special treatment that would overshadow her education.

Misconceptions still do exist, however.

Surprisingly, much of the negativity that Meek encounters comes from her own peers – other mature students. She’s critical of how some of the older students she’s met perceive their younger classmates.

She recalled classes where another older student would approach her moments after

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dismissal, simply to complain about the mere presence of their younger cohorts.

“They love to come up and complain to you, ‘Oh they don’t know anything, they’re this, they’re that.’ I know that’s coming from their own fear of insecurity,” she said. “They feel insecure or threatened, or whatever’s going on for them, they like to pick on other students.”

Meek theorized that the misunderstanding, might stem from a deeper-rooted issue – the very same thinking that creates a seemingly endless rift between people of varying age groups.

A little over a year ago, Meek had lunch with a friend in West Vancouver. Her friend, whom she described as an “uppermiddle class, wealthy white woman”, took exception to their young waitress’ service.

Her friend was particularly critical of the server’s insufficient smile and the seeming lack of energy. “This is the problem with all Millennials,” Meek recalled her friend proclaiming, “When I was a waitress, I took the time to smile and I had better customer service skills, look at her, she should smile more and should have more of a skip in her step.” Appalled by her friend’s comments, Meek asked the waitress about some personal details. As it turned out, the waitress was a university student, balancing five courses, two jobs and was living in a two-bedroom apartment in Burnaby, shared with three other people.

Meek’s sympathetic attitude towards Millennial students comes not only from her experiences as a college student in the 80s and a university student in the 2010s, it’s also rooted from her own questions on self-belonging. She defined herself as “Gen-X Empty Nester” – not quite old enough to fit in with the Boomer Generation, and not young enough to catch the Millennial wave. She fully understands her privilege of being a white woman in an increasingly multicultural society, but also as a person who has enough work experience that she doesn’t have to worry about making enough money to meet car insurance fees or rental rates. Yet, she also feels out of place – and sometimes excluded – from friends and acquaintances in the same age group. “I’m less privileged than a lot of people my own age because I got my education later,” she said.

Privilege and socioeconomic factors have strong ties with education and student life.

In her youth, Meek recalls students could spend a summer working at the PNE and have zero worries about tuition costs and student loans. That type of luxury simply doesn’t exist for students today – regardless of age.

“The pressure is unbelievable,” Meek said about education today. “Tuition is really expensive, housing is impossible to find – I’m a renter, I don’t own. We’re trying to balance all these expectations of school, which I’ll tell you right now, is way harder than when I went 20 years ago, and anybody who tells you different is lying, because I’ve done both.”

Times have changed and will continue to do so, for Meek, the one glimmer of hope might simply be commonality: at the end of the day, a student is a student. “The only thing that’s comforting is everybody’s on the boat with me. We’re all under the gun.”

CapU students may know Ida Reiman as one of the first faces they saw on campus. Since 2014, Reiman has worked

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in CapU’s Recruitment Department as a student ambassador. Often serving as one of the foremost people that potential students meet before they even decide to attend CapU. It’s a big responsibility, and Reiman suggests that one of the reasons she’s done well in her job is how she can relate to and communicate with the parents. After all, she is a mother of two.

It could also be because she’s a student herself, having started her studies in the School of Communication this semester, after finishing her Community Leadership and Social Change Diploma this past June.

Reiman’s path to a Canadian education is not quite like most students’. Her post secondary education did not come later in life because of circumstance – it was a necessity.

When she moved from Chile to Canada 17 years ago, Reiman barely spoke a word of English. Her lexicon was so

underdeveloped back then that even the simplest of conversations proved to be challenging. “I couldn’t even ask where the washroom was,” she said.

For six years, Reiman studied English at Vancouver Community College. In the Spring of 2014, she completed Grade 12 English at Douglas College and found herself at CapU soon after. While at VCC, Reiman found work and solace with helping other students succeed – the line of work that ultimately led her to CapU. Of the many post secondary institutions in the Lower Mainland, only CapU’s Community Leadership and Social Change was able to provide Reiman with the type of career she wanted to be in. “It was one of the unique reasons why I chose Capilano,” she said.

“That diploma is made for mature students who already have experience and I totally recommend that program.” Seventeen years after she first landed in Canada, the 39-year-old mature student is now a confident speaker, even priding herself on

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her social skills.

Reiman admitted that her start at CapU wasn’t the smoothest of transitions. She recalled being confused and lost amid the fast-paced nature of the school and bemoaned the lack of resources available to mature students at the time. Though Reiman makes it clear that CapU today has made small steps in the right direction, she does hope that the lack of mature student representation in internal matters can one day be addressed. She cited the lack of a mature students liaison at the CSU and the lack of a designated space where older students could gather and convene as among the current shortcomings of the school. “Unfortunately, I have to say that the Students’ Union is not the place where mature students really can get support,” she said. Although she might sound critical of the current state of affairs on campus, Reiman fully understands that the focus

of the school will be on the majority of the student demographic.

While it might not seem apparent now, Reiman suspects that CapU could get an influx in its mature student population after the recent NDP announcement to repeal tuition for English Language Learning (ELL). “It’s going to be another great opportunity for mature students to start from somewhere and continue into the academic world,” she said.

Reiman sees curiosity from her younger classmates – they sometimes ask her why she’s in school now or why she didn’t study earlier. Although her answers remain the same, Reiman believes that her younger classmates ultimately understand the realities that have surrounded her life, and forced her to have a late start in her education. “I’m pretty sure they understand that because we are immigrants, we had to start a new life here, even learn a new language,” she said.

And despite some nagging questions, much like Meek, Reiman ultimately finds the interactions with members of the school community to be among the best aspects of her experience. “I don’t see it [being older] in a negative way, in fact, I would say the opposite, I actually get pretty well connected with young students.”

For Meek, much of the same rings true.

“The best part is people,” she said. “I’ve learned so much from other students and it’s been so nice getting out of my bubble.”

Meek and Reiman are just two of CapU’s often-overlooked mature student community. David Goelst, a notable graduate of the General Studies Diploma this past summer, is going on 74 years old, and as Your Daily Cap reported, is fully committed to finishing a Bachelor’s Degree in Communication Studies.

Though Meek only remembers him by his first name, Harold another mature student, is a gentleman often seen in political science courses. One piece of advice he gave her remains to be one of the more profound lessons she’s learned in school. “You should never stop learning.

Every few years take another course, take something you find interesting, learn something new, try a new language.”

Before Meek returned to CapU in 2015, she had to overcome self-doubt about being a mature student in a classroom of young people. She restarted her pursuit of education at Langara College in the summer of 2011 – a little over 20 years after she left school indefinitely to care for her son. On her first day back, before the excitement and nostalgia of academia could consume her, she went toe-to-toe with every new student’s worst nightmare.

She could not find where her class was.

The campus looked vastly different from when she last studied there, and Meek did not expect that locating her summer English class would come damn near to ruining not just her day, but her return to school altogether.

Seemingly hopeless, Meek broke down.

“I thought, ‘I’m too old, I shouldn’t be doing this’,” she recalled. “You just feel like a total failure.” Frustrated, she called her son for help with directions. At the time, he was also a student at Langara. “He calmed me down and convinced me to go,” she said.

“It’s amazing, your own child is convincing you to go back to school.”

She found the class at the very top of the A Building. It was, unsurprisingly, full of young people. To this day, she swears that not a single student in that English class could have been anywhere near 30-yearsold. Hesitation struck her again when she walked in. She knew right away that some students – if not all – would mistake her as the instructor. But she kept going. When the class did start, and when the instructor did start teaching, Meek felt a rush that she had long forgotten. A tingling sensation in a part of her brain that she described to have been dormant for so long. “It was just like a light got turned back on and I felt more alive.”

Meek and Reiman continued to pursue higher education even after the skills they initially meant to upgrade had been addressed. Both have stories that are as unique as any students’ can be, but when class starts, it does not matter how old you are. The only thing that will matter is whether you did the readings or not.

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Malkin Bowl 610 Pipeline Rd Helen Aikenhead // Features Editor

The Commodore Ballroom 868 Granville St. Justin Scott // Managing Editor

Throughout the city, there are many incredible venues, making it hard to pick a favourite. With that said, one that has held my heart for years now is the Malkin Bowl.

Located within the forests of Stanley Park, Malkin Bowl is a beautiful and secluded space that is as suiting to its hosting city as it is to the artists it lends its stage to.

Hidden in a 360-degree surrounding of massive pines, this open air venue possesses some sort of magical draw in the summer months. Although it may not be an ideal spot year-round, there's something special about returning every summer to a place where the venue is as much a part of the experience as the performer.

It's hard to say if it's because of this natural setting, or the bands that perform at the bowl, but there's a rare calmness to the crowds the venue draws. As concerts here are general admission, most people opt to sit further back- spreading out a blanket on the grassy field, or the elevated hill opposite the beer garden creating a relaxed atmosphere.

Originally, the stage was built for theatre- in fact, it was designed as a small scale replica of the famed Hollywood Bowl. While the decision to hold concerts was far from an attempt at replacing its popular theatre shows - it was just a diversifying of its offerings - I believe that presenting concerts is where the Malkin Bowl really comes to life.

I love the Commodore Ballroom and I can say without hesitation that it’s my favorite venue in the city. There’s just something about it. Walking up the staircase and entering the sizable space never fails to induce excitement. Its dancefloor is sprung so it is perfect for any kind of activity one might find themselves taking part in while enjoying the space – from casual dancing to moshing, it’s perfect.

But, perhaps even more iconic than the space is its history. Opened in 1929, it is one of Vancouver’s most notorious establishments. It’s been graced by some of music’s all-time greats, but has seen far more than just concerts. Originally opened as a dance hall, it’s stage was first occupied by orchestras playing for Vancouverites looking for a nice night spent with someone dear to them, or someone new. Since then it has changed owners many times, but never lost its charm.

Some of my best nights have been spend atop the sprung floor. Just last year I got to relive my childhood as my friends and I spent a whole evening in the pit at a Sum 41 show. My first time in a 19+ establishment as an actual 19-year-old was at the commodore for a Sebastian Ingrosso set. I saw Death From Above 1979 there, before they fully embraced their rock-sound. I was even lucky enough to see local legends Spirit of the West play one of their last ever gigs there.

The Commodore would be Goldielocks’ favorite venue in Vancouver – it’s not too big or too small, it’s just right. Its crowds are big enough to energize all in attendance, but you don’t need to being binoculars just to see which band member is which.

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Guilt and Co. 1 Alexander St. Carlo Javier // Editor-in-Chief

The Imperial 319 Main St Jessica Lio // Online Editor

333 333 Clark Dr Rachel D’Sa // Arts and Culture Editor

There are plenty of reasons Guilt and Co. is my favourite concert venue in the city. It’s conveniently located in the heart of Gastown, making it easily accessible by transit.

It’s surrounded by an eclectic group of food vendors, providing some of the finer options in both pre, and post show meals. Their drink selection is terrific and if the vibe isn’t working out for you – there are half a dozen other venues just a few minutes away.

But it’s exactly the vibe that truly makes Guilt and Co. my favourite concert venue in the city. Walking down the flight of stairs beside the now defunct Chill Winston is like traversing past a passage through time and space. No other venue in the Gastown hub – if not all Downtown Vancouver – can offer quite the same distinctive ambiance as Guilt and Co. It’s almost like you, your company and everyone else in the Gastown lounge are isolated from the rambunctious cityscape.

The music, of course, helps take you away. The nightly shows that Guilt and Co. offers stack up well to any other spots in the Lower Mainland. With a wide variety of performers that range from funk, to blues, to soul, to jazz, to hip-hop and to everything else in between, Guilt and Co. can confidently pride itself as a venue that can host an amazing musical experience on any given night.

It doesn’t hurt that most performers who earn slots in the lounge tend to price tickets closer to the cheaper side of the ticket spectrum.

If music is a form of escape, then Guilt and Co. is your midnight train going anywhere. Its intimate atmosphere is unmatched and stepping out after a thrilling performance is like waking up after a dream – you’ll be wishing you had more time.

As far as midsize live music venues go in this town, the Imperial is the only space that truly has its shit together and it became my favourite local venue the first time I set foot inside.

The Imperial is the pinnacle when it comes to an intimate room with impeccable sound quality that still gives you enough space to dance and breathe. Maybe the revamped movie house’s charming Koi fish tank played a part in winning me over, but it’s no exaggeration when I say there’s no finer venue where I’d want to enjoy a night out.

Some of the best shows I’ve seen this year were at the Imperial. Wolf Parade in February and Cigarettes After Sex earlier in September, and believe me – the acoustics in this room would have you thinking it was just you and the bands’ lead vocalists alone at an intense candle-lit dinner (that is, if your dinners consist of them crooning unimaginably sweet melodies while you stand hopelessly enamoured, trying not to cry of happiness).

The signature terracotta soldiers on either wall add a unique touch to the venue’s sleek modern design, and raised flooring in the back gives you a decent sightline from any side of the room.

Clean washrooms, three bar areas offering reasonablypriced drinks, balcony seating, respectful crowds and genuinely courteous staff - what more could you ask for?

At the heart of my infatuation with this venue, I’m a gal of simple tastes – give me a venue where nobody spits on me, grabs at my body parts, runs their fingers through my friends’ hair or drunkenly yells about their hatred for their ex while the band is playing and I’ll hand over all my money.

The 333 (self-referred to as the "Half Satan"), has held its own over the years, establishing itself as one of Vancouver's major underground music venues. The music abyss is located at 333 Clark Drive in East Van (and if you plan on going to an event there, allow yourself an extra hour or so to wander and actually locate the place because no map app will be of help at all). The visual set up, while not the best for decent photos, allows for the ultimate out-of-head experience.

Primarily known for its contributions to the city's punk scene, the venue also commonly hosts everything from your standard indie-rock to the most bizarre combinations of genres, with grace. Though its online presence lacks, it is one of the few businesses that truly benefits from such an absence, as it thrives off its mysterious and angsty reputation. While the venue doesn't serve as the cleanest or most visually appealing venue, it makes up for what its aesthetics lack with its unique all-age approach that is rarely seen in the Vancouver night life.

While the bands that play there may not be for the faint of heart, often serving up some obscure tunes, whatever is not enjoyable sound wise, is made up for by the great environment. In a nutshell, this place is infested with future friends. The hardcore, dedicated goers are some of the most welcoming and genuine hipsters you will meet, complete with the faint scent of House of Vintage. Check out an upcoming show at 333 for some of the cheapest cover you'll ever pay, and you'll be handed a dose of passionate music, a great time, and probably a few bruises from the mosh pit – an experience worthwhile.

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WOLF PARADE Cry, Cry, Cry

JASPER SLOAN YIP Post Meridiem

Wolf Parade returns with earnest new record

New album marks another evolution in local indie folk star

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APOCALYPTICA Cello Metal band brings the thunder to the Commodore Ballroom Tia Fox OPINIONS EDITOR

This year was the 20th anniversary of Apocalyptica’s first album and their concert promised to be epic. Fans lined up down the block to get in, and many people were dressed to impress – heavy metal style.

The Commodore is a fantastic venue and the size was even more impressive and apparent that night. An hour before the band even came on stage, a crowd four people deep had already formed pressed against the pit wall, all hoping to get as close to Apocalyptica as possible. I decided to sit at a table a little off to the side to observe the action.

Twenty minutes before the show started, the room was comfortably packed. All tables were taken and the famous Commodore sprung dance floor was practically creaking under the weight of all the people.

When Apocalyptica walked onto the stage, cellos in hand, the crowd roared. They dove right into their “Enter Sandman” cover, backlit with dramatic red lighting and a touch of smoke machine and the audience lost their minds. The set was largely based on Metallica’s Black Album, with a good mix of crowd pleasers and head bangers. Eicca Toppinen was a great host, giving background to certain songs and joking with fans about “large Americans.” It was apparent that Toppinen and bandmate Perrttu Kivilaakso are devoted to their fans, as they kept thanking us all for attending. At one point they played ACDC’s “Thunderstruck”, which somehow increased the energy of the room even more.

They finished with “Nothing Else Matters” and the entire ballroom sing-screamed along. But the best part was when they walked off stage and the rumble started. Usually for an encore everyone will clap loudly and shout encore. Not us. No, we clapped alright, but we screamed encore and stomped our feet so loudly I couldn’t hear anything but thunder. Apocalyptica came back and played two amazing pieces back-to-back, with everyone swaying and singing. Toppinen ended the concert on a surprisingly sweet note, telling us all to “Take care of each other, love each other, but most importantly, love yourself.” It would be really hard to top this concert, but I really hope they try.

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Wolf Parade’s late-2016 reunion was cause for celebration among the Montreal-based indie rock group’s loyal fans who had been eagerly awaiting their return from a five-year hiatus. Following a series of live shows, including a lively February 2017 appearance at the Imperial, the “Wolf Pack” suspected new music was on the way, and they couldn’t have been more delighted to hear of Cry, Cry, Cry’s release.

This long-anticipated album kicks off with unstoppable and unquestionable energy. Lead vocalist Spencer Krug sings “alright, let’s fight / let’s rage against the night” over the rolling and rumbling sounds of a rhythmic piano tune years in the making.

A survival anthem in its own right, “Lazarus Online” sets the tone for an album streaked with gothic tones and anthemic and human lyrics like “everybody needs some comfort,” “let morning come / let morning come” and “am I an alien here?” which are heard throughout the album.

Arpeggio-ridden “Who Are Ya” channels the groups past sound from EXPO 86 and At Mount Zoomer while “Weaponized” features epic chord progressions in a major key reminiscent to that of indie rock legend Arcade Fire’s “Everything Now.” In the grand closing track “King of Piss and Paper” Krug sings “saw the generation under me crying on the news” in a sweeping fashion that brings to mind the band’s beloved tune “Dinner Bells” and asks in camaraderie: in times like these, “how can we not sing about love?”

Cry, Cry, Cry, will be a much welcomed breath of fresh air as the autumn leaves begin to fall around us.

Four years after his last album, Jasper Sloan Yip is back with a haunting new record and a seven-show tour that stretches from BC, to Ontario and to Quebec.

With Post Meridiem, one of Vancouver’s finest indie folk musicians exhibits an album that expands on the style he’s built over his first two records.

While Every Day and All at Once is a whimsical debut that prides itself on acoustic and earthy elements, and where Foxtrot ventures towards experimental soundscapes, Post Meridiem is an exercise in the cinematic.

The album opens with “(…)” a scenic string arrangement that sets the tone for a journey through melodies. Lead single, “The Day Passed and the Sun Went Down” soon follows, bringing in Sloan Yip’s soothing vocals, while harkening to the complex production that Foxtrot’s “Cut Your Teeth” displayed. “I Don’t Know Where I’ve Been” is a slow burning ballad that serves as a beautiful centerpiece to the record.

While the music of Post Meridiem showcases an evolution in the rapidly rising Vancouver artist, it’s the writing that truly encapsulates Sloan Yip’s talents. His lyrics embody introspection, honesty and smart storytelling. “We cannot go back, we’ve killed all the lovers we couldn’t catch,” he writes in album highlight “Put Up Your Hair”.

Post Meridiem is sure to delight long time fans, as it not only brings back Sloan Yip’s signature style, but also expands his horizon with a majestic soundscape.

Jasper Sloan Yip will be performing at the Wise Hall on Oct. 5. Post Meridiem will be released in Canada via Aferlife Music on Oct. 27

GODSPEED YOU! BLACK EMPEROR Luciferian Towers I’ve never ascended a mountain, but I imagine it would feel something close to how Luciferian Towers sounds.

Jessica Lio ONLINE EDITOR

“We aimed for wrong notes that explode, a quiet muttering amplified heavenward,” reads the LP’s album notes - a sincere yet humble proclamation of what Godspeed You! Black Emperor (GY!BE) has achieved in their sixth official album.

Luciferian Towers is a sprawling 45 minute-long dreamscape of atmospheric instrumental rock, amassing the weight of nearly a quarter of a century of ideas amounting to something greater than most of us have began to comprehend.

While the four tracks on this album are arguably some of the band’s most accessible to listeners, titles like “Bosses Hang” and “Anthem for No State” are anything but ambiguous. Descending notes crash into intensely building chord progressions while a familiar melody creeps into each song, reminding us of the crippling reality of the systems we’re all trapped in.

This politically charged LP’s nearly eight minute long opening track “Undoing a Luciferian Towers” eases listeners into their vivid dream projection - teeming with sounds of urgency, GY!BE dares listeners to fathom a different world - one somehow less broken than we’re living in now.

GY!BE, the band that donated their $30,000 Polaris Music Prize to music programs in the the Quebec prison system pulls no punches when they write that Luciferian Towers was informed by the demand for the “total dismantling of the prisonindustrial complex” among other ultimatums for the future of our universe.

At a time when words feel powerless, GY!BE has graced us with this axiomatic masterpiece powerful, wordless and cinematic music for a time in space

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AMAZING SCAVENGER HUNT ADVENTURE IN VANCOUVER VANCOUVER ART GALLERY 10 A.M. / $49 - $50

Everyone loves a good scavenger hunt. I once went to an Easter egg hunt and didn’t find anything so on my way home my parents bought me a box of smarties. There was way more candy in that box than I could’ve got during the hunt so I was the real winner that day.

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OVERCOMING TEST ANXIETY LIBRARY BUILDING, LB217 11:30 A.M. - 12:15 P.M. / FREE

Any guy that has overcome performance anxiety should have no problem with tests. But if you’re one of those guys that has never wet noodled during the critical moment, or are a girl and have no idea what I’m talking about, maybe this could be the extra encouragement you need to do well on your tests.

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BEER TASTING AND PROHIBITION TALK MARINER BREWING 7:30 P.M. - 9:00 P.M. / FREE

PLAYLAND 7:00 P.M. / $22 - $25

GOBLIN MARKET: THE DUST PALACE

OKTOBERFEST HARVEST HAUS

Usually I’d say that plays are a great date night activity. This one however, might depend on your relationship. The play is adults only due to adult themes and nudity. The play celebrates the female gaze in its exploration of sexuality and sisterhood.

Given that the two main characters are supposed to be sisters, I’m hoping the themes don’t cross paths, but go see it and find out yourself.

I find the best way to deal with the cold months is to drink.

So, this is perfect for me. Oktoberfest is the one of the best parts of fall and this is the best place to celebrate it. Go to this event, drink your face off and by the time you sober up it’ll be spring again.

What better way to laugh at the archaic law of prohibition than to do it while drinking? When Winston Churchill visited the US during prohibition he made sure to get a doctor’s note prescribing an ‘indefinite quantity’ of alcohol spirits at meal time. I don’t know why that isn’t a better-known fact.

True story, one of my friends punched a clown in the face and can never go back. If you are so afraid of clowns you have a breakdown and cry at the sight of them – first of all, grow up; secondly, don’t go to fright night. For us regular people though, it’s a really fun way to get in the Halloween mood.

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I’m not sure about this one, folks. It takes around four hours to do the grouse grind. Barring you don’t have a minor heart attack afterwards, I don’t think arriving at a job interview covered in sweat, panting and barely conscious is exactly the first impression you want to make.

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Everyone’s favourite deadpan comic is coming to Vancouver. He was at Pemberton Music Festival a couple years ago, you know, before the organizers fucked everyone over. I tried to go see him, but I was too drunk and half of my friends were still seeing leprechauns dancing in circles around them after taking too many mushrooms.

Did you know that our very own production designer did a mural this year? I bet you didn’t. Come on this guided tour and experience for yourself what gentrifying a neighbourhood looks like. There couldn’t be anything more hipster than meeting at a place called Kafka’s and going on a walk to look at street murals.

ROGERS ARENA 7:00 P.M. / $60

I know this might not be the most exciting act to come to Vancouver in recent weeks. Sure, they mainly are known for covering songs instead of writing their own. Yes, I agree that the tickets are expensive for a glorified cover band. But, uh, you should still go see them.

ORPHEUM THEATRE 6:00 P.M. / $48

KAFKA’S COFFEE AND TEA 11 A.M. / $15 - $20

VANCOUVER CANUKCS VS EDMONTON OILERS

QUEEN ELIZABETH THEATRE 7:00 P.M. / $79.50

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VANCOUVER MURAL FESTIVAL: OFFICIAL GUIDED TOURS IN VANCOUVER

It’s regular season time so that makes the inevitable loss twice as crushing. To be honest, the fact tickets start at $60 says everything you need to know about the state of hockey in Vancouver.

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YOUR PARENTS’ HOUSE 6:00 P.M. / YOUR WAIST LINE

Go catch up with your family and be ready to talk about politics. It’s going to suck more than ever, but maybe if you go to Oktoberfest you’ll still be too drunk to remember it.

Remember, you’re not there to see your family. You’re there for the pumpkin pie.

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IMAGINE DRAGONS

Can someone tell me if the Weeknd is still cool? Since I no longer work at the Courier office I have absolutely no idea what most people listen to. You think I could pay our Editor-In-Chief, Carlo to send me a weekly list of trendy music? Judging by the fact he is playing at Rogers Arena I’m going to hazard a guess and say the Weeknd is, unfortunately, still relevant.

You ever getting really into a band and then after you seem them live you think to yourself, “yeah, I’m done with them now?” That’s what happened to me with Imagine Dragons. I was really into their first album, got floor tickets and once the show was over I never listen to them again. Be warned, the same could happen to you.

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A (WHITE) LAD IN ALADDIN Guy Ritchie whitens Aladdin Freya Wasteneys CONTRIBUTOR

Two weeks ago it was leaked that the, ahem, very white actor Billy Magnussen is being added to the cast for the live-action remake of Disney’s 1992 Aladdin. This movie has already been under the watchful eye of the public, following rumours that Tom Hardy would be playing Jafar. This turned out to be a false alarm, but given Hollywood’s long history of racial whitewashing, these concerns were not unfounded.

Typically, “whitewashing” refers to the casting of white actors in non-white roles.

This of course reinforces the systemic racism that exists in the movie-making industry, and continues the unfortunate

tendency of white people telling non-white narratives.

But, we are quickly learning that there is more than one way to whitewash.

While there is currently little information available regarding Magnussen’s role, what we do know is that he will be playing Prince Anders – a new and seemingly unnecessary addition to the beloved Disney classic. While the motives are unclear, this decision highlights the tensions surrounding race, and the ongoing existence of institutional racism.

Many directors claim that adding big-name celebrities to a cast helps increase the viewership and is financially necessary. Is it their fault that it just-sohappens there are a lot more big-name white actors to choose from? According to Andrew Weaver, an assistant professor at Indiana University, “Hollywood’s sort of given up on the idea that you can have crossover success with a minority cast. You get this discrimination in the casting of roles, where they're going to cast whites if at all possible to maximize

the audience." We certainly see this in the under-representation of ethnic minorities, with white characters out-numbering ethnic characters six-to-one despite minorities making up about 40 per cent of the population in the US. That is not to say that there has been no progression in the television and film industry, but there is still the issue of creating ‘token minorities’— adding the pretense of diversity without actually giving ethnic characters any real representation. Either way, the film industry has a long way to go in restructuring long-held beliefs and practices.

Sadly, the addition of Prince Anders to the Aladdin storyline seems to follow an all-too-familiar trend in the film industry. By trying to cater to a white audience, the director takes away from the story itself. While this would seem to be a careless blunder on the part of director, Guy Ritchie, perhaps we should not let him off so easily.

Despite receiving negative press for

this political faux pas, there is no doubt that the recent controversy has caught the attention of the public. While many disapprove of Ritchie’s casting choices, there are more still who are curious to see how and why Magnussen was added to the cast. Unfortunately, if the Trump election has taught us anything, bad press can be good for business.

This issue demonstrates the need for real conversations about racism. Despite the ongoing efforts, the film industry still has a long way to go. While there is more representation for minorities than ever before, we must also be cautious of tokenism, reinforcing stereotypes, and the creation of caricatures.

In everything, problems seem to stem from the creation of ‘us’ and ‘them’. This is true when it comes to race, but it is also true when it comes to the demonization of the movie industry. It is easy to point fingers at ‘Hollywood’ as the maker of all evils, without remembering that movies often reflect the society we live in. Let’s be better.

of their works are chosen for high school lesson plans, and not enough local and arguably as talented authors.

William Shakespeare can be highly entertaining to read and study. However, this decision to alter the curriculum surrounding Shakespeare’s works is the right avenue to take and would be beneficial to all high school students across the country. Shakespeare has his place and his value within the classroom, but he isn’t the be all or end all of good literature. The style, content and language of Shakespeare’s plays don’t feel relevant enough to justify teaching one play each year. Educators are striving to find a better balance to what their students are reading.

So, it makes sense to have more

Indigenous and diverse works (from more non-white and female authors) taught to students. Students need to learn and read material from a wide variety of authors. And through introducing more Canadian Indigenous authors, such as David Alexander Robertson, Martha Brooks and Melanie Florence, students will have the chance to read novels that they might connect with more, therefore increasing their interest and what they get out of an English course.

Shakespeare is the one writer within the public high school system that doesn’t seem to go anywhere. While it is worthwhile for all students to study Shakespeare, there is usually a very select group of students in the high school system who want to read that

much Shakespeare. We need to stop making heart-eyes at Shakespeare and examine what other talented playwrights and authors could be brought into public schools to be taught hand in hand with Shakespeare.

By decreasing the amount of Shakespeare and other authors like him who are outdated and replacing them with Indigenous authors, high school English students will have a better, more expanded experience with literature.

It will expose more students to many talented Indigenous authors that are sharing their stories. Incorporating a balanced mix of classic playwrights and contemporary authors allow for students to learn from work that speaks more to their experiences and their identities.

STEP ASIDE MACBETH, THERE IS A NEW REQUIRED READING IN TOWN Some Canadian School Boards believe that with Shakespeare, less is more Laura Melczer

Multiple school boards across Canada have decided to change the English Literature curriculum for high school students.

School boards are substituting some of the classic novelists with more diverse authors, with a push for more Indigenous writings. The most controversial change in the curriculum is the reduction of William Shakespeare's work.

Shakespeare’s plays are classics for teaching about the arts and the English language, but Shakespeare wrote for an audience from the 1600’s, which can’t and doesn’t fully translate to students in classrooms across Canada today. Ontario Superintendent of Education Mark Sherman put it plainly, “really, we’re talking about 15th century Veronese landlords [Romeo and Juliet] or something like that. Does that resonate with Canadian kids? Or the British schoolboy class structure?”

The joy of reading comes from reading stories with a variety of perspectives, so why are we asking teenagers to always read works that are based in the Elizabethan Era? Most high school students have been required to read many authors that fit into one category. The “Dead White Male” category, with many of the authors descending from Europe or America, would include authors like J.D. Salinger, George Orwell, William Golding, and Mark Twain.

This group of authors is unquestionably talented and have a number of books that are enjoyable and important to read, but there is an attitude of prioritizing British and American writers in the curriculum, and it deserves to be challenged. By putting these men on a literary pedestal, too many

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ALL DOGS GO TO UNI Taking a university “lab” now has a whole new meaning Benjamin Jacobs

Not many things can top the relaxing and uplifting energy that a dog can bring and if Capilano University truly wanted to foster a serene environment for its students, then looking towards the University of Victoria is the way to go.

This past spring, Andrew Newcombe, law professor at UVic, brought Echo, his four-year-old black lab, to the University’s law library. Students can check Echo out and hang out with her for a maximum of 30 minutes. She even has her own “bark-code” and call number.

While the Capilano Students’ Union’s (CSU) annual therapy dog day exists, the school could tremendously improve student stress-levels by at least bringing in dogs on a more consistent basis - especially during exam season.

One benefit to having a “dog library” is that it can reduce stress. According to Christine Junge and Anne MacDonald of Harvard Health Publishing an effective way to help stress is by either petting and/ or playing with animals. It releases a stress reducing hormone known as oxytocin and simultaneously decreases the amount of stress-increasing hormone known as

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cortisol.

Students face numerous stressors, some of which get particularly frustrating during exam season. Crowded libraries, sleep deprivation, lack of eating and taking notes on every last detail of a subject can lead to headaches, chest and stomach pains and muscle tension. Alleviating distress helps reduce the chance of potential physical problems and the proven emotional and psychological benefit of dogs could be exponential useful for busy college students.

According to a report written by Steve Hendrix for the Washington Post, the

presence of dogs in classrooms and work spaces have proven to be particularly helpful to students and employees.

Hendrix cited a “canine-crazy” region of independent schools in Washington as vanguards of a dog-friendly environment – schools that bring in dogs to help students using their “affectionate” and “soothing” natures.

However, there are potential risks to having a dog on campus. Animal allergies would be a concern, as the comfort and safety of students on campus is the number one priority. Rules would likely have to be put in place to ensure the dogs are only

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Students would probably have to sign a waiver in the unlikely chance of injury, as well as a plan if the dog runs off or goes missing. These things aren’t pleasant to think about, but necessary if there is to be any chance of having man’s best friend on campus.

Dogs on campus might seem like a pipe dream right now, but it is undeniable that they could be a wonderful way to get rid of stress and improve the overall school atmosphere, for both staff and students.

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RECLAIMING GLORY Blues women’s soccer team believe this could be their year Justin Scott MANAGING EDITOR

A year after coming off with one of their best seasons in recent memory, the Capilano University Blues women’s soccer team believe that fine tuning a few things can get them to even greater heights.

They have much of last year’s core back and an unusually talented group of rookies.

Currently in third place, they have yet to lose a game this season and have plenty of time to climb to the top. To do so however, they will need to work on a few aspects of their game.

“We’re really good at setting up scoring chances, we have so many opportunities, it’s just similar to last year, we just fail to find the back of the net as often as we should,” said third year forward Jaimi MacCara. The team is skilled offensively, unfortunately they’ve struggled to finish plays on their opponent’s nets so far this season. “I think we’ve had a lot of chances on crosses, so just getting to the end of

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them is something we need to work on,” added fourth year Marsha Chessire, who moves between midfield and forward.

Both players believe that part of their offensive struggles are stemming from the mental side of play. While they had high praise for the team’s rookies, new players on a roster inevitably means new habits and playstyles – something that can’t be adjusted to overnight. “Where do players want the ball. Do they want a long ball or do they want it at their feet?” said Chessire when discussing the teams process of getting to know one another on the pitch.

Chessire believes that the team needs to focus on their mental strength. “Composure is a big thing because we’ve been a second half team lately. So just working on keeping the ball when we get it, because a lot of the time we’ll get the ball and then we’ll be frantic and just kick the ball away,” she said. “So, I think staying composed when we get the ball and keeping it and passing it around rather than freaking out and giving it away for no reason.”

Something that has been working for the team all season is their defence. “We defend super well,” said MacCara. “Both of our goalies are some of the strongest in the league, and then our back four and even our subs are amazing. Honestly, we just have a lot of really, really good players.”

She credits head coach Dennis Kindel for orchestrating a system that allows their defence to thrive. “By themselves all the defense are so strong and confident in their

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“I honestly think it’s about each individual player needing to want it enough – including myself,” – jaimi maccara tackles, but then with the way Dennis taught how the back line is supposed to move together it’s like the perfect team defence because they all collapse when they need to but then they also step when they need to so it works super well,” she added.

And for the Blues, good defence leads to their offence. “We’re constantly looking to attack because we have a lot of forwards on the team and a lot of fast pace,” Chessire explained. “So, sending balls through and trying to get an attack going. For the most part, we play back to play forward.”

For now, the team is trying to settle in with their new roster and find what works best for them. “Dennis is switching up the strikers a lot, which works sometimes and then doesn’t work other times,” said MacCara. “I honestly think it’s about each individual player needing to want it enough – including myself,” she continued. While moving players around may not be common on other teams, in Chessire’s eyes it’s a luxury the Blues have. “We have a lot of players that can play anywhere, centre backs can play forwards, forwards can play centre, we have a lot of diversity and skill,” she said.

MacCara agreed, noting that this year’s rookies have brought dynamics and skills to the team that normally require years of college play to attain.

However, both players already see the team coming together and believe that soon everything will start falling into place. And once it does, they can’t see much getting in their way.

While the players are still learning how to play with one another, their team chemistry was established long ago. In August, the team went on a camping trip together, something that MacCara believes brought the team together early on. “I think it’s definitely the best year, chemistry wise, that I’ve been on the team,” she said.

With the season still in it’s infancy, there’s still lots to come. However, the team already has their eye on the playoffs and beyond. “last year we made it to provincials and got the bronze medal which was a really big accomplishment,” reflected Chessire. “I think that this year going to nationals would be a big achievement and it hasn’t happened in a long time. I think that we can make it happen.”

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GOING FOR GOLD Men’s volleyball team sees this season as opportunity to win it all Justin Scott MANAGING EDITOR

Last season was an interesting one for the Capilano University Blues men’s volleyball team. They may have come away from the Pacific Western Athletics Association’s (PACWEST) provincial tournament empty handed, but they knew that in a way, they didn’t. While they had no medal around their necks, they would be returning this year with a near-identical roster, bolstered by a year of PACWEST experience and an off season of training. Essentially, they believe that this is their year.

Returning all but two players, this year’s squad know each other, they’ve played together and have grown together – something that both team captain, Simon Friesen and head coach, Emmanuel Denguessi identified as one of the team’s strengths. “I think last year one of our biggest problems was that we weren’t a very strong mental team because we were all so young,” said Friesen. “But having a year in the PACWEST of experience for most of the guys, or two years for me, that’s really going to help,” he continued.

Denguessi agrees with Friesen. In his eyes, this year’s team has a clear advantage over last year’s regarding league experience. “I think when you’re new, you’re more driven by what you shouldn’t do and the fear of making a mistake,” he said, “but I think the guys have fear under their belt.

I think the majority of them already know the league and what the expectations are.”

Building off the past year, Denguessi also sees enormous potential for the team’s system. “Because we have most of our players returning it means that the system that we used last year is going to be implemented on another level this year,” he said.

While there is much talk of using last year as a spring board to achieve success this year, it’s not to say that last year was a failure. Although they lost in the quarterfinals of the playoffs, they lost to the eventual champions. Additionally, their young roster took home some serious hardware at the PACWEST award’s.

Justin Yee was named the Rookie of the Year and the team’s libero Jonathan Lee, joined him on the All-Rookie team. Friesen was named a First Team All-Star. All three players are returning this year.

Although there is an undeniable

optimism about the men regarding the upcoming season, their lone preseason game so far against Columbia Bible College (CBC) didn’t go as well as planned.

“I don’t think we played to our potential,” said Friesen. Looking back on the loss he explained that the teams defense was strong as always, but their offense was lackluster. “Our defense is always scrappy, it has been for the past couple years and I think that’s going really well,” he said. “We’re hard to score against, but we give away a lot of errors on the offensive side,” Friesen continued, highlighting hitting efficiency as something the team needs to work on.

Friesen’s confidence in the team’s defence is shared by his coach. “Defensively we’re going to be very good, it will be difficult to beat us in that area,” said Denguessi.

It’s also worth noting that Yee, who was one of, if not the team’s main offensive weapon last season, injured his ankle in the summer and is only now getting cleared to start jumping in practice again.

All in all, this season is looking promising for the men’s team – and they know it.

“We’ve all set out a bunch of individual goals for ourselves and a bunch of team goals for ourselves – they’re all set pretty high,” said Friesen. “We all want to make the finals – that’s pretty much what it came down to. We want to get top two, at least third and finish with a medal around out necks.”

While achieving these goals would undoubtedly be an improvement over last season, Denguessi thinks they can aim higher. “The players are very conservative in their goals. We want to go to nationals – that’s my goal and we can do it,” he said. Additionally, according to the coach the PACWEST is going through what he called a “rebuilding year,” which he sees as an opportunity.

Denguessi believes that the team’s biggest competition may be themselves if they’re not careful. “The only thing that will play against us is ourselves. I think we need to be strong mentally because volleyball is an extremely mental sport.

So, the minute that you doubt your ability, it affects the way that you play,” he concluded. Mindful of this, Friesen has made his aforementioned personal goals to make sure this doesn’t happen. “I want to become a better leader for the team, I want to be a guy for the team that can keep team spirits high when things aren’t going well for the team,” he said. Then with a smile from ear to ear he concluded with, “I’m really excited to get back into the grind – Six days a week. It sounds terrible, but it’s what I live for”

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NEW TEAM, SAME RESULT? Blues women’s volleyball is hoping to find the same success but with a new roster Luka Vasic CONTRIBUTOR

“Honestly, it is fair to say it’s rebuilding,” said Tyneille Neufeld, last year’s team MVP and newly appointed captain. After medaling at provincials in each of the last four seasons, the Capilano University Blues women’s volleyball team now finds themselves in a transitional season. “It’s really interesting to see how it’s going to go, because with any team when you lose a core group of players and then get so many new faces, it’s kind of always a rebuild,” Neufeld added.

Last season saw the Blues achieve a variety of personal and team accomplishments. Playing her first year for Capilano, Neufeld led the team to a 17-7 season alongside returning core players like Kira Sutcliffe and Sarah Hughes. The Blues were rewarded for their success on the court, with four players receiving Pacific Western Athletic Association (PACWEST) honours: Hughes and Sutcliffe were named PACWEST First Team All-Stars, Neufeld was named a PACWEST Second Team All-Star, and Anika Kolybaba was included in the PACWEST All-Rookie Team.

The Blues then made a strong playoff push, starting with a win over the Camosun College Chargers in a comeback victory, and earning a trip to the semi-finals. Unfortunately, the team fell just short in a nail-biter against the Douglas College Royals, but were able to sweep the College of the Rockies Avalanche and earn their third straight bronze medal. Neufeld was named the Player of the Match.

This offseason proved to be the beginning of a transition for the Blues, with the team losing four of its core players. Hughes, Kelsi Boroevich

and Kolby Richter all played in their last seasons of eligibility, and Kira Sutcliffe went pro, now playing for Brondby Volleyball Klub in Copenhagen, Denmark.

This year’s team features an exciting mix of new recruits and returning players. “A lot of the girls coming in have really strong work ethic,” said Neufeld.

Newcomers to look out for include Emma Schill and Mackenzy SparksGuest, whom have already made quite the impression on the newly appointed captain. “In practice, they were putting on quite the performance,” Neufeld added, “it’s really exciting to see them come in and be so dynamic as first years.”

In her first season, Neufeld learned a great deal from the team’s veterans and coaching staff, but this season she finds herself in the opposite roll, as the team now features an ensemble of new players.

Last year’s unit thrived off chemistry and trust according to Neufeld. “We need to trust in each-other, trust in ourselves, and trust the coaching,” she said. The maturity and knowledge of the game last year’s group of women showed resonated with Neufeld. She plans on carrying that focus into this season, hoping that the rookies will latch on to that mentality.

Though the team features many young new players, their expectations of themselves have not changed. The goal for the regular season is to build chemistry, but Neufeld envisions the team putting on a show come playoff time, and continuing their medal streak. “[We need to] focus on figuring out what we need to change for provincials,” she said about the regular season. “My passing and defense were a strong asset to the team,” she recalled from last year, but this year she plans to build on her offence and to, as she put it, “grow into the captain the team needs.”

Though the Blues will face growing pains any young team would face in their first season together, Capilano’s women’s volleyball team is ready for the challenge. Their season opens in October, with a Friday the 13th home match against the Royals. “There are going to be plenty of emotions from everyone,” Neufeld admitted. “We’re going to try to kill those emotions, go in with a clean slate, take it as another game, and just play volleyball.”

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