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Dancer dazzles students, rings in Persian New Year in LSU DEANNA CHENG photo

Adalat Omar, a professional belly dancer, draws fine arts student Christian Vistan onto the center of the floor in the Langara Students’ Union Building as students look on. The LSU threw a Persian New Year’s party last Thursday, March 21, complete with traditional music, food and cake. Adalat is an expert in Uighur traditional dance and Middle Eastern belly dance. Check out her website at adalatdance.com

Langara-Vancouver NDP candidate George Chow says tax hike will go to grants and training By Ben Bulmer

tudents could see less debt and more grants if the BC NDP win the May 14 provincial election. George Chow, NDP candidate for Vancouver-Langara, confirmed that an extra $100 million towards grants and training for post-secondary students will be part of the NDP’s platform. Chow said the $100 million for student loans and jobs training would be paid for with the return to a corporation tax on banks and financial institutions previously scrapped by the Liberal’s in 2010. “If you tell people we’re going to raise tax to do something, if you actually do it, people will be more than happy.” The NDP stand about 20 points ahead of the ruling Liberals in the polls and Chow is hopeful for victory. “I think with the way the poll is showing, and also what the people want, I have a fair chance of being elected,” the former Vancouver city councillor said. This may not be all that simple. Vancouver-Langara has been a Liberal stronghold for 20 years. Moira Stilwell took 58 per cent of the vote for the Liberals in the 2009 election, with the NDP managing 35 per cent. Despite that record, Chow says his chances are good. “With my experience, and my knowledge of the city and the community, and the demographics, I could very well do okay here,” he said.

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It costs a lot of money to upgrade a park and our budgets are quite restricted Alan Duncan, Vancouver park board planner

Raging moped driver arrested Police remove man after he allegedly brandished a knife at student By KEVIN HAMPSON

ancouver police arrested a man on campus Tuesday after receiving a report of an angry moped driver threatening a student with a knife. The suspect was driving a moped when he reportedly cut off a cyclist at Ontario Street and 46th Avenue. The young man followed the cyclist, a Langara student, onto campus in what police said was a fit of road rage. “You know the way road rages are now, people get really stupid about it,” said Vancouver Police Department Const. Tony Chambers. “It escalates more and more.” The suspect, wearing a suit and a helmet, threatened the student, calling out, “I just wanna know why you kicked me,” according to The Voice reporter Jennifer Thuncher, who saw the men arguing. Thuncher heard the student say,

not lead to violence, Chambers said the police were concerned at the initial report. Police take oncampus security threats very seriously, given the prominence of school shootings in the media, he said. The suspect apJENNIFER THUNCHER photo peared in handPolice say a moped driver burst into a road rage and cuffs outside the followed a student in front of Langara’s A building. The campus security student, in the back left, is calling police on his cell. office as police officers spoke with him. “He’s threatened me with a knife,” to “Everything’s on the video. Check police over his cell phone. the video,” he said in a choked voice. The victim remained calm as he It appears the suspect is not a Langphoned the police at around 9:45 a.m., ara student, Chambers said. witnesses said. The victim said the moBoth men were questioned and reped driver threatened him with a knife. leased without charges. Although the verbal altercation did

CANADA rage poll

62% of Canadians don’t get upset when a driver cuts them off

Ontarians are the most aggressive drivers: 29% honk their horn when cut off

74% of Saskatchewan drivers avoid road rage

32% of Canadian drivers aged 25 to 34 honk their horn

source: 2010 Harris/Decima poll

Marpole parks will remain a muddy mess Many Marpole parks are in rough shape, but they won’t be fixed for at least ten years, official says By WARREN JANÉ

esidents who are tired of navigating around mud holes in Marpole parks may have to wait at least a decade before improvements are made. Although 55 per cent of Marpole’s 11 public parks are in poor condition, compared to 20 per cent citywide, an official says it may take 10 to 15 years before any work is done.

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“It costs a lot of money to upgrade a park and our budgets are quite restricted, so we normally choose a couple a year across the city that we’re going to upgrade,” said Alan Duncan, environmental planner for the Vancouver Park Board. Vancouver has over 200 parks, so the city is challenged with deciding which ones to improve first. Though not all of Marpole’s parks are in poor condition, Duncan said most could use improvements. Ash Park, for example, has an uneven playing field with several bare spots and eroded holes filled with water. Taylor Anderson, an 18-year-old

graduate of nearby Sir Wilfrid Laurier Annex elementary school, said the poor playing conditions are nothing new. “I was here since grade 2 and it was like this even back then,” said Anderson. Other residents expressed their concerns as well. “It’s in very bad shape and I think it’s better if it’s fixed because the children can play there,” said local resident Lina Hsu. Marpole held a community workshop March 13 in which residents suggested improvements to local parks. City officials were unable to make commitments at that time.

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Marpole resident Lina Hsu squats near a large puddle in Ash Park.

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The Voice, THURSDAY, month 27, 2013

Langara vies to be a top employer

THE SPIRIT OF EASTER ROCKS LANGARA CAMPUS

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The Langara rock gets an Easter Bunny makeover of floppy ears and whiskers in time for the Easter weekend.

Langara recognizes the best Over $70,000 in scholarships were awarded at Monday’s Celebration of Excellence, meant to honour the school’s brightest and best

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Must be a Canadian citizen, landed immigrants, or convention refugees with proof of status Registered for a minimum of 12 credits Scholarships awarded for acedemic merit Students can also get award recommendation from program faculty when they meet scholarship criteria

By JACQUELINE LANGEN

angara’s annual Celebration of Excellence recognizes outstanding student achievement by providing over $70,000 in scholarships. Langara hosted the event Mar. 25, honoring over 100 students who have demonstrated superb academic ability. “Scholarships give us recognition. It tells us that other people are noticing and appreciating all the hard work we are putting in,” said human kinetics student Janet Low. Low was awarded the Langara Alumni Association Scholarship award for her excellence in sciences, as well as the Jade Volunteering Excellence Award. “Scholarships give us a sense of pride,” said Low. “That certificate reminds us that we are doing good both for ourselves and the world.”

Low said the scholarships have helped her with her studies by lightening her financial burden. “Between my This scholfull time course arship load, part-time job and volunteering takes a there were not load off my enough hours in a day to complete my back and studying.” will help The funding would not be made me pay off possible without my student the support of the loans. donors. “ S c h o l a r s h i p s Joshua Esterhuizen, give us a sense of scholarship winner appreciation for the organizations and individuals that provide them,” said Low.

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David Drummond, a donor representative from isoSolutions introduced the Armstrong-Lepeska Science Marketing Scholarship this year at Langara. The scholarship is designed to encourage science students to realize that they have the option not to work outside laboratories. “Broaden your horizons, as well as your opportunities,” said Drummond. In arts, the Alvin Schafer Memorial Scholarship, named after Langara’s renowned photography instructor, was awarded to fourth-term professional photo-imaging student Joshua Esterhuizen. Esterhuizen won the award for accumulating the highest GPA in the program throughout the first three terms. “I graduate in two weeks. This scholarship takes a load off my back and will help me pay off my student loans,” said Esterhuizen.

angara College has put in an application to be recognized as one of the best employers in Canada. Canada’s Top 100 Employers is a program organized by Mediacorp Canada Inc., a specialty publisher that focuses on career and employment-related periodicals. The list has been published in the Globe and Mail since 2000, and winners get to enjoy the benefits of publicity and professional writers composing pages of text to praise their name. Finalists are chosen based on eight core values, such as: the quality of the workplace; the work and social atmosphere, and training and skills development. But some employees at Langara don’t seem to know what the college offers that can compete with companies like GM. Nathalie Therriault, an instructor from Langara’s continuing studies department, said that while the college was fairly comparable to other postsecondary institutions in terms of employee benefits, it didn’t offer much beyond anywhere else. She said that her position as a unionized employee means that changes like the induction of new president Daykin have little possible impact on her job quality. Last year, only four schools made it on the list. Custodian Herjit Sherjann has worked at Langara since 1997 and knows some other staff members who have been around for over 30 years. “We are fine,” she said. “I can’t say it’s too much, but it’s not too little either. It’s just what I need.”

Chow’s platform Continued from page 1 The Vancouver-Langara constituency contains around 40 per cent Chinese-Canadians, which Chow hopes will be an advantage for him. Born in China, Chow settled in Vancouver in 1965. He graduated with a mechanical engineering degree from UBC, and went on to have a 32-year career at BC Hydro. Prominent in the Vancouver Chinese community, Chow was actively involved in the building of the Chinese Cultural Centre in the 1970s and helped organise Vancouver’s first dragon boat race in 1986. “I think it’s going to be interesting,” Chow says of the election. “After the writ is dropped, we’ll have our platform…and the public will get a sense to see whether we’re to be trusted or not, and I hope they will [trust us].”

Cambie Park considered for public garden Council plans to create more community gardens, with Cambie Park as one of the proposed sites By JESSE ADAMSON

he Vancouver park board is proposing a new community garden at Cambie Park, to promote local food products. The garden would allow local residents to plant and grow their own food, which would have a positive effect on the environment.

Vancouver park board chairwoman Sarah Blyth said it will also promote a sense of companionship in the community. “Community gardens are great,” she said. “It’s good to have people growing their own food locally.” Community gardens also help to reduce waste from packaging, ease concerns about food safety and decrease a person’s ecological footprint. “When you buy fruit and vegetables from the store, that product has usually travelled all over the province to get there,” said Blyth. “This has a negative effect on the environment and that is eliminated with

the community garden.” Blythe said Cambie Park was chosen as a possible location after the public made suggestions to the board. “It comes from the community,” she said. The amount and type of food that would be grown is up to the people that will be using it, according to Blyth. “It depends on how much effort they put into making a productive garden,” she said. Local residents are pleased to hear that they will have a potential new source to grow their own food. “I think it’s a fantastic idea,” said Debra Mussinas, a neighbour of the

park. “My husband and I love to grow our own food,” she said. “We normally have vegetables growing in our yard but you can always use more space. We will definitely take advantage of the community garden if it goes through.” The Mussinas family are not the only one who hopes the new garden is put in place. “Some of the tastiest veggies I’ve had since moving out here have been locally grown,” said Ulf Schmidt, a local resident. “We like to make sure we are getting locally grown food so this garden would be a welcome sight for us.”

Sarah blyth Vancouver park board chair

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It’s good to have people growing their own food locally.

Campus news

Editor j. Langle

The Voice, THURSDAY, March 28, 2013

More health and dental coverage to come Referendum passed last week will help students with big health and dental bills By DEANNA CHENG

health and dental referendum was passed last week leading to an increase in coverage from $199.98 to $235. The LSU reports the results were 207 votes to pass and 79 votes against. “As the price rises with inflation, raising the price for insurance is fair,” said geography student Joey Mak. Students would not be getting the dental care they need without the coverage from the plan. “Since I’ve been on the Langara dental, I’ve been getting regular cleaning,” said Shaun Maguire, an English student. General arts and science student Helen Shen says she gets regular cleanings as a result of the plan as well. With the school plan, she had two wisdom teeth covered. There is still one tooth bothering her. “The dentist is so expensive,” she said. Laura Jacobsen, a psychology student, considers opting in the plan this fall after weighing out her options. “If I were a full-time student, it’d be wonderful,” she said. Her last root canal was about $1,800. Having it subsidized would have helped her budget immensely, but she is still paying for it. Business student Jai Goyal was concerned with the health coverage, specifically the physiotherapy. Goyal has a back injury and goes to for physiotherapy once a week. “Technically, it’s worth it. You’re still getting more out of it than paying for it yourself,” he said. Business student Hank Chang said he is neutral about it. “I rarely get sick and I don’t get into situations where I require the coverage,” he said. Since the referendum passed, Sophia Haque, Langara’s Student Care program manager, said the health and dental plan will remain the same as this year.

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Term seven nursing students Katrina Tan (left) and Gurjit Dhaliwal were behind the logistics of the Mental Health Awareness Fair.

Support for mental wellness

Organizations gather to help those struggling with mental health By KELCI NICODEMUS

angara’s nursing students are letting the school know there is support out there for people struggling with mental health issues. Term seven nursing students organized the Mental Health Awareness Fair, held on March 20, which featured different mental health organizations addressing different aspects of mental health including. Nursing student, Gurjit Dhaliwal and fellow classmate Katrina Tan spearheaded the project. The nursing curriculum this term focused on mental health issues and they’ve done a number of preparatory measures leading up to this fair. The nursing students surveyed

around 200 students to see how high the stress level is for students at Langara. The fair was organized to promote wellness and to show that Langara has an adequate support system for students, said Dhaliwal. Campus health services offer doctors and a psychiatrist as well a counseling. Mood disorders are the most treatable mental illnesses, according to Catherine Wankiewiez, a volunteer for the Mood Disorder Association. “So as long as we can connect the people with the resources, then we can get the assistance that [they need],” she said. MDA offers psychiatric assessment, peer and doctor led group sessions for

those who are diagnosed with mood disorders. Results do come from these group sessions. “We see [results] everyday,” said Wankiewiez. Here to Help hosts an annual conference called Healthy Minds Healthy Campuses that focus on different aspects of mental health. “We tackle issues such as stress, depression [and] anxiety,” said volunteer Lyle Richardson. Nursing student Hilda Tran said that there are many services available, but people aren’t aware of them. “A lot of it is word of mouth. You don’t really hear about these things.”

Facts

On mental illness Who is affected? -All Canadians at some time through someone they know -20% will personally experience a mental illness

How common is it in Canada? -Schizophrenia: 1% of the total population -Anxiety disorders: 5%of household population Source: Canadian Mental Health Association

New keys for campus on the way from Finland Re-keying process taking over a month because new keys have to be shipped from Finland By BRIAN HORSTEAD

angara is in the process of re-keying all of its locks and keys, and while the B and C buildings were completed several weeks ago, the A building is awaiting an order of additional keys — from Finland. The keys on-order are on their way from the production plant of the Finnish owned security company ABLOY. “A Request For Proposal was put out on BC Bid, the BC Government’s public sector procurement system. Abloy was evaluated as the best key system for the price after the bidding process,” said Wendy Lannard, director of facilities. The new keys are more difficult to duplicate, and according to ABLOY’s

website, can only be replaced through a certified ABLOY dealer. According to Lannard these keys represent a security upgrade that Langara has ABLOY logo needed for seven Finnish security years. company “The campus has not been rekeyed in 17 years. It was overdue,” she said. Keys should be replaced every 10 years, according to Lannard. “With the process we’re undergoing currently, we will be able to have a more robust key tracking system and ensure higher levels of security.” Periodic re-keying of large institutions is commonplace for more than just an upgrade to security because it gives the college the opportunity to record who will be issued keys through a key tracer system.

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A Langara instructor shows off his ABLOY keys on the second floor of the A building.

Entertainment

EDITOR SIMONE PFEIFFER

THE VOICE, THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 2013

New play needs work Strong performances don’t rescue The Winslow Boy By PATRICK COLVIN

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Chris Cope, who plays Joe, a drug dealer, meets innocent Darlene, played by Masae Day in Studio 58’s production of Balm in Gilead.

Review of new Studio 58 play Balm in Gilead, Studio 58’s final production, presents an intimate and often gritty take on what’s it’s like to survive in the big city By KRISTEN HARPULA

tudio 58 finishes its season with a realistic interpretation of the hardships young people face when they’re short on luck in the production of Balm in Gilead. Lanford Wilson, who wrote the play in 1964, drew inspiration from sitting in a seedy all-night diner in New York. Set designer Naomi Sider essentially transformed Studio 58 into this diner and this intimate play has the audience sitting amongst the 27 actors. To prepare, the cast actually spent time in the Downtown Eastside, meeting and watching the people and this is evident in their acting. As people enter the theatre, they’re harassed by addicts asking for ciga-

rettes or drug dealers trying to sell them dope. It sets the mood right away and explains why the program given at the door has a disclaimer on it. Director Bob Frazer really wanted the audience to “be immersed in the truth” and the close proximity does just that. One character that really stood out was Babe, played by Julie Leung. Although Babe doesn’t have any dialogue, her presence is definitely felt: She’s a heroin addict and the play doesn’t shy away from showing the audience exactly what that entails. The overlapping dialogue makes it’s difficult to give your undivided attention to just one conversation, but the costumes, designed by Connie Hosie,

really helped differentiate the individual personalities of each character. Darlene, played by Masae Day, was dressed conservatively and that made her really standout. She’s instantly drawn to the only other presentable person, Joe, played by Chris Cope. One of the few weak points in the play was an extensive monologue by Darlene in the second half. While her nervous, fast-paced speech is meant to add to her naiveté, it carries on too long to really hold everyone’s attention. Ultimately, this unique theatre experience is definitely worth seeing and may offer a newfound appreciationof the search for belonging found in every shape and form.

Cast and crew DIRECTOR: BOB FRAZER SET DESIGNER: NAOMI SIDER CHRIS COPE (JOE) MASAE DAY (DARLENE) JULIE LEUNG (BABE)

espite strong individual performances, the Metro Theatre’s production of Terence Rattigan’s The Winslow Boy appeared hastily put together as prop and set malfunctions frequently interrupted the show. This came as no great surprise. The Metro Theatre Centre prepared for The Winslow Boy on a tight schedule after the original play for the 2013 spring slot, See How They Run, was cancelled. Set in Britain during the period leading up to the Great War, the play is based on a true story of a boy expelled from the Osborne Naval College for a crime he never committed. The boy’s father, Arthur Winslow, never loses faith in his son. He subsequently spends his wealth in hiring Britain’s top barrister to push the case of his son’s innocence all the way to court. The cast of The Winslow Boy included many actors who appeared in the Vagabond Players’ production of The Winslow Boy last summer. While certain actors brought life to their roles, this cannot be said of the entire troupe. The play was bolstered by passionate performances from both Isabel Mendenhall, who played the mother and Gina Raye Young, who played the daughter. Mendenhall noticeably affected the crowd with her impassioned monologue during the second act,while Young also brought passion to the stage. Father and son duo Arthur and Ronnie Winslow, played by actual father and son Michael and Adrian Jones, lacked the on-stage chemistry one would have expected. However, Michael Jones’s individual performance was successful as he managed to gracefully balance his character’s cold wit with the heart-warming sentiment of a father fighting for his son’s honour. Winslow’s brother Dickie, played by Kris Michaleski, was supposed to be a confident and carefree young man. This characterization was not realized due to Michaleski nervously clenching and unclenching his fists during the majority of his stage time. It was a taste of things to come when Michaleski picked up a prop Victrola and it fell apart in his hands. By the time the play had finished, a cane had also broken, a top hat had fallen apart and instead of raising the curtains to begin the second act, the bar holding up the curtain began to lower precariously. It appears as though the bar was lowered for The Winslow Boy as well.

Pop-up gallery springs into action April 11 Langara’s graduating creative arts students will get a chance to show their best work to the public and industry during the first-ever Pop-up Gallery, on April 11-May 17 By BEN BULMER

ine glasses will clink and chins will nod when students and art lovers come together for the opening night of Langara’s very first pop-up art gallery. The Creative Arts Pop-Up Grad Gallery show will be held in the main concourse at Langara from April 11 to May 17. The event gives students from the creative arts programs a chance to showcase their work to industry professionals and the public. Students will be given a large board to display the best pieces they’ve pro-

duced throughout their program. Each department will display work for about one week before giving the space to the next group of artists. “I’m both nervous and excited,” said Shawna Wajzer, a photo-imaging student.“We’re gone through so much these last two years,” she said. “We’re finally here, and we can finally say that we produce quality work.” Design instructor Yvan Morissette said the idea of a pop-up gallery is a space within a space. Partitions and carpet tile will create a gallery space within the concourse, he said. Morissette estimates as many as 30

industry people may attend the exhibition. Design student Christian Hanhausen is happy about the prospect of meeting with employers. “The ultimate thing of this exhibit is not only to showcase what we’ve done, but to potentially get a job,” he said. Conrad Stel, a fine arts student, said that this will be his first time presenting his work in a gallery. “It will be nice to have my stuff displayed to people who can help me go somewhere later,” he said. The gallery’s opening night will be held on April 11. Entrance to all the shows will be free.

POP-UP GALLERY

DEPARTMENT DISPLAYS:

•Design: April 11-19 •Fine arts: April 24-May 1 •Photo-imaging:May 3-10 •Publishing: May 13 -17

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Tracy Oan works on one of the pieces she will display at the pop-up gallery.

Lifestyles

Editor Jimeequa langle (jim-ee-kwahh Lang-guhl)

The Voice, THURSDAY, march 28 2013

Is local love becoming a lost cause? An extremely individualistic culture in the Lower Mainland makes it hard to hook up By MARIE-ANDREE DEL CID

lovely ad posting in the I Saw You section of the Georgia Straight appeared earlier this month, about a Langara librari-

an. Someone placed the ad saying that they were helped by a young librarian at the school’s library on Feb. 28 and wanted to ask her out on a coffee date. The college clerk said she found out about the ad because her friends saw it and were quick to let her know. She said she was surprised and flattered by the posting. And while the ad isn’t without its charm, it’s an illustration of how much trouble people in the Lower Mainland

have of simply asking each other out to a date in person. Singles in Vancouver blame everything from the weather to specific characteristics about the opposite sex as to why the dating scene in the city is challenging. Nicole Corrado, the founder of Vancouver dating site Hitchette, said that are plenty of reasons why people believe this to be true. “Dating in Vancouver sucks because people here are really unapproachable. It comes from the fact that a lot of people in Vancouver are unable to let others in,” said Corrado. “Everybody has a different negative behavioural pattern that they have adopted from people or things that have happened to them in their life, and those negative patterns

are the things that keep a person from connecting with other people.” Corrado said she tries to get people to work through their negative behaviour in order to attract more positivity, which in turn will help attract love. “So, if you work on yourself and what makes you happy first, then you can go online or wherever you want to meet people,” she said. “[Then you can] find that right person because there is no real formula to meeting people. When you are ready to meet the right person, that right person will come along.” Sheree Morgan is a professional dating coach and matchmaker in Vancouver. She said that dating in Vancouver isn’t any different than any other big city like Los Angeles, New York or To-

ronto. “[Those cities] actually all use matchmakers and you probably hear the same thing. Matchmakers have been around in those cities for a long time because people have realized that they need a little help,” said Morgan. Both Morgan and Corrado agree that online dating is not an ideal option. Sticking to traditional formats like going out to events, or using matchmakers is the better way in finding love, they said. First-year Langara English student Erica Cook said that her experience with online dating was a positive one. “I met two good guys and I dated them, and now they have become my good friends,” said Cook.

Master springtime makeup

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do vancouver men suck? This explosive Vancouver Magazine article started the debate on the quality of the city’s men.

#bemyamigo An event hosted by Jorge Amigo as a direct response to the article. The periodic gathering encourages strangers to hang out — no expectations.

Scoring a job made simple Headhunters share simple and effective strategies to get an edge over other summer applicants By KAYLA ISOMURA

Swap dark and brooding hues for lighter, brighter tones to match a shift to a sunnier season By HAILEY McDONALD

ith warmer weather upon us, it’s time to ditch the dark, bold jewel-tones and opt for lighter, simpler hues and textures when buying cosmetics, according to freelance makeup artist Cassandra Hrynkow. While heavy, muted palates dominated the winter months, the 24-yearold Blanche Macdonald makeup school student said one of the biggest keys to keeping up with spring trends is to incorporate more colour into your beauty routine. While dark lips and bold eyes suit winter’s gloom, spring allows lighter, brighter makeup looks. “You’re seeing a lot of transition from winter to summer, so it’s sort of that segue,” she said. Pastel hues like teal and mint are currently trending in the makeup industry. “A lot of the things I’ve seen in magazines recently for this coming spring include a black liner with a coloured liner over top of it.” As far as lipstick goes, Hrynkow advised that it’s time to tuck away wine and mulberry shades and choose a nude or pinky tone that better suits your skin tone. “Absolutely no dark lips in the spring,” she said. “It’s one of my biggest pet peeves.” When choosing a foundation, she noted that dewier finishes are preferable to the full coverage of a matte look this season. She recommended buyers consider picking up a new foundation that’s one to two shades darker than they’d wear in the winter. She said that MAC Cosmetics is her favourite place to buy foundation. However, she said she’s also a fan of drugstore brands like Maybelline. She also raved about BB cream, citing it as a lighter, creamier alternative to heavy foundations. “Spring is about a youthful renaissance and bright and light and airy,” said Hrynkow. “Figure out how that translates with you.”

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Makeup by CASSANDRA HRYNKOW. Top left & right photos by ZENAIDA KWONG. Middle & bottom via FACEBOOK

Spring is now in season, bringing with it a new colour palette for makeup aficionados to use

ooking to score a summer internship, make some money and gain experience in your department of study? Students looking to find work over the summer should apply now, according to local recruitment agencies. Henry Goldbeck, president of Goldbeck Recruiting Inc. and TempsAhead consultants Ioana Bucsa and Rachel Kenny agreed the best time for students to apply for a summer job is in March and April. “Look into internships and co-ops related or associated with your school,” said Bucsa. “Also most companies regularly post if they have internship and co-op positions available.” Both Bucsa and Kenny said students should apply for positions that apply skills they’ve already learned through school. As an example, Bucsa said, “Someone enrolled in accounting could apply for a data entry position in an accounting department.” As well, organization is key, according to Goldbeck. “The first thing you need to do is start making a list,” he said. “You’ve got to plan ahead and start making a list of all the kinds of summer jobs that are available.” Goldbeck said regardless of the type of job, planning ahead is vital. For students applying for internships, maintaining contacts in the field they want to work in is equally important. “I would find out who is responsible and make sure they have my resume and that I have their email address,” said Goldbeck. “I would be following up with them, finding a reason for them to like me and staying in touch with them so when there is an opportunity you’re going to be at least considered.” When looking for a job, Goldbeck also suggested applying to several at a time. He said that the worst thing to do is apply for only one job and have it fall through. He stressed the importance of organization, planning and research, which he finds are the only obstacles students face. Meanwhile, Bucsa and Kenny found the biggest obstacle students face is the hiring process and workplace environment. However, a good attitude can make a candidate stand out, they said.

EDITOR BRANDON KOSTINUK

THE VOICE, THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 2013

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Online dating is good, but risky ... W

ith today’s social media trend in full effect, more and more people are turning to the Internet in search of friendship, sex and even true love.

Some services are free while others charge a membership fee, and as they say, you get what you pay for. Industry leaders like eHarmony have a rigorous screening process to ensure the most compatible match possible. My cousin Susanna, for example, met her husband Orlando on eHarmony. She lived in Montreal and Orlando lived way down in Texas. Today, they are both happily

married with two young children. One of the more popular free sites is Plenty of Fish. While they do advertise several successful marriages from their site, everybody I know that uses it, including myself, is just looking to get laid. While eHarmony is for those seeking a relationship, Plenty of WARREN JANÉ Fish gives users the option of specifying particular arrangements.

OPINION

Options include relationship, casual dating, hang out or intimate encounter. Hang out is essentially a less obvious way of looking for an intimate encounter. But there are some risks that exist in the online dating world. One of the biggest problems is fraud. Anyone can pretend to be anybody they want online. This has resulted in many hopeless romantics being “catfished.” A catfish is someone who sets up a fake account, whether on Facebook or an online dating site, and uses it to gain the trust of somebody,

either for personal satisfaction or financial gain. Common catfish schemes include perpetrators asking their intended victims to send money to pay bills, or other unexpected expenses. Of course, this happens in real world relationships as well, so be careful who you trust, especially when there’s money involved. The bottom line: online dating still has many of the risks associated with old-fashioned dating. It’s up to the individual to decide which one is right for them. But don’t be afraid to try something new. A soulmate might be a mouse-click away.

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nbeknownst to me, makeup has its own consistently growing and evolving trend categories, similar to fashion.

Fashion trends are far more understandable and forgiving, given they are generally temperature based. For example, scarfs and boots for winter to defer the brisk breezes. However, makeup? The trend for this season is said to be pink lips, pastel colours, “dewy” looking skin and on top of that, big eyebrows. For those who don’t know, dewy means a greasy, haven’t-showeredin-three-days look, instead of the less-concerning, healthy looking matte. Dewey skin and big eyebrows? Am I the only one here that doesn’t wish to look like an unhygienic Frida Kahlo that hasn’t stepped outside all summer? JES CUNNINGHAM Being someone who doesn’t wear makeup, except for a bit of cover-up here and there to hide those beloved blemishes, keeping up with the evolution of trends is nowhere near a priority. I don’t participate or care to keep up with the trending fashions many find compelling, not as a boycott, but purely because money, patience and the time to be consistently updating my look are not on my side. Even so, there are far more important things that need to be done on a daily basis, like making rent, buying groceries and, most importantly, sleep, in comparison to waking up early to get dolled up for the day. Don’t get me wrong, having an understanding of makeup and fashion and using it as personal expression is a completely different concept and could be impressive. Some people use makeup and fashion trends to express how they feel whereas others do the same with piercings and tattoos. Pressure from society to look beautiful, to have perfect skin and to have that china doll look is always going to be an evolving thing, and really it’s a double-edged sword. Makeup creates façades. While it’s a tool to hide one’s beauty, true beauty that is, but many also say that it is used to enhance one’s natural beauty. That being said, when they aren’t being made to look like Frida Kahlo.

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LETTERS to the editor Letter regarding the article entitled, “D2L problem identified, fix to come soon”, appearing in The Voice, Thursday, March 21, 2013. Dear Voice Newspaper, I wish to make a clarification of some remarks attributed to me in the article on the D2L problem appearing in The Voice on March 21. When I said that “Things had gone from bad to worse,” it was not in regard to D2L. Although many of us experienced birth pangs with the new system, things are going along relatively smoothly now thanks to the attentive support that we receive from EdTech.

Instead, the remark was referring to the podium computer, the hardware system that delivers our computerbased material in the classroom. In our anthropology classroom that adjoins the lab, our podium computer has been acting up since the beginning of the year. We haven’t been able to log onto the workstation to show PowerPoints, let alone log onto the network so that we can access our online D2L course in order to link with relevant online sites, show video clips, orient the students to resources available on D2L, etc. The crux of the matter is that both Dr. Copp and I have made the transi-

REPORTERS tion to incorporating D2L in the classroom, but the hardware is not well maintained enough for us to take advantage of the full potential of D2L. Each of us called IT nearly every day for almost four weeks before it was finally fixed. Budget cuts may have reduced the effectiveness of the IT department to respond to our computer needs, just when we need the computers to function well more than ever! Thank you for giving me the opportunity to clarify my remarks. Sincerely, Dr. Carol MacLeod, anthropology department

Jesse Adamson Sera Akdogan Brenna Brooks Ben Bulmer Deanna Cheng Puneet Dhami Garin Fahlman Brian Horstead Jacqueline Langen Niall Shannon Jesica Cunningham Warren Jané Kayla Isomura Kelci Nicodemus Patrick Colvin James McLaughlin Angela Holubowich Kristen Harpula

Apologies to PacWest and Holland College for last week’s error Hello Voice, Just a heads up regarding some information in your story on the back cover of today’s Voice (Mar. 21), written by Sera Akdogan, and somehow attributed to the PacWest The body of your story says Harlem College took silver and VIU (Vancouver Island University) took gold - this

placing is correct. The sidebar - which lists PacWest as your source - says the opposite. I don’t believe this is anywhere on our website. It’s Holland College, not Harlem College. (Holland College is located in Prince Edward Island. All this information is readily

available on the tournament website, http://ccaa.ca/mensbasketball2013 . If you have any questions in the future, don’t hesitate to contact us. Sincerely, Mark Dawson PacWest Media Manager @pacwestbc

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The Voice, THURSDAY, March 28, 2013

Editor katja de bock

South Vancouver gets a makeover Changing faces of South Hill, Marpole can be good for this part of the city, say residents

City planners give Marpole bold facelift By BRENNA BROOKS

PUNEET DHAMI photo

Navjit Kaur is an employee at Nurmahal Fashions. The store is planning on staying in Little India, serving remaining Indo-Canadians.

Little India vendors optimistic about their future in South Hill Catering to community at large the best survival mode in once prominent South Asian neighbourhood By PUNEET DHAMI

Simran Virk of Roots Cafe

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We don’t plan on leaving, because we are getting business.

shok Dhingra is intent on keeping Little India alive, even if many other vendors on the Main Street strip have moved to Surrey. Little India was once a prominent South Asian community between West 47th and West 57th avenues, where many immigrants from different parts of India made their home. Nurmahal Fashions owner Ashok Dhingra immigrated to Canada in the 80s and chose the south end of Main Street for his business because he knew there was a big Indo-Canadian population. “I opened my business 14 years ago,”

said Dhingra. He is planning to stay. This is despite a housing market that is driving more and more people to Surrey where it’s cheaper. “The Indian community is growing in Surrey, so Indian businesses will follow the crowd,” said Dhingra. Even so, he hopes Little India will remain. There are still Indo-Canadians living in the area, and Indo-Canadian vendors get an increasing amount of their business from other ethnic groups, too. “The neighbourhood is changing but maybe we need fresh blood to run the area,” said Dhingra. For example, the owners of Roots Cafe located on the corner of West 49th

Avenue and Main Street see a lot of Langara students at their shop every day. “Roots Cafe is a great hang out place where we see a lot of crowds,” said owner Simran Virk. She said the neighbourhood has changed, but she sees a lot of neighbourhoods changing, not just the South Hill area. “We don’t plan on leaving because we are getting business and we spent a lot of money renovating the place,” said Virk. “The timing was horrible for us when we opened, but it has been growing.” Virk and her husband Hardeep live in the neighbourhood, so they chose to build a business close to home.

f everything goes according to the new community plan, Marpole residents like Janet Fraser may see more parks, bike trails and even a new community centre in the coming years. Fraser is a blogger for Marpole Matters. She attended the transportation workshop on March 6 and said the events are a good way to gather input from residents who experience the area every day. “City planners don’t live in the neighbourhood,” Fraser said. “They don’t see how we live and play.” Three largely attended workshops, organized by the City of Vancouver, have been held to discuss the future of housing, transportation, parks and public spaces in the area. Approximately every 30 years city planners, stakeholders and residents give and take input to guide growth and development for a new community plan. The Marpole community plan is in its second of four phases. The current plan states that a high percentage of Marpole’s parks are in poor condition and only 25 per cent of Marpole’s waterfront is publicly accessible. Fraser also said that much of Marpole’s park space is in poor condition. For example, Ash Park is mostly uneven grass with old playground equipmen. The new Ebisu Park, which has a great children’s area, walking paths and benches, is suffering from lack of maintenance. Vancouver city planner Matt Shillito addressed the possible move of the Marpole-Oakridge Community Centre to a new location on Granville, possibly in combination with the public library, where the lease is coming to an end. Shillito said the next steps in the plan are to create a new draft of the Marpole community plan that will be presented in public houses in June. After that, a third draft is to be presented to city council in October.

Don’t abandon city’s heritage, critics warn City without a past is a city without stories, says author Caroline Adderson By NIALL SHANNON

hough Vancouver developers may see densification as the answer to a growing population, some residents, such as writer Caroline Adderson, think the city is losing its connection with older character-filled houses. “I see these old homes as repositories of narrative. When they go down, with them go all the stories,” said Adderson, who started a Facebook page called Vancouver Vanishes after witnessing a “beautiful old home” being bulldozed in her neighbourhood.

Adderson believes that Vancouver is creating a “city without a past, without stories.” Her neighbourhood of Kerrisdale has experienced 116 permits for demolition from 2011 to 2012, according to the City of Vancouver. “To me, that doesn’t bode well for the future,” said Adderson. Others agree. A survey conducted by the Vancouver Heritage Foundation found that 88 per cent of Vancouver residents support less demolition of heritage buildings in their communities. One way to protect older homes is to list them on the Vancouver Heritage Register, which has about 2,150 buildings detailed. The building in question must have “architectural and historical significance” in order to be considered listing in the register, according to the City of Vancouver’s website.

Registering does not necessarily protect buildings from demolition. The city requires permits to be obtained for those wishing to tear down a heritage building, and the city does offer various incentives, depending on the circumstances. Diane Switzer, executive director of the Vancouver Heritage Foundation, says destroying the old and building

new houses is not the way to sustain communities, and Vancouver needs to make better use of what it has. Older housing is often the most affordable option for families, said Switzer. However, there are ways the city is trying to preserve buildings, as well as grow, she said. “We need to create change, it’s just a question of how we do it.”

Trees on the Shannon Mews estate on Granville and West 57th Avenue make way for a new condo complex. The Shannon Wall Centre Kerrisdale will retain the old structures of the mansion and coach house and surround it with new buildings. KATJA DE BOCK photo

sports

The Voice, THURSDAY, March 28, 2013

Editor gillian hames

Men’s b-ball team looks to the future Coming off a bronze at the nationals, the Falcons are able to reflect on an award-winning season By JAMES McLAUGHLIN

fter a record-setting season, the Langara men’s basketball team’s current goal is to achieve some well-deserved rest and relaxation. “It’s actually pretty important to rest and get almost to the point where you kind of miss basketball,” said guard Glenn Ruby. “So when you come back, you really want to be playing again.” Ruby had an injured back going into the national championship tournament but still played, helping the team to a bronze finish. “It’s nice to get a good week or two off and let your muscles relax and let those little nagging injuries you’ve had all season kind of go away,” he said. Though they ultimately lost the nationals, the team finished first in PacWest’s regular season with a near-perfect 20-1 record. The men also finished the season as the highest scoring team in the country, averaging 93.5 points a game. The Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association, the governing body for organized sports in Canadian colleges, awarded coach of the year to Paul Eberhardt, who is taking some time off to unwind in Las Vegas. Eberhardt recommended the team take at least two weeks off from the hoops to avoid getting burnt out. The off-season provides players with time to reflect on the past and dream about the future. “By far the toughest thing our team had gone through all season long was losing that semifinal game by one. We are better than that team,” said centre Jitinder Lohcham. Ruby agreed. “We all knew that we had a chance to do something special this year and we made sure we did our best every day of practice to make that dream come true,” he said. “Unfortunately, we came up short.” At this point, it’s uncertain which players will be moving on from Langara and who will be returning next season to the Falcons. “I think everyone on the team will agree that it’s going to be extremely hard to leave this squad,” said Ruby. “We all had so much fun together. I would say it was probably the best year of all of our lives.”

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Participants at last year’s Sun Run are at the starting line ready to tackle the 10-kilometre race. This year, the run takes place April 21.

Langara club training for 10K Run club is preparing students for the annual Vancouver Sun Run By KELCI NICODEMUS

hat’s better than running 10 kilometres with 50,000 other people in downtown Vancouver? Doing it for a good

cause. Next month, the Langara run club will be participating in the annual Vancouver Sun Run on April 21, raising money for both the Raise a Reader charity and organizations supporting amateur athletes in B.C. Dean Tsatouhas and Kristen Pascall founded the club this year. “We help students figure out what they need to do and how to prepare and everything,” said Tsatouhas. The club goes for runs three times a week to prepare for the 10K run, according to Tsahoutas. Tsatoushas thinks the support gained from running in a group motivates students to be more active. “When you have someone else around you, running with you, it makes it easier to go for a run,” said Tsatou-

has. He has been running for approximately four years. This isn’t the first time Langara has participated in the Sun Run, but it is the first time Langara is participating as a run club. “Since we started the run club I thought it would be a good idea if we were the ones to organize and facilitate this too,” Tsatouhas said. Dawn Palmer from Langara human resources is the staff member who came up with the idea to start a club dedicated to running. Palmer said it is important that the club has an inclusive partnership between employee initiatives and student priorities. “The more runners, the better,” she said. Being active decreases absenteeism and increases productivity among, according to Palmer. “It has a positive impact in so many different ways,” she said. Palmer said the Sun Run will be a good event for the run club because it’s

a shorter race than most. “Not everyone is crazy like me and wants to run a half marathon,” she said. Other organizations are also preparing for the run. Laurie Paton, manager of the Cambie Running Room, said they have put together a group of runners that meets three times a week, running five or 10 kilometres per day. Variety is important while training, according to Paton. “Our workouts change every week,” she said. Additionally, the Running Room’s training program consists of health experts speaking to runners before their workouts. “[They] do talks with us about nutrition, hydration, body mechanics, etc.” said Paton. The program splits participants into two groups, depending on skill level. The Sun Run costs $50 per individual to register. Participants have until April 20 to sign up.

SUNRUN fun

Entry fee includes an official Sun Run 2013 T-shirt featuring a design by Vancouver artist Tiko Kerr

The Vancouver Sun Run is Canada’s largest 10-kilometre road race

Run begins at Burrard Street and Georgia Street

48,904 people ran or walked the Sun Run last year

Source: http://www.vancouversun.com/2013sunrun/ index.html

She shoots, dribbles and scores Katarina Tomic credits her upbringing for keeping her active and motivated to play multiple sports By ANGIE HOLUBOWICH

ANGIE HOLUBOWICH photo

Katarina Tomic is planning on playing soccer and trying out for basketball next year at Langara.

hile other little girls were handed pink frilly dolls and dresses, Katarina Tomic strapped on cleats and began playing soccer at three years old. She quickly developed a passion for the sport that would become a major part of her life. These days, not even a major injury slows her down. She’s even planning on playing two sports next year. Tomic found her soccer season with the Langara Falcons cut short last year after suffering a stretched ligament injury in her left knee and an MCL sprain in her right knee. She has geared her fitness regime to recuperate, refine

and rehabilitate her body for the future, relying heavily on the skills of the team’s physiotherapist. Tomic also has a passion for basketball and plans on trying out for the Falcons next year. In high school, she led her basketball team as MVP multiple years in a row, earning several awards along the way. With next season’s tryouts in her sights, Tomic is ready to return to the basketball courts and make an impression. “I’ve always really wanted to play [basketball], but over soccer, nothing really beats soccer,” Tomic said. “I’ve been missing it, so I’m really excited to get back into it.” Her passion for the game has always been an important motivator. Surrounded by soccer-playing parents and three brothers, Tomic quickly learned to play not only to keep up, but to demolish any idea that boys were tougher or better than girls.

Tomic’s pride in her Croatian heritage is supported by the country’s love of the sport, and the restrictions on women playing in Europe only pushed her further. “No girls are allowed to play there and it is a huge motivator to get out and be like, ‘Hey, I play here for all those who cannot play there,’” she said. Spending half of her childhood in Croatia in the village of Sulkovci, Tomic once organized a girls’ soccer tournament. She was incredibly inspired by over 30 girls who came to play, many of whom had never touched a soccer ball before. Tomic said she is still motivated by her parents, who are both in their fifties and actively playing soccer. While growing up, the sport was always integrated into family life. “No matter what we did or where we went, we would always have cones, a soccer ball, and an extra pair of cleats in the car, ” she said.