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Speed bumps are the least we can do there, completely visible but only if you're paying attention. stand outside all day in the most EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Jennifer Beauregard was caught extreme weather conditions - be it the scorching heat in the summer by one of those inattentive drivers.

The area around the Abbotsford or the pouring rain that falls for He wasn't paying attention and campus has become a construction hot spot. In addition to the the other 10 months of the year - was driving too fast; Beauregard paid the price. work that has been taking place in they have to put up with frustratI'm glad that she survived bethe parking lot, there is construc- ed drivers hurling abuse at them. tion on the McCallum overpass, When I see a driver stop to talk ing run down by an SUV. I've had everywhere on Highway One, out to a flag person, it's obvious by the pleasure of meeting her; she's at Clearbrook Road, and along the look on the flagger's face that friendly, chatty and cares very something rude was said to them. nearly every side street between deeply about safety on job sites.

On top of that, flagging is dan- -It's too bad more construction my house and campus. While this companies aren't as enthusiastic construction is good for the devel- gerous. Drivers zone out when about safety as she is. opment of the campus (or so these they travel the same commute To prevent more flaggers from vague references to a University five days a week; it's easy for a District suggest), it's extremely construction zone to sneak up suffering her fate, Beaurefard has on them. Unfortunately, when started a petition to require confrustrating for drivers. struction sites to use temporary Being a flagger has got to be that construction zone sneaks one of the most difficult jobs out up, there's usually a flagger right speed bumps. These speed bumps there. Not only do these people SONJA SZLOVICSAK

will, hopefully, prevent careless drivers from speeding through construction sites.

If nothing else, the bumps will jolt drivers into alertness, -so they'll see the flag person in front of them.

While I understand that slowing down for construction sites can be frustrating, flag people should not be the ones that bear the brunt of our frustration. _They're doing a job, and just trying to keep you and the people on their construction site safe.

And really, students shouldn't be in such a rush to get to the Abby campus; once we get here, we still have to wait for the ever elusive parking spot.

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Researchers in danger of losing freedom of expression Reliance onprivate funding could haveinfluence overtopics researchers canaddress that study. And I'm not even sure PAUL E.BRAMMER NEWS& OPINIONEDITOR that the government wants to hear it. But you'll write that article but lack of government fund- whether anyone will publish it ing for research at uni- [is a different matter]. I'd be interversities is forcing researchers to ested in reading it, but apparently take money from industries and society's not."

I would say that the increased donors, which threatens to endanger the topics that schools and ties between industry and universities have made things that indusresearchers can or cannot address, according to Economics head try doesn't want to hear harder to publish." Dvoracek said that this Vladimir Dvoracek.

Speaking on research in eco- closing off of areas of debate may nomics, Dvoraceksaid that govern- not be confined to the field of economics; the pharmaceutical busiments should invest more heavily ness was also touched upon. in research at universities without A continuing issue for profesdictating to professors and researchers what they should focus sors at UFV and other schools in on, in order to preserve the range the country is striking the right of topics and issues that can be re- balance of researching areas al}.d topics which are applicable to searched. "I think that research's focus is increasingly specialized ... undergraduate classrooms, and What with the greater ties be- tailoring them to transfer to students in the classroom. Dvoratween universities and industry, cek explained his own research, [for example, if] there's a shortage of bank capital, well, none of the which involves studying the stock banks are going to want to finance market, "The thing I'm interested

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in is stock prices ...On each of those stocks, there's, say, 200 options.

You have, roughly speaking 200 times the data."

There's probably been 10,000 studies done on share prices, a thousand studies done on bond prices, and there's only been one study where people have actually gone back and looked at historical option prices. And that's what I'm doing."

In the classroom, students use Dvoracek's research for their own studies. "We' run a simulation game where, based on the work I've done on historical options, the students actually try and trade."

So it's actually something quite sophisticated that we're doing.

And we're downloading lots of data; the great thing about the computer age and the internet," something that 20 years ago not even an investment bank could do.

Students are using real prices and real-time trades to try and eke out

these profits."

The economics department also ties in the stock market and options to the wider social, political and economic framework of society at large. Dvoracek commented on how events in society have knock-on effects in the stock market and vice versa, "I was actually in New York working at a firm that was dealing in financial options ..

And if you look at 9/11, the stock price changed seven per cent but option prices changed 300 per cent.., [because some] people just had this feeling that it could be the end of the world." However, Dvoracek said that there are many occurrences where professors cannot predict the future and its impact. "I went to a big finance conference the summer before the financial meltdown ...The number of papers talking about bank capital, which became a big issue with all those banks failing, was zero."

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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 24th, 2010

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UFV student overcomffiinjury to campaign for road safety ALEX WATKINS NEWSWRITER Only last year, Jennifer Beauregard had the life of an average . UFV student - she was studying to earn her Bachelor of General studies, living with her best friend and supporting herself by working as a Traffic Control Person.

But her life was forever changed on September 25, 2009, when she was struck by a speeding SUV at a job site; she sustained serious injuries, and at one point was even pronounced dead.

Now, a year later, Beauregard has made what many would call a miraculous recovery, and has begun devoting much of her time to safety-related causes, including petitioning for removable speed- it through accounts given to her bumps in construction zones, by family and friends. She still has forming the UFV Safety Aware- · her semantic memory, which reness Club and planning a UFV lates to general knowledge. However, as she said, "I don't have my safety awareness event, scheduled for this October. episodic memory, so I don't know Although Jennifer has made a time, places, conversations that staggering recovery since the in- I have with people... that's what cident, it has been a long process, I had to relearn. I knew who my friends were [but] I knew nothing and she still experiences difficulty in her everyday life. After the col- about them... I can't believe that lision, Jennifer's pelvis was shat- I'm 24 now ... I've lived here all of tered; her sternum, sacrum, cheek- my "life, and when I got out of [the bones and nose were broken; all of hospital] and I came back here, I her ribs were cracked; her arm was didn't recognize anything."

Because the driver caused her broken in five places; her spleen was ruptured and she suffered se- injury unintentionally, he only had to pay fines for running a vere brain damage.

As a result of the accident, Jen- stop sign, speeding in a construcnifer also lost all memory of her tion zone and undue care and atprevious life, and had to re-learn tention. Beauregard believes that

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Beauregard feels a responsibilthese kinds of fines are an inity to those like Cain to spread sufficient penalty. "I don't think awareness about and improve job tickets are teaching. So I think that ... when [individuals] get three safety: "If I'd have died, I would speeding tickets, then they should have wanted somebody to have done what they could to prevent it have to do a time management program.

That way, it'll make from happening to other people."

The petition is part of her atthem take their time, and think about it and learn from it." tempt to create positive change.

Cases like Cain's make it clear that Although Beauregard survived, many others have not. Traffic- these kinds of workplace fatalities control person Donald Cain was are "still happening, and that's hit by a vehicle travelling at 80 why we want to try to figure out kilometres an hour this July and ways to prevent it from happendied. The vehicle that struck Be- ing. So I figure that the removable auregard was travelling at 120km/ speed bumps [are the way to go]. hr. Worksafe BC's website states They can be put in place when that in the past five years, over 70 . they need to be and then just taken traffic-control workers were hit by away when they don't ... that way vehicles, three of which died from people would be forced to slow down." their injuries.

The Safety Awareness Event, which will take place at UFV's Abbotsford campus on October 4 and 5 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., is another brainchild of Beauregard's.

The event will include a variety of activities incorporating safety facts, as Beauregard - an aspiring . elementary school teacher - "believe[s] that it is important to learn through having fun." Activities planned so far include "a cake-walk on safety facts, capture the unsafe pylons, 'know your rights' croquet, finding out 'what's wrong with this picture?' and creating your own safety vest." Free food will be given to all volunteers and to all guests that participate in at least three activities and visit at least three information booths.

Additionally, Beauregard wants the event guests to experience some of the challenges that disabled people face by participating in an obstacle course. Her goal is for them to truly understand the difficulties that disabled people endure so that they can gain more compassion and consideration.

At the same time, they will learn about dangerous situations that can occur in the workplace, which can cause disabilities.

Those interested in helping Beauregard's cause, whether by signing her petition, joining her Safety Awareness Association, volunteering at the Safety Awareness Event or contributing funding or donations can contact Jennifer at: jen.beauregard@live.ca.

profiling ·can ·help predict cheating: study

Cheating students believe they're not doing wrong, are entitled to good grades ALEXANDRA POSADZKI "We're talking about mild-level

CUPONTARIOBUREAUCHIEF psychopaths here. They're not the same ones who have spent their TORONTO (CUP) Chad* whole lives in prison, maiming said he started cheating on tests and killing people," said Delroy because he was too lazy to put in Paulhus, a psychology professor at the hours studying and wasn't in- the University of British Columbia terested in the course material. and one of the study's authors.

"I didn't feel guilty because I "But nonetheless, they show the felt that they were testing me on same personality pattern." my memory, \J-Oton my underTraditionally, it was believed standing," said Chad, a third-year that students who were unprestudent at George Brown College pared were most likely to cheat. in Toronto. "I don't have a really While the study found this to be good memory. So I decided I was true to some extent, personalgoing to get back at them by cheat- ity profiling proved to be a much ing." stronger predictor.

Chad confessed to helping The research found two major other people cheat as well, by pho- motivators to cheat: Cheating stutographing exams and sending dents felt that they were entitled to them out to friends. good grades and they also didn't "It's pretty widespread in col- think that cheating was morally lege," said Chad. "I'm still cur- wrong. rently cheating."

Many students who cheated A Sept. 7 study, conducted by had very ambitious grade goals the American Psychological As- and felt that cheating was an apsociation, examined students like propriate means of attaining them.

"If you put people in very comChad and found that lack of remorse, a trait often associated with petitive, challenging situations, psychopathy, is common amongst then the psychopaths in that scholastic cheaters. group will resort to under-handed High school and university stu- methods. So it's partly the context dents who admitted to cheating on and partly the personality," said tests or plagiarizing papers scored Paulhus.

Students are also more likely to higher on personality tests of the "Dark Triad:" psychopathy, ma- cheat if they don't think that they chiavellianism and narcissism. will get caught or if they are sim· Machiavellianism includes ply not afraid of punishment.

Sarah*, a first-year student at such qualities as manipulativeness, cynicism and amoral- the University of Toronto, echoed this sentiment. In Grade 12, Sarah ity, while narcissism encompasses traits like self-centredness and a • and several of her classmates text sense of entitlement. messaged answers to each other Psychopathy, a personality dis- on biology exams because they felt that the teacher wasn't paying order associated with the inability to feel guilt or empathy, was most close enough attention.

"First of all, it was so easy. Secstrongly linked to cheating.

ond of all, I didn't think she would do anything if I got caught. Third, she was a really boring teacher, so I never really paid attention in class and then I wasn't motivated to study. So I just never really knew the material very well," said Sarah.

Although Sarah regrets that she didn't learn anything in the course, she doesn't feel guilty for having cheated.

"I used to cheat on boyfriends all the time, and I never cared," said Sarah. "Now I do, but back then I didn't. When you don't get caught for something it's like it never happened."

She did feel guilty, however, for handing in somebody else's sonnet once, and receiving a high grade.

"I feel morally guilty for that one, because it was someone's ac-tual work that I handed in, and they didn't know that I handed it in," said Sarah.

Advancements in technology have made it easier for students to cheat, according to Paulhus. With a quick text message or a Google search, students can obtain answers to an exam question or even entire essays.

But technological advancements can be used to detect cheating as well. A database such as Turnitin.com can help a professor identify whether parts of a paper were plagiarized from books, online sources or past essays.

Paulhus also referred to a program that allows professors to compare students' exams in order to gauge whether two students' answers are just a little too similar.

There are preventative mea-

Technologies such as cellphones and the internet make it more tempting for students to cheat on exams or plagiarize essays, according to Dr. Paulhus.

sures that professors can take against cheating, as well. Paulhus recommends using different forms of the same test, banning cellphones and electronics, assigning seats and assigning essays about personal experiences that make it difficult for plagiarism to occur.

Taking such measui;-es is the only way to limit cheating, said Paulhus, because it's difficult to intervene with people who display psychopathic traits.

"You can't really change them.

There's no point to trying to talk them out of it. So you're going to have to change the context to avoid the fact that you're going to have such people in your classes," he said.

"Some students cheat out of desperation, because they don't have the ability or they're not prepared ... reducing the competitiveness of the academic atmosphere would help a little bit to remove the desperation of those students."

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FRIDAY,SEPrEMBER 24th, 2010

Facilities Di~ector: Students save with new parking rates ALEX WATKINS NEWSWRITER

The recent change to UFV's parking rates has many students worried that they'll end up paying more for their spaces. However, Ian McAskill, UFV's Director of Facilities Services, says that - according to his data - students should be charged less on average under the new rate structure. In fact, his research anticipates a 14 per cent drop in parking revenue forUFV. McAskill obtained data from UFV's office of institutional research and found that a majority of students are scheduled to attend classes for less than six hours a day, and that over 40 per cent of them are scheduled for only three hours. He attributes these figures to the large number of students "who come, take a class-,run back, work at their job, and then come back and take another class, maybe even the same day."

Under the new rate structure, students paying for six hours of parking or less pay a fee that is equal to or less than their previous one. Though students paying for seven hours of parking or more do see a rate increase, McAskill advises that they can circumvent the change by purchasing monthly or weekly parking passes online; weekly parking passes currently cost $17.50,but will soon be lowered to $12. Monthly parking passes cost $40.

McAskill said that the figures used to estimate revenue variance show only the amount of time

that students are scheduled to attend classes; they do not account for factors such as the number of students that carpool or use public transportation, or the time that students choose to spend on campus outside of classes. However, he does not believe that these factors significantly affect the data.

One question arising from McAskill's statistics is - why implement a new revenue system that causes a decrease in revenue?

McAskill said that his main reason for reworking UFV's approach to parking was that he found that a large number of students were receiving parking violations. In the month of March, for example, Impark handed out a total 1172 parking violations.

student suingU.S.Homeland Winnipeg maybuydowntown hotels McGill Security to curbdrunken behaviour ThecityofWinnipeg islooking atshutting down orconverting downtown hotelsinanattemptto combat public intoxication inthecity.

ThePortage Avenue Action Strategy, drafted by thedevelopment agency CentreVenture, and adopted byWinnipeg's citycouncil inJuly,states thatthecitywillworkwithhotels, vendors and theManitoba Liquor Control Commission tolimit drunken behaviour downtown.

Diana Soroka, spokesperson fortheMLCC, says thattheyarealready working closely with downtown businesses byproviding funding and training forthej)owntown Watch program -a groupthatworks withintoxicated members of thepublic.

Winnipeg Mayor SamKatzissupportive oftheinitiativetoconsider buying outtheliquorlicences at historic downtown hotelslikeTheMaclaren and TheWoodbine inordertoshutthemdownorconvertthem.Thegoalsoftheseactions, according tothestrategy, aretomakethedowntown more comfortable forthepublic andtoattractandkeep investment money.

But,localsocial service agencies, hotelresidents andacademics areconcerned abouttheimpact thiswillhaveonthepeoplewhodependonthese

Pascal Abidor issuingtheU.S.Department of Homeland Security afterhewasdetained for several hoursattheU.S.border andpolice confiscatedhislaptopfor11daysinMay. Thelawsuit arguesa violation ofAbidor's First andFourth Amendment rightsundertheU.S. constitution.

Abidor leftMontreal onMay1forNewYork to_ visithisfamily.

AttheAmerican border, a U.S. Customs andBorder Protection official boarded thetrainandbeganquestioning him.Asan American andFrench citizen studying inCanada, Abidor informed herthath~waspursuing a PhD inIslamic Studies.

Abidor wasfrisked, handcuffed andplaced ina detention cell.Whenhewasallowed togo,he wastoldthathislaptopandexternal harddrive wouldremain incustody.

"Assoonasthishappened Iknewthiswaswrong onmultiple levels;' hesaid."Itcompletely contradictsallmybasicideasofwhatthegovernment shouldbeabletodo:' "Bewary;'hesaid."Formanystudents, I'dwarn themabouttraveling across theborder withtheir laptop... It'sanarbitrary thingthatcanhappen atanypoint."

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Adam Winer - TheMcGill Daily (McGill University)

As McAskill stated: "I went to the chief financial officer and I said... 'We've gotta change this parking structure, there's something wrong with it.' And the big thing that's wrong with it is the number of students who end up getting tickets. I. ..just don't want a culture of violations ... that's not the right way to do it. And... I thought, well, it must have something to do with the system .. .if we charge· parking the way it's done everywhere else, by the hour, then maybe people will understand, and they'll work with the system a little better."

McAskill believes that by reducing the number of parking infractions, UFV may actually experience an increase in revenue, al, rt

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though the increase is not directly reflected in his data. UFV's income from parking violations isn't large, because - although UFV receives a portion of all fees collected - a majority of the funds go to Impark.

Therefore, eliminating parking infractions could actually earn UFV more money than collecting from them. McAskill added: "But it's not so much to make more money as to have a system that's fair, so that [the] student who's paying for parking will know that the other student who doesn't pay for parking will get a ticket."

Students are also objecting to the introduction of pay parking in formerly free spaces, such as those found along Gillis Avenue and McKenzie Road, but McAskill em-

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phasized that this was the decision of the City of Abbotsford and not UFV itself. He said that although UFV will be collecting parking fees on behalf of the city, it will not keep any of thE!revenue, "The thing of it is, is that they spent a considerable amount of money to widen the street to enable parking, so that there'd be more parking in the neighborhood to support the Entertainment and Sports Centre.

So they've committed the expenditure, and now they want to recover some of the money."

The city agreed to harmonize their rates with UFV's and allow users to pay at UFV's parking meters in order to avoid confusion, with- the exception of Mackenzie parking, which is half price.

Clothing andmovies topCanadian Enbridge reopens keyCanada - U.S. counterfeit list crudepipeline

economic timeshavelikely fueledCanaEnbridge Incsaidit reopened itskeyoilpipeline, After threatstoendtheirmonetary contribution Tough forcheapcounterfeit goods, and -which carries nearly one-third ofCanadian crude toSimon Fraser University's criminology depart- dians'appetite thatdemand willremain evenastheeconomy shipped totheUnited States, onFriday aftera ment,theRCMP haveissued theuniversity $4 improves, according toa police studyreleased on leakshutitformorethana week. million overthenextfiveyears.

Thursday.

Enbridge Senior Vice President ArtMeyer said Deputy commissioner GaryBasstoldSFU's Thesaleoffakebrand-name goods- fromDVDs, the670,000 barrels perdayLine6Aramped up criminology director Robert Gordon theforce clothes andevenautoparts- isoften toflowratesscheduled forthedaywithinthree wouldstopfunding thedepartment afterGordon todesigner viewed asa victimless crime, butitcanbea safety hoursafterrestartat 10:50a.m.EDT, buthedid criticized theRCMP's handling oftheRobert theflowrateoroperating pressure. concern.

Itisalsoa threattoCanada's economic notdisclose Pickton case. integrity andinternational reputation, according "There arenopressure restrictions associated Gordon accused theRCMP of"arrogance"in the withtheincident atthesite,andthereareno case,whichhesaysslowed downtheinvestiga- totheRCMP. Canada islooking tostrengthen itsintellectual restrictions thatI'mawareofwithregard tothe tionandallowed Pickton tocontinue killing. property lawstocombat pirated movies andCDs, start-up;' Meyer tolda newsbriefing.

OnAug.22,Bassresponded toGordon's allega(0.9-meter) diameter pipeline was asineffective The34-inch tionsinanemailthatwasobtained bytheVictoria butitisstillseenbytradingpartners indealing withtheproduction andimportation of carrying 459,000 bpdatthetimea leakwas Times Colonist. pirated goods, theRCMP reportwarns. discovered atRomeoville, Illinois, nearChicago, Despite theintimidating toneoftheemail,both Thereportacknowledged thatpolice catchonly onSeptember 9,forcing shutdown.

Gordon andBasshaveinsisted hiscomments Thelinenormally carries lightsynthetic oil,as ofthecounterfeits, butsays werenotintended asa threattopullfunding fora a smallfraction theyhavesuccessfully reduced theproduction of wellasheavy andmedium crudefromSuperior, program Basshelpeddevelop. pirated movies intheMontreal area,whichhad Wisconsin toGriffith, Indiana.

"Ifigured thiswasa knee-jerk reaction andhe drawnthewrathofHollywood.

Anestimated 6,100barrels ofoilspilled dueto wouldultimately regretdoingit;'Gordon said isa source ofpirated mediafoundonline, a puncture, possibly froma rock,anddidnot abouthisfirstimpression oftheemail,although Canada appeartobea pipeline integrity issue,a National andtheUnited Statesarethetwo henotedthatheresponded to Bass's comments butChina biggest suppliers ofillegally imported counterfeit Transportation Safety Board official said. privately. theRCMP saidinthereport.

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New Positions to Reduce "Campus Energy Consumption" JOEL SMART 'best in class' practices to man-

SPORTS EDITOR aging energy - becoming incorporated as part of the company's UFV has committed to becom- business structure, just like other ing an environmental leader for corporate programs such as safety our community, and part of that programs, supply chain manageincludes becoming as energy ef- ment and financial controls. By ficient as possible. To make such adopting a continuous improvea goal possible, UFV has hired an ment approach, you can achieve Energy Manager and an Energy significant and sustainable savCoordinator - both positions are ings in energy use and cost." funded by BC Hydro, which has Thomas was optimistic as he an Energy Manager program. described the various methods The Cascade spoke with Sam they would use Thomas, the new energy coordina- to bring about tor at UFV about the position, and positive change about his partnership with Ken on the energy Holdren, the new energy manag- front. "Despite er. Both men are from Prism Engi- the challenge of neering. achieving the According to Thomas, the posi- goals we have in tions will make energy efficiency front of us, the more routine: "Ken and I work in good news is unison towards the overall goal~ that [there] are of reducing campus energy con- many possibilisumption and creating a culture ties for ways we within UFV in which being energy can get there. ·efficient becomes a regular busi- Technological, ness practice," he said. "Our roles behavioural and extend to the Abbotsford Campus policy based and the Aerospace Centre." initiatives are According to the BC Hydro our main focus website, these positions are de- at UFV," he said.

He explained signed to make energy efficiency a bigger feature of people's every- that, in just a months, day lives: "It involves regularly, few assessing your energy manage- the pair had alment performance so that you ready pursued can develop action plans to guide several imporavenues improvement and monitor your tant progress." that could bring greater This is a pretty new way of about thinking, BC Hydro explained. "In energy efficiency. Thomas gave the past, most organizations have a few examples of activities they had worked on, such as "analyzapproached energy management ing energy bills for trends and by doing audits and implementing ad hoc energy efficiency projects. anomalies over the past five These are important and useful years." Thomas then explained steps, but they do not provide sus- that another aspect they worked tainable energy reductions or inte- on was doing "lighting audits of the campus buildings to assess grated energy management."

"The answer is to adopt a con- whether lighting is excessive in areas or whether upgrades to the extinuous improvement approach to energy management," their isting lighting could improve enweb-site explained. "With this ergy efficiency." The pair has even looked at the school's temperature approach, energy management controls. "We have also reviewed moves beyond the traditional technical audit and integrates the automatic scheduling that con-

trols fans and heating equipment and identified several areas where equipment is running longer than it needs to be."

Not all of the work has to do with fixing and improving UFV's buildings though. They have also worked to reach students to encourage them to commit to more energy friendly behaviors. "You may have seen us at the Student Orientation and Welcome Back BBQ at our UFV Energy Manage-

realize. "The importance of these roles stems from UFV's ongoing commitment to sustainability and the environment, in line with the desire to reduce utility costs where possible."

On a larger scale the importance of these roles extends to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, as well as reducing the need for the province to install new generation capacity, all by better managing UFV's demand for energy."

Having two positions designed to achieve these goals gives the University more opportunities to create change. · Thomas explained that, "The added value of having a dedicated Energy Manager and Coordinator at UFV is to engage people at all levels of the campus community in being more energy efficient both at UFV and at home. Also, energy efficiency and conservation can now . take a front-row seat at an organizational level, and we can help develop a greater momentum to move projects, initiatives and the resulting energy savings forward."

There is also a financj.al gain that can be made by investing in energy efficiency, which the university knows first hand. "The benefits of energy management have already been proven at UFV," said Thomas. "As an example, in 2002, an energy study was conducted to find ways in which energy consumption could be reduced at the time. In 2005, after the measures identified in the study were implemented, the verified savings · showed that energy consumption

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The value of becoming more energy efficient is greater than many

at the Abbotsford campus had been reduced by 10 per cent. In the 2005/2006 fiscal year, this yielded an annual cost saving to UFV of approximately $40,000 in utility bills, and a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions of more than 120 tonnes of CO2 per year - that's equivalent to driving a mid-sized car around the world 15 times!"

Thomas and Holdren are working together on a new plan that could significantly reduce energy waste. "A project which holds large potential is that of room scheduling - at present, and particularly in summer, on weekends and evenings, an entire building is often heated/cooled and ventilated when only a sµi.all part of the building is actually used," Thomas said. "This is an issue common to all campus facilities, but we will be pursuing ideas of how this can be addressed at UFV. If this is something that we can win on, then UFV will have something to be proud of as one of the first campuses in BC to address this issue."

The pair has several other plans for the near future as well. "Other projects we are investigating include lighting upgrades in the gymnasium, control of electric baseboard heaters in the Residence and T-buildings, and to continue to raise awareness throughout the campus community via events, posters, the website and other media."

Thomas really wanted to encourage students to think about how they can do a few small things that could really add up to enormous change. "Make it your goal this year to do at least one thing each day that reduces energy use in some way. For example, turn the lights off when you leave the room, turn the heater to low when you leave your dorm room for the day, put a sweater on instead of turning the heat up, get creative and think about other ways you can save energy," he said. "Oh, and if you do this, pat yourself on the back for doing your bit for the environment!"

Spending on higher education is rising ition fees for undergraduates have PAUL BRAMMER NEWS& OPINIONEDITOR increased by four per cent in the last school year, with the average A new international report has Canadian student paying on averconcluded that Canada is trailing age $5,138for the 2010-11academic only the U.S..in the proportion of year, up from $4,942last year. This its Gross Domestic Product that increase in price was compounded is being spent on higher educa- by a 1.8 per cent increase in inflation. However, this good news is tion between July 2009 and July tempered by the further finding 2010, according to the Consumer that funding for higher education Price Index. in Canada is increasingly coming Graduate students have been from private sources, mainly stu- hit by tuition increases more than dent tuition. undergraduates. The Stats Can reThe research was conducted port concluded that_ graduate tuby the Organisation for Economic ition fees have increased 6.6. per Co-Operation and Development cent from July 2009 to July 2010.

(OECD) in their yearly Education The · average paid by graduate at a Glance report. Canada was students for the 2010-11 academic discovered to have an increasing year is $5,182. portion of its funding from private British Columbia's undergradusources - the United States, South ate students experienced a two Korea, Chile, Australia and Japan per cent increase in tuition from were the other countries where last year. For undergraduates, private funding comprises a large this is the second smallest tuition proportion of all funding for high- increase in the country, though er education.

Newfoundland and Labrador and Another report added fuel to New Brunswick saw no rise in tuthe fire in the debate over the ition fees, and Nova Scotia saw a cost of higher education. Statis- 4.5 per cent fall in tuition fees. tics Canada concluded that tuFor B.C.'s graduate students,

tuition also rose by two per cent from last year. Again, this was the second smallest increase (after Alberta), though four provinces saw a fall in the cost of graduate tuition fees - Newfoundland and Labrador (0.1 per cent), New Brunswick (0.8 per cent), Prince Edward Island (4.4per cent) and Nova Scotia (4.6 per cent). Ontario saw a 10.6 per cent increase in their tuition fees, the largest in the country.

On the national level, international undergraduate students have seen a tuition fee rise of 5.2 per cent in the last year. Tuition fees for international undergraduate students have risen by over 12 per cent since 2008, and tuition fees for international graduate students rose by 5.9 per cent on average, though the figure varied markedly between provinces. For example, in New Brunswick, tuition fees dropped by 0.1 per cent, but rose by 10 per cent in Quebec and by 25.2 per cent in Saskatchewan.

The Canadian Alliance of Student Associations (CASA) has called on the federal government

to inject more money into postsecondary education. "Universities and colleges have been underfunded for more than a decade, requiring students to offset costs by paying higher tuition fees," said Zach Dayler, National .Director of CASA, "Further, students and families have fewer resources to pay for a post-secondary education as a result of the recession."

In their press release, CASA lay the blame for rising tuition fees at the door of the federal government, after a host of funding cuts in the early 1990s "resulting in a post-secondary education funding gap of nearly $4 billion across Canada."

The OECD report also called on government to prioritise higher education, especially in the context of the global recession. Angel Gurria, Secretary General of ·the OECD, spoke at the report's Paris launch on the importance of education, "In a global economy, it is no longer improvement by national standards alone. The best performing education systems internationally provide the benchmark

for success ...With the worldwide recession continuing to weigh on employment levels, education is an essential investment for responding to the changes in technology and demographics that are re-shaping labour markets."

The OECD report goes on to state that "During the economic downturn, young people with low levels of education were hard hit, with unemployment rates for those that had not completed high school rising by almost five percentage points in OECD countries behyeen 2008 and 2009." For those with "tertiary degrees", unemployment levels rose by less than two per cent.

The OCED's report concluded that government investment in education is rewarded in the form of more taxes paid over a lifetime, "On average across OECD countries, a man with a tertiary level of education will generate USD 119 000 more in income taxes and social contributions over his working life than someone with just an upper secondary level of education."

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UFV's Search for Meaning JED MINOR PRODUCTION

Why Parking

that he was preparing to die - an interesting comment on the habit of smoking in general. Those that prepared to die usually did in short order, either by their owh hand, running into the wire or by one of the many ways that one can die in a death camp.

So what does this mean to you, student of UFV? Surely our circumstances are not as dire as Frankls', but the concept still applies. If you find yourself feeling the student malaise, try to get involved with something that gives you meaning. Get involved with a club, join a campus intramural sport or come write for The Cascade (shameless plug).

Chances are the more meaning you invest into being a student here at UFV the more the experience will mean to you, even long after you have graduated from this university.

Sophie Q: Years at UFV and Major?

A; One. English Q; Do you hang out on campus?

A: Yup. I work and hang out at Casey'~ Q; Are you going to watch any of the UFV Cascades Varsity teams this year?

A: Yes. Basketball Q: Have you seen a Heat game yet?

A: No, but I would like to

Should Be Cheaper

CHRIS BONSHOR COPYEDITOR ou may have noticed that Y parking prices recently went up on and around campus.

Part of this is because much of the formerly free parking has been jacked by your friendly local government. 'In this spirit, I would like to say why I think that parking around campus should cease to increase in price and should even decrease.

Some will argue that raising parking prices will ··encourage many, with wallets stung by a thousand needles, to give up their cars in favour of alternative modes of transportation. While I have no good reason to deride "green" initiatives, I do have cause to protect my wallet from an unfair and unavoidable attack.

Allow me to explain.

Since I live in Langley, commuting to campus on "green" forms of transit, such as a bus or bike, would increase the time of my near daily commute to ridiculous levels. For example: if I wanted to take the bus to campus four days a week, I would spend the better part of two-and-a-half-hours on it each way. That makes for a total of 20 hours a week spent commuting, compared with my current four.

This also supposes that I could find a bus that could take me to and from my classes at the times I require. Since the last bus of the Aldergrove connector leaves from Clearbrook station at 5:05 p.m., I would be shit out of luck three out of four days a week. Yay for me!

It is also my opinion that I am not the only one in this predicament. In fact, I bet that anyone

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espite being one of the most wealthy areas in the world, North America appears to be one of the most depressed. Ten per cent of women and four per cent of men currently take antidepressants in the United States, and the statistics are similar for Canada. What is the reason for all this unhappiness?

Victor Frankl, author of Man's Search for Meaning, thought that much of the happiness on this continent was caused by our expectation to be happy. In advertisements and media we are constantly bombarded by the glowing, garish, low inmates that as long as they faces of the inexplicably happy. were fighting for something they were likely to survive. In the lack If only we could get that happy by drinking coke; perhaps if they of all other things to fight for, mixed the original ingredient back sometimes this meant suffering with dignity, which conveyed into the recipe.

Frankl developed a school of meaning in and of itself. Frankl psychotherapy known as logo- himself had lost most of his family therapy. Logos is the word for to the Holocaust, so his meaning "meaning" in Greek, from which was the further development of we also derive our common word his work and his ability to comfor the visual mark of a company. .fort his fellow prisoners. His forLogotherapy states that unless we mer career as a psychiatrist in the invest our lives with meaning we asylums of Vienna, working with will be unhappy. Many people mentally disturbed and suicidal patients, had prepared him well feel that they lack one key thing to make them happy, but we tend for this task.

On the other hand, it was easy to ignore our responsibility to the many things which could give us to see that if a fellow prisoner had meaning. This may all sound very given up they would not survive trite but Frankl developed his long. The inmates used cigarettes theories in a very unusual envi- as money to buy food and other ronment: the death camps of Nazi things among themselves and if you saw a prisoner smoking his Germany.

He found in his work with £el- own cigarettes it was a clear sign

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who does not have the good fortune to live in Abbotsford or Mission would agree with me on this.

There is no simple connection between the various towns of the Fraser Valley.

So much for green alternatives.

In fact, I am already paying extra for "green" alternatives, through the U-PASS, that I, for the reasons outlined above, cannot really make use of. Thanks SUS! While I can agree in principle with "green" ideas that seek to lessen our impact on the environment, I simply cannot bring myself to use them for my educational experience. I cannot justify wasting

time that I could spend with my family, doing schoohyork or working, commuting.

Sorry my green friends but I cannot afford your ideals.

However, I could point out some ideas that I find inoffensive.

For one thing, the difficulty of parking on campus is considerable. Since I decided to buy a parking pass, I feel as though I am being punished by having to waste my time and g<!s slowly circling the parking lots, hoping for an empty space.

Two possible solutions present themselves: more parking or less cars. The first would cqst the university a great deal and would have to be recouped through increased parking fees. Ouch! The second is unlikely to happen, as the student population continues to rise. Carpooling is one potential option. More carpool parking and discounted rates could encourage this. However, as the official carpool board in G-building attests, this does not seem a popular option. I posted several "ride offers" last year: not one was answered.

So, my fellow students, the parking price issue seems to be in your hands. Either you can conform to "green" ideals that see you not drive a car at all, share a ride with someone or give up school altogether until you can figure out a way to get an education without having to worry about transportation.

Until that day, till all are one, I cannot condone having to pay more for parking and gouging students. I mean, for chrissake, we are the bloody future, eh! Do you really want to bankrupt your future to pay for parking in the present?

Sara Q: What's your major?

History Q: Do you hang out on campus?

A:Yes. Q:Where?

A: In the cafeteria, outside, in G building ...

Q: Are you going to watch any of the UFV Cascades Varsity teams this year?

A:No Q: Have you seen a Heat game yet? , A:No

Mitch Q: Years at UFV and Major: A: Three. Kinesiology Q: Do you hang out on campus?

A: Frequently Q:Where?

A: Road Runner and the library Q: Are you going to watch any of the UFV Cascades Varsity teams this year?

A:Yes Q: Which team?

A: Basketball

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Technology Clouds Judgment Essentially, our use of sites like Facebook and Twitter comes down geous acts.

STAFF WRITER "Never before in the history of to our own need for a confidence n the age of social network- modern society have kids been boost, and logging on to these sites ing, where privacy seemingly . exposed to the things they're be- allows us to receive this. In a rehas no boundaries, and the con- ing exposed to these days. Be- cent study completed by Soraya cept of information sharing has cause parents aren't filtering this Mehdizadeh of York University, become ingrained in the fabric of out, kids' perceptions are being Toronto, it was found that narcisour daily lives, have we become so skewed, and they're being desen- sists and those individuals with used to the idea of allowing every- sitized to what they're seeing," low self-confidence were the ones who spent the most time on sites body to see into all aspects of our said Dr. Amitay. existence that we are unable to tell Although Dr. Amitay is correct like Facebook. when a flagrant disregard for hu- in his assertion that youth are curWhen I first heard that such man decency is being committed? rently being inundated with an a study had even been commisHave the lines been so blurred by unprecedented amount of sex and sioned, I commented out loud this our habitual reliance on putting violence through the media, this seemed like it was already comourselves on a pedestal for the behaviour goes far beyond the mon knowledge. To anybody who whole world to see that we have "monkey see monkey do" men- has actively used such websites, become unwilling to keep any in- tality bestowed on today's young the joy often comes from postformation to ourselves? adults. It is not simply enough to ing a great picture of yourself or Nothing illustrates this point say that young people are brain- celebrating your recent triumphs better than the recent incident less drones emulating any and through a status update, and of a Pitt Meadows teen, who was all behaviour that has come their watching as those around you endrugged and gang-raped by a way. This explanation essentially viously reply and comment. group of young men while being lets individuals off the hook for Incidentally, much satisfaction photographed and videotaped. their behaviour, allowing them is also gained from seeing a friend The pictures and yideo were then to blame it on everything around or little known acquaintance at circulated through social net- them. .their worst. Finding out someworking sites and the rest of the body lost a job, or is not getting in The fault lies in the voyeuristic internet, leading to a plea from capability of today's ,social net- to the school they had hoped for police for those who posted the working sites that allow individuor seeing a previously attractive images to remove them as soon as als to enter in to the lives of those co-worker pack on the pounds, possible. whatever the misery may be we around them on an unprecedentWhen something this horrenall gain a little something out of ed, personal level. dous occurs, the first question that Although posting pictures of a another individuals hard-times. is usually posed is - why? Why heinous sexual assault goes above Maybe this revelry in another perwould youth, not being content and beyond what most individuson's desolation is what prompted with drugging and raping their als would consider information those troubled young men to comvictim, feel the need to re-victim- sharing, the fact that these indi- mit the act and then take the next ize the 16-year-old young women viduals thought they were not step in sharing their actions with through the internet? doing wrong in posting these im- the world.

Several experts have weighed And maybe, as disturbed as ages hints at a deepening social in on the debate, including Dr. rot at the root of these websites. these youth were, our need to Oren Amitay, a clinical psycholo- Flaunting these images to impress share every single aspect of our gist from Toronto. Dr. Amitay and gain acceptance from those lives is what prompted them to notes that the youth themselves around them, while extreme, is think that it was okay to reveal an were not to blame for their behav- simply a more severe form of be- action that should have never ociour, but the parents· of the youth haviour than individuals every- curred in the first place. are the ones who should be punwhere engage in on a daily basis. ished for their children's outraTREVORFIK

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Sickened by Rape Fallout

A SeriousProblem dined to refrain from any actual JACOB BUITENWERF

murder, instead trapping our CONTRIBUTORbodies and minds in a hell that is without end, without rest: where There has been a serious prob- pain is the only reality. Many fulllem developing of late among the time students do not find this to be students and faculty of UFV. It is a huge lifestyle change.

Many people have trouble a pressing issue that demands far more attention than it receives, properly identifying a Venusian Skin-Eater, which is just how they and that has become something of an elephant in the room for all like it. Here are some simple tips of us. Most people seem afraid to to help stop these things from ruining your chances of graduation. speak out, or perhaps are unaware of this very serious problem. This Remember, a paranoid and peris simply unacceptable, and allow- petually terrified student is a safe ing it to continue will only serve to student.

1. Be wary of sexually promistarnish our school's good name. I am speaking, of course, of Venu- cuous friends, classmates and roommates, and of teachers that sian Skin-eaters.

While many agree that hav- are about to retire. It has been ing an alien life-form devour your found that these are among the skin, only to crawl over you replac- most likely candidates· for alien ing it and slowly burrowing into murder and body-snatching.

2. Watch for people being paryour brain, enslaving your tortured mind forever, is a bad thing, ticularly erratic and loud. Venumost do not understand the even sian Skin-Eaters have been known greater danger: Venusian Skin- to over-act in an attempt to blend Eaters are actually pretty dumb. in. Such individuals are often found in or near bars, pubs and They may be stealthy and cunning hunters, capable of swiftly pick- clubs as well as at parties.

3. Always keep your eyes ing off our entire species, but most simply do not have the academic peeled for the overly quiet. Our abilities required to attain a Post- future alien overlords tend to have Secondary Education. It is clear trouble fitting in and sometimes that the Venusian school system is act shy and avoid conversation in order to hide their strange manfailing us, as students controlled nerisms and love for human sufby skin-eaters are almost guaranteed to experience a dip in GPA. fering. They then hide themselves in libraries and other, similar, Most end up as drop-outs.

However, the lack of concern places.

It's up to us to act against this. If for this problem is somewhat understandable. A Venusian Skin- you meet anyone you think might Eater infestation is much less no- be a Venusian Skin-Eater, you are ticeable than your average alien advised to alert the authorities conquest. It lacks most of the im- immediately. Keep UFV respectable and free of mind-controlling pressive explosions and shrieking monsters often associated with a alien invaders: at least for another couple weeks, until they've picked proper invasion; The Venusians are also in- off the stragglers.

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ALEX WATKINS STAFF WRITER case of the 16-yearTheoldrecent Maple Ridge girl who was drugged at a party, and then raped by five to seven men is so infuriating that I find it hard to write about.

Police are investigating the case and doing all they can to catch those responsible, but they are unable to stop the distribution of photos taken of the incident by a 16-year-old boy, which were passed on to others and, eventually, even uploaded to Facebook. The photos have quickly spread across the internet, popping up on different sites so quickly and so often that they cannot be permanently taken down.

This is the first incidence I can recall where every single person I speak to knows of a news story, regardless of their age, their hometown or whether or not they actually read or watch the news.

For me, one of the most repellant aspects of the story is the claim made by some of the girl's peers that she was a willing participant. Many have attempted to justify the attack by citing the girl's reputation for promiscuity, attention-seeking behavior and her poor judgment.

The photos are claimed to have been taken "to make fun of her because she's a person who sleeps around." One of the girl's peers

even went so far as to say, "If you knew her, you'd think it was funny."

I find it disgusting that some are trying to blame the rape on the victim herself. Even if these claims on her reputation are true, promiscuity under no circumstances justifies rape. What is deeply upsetting to me is the fact that this attitude reveals and bolsters the factors that cause rape to go unreported, such as the victim's own feelings of shame and self-blame, and the fear that others will not believe him or her.

Consensual sex was clearly impossible given the girl's intoxicated state. Police are suggesting that the girl was given a date rape drug - likely GHB - which would essentially eliminate her judgment and ability to assert herself as unwilling.

Some would even go so far as to say that consensual sex is impossible at her age, when many lack the emotional maturity and foresight to understand the consequences and true meaning of their decision.

And, if, as the claim goes, all participants believed that the girl was consenting, the fact remains that they were still having sex

with an intoxicated 16-year-old girl. It is reported that some of the perpetrators were legally considered adults; the fact that a person recognized as a mature adult would choose to have group sex in front of a camera with an underage girl - regardless of whether or not she consented - reveals a disturbingly skewed moral compass.

The girl suffered physical injuries due to the assault, but the most severe injuries will doubtless be psychological. Rape victims are at risk of developing a multitude of psych0logical problems, including depression, anxiety and eating disorders. Rape victims typically experience lasting low self-esteem and are at risk for becoming substance abusers.

This girl may never be able to have normal relationships with men for the rest of her life; she may never be able to have normal sexual relations or fully enjoy her sexual experiences. This group of young men, regardless of what they believed they were doing, has caused their victim an immeasurable amount of trauma, from whkh she may never fully recover.

And every time the photos of the girl are passed around and viewed by others, she is victimized again.

The Cascadeholds writers' meetings every Monday at 1:00 p.m. in room C1429.

All students are welcome and encouraged to attend.

Come out. Contribute.

Get involved.

THE CASCADE Telling you what to think ... since 1993.

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CIVL Stage Two:A SwingingSuccess JOEL SMART SPORTS EDITOR

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he lights were dim in Casey's as Oh No! Yoko took the infamous CIVL Stage at Casey's on Campus on September 18. Also playing that nighfwere Teen Daze and the incredible You Say Party.

Though the night was a little late getting started, it was a thoroughly entertaining event that finished on a high note.

Unlike the first CIVL Stage on September 3, Saturday night's event was a much tamer affair.

While the first event was rowdy and grungy, CIVL Stage Two was a more publicly accessible show with catcny tunes. It was the kind -of music that facilitates dancing without punching. That isn't to say it wasn't loud. It was extremely loud.

Oh No! Yoko was a great start to the night. They played their songs hard, and fans crowded around them, cheering whenever they had the chance. Their big hits, "Courtyard! Bankrupt!" and "90's Kids" drew the biggest attention.

They had great energy. Their lead singer, Everett Morris, sang quite softly into the microphone, considering how hard drummer Liam Hamilton .played the drums. It's a great sound. You can tell these guys are talented. The under aged trio, which includes Nie D on bass, was quickly escorted from the pub after their opening act.

Next was Teen Daze, an unconventional band without a designated drummer. Their Myspace page defines their genre as Neosoul, but, in more tangible terms, their f!Ound feels dream-like and sometimes ~ildly disturbing. The lead singer bopped back and forth during each song as he stared into his Apple· laptop. Hi~ voice echoed · .as he sang. Occasionally he wquld

turn around to tap the lone sym- ible passion, even climbing on top bol behind him. They played a of an unstable amp to start one song. "Laura Palmer's Prom" was significantly slower set compared with Oh No! Yoko, and could con- a hit with fans, though every song ceivably have fit nicer as an open- drew applause greater than the ing act. Nevertheless, it was a song before it. Stephen O'Shea, on pleasant experience that had some bass, made his second appearance really unique, electronic sounds. at a CIVL Stage show, after apYou can tell that these bands are pearing with his other band The Progressive Thinker, during CIVL going somewhere.

- Proof of that came as the third Stage One. Derek Adam was excelband took the stage at around 11 lent on guitar, and Robert Andow p.m. You Say Party has been sky- ·on keyboard was great as well. If rocketing into stardom over -the you don't know You Say Party, you last-few years and you could tell really need to look them up. This that this was a really small gig for band isn't opening for Teagan and them. They love to play for their Sara on the September 24 and then hometown crowd, though, so it heading off for a full European was a real treat for those in atten- tour for nothing.

To finish the night, Becky dance. At this point in the night the place was packed. A mob was climbed atop drummer Al Boyle's drum set and literally leapt off of swarming the stage, dancing with -reckless abandon. Lead singer it, hanging onto a chandelier. Now Becky N~nkovic sang with incred- that was a show!

The Louden Singletree Launchesl UFV literary iournal isreleased forsecond year SOPHIENANN CONTRIBUTOR

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he University of the Fraser Valley's literature lovers came out in full force for the launch of this year's LoudenSingletree,UFV's very own student-run literary magazine. The event took plate on Tues: 0 day, September 14 in- the Crjtical ·_c'.

Art Space in Buildi11g·<:;:,clrid,'was -". ": a resounding success.'' The iv~i_;ning was comprised of. t:eap.1ngs of poems and short storie~ from the magazine. Many of-the visual art pieces, foatured in the Louden Singletreewere hung on the walls for the event, which is a ·first in the history of Louden launches. The room was packed, and the crowd of at least 60 people spilled into the hallway. The crew from CIVL Radio_was. at the event, recording it for broadcast the next day. If you · couldn't I):lake it, but still want to hear i;e~diV,gsby some of UFV's literary' efl'te, the podcast is available on the CIVL.ca website in the CIVLCast section.

The Louden Singletree is a student run organization, and they second. According to their webare always looking for people site (accessible on ufv.ca through to help in a number of different ways. The magazine is still in its the English department), their aim early years, this issue being its is to promote homegrown talent

within the university, including alumni, staff and faculty members. They seek unique perspectives and diverse opinions, as well

mit your work for consideration for the 2011 edition.

If you have a keen eye for talent and want to help out the magazine without putting pen to paper, never fear, because the Louden Singletree is always seeking readers to help them narrow down the many submissions they receive.

During the fall semester there will be an orientation meeting for new members of the reader board. The dedicated students who work on the Louden Singletree will also be conducting classroom visits in early October to drum up talent and excitement for the upcoming issue, which will launch at the end of the Winter 2011 semester. Visual art an:d creative nonfiction are in hig):t demand this yeii.r,_'soif your , , ~ti-engths lie in thos,e. ~wo areas, ; . ·.:this could be your year to shine.

You can e-mai11oucil.en.singletree@ufv.ca to expi,e),~#1.terest in becoming a reader for the upcoming issue. Submissions can be sent to that same e-mail address before the deadline, which is yet to be announced but should be in the middle of December. Detailed submission guidelines are available at ufv.ca/ english/ louden_singletree. as fierce literary skill and a strong, clear voice. If you think this de- Stay tuned for more Louden announcements as the semester proscribes your writing, the Louden Singletree would love you to sub- gresses.

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EATI Fraser Valley Makes it's Triumphant Return Food festival pocks inhugecrowds PAUL FALARDEAU ing like the boring RV shows your pumpkin creme brulee. The Baron fuzzy at that point. Aside from ARTS& LIFEEDITOR parents took you to at the Tradex pub came through with some slid- standout favourites like the aforewhen you were a little kid. EAT! is ers that were right on point and mentioned "Angry Scotch Ale," a weekend-long food Mecca that some spicy yet delicious jamba- a dark and dangerous beer that I am scarfing down a high-end pulled pork Sammie, barbeque is kindly set up for Fraser Valley laya. A taste of Africa lived up to can attest has been interviewed residents. There are booths that its name, offering up traditional sauce and slaw dressing mingling thoroughly by this reporter, there as they drip down my hands, soon feature cooking gear, food prod- African cuisine. Perhaps in an ef- were samples of cider, rum, mead to be followed by a liberal pour of ucts and other tasty tidbits; many fort to trace culinary lineages, a and all sorts of other delights just Russell Brewing's "Angry Scotch come complete waiting for the right set of lips to Jamaican hand-pie Ale." As my eyes wander over local with enough tasty shack was right come along. honey and handmade guacamole, Once drunk and stuffed there samples to fill you next door. Oh, and "Once drunk notable TV chef Lynn Crawford up before mealand stuffed don't forget about is learning to do within the halis urging on two would-be chefs time. lowed halls of EAT!. Seminars go there is that pulled-pork to carve and saute pumpkins on all day on such topics as beer and That would be learning to do morsel of heavenly stage in front of a packed crowd. madness chocolate pairings, how to properthough. within the delight.

Not many days of my life are filled There is also a sechallowed halls For those not in- ly taste wine and the ever-popular of EAT" with_ this kind of food frenzy, yet tion of the Tradex cheese taste and learning session terested in eating, today I am sifting through the called "Bite of the or who needed to . put on by Canada's dairy farmers. press of bodies at EAT! Fraser Val- Fraser Valley," give the food they In terms of credentials, there were ley. where foodies and trade-show pa- just ate something of a stomach- some heavy-hitters at the plate EAT! ran at Abbotsford's Tradex trons alike can get their gourmet themed cruise, there was the Wine, (HA!) over the course of the weekconvention center from September end. Already mad-packed crowds on by sampling from some of the Beer & Spirits Pavilion. On display 17 to 19,in this it's third year in th~ area's best kitchens. This year hun- in this happy land were local fa- got vicious in the face of stageValley. According to the name and gry mouths lined up to get such vourites like Dead Frog Breweries shows by the Food Network's the place it's held in, you might get offerings as Second Chance Cafes' and new delights like Bajan herb Lynn Crawford, host of Pitchin' In the idea that EAT! is a convention. delectable Far~er Sausage, not to liquor, Mumajuba, or was it Maga- and bane of leaping sheep as well That may be true, but this is noth- mention· their out-of-this-world juju, maybe Malajube? Things got as Iron Chef-winner Rob Feenie.

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The booths are the heart of festival though, and one can find anything from wacked-out spaceage pots to tons of locally sourced and made food. One favourite was the Wisewoman's Cookery booth, two local lasses who were showing off the medicinal, flavourful and sensual side of food with local goodies and recipes from their North Vancouver gardens - their by-line read "FOOD, SEX, MAGIC & MERRIMENT." Perhaps the Wisewomen were onto something. As I slunk out of the Tradex to make the sixty-mile hike across the rain-drenched parking lot back to the · car, I packed out fair-trade coffee, some wicked lemonade, BC honey and whole lot of food and drink in my gut, all nestled within a euphoric sense of food-themed goodness. In my eyes, there is no question why eating has been at the center of society through history. Long may EAT! Fraser Valley run.

THE RELT VIOLET HARTlywood is correct, most girls fan-

tasize about being swept off by a SEXPERT dashing Count, and men fantat is an established fact that fan- size, well, about big boobs and tasy is responsible for a large orgies. This, of course, is bullshit. portion of erotic experience: for, Fantasies are as unique as every despite common belief, sex mostly individual, and range far and wide takes place in your head and not in imagination. And, contrary to in your genitals. I challenge you popular belief, there is nothing to get off while thinking about "wrong" about _fantasies - they blue skies, daffodils, parking lots stay in your head, after all. You or grandma (and I sincerely hope may fantasize about being a prosyou are unsuccessful with the lat- titute, but that does not mean you ter). Even with a partner, while are going to go out on the street you may not be consciously "fan- and sell your body to strangers tasizing," fantasy still plays a huge (and there isn't much likelihood role in the experience, especially you'd enjoy that, since fantasies bringing you to orgasm. If, for in- rarely correspond to reality). Howstance, you fantasize about bondever, you may enjoy having your age, just the act of your partner partner "solicit" you in .the safety holding down your wrists may and security of your bedroom. increase your excitement.

Now, the fantasy I want to disMost people, however, are cuss has a fairly dark reputation, thoroughly embarrassed by their but a surprisingly large following. fantasies and may never tell their This is animal fantasy. Now before partner about them for fear of you freak out and ·call the SCPA rejection. Pop culture especially on me, I should clarify that I'm not likes to make fun of anything talking about zoophilia and besticonsidered "aberrant," and if Hol- ality. Copulation with animals is

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illegal within Canada, and considered animal abuse. Then again, so are rape, prostitution and a whole other host of fantasies. So once again, I should remind everyone that fantasy does not equal reality.

There are two types of animal fantasy: that of the "furries," that is, anthropomorphic animals (animals that have human characteristics), and that of animal role play.

Furries, actually, are not necessarily sexual; it's almost a sort of a fantasy art/lifestyle. The sexual aspect of furries is called "yiff" (derived, apparently, from the sound foxes make when mating).

Animal role play, on the other hand, involves having at least one partner taking on the complete nature of an animal. Often the other partner is a rider, trainer or master, especially in pony or puppy play. Because of this, animal role-· play is often associated with bondage. Often the participants enjoy becoming an animal because it releases them from human obligation, and lets them clear their

mind and focus only on their passion.

Now while this may not be your cup of tea, and certainly our culture makes fun of these types of fantasy, you'd be surprised to what extent animal fantasy is actually a part of our culture. Did anybody see Avatar, for instance, and the sexy woman/creature? Or Beowolf, with Angelina as the sensual snake lady?

Hollywood has no problem with making hot anthropomorphic creatures.

And as for role play?

Aren't terms like "tiger," "bull," "wolf," "pussy" and "bear" acknowledging the erotic potential of the natural world? As a great singing group

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Digory Smallz and the Claymore Studios UFV alumni isworking togive local artists a"launch" BRITTANY WIESNER - that can fully get them going as an

artist and further their career. ReSTAFFWRITER ally we don't want to hold onto the artists but to launch them." he Fraser Valley has a small, toOutside the studio, Smallz has be developed music scene. One been working in other parts of the place it is being improved is Clay- music scene as well, including for more Studios, located on PeardonTurner Entertainment in Vancouville road in Abbotsford. The stu- ver as a booking agent: "It's great dio is dedicated to helping young, because now I'm doing the label fresh talent in the Fraser Valley. thing, the producer thing and the Head producer, Digory Smallz, is missing link for most bands is the a UFV alumni with a diploma in booking. If you want to have a Liberal Arts and a focus in Geog- good tour you have to have a good raphy. He has worked with bands booking agent, and so I find this such as You Say Party! and Young experience of working with Turner Liars. The Cascade was able to sit is great because people that come to me to record, people that I bedown with and talk to· him about his personal, professional goals lieve in, I can actually start bookfor the studio ing them and and the music give them tours "I try to produce in a community in and I'm stoked way that's going to get about that." general. on the radio but I'm still Essentially, Smallz makes maintaining the Claymore Stuit clear that his essence of who the dios was an passion is music, idea of Digory not one particuartist is" Smallz.

Along lar branch of it. with his two business partners He says, "I don't like to pigeon he's been able to create a studio hole myself to a specific genre ... and record label with himself tak- I've recorded everything basiing the lead, developing the stu- cally. But usually when I hear dio into a functional reality. The something, I know. When I heard studio's goal is to bring a com- Oh No! Yoko, I was drawn to the munity together - the music com- music - that's what I'm passionate about, if I'm drawn to the music ... munity - and make music happen.

Many local bands including Oh I'i:p, really all about getting new No! Yoko, Josh Hyslop and Harma sounds, sounds that have never been created before, people have White have worked at the studio.

Smallz says, "They're all apart of never heard before, I like to create the Claymore family, that's how that kind of stuff." And he continwe like to establish ourselves ... ues to say, "Everyone I record I try and all the people who have join~d to keep that mindset, in maintainus have liked it." The good folks ing who is the artist, what kind of sound are they trying to get, who's at Claymore Studio want to have music happening 24 hours a day, their demographic. So when I prowhether it's bands rehearsing or duce and engineer that's how I like recording. to do it. So usually when I produce As well, Smallz and the team it's usually a lot of co-producing want to start developing the la- with the artist." bel, with a goal that includes "deYou can check out their Facevelopment and . management for book page. Just search "The Claybands ... we're trying to push them more Studios, Abbotsford" to see forward into the next big thing. what they're all about and to get [Our] main goal is [to] help artists an idea of what bands are passing get to that next level where they're through their doors. It's obvious going to get picked up maybe by a 'we'll be seeing a lot from them in major label or another indie label the future.

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he second annual Mission World Community Film Festival comes to the Heritage Park Centre October 1st to 3rd. It is a three-day cinema event featuring documentarirs from around the world. This year, the theme of the thirty-four films being shown is "Community in Action."

The films cover a variety of environmental and social justice concerns: oil sands in Alberta, mining in Ecuador, and economics in America. Amongst the films being shown are academy-award nominated Burma VJ, about the efforts of several young journalists to report on the military regime in Burma; winner of the Environmental Audience Award at the Vancouver International Film Festival, At the Edgeof The World, the story of Sea Shepherd's anti-whaling efforts in the Arctic; Emmy award-winning Made in L.A., the story of sweatshop workers' reclamation of their labour rights; and, Tribeca award winning Pray the Devil Backto Hell, which follows the silent protest that helped to end the Liberian

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The festival is pamng eight of the documentary films being shown over the weekend with introductions or discussions from special guest speakers. These guests make the viewing of the festival documentaries an experience that cannot be duplicated by watching them at home. The speakers include Greenpeace cofounder Rex Weyler, Kevin Francis from Cinema Politica, "Public Enemy Number One" of commercial salmon farming Don Staniford, Chief Marilyn Baptiste from the Tsilhqot'in First Nation, and UFV professor Trevor Carolan.

Friday night, October 1st, will kick off the festival with a gala night entitled "In Praise of Wild Salmon." The gala will feature several guest speakers, as well as the films Alexandra's Echo and Farm Salmon Exposed.The Mission Film Festival website explains that they will "open this year's festival with an evening acknowledging the incredible role wild salmon play in our lives, both as a part of a culture and ecosystem" For students at UFV, the possible appeal of the festival is

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PAUL FALARDEAU Something in the Air ARTS& LIFEEDITOR

Jump into the Fire Harry Nilsson This track has a bassline so slick that MGMT would blush. That, combined with lots of echo-y vocals, will make it enough to please· your eardrums and seduce your in.om.

double-edged. First, it provides an extremely local opportunity to experience global community consciousness. The whole point of university is to expand our horizons and become better global citizens, right? Also, the films discuss numerous topics that may be of interest to students in particular degrees. For example, for anyone considering a career in journalism or communications,, the media focus of Burma VJ, Be fhe Media and RiP: A Remix Manifesto will certainly hold additional appeal.

The other bonus for UFV students is the low ticket price. The advanced student ticket price for the entire weekend is only twelve dollars, or you can pay fifteen dollars at the door. Day passes are available for as little as six dollars.

This translates as access to over thirty films for the same price as one movie at the theatre.

There are opportunities for people who want to take less of a voyeur's role. The festival is still looking for volunteers.

For a complete movie list, schedules, ticket prices and volunteer information, visit http://missionfilmfestival.ca/.

Thunderclap Newman

The greatest Hippy, trippy song you always never knew you knew, dig it? Complete with airy flutes, protest-instigating lyrics and enough feel-good to go around.

That's just how to be a good neighbour, man!

T Slayed Overseer The kind of electro-hip-hop that dominated the nineties yet somehow, despite its kitchiness is still popular at house parties everywhere. Why? Because it's so catchy. Yes, it belongs on the same tape you held up to the stereo to record "Fight For Your Right."

u Babe O'Riley The Who Try not to feel like you are in the middle of some epic novel (or feature film, troglodytes). Pete Townsend distilled all the grandeur that teenagers think they have into one song. Thing is, in song form, being a teenager actually does matter to the rest of your life.

·uFFLE Summer Song Treelines Maybe the ship has sailed on summer for this year but that's no reason not to enjoy this perpetually sunny - and really good track from Kelowna natives, The Treelines. There are some real choice cuts on their recently released EP, YoungMan

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AlbumReview Soroh Bareilles ~,Kaleidoscope Heart COURTNEY KENNEDY million copies, setting her apart

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Thank You ForBeingA Friend B.A. Johnston*

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CONTRIBUTOR from other artists by refusing to forgo her instincts, simply to write mongst 2010's summer pop what "ells."

Kaleidoscope Heart showcases anthems, such as Katy Perry's "California Girls" and "Teenage the same vivid lyrics towards reDream," Sara Bareilles has man- lationships and romance, as well as Bareilles' pure, potent voice aged to earn herself a rightful place with the top-selling, num- and excellence as a pianist. The ber one record in America, Kalei- album's title track and opening doscopeHeart. She greeted us last song, "Kaleidoscope Heart," is week with the release of her latest a hauntingly beautiful acapella album; a record filled with gutsy, chorus, leading us into the upbeat well-written lyrics, and a folksy, track "Uncharted" - a song Baenergetic musical style that man- reilles has said served greatly as aged to sell over 90,000 copies in inspiration for the entire album afits first week. ter struggling with writers block.

In a time of synthesized pop "Uncharted" offers an optimistic, mania, with acts like Lady Gaga carpe diem attitude, challenging and Ke$ha steadily moving to listeners: "Compare, where you the foreground of female vocal- are to where you wanna be, and ists, Bareilles offers refreshing, you'll get nowhere." Her thoughtwell-grounded talent. A young ful lyrics are a pleasant change in artist with no formal training, an industry that often allows raw the singer-songwriter broke into talent and technical creativity to the music scene with her 2007 , take a backseat. Her latest record Grammy-nominated hit, "Love holds already-hit singles, such as Song". Contrary to being a typical the cheeky and sarcastic "King of romantic ballad, "Love Song" was Anything": "I hate to break it to written out of Bareilles' frustrayou babe, but I'm not drowning / tion with her record label a~d the There's no one here to save / Who lack of approval her material was cares if you disagree? / Who died receiving. Out of such frustration and made you king of anything?" came a song that sold over three However, it also showcases a soul-

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scope Heart tour, heading across the United States and overseas.

As long as her eloquent melodies, crystal voice and sassy attitude accompany her, success will surely follow.

Album Review Robert Plant &theBond ofJoy- Bond ofJoy PAUL FALARDEAU have been for the best because, like ARTS& LIFEEDITOR Bob Dylan or Neil Young, Robert Plant is experiencing a musical here are only two groups of renaissance. Mighty Rearrangeris people, really: those who get a world fusion tour-de-force, and the Led out and those sorry saps his pairing with bluegrass beauty that don't. Led Zeppelin, if noth- Alison Krauss was fruitful, garing else, spared its loyal fans the nering the duo a Grammy. Now pain of sticking around for the reviving his pre-Zeppelin psycheighties. Theory: John Bonham blues outfit, Band of Joy, Plant hooked up with Michael J. Fox and seems to be looking to further his saw the future of great bands mak- musical horizons yet again. ing shitty albums that tarnished And further them he does. The their careers instead of just bow- LP is brimming with different ing out gracefully before the shit- musical directions. Take the poptastic eighties started. Depressed py opener and lead single "Angel at the downfall of heavy rock as Dance" or "Central Two-O-Nine," he knew it, Bonham drank him- which sounds like an outtake from self to death. Fate has a funny way the Soggy Bottom Boys. The undeabout it, and Led Zeppelin never niably excellent "House of Cards" finds Plant once again matchmade it to the eighties, or nineties or anything ever again. The Band ing wits and vocal chords with a femme fatale has become over a simultafamous for its refusal to·- play neously heavy "Plant's words burst and relaxed hokey reunion with seated despair concerts (aside stoner-lounge and promises made guitar riff. "You from a couple on the run" Can't Buy My special ones that Love" blurs the they sounded lines between great at) or put out less than stellar albums forty Led Zeppelin and that other British sensation, The Beatles. It may years after their last decent LP. At this point I should note that be the track that Zep Heads will I don't think modern music is bad. get into the most.

In fact, I think we are living in one Like with Raising Sand, Plant of the most exciting musical times has decided to tackle a set of stanto date. Nor do I forget that mem- dards, older and newer in their bers of Zeppelin made some for- vintage. This time around, the gettable solo work anyways (they original artists are as varied as were warned!). What makes our Los Lobos and Townes Van Zandt. time great is it's blend of new and Plant never loses himself comold ideas, and that is exactly what pletely though, for instance, when music mainstays like Robert Plant he croons "I've come all the way from England to steal your pretty have capitalized on.

Zep heads might want to check hands." The somber track "Silver out here, Plant clearly has no inter- Rider" finds Plant's voice coming est in reviving his rockstar past. out deep and raspy. Once again, he has made it far away from his However, what he is not turning away from is musical genius. That valkyrie cries of old, but the same break between 1979 and now may vigor is there: Plant's words burst

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While Plant and company have surely made a memorable album that is destined to play in heavy rotation on turntables and iPods alike, it is hard to ignore a couple of faults with his work. There seems to be little flow between songs, and, in fact, there are times when the song order seems downright insane.

Plant and guitarist Buddy Miller produced the album, and there are times that it seems like things didn't quite happen right. The Bass is abnormally loud and in the way in parts of "Angel Dance," for example. There may be a reason why Plant's best has been when

top-notch guys like Jimmy Page or T-Bone Burnett have fielded the big board.

Still, things are far above par here, it's worth a listen to see what's going on all these years later at least. Plant is older, and the music is more mature. Things aren't death rattles quite yet though. "Monkey" is a gritty tune where Plant shows his teeth. It's easy to see that this particular Viking god is far from knocking on Valhalla's door.

These tunes are dark, yet cheery: fresh, yet well aged. The bottom line is that Plant still sounds like he is capable of witchcraft, adultery - and well-rehearsed deals with the devil.

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Cuff the Duke at the Biltmore JENNIFER COLBURNE influences: "We're all big Wilco CONTRIBUTORfans ... when we started we were really into old country music, Hank uff the Duke is on tour again. Williams, Johnny Cash that kind Their first stop? Vancouver. of stuff. We were also listening Hope you didn't miss it, because to Sonic youth [and] indie rock. .." they absolutely rocked the Bilt- What I found refreshing, though, more last Thursday. was how naturally the country This is what I love about es- influence was integrated with the tablished Canadian indie rock rock. There was no horrible nasal bands. No, they don't have fancy twang and fake Southern accent in pyrotechnics or dancers, but the the singing, though I certainly detickets are affordable and the band tected a slight Dylan influence in can actually play. Imagine that - the lead singer. It's surprising, aclistening to good music at a rock tually, how many indie rock bands concert. Seriously though, main- love old country. The attraction? stream pop and rock stars? Half Says Lowman, "there's something the time the singers can barely very sincere about it."

While the guitar soloing and sing on key.

But Cuff the Duke really had drumming was tight but unreits shit together. You couldn't tell markable, I found the bass playthat this was their first show after ing unusually great. A lot of indie having slogged all the way from bands, especially those with counToronto in a van. In case you're not try influences, tend to have over familiar with them; Cuff the Duke simplified bass lines. But the bassis an independent, alternative- ist had movement, without over country rock band. I asked bass dominating the rest of the band. player Paul Lowman about their Thus the music is upbeat without

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feeling rushed, and particularly solid in its timing. The singing was great too; not only does lead singer, guitarist and song-writer Wayne Petti have a nice voice, but the boys in the band really know how to use harmony. Their stage presence was surprisingly warm as well, with none of the cold hipster, "cooler than thou," attitude.

They really know how to communicate and open up an audience.

The band has come a long way from their roots in Oshawa, Ontario ..According to Lowman, they started "in 2000... right out of high school," but it wasn't until "20045, when our second album came out ... [that] we started touring and stuff." Now they're playing full time, though, says Lowman "we definitely depend on grants and stuff." They intend to be back on the West Coast again next year.

So, if you didn't catch their live act this time around, I suggest you see them next time.

Cascadelrcade TheTokyo Gome Show Smorgasbord JOEL SMART though it is often a favourite of the SPORTS EDITOR more hardcore game fans ..

Fans of the morbid American he video game world has three McGee's Alice should be pleased major holidays: The Electronic to note that a sequel has been anEntertainment Expo (E3), the To- nounced, including a new trailer. kyo Game Show (TGS) and the The game is entitled Alice:Madness Game Developers Conference Returns. The game features a new (GDC).This week was TGS season, look that might have some upset.

Studio Ghibli, the studio reand for days on end new games were announced and previously- sponsible for classic, animated announced games were unveiled films like Princess Mononoke and the Oscar-winning Spirited Away, in more detail. It isn't uncommon for TGS to release the plans for a is hard at work on a role-playing new video gam,e console. That was video game called Ni no Kuni for not to be this year, though a spe~ PlayStation 3 and Ninte11do DS. dal PSP fea~uring a thicker analog The game is confirmed for a North American release. The game perstick was shown.

Like E3, The Tokyo Game Show fectly mimics the artistic style of a is a video game conference that Studio Ghibli The Pixel]unkseries for the Playplays out more like a festival for games. GDC is the lesser known Station Network has developed and lesser celebrated of the three, quite a name for itself, providing

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gamers with unique gameplay experiences. While":fhest\ldio is hard at work on a sequel to Pixel]unk Shooter,they also announced in a new trailer at TGS Pixel]unk Lifelike. Dylan Cuthbert, founder of the Q-Games, the developer of the series, explained ,that Lifelikeis actually an interactive music visualizer, rather than a typical game.

The software will use the new PlayStation Move. As for Shooter 2, new graphical and gameplay modes were unveiled, including an online versus mode where one player tries to save trapped crew members, while the other tries to foil these attempts.

Speaking of the PlayStation Move, its release was correspondent with the show this year. I spent several hours playing the Move this week, and was im-

pressed with its incredible responsiveness. In a Wii game, a simple flick of the hand and a full arm sweep can lead to the same result. The Move is so responsive that what you do with your hand seems perfectly replicated on screen. Sports Champions, a title released in the Move Bundle, is extremely reminiscent of Wii Sports, but features beach volleyball, table tennis, bocce ball and disc golf, among others. I spent about an hour beating the first of three disc golf tournaments, and felt that over the course of the event, I learned how to better throw a Frisbee. The controller is surprisingly comfortable to hold, and besides looking kind of goofy, is definitely the best motion control system I have tried. I can see how it might be effectively used in games to in-

crease immersion. How the Microsoft Kinect will compare remains to be seen, but I could see the two going head-to-head on several upcoming games.

One of those games has to be Child of Eden, a spiritual successor to the cult-classic Rez, a psychedelic, rQ.ythm game. TGS featured creator Tetsuya Mizoguchi plar ing the game live on stage for all to see. The game will head to the PSN and XBLAwhen it is released.

While TGS didn't blow anyone's mind this' year, it was still a lot of fun. For the next big conference, we will have to wait ·until GDC this February, when it celebrates its 25th anniversary. E3 2011 will take place in June.

almost as if she had been researching this role for years.

The plot is about an assassin that has been double crossed and

ally these exploitation films have very thin plots, this film stayed away from anything too complicated but added a few interesting elements to the story, like; a corrupt senator, a nasty group of vigilantes and a string puller played wonderfully by Jeff Fahey.

Rodriguez's is known for launching and resurrecting career's. In Desperado he launched Antonio Banderas as a mainstream actor in North America and made the world aware of the beautiful Salma Hyak. In From Dusk Till Dawn introduced George Clooney as a leading man in films and not just another pretty face on cable tele-

vision. In Sin City he relaunched Micky Rourk's career. This film is no different, Dany Trejo has become a leading man, Jeff Fahey will definitely be getting another role in the near future. He also reintroduced Steven Segal and Don Johnson, maybe in ten years we will look at this film and say the same thing about these actors in the same light.

If you are into the whole exploitation genre of films I strongly recommend checking this one out.

It has guns, explosions, blood, sex and cheesy one liners, all the things that make movies magical.

The exploitation movies are definitely .were Rodriguez's talents lie. Machete is one of Rodriguez's best films,o and Sin City are the only two of Rodriguez's films that would rank higher than this one, From Dusk Till Dawn would be a close fourth.

Movie Review Machete JUmNORLEWla tures; Cheech Marin and Jeff FaSPORTS EDITOR hey. In addition to the original 3 members of the mock trailer; Roachete is an exploitation film driguez has lined up a few great

by Robert Rodriguez star- actors and a few of Holring Dany Trejo that originated lywoods bomb shell as a trailer for the intermission beauty's back up this of the Grind House projects done already talented cast,

by Quentin Tarantino and Robert such as; Jessica Alba, MiRodriguez a few years back. Ma- chelle Rodriguez, Robert chete was also a character in Ro- DeNiro. This film also driguez's Spy Kids films who was marks the re introducalso played by Dany Trejo and he tion of Don Johnson and played a similar looking assassin Steven Segal into feature that threw knives in Rodriguez's films. In my opinion, Don first studio feature length film Johnson stole the show Desperado.Also this will be Dany from, Trejo in his feature Trejo's first lead roll in a film af-, length debut but I am not ter appearing in hundreds of films trying to discredit Trejo. and shows over the past few de- Trejo did a superb job in cades as secondary characters. his lead role debut as the Rodriguez has kept the other title character, Machete. two actors from the the original I will also give Lindsey mock trailer that was shown in Lohan credit for doing great job between the two Grind house £ea- playing a drug addicted teen, it's

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Nobel Peace Prize, only to forget So, in the space of 400 words, about it since? I once accepted a I've come to terms with it. In fact, Nobel Peace Prize. Admittedly, it I'm over it. Way over it. So over it, wasn't mine. Some Mandela bloke I've actually forgotten what I was was very angry with me. talking about, irrefutable proof if These days, it's not much of an ever it was needed just how over event to find out that there are a it I am. I'm so utterly and wholly billion other people in the world over it, it no longer registers in my with your name but wearing shrivelled brain. somebody else's face. Once the That is, I was over it unfil I original chuckle dies down, you're Googl~ the name of this coljust left feeling a bit sad, to be hon- umn - "The Culture Mulcher," if est. It really does put a damper on you don't know. And guess what? the whole "unique and original Some other bastard's got that snowflake" concept, especially name, too.

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The middle initial takes his name from sounding like he's a Mormon settler who ploughed the land in Saskatchewan to the baddest brother this side of Lando Calrissian.

Other examples include - Michael J. Fox, William S. Burroughs, Joseph B. Stalin, Jesus H. Christ, and Bono.

The middle initial is like a magic wand of cool and/ or toughness that washes away the nerdiness of your past, pathetic, middle initial-ness existence.

But this Chong fella has two initials - W. H. Chong.

Now, in my book, sorry.com. And not only content you need to earn the right to go by with stealing my pseudonym, old two initials and a surname. Auden Chongy had to go and steal W.H. · can do it. He was a genius. W. H. Chong is not. Not that I know him, Auden's initials.

Now, l'm all for the middle ini- but 1 feel that, as a rabble-rouser tial, as it can do wonders for oth- with an Internet connection, I erwise ordinary nobodies. Do you should be allowed to run the rule think anybody turned their head over anyone I want.

So, Chong's on my shit list, right when a young man shuffled into a movie audition and squeaked, next to the guy from Jeopardy and "Hello, my name is Samuel Jack- my dad. And I will have my venson"? They would have probably geance, in this life or the next. Unscreamed "NEXT!" right in his less there is no next life. In which face through a mouthful of blanc- case I should probably kill him mange. But think about the bad now. Ah, forget it. I'm just going to change my name to W. H. Chong motherlover who strode through that door and bellowed, "I'm Sam- and be done with it.

MovieReview TheTowh TREVOR FIK with chilling remorselessness by STAFFWRITER Jeremy Renner). Coughlin often acts as the hard headed and unhere are moments in Ben Af- predictable opposite to MacRay's fleck's sophomore directorial intelligent and calculated demeaneffort, The Town, where the audi- our, opting for a rifle and intimience becomes so a part of the ac- dation over communication with tion on the screen that moviegoers authorities. will find themselves tense with The story begins with the crew anticipation at what is coming attempting to rob a local bank, next. The worth of movies like The with the break-in getting especialTown can be measured in these ly complicated after MacRay and moments when the audience for- his crew, encouraged by the paragets about their own lives and noia of Coughlin, take a manager become so intensely-a part of the of the bank they are robbing as a characters actions and interac- hostage. After releasing the bank tions that everything else becomes employee (played by Rebecca unimportant. If this is indeed the Hall), MacRay takfc!sto following measure of a quality movie, then her to determine the likelihood Affleck will have a long and pros- that she will talk to the police. An perous career both in front of the unlikely attraction forms between camera, as well as behind it. the two characters, adding anThe premise behind The Town other layer of depth to an already is a simple one. Ben Affleck plays complicated storyline.

Doug MacRay, a truck and bank Character history is often best. robber who has taken up the fam- told through the use of the flashily trade and is following in his fa- back, which is used extensively ther's footsteps as a. career crimi- within The Town, with black and nal. Accompanying MacRay as he white shots allowing detailed rips off local banks and armoured character development. Where The car services is a crew of childhood Town separates itself from other friends and acquaintances, includ- movies of the heist and thriller ing James Coughlin (portrayed genre is in the vulnerability of

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its characters displayed through these moments. The movie be-· comes more of a character study focused on - the implications of eacn individual's actions, concentrating on the person rather then getting lost in a sea of shootouts and explosions.

The highlight of the film however belongs to Affleck's portrayal of MacRay. There are times in the film when he plays -the conflicted protagonist with such a haunting demeanour. It is seething out of every movement and line he delivers.

And what would be a confused and conflicted protagonist without an unrelenting antagonist?

Not since Christian Bale's portrayal of Melvin Purvis in Public Enemies has an FBI agent been played with such unbridled grit and determination as John Hamm's Adam Frawley. The added inten- Charlestown, as the initial shots sity brought by Hamm's character of the movie explain, is an area of makes the cat and mouse game Boston that holds the distinction played by MacRay and Frawley all of having the most bank robberies in the United States. The location the more thrilling to be a part of.

Affleck chose to shoot the mov- adds a certain grim realism that ie entirely on location in Charles- would make the movie feel incomtown, which serves as a character plete without it. all on .its own within the film.

Affleck's career has been as

much characterized by the ups and downs in his personal life as his time on the screen. With roles that have varied in complexity and fan favour, Affleck has found a niche both behind the camera and in front of it, delivering up an Oscar-worthy performance in this high-paced thriller.

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Online Options Changing How Canadians Watch TV

ChannelSurlin Boardwalk Empire JUSTIN ORLEWIQ SPORTS EDITOR

Cable companies blocking cross-border network sharing

oardwalkEmpire:The wait is fiBnally over to see this visually stunning HBO masterpiece that is BoardwalkEmpire.HBO has hooked back up with one of the head writers from the Sopranos and they have developed another Gangster series to replace the much missed series. Oh, and did I mention that Martin Scorsese is directing this entire series.

BoardwalkEmpire takes place in the very early 1920's in Atlantic City during the prohibition era in the United States. It follows the bootlegging business with most of the characters being non fictional such as; young versions of Al Capone, Charlie "Lucky" Luciano and Arnold Rothstein. The main character Enock "Nucky" Thompson (played by Steve Buscemi) is only loosely based on the former treasurer and ruler of Atlantic City; Enock "Nucky" Johnson. I know that the creators of the series went through great lengths to come up with a name that doesn't directly link their fictional character to the real character who actually did deal booze with all those baby gangsters, weird. The creators said they changed the last name so that they could give their own version of Nucky, fair enough, but unnecessary.

This show was instantly green lit for an entire season when director Martin Scorsese agreed to direct the entire first season. And why wouldn't Scorsese do a series?

He's done and won everything there is to do as a producer/director and since it's HBO he has no

FLYNN DAUNT by including a web browser for EXCALIBUR online viewing with the channel-

censorship and very little network suit type influences. I guess Marty needs an Emmy on the shelf too.

Who knows, he might even have one that I seem to have forgotten about.

HBO has spared no cost on this show either; they built a very accurate replica of the Atlantic City boardwalk in Brooklyn because of zoning problems in New Jersey.

I caught the first episode of this show and I must say that masterpiece is the only way to describe the series. Critics are already saying that this could be Steve Buscemi's finest role_yet and from what I have seen in the first episode it's hard to disagree. This will be the first time that there has been series that takes place in this era of American history. I don't know if this will become a running HBO series or if it's just a one season affair but chances are if the show is hit it will run as long as it can and I am sure it will be a hit. You can catch Boardwalk Empire Sunday's at 8:00 p.m. on HBO

surfing flexibility of a television, TORONTO (CUP) - For the making it a completely customizfirst time ever, Canadians are able experience. spending more time online than But, John McCullough, a film watching television, and online studies professor at Toronto's York entertainment options are part of University, doesn't think cable TV the reason. is done just yet.

After all, consumers can watch "There's still an audience for what they want, television," he when they want said. to. Television He explained that although the watching can "strictruleson statistics confirm coincide with how Canadians the number of chatting with viewoutside friends, and people watching mediaare largely the number of and downloading blockingthese commercials television videos advancements." on the Internet has is significantly reduced, if not increased, so, too, eliminated all have the statistics together. for the television audience.

An Ipsos-Reid study, released McCullough believes that this in March 2010, found that people trend won't completely overtake between the ages of 18 and 34 the old technology. spend an average of 20 hours per "New technologies, rather than week online compared to only 13 replacing old ones, tend to be inhours spent watching television. corporated into old technologies," "The data indicates that not said McCullough. "Computers only are people of all ages spend- nowadays tend to look a lot like ing more and more time online, . . . television programming. The but it also points to a shift in how Internet has channels, but just an unlimited number of them." online Canadians are consuming media and where they are spendWhile these technologies are ing their free time," study author growing and improving in the Mark Laver said in a press release. United States, however, Canada is Companies are beginning to a different story. take notice of this trend. Google, The Canadian Radio-television who just announced plans to Telecommunications Commission launch Google TV in 2011,is trying and their strict rules on how Cato combine the best of both worlds nadians view outside media are

largely blocking these advancements.

McCullough said the CRTC has policies designed to prevent American networks from overtaking the Canadian television industry. These policies also allow Canadian programming to flourish.

Sites like ComedyCentral.com or MTV.com will either redirect viewers to the Canadian website or block them from watching a video because the IP address is not located in the United States.

Hulu, a popular U.S. website that streams shows previously broadcast on American networks, is also blocked in Canada.

McCullough said that cable and satellite companies, like Rogers and Bell, also do ~hatever they can to ensure these new companies have a hard time getting into Canada. He explained that cable and satellite companies in Canada are so powerful that they can lobby Canadian regulators by saying how much American television will flood the market. "[Canadian cable and satellite companies] own so much that if they go under, then a lot of folks would be screwed," said McCullough.

McCullough adds that these cable and satellite companies also own Canada's connection to the Internet.

"Rogers charges me for my cable, but they also tell me how much I can download now."

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ith pre-season action starting this week I guess we can start talking about who is going to be hot, and who is not.

Let'.s start with the obvious; the Chicago Blackhawks, with all the bonuses handed out for the Stanley Cup win, were way over the cap coming into this season. Their obvious decision was to dump half their salary. Many players were traded off and players like Kris Versteeg and Anti Niemi, who should have received raises, weren't even given offer sheets. The Chicago Blackhawks kept their core superstars, but the chances of a repeat aren't very high, unless Huet and some of their rookies step up their game in

One of the most obvious contenders this year is the Pittsburgh Penguins, who always have a shot because of numbers 87, 71 and 29.

The Washington Capitals are always in good playoff position because of their weak division, but they can never seem to do anything in the playoffs. Maybe it has something to do with their lack of Canadian content, or maybe it's because they play 24 games against some of the worst teams in the league. They are situated in, by far, the worst division in the league.

But hold on! This year the Tampa Bay Lightning are looking like a very good team. They have a new coach and new management.

Maybe, just maybe, the Lightning can take back this ugly pageant of

a division. Washington will make the playoffs, but you are clearly high if you think that they have a shot at the cup. The only route to the Cup for Ovi and the Caps is through highway 8Z Let's talk about the Vancouver Canucks for a second.

With Henrik Sedin coming off his best season ever, and, arguably, the best season a Vancouver Canuck has ever had, the Canucks just might have all their stars line up this year. I know we say this . every year, but if everyone keeps up their play, and with the acquisition of Dan Hamhuis, it might just be the year.

If the Canucks can acquire one more skilled forward, they would be looking really good. This could

happen either in the form of a deadline deal, or perhaps if Cody Hodgson

would finally emerge as the superstar that we had all hoped he would

one day become. In fact, I would argue that this is probably their best shot at a Cup since 1994,when they had a youthful Trevor Linden as captain.

Speaking of the Canuck's captaincy, let's talk about their cure rent sitm~tion. Luongo stepping down as captain was one of the best decisions the Canucks have made since trading 'for him in the first place.

As for who should replace him, I have heard a lot of talk about how we should give it to Kesler, but I think it would be a bad idea to give it to this American.

I think they should go with three alternate captains this year, and then next year give the "C" to Dan _Hamhuis, a local boy, but most importantly a Canadian.

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EDITOR-IN-CHIEFthe end of the series, the nude runner with the most points wins the n recent years, runners have be- · overall series award. gun to take on a "less is more" The rules are simple: contesmentality. It's common to see at tants are only allowed to wear least a few "bare foot" runners at equipment necessary for the race. most major Vancouver runs. While Hats, sunglasses, running shoes, running shoeless (or nearly shoe- and water packs are acceptable. less in special "bare foot shoes") Pants, shirts and underwear are may seem a little extreme to the a no go. Strangely, though, most less athletically inclined, for some race organizers have race t-shirts runners it's just not enough. Not printed for participants to wear content with removing only their after the race. shoes, some runners have decided Runners usually have their race numbers written on their skin to run sans all running equipment. That's right - they're run- in ink, rather than pinned onto ning naked. their clothing. These races typiLast month, cally take place on Wreck Beach held clothing optional the fourteenth anbeaches, in natur"contestants are nual "Wreck Beach ist parks or in seonly allowed to Bare Buns Run/ cluded areas outwear equipment Walk." This year, side of a city. Finish · necessary for 27-year-old David line photos are not the race" Palermo placed taken, since many first by running the nude runners are tive kilometers in a not comfortable bare 16 minutes and with strangers 58 seconds. Money raised through owning images of their nude body. this event goes to the Wreck Beach While the idea of running nude Preservation Society. The event is may seem uncomfortable to most open to participants of all ages. In people, nude runners state they the past, racers as young as seven- get a feeling of freedom and exyears-old, and as old as 90, have hilaration from running without taken part in the race. For those clothing. Due to public decency that don't know, Wreck Beach is laws, many nude runners train in Vancouver's infamous clothing- full clothing. optional beach, located just next While there aren't any areas in to UBC. Abbotsford or Chilliwack where The Wreck Beach run is just nude running enthusiasts can one of hundreds of nude runs that practice their sport, there are a take place across North America. number of places just outside of In Canada, due to cooler temperatown. In Agassiz, there is the Suntures throughout most of the year, ny Trails Club, a naturist resort nude runs usually take place in with Bed and Breakfast rooms; in July or August. In the southern Surrey and White Rock, there are United States, nude races happen areas of Crescent Beach that are throughout the year. typically used by nudists; and, of For the past 13 years, the Amer- course, there is Wreck Beach in ican Association for Nude Recre- Vancouver. ation has organized a nude racOf course, the truly enthusiasing series. Participants must run tic nude runner could simply purin at least three of the races being chase a treadmill and train in the held that year. Runners accumu'- nude within the comfort of their late points for each race they run, home.

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Men's Soccer Keeps Spirit Despite Losses

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fter winning four exhibition matches against competing universities during the end of August, our men's soccer team was off to a strong start. Their first win against Lethbridge, 2-0, on September 11 brought high hopes to a strong season.

Unfortunately they weren't able to continue their winning streak.

They were stopped by a loss to the University of Calgary Dinos on Oct 1: UFVvs. TRU@ Sept. 12 in a 4-2 loss. The Cascades have since lost two more games, TRU falling 1-0 to the University of British Columbia's Thunderbirds and Oct 2: UFVvs. TRU@TR 3-0 to the Trinity Western University Spartans 3-0. Nevertheless, Oct 8: UFVAlumni Game they are still confident about the @ Envision Athletic season.

Last year the Cascades placed Center 7:00 p.m sixth in the Canadian western division of the Canadian Interuniversity Sports (CIS) standings, with four wins and two ties. This year about 12 fresh faces have been added to the team. Though a team may become stronger the longer they play together, someSept 18: UFVv.s. times fresh feet are exactly what is Victoria L 3-1 needed to bring home some glory.

All of the boys seemed enthusiastic about the future of the seaSept 25: UFV@ Vicson, with one win under their belts toria 2:15 p.m. already. Coach Alan Errington, already in his seventh season as Oct 2: UFVv.s. UBC head coach, is keen on the idea of @ Bateman Park@ going all the way to provincials this year. Going to provincials is a 12:00 p.m. rewarding moment for both coach team. Coach Errington has Oct 3: UFVv.s. TWU and already seen championship glory @ Bateman Park@ when he took his U-18 team to provincial and national champion12:00 p.m. ships. Alan said that his "love for the game" is what keeps him so motivated. He is truly dedicated to the sport, having been involved with it for 35 years. Devin Gilroy, a Sept 25/26: UFVGolf forward who has been playing on the team for three years, had nothTournament@ Chilliing but great thing to say about his wack Golf & Country time spent with it thus far.

Coach Alan also made a point Club@ 9 a.m. of introducing Juan Pablo Mora Perea, the team's new midfielder from Morelia, Mexico. The young man, who is used to_ playing a higher level of soccer, has a great

Men's Basketball: Women's Sept 30: UFVvs. KPU Basketball: @

7:00 p.m.

Oct 2: UFVAlumni Game@ 6:00 p.m.

Oct 2: UFVvs. KPU@ 8:00 p.m.

Games at Envision Athletics Center

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Women's Soccer:

Sept 11: UFV@ Lethbridge W 2-0 Sept 12: UFV@ Calgary L 4-2 Sept 17: UFV@UBCL 1-0

Sept 18: UFV@TWUL 3-0 Sept 25: UFVvs. Saskatchewan@ Bateman Park@ 12:00 p.m.

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Alberta@ Bateman Park@ 12:00 p.m.

personality and said though the level is quite different than he is used to, the professionalism at the university level was a bit of a surprise. He added that he also likes his new teammates and enjoys traveling outside of the province to play.

Though players on the team appreciate the support of family and friends at the games, 1t would be much better if more students would come out and cheer them on as well. The low student turnout to the games could be because all games are held off campus at Bateman Park, but that is really no excuse.

In their most recent loss, on September 18, the Cascades took on the Spartans in Langley. The Spartans are more experienced club, so it was impressive that the UFV team was able to hold them offfor the first half of the game.

However, after a rough patch near the opening of the second half, the Cascades found themselves down by.one. "The Cascades were able to compose themselves after the nine

minute run by TWU and mount an attack on TWU's defense but were unable to finish on several great shots," writes the UFV Athletics report on the game. "The best attempt was by Josh Atebe, Mission, BC whose header off a cross from Juan Pablo More Perea, Mission, BC hit the cross bar midway through the half." According to Athletics, the final two goals came close to the end. "The Spartans were able to put the game away with two late goals by Garrett Peters, Regina, Saskatchewan at the 85th minute and Danfi Parker, Woodbridge, Virginia at the 90th minute."

It is too early in the season to say what the outcome could really be, but grabbing a spot in provincials would definitely boost our team and school into the spotlight, making the hard work of some of the team's veterans really pay off.

You don't have to be European tb appreciate a good soccer game, so get out there if you can and cheer on our team.

Fore!UFV GolfTeam wins KwantlenGolf Tournament· SOPHIE NANN conditions.

The team had four players in the top ten during the tournament, with Ian Mulder finishing with a 110 total in the individual category. Brett Webster also had a total of 110,but his was in the team category. Also in the top four were Mike Broadfoot and Mitch Lock.

Mulder, Webster and Broadfoot are all native to Abbotsford, while Lock calls Mission home, according to UFV Athletics.

The win kept their rank at a solid number one. According to a recent media release, the two time defending British Columbia College Athletics Association (BCCAA) champions are looking for a third straight championship and will compete aggressively in a jam-packed two-month season.

Bertram will coach the Cascades golf team for the sixth straight season. If the performance of the team so far is any indicator, his leadership abilities for this 2010/2011 season will only continue to get better. Perhaps the key to his success is the blend of science

CONTRIBUTOR from a victory on SepFresh tember 19, the Cascades golf team plans to dominate again this weekend on home "green" at the Chilliwack Golf and Country Club. ' The Cascades won the twoday tournament at Kwantlen with a combined score of 449, three strokes better than second place Vancouver Island University Mariners at 452. The Kwantlen Eagles, tournament hosts, finished second to last place with a score of 489.

The Kwantlen Golf Tournament featured eight teams, each representing a university or college.

According to UFV Athletics, the Cascades head coach, Chris Bertram, was encouraged with the result. "There were a few nerves on the course to be sure, but regardless, I was pleased to see we could grind out the win with less than our best stuff," he said. According to Bertram, part of the struggle for the team was the poor weather

and sport; Bertram, who has a Ph.D from Simon Fraser University, conducts research at UFV's Human Performance Centre, where he is the Director.

Students at UFV who are eager to see the winning team in action can attend the match this weekend at the beautiful Chilliwack Golf and Country Club, when the Cascades host the BCCAA in a two-day tournament. The event starts on September 25 at 9 A.M. and continues the next day at the same time. It should prove to be an exciting day of golf, featuring the top golfers in British Columbia.

The Cascades will have a busy October, playing in the YIU Gold Tournament on October 2 and 3.

They will then go on to play a fourday tournament hosted by Thom-

son Rivers University in Kamloops on October 12. Finally, they will finish off the month playing away against Capilano University on October 23 and 24.