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THE JOE ROGAN EXPERIENCE

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SAVE OLD GROWTH

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TAWAHUM BIGE’S SPOKEN WORD JOURNEY

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Managing Editor Sydney Marchand sydney@ufvcascade.ca

CULTURE

Executive Editor Andrea Sadowski andrea@ufvcascade.ca

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14 Snapshots.......9

21.......Study Break

NEWS 4...... UFV honnoured

Senate overview......3

5...... Professor Profile

Abbotsford Relief Fund......4

OPINION Editorial.......6

7.......Sex and Relationships 8...... The Conscious Consumer

The Joe Rogan Experience.......8

CULTURE 15....... Save Old Growth

Cascade Kitchen......14

17....... Pericles

The World of Devon Riley.......16

18....... UFV pollinator garden

Campus Fashion.......18

SPORTS 19.......Formula One and Russia

Cascades recap......19 Q&A with Alexis Worrell......20

ARTS Q&A with Tawahum Bige......22

23......Jumanji

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news@ufvcascade.ca News Editor — Rachel Tait

NEWS

UFV //

Senate Recap: February 2022 Program reviews, suspensions, and proposals on the table ANDREA SADOWSKI Senate is the academic governing body of UFV, with the university president and vice-chancellor Joanne MacLean as the chair. They are responsible for making decisions on everything academic, including: approving new courses and programs, approving changes to programs, and setting entrance requirements and the academic calendar. The Board of Governors, which looks at the business side of the university, is advised by Senate on matters of mutual interest.

All at the university are welcome to attend Senate’s public meetings, held once a month.

Senate makes decisions that impact the daily lives of both students and faculty. This article will recap the main agenda items of the Senate meeting on Friday, February 25, 2022.

UFV SEM Plan Update There was a discussion on the Strategic Enrolment Management (SEM) plan that “will address all factors related to enrolment, retention, engagement and graduation, as well as key co-curricular factors that impact enrolment.” Some priorities of this plan include: creating active learning opportunities outside of the classroom setting that aligns with the needs and aspirations of the Fraser Valley community, ensuring programs are accessible, flexible, and barrier free for students who face difficult circumstances, and creating a welcoming environment for students of diverse backgrounds.

Some interesting stats James Mandigo, provost and VP Academic, presented to

Senate were that 80 per cent of all students who are transitioning straight from high school graduated within Fraser Valley district; 86 per cent of all first-year students (who responded to the survey) live with their parents, guardians, or relatives; and the average age of a UFV student is 25. A red flag that stood out to many senators was that nearly 40 per cent of students who start a bachelor’s degree program leave before completion. UFV is currently working to figure out why students are starting their degrees here, but leaving before receiving any credentials.

Program Reviews Senate approved the academic program reviews of the Adult Basic Education Program (ABE), Bachelor of Integrated Studies (BIS), and General Studies diploma (GDS) in accordance with UFV Policy 189. This policy's purpose “is to ensure accountability of academic programs and programming through the regular and systematic reviews of the objectives and delivery of programs and programming at UFV.” Some key points the External Review Committee recommended were to appoint a director for the BIS and GDS programs to ensure program stabilization and to increase students’ sense of belonging and connection by creating a “departmental home,” which will be greatly facilitated upon the opening of Building D’s third floor in 2023. For the ABE program, the committee identified a need to promote this program more to the institution at large because of the lack of awareness from senior administration about the usefulness

UFV Abbotsford Campus. (Laura Ayres/ The Cascade)

of this department to the institution. Also, the ABE program has a higher percentage of Indigenous students than the average program (ten per cent compared to an average of six or seven per cent), so there is a need for faculty to “continue efforts to bring indigenization and Aboriginal ways of knowing to their courses.”

Program Suspensions The in-camera portion of the Senate reviewed the program suspension of the Engineering Physics diploma and the Automation and Robotics Technician Program each for one year due to low admission rates and “the challenge of hiring instruc-

tors with the academic requirements necessary to teach the upper-level Engineering courses.”

Communications Major Program Proposal The in-camera portion of the Senate reviewed the program proposal for a Communications major at UFV. The Stage 1 application was approved by BC’s Degree Quality Assessment Board on Sept. 14, 2021, and the Undergraduate Education Committee approved the new major on Jan. 28, 2022. The Senate Budget Committee also confirmed the program’s financial viability.

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NEWS

NEWS BRIEFS

Historic emergency powers granted to Liberal government The motion to grant Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government special powers occurred on Feb. 21, 2022 in the House of Commons. The motion passed with 185-151 votes. The Liberals were supported by the New Democrats; however, the Conservatives were not in favor of the motion. These powers enable the government to step in when situations become uncontrollable and are identified as a concerning issue for public health or safety – this includes circumstances like protests, demonstrations or blockades - Rachel Tait

Community //

How the Abbotsford Relief Fund is helping the community

After the floods, the community slowly recovers with the help of the Abbotsford Relief Fund ANISA QUINTYNE In mid-November, parts of the Fraser Valley were hit by an overwhelming flood that destroyed several farms and left many without homes. When Abbotsford’s shattered community needed to be put back together again, the Abbotsford Disaster Relief Fund (ADRF) came together to help those damaged by the storm, piece by piece. The Abbotsford Community Foundation, partnered with the Abbotsford Chamber of Commerce and the University of the Fraser Valley, delivered spontaneous efforts to rebuild the community during a desperate time of need and supply families with free meals and financial support after the storms violently disrupted their daily lives.

Craig Toews, UFV’s vice president external, graciously sat down with The Cascade to answer some questions about the work that the initiative has done for

the community. He has been with UFV for 34 years and provides a deep understanding of the Fraser Valley, alongside his vast experience in the post-secondary environment, to his leadership role.

One of UFV’s main goals as a postsecondary institution has always been concerned with “building community,” especially in times of dire need.

So when Abbotsford was struck by a disaster that drastically impacted the Fraser Valley, Toews shared, “We immediately put our minds to creating a robust fundraising initiative that would provide relief to those affected by the emergency, with a view to supporting long-term recovery.”

And soon enough, the coalition surpassed $4 million dollars, “With donations coming in from countries like Germany, Italy, the U.K., and Australia. In terms of impact, the ADRF has already disbursed over $1 million and is working with and through several partnerships to maximize its reach.”

Through these donations, they managed to create an agency agreement with the Abbotsford Chamber in order to financially support farmers and businesses who lost their livelihoods in the wreckage.

When the fundraising coalition came together, “it was grounded by the longstanding relationship between the university, Abbotsford Community Foundation (ACF) and the Abbotsford Chamber,” Toews said, sharing how the three units developed quite organically over time. “In fact, these three organizations were involved in an event on National Philanthropy Day when the flood hit Abbotsford. The event was recognizing outstanding community members, their philanthropic contributions and stories of impact.”

Donations to the ADRF can be made through their website: https://abbotsfordcf.org/grants/disaster/

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Emergency powers canceled by Trudeau after ending the border blockades On Feb. 23, 2022, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau chose to cancel the special emergency powers that were initiated two days prior in response to the border blockades that were set up due to the freedom convoys. Now that the blockades have been removed by law enforcement and the threat is lifted, the PM believes that there is no longer a need for the special emergency powers and has canceled them. As the blockades have been removed, Trudeau feels that the regular laws and the police are more than adequate to put a stop to any further issues that may arise and is well aware that this situation is still a very real concern.

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UFV is honored with high rating for being a top international university RACHEL TAIT In 2021, the University of the Fraser Valley was home to about 14,500 students, 2,100 of whom are international, coming from 51 different countries. Recently, UFV was recognized for their continual dedication and received a high rating of four stars out of five for being a top international university by Quacquarelli Symonds Limited (QS).

According to the associate vice president, International, David McGuire, “Quacquarelli Symonds Limited (QS) [is] the global higher education research company that conducts QS Stars audits.” He adds that it is “one of the most respected university rankings systems in the world.”

McGuire explained that the way the ratings are determined are based on an assessment that covers eight different categories. Each category can be rated from one to five stars, and there is a general rating of the school that follows the same system. In essence, two ratings altogether.

This is not the first time that UFV has received such recognition for their dedication to education. McGuire said that “UFV’s first QS Stars audit began in mid-2017, with the results announced in late 2018. At that time, UFV received an overall rating of four stars, with a

full five-star rating in two areas: Teaching and Employability.”

McGuire stated that “the QS Stars latest audit began in July 2021, with the results announced just four months later in Nov. 2021.

The 2021 audit saw UFV maintain its overall rating of four stars. Not only did the university maintain its UFV Abbotsford Campus. (Laura Ayres/ The Cascade) five stars in Teaching and Employability, UFV also with their educational goals. This can improved ratings to five stars in the areas of Internationaliza- lead to more engaged students. Here at UFV, we’re seeing improved academic tion, Inclusion, and Online Learning.” success and improved student retention “UFV International strives to attract among a more diverse student populastudents from diverse backgrounds tion.” and support each person throughout When asked what UFV plans to do their educational journey as part of our institutional mission to engage learn- to maintain this high standard as a top ers, transform lives, and build commu- international school, McGuire said that “the QS Stars process has reminded nities,” said McGuire.

UFV of the importance of data in meaHe added that “using the QS platsuring our success as well as the imporform, we have seen success in these tance of having ambitious, yet achievareas. International students coming able, goals.” He concluded by stating, to Canada are not just looking at other “while we don’t see these exercises as institutions in Canada. They may be dictating how we educate at UFV, if considering programs in a few differthere are areas where we can improve ent countries.” our ratings and those improvements McGuire further explained that by align with our institutional goals as set using the “QS Stars, those students can out in the Integrated Strategic Plan, we look at areas of institutional expertise will work to implement relevant changand choose a university that aligns well es.”

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NEWS Column //

Professor Profile: Shelley Liebembuk’s praxis approach to learning Embodying the art of teaching dramaturgy and acting RACHEL TAIT Assistant professor Shelley Liebembuk is a theatre instructor who has been teaching at UFV for the last three years, two of which were online due to COVID-19. She holds a PhD in theatre and performance studies from the University of Toronto.

Her former work in acting and dramaturgy, combined with her praxis approach, enables her to effectively teach students in the discipline.

How has it been as a professor, having to pivot and teach via an online platform?

I would say it was an interesting opportunity when it first happened… We pivoted in March and then I was set to direct a production in the fall of 2020. I had a summer to re-think the production of Antigone [and] I was hoping to adapt it and try out a Zoom production. I was really fortunate to be working at a university that is supportive of trying to figure out how we could use the online technology to still create a creative project opportunity for our students.

What is your approach to teaching?

I know that you come from an acting background; how has that influenced your teaching approach?

I teach both what are considered more academic courses [that are] usually more theoretical and I teach studio courses, which are the practice courses in acting and directing. I think for me, what is really important is the praxis element, which is learn[ing] through practicing. I try to apply the same thing I learn through the conservatory across all my classes. Even if I am teaching something that is more theoretical, I keep thinking about how we can make this applicable for the students…

The acting classes here are obviously a different kind of program, because it is within a university and a broader liberal

arts education, but I think that gives us a lot of opportunities to think about why we rehearse something…I love being able to work in a place where I can do both; where we are thinking critically and creatively through our bodies, but also with words and our writing. I really enjoy the process of teaching and supporting students to learn from wherever they are and whatever their starting point.

Are there any projects that you are really excited about that you are working

“Theatre for me has always been about community” on presently?

Related to the pivot, I am actually working on a research project around teaching acting online. Specifically, how do you teach embodiment in a digitized, non-embodied moment? So that research came around because of my teaching and having to figure that out. Now, I am continuing to do more research on different embodiment practices and how that is shifting and has continued to shift across the 21st century with digital technology.

Do you want to talk a little bit about the directors’ showcase?

I am the instructor for the Directing course this year and … it culminates in a capstone, which is the directors’ showcase, in the last week of April. Each student director is directing their own ten-minute piece, and the class is about studying something theoretical but then really understanding it through praxis…So the students have been thinking of concept statements [and] directorial visions. They have chosen their play, [and] they are going to be auditioning students right after

reading week and beginning that rehearsal process for mid-March into April, and then presenting their pieces. It is really exciting and a wonderful way to learn on their feet. We are very excited to be able to give the students that opportunity to do that and have a public-facing series of performances. So two evening shows, as well as one show that happens during the Interpret festival, which is the School of Creative Arts end-of-year festival.

Can you talk a bit more about the Interpret festival?

That will be taking place on Friday, Apr. 29, 2022. The plan for that day is that students across the different areas of the School of Creative Arts will be showcasing their works, specifically, third- and fourth-year students. We are going to have our Theatre students and Directing [class] show their ten-minute pieces. We are going to have that [festival] open so that folks can come and watch ten-minute pieces and then head on out and go see what the Media students [are doing and] some shorts they have created.

Go see some of the film screenings that the film students have created, look around at the Visual Arts students’ art gallery material. We are also going to have food trucks with free food and hopefully create a sense of a celebratory event after a while of not having been able to gather on campus. So that’s the idea, a space for students across UFV to see what the arts students are doing, and theatre, of course, is an important part of that kind of constellation.

As a professor, was there anything that really stood out to you since we came back to campus in regard to how

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the university is running, and how students are feeling during this time?

I think what any crisis highlights is the need for additional supports. My sense is [that] UFV is well aware of the spaces that we need to keep investing in to give more support to our students in these difficult times. We know that students need more mental health support, we know there is food insecurity on campus, that many folks have been variably impacted, not only by COVID-19, but by the flooding in November…. As an instructor here, what I found heartening is…to have more personal contact with our students because we tend to work with them on various projects both in the classroom and extending out of the classroom into arts projects.

So, I think hopefully being there to keep supporting students to think creatively and do their work. I think that theatre for me has always been about community.

And I am hopeful that with our return to campus and as we keep growing as an area [within the SOCA]…investing in how we do work and how we actually invite more students to engage in that work, we can create a stronger sense of right.

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OPINION

opinion@ufvcascade.ca Kait Thompson — Opinion Editor

Editorial //

Some not-so-chill news about Eastern Europe It’s about time someone should be Putin a bullet through Vladimir’s head ANDREA SADOWSKI Unless you have completely cut yourself off from the world’s media sources, you may have heard the not-so-chill news that Vladimir Putin, president of Russia, has invaded Ukraine.

Russia’s military has been slowly snuggling up to Ukraine’s border since October of last year. Putin issued a set of demands in order to withdraw his troops from the border, including not allowing Ukraine to enter the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). For those of you who aren’t poli-sci majors, NATO is a military alliance between a handful of powerful nations who agree to back each other up in the event that one of them is faced with an armed attack. Putin still sees Ukraine, a former Soviet republic, as an illegitimate country that rightfully belongs to Russia, and Ukraine’s alliance to NATO threatens this Russian nationalism.

In the early hours of February 24, the

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Russian military moved into Ukraine by land, air, and sea in a “special military operation.” Putin released a speech that threatened, “whoever would try to stop us and further create threats to our country, to our people, should know that Russia’s response will be immediate and lead you to such consequences that you have never faced in your history.” I don’t know about you, but I’m getting pretty tired of living through world-changing events, like the biggest war in Europe since World War II. The UN has reported that over 600,000 Ukranians have fled their home for bordering nations in Europe, like Poland, who have welcomed these refugees with open arms — unless they are of African descent, in which case they are turned away at the border. The thousands of international students from Nigeria who were studying in Ukraine were prevented from leaving through the use of police force at the border and were denied passage by train. Also, men between the ages of 18 to 60 are banned from crossing borders and are expected to fight against the

Russian forces.

Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, is making an example of himself as he refused evacuation from his country, telling the U.S. that “the fight is here; I need ammunition, not a ride.”

While Putin’s forces swifty captured key areas like the Chornobyl power plant and the city of Melitopol, it appears that he greatly underestimated the powers of Ukraine. Civilians have taken up arms, as rifles are distributed and Molotov cocktails are prepared. Zelenskyy even invited foreigners to come to Ukraine to help them fight, with hundreds of requests pouring in to come to Ukraine’s aid.

It would be nice to see the same kind of support towards Israeli-occupied Palestine; a girl can dream.

The hypocrisy of Western powers has blatantly come to light over the past week, as the U.S. has condemned Putin's invasion and war crimes, yet committed similar terrors. The U.S. has sold bombs to Saudi Arabia that been have used in air-strikes to kill countless civilians (including children) in Yemen, despite Biden promising to cease “relevant arms sales.”

Just last month, the U.S. military was responsible for the killing of at least 13 civilians (six of whom were children) in a Syrian airstrike, yet when Russia takes similar actions it is condemned as a “a brutal assault … without provocation, without justification, without necessity.”

The Western media’s flagrant racism is also something to behold, as CBS reporter Charlie D’Agata lamented over Europeans suffering: “This isn’t a place, with all due respect, like Iraq or Afghanistan that has seen conflict raging for decades. This is a relatively civilized, relatively European — I have to choose those words carefully, too — city where you wouldn’t expect that, or hope that it’s going to happen.”

Ukraine and Russia have had tensions since Ukraine's independence from the Soviet Union in 1990, three decades ago.

Ukraine’s deputy chief prosecutor David Sakvarelidze told the BBC that “it’s very emotional for me because I see European people with blue eyes and blonde hair being killed.”

You know what's emotional for me, Sakvarelidze? The 12,000 Syrian children killed and wounded over the past ten years and the fact that Poland refused to take in refugees from a war that affects nonwhite, non-Christian people.

I’m not trying to hate on countries who are trying to help refugees fleeing from an unimaginably frightening scenario. I am in no way saying that a child’s death is any more or less devastating depending on their skin colour. I’d just like the same amount of concern from the media and backlash from Western powers when it is non-white countries who are under attack and it is brown and Black refugees who are in need of sanctuary.

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OPINION Column //

Sex & Relationships: how to find your next heartbreak online ANDREA SADOWSKI I was firmly against using dating apps for a very long time. I used to think apps like Tinder and Bumble were just for shallow people looking for a hookup, and I was only interested in dating people whom I first met in real-life scenarios. It turns out there are not a lot of opportunities for meet-cutes during a pandemic where half of everyone's face is covered most of the time. So, in an attempt to cure my debilitating loneliness, I started swiping.

This article is written from the perspective of a cis-hetero female, so if you are of a different gender or sexual orientation, your online dating experience will most likely be much different than mine. For example, one of my cis-het male friends told me that 90 per cent of the girls he matched with on dating apps were either robots or people trying to get OnlyFans subscribers.

However, I think that my advice on building a profile that more people will swipe right on, and safety measures for meeting in person, is applicable no matter who you date.

When deciding on which dating app to use, just remember that it’s generally the same pool of people on every one. It’s happened to me where I’ll swipe right on the same person on Tinder, then again on Facebook Date two months later, then again on Hinge another year after that. People recycle in and out of these apps as their relationships continue to disintegrate and they try to find someone new to fill the void. I don’t think it matters much which app you choose, as long as you are putting a genuine effort in creating an interesting profile and intentionally communicating with the people you match with. You will generally get similar results no matter which platform you choose.

First things first, make a profile worth swiping right on. The pictures you choose and the bio you write are absolutely crucial. Your first photo should be eye-catching and attention-grabbing in a good way.

It should speak to your personality, and show your smiling face clearly with no obstructions like masks or sunglasses. No nearly-naked mirror selfies or gym selfies. I don’t care how chiseled your abdominal muscles were the day you took that photo, it does not make a good first impression.

You should include one picture that encapsulates your interests — it could be a shot of you hiking, cooking, painting, but for the love of all things holy, please no pictures of you holding fish. I don’t know why every single male insists on a dead-fish photo, but I can assure you that it is wholly unnecessary. Also, if you have a pet, or live with one, include a photo of them or with them, this is important. Don’t use any group photos and don’t include any photos of children (I don’t care how much you love your son/niece/granddaughter/ second-cousin-once-removed, this child did not give their consent to be included in

your dating profile).

Arguably the hardest part of making a profile is writing a bio. Clever and funny bios are good, but what is better is a bio that actually says a little bit about who you are and what exactly you are looking for. Don’t psych yourself out too much, though, because no matter what you write,

“Be honest and tell people how you’re feeling, trust me, that's a very attractive quality to have” it’s better than writing nothing at all. Even if all you put is a couple of emojis and your favorite quote, that is better than a bio that reads “I’m bad at bios, if you want to know more about me, ask.” I see so many lame bios like this and it gives me no motivation whatsoever to swipe right on them. Give them a reason to swipe.

But most importantly, be true to yourself.

Don’t say how much you love the outdoors if all you enjoy doing is watching Netflix and playing video games. The more honest you are about who you are and what you’re looking for, the more success you will get out of these apps and finding genuine connections on them.

If you’re looking for a serious, long-term relationship, say that. Please don’t do what I did and pretend to be a chill, non-committal girl to attract a fun partner, when deep down inside all you want is to find your soulmate to spend the rest of your life with. This makes no sense. It’s like going through a McDonald’s drive-through and asking for a pizza. You’re not appearing desperate and needy by telling people you want a relationship, you’re just attracting the people who are meant for you and letting those who are not pass you by.

Where dating apps really come in handy is that you can choose your age and location preferences, two huge deciding factors in relationships. Don’t wanna date someone who lives an hour away from you?

Limit your distance. Want to date an older gentleman because you’re done playing around with immature boys? Set your age

filters to higher numbers.

Now that you’ve built the perfect profile and set your preferences on who you want to meet, you can start swiping. This is where people’s shallow nature really comes into play. We decide if we are interested in potential partners mostly based on the first picture they use of themselves.

I am very picky on these apps, and for every swipe right, I will have swiped left around 40 times. Yes, physical attraction is very important, but sometimes people just aren’t good at taking photos of themselves, so don’t base your swipe just on the quality of their photo. When swiping, consider these questions: what do you want in an ideal relationship? How much effort did this person put into making their profile?

What exactly interests you about them?

When you’ve swiped right a few times, you are likely to get some matches. When opening up the conversation, don’t begin with a “Hey, how are you?” That’s boring as hell. Instead, ask them an interesting question, or make a comment about something on their profile that attracted you to them. Ask them straight up, “what are you looking for on this app?” Or just ask them an interesting conversation starter to break the ice; my favorite question for a new match is: “what’s your most controversial opinion?”

no circumstance should you invite them to your place or go to theirs. You still essentially have no idea who this person is; do you really want a complete stranger from the internet knowing where you live?

Tell your friends/family/roommate where you're going on a date, and exactly who you’re going with. Give your emergency contact your match’s first and last name and their birth date just in case. You may think that I am overdoing it with this, but I’ve heard of enough Tinder horror stories that I’m not taking any chances, and neither should you.

I think we tend to know right away whether or not we feel a connection with someone. If there are no sparks flying, say thanks for the date and it was really interesting meeting you. Usually if there is no connection, you won’t be hearing from them and they won’t be hearing from you.

If they do ask for a second date, just tell them straight-up that you didn’t feel a connection and that you wish them all the best in their online dating endeavors.

If you vibed with your date, send them a text soon after your date; don’t wait for days. Send them a text once you get home telling them how cute you think they are and that you can’t wait to see them again.

Yes, that may feel like a risky text to some, but I try to avoid playing games whenever

Illustration by Brielle Quon

Try not to spend too much time conversing online. Once you have established that you are both interested in each other, and the person you are talking to is not a total creep, set up a date. Go to a public place.

My ideal first date is a walk in a park; that way, you’re not forced to make awkward face-to-face conversation with someone until you run out of coffee or beer. Under

possible. Be honest and tell people how you’re feeling; trust me, that's a very attractive quality to have.

Once you have found a connection and you feel settled and comfortable, delete the dating app together. You’ve found your mate. Until it all implodes in your face soon thereafter and you repeat the cycle all over again.

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OPINION Life //

Spotify’s backlash against The Joe Rogan Experience Are influential podcasts going a bit too far?

ANISA QUINTYNE At this point in time, we’ve all encountered COVID-19 misinformation on the internet to some extent. There’s the classic ongoing joke, or semi-belief, that if you place a magnet on the arm where the vaccine was, it’ll stick — because, well, microchips! And, of course, that the government is trying to brainwash us. I’ve also happened to hear, not voluntarily, that if you receive both Moderna and Pfizer doses and mix them like a cocktail, you’ll grow a second pair of eyes.

Obviously, these are clear examples of misinformation, but where do people get this from? Outrageous conspiracy theories of medical science are popularized through the media, with anti-vaccine radio hosts such as Dick Farrel referring to COVID-19 as a ‘scamdemic’ in the ears of hundreds of listeners. Farrel subsequently died from the virus after expressing his regrets of not taking the vaccine.

A few weeks ago, there were complaints for Spotify to remove The Joe Rogan Experience from their podcast services due to a spread in COVID-19 misinformation. To date, the podcast has released over 1,784 episodes with the first airing in 2009, supported by Spotify’s $100 million deal as the host shifted platforms to be alongside his collaborators.

So, what’s with the urging complaints?

Joe Rogan isn’t a stranger to embracing ev-

ery kind of guest that appears on his show.

He’s there to ask questions and talk to people who have something to say. He’s gone from smoking blunts with Elon Musk to nodding in silence at Kanye West’s grandmaster plan at running for U.S. president.

Now, in the face of medical science and his 200 million estimated monthly listeners, he’s given a platform to Alex Jones, one of his guests on the show who, among other things, is an incredibly vocal rightwing anti-government conspiracy theo-

rist. While that’s a mouthful of ridiculous buzzwords, Rogan gave his guest the opportunity to share damaging misinformation about the pandemic to his millions of viewers. Rogan, who for the most part embraces his guests with neutrality, interest, and genuine curiosity, is being flamed by critics for undeniably profiting from the exposure of harmful ideologies via ad revenue.

For someone with an entire Wikipedia page of conspiracy theories dedicated to

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his name, including “government-funded tornadoes” and “gay frogs” (yes, the name is what it implies), it’s definitely a head-tilt to hear that Jones has appeared as a guest on Rogan’s little gentleman’s club around three times now. After Spotify and The Joe Rogan Experience received immense backlash and calls to remove the show from their site, the company included new rules to combat COVID-19 misinformation. If there’s a podcast that includes any conversation of the pandemic, Spotify will redirect listeners to their new COVID-19 information hub. Here, listeners are essentially spoon-fed correct information regarding COVID-19 vaccines without the added effect of pseudoscience or unsubstantial medical ‘evidence’.

There are critics with pitchforks and torches in hand who claim — with all their free time — that deplatforming is a form of censorship that reduces critical thinking and free thought. If you can’t have people like Rogan who present a neutral, heavy-handed platform with people of all experiences to express their thoughts, then who is responsible for diversifying the roster of opinions? Who is going to help decide the masqueraded truth in a sea of lies?

With critical thinking, there’s another choice: is this unsound conspiracy theorist worth spending two to three hours of your day watching? If the answer is no, then of course you have the option to close that tab and embrace other mediums — preferably one’s more reputable.

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The Conscious Consumer: could our Netflix addictions be ruining the planet?

Conversations about sustainability in an unsustainable world SYDNEY MARCHAND When I moved out on my own, I opted not to invest in cable TV and instead, I chose to fill my entertainment roster with an array of streaming services. Like many people, Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Crave, and Disney Plus have quickly become my “goto” place to binge my favourite TV shows and waste my life away. Thanks to these sites, gone are the days that we had to worry about timing our bathroom habits around commercial breaks, remember to reserve new movie releases at Blockbusters, have to wait an entire week for new episodes to be released — or, God forbid, miss an episode altogether. These services offer us an incredible amount of convenience in our lives that I think we often take for granted.

Besides the frustration — or rage — that we feel when these services decide to stop offering certain shows or movies (I was

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truly crushed when Nexflix refused my right to exercise my Friends addiction), there doesn’t seem to be much to complain about. I’ve learned, though, that when something seems “too good to be true,” it probably is. And so — and I hate to break it to you — but yes, our beloved streaming services have a negative effect on our environment.

Similar to how our email accounts need to connect to data centers to power our inboxes, streaming sites also take a large amount of energy to power these entertainment services.

The energy that streaming companies use to power their data centers and distribute content to subscribers, accounts for about 3.3 per cent of global carbon emissions. To put this into perspective, just a short 30 minutes of screen time causes the data servers to use enough energy to emit 1.6 kg of carbon dioxide. So the more you watch, the bigger the environmental impact.

Especially in today’s world, where COVID-19 left us locked down in our homes and hooked on watching Tiger King on repeat, these services are only increasing their consumer traffic and, in turn, their energy usage. In fact, streaming services are said to account for up to 87 per cent of internet traffic since the pandemic, with 75 per cent of people noting that they have significantly increased their streaming time since the pandemic hit.

Although Netflix did release a sustainability report in 2019 that outlined their support of emission-reducing projects, their solution felt lacking. Instead of outlining energy-saving solutions, they expressed their commitment to donating excess food waste, reducing in-office paper use, and featuring David Attenborough documentaries about environmental issues to bring awareness to these major global issues. As much as I love Attenborough (seriously, I am a big fan), there doesn’t seem to be much accountability

taken by a major streaming company to rectify this problem.

While I strongly believe that large companies need to take responsibility for these environmental impacts, subscribers of these services can take small steps in reducing how much energy they use.

Apart from the sheer volume of files that these companies store in data centers, a large environmental culprit seems to be the upgrade to High-Definition (HD) files.

Although the visual quality is better, HD files are larger and use up more energy to process through data centers. So an easy fix is to just switch your default setting to Standard-Definition (SD) instead.

And as a general rule of thumb, try your best not to stream content that you are just turning on as a background distraction, be conscious of your screen time, and ask yourself if your “Netflix and chill” date is worth the added carbon footprint.

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Fifth Olympic gold to women’s hockey My favourite feminist icon My favorite feminist icon is Malala Yousafzai. In 2014, at the age of 17, she became the Nobel Peace Prize's youngest (shared) receiver. The Pakistani activist was well-known for promoting girls' education and for blogging on BBC BBC’s ’s Urdu language site about Taliban control in her hometown. In 2012, she was shot in the head by the Taliban but survived, continuing her fight for women's education.

Yousafzai was named on Time Time's 's list of the world's most important personalities in 2009. I Am Malala, Malala, her debut novel, was launched in 2013 after she delivered

a powerful speech at the United Nations.

I admire her so much because I have never seen someone so brave before, and because of how she stands up for herself.

As an education activist, Yousafzai gave a speech at the age of 11 entitled "How Dare the Taliban Take Away My Basic Right to Education?" She has set an example for all the women out there by being such a fearless woman at such a young age.

Priya Ghuman

An ode to Joe As a connoisseur of the exquisite and finer tastes in life, I have always searched and tested where the focal points of functionality, intellect, and emotion meet, arriving at the conclusion that it is simply in food. More specifically, in comfort foods.

Warm soup on a chilly day, a big bowl of ice cream with sprinkles, pie; the list of great comforting foods can go on and on.

As a civilized and learned young manchild, I have come to the conclusion that the meatball sandwich is the epitome of comfort foods. There isn’t an emotion that a good meatball sandwich, with its beautiful simplicity, cannot complement or cure. The sandwich fits any reason to eat food and is the perfect choice on days where the only agenda is to chill. In my years of research and on-the-ground experience, the best meatball sandwich comes from Joe’s Italian Deli.

The key to Joe’s sandwich is ordering it with mozzarella cheese. An obvious yes, as cheese makes everything better, the mozzarella on the meatball doesn’t divert or steal any glory or praise from the sandwich. Instead, it complements the decadent ensemble like a good cast member to complete the taste, satiation, and mouthfeel that Joe’s sandwich already knocks out of the park. While there are other options to order at Joe’s Italian Deli that are undoubtedly excellent in their own way, there isn’t another that does the job that a comfort food needs to do quite like Joe’s meatball sandwich, which can be summarized in a simple word and phrase similar to Henry Cavill’s biceps. Perfection.

Teryn Midzain

As a hockey parent, I was very interested in watching the women’s ice hockey gold medal game. The rivalry between Team Canada and the U.S. is incredible and has created so many unbelievable moments at both the Olympics and the World Championships. But my main interest in watching was to share the game with my daughter — a developing hockey player — and support her through the roller coaster that these high-level games offer.

My daughter and her hockey teammates were eager and excited for the Canadians to win the game. Canada came out strong and led all the way to the final whistle. When they did win, I think my daughter screamed so loud that she didn’t need her phone to communicate with her friends — half of Chilliwack must have heard her cheer-

ing.

I was thrilled by the game but even more impressed by my daughter’s reaction. Her support of the Canadian women’s hockey team grew. The example that they provide for young female players is building a foundation for generations to come. My daughter and I spoke about how these women, in the face of considerable adversity and gender inequality, sacrifice so much to train, play, and succeed in a sport dwarfed by their counterparts in men’s leagues around the world.

I believe it is so valuable for a young woman to have role models like the Canadian women’s hockey team.

Steve Hartwig

Sometimes you just have to quit I’ve worked at the same restaurant for the last eight years. It’s been a wild ride, to say the least, and I’ve met many wonderful people along the way. This week, though, I made the decision to put my mental health first, and quit.

Consciously taking the steps to take some serious life changes is freakin’ scary. And trust me, I’ve cried more than once trying to convince myself that it was “okay” to take the risk and make such a life-altering decision. I have sat comfortably in the lifestyle that I’ve built by working this job — I am not one that likes change in general — and so, actively choosing to step out of my comfort zone and risk not knowing what the future has in store for me has me shitting my pants.

I’ve learned, though, that it takes a lot of willpower and courage to decide to put your own mental health over pleasing others. Don’t stay in a job because it is convenient or because you fear letting your boss down. Don’t stay in a job because you’ve been convinced that the money is worth more than your sanity. Trust me, it isn’t.

You can’t experience new things, embrace opportunities, or meet new people if you don’t open yourself up to change. And sometimes taking a break to breathe and focus on yourself is the only way to move forward.

At least, that’s what I’m telling myself.

Sydney Marchand

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Sexualized Violence on Campus: what you need to know An in-depth look at the UFV Sexualized Violence Policy and the support available for survivors of sexualized violence in the post-secondary setting

By Allison Holcik

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n a 2019 study by Statistics Canada, it was discovered that 71 per cent of Canadian post-secondary students have experienced or witnessed some form of sexualized violence in a post-secondary school setting. The 2019 study found that one in ten female students had experienced a sexual assault in the past year and less than one in ten survivors reported what happened to someone from their school. Why is sexualized violence such a rampant issue in Canadian universities? What is being done at UFV to prevent sexualized violence and support those who have been victims of sexualized violence at school?

How is sexualized violence defined?

“Sexualized violence” is a term that is thrown around a lot at the university level. In fact, it is actually an umbrella term used to encompass verbal or written cases of: assault, exploitation, harassment, stalking, or indecent exposure with sexual intent. Examples of sexualized violence can include: making or recieving unwanted sexualized contact, touching, advances, requests for sexual favors, or sexually suggestive physical or verbal behaviors without the consent of everyone involved. In an online capacity, sexualized violence can include requesting or sending sexual content or making suggestive comments without consent.

While sexual violence is an incredibly diverse issue, many people experience sexualized violence through someone they know. This is referred to as “date/ aquaintence rape” and is the case for approximatly eight out of every ten sexual assaults. In these cases, a partner, classmate, family member, colleague or friend is the perpetrator.

When people talk about the reasons why sexualized violence is such a huge issue, a lack of education and consent culture is the first problem cited by many experts from advocacy groups, like Students for Consent Culture Canada (SCCC). Our society focuses much The other kind of sexual assault is referred to as “stranger more on protecting perpetrators than rape” which occurs when the perpetrator is not known to protecting and supporting victims, the victim beforehand. This is the type of rape that is more according to Jaleen MacKay, project 71 per cent of Canadian postoften aknowledged by the public, but is significantly less coordinator for SCCC, a student secondary students have likely than aquaintance rape. Stranger rape can take three and survivor based advocacy forms: blitz assault, where the rapist quickly attacks the group focused on improving the experienced or witnessed some victim, usually in a public place and without previous handling of sexualized violence on form of sexualized violence in a contact, contact sexual assault, where the attacker tries campuses throughout Canada. She post-secondary school setting. to coercse the victim into trusting them before attacking, says that the main factors leading to and home invasion sexual assault, where the attacker sexualized violence include the rape assaults the victim in their home. culture that our society has allowed to exist, which trickles down to universities and is not addressed What is “consent culture?” at the university level. Rape culture is a term that describes the tendency for society to normalize and excuse the presence of rape.

MacKay expressed the importance of “consent culture” and its role in sexualized violence prevention. Consent as a term is both incredibly simple and yet shockingly complex to define and use.

What are the main problems that lead to sexualized There is a lot more to understanding why sexual assault and violence on campus? harassment happens than just not “saying no.” The idea of consent culture is to harbour a community understanding that mutual “There’s a lot of factors that contribute to [sexualized violence] and you can’t consent should be the main focus during all sexual encounters. really point at one thing,” said MacKay. “Though the term has pretty bad press, I Consent is often seen as a grey area during sexual interactions, would say that a lack of a culture of consent, a rape culture, people not having the especially with intimate partners. It can be hard to read someone’s tools that they need to navigate those discussions [is the main issue]. Again, a lack feelings and reactions during the moment, which can lead to of consent in those personal relationships. huge issues down the line. Open communication with everyone “The short answer is we have not done enough as a society to cultivate these ways involved is key. Unless there is enthusiastic reciprocation from all of creating consent. I definitely could point to the universities as abdicating their sides, sexual conduct should not continue. A lack of a verbal “no’’ responsibility as being another major reason why this happens.” does not mean that consent has been given, and remaining silent is a huge indicator that your partner is uncomfortable with what is going on but is afraid to say anything.

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It can be incredibly hard to say no, even when you know there will not be any consequences. In many cases, the interaction can start out as consensual, but ends up going beyond what someone

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is comfortable with. Consent can be withdrawn at any time, no matter what the situation is. It cannot be offered when someone is not mentally or physically present. Someone who is drunk, high, unconscious, asleep or underage can never give consent, no matter what predicates it. Furthermore, consent must be freely given.

If someone feels pressured or threatened to participate in sexual acts of any kind, they cannot offer consent. Consent can seem tricky, but the key is to know your partner, trust them, be aware of their boundaries and have an open, non-judgemental stream of communication before and during sex to ensure everyone is safe and enjoys themselves.

The idea of consent culture is to harbour a community understanding that mutual consent should be the main focus during all sexual encounters.

How are universities abdicating their responsibilities with regards to sexualized violence policies?

According to the SCCC, UFV’s sexualized violence policy (policy 236) needs work. The provincial laws about university sexualized violence policies states that “post-secondary institutions must review it’s sexual misconduct policy at least once every three years.” Revisions to UFV’s policy began in 2020 and are ongoing until today. The policy still leaves out important terminology, like stealthing (when someone puts on a condom but sneaks it off before completion without their partner(s) knowledge).

At the beginning of November 2020, a committee was formed to begin discussions about the revision of the UFV policy. Since then, many hour-long meetings have taken place over Zoom, with approximately 30 students and staff in attendance. Their main focus has been around the term consent and how it should be defined in policy 236. The committee has been meeting every three weeks for the past year, and are almost done with the complete revamping of policy 236. According to committee member Kyle Baillie, Executive Director of Student Affairs, the policy will be given to the Secretariat for student feedback by the beginning of April 2022.

What needs to be done before we can say “we have solved sexualized violence on campus”?

system that views women as lower class people, or even worse, as objects for sexual gratification. This makes it easy for women and their experiences to be discredited and disbelieved.

The police, an integral part of the capitalist system, has seen its fair share of uproar recently, especially with regards to the unequal treatment of people due to their race or gender. This has been an issue for as long as the police have existed, and is a significant part of the reason that so few instances of sexualized violence are formally reported, (around five per cent of sexual assault are believed to be reported). The likelihood of a false report of sexualized violence is exceedingly improbable, but one in every five sexualized violence reports are dismissed by the police as unfounded. It is unacceptable that the investigative body of our society so strongly allies with the perpetrators of sexualized violence.

According to legal scholar, Michelle J. Anderson, “Police may think a rape claim is false or unfounded if the victim had a prior relationship with the attacker, used drugs or alcohol at the time of the attack, lacked visible signs of injury, delayed notifying police, did not have a rape exam, blames [themself] for the rape, or did not immediately conceive of the assault as a rape.” These parameters are horrifying and a completely unjustified way to discard a report. It is no wonder so few sexualized violence cases are ever reported.

Part of the reason sexualized violence is such a huge issue around the globe is because of the way that our society, with its capitalist backbone, views the acceptability of sexualized violence.

How has the opinion and treatment of sexualized violence reports changed over time?

The Canadian legal definition of sexualized violence is “any unwanted sexual act done by one person to another or sexual activity without one person’s consent or voluntary agreement.”

Back in the 1950’s the Yale Law Journal described how difficult rape cases were to accurately judge in court due to women “saying no but meaning yes.” According to that literature, women said no but were either unsure about what they actually wanted, had their “physical pleasure heightened by a physical struggle” or were attracted to the man’s “brutal nature.” The journal describes the way charges should ignore physical evidence of a struggle on the victim’s body due to the woman’s “wanting a struggle” and then changing their minds afterwards.

60 years was not long enough to shift this victim-blaming approach, according to a Toronto police officer in 2011, who said “I’ve been told I’m not supposed to say this—however, women should avoid dressing like sluts in order not to be victimized” during a university safety forum for women.

The prevalence of sexualized violence at universities is a problem around the world.

At Harvard University, there was a recent report against a professor for “non-academic misconduct,” which is a public-relations-approved way of saying sexualized violence.

When the news of this report came out, 38 of the professor’s colleagues wrote an open letter describing his conduct towards them and how professional and kind he was. This The likelihood of a false report of is apparently supposed to show that he is innocent, but what it really tells the public sexualized violence is exceedingly is that reports of sexalized violence are only improbable, but one in every five taken seriously when they are committed by sexualized violence reports are dismissed someone without a good social standing.

“It will vary from institution to institution, and depends on how philosophical you want to get about it,” said MacKay. “The long by the answer is as an organization, Students for Consent Culture is explicitly anti-capitalist and anti-colonialist. We have specific policy measures that we take to not only say that we have those values, but to live up to them and to put them into practice. So some people in our organization to answer that question would say, ‘well, if we want to end all sexual violence, we also need to end colonialism, we need to end components of capitalism, toxic workplace cultures, etc.”

Many people argue that sexualized violence stems from the very way our society runs. Capitalism as a whole is based on a patriarchal

police as unfounded.

In response, a survivor of sexualized violence wrote about seeing the letter published, and how it made her, as a survivor, feel. Often, the public is offered one of two perspectives on sexualized violence; that of the survivor, which is emotionally driven (for good reason), but is often disregarded, or the legally worded court proceedings, which offer no explanation for the prolonged effects of sexualized violence upon those who have experienced it, but is much more difficult for people to discredit. Truly, the only way to get an accurate view of sexualized violence and its effects on everyone involved, is to look at a combination of the two. Once this has happened, people are in a position to re-write the related policies, in a way that has a legal backbone and addresses the needs of survivors.

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What is actually being done to prevent sexualized violence on campuses? “[Well,] there’s what universities say they’re doing, what they say they’re going to do in the future and what they’re actually doing and all three are completely different,” said Mackay. “It varies very much from university to university. In some places, it’s a couple of people working in an office and they handle everything sexual violence related. Some universities like UBC or SFU, for example, have entire centers or clinics that are devoted to helping people who have experienced sexual violence.”

Sexualized violence stems from the very way our society runs. Capitalism as a whole is based on a patriarchal system that views women as lower class people, or, even worse, as objects for sexual gratification.

Survivors are often treated without respect or consideration for their needs when trying to get justice and support. An example of that would be the non-disclosure agreements (NDA) that are frequently applied to survivors, not having standalone policies for managing sexual violence, and then not having impartial-like third party investigators for sexual violence on campuses.

MacKay says that “universities [need] to be accountable for their actions. We would need transparency on their policies and their procedures and the statistics that come out of them in terms of how they’re managing their sexual violence complaints.”

At UFV, there is a Sexualized Violence Prevention group, which is a part of the Student Life department. It is made up of three full-time staff members and a selection of volunteer peer educators, who facilitate educational workshops, train educators on how to teach about sexualized violence prevention, as well as manage any reports or disclosures that come in and provide support for sexualized violence survivors. Unfortunately, with only three full-time staff members, the SVP is not reaching its full potential. With more funding, investigation times could be shortened and further support and education could be offered.

Adding more personnel could also allow for UFV to put on workshops about navigating the policy itself and to conduct more research on the sexualized violence that happens at UFV right now, like they did with the Campus Climate Survey.

What is lobbying and how does it affect UFV students

At UFV, advocacy is being done to help with the issue of sexual violence among postsecondary institutions, through lobbying.

Lobbying is the creation of speeches and the meeting of activists and students with Members of Parliament, to discuss the topics that affect students and offer opinions, experiences and requests to better the lives of students. It brings awareness to the issues faced by students and gives them a voice that they may not otherwise have.

UFV’s Student Union Society took part in lobbying at the beginning of February with the provincial government about sexualized violence on campus and offered “asks” to be made part of the provincially mandated rules for universities and their sexualized violence policies. After a year of research led by SUS’s VP External Ashley McDougall, partnered with the Alliance for B.C. Students, students were able to discuss what they wanted to change and update about the sexualized violence policy rules and prevention tactics in place across the province. There were two main asks, according to McDougall, namely a province-wide minimum sexualized violence policy standard, to address the inconsistencies found with standalone policies adopted by individual universities, and broader/increased annual funding for the upkeep and increase of services offered by university sexualized violence prevention groups.

If these asks are accepted, students would see “BC institutions [who are] able to put the minimum standards within their own policies and each institution [would] reassess their policies to create these minimum standards,” said McDougall. “That is definitely a positive step forward for all students who may experience sexualized violence now or in the future.

This also means that programming and offices on campuses will become more accessible to students and that if [sexualized violence] does happen to them that they won’t have to fight to advocate for themselves and their needs.”

What support does UFV offer students through their Sexualized Violence Prevention (SVP) Team?

UFV has a Sexualized Violence Prevention (SVP) group, which can be found in the Student Union Building, room S111b on the Abbotsford Campus. The Cascade spoke to the SVP’s Student Support Acting Manager, Bryanna Anderson, and the Sexualized Violence Prevention Program Assistant, Philippa Chapman, to discuss the role of the SVP in the prevention of on campus sexualized violence and the support available to those who have experienced it.

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What is the role of the SVP team?

The SVP is “a program under Student Life, [who respond] to policy 236, which is UFV’s Policy for the Prevention and Intervention of Sexualized Violence,” said Anderson. “Primarily, we are a peer led education team, who run workshops and advocate and facilitate conversations around sexualized violence, to promote education and start conversations around change and creating cultures of consent at UFV.” The SVP also responds to reports of sexualized violence through the student support team and student support coordinators at UFV. Anderson said they “focus on sexualized violence, consent and then also receiving disclosures [and reports, and try] to equip [their] focus community with the skills they need to respond to students who do disclose this information in a supportive and friendly way.”

What resources does the SVP team offer students and staff at UFV with regards to sexualized violence prevention?

“There are two primary types of workshops,” said Chapman.

“One is surrounding consent, and talking about the baseline of what constitutes sexualized violence, how to communicate around consent, and normalizing some of those conversations. The second is [training for] support and being trauma informed in receiving disclosures. Our consent training is often for students living in a dorm like Baker House, or first year students. A lot of our support workshops are for student leaders; those that would be in a situation [where they are] receiving disclosures, and trying [to ensure] people on campus are trauma informed, specifically athletes or people that are in student-paraprofessional positions, so that they have that knowledge base to support those who have experienced sexualized violence.”

A key part of UFV’s approach to supporting survivors of sexualized violence focuses on trauma-informed communication, according to Anderson. The main focus with trauma-informed communication is to not cause more harm than has already been done, and to offer as many opportunities to make choices as possible for people who have had so many choices taken from them. It is important to be aware of the lasting and widespread effects of sexualized violence, and try to help survivors as much as possible to alleviate the strain that the incident itself and the process to report has placed upon the survivor.

In a Masters thesis done by University of Victoria student Kenya Rogers, a survivor of sexualized violence states that traumainformed support is “not re-doing the harm that’s already been done. Someone who has survived sexualized violence has had choices taken away from them, they have been forced into precarity, they’ve been forced into pain and shame…You recognize not only that what happened specifically in the instance of sexualized violence is not the fault of the person who experienced it, but also the fall out financially, emotionally, academically. That is the responsibility of a bureaucratic system to take seriously.”

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What happens when sexual violence occurs on campus?

What can survivors do when this happens and how does the process work to take action if they chose to do so?

“There are two main ways that action can be taken when sexualized violence occurs,” Anderson mentions. “The first is a disclosure; telling someone else about something that you experienced without necessarily wanting action afterwards or right away. It is usually a conversation that is meant to seek and receive support, whereas a report is filing a complaint of a policy violation to the institution and requesting them to take action.

“There are several ways this can happen,” said Anderson. “People tend to disclose to the folks that they feel comfortable with and that they trust across the campus community, but we also have a link that students can use if they want to give us their first name [and] how they want to be contacted, and then someone from my team, the Student Support team, will reach out to that student in the way that they prefer and just have a conversation about the support that they’re looking for.

They don’t have to tell us any of the details in order to get support, but they can just use this link to identify themselves, [and say] ‘hey, something happened and I want to connect with someone.’”

According to Chapman, “support can look like a whole variety of things. Often students assume that the only support offered would be counseling [and that is a big part of what is offered], but [there is also] tangible support, like academic accommodation, advocating to a prof for extensions or adjustments to assignments, financial support with food banks, etc.”

“Filing a report is done through the Safe Student Learning Community page.

All a survivor has to do is follow the link for reporting or disclosing and then fill out the form,” said Anderson. “However, it is important to know that if a report is made, the accused has to be told what the allegations are and who made them.

They will not get all the details, but will be told the facts about what they are being accused of.” While the report or disclosure process is being carried out, Student Support Coordinators are available to all involved to work through the process, access any information they need and find out what method works best for them.

“Students Support Coordinators are available to walk students through [the report/disclosing] process so they don’t have to make that decision and fill out [the forms] on their own,” said Anderson. “[Students can] email studentssupport@ufv.ca to connect with one of us and just have a conversation about what it is they’re looking for and get support in an informed way. ” A formal investigation is carried out once someone reports an instance of sexualized violence on campus. When this happens, a Student Support Coordinator will contact them within 72 hours to discuss what will happen next, which are investigative interviews and the notification to the alleged perpetrator of the allegations against them and who made them.

Then, each party goes through interviews which are recorded but remain confidential. During the interviews, all involved are not allowed to have legal counsel, as the investigation is not a legal one, but may bring a support person or a Student Support Coordinator. At the end of interviews, which can include witnesses and anyone else thought to have been involved and which take approximately 45 business days, a written announcement of the decision will be sent to the reportee and the alleged perpetrator. During the investigative process, support is offered to all parties, both through academic accommodations, a Student Support Coordinator and further counseling if required.

Can students simultaneously report to UFV and the police if they choose to do so?

“Simultaneous reports can occur,” said Anderson. “The investigations [at UFV] will often take a pause while police investigations are going on, but that doesn’t mean that UFV does not respond to safety concerns related to that. It doesn’t mean that if there is a police investigation, UFV doesn’t do anything about the academic or the student experience, it means that the actual investigation piece may be on hold, but that doesn’t mean that nothing will be done in the meantime.

“There’s something that is called ‘interim measures,’ that is part of the policy,” Anderson continues. “Essentially, [it means that UFV hasn’t] made a decision or finished [their] investigation, but in the meantime, there are conditions that must be in place while we sort this out. It might be a case of interim measures being placed on the respondent, which might include no contact, it might include them not being on campus, etc., depending on the severity of it.

No contact is a common one. Even though the investigations might be on hold during a police investigation because we don’t want to interfere with a criminal investigation in any way, it doesn’t mean that students’ needs won’t be addressed on their own campus.”

While UFV continues to work towards a safer campus, until the community and our society as a whole decides to support survivors instead of disbelieving them, and bring justice instead of defending perpetrators, sexualized violence will continue to be an issue.

Sexualized violence on post-secondary campuses is a complex topic that universities across Canada, and internationally, are continually struggling to address. At UFV, updates to the Sexualized Violence Policy (policy 236) are being finalized after a full rewrite. The Sexualized Violence Prevention Group is working with all the resources they have to address the issues brought up in their Campus Climate Survey, which is available upon request.

Educational workshops and videos are being made available to students and staff, and SUS is lobbying the provincial government to make sexualized violence policies across B.C. more seamless and to increase the funding for the vital sexualized violence support systems in place at universities. While UFV continues to work towards a safer campus, until the community and our society as a whole decides to support survivors instead of disbelieving them, and bringing justice instead of defending perpetrators, sexualized violence will continue to be an issue. The first step to solving this issue is for everyone to educate themselves on sexualized violence and consent, and hold our community and campus accountable for the prevention and reaction to sexualized violence.

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CULTURE

culture@ufvcascade.ca Steve Hartwig — Culture Editor

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Cascade Kitchen:

Vegan Blueberry Scones

Vegan Blueberry Scones. 2022. (Sydney Marchand/The Cascade)

SYDNEY MARCHAND The Cascade Kitchen is a student-run food column that brings you budget-friendly recipes and cooking tips. Check back bi-weekly for something new to try in the kitchen, or if you want to see your own recipe featured next, get started by reaching out to culture@ufvcascade.ca.

Sometimes, all it takes is a fresh pastry and a hot cup of coffee to set your day up for success. This week, I baked some blueberry scones. The recipe is inspired

by Jillian Harris’ vanilla cherry scone recipe, but I swapped out the cherries for frozen blueberries and adjusted the recipe to make it vegan and nut-free. I prefer to use frozen berries over fresh or dehydrated ones because they hold together better when they are baked and really burst in your mouth when you bite into them. If you don’t have blueberries, you can swap them out for whatever other berry you have on hand.

Cook time: 30 minutes Makes: 8 scones Ingredients: ¾ cup oat milk 1 tsp vanilla extract 2 cups all-purpose flour ¼ cup sugar 4 tsp baking powder ¼ tsp salt ⅓ cup cold vegan butter (I used the Becel plant-based baking sticks)

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1 cup frozen blueberries 2 tbsp oat milk 2 tbsp coarse sugar Method: 1. Preheat the oven to 450°F. Line baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone baking mats.

2. In a small bowl, combine the ¾ cup oat milk with the vanilla.

3. In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt.

4. Cut the butter into the flour mixture using a pastry blender or your fingers, breaking up the butter into small pea-sized pieces.

5. Add the milk mixture and the berries to the flour mixture and gently mix them together with a plastic spatula. Do not overmix. The dough will look rough and uneven.

6. Empty dough onto a floured surface and gently shape it into a disc about 1 ½ inches thick.

7. With a sharp knife, cut the dough into eight even pieces. Place individual pieces onto the prepared baking mats and then use a pastry brush to lightly brush each scone with the remaining two tablespoons of oat milk. Sprinkle with coarse sugar.

8. Bake for about 15 to 20 minutes or until golden brown. Serve and enjoy!

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CULTURE Community Spotlight //

Save Old Growth: one group’s demand to end all old-growth logging in BC “People do have the power to make a change and they need to use that power soon because we don’t have a lot of time.”

ANDREA SADOWSKI Save Old Growth is a civil disobedience movement whose aim is to “create a national discussion about the fact that we are faced with an extermination event” by repeatedly blocking the Trans Canada Highway.

Johannah, a 19-year-old biology student, is one of the coordinators of the Save Old Growth campaign. She got involved in this direct-action movement in October 2021 after visiting the Fairy Creek blockade and seeing what protecting old growth forests was like on the front lines.

“It was a really eye-opening experience for me to see the beauty of the ecosystem there and how many people were willing to stand up and fight for that,” said Johannah.

During this trip, Johannah also realized that she had that same power to create change, so she got involved in the Save Old Growth campaign to bring this fight out

of the bush and into the city where protestors and blockaders are harder to ignore.

While the Fairy Creek blockades act as the defense, Save Old Growth is the offense.

Save Old Growth’s main strategy is creating human traffic blockades on the Trans Canada highway where protestors will physically sit on the road, sometimes even supergluing themselves to the concrete, to be removed only through police intervention.

Similar civil disobedience campaigns have been fought around the world, where non-violent citizen groups put pressure on the government to make concrete changes regarding their specific demands. Such a group is Insulate Britain, who went from zero to 77 per cent name recognition in the U.K. within three weeks. Their demands were for the government to lower carbon emissions, create jobs, and save people from freezing to death in their homes over the winter by insulating houses. The group blocked major highways in the country repeatedly until the government was forced to meet their demands.

Photo courtesy of Save Old Growth

Johannah and Zain. BC Law Courts; Vancouver. Feb. 15, 2022. (Save Old Growth)

“We’re essentially locked in for a two degree increase in the global temperature,” said Johannah. “That’s what scientists have been saying for a while. We used to have time to avoid that, and now we’re really quickly running out of time to make meaningful change.”

A two degree increase may not seem like a lot, but in reality this means food shortages, starvation, and conflict. Studies show that 1.2 billion people could be displaced by climate disasters by the year 2050.

“The government knows that,” said Johannah, “the leading scientists know that, yet despite that … they’re continuing to log these thousand year-old trees and I think that’s just absolutely unacceptable.”

The majority of people in B.C. are against old-growth logging. However, many are hesitant to join the resistance and get involved in this movement because they believe that their protests will ultimately fall on deaf ears. So many climate movements in the past have failed due to campaigners burning out or because their actions are too easy for the government to ignore.

Johannah explained that this highlystrategic, six month-long campaign around a single, specific demand will hopefully be successful because of their coordination with similar movements around the world and their protests that capture the attention of the public.

“It’s something that can’t be ignored,” said Johannah. “It builds up enough momentum, and as people see that momentum building and they see regular people are able to do something big like this and make a change, I really hope that’s going to open people’s eyes and [make them] realize they do have the power to make change.

“I personally really dislike the tactic,” said Johannah. “I really don’t like doing it … It pisses a lot of people off. But the idea

is that it pisses so many people off that they can’t help but talk about it.”

The majority of people would agree that cutting down thousand-year-old trees and destroying the rich biodiversity these environments contain is wrong, yet this practice is still happening everyday, with less than 3 per cent of old growth forests in BC remaining. The point of the campaign is to put such immense pressure on the government that they have no choice but to immediately end old growth logging.

It’s too late for easy-to-ignore campaigns like picketing outside Parliament and signing petitions. In order to see any change, activists are forced to enact highly disruptive methods. The campaign won’t put an end to climate change, but it will provide a much-needed win in the environmental movement. This win will hopefully create a snowball effect that will encourage more citizen-led direct-action campaigns around the world.

If you want to go down fighting, join this campaign. To be a part of an action you need to first attend a virtual talk orienting yourself to the group’s mission and an in-person training about nonviolent civil resistance. After completing this training you will be put in a team, assigned a role, and can start blocking highways.

Attend the talk on Saturday, Mar. 6 at 3:00 p.m. in Matsqui Recreation Center to learn more.

If you’re interested, direct message the Instagram account @ Save Old Growth, or email saveoldgrowth@protonmail. com with the following information: your name, phone number, city of residence, and how many times you are willing to be arrested.

“People do have the power to make a change, and they need to use that power soon because we don’t have a lot of time.”

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CULTURE Artist Spotlight //

The Romantic, Intergalactic, and Sixties-Loving World of Devon Riley UFV film photographer shares her love for the sixties, galaxies and flowers ALVINA KUMAR Last semester, photographer Devon Riley completed her Bachelor’s of Fine Arts program with a double minor in graphic and visual arts. Riley grew up in Chilliwack, B.C., and after graduating high school, she didn’t know what she wanted to study. However, Riley knew that she liked art. She credits UFV for allowing her to pursue various interests like painting, graphic design and video production, ultimately leading her to the world of film photography.

It’s clear that Riley is an artist with many dimensions; she makes collages from vintage magazines that she collects.

Some of her collages are pictures of space and people from the sixties. Riley also uses flowers in her photography, which shows the romanticism in her artwork.

She explains that it was an art history course, which focused on 18th century romanticism, that inspired her to use this concept in her photography. According to

Riley, “it is haunting, but beautiful and sublime.”

Riley found her artistic style in her third year of university, and started experimenting using double exposure.

In the Dream Series, Riley takes a black and white photo of UFV photographer Cobi Timmermans in double exposure.

In doing so, she creates the illusion that Timmermans is entering different realms in a dream world that is peaceful and nightmarish.

Riley takes her inspiration from artists like Cindy Sherman and Andy Warhol, whose strong use of color, screen printing, and film stills have made a strong

impression on Riley’s work. In a world that mainly emphasizes the importance

“Success looks different for everyone and as long as you enjoy what you’re doing and get something out of it that is positive, growing, learning, taking in everything and changing your ways of thinking as you go.” of studying science or business, Riley explains that she stays motivated because of the joy that photography brings her and the excitement of leaving interesting

results up to chance. As a photographer, she firmly believes that art has a place in society. “[In] all the major movements throughout history, art reflects back what happened in that time; it is an important tool to use to see how people were thinking at the time.”

Her advice to art lovers is to use their own imagination in their life and look for art everywhere and think in new ways.

“Success looks different for everyone, and as long as you enjoy what you’re doing and get something out of it that is positive, growing, learning, taking in everything, and changing your ways of thinking as you go.”

So, what’s next for this romantic, intergalactic, and sixties-loving photographer?

Riley is making another art series and would like to show her work in exhibitions. Finally, she hopes to end her academic journey by completing a master’s in Fine Arts.

Photos courtesy of Devon Riley

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CULTURE Preview //

Putting on a show-Pericles comes to UFV UFV Theatre Dept. gets ready to show Shakespeare’s Pericles ALLISON HOLCIK As UFV’s theatre department prepares the script for their April showing of Pericles, The Cascade sat down with stage manager Keegan Zaporozan and director Anna Griffith to learn more about the selection and adaptation process that takes place for theatre productions.

Pericles is a story authored by Shakespeare in collaboration with other playwrights, leading to a script with a distinct variation in writing style from beginning to end and linguistic changes that make it much easier to understand than some of Shakespeare’s other works. It follows the story of Prince Pericles as he is forced to leave his home and sail from port to port due to his reckless actions. He is searching for the answer to the question: how far must we travel to come home?

Director Anna Griffth discussed why

the play was chosen for this season’s theatre production and why it will resonate with UFV students, staff and alumni. She says that “we selected Pericles because many of the themes within it resonate with what we are living through in the pandemic. It is a story about a family separated by circumstances but then ultimately reunited. It is a play full of singing and dancing.

So, it is really a celebration piece as we shift back to live, in-person theatre.”

Part of the process to put on a play, after the selection of the story, are the changes made to the script to ensure it fits with the unique environment of UFV and its theatre department. Griffth mentioned the adaptation process necessary to apply Pericles to UFV’s needs. She and her team “adapted the script in ways that give the women more agency and we teased out some of the problematic politics that are present in the original.”

Keegan Zaporozan outlined his role and

Photo courtesy of Beatrice Frenette

what has happened so far with Pericles preparation. As stage manager, Zaporozan is the “connection between those on stage and the other departments.” He notes the stage directions as they are decided by the director and offers lines to the actors when they need them. The stage manager is helped by two assistant stage managers, Beatrice Frenette and Mia Davison, who are the go-betweens for the managers and the costume and prop departments, respectively.

Putting on a play is a monumental task that takes months. Casting calls went out in September for the various roles needed for Pericles. They were open to UFV students only and auditions were completed in the months after. By January, the cast had been selected and rehearsals had begun. This meant that not only did the actors and backstage workers begin practicing for the show, but the script and its presentation was being updated to fit the specifics of the UFV stage space and its

various systems, like lighting and rigging.

As of early February, all actors have to be off script, meaning that they can no longer look at their script books during rehearsal.

If they forget a line, it is up to the stage manager to remind them.

The show will be available to preview for free for UFV faculty, students, and staff, and by donation for the general public, on Mar. 23 at 7:00 p.m. Seats for the preview showing can be booked by emailing theatre@ufv.ca.

Opening night will be Mar. 24 at 7:00 p.m., and the play will continue on the 25 (7:00 p.m.), 26 (2:00 p.m.), and 31 (7:00 p.m.) of March, and Apr. 1 (7:00 p.m.) and 2 (2:00 p.m.). Admission will be $5.00 for students and seniors, and $10.00 for the general audience. A Zoom showing will also be offered for free during the two April showings. You can book your seats through the UFV School of Creative Arts Eventbrite page.

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CULTURE Column //

Campus Fashion: Dress to impress with a shirt dress A chic and sophisticated way to dress RACHEL TAIT This spring season marks the return of the shirt dress, a staple that is timeless, elegant, and versatile. The shirt dress is an article of clothing that never seems to go out of fashion. Depending on the material, this iconic style is one that can be worn at any time of the year and suits many body types.

A shirt dress, as its name suggests, has the structure of a button-down shirt but is in the style and length of a dress. This simple style is flattering and smart to wear on its own, under a blazer, or as a bathing suit cover up.

In cooler weather, shirt dresses can be paired with cardigans, leggings, and boots for a warm yet sophisticated look. As temperatures begin to rise, they also look great with tights, a belt, and ballet flats. The lengths, materials, and colours can vary on this iconic style, and has been worn by different famous celebrities such as Audrey Hepburn, Zendaya, and Kate Middleton.

The shirt dress was first created in 1957 by Christian Dior, and continued appearing on the runways thanks to Yves Saint Laurent after Dior’s death. According to Vogue, shirt dresses are considered good

pieces to wear to work, whether online or in-person. They are great alternatives to suits or black pants and a blouse, while still giving a polished feel to your outfit. A modern take on the classic style can include

“Best of all, the shirt dress is a style that can be found at local thrift stores” ruffles, a bold print, or colour.

There are many ways to wear a shirt dress; they can be worn open or buttoned, belted, baggy, or fitted. Even long jackets with shirt collars can double up as shirt dresses, depending on how you accessorize the outfit. A long shacket, for example, can double up as a shirt dress if paired with a thick leather belt and is fully buttoned down.

Shirt dresses can also be worn as a bathing suit cover up. A white one is especially fashionable if it is worn with

a pair of wedge sandals, a straw hat, oversized sunglasses, a rope tie belt, and a tote bag.

Classic shirt dresses usually fall just below the knee, are belted, and are long or short sleeved. This spring, variations of the dress are appearing with various lengths, sleeves, and colours to make this look new and fresh. A short sleeve midi length shirt dress will look nice with sandals or flats as the temperatures warm up, and pairs nicely with a denim jacket for a more casual look. To dress the outfit up, swapping the denim jacket for a nicely tailored navy or black blazer and heels help to add elegance and sophistication to the ensemble.

Best of all, the shirt dress is a style that can be found at local thrift stores as well as at the mall for an affordable price. Whether wearing it for a fun day at the beach or hanging out with friends, the shirt dress is a staple that can be worn with many pieces during any season of the year. It’s a simple yet elegant design as it is a style that can be dressed down or up depending on the occasion. This is one style you don’t want to miss, especially as the weather gets warmer and sunnier.

Button-Down Midi Shirt Dress. (Suzi Sheer)

UFV Events //

Bees, hummingbirds, and butterflies: how to ensure pollinators are thriving March for Sustainability kicks off with a buzz

ANDREA SADOWSKI The first event in the March for Sustainability coordinated by the School of Land Use and Environmental Change and the UFV Office of Sustainability will educate students on the different pollinators and their food sources here on campus to create a pollinator garden come spring. Faculty from the Abbotsford and Chilliwack campuses will give a tour around each campus to highlight the various native pollinators and to educate students on how to support pollinators in their own gardens.

“The struggle is real for pollinators to find year-round food,” said Stefania Pizzirani, assistant professor in the School of Land Use and Environmental Change and event coordinator. “ When you think about it, these pollinators don’t hibernate, so they are searching for food in all the winter months, during all the months there are no flowers, so you have to plan your garden to provide food throughout the year.”

The faculty that will be leading the Abbotsford event, Alan Reid and Sandra Gillespie, were kind enough to give The Cascade the low-down on how students can

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plan their garden to support these precious pollinators. This advice can be applied and modified to whatever your living situation may be — whether you have just a small balcony or whole backyard to work with.

When you think of pollinators your mind may go directly to the obvious — bees, hummingbirds, and butterflies. But Reid explained that there were many ways to pollinate a plant, including insects like ants, beetles, flies, and natural elements like wind and water.

When deciding what plants will go in your garden, indigenous plants are best because they have evolved with the native pollinators. Some plants to consider are salmonberry, thimbleberry, anything from the rose family like the native Nootka rose and Bald hip rose, red columbines, paintbrush castilleja, the Douglas aster, Oregon grape, and native lilies and strawberries.

“Generic ‘pollinator’ seed mixes may or may not contain the best plants for our area,” said Gillespie. “Specific local advice is always best.”

However, plants are not the element needed to draw pollinators into your garden.

“All organisms need water to survive,”

said Reid. “Set up a watering hole for all the critters in the garden, even the furry ones. A birdbath, glazed saucer, or just a pan filled with rocks and water will do.”

Shelter is another crucial aspect of these creatures’ survival. You can give pollinators a place to live by building a “bee condo” with some scrap wood. If you don’t want to make one, Reid says that many garden centers carry “bee condos” and it’s best to get one with a removable insert (where the bees laid their cocoons) that will allow you easier access to clean it.

Another way to ensure pollinators have full bellies is to get a hummingbird feeder and fill it with sugar water. Simply dissolve one part sugar into four parts water and fill up a feeder you buy at a garden center, or you can usually find used ones at thrift stores or on Facebook Marketplace.

When landscaping your garden, Reid encourages you to embrace the wild side.

What may look a little messy to you means paradise to these creatures.

“Many native bees, and a few butterflies, need to overwinter in gardens and may be quite thankful for some bark, dried leaves, hollowed out stems, open sandy patches, and even decomposing logs,” said Reid.

“Many butterflies come from caterpillars that feed on plants like thistles, nettles, and other plants that are eschewed by many gardeners as “weedy.” If you can handle a little untidiness, just tell everyone: ‘I am creating biodiversity and doing it for the pollinators!’”

“Beyond the garden, the best way to support pollinating animals, such as bees and hummingbirds, is to support biodiversity conservation in general,” said Gillespie. “If you don’t have access to a garden space, but want to get involved in pollinator conservation, you can always participate in the many ecological efforts happening around the Lower Mainland.”

The Fraser Valley Conservancy, South Coast Conservation Program, and the Fraser Valley Watersheds Coalition are good places to start.

Check out the other March for Sustainability events that will happen throughout the month, like the clothing exchange and repair fair on March 9, early Earth Day on March 16, a sustainability career panel on March 23, and a professional designation information session on March 30.

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sports@ufvcascade.ca Teryn Midzain— Sports Editor

UFV Cascades Sports Scores Feb. 12 – Feb. 25, 2022

Women’s Volleyball UFV Vs. UBCO Heat / Feb. 20, 2022 Score: UFV 2 UBCO 3 UFV Vs. UBCO Heat / Feb 21, 2022 Score: UFV 3 UBCO 1

Men’s Volleyball UFV Vs. UBCO Heat / Feb. 20, 2022 Score: UFV 3 UBCO 2 UFV Vs. UBCO Heat / Feb. 20, 2022 Score: UFV 0 UBCO 3

Women’s Basketball UFV Vs. UNBC Timberwolves / Feb 24, 2022 Score: UFV 73 UNBC 60 UFV Vs. UNBC Timberwolves / Feb 25, 2022 Score: UFV 63 UNBC 68

Men’s Basketball UFV Vs. UVic Vikings / Feb 12, 2022 Score: UFV 57 UVic 94 UFV Vs. UVic Vikings / Feb 18, 2022 Score: UFV 67 UVic 107 UFV Vs. UVic Vikings / Feb 19, 2022 Score: FV 55 UVic 86

SPORTS

Recap //

Cold streaks and earthquakes as the Cascades march to playoff war February brings an end to the varsity regular season, with playoffs this weekend TERYN MIDZAIN Reading break is a time when students hope to take a break from student life and relax for the sake of benefiting their mentality. This is short-lived, though, when we discover that the break is really just a week to catch up on the assignments that have piled up, thus breaking our final straws of sanity.

This February has been one to remember. A new world order on the potential rise, the UFV women’s basketball team clinched first in their division on Feb. 24; records on the men’s basketball team were broken; Cascades fans and supports say their bittersweet good-byes to the graduating athletes at the last home games of the regular season; and the UFV men’s volleyball team finally won a game in the Canada West League, to potentially join the rest of the fall teams in the Canada West Playoffs starting this week on Thursday, with the Canada West finals yet to be determined by the end of the March.

After months of coming within a salt and pepper shake from victory, the men’s volleyball team played a five-set bout against the UBCO Heat on Feb. 20. Each team traded the lead until the fourth and fifth sets, as the Cascades’ Nimo Benne, left-side hitter, already had 20 kills and a handful of aces in the night. They scored the game-winning ace in the fifth and final set.

“It was a really great feeling,” Josh Gagnon, left sider, told The Cascade. “[I felt] like we finally had a weight off our shoulders and could play with more freedom.” The win means that because the MacEwan Griffins were not able to scrape out a win against the Calgary Dinos last week, the Cascades men’s volleyball team will join the other varsity teams in the playoffs over the weekend, in Calgary.

The men’s basketball team ended the season on a four-game losing streak, playing two rough losses for their last two home games against the UVic Vikings. The men ended with an even 9-9 record, and third in the west division. The diamond in the rough of the last few games was in the

final five minutes in the last home game, on Feb 19. Vick Toor passed from the rightwing to Jordyn Sekhon, who drilled the 3-pointer that got Toor his record-breaking 307th assist in the regular season. This is a great mark and legacy to leave behind and the teammates finish their UFV basketball careers with the utmost levels of charisma and class.

It has been a great few months getting to cover the Cascades. This 2021/2022 season has had as many ups and downs and hot and cold streaks on all the teams that anyone could expect. While it has been tough on everyone, a big thank you and show of appreciation should be given to our student-athletes. They have had to work with the drama of being a regular student through COVID-19, as well as a changing and regulated athletic program, and yet they have still been going out and playing with everything they have. They’ve all played at a level that only demands greatness.

To the seniors graduating, thank you and congratulations. Enjoy this well-deserved summer to relax.

World of Sports / Formula One //

Formula One’s Russian problems Officials and teams scrambling to present real solutions MAECYN KLASSEN Like many other sports, Formula One is grappling with its own internal politics in light of Russia’s military incursion into Ukraine. In a recent issue, The Cascade examined the history of Haas, the only American team in F1, and questioned what the future impact of Russian oligarch Dmitry Mazepin’s heavy investment in the team might be. Moreover, the regular F1 calendar has drivers racing in Russia, which now presents its own issues. The ultimate outcome remains to be seen, but the first effects of Russia’s potential censure from motorsports are beginning to come to light.

One of the first F1 updates to come after Russia’s invasion was the cancellation of the Russian Grand Prix, which was scheduled to be held in Sochi on Sept. 25.

Several drivers, including Sebastian Vettel and Max Verstappen, had called for the race to be canceled (with Vettel going so far as to say he would not participate in the race regardless of whether officials canceled it or not). However, the wording of the officials’ statement leaves them a convenient out: by saying it is “impossible to hold the Russian GP in the current circumstances,” the door remains open for the race to be reinstated if circumstances change. For now, however,

this cancellation is the first consequence for Russian motorsports.

A trickier situation is afoot in the Haas stables. As of writing, Russian driver Nikita Mazepin is still permitted to drive in the upcoming season, but he must do so under a neutral flag. The Automobile Federation of Ukraine has requested that the FIA, the governing body of F1, ban all Russian and Belarusian drivers from competing outside of their own countries, which would only affect Mazepin at this time. The FIA has stopped short of banning those drivers outright, but Mazepin’s future is still in jeopardy. Haas has already begun to consider dropping Uralkali (a subsidiary of Uralchem, the Russian chemical manufacturer Mazepin’s father chairs) from their prominent sponsorship position with the team. Team principal, Guenther Steiner, has stated that the team will be prepared to lose the money from Uralkali’s investment if they do decide to sever ties, and while they haven’t

yet made an official decision, Haas has erased all mention of Uralkali from their website and removed both the Uralkali branding and the Russian flag colours from their car during testing in Barcelona on Feb. 25. If Uralkali is removed, it’s possible that Mazepin might be dropped from the team anyway, given that there seems to be little reason for him to have a seat beyond his father’s investment.

Clearly, the current political situation is one the FIA never planned for. While fans rightfully expect swift and decisive action to be taken to remove Russia from the global motorsports stage, bureaucracy takes time. However, every day that passes without a firm rejection of Russian participation in F1 is another day in which the FIA supports and allows Russia’s presence.

Haas F1 Team, VF-22. 2022

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SPORTS Q&A//

A fond farewell and thank you to Queen Alexis Alexis Worrell, the senior guard, finishes her last season with the Cascades, leaving a legacy that Championship teams are bonded by support and friendship TERYN MIDZAIN Alexis Worrell, a senior guard for the Cascades women’s basketball team, has been a key leader both on and off the court.

Alongside best friend Victoria Jacobse, the Doja Cat to Worrells’ Saweetie, the dynamic divas played their last home game together on Feb. 19, and leave behind the legacy of a championship-contending team bonded together by friendship, emotional support, and pure skill.

possession at a time.

That’s a good mindset going into playoffs and playing against teams from the other divisions who are higher seeds like you. Are there other strategies that you and the team can think of and work on to prepare more?

I think that just the idea of focusing on us has been super important for our team.

We obviously scout out the other team

reer, and you have a close bond with that shows both on and off the court. What emotions are you feeling when you realize this?

I mean, we’ve been through everything together, the ups and the downs. We came in together in our first year, and we were pretty close right off the bat. I think we’ve just always had each other’s backs throughout our entire careers. It’s pretty emotional thinking about everything we’ve been through together. I’m extremely grateful to have her in my life, and so proud of it and the player that she’s turned into.

With your experience as teammates and team leaders, what do you take away from knowing that your legacy is forming such a close team and seeing where that bond and strength has taken you to where the team is now?

How does your team strategize when opposing teams go on scoring runs, to bounce back, dig in, and come up with the win?

I think it’s been a theme for us to take things play-by-play.

We saw that against UVic last weekend when we were down by 17 [points]. Early on in the season, we would have tried to get back right away and would have kind of gone into this scary panic mode. I think we’ve learned as a team we have to and can chip away, taking it one play and one

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I think it’s awesome. I mean, we’ve had some really good leaders before us and they showed us the way – how we need to act and what we need to do.

I think that Vic and I also just kind of have that mindset. We know what people need to hear and when they Alexis Worrell. (Gibi Sainz / UFV Athletics) need to hear it. For every team I’ve ever played on, this is as close to family as you’re going intensely throughout the week, but then to get. You know that no matter who is on when it comes to game day, we’re more the court, everybody has your back and worried about how we get better and what everybody’s supporting you in every way. we can do.

For our team, we’re not necessarily the And I think that’s going to be the same quickest or the most athletic or the tallest thing in the playoffs. We got to worry or whatever it is, but I think we make up about us and if everybody brings their 100 for it because everyone is playing for each per cent, not the other team. other rather than for themselves.

Speaking of “us,” this is the last home game of the season with Victoria [Jacobse] whom you’ve been playing with since the beginning of your varsity ca-

I know that you were born in Costa Rica; how did you find that has helped you with teaching the other students who come from other countries and who are

making UFV a new home? Looking back, what advice would you give to a nervous first-year coming on to the team?

The main thing is trust, I think; trust in the system and the people around you. I think the biggest thing when you come in

“everyone is playing for each other rather than for themselves” is you start questioning, “am I even supposed to be here?” Coach Al has always done a really good job of reminding the team, “there are 13 of you and there are 13 of you here for a reason. I picked every single one of you to be here.”

And I think just understanding that and leaning on everybody as a support system. Once a week, we have alumni and former players that come and help us at practice. Just having so many people to support you was such a big thing for firstyear me. So, I would say to any first-years, always lean on and trust the support.

Since you are graduating this year, what are your goals, aspirations, or ideas for life on the outside?

Honestly, that is a great question. I don’t fully know what I want to do yet. As a varsity athlete, you spend so much time [in the sport], like our entire summer is taken up and the entire [academic] year.

That’s something that’s been going on since club basketball in high school.

So, I’m looking forward to a summer where I’m actually taking a step back and taking a break and enjoying a little bit of time for myself and figuring out what the future holds.

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Virgo —Aug 23 to Sep 22 The clouds are lifting, and you’re beginning to move forward again after a period of struggle. While this is promising, know that the last half of the semester will still be busy, but rest assured, it will also be productive.

Gemini — May 21 to Jun 20 As we approach the end of the semester, you’re feeling pulled in two directions. You may have to make difficult choices in order to proceed, and you’re unsure which is the best outcome. While you can mull over your decision and put it off, ultimately remember you will need to act.

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Scorpio — Oct 23 to Nov 21 You’ve been feeling uninspired and burnt out as we near the last half of the semester.

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Pisces — Feb 19 to Mar 20 Opportunities have been available to you, but lately you’ve been turning them down. It may be due to a sense of apathy or feeling overwhelmed, but it also could be from a desire to choose wisely. Use this time to discern what you truly want out and what will genuinely serve you going forward.

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Hooper Turnt Sanger “Quit Playin’ Games With My Heart” Though I may have better friends (and stronger detractors) among the ranks of former winners of this 2019 champion’s category, this may be my favourite song from an FVMA hip hop applicant, and I don’t just mean because of the source material. Sanger gets his feels on here, and how.

Mauvey - “Cake” In addition to other dessertthemed song titles in his repertoire, Mauvey uses this allusion to lots of money in the name of one of his high rotation CIVL playlist tunes. It was also one of the first spins to test out our new playlist tracker at spinitron.com.

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Jordan Klassen - “We Got Married” The piece of music that I would have suggested take the crown of GOAT FVMA track before the release of the aforementioned and similarly, if more sarcastically, sanctifyingly, and titularly treated tune. This is an epic of lush, intricate, compositional wonder that will stand time.

DANAYE REINHARDT Tawahum Bige is a poet and spoken word artist with Łutselkʼe Dene, Plains Cree, Hungarian, and British roots. Born and raised in Surrey, they have a BA in Creative Writing from KPU and have performed at spoken word festivals across the country. This January, he curated Poets+, a local collection of poems and artistic performances from poets of colour, in association with the Arts Council of New Westminster.

His debut collection of poetry, Cut to Fortress, will be published in late March 2022. They can be found on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter: @Tawahum.

How did you get into poetry and spoken word?

I came to creative writing after a family member had passed away and I was really deep in my grief.

I had been taking IT in university up to that point, but I was just kind of digging myself further into a hole, separate from everything else, so I started taking all these different arts courses. Creative writing really appealed to me because it seemed to merge trauma healing with an artistic practice.

After a very difficult semester in one of my creative writing classes, I solely dedicated myself to my creative practice and my art form as a [way] to work on intergenerational healing.

One of my first poetry events that I had ever witnessed was at Kwantlen University called “Slamming the Binary” in 2014, and I just found it amazing how these artists created a world [where] the listener, just the person sitting in the room with them, could join them in their world. I always wanted to know how to make that happen.

Poetry became a beautiful way for me to tell my story and honor that story, especially as I build my skills up.

What do you think about audience engagement in spoken word poetry?

The context of the audience cannot be understated, and I did a lot of research on this when I was in my undergrad. From an Indigenous point of view, the storyteller and the listener of that story are in a constant context with each other, and that influences the entire meaning of any kind of performance.

So, I've always found myself very interested in what those different contexts between an audience and a performer can be. I honestly write a lot of land protection work in my art and to speak that directly to the audience is a very different feeling [from] stepping up onto a cafe stage somewhere, [which] is also very different from, say, a university auditorium or a street show.

They all have very different energies, very different audiences, and it's a different story that I get to tell with all of them.

Can you tell me a little bit more about the collection of poets that you brought together to make Poets+?

Stephen O’Shea approached me just over a year ago to see what kind of ideas fellow artists in the community would have. I find that the magic of poetry come[s] alive when we realize how mixed of an art form it is – how it interacts with other art forms. So I named it Poets+ to note that it would be more than simply spoken word, and that these

Tawahum Bige. (Megan Naito)

would be poets who have practices that go beyond poetry.

So you have Justin Percival, who's also an amazing emerging hip hop artist and Indigenous person who's been on many frontlines and is just a cool human being. His merging of music and hip hop with poetry is very influential to his style of storytelling.

And then you've got Tin Lorica, who is also a comedian, and will do these sets of comedy and poetry where they're making everybody laugh, and then they … twist the knife real hard and they dig it in deep with their poetry, and it's very influenced by their mode of comedy.

[There’s] Jillian Christmas, who's been a frontrunner organizer in the Vancouver scene. [She’s] an amazing poet who … brings in the musical, harmonious, one-person band energy, and mixes that with songwriting and poetry in a beautiful way.

And then, of course, I'm a part of the show as well, and I'm somebody who's done spoken word and poetry, but I’m also giving a set about what I have witnessed in land protection, as well as the music I've been working on now that very much merges hip hop with poetry.

Is there a topic or a theme that you would like to see talked about more in poetry? Or is there something that you tend to focus on that you don't see occurring in other forms of art?

What I'm interested in is music approached from the side of poetry first. Poet musicians like Kae Tempest or Saul Williams go to music from the side of poetry. That's how I approach music myself.

Songwriting is ultimately always poetry in some way, shape, or form, but to go to it from that side of poetry first is something I don't see a whole ton of and I would love to see a whole lot more of.

I heard that you have a new poetry collection being published this year. Can you tell me a little bit more about that?

[Cut to Fortress is] so many poems collected from 2016 to about 2018, talking about everything personal and political in my life. Everything that shaped me to be who I am, as well as [the] worldview [it has] given me and how I apply that to a lot of what's going on, especially around Indian country today and with Indigenous issues, decolonization, [and] resisting colonial occupation.

It's a very politically charged collection of poetry. I'm very, very excited for it to be coming out this next month.

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ARTS Rewind //

The original Jumanji should be given more credit

The thrills of this 1995 classic PRIYA GHUMAN Jumanji is a memorable adventure and family film from the ‘90s, with a unique plot and special effects that are impressive for its time. This film was directed by Joe Johnston, who is also a visual effects artist and has directed many special-effect driven films like Jurassic Park 3 and Honey, I Shrunk the Kids.

The film follows the children, Judy and Peter (played by Kirsten Dunst and Bradley Pierce), who move into the same house that Alan (played by Robin Williams) had lived in 26 years prior. Here, they discover an enchanted board game. Through this discovery, they unlock the entrance to a mystical world and learn that the game had trapped Alan inside the obscure world for two decades. By playing the game, the children unintentionally release Alan from the game, but they quickly realize that he isn’t the only thing that escaped. Soon, the three of them are chased by enormous rhinoceroses, malevolent chimps, and other scary creatures.

It is a film that never stops being thrilling, regardless of how antiquated the special effects are. It taught me as a child that films can be escapist, joyful, and significant — and, if lu-

cky, all three at the same time. It was, in my opinion, one of the best films of the 1990s. Robin Williams' performance was fantastic; although the movie was already inclined towards the comedic genre, Williams added extra emotions to all the scenes, especially when comedy was required.

The film not only deals with the repercussions of a family tragedy on teenagers’ lives, but also emphasizes the emotional conflict that often exists between parents and their children.

Two main lessons can be taken from the movie: firstly, that parents and their children should not let a generation gap come between them. They should try to understand one another more and parents should not let their own dreams and principles pressure their children. This concept was portrayed early on in the film through Alan’s father pressuring him to attend a boarding school that their family has been educated at for generations.

Secondly, the very creepy and weird creatures that come out of the board game and present various challenges to Judy, Peter, and Alan as they are trying to complete the game can teach us to learn to face our fears instead of running from them.

Despite the recent remakes of the film, I think that the original Jumanji is the only authentic Jumanji. I re-

member viewing this on a DVD as a kid, and I recently rediscovered it on Netflix. The original film, inspired by the children's picture book Jumanji written by Chris Van Allsburg in 1981, was rebooted with Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017) and Jumanji: The Next Level (2019) with no acknowledgment or thankfulness to the original story.

Jumanji's visuals, although now outdated, seemed impressive at the time it was made — for example, the monkeys’ facial expressions looked quite real. Most of the animals, such as the spiders, monkeys, bats, alligators, and lions, were created using digital effects, which were pretty good for 1995. The rise of CGI in the early ‘90s made it possible to feature exotic animals in films like this one without the use of live animals on movie sets.

All of this proves that this film is an eternal piece of art that has passed down through the ages. It's no surpri-

se that Jumanji has remained one of my favourite films to this day, thanks to a great cast, a committed special effects and graphics team, and a gripping and cleverly delivered plot.

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Note:

Some of these events require tickets, and most are online. If something catches your eye, take to the internet for more details, including those about social distancing measures for in-person events.

Community Event UFV Event Sports

march Yoga 4 Self Care @ CEP A2106, 9:00 - 9:40 a.m.

Zumba @ Abbotsford E150, 12:05 - 12:45 p.m.

Total Fitt @ Abbotsford E150, 1:10 - 1:50 p.m.

UCM Thursday Gathering @ Abbotsford, A402, 6:30 - 8:00 p.m.

Nietzsche Reading Group @ Online, 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.

Intramural: Men’s Basketball @ Abbotsford South Gym, 8:30 - 10:30 p.m.

Portfolio Management @ Abbotsford, C1421, 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.

“Writing as a Way of Healing Workshop” @ Abbotsford, A203B, 1:00 2:00 p.m.

Cascades Women’s Volleyball vs. Brandon Bobcats @ UFV Athletic Centre, 6:00 p.m.

Cascades Women’s Volleyball vs. Calgary Dinos @ UFV Athletic Centre, 4:00 p.m.

Procrastination Awareness Week - Motivation Monday @ Virtual, 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Yoga 4 Self Care @ Abbotsford E105, 12:05 - 12:45 p.m.

Intramural: Co-ed Futsal Soccer @ Abbotsford North Gym, 7:00 9:00 p.m.

“Writing as a Way of Healing” workshop @ Abbotsford, A203B, 4:15 5:15 p.m.

Yoga 4 Self Care @ CEP A2106, 8:40 - 9:20 a.m.

“Gender Equality and Intersectional Climate Justice”: Virtual Panel @ Online, 9:00 - 10:00 a.m.

Procrastination Awareness Week - To-do Tuesday @ Virtual, 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Budget Town Hall @ Virtual, 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Tips for Effective Job Applications @ Virtual, 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Strength & Conditioning @ Abbotsford E100, 11:25 a.m. - 12:05 p.m.

International Women’s Day 2022: Where do we go now? Biases and Barriers faced by women and girls in education @ Abbotsford B101, 2:30 - 4:00 p.m.

Total Fitt @ CEP A2106, 4:35 - 5:15 p.m.

Intramural: Co-ed Volleyball @ Abbotsford South Gym, 8:00 - 10:00 p.m.

Arts Event Culture

Procrastination Awareness Week - Wellness Wednesday @ Virtual, 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Clothing Exchange and Repair Fair @ Abbotsford, Evered Hall, 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Prof Research Panel @ CEP A1314, 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Yoga 4 Self Care @ Abbotsford E150, 12:05 - 12:45 p.m.

UFV Circle K Meeting @ Abbotsford, A233, 7:00 - 8:00 p.m.

Intramural: Spikeball @ Abbotsford North Gym, 7:00 - 8:30 p.m.

Yoga 4 Self Care @ CEP A2106, 9:00 - 9:40 a.m.

Procrastination Awareness Week - Thesis Thursday @ Virtual, 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Zumba @ Abbotsford E150, 12:05 - 12:45 p.m.

Total Fitt @ Abbotsford E150, 1:10 - 1:50 p.m.

UCM Thursday Gathering @ Abbotsford, A402, 6:30 - 8:00 p.m.

Movie Night @ Highstreet Shopping Centre, 8:00 - 11:00 p.m.

Intramural: Men’s Basketball @ Abbotsford South Gym, 8:30 - 10:30 p.m.

Procrastination Awareness Week - Thesis Thursday @ Virtual, 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Portfolio Management @ Abbotsford, C1015, 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.

CPR - C/AED Certification @ Abbotsford, B121, 9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Yoga 4 Self Care @ Abbotsford E105, 12:05 - 12:45 p.m.

Intramural: Co-ed Futsal Soccer @ Abbotsford North Gym, 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.

Yoga 4 Self Care @ CEP A2106, 8:40 - 9:20 a.m.

Strength & Conditioning @ Abbotsford E100, 11:25 a.m. - 12:05 p.m.

Total Fitt @ CEP A2106, 4:35 - 5:15 p.m.

Intramural: Co-ed Volleyball @ Abbotsford South Gym, 8:00 - 10:00 p.m.

Early Earth Day @ Abbotsford, Library Rotunda, 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Yoga 4 Self Care @ Abbotsford E150, 12:05 - 12:45 p.m.

UFV WEST Annual Career Panel Part 1 @ Abbotsford, B101, 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.

Intramural: Spikeball @ Abbotsford North Gym, 7:00 - 8:30 p.m.