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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2020

news@ufvcascade.ca Jessica Barclay — News Editor

NEWS NEWS

UFV //

NEWS BRIEFS

Fees for philanthropy WUSC UFV to hold referendum on $2 levy for Student Refugee Program SAM YOUNG

ICBC transitions to no-fault model The Insurance Corporation of B.C. (ICBC) will be transitioning to a “care-based” system, starting May 1, 2021. The new system will require claimants to work directly with ICBC, except for certain dangerous drivers who end up in court. Lump-sum cash payments to those injured in crashes will mostly be eliminated. ICBC is expected to save $2.8 billion annually; half of the savings will be used to reduce the average insurance rate by $400 and the other half will be used to increase benefits.

The change will cut lawyers and legal costs from the system, and has been criticized by some in the legal community.

John Rice, president of the Trial Lawyers Association of B.C., said in an interview that B.C. residents “are sacrificing their legal right to be made whole when they are injured because of someone else’s recklessness.”

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University of Guelph faces criticism over handling of sex-grooming allegations Dave Scott-Thomas, track-and-field coach at the University of Guelph, had been accused of grooming one of the athletes he formerly trained for sex.

The school apologized in a broad statement as well as to individual athletes affected by the coach’s behaviour, but students and alumni of the running program have said the apology is not enough. The university acknowledged that an internal investigation was done on Scott-Thomas in 2006, but did not give details on the results of the investigation. A complaint regarding Scott-Thomas was received in fall 2019.

The university has not responded for comment on the issue, but Scott-Thomas’s lawyer said the claims were “unsubstantiated and inaccurate,” the Globe and Mail reported.

- The Globe and Mail

UFV’s World University Service of Canada (WUSC) committee announced via email Sunday that they plan to hold a referendum this fall to determine whether a $2 levy will be added to student fees.

The referendum would be on the condition of support from the Student Union Society (SUS). WUSC presented the proposal at the SUS board meeting Jan. 30, and SUS will decide whether to support the referendum at their Feb. 27 meeting.

The proposed levy would go toward supporting two students yearly through WUSC’s Student Refugee Program (SRP), which brings students from refugee camps around the world to Canada, granting them citizenship, temporary housing, and the first year of post-secondary education.

Catherine Taekema and Michelle Murray-Schlitt, co-chairs of WUSC UFV, said that the proposed $2 levy is necessary for the SRP to continue, citing the large amount of fundraising efforts required to sponsor even a single student.

“In the past, we went to different departments and faculties and asked for committed funds … and ran tons and tons of fundraising events,” said Taekema. “But we just found that to be unsustainable.”

According to the co-chairs, the proposed fee increase would bring UFV’s WUSC in line with the majority of WUSC organizations across the nation.

“In Canada, 75 per cent of [WUSC chapters] are levy-funded,” said Murray-Schlitt. “It's just a pretty common way to run the program.”

The cost per student, which Taekema said is about $25,000, took WUSC UFV nearly two years

to raise on their own when they sponsored their first student. After forming in January 2018, the organization has hosted a number of fundraising events including board game nights, film nights, and a concert, and finally welcomed their first sponsored student this January.

Taekema said that the additional funding would also allow the SRP’s impact to grow, giving them the opportunity to take on a greater number of sponsorships, more frequently.

“We'd love to bring over two students per year, just so they have that support system in each other,” said Taekema. “Only one per cent of refugees have the ability to go to post-secondary education, and we want to impact that number.

We feel like two students is a good place to start.”

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Mental health counselling anytime, anywhere B.C. government develops 24/7 student mental health care program ALEISTER GWYNNE B.C.’s Ministry of Advanced Education, Skills and Training recently announced that they are developing a new remote mental health counselling service for post-secondary students.

The program is to be rolled out this spring, and will allow postsecondary students to access mental health services services via internet or telephone 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Students attending a post-secondary school in B.C. will be able to access the service from anywhere in the province. The resource will be completely confidential, and users’ privacy will be protected.

The new initiative was applauded by the B.C. Federation of Students (BCFS). “Many students struggle to access mental health supports; there are long wait times for on-campus counsellors, and in many communities there are very limited options for off-campus support,” said Tanysha Klassen, chairperson of the BCFS, in a press release.

At UFV, students often have to wait weeks for the next available time slot. For someone suffering a mental health crisis, help is often

needed immediately.

According to Klassen, those who live in remote areas or who must work or attend class at inconvenient times may struggle to access off-campus mental health services as well. “The typical nine-to-five office hours don’t always work for students,” said Klassen.

The provincial government has

“There is a mental health crisis on our campuses … and we are glad to see action being taken.” partnered with Morneau Shepell to deliver the new service. Morneau Shepell is a company that provides professional advice and health care programs (physical as well as mental) whose services are oriented toward business employers and employees.

According to the ministry’s website, Morneau Shepell administers the largest clinical network in Canada, and provides its stu-

dent support programs to over 200 post-secondary institutions across North America.

A 2019 study conducted by the American College Health Association of their Canadian reference group showed that stress was the biggest cause of poor academic performance, reported as a cause by 41.9 per cent of students, followed by anxiety at 34.6 per cent.

The same study also revealed that within the past year, 63.6 per cent of students had felt that “things are hopeless,” 88.2 per cent felt overwhelmed by everything they had to do, 51.6 per cent felt so depressed it was difficult to function, and 68.9 per cent felt overwhelming anxiety.

Grace Dupasquier, director for research and campaigns for the Alliance of B.C. Students (ABCS), said in a press release that rising tuition costs over the years have put increased pressure on students, often forcing them to take on debt or work one or more jobs, which only adds to the stress of succeeding at school. The shortage of mental health resources available to students has not helped.

“There is a mental health crisis on our campuses … and we are glad to see action being taken,” said Dupasquier.

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NEWS Professor Profile //

Nicola Mooney connects India’s past, Canada’s present Cultural studies professor explores trends in Sikhism, international students, and more SAM YOUNG Nicola Mooney is an associate professor of social, cultural, and media studies at UFV. She holds a master’s degree in museum studies and a PhD in anthropology with a collaborative designation in ethnic, immigration, and pluralism studies. Mooney has been teaching at UFV for 12 years, and previously taught at Trent and Wilfrid Laurier in Ontario, and Mount Allison in New Brunswick. She is the author of Rural Nostalgias and Transnational Dreams: Identity and Modernity Among Jat Sikhs, and is currently working on her second book.

Her work focuses on Sikhism and Punjabi culture.

What made you want to pursue a career in anthropology?

Anthropology is something that I was fascinated with, even as a child. I was that freakish person who knew when I was 10 years old what I thought would be cool to study in university, and that never went away. I think I saw religious studies as being really aligned with anthropology. If I had to classify myself as an anthropologist, probably one of my primary designations is anthropology of religion.

What attracted you toward studying Sikhism and Punjabi culture in particular?

So the background is that 20 years ago, when I did my PhD fieldwork, I had been recently married to a Punjabi immigrant.

And although I thought I would do a PhD with a museum focus, I realized after I'd been in the program for a couple of months that this was a perfect opportunity to go into field research. So I went and did the standard anthropological route, doing 18 months of fieldwork in India while living with my various in-laws. One of the outcomes of that study was the idea that middle-class urban Punjabis, and particularly Jatt Sikhs seemed especially driven to go abroad from India, with Canada as one of their favoured destinations.

In part, what I was tracing out were identity questions, and how this group identifies in a place where you've had Brit-

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ish colonialism, independence, and division of the region in 1947 with partition, the 1984 [anti-Sikh riots]. You've all of a sudden become a nationalist political target to be a Sikh. So particularly after 1984, there was a wave of Punjabi migration of which my husband was a part, and that really encouraged me to look at that identity question.

I understand that you’ve been working on a project having to do with international student migration. Could you tell me a little about that?

I'm basically looking at why [Punjabi] students are coming here, because they're kind of continuing that thing that I saw 20 years ago. Why are they still going overseas? What are the push factors now? And the pull factors, for that matter? Anthropological studies are small, and I would love to go out and interview a thousand international students at UFV, but because they're interview-based, I just don't have the resources to do that. But I do think that by doing a kind of qualitative research project, maybe what we get is some enrichment of our understanding of international student issues. Universities all across the country have a large number of Punjabi students taking up the opportunity to study in Canada so I really want to look at why they're coming, and what's their first experience here. If the idea is you're leaving India to create a home somewhere else, although your home may always be India at some level, how quickly do you come to feel at home in Canada? Is it easier for you to come when you're 20 years old than when you're much older? I'm really interested in what that experience of coming here is.

What other projects do you have in the works?

Actually, I'm just about to publish a small study on the intersection of caste and gender in the Sikh community. Sikhism is a religion that prides itself on being egalitarian, and Sikhism's founder, Guru Nanak, was born 550 years ago last November. I had a couple of different invitations and opportunities to think about a question

Nicola Mooney. UFV Abbotsford. Feb. 5, 2020. (Sam Young/The Cascade)

that was germane to that anniversary, and I chose to approach it from the perspective of, “If Guru Nanak's legacy is that he established an egalitarian religion, why is it that these inequalities are persisting?” I'm trying to provide a kind of opening explanation; it's not a complete picture, but I'm trying to open up the conversation about why it is that there's still this inequality.

Another piece I'm working on has to do with the Sikh tradition of langar, which is the communal kitchen. It’s one of the embodied practices of Sikhism that displays that equality, and it's held up as an example of, “Okay, well we're maybe not getting it right on gender, but we get this right.”

But one of the things that I'm noticing is what's happening to that practice in the encounter with the capitalist framework.

Many people no longer have large families and labour resources that they can call on to come together and provide a langar, so they actually are going to places like restaurants and getting it catered. But it adds a layer of complexity, and status is starting

to creep in, and there's other things that are coming in with the capitalization of this traditional religious practice.

What would you recommend to someone interested in studying religion at UFV? ANTH 130 is one of my favourite courses to teach. I mean, I love them all, but I find that that's where my anthropology and my religious studies comes together, and it's very rewarding for me.

I would actually love for us to develop a program in religious studies. One of our issues here [at UFV] is always faculty capacity; we have to work within government set parameters, and so it's difficult.

But those are my retirement goals: when I leave, I’d love for us to have a major in anthropology and a program in religious studies.

This interview has been edited for length and clarity.

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opinion@ufvcascade.ca Andrea Sadowski — Opinion Editor

Editorial //

Journalistic transparency in a digital age JESSICA BARCLAY The internet has opened up new platforms for media; not all of it is trustworthy, but much of it is presented as equal in quality to rigorous, ethical journalism. Information is abundant, and not all of it is correct or taken in context.

With so much information available it is difficult for the average consumer of media to gauge the accuracy of the information they are receiving. Transparency is the most important metric readers can use to access the reliability of their news. Where information is being sourced from, whether it be other news organizations, studies, or interviews, needs to be made clear and accessible for the reader.

But it often isn’t. Journalism is failing to account for new platforms that may not adhere to the same level or journalistic integrity as a full newspaper. Not every website containing news is equal, but there is no limitation on what is under the “news” hashtag on Facebook.

In The Elements of Journalism, Bill Kovach and Tom Rosenstiel discuss the idea of four types of journalism. Traditional print journalism is often seen as the most transparent, and associated with the journalism of verification. Facts are acquired, information is verified, and it is all relayed to the reader.

With much of the information being ac-

quired online, and many articles being published online, this is no longer enough for readers. Journalists should be publishing as much of their original source material as they are able to, to allow for readers to verify context. This was not something possible in print, but is now important to combate accusations of misinformation and bias.

This would lead to a level of transparency that is not present in other media platforms on the internet. Today, much of the discussion around “fake news” relates to the lack of information verification that is present on cable news programs, talk shows, comedy programs, and sensationalist websites. They categorize themselves as news and set a concerning president; the lack of verification plays into the general public's concerns over “fake news,” or journalism that fails to faithfully verify its facts and the context around its facts before providing those to the public.

The current media landscape is broad, and not all information is of equal quality. Readers have the responsibility to look into the sources journalists provide for their information and be aware of what type of journalistic content they are consuming, because there is no restriction on the hashtag “news.”

Journalists need to be more aware of the landscape they are working in, and consider revealing more of their source information then was previously possible in the age of print media.

OPINION OPINION

Advice //

Dear Robin

ROBIN HALPER Life is tough and confusing and weird.

We all need help sometimes, and when you need an expert opinion, you turn to an expert opinion-giver like Robin Halper. Whatever problem you’re facing in life, Robin will have a solution.

The Cascade cannot guarantee the effectiveness of Robin’s unique approach to life, but if you’re in a jam, get some advice by writing to halp@ufvcascade. ca Vegas break Dear Robin, All my friends are going to Las Vegas during reading break but didn’t invite me. Like the five of us are a group, we hang out together all of the time. I’m a bit confused as to why I didn’t get invited. They totally tiptoe around the subject of reading break, acting like I won’t see all their Instagrams when the time comes. What should I do about this?

Sincerely, Lonely in February Hey, Obviously you need new friends. I hear the men’s and women’s dropin basketball times on Wednesday nights in the UFV gym are a good place to meet people. Hopefully

they won’t ditch you for Vegas like your ex-friends. If you can’t find anyone there that you’re into, start chatting people up as they wait in line at Triple O’s for their burgers in B Building. Burgers are a great talking point and will for sure get you a possie in no time.

Robin Gran and Gramps Dear Robin, My grandparents are pretty clingy.

I get that I’m their only grandchild, but they constantly call me to come over. I feel bad for saying no all the time, but I’m busy with work and school and having a semi-decent social life. What should I do?

Sincerely, Crowded with grandparents Hello, I know the world thinks that old people are nuts and crazy, but I’ve got breaking news: they’re not that bad. If you feel bad for saying no to your grandparents all the time then goddamn say yes. It isn’t that hard.

They’ll probably force-feed you delicious cookies that are fresh out of the oven. Talk about suffering.

Robin

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OPINION Life //

Looking for some extra cash?

Side hustles: how to make money without lifting a finger PAVI AULAKH Everyone is strapped for cash in university, but there are ways of making and saving money available to us today that past generations would have never dreamt of.

A side hustle is a way of making money on the side of another job or school, or just a way to earn extra beer money. It brings in some income and is usually something you’re passionate enough about to work on in your spare time, and can include any-

thing from babysitting to selling used textbooks on Facebook Marketplace.

Side hustles are becoming increasingly popular with our generation. If you find some free time in between classes, you could deliver a few orders for Skip the Dishes or DoorDash, freelance as a tutor for Chegg.com, review music for budding artists at Slicethepie.com, start sending premium snaps on Snapchat, or offer rides on Poparide.

Someone majoring in electrical engineering could tinker with their printer on

the side to try and create an ink cartridge that lasts for more than a couple months.

Some students sell their used textbooks on Books2Go, others go door-to-door offering to rid homeowners of pop cans and water bottles, and others make and sell T-shirts, or walk dogs on Rover — the list is endless.

Side hustles can be time consuming, but there are other ways of putting cold, hard cash in your pocket without you having to lift a finger. If you have a couple hundred dollars from Christmas lying around in a savings account you can invest. You're

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wasting potential returns by opting for the below one per cent (on average) savings accounts pay out. You might get a slightly higher interest rate with a Guaranteed Investment Certificate, or GIC, though there generally is a minimum investment requirement. You lend your money to the bank for anywhere from three months to five years for a very low interest rate. The biggest benefit with GICs is the 100 per cent guarantee of getting your money back.

A common complaint of students is they have no money to invest, but if you have a couple dollars a day for a latte, you can instead take that money and invest it. Investing two dollars a day sounds ridiculous, but there are various firms nowadays that’ll automatically invest it for you.

Wealthsimple can deduct five dollars a day from your checking account and invest it for you. Five dollars a day for six months adds up to about $900. Imagine how much that could amount to by the end of your studies.

Wealthsimple will not only allow you to trade commission-free, but they can also invest your money into a balanced portfolio of stocks, bonds, real estate, precious metals, mutual funds, and commodities like oil. For those who are risk-sensitive, it would make more sense to choose a portfolio with 80 per cent bonds and fixed income, and 20 per cent stocks. If you want unlimited gains, you could settle for 80 per cent stocks with 20 per cent fixed income.

For those in the middle, the best choice is the Dow Jones Industrial Average, which is a compilation of the top 30 companies in the U.S. economy.

It’s okay if you don’t have enough money to buy one share of Tesla; with modern brokerages you can invest in any of your favourite companies with as little as one dollar. Most people get scared by phrases like the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500, but with a balanced portfolio, you won’t have to worry. If there’s a market downturn or recession, you’ll get the chance to buy double the shares at half the price. The Dow Jones closed at $8,776 in 2008; it’s now on pace to hit $30,000, increasing more than three-fold in just over a decade.

No one’s good at everything, and everyone’s good at something. It could be anything from painting your neighbour’s garage to buying a few shares of Microsoft.

Try looking for something you’re good at and will enjoy, or at least hate less than your day job. There’s a side hustle out there for all of us.

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OPINION World //

The most effective way to save our Earth

Companies we must boycott if we want our planet to survive ANDREA SADOWSKI I feel like we have run out of suggestions for easy ways to reduce our carbon footprint. It’s true that actions like participating in meatless Mondays, wearing a sweater instead of turning on your heat, bringing your own coffee mug, or taking public transit do add up, especially if the larger population are all making these small changes. However, if we actually want our planet to be inhabitable for our grandchildren, we need to start making changes bigger than “buy bulk,” or “use a metal straw.”

are selling locally sourced products are closing up shop because they cannot compete with Walmart’s low, predatory prices.

These low-cost, low-quality products do not last very long, and are thrown out and replaced at breakneck speeds, generating more trash for landfills and consuming more energy to import more products.

By eliminating local businesses Walmart dampens entrepreneurship, and undercuts local suppliers and farmers. As well, by paying employees a meagre minimum wage, Walmart is increasing poverty, and in turn, creating their customer base. A 2016 study published in Social Science Quarterly showed a correlation in U.S.

zon Prime members rave about is causing tremendous harm to our environment.

Products coming from further away and needing to arrive at their destination immediately, cuts down the efficiency of delivery trucks, therefore increasing carbon emissions.

Nestlé: Nestlé is the devil in a corporate body. People have been boycotting Nestlé ever since the 1970s, when the company marketed their baby formula to developing nations. Nestlé manipulated customers by claiming their formula was better for infants than breastmilk, when in fact it was a less-healthy and more-expensive alternative to breastmilk. Boycotting this

Ontario and British Columbia for bottled water, paying almost nothing to profit off this finite resource.

Coca Cola: Coca Cola owns 500 different brands and is in every country on Earth, with the exception of North Korea and Cuba. This massive corporation sells 110 billion single-use plastic bottles every year, with that number steadily growing.

In 2017, Indian retailers boycotted both Coca Cola and Pepsi because of the substantial amount of water needed for its production, which they claimed contributed to the failure of local farmers’ crops.

It takes 400 litres of water to produce one bottle of coke in India, if you take the sug-

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The greatest power we have is how we spend our money. You hold great authority in choosing what industries and companies to support with your hard-earned cash. By choosing to support companies that are working to reduce their own carbon footprint in major ways, and by boycotting the ones that are not, is how we can potentially save our planet.

I’m going to walk you through a few of the companies I believe we need to boycott.

Not just avoid every once in a while, but to never give another dollar to again, at least not until they choose to do a complete overhaul of their sustainability models.

Walmart: Small business owners who

counties between the presence of Walmart and higher poverty rates. When you live under the poverty line, you have less freedom to make environmentally-sustainable choices, which forces you to purchase lowcost goods from monopolies like Walmart.

Amazon: It breaks my heart to write this, because Amazon is so wonderfully convenient: everything you could possibly need is delivered to your doorstep with the click of a button. But that convenience comes at a high price to our planet. Not only is this e-commerce giant running small, local businesses and independent sellers into the ground, treating their employees like robots, and collecting our data, but the same-day delivery Ama-

food and beverage manufacturer is extremely difficult because they own over 2,000 brands worldwide. The company’s products were discovered to possibly be sourced from suppliers who use child and slave labour. The fishing industry in Thailand where they source the ingredients for their cat food is notorious for slavery, and the coffee from some Brazilian coffee plantations may include coffee picked by forced labour. As well, some cacao plantations in the Ivory Coast have been shown to use child labour to pick the raw ingredients that may end up in your KitKat bar. Let’s not forget about Nestle’s blatant environmental exploitation of pumping millions of litres of groundwater daily in

arcane production into account. India has also accused Coca Cola of using pesticidelaced water to make its products.

This is certainly not an all-encompassing list of companies that have committed serious ethical offences. However, I simply do not have the space to write about the sins of companies like Apple, Shell, L’Oreal, and McDonald’s. My fellow Earth-dwellers, I urge you to reconsider doing business with these companies, as the world’s years are severely numbered if we continue to let unethical companies like these have free reign over our planet and our economy.

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CURTAILED COMMENTARY ON CURRENT CONDITIONS

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How many coyotes could I take out?

A cross-cultural phenomenon Can we all just appreciate for a minute that in basically every cuisine worldwide there exists a food that is essentially deep-fried dough stuffed with some kind of filling? St. Lucia has floats stuffed with cheese, Brazil has pastels stuffed with every filling you could think of, India has samosas stuffed with potatoes, Mexico has empanadas usually stuffed with meat, Vietnam has banh ran man filled with meat and vegetables, Russia has chebureki filled with ground beef and onions, and Pakistan has kachori stuffed with moong dal, to name a few.

Beating the algorithms

I try to enjoy (and create) small pleasures in my life whenever I can, and lately I’ve been entertaining myself in a brand new (and absolutely frivolous) way. We all know that Google and the gang love to spy on our searches and send us ads they think are relevant to our interests, but what you might not know is that it doesn’t take much to throw them off your scent completely by exploring ridiculous topics you have no actual interest in.

It might seem like it isn’t worth the effort, but taking just five minutes each week to explore weird Halloween costumes or fringe YouTube channels can lead to months of bizarre content

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If you prefer deep-fried dough of the sweet variety, there are Mexican churros, Canadian BeaverTails, American funnel cakes, French beignets, Brazilian bolinhos de chuva, Indian jalebis, Norwegian smultringer, Swedish rosettes, Polish paczki, Croatian krofne, and the list goes on my friends.

Whenever you travel or try a new cuisine, I encourage you to try their version of deep-fried dough. You will never be disappointed.

Andrea Sadowski

showing up when you surf, constantly spicing up your everyday browsing.

It’s a gift that keeps on giving, sometimes long after you’ve forgotten that you ever added “sexy fish suit” to your Amazon wishlist. When you’re struggling to make it to the end of another depressing article about world politics and suddenly find yourself staring into the grinning visage of a man dressed like a Big Mouth Billy Bass with the words “buy now” flashing next to him, you’ll thank your past self for being so forward-thinking.

Sam Young

The other evening I ran outside in the dead of night to face a pack of roving coyotes who were yelping near my outdoor barn cats. This got me thinking though: how many coyotes could I realistically take on in my bare feet with only a common kitchen broom?

Coyotes are the trash pandas of the dog world. They are similar in size and appearance to a stunted German shepard and about half as threatening. They aren't as intelligent as a wolf and can generally be scared away by a child throwing rocks and pretending to be large.

With my menacing 5’6 stature and

pink, fuzzy kitty cat pajamas, all but the most dedicated foe would be sent scrambling away in fear, so I would be facing only the most vicious of coyotes.

I have extensive training with stick swords and plastic lightsabers, so I know how to use a broom, but also coyotes have teeth, it’s the dead of winter with limited prey options, I’m between them and food, and I’m barefoot.

I’m going with seven; eight if I grab the wooden broom.

Jessica Barclay

The quiet horror of dead spaces

There’s something very eerie about empty spaces. Not like a big open field, or a forest with no one around, but spaces that are normally filled with people that are suddenly just empty.

I’ve been taking a class that ends at about 8:30 at night, and the difference in how many less people there are on campus than normal is startling.

I’m so used to there being movement and voices that the absence of that is slightly terrifying.

In September, I interviewed for a job at a mall, and I had to be there just as the mall closed. A mall devoid of people is one of the mosthaunted most haunted places in existence. It’s worse when the mall is

still open, and all you can do is wander from shopfront to shopfront, and reflect on how still it is. There’s this really good video series on YouTube called the Dead Mall Series by the channel This Is Dan Bell in which he goes and records what is left after a mall has closed or sales have gone down. These places feel haunted, even if there is still activity there. Maybe it’s just us who are haunted.

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Fresh eyes on the original space opera BY:

Nicholas Ashenhurst-Toews

Episode IV: A New Hope (1977) The original trilogy was never supposed to happen — and you can tell. Watching A New Hope, it’s clear that the writer, George Lucas, was not thinking that it would ever become a trilogy. There is no set up for the events of the later films, and the movie ends with a big, celebratory ceremony. This makes no sense when the next film tells us that, while the Rebels have secured a major victory over the Empire, there is still a war going on and it’s too early to celebrate.

A New Hope is the shortest film at 121 minutes, barely two hours long, and yet its overly simple story doesn’t make it a compelling watch. I loathe to call it a beat-for-beat illustration of Campbell’s “Hero’s Journey,” but it cannot be denied that it is apt. Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) goes on the hero’s journey with no major deviations from that formula. This wouldn’t be a bad thing if Luke was a character who had

Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980) The Empire Strikes Back is the most emblematic of the writing problems apparent in the original trilogy. When approached as a whole, one can very plainly see that each part of the narrative was written separately, which makes the storytelling feel inorganic. This is made worse when coupled with the very loosely defined rules about how the Star Wars universe works. While the vaguely established rules of the universe are fantastic for fans looking to make their own stories with as little limitation as possible, it is not good groundwork for a universe-expanding adventure. The fact that Obi-Wan’s ghost is pretty much only included to provide exposition instead of organically building the world is disappointing.

The big reveal really bothered me. Near the end of the film,

Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (1983) Return of the Jedi is the strongest cinematic experience of the original three movies. Mark Hamill delivers his best performance from the original trilogy. The relationship between Han and Leia is better written and there is a lot of chemistry between the two actors.

This movie has the most unique alien designs, brought to life through a mix of puppetry and visual effects. The film begins in the residence of Jabba the Hutt at a party with all different kinds of alien guests, showing the stunning array of character designs in play. This movie has ewoks (small bear-like aliens) and a significant period of time is

Episodes I-III: The Prequel Trilogy (1999-2005) The Phantom Menace (1999), Attack of the Clones (2002), and Revenge of the Sith (2005) are all not great. They run long, there are very few standout performances, lots of the puppeteering had been replaced by dodgy CGI, and the dialogue strikes an infuriating chord which is not realistic, but also not stylized effectively.

That being said, I enjoyed the concept of these movies. The idea of telling the story of the Empire’s rise to power, while looking very directly at how the world and politics function, is interesting and set up parts of the world that should

any interesting traits. Luke, at least in this movie, is a very flat character. The only real major motivation he has is wanting to know who he is, which mostly comes in the form of asking his uncle who his father was. He would have been more compelling if he had actively made the choice to go on the adventure, given it’s his motivation from the start to not be on Tatooine.

The film is a space opera and gives the audience the knowledge that this universe is expansive while keeping the story constrained to only a few planets, allowing them the space to ponder what possible planets left unexplored by the series may look like. Coupled with the very loose mythology and limited explanation surrounding the Jedi and the Force, which functions as a soft magic system, this adds a sense of wonder to the universe.

it’s revealed that Darth Vader did not kill Luke’s father, but rather was Luke’s father. Knowing this going into the movie, it’s easy to miss, or ignore, that this reveal has no set up. In fact, in A New Hope, Obi-Wan tells Luke who his father was (while never naming him), but his story suggests that Luke’s father was not intended to be Vader.

Another problem this movie suffers from is the poorly written romance between Han and Leia. The way the characters interact with each other doesn’t convey that they like each other, with much of Leia’s physicality and lines suggesting that she is mildly annoyed with Han’s antics.

On the whole, The Empire Strikes Back was stronger both in writing and acting than A New Hope, while still not being that great a movie.

spent on Endor, a forest-like planet that has the strongest environment design of the planets in the original movies.

C-3PO’s side story in this movie as a mechanical ewok god is fantastic and hilarious.

There are still problems with this movie, as the writing is still lacking and the Force still isn’t defined well, though this does keep a certain degree of wonder around the magic system. The twist that Leia and Luke are siblings is bizarre and not set up effectively.

The movie runs a little long, and I definitely felt it should have been over even when there were still 45 minutes until the end.

have been set up previously — the execution, however, is lacking.

It’s at this point where I’d like to state that I don’t think that George Lucas is a very good writer. What he is great at is creating worlds that are visually engaging and capture the imagination, and I do see some of that in these movies.

The Phantom Menace has the most strikingly designed antagonist of the series: Darth Maul. These movies are easy to make fun of and, as far as I can tell, thoroughly hated by the Star Wars community. They’re not great.

Episode VII: The Force Awakens (2015) Going into The Force Awakens, I was skeptical. I had heard that it was long, and basically just A New Hope retold for a new audience. Disney is known for taking stories and watering them down for the sake of being family-friendly, so I was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed the film. Part of this was the more modern approach to the film in writing both action, with there being proper build up and pacing to it, and characters who all felt dynamic.

The cast consists of characters that are both new and returning, and that all have well-defined personalities and clear motivations. Each decision made by a character feels like it has been informed by how that character has grown up and how they see the world. The events of the original trilogy have been mythologised in this movie and the sheer scope of the universe of Star Wars makes this believable.

Episode VIII: The Last Jedi (2017) The Last Jedi (2017) is fine. Mark Hamill is back, and with the experience he has gained far surpasses his performances in any of the original movies. There’s a lot of backfill lore on the Jedi, as well as the on socio-economic divide between classes in the Star Wars universe.

Kylo Ren and Rey have an interesting storyline about being the last two young people with any real training with the Force, and that dynamic is fun to watch play out. Finn’s continued dedication to Rey feels very real as the two of them are the only real friends either’s ever had, and I like that it remained platonic. The storyline with Finn and Rose is interesting, despite the rushed romantic relationship, because of how the characters play off of each other with their clashing ideals.

Finn and Rose’s relationship also brings up the point that

Episode IX: Rise of Skywalker (2019) Going into the film, the general buzz around it was disappointment. While there were a few baffling writing choices, my feelings on the movie were positive. Much of the sequel trilogy harkens back to earlier films, both in its story beats and planetary aesthetics: beginning on desert planets, the snow planet and the salt planet, and this movie’s main location is a tropical jungle, a clever nod to Endor. This, for fans of the original movies, would probably feel quite pandering — but as an illustration of the theme of the trilogy being a legacy, it is an effective tactic.

That being said, not all of the worldbuilding it sets up really works or is necessary to enjoy the larger canon.

While the deeper look into the First Order’s treatment of stormtroopers is interesting, they still function as fodder enemies. This allows for some, but not all, to have empathetic connections to the audience. Rey’s insistent search for a family is believable but doesn’t have the writing to support it. The First Order and Kylo Ren’s ideologies feel undefined: I know they are bad, but I’m not certain why they are bad, other than Kylo Ren’s clear idealization of Vader.

This feels like it should be more of a commentary on how people latched onto that character than it is.

More than anything, The Force Awakens feels a little like a Star Wars film for people who aren’t all that into Star Wars.

the romantic relationships in Star Wars never have the proper chemistry, build up, or writing behind them to warrant their existence. These movies would be as or more enjoyable if there wasn’t any romance.

However, this film has the best designed planet of the Disney trilogy: the planet Crait, which is as striking as anything from the original trilogy. The mineral salt turning red through contact with the spaceships in the climactic battle is a particularly strong example of this. This movie also showcases impeccable creature design; both the crystal creatures and the porgs are excellent.

I’ve seen some criticism on the sudden reveal of Leia’s Force abilities, which in this series is laughable considering that not only has Star Wars never had good setup for any of its twists, but this was actually mentioned in Return of the Jedi. I find it within Leia’s character to know she has the ability, but to never use it until absolutely pushed to.

feel very much in line with Luke’s personal arc fromReturn of the Jedi — but could be further explored. Kylo Ren switching sides only comes after the significant loss of his mother and an act of kindness, which is believable, but Leia’s training as a Jedi feels incredibly out of character from how she has always been written. Though the amount of emotion that this gives the film is really effective.

The parallels between Rey and who she’s descended from

For Star Wars fans, it’s probably heartbreaking to see something they love so dearly watered down for a general audience. The Disney Star Wars is really just the old Star Wars rewritten and remixed for people who are just getting acquainted with the franchise.

Star Wars will not connect with everyone, but as a living, breathing universe to be explored it offers an extensive world for one to get lost in, with a dozen different tones of stories to be told there. It’s entertaining to watch what is essentially a galactic family drama, and a war movie.

There is the groundwork of a compelling world, with different locations, cultures, technology economics, and socio-political ideas that can be expanded, adapted, and explored for generations to come. This is the legacy of Star Wars.

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CULTURE

culture@ufvcascade.ca Carissa Wiens — Culture Editor

Column //

Cascade Kitchen: A better reuben

Vegetarian reuben. Feb. 5, 2020. (Carissa Wiens/The Cascade)

CARISSA WIENS The Cascade Kitchen is a student-run food column that brings you budget-friendly recipes and cooking tips. Check back 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.

This is the best vegetarian sandwich I’ve ever eaten. It isn’t just pathetic raw veggies thrown in between some white bread with a dollop of mayo. No, no, no — this is the broccoli Reuben made popular by Christina Chaey, Bon Appetit’s associate editor.

I enjoy this sandwich because it works well to make it in the morning then bring it to campus for lunch. The quality doesn’t diminish if the broccoli’s cooled, but it’s always nice to eat a fresh sandwich.

This recipe makes one sandwich and only takes 10 minutes.

It can be enjoyed any time of the day.

Ingredients: 2 slices rye bread Olive oil 1 cup medium-sized broccoli florets 2 slices of Swiss cheese Thousand Island dressing Sauerkraut Salt and pepper Method: 1. Toast the bread to your liking.

2. Heat up a frying pan with olive oil over high heat. Toss the broccoli in and give it a good char. It’ll take about 5-8 minutes. Once the broccoli’s almost done, pack it into a rectangle that is the same shape as the bread and place the cheese over top. Let it melt nicely.

3. Slather both slices of bread with the Thousand Island dressing on one side. Use a spatula to transfer the broccoli and cheese slab to one slice of bread.

4. On the empty slice of bread, use a fork to place a medium-light layer of sauerkraut.

5. Before you complete the sandwich, salt and pepper it!

You won’t regret it.

6. Slap the slices of bread together for a delightful midday pick-me-up.

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Lifestyle //

Big Brother is caring for you CARISSA WIENS The Big Brothers Big Sisters (BBBS) is an organization that links up Little Brothers and Sisters (children and teens) to a Big Brother or Sister (an adult) to mentor and be an example to them. The organization has many locations all over North America, including several right in the Fraser Valley.

Eryn Braley, UFV 2019 alum, began volunteering as a Big Sister in 2017. Part-way through her undergrad she decided that she wanted to give some of her time back to the community and volunteer; she then decided to volunteer with BBBS. From the ages of eight to 16, Braley had a Big Sister. Her Big Sister was someone she could depend on, talk openly to, and someone who genuinely cared for her. Because of the immensely positive experience Braley had with the organization, she chose to give her time back to someone else who needs it.

Braley described the past two

years with her Little Sister as a very enjoyable experience, saying their time together not only benefits the Little Sister, but her too.

After a volunteer fills out their application, the staff at BBBS con-

“I feel like I’m making a bigger difference because I’ve committed to a child.” tinues to get to know the volunteer and what their preferences are for a Little Brother or Sister; for example, what age group they’re hoping to work with. From there the organization staff go through a pool of children they have met with and find a child that would be the best fit with the volunteer. The volunteer also has a say in whom they’re

matched up with. Before the match is official, BBBS will give the volunteer profile to the Little Brother or Sister’s parents for final approval.

Even though university students often feel extremely overwhelmed as it is, volunteering can help focus on the bigger things in life rather than constantly worrying about final papers and midterms.

Braley recommends volunteering with BBBS because it’s incredibly flexible. The organization heavily relies on volunteers in order to accomplish the work they do.

She also said, “It’s not just a volunteer role where you sit at a desk and wait for someone to need you … But with BBBS it’s so one-on-one that you’re very engaged. I feel like I’m making a bigger difference because I’ve committed to a child.”

Currently BBBS of the Fraser Valley is accepting applications for new Big Brothers and Sisters. Step out of your comfort zone and help care for and mentor a child.

UFV Association //

VASA is on the move

The Visual Arts Student Association is back and welcoming new members with open arms

CARISSA WIENS Luke Pardy, a third-year student in the BFA program with a double extended minor in visual arts and art history, and Erin Caskey, a third-year student in the BFA program with a major in visual arts, were interviewed together and are both executive members of the Visual Arts Student Association (VASA) at UFV. How did you both get involved with VASA? Caskey: I got involved in October of 2018 and was asked to take over as president because there unfortunately wasn’t a lot of interest, but I was one of the only ones to show interest in taking over. Eventually I was able to get a good group together, with some now on the council.

It was sort of like the blind leading the blind. Unfortunately we didn’t end up getting a lot of events off the ground. But when October of last year came around I was poking around trying to figure out if I’d have to be president for another year. Then someone recommended Luke to me.

Pardy: I was interested in joining VASA then all of a sudden became president.

What was your transition to becoming president like?

Pardy: It was definitely a challenge, and even just to get a committee going again was a challenge. But I found that once people learned that we were trying to do more, people became very interested. I think we’ve had a successful first few months since I took over in October.

In December we collaborated with the School of Creative Arts, the Theatre Students Association, the UFV Music Association, and the English Students Association to do a showcase night in Evered Hall. That was a really successful event, and we were really happy with the turnout.

How else are you trying to engage students?

Pardy: Student engagement can be hard to get on some campuses, especially commuter campuses like ours. We want to appeal to those living in residence and those commuting. In February we’re having an event that’s a movie marathon to celebrate Black History Month and to showcase the work of black artists. It’ll be in the visual art resource room [C1001 UFV Abbotsford]. We have a projector in there too. We’re also in the works of planning some workshops to help students further

their arts training.

Caskey: We’re trying to collaborate with the Fraser Valley Watermedia Society to have some demos. They came to us and showed interest in working with us and to do workshops together. They do any type of art that involves water. We’re still trying to finalize dates for the event.

Pardy: I’m also arranging some field trips to art galleries like the Contemporary Art Gallery of Vancouver and the Polygon Gallery in North Vancouver.

Tell us about your regular meetings and how students can get involved?

Pardy: We meet every other Thursday in the visual arts resource room.

All of the committee members show up and it’s open to all visual arts students who would like to give their input. We always want to hear new ideas for events; it doesn’t mean we can make it all happen, but we are open to suggestions.

This interview has been edited for length and clarity.

Follow VASA on social media to find out about meeting times and upcoming events. Facebook: UFV Visual Art Student Association. Instagram: @ufv.vasa

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CULTURE UFV Event //

Getting involved on campus Opportunity fair informs students of ways to get engaged at UFV NICHOLAS ASHENHURSTTOEWS The UFV Opportunity Fair on Feb. 4 was a chance for students to interact with clubs, associations, and on-campus organizations. Students were informed on the various groups on campus, the events they were hosting, and available paid or volunteer positions.

Parallel to this event, the Study Abroad Expo took place, offering students the chance to learn about UFV’s study abroad program. For students in specific programs, or students looking to get information on the university’s different associations and opportunities, the event offered a lot.

Of the various on-campus groups, representatives from Student Life, Campus Recreation and Athletics, campus living, as well as several of the linguistics clubs and science student associations all attended the event. In particular, clubs and associations relating to the School of Business or the faculty of sciences had a high number of booths.

Of the people I talked to, only a few were

not surprised to see a School of Creative Arts student attending the event. Most program-specific associations had attended the event, though it appeared there were few representatives from the College of Arts.

All of the people I talked to though were eager to share with me what their group was and upcoming events they were planning. It also was a valuable resource in discovering clubs and associations that I had previously been unaware of, such as the Spanish club, or UFV Women in Engineering, Science, and Technology (UFV WEST).

I also gained more information on different areas related to Student Life, such as recreation and campus living.

If you have been feeling a little lonely at UFV, I think finding a club or other activity on campus, whether that be a job or volunteer opportunity, is a great way to get involved. It allows for one to interact with people who have similar interests, and as it caters to students, time commitments such as classes will be understood. Most clubs also meet on campus, which is great for students who may have downtime between classes, or may be nervous about taking on an extra responsibility outside

Evered Hall. UFV Abbotsford. Feb. 4, 2020 (Nicholas Ashenhurst-Toews/The Cascade)

of the UFV environment. UFV also offers a wide range of clubs, allowing for students with very specific interests a place to find and bond with other students who share those interests.

Currently, there are 23 clubs and 18 associations active on campus, whose man-

dates can be viewed on the UFV SUS webpage. The subjects of these clubs and associations range from human rights to various linguistics and culture clubs to clubs with a focus on outdoor or physical activity.

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Haq and History at UFV CARISSA WIENS DAVID MYLES

On Jan. 15, UFV welcomed in the Haq and History exhibition. This collection is on display in the S’eliyemetaxwtexw Gallery in Building B on UFV’s Abbotsford campus until Feb. 13, so check it out while you still can. It celebrates the lives of South Asian Canadians in B.C. and the traditions they have kept alive.

Haq and History exhibition. S’eliyemetaxwtexw Gallery, UFV. Feb. 10, 2020. (David Myles/The Cascade)

Canada West championships Women’s Wrestling Game/Date: Friday, Feb. 8 2nd Place: Calista Espinosa - 48 kg

Men’s Wrestling Game/Date: Friday, Feb. 8 1st Place: Amarvir Atwal - 76 kg Jason Bains - 100 kg 2nd Place: Ali Rahguzar - 68 kg Karan Dhillon - 90 kg

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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2020 sports@ufvcascade.ca Alex Jesus — Sports Editor

UFV Cascades Sports Scores Feb. 7 – Feb. 8, 2020

Women’s Basketball Game/Date: vs. University of Regina / Friday, Feb. 7 Score: UFV 63 Regina 60 Game/Date: UFV at Thompson Rivers / Saturday, Feb. 1 Score: UFV 74 Regina 65

Men’s Basketball Game/Date: vs. University of Regina / Friday, Feb. 7 Score: UFV 70 Regina 87 Game/Date: vs. University of Regina / Saturday, Feb. 8 Score: UFV 85 Regina 74

Women’s Volleyball Game/Date: UFV vs. College of the Rockies / Friday, Jan. 31 Score: UFV 3 COTR 2 Game/Date: UFV vs. College of the Rockies / Saturday, Feb. 8 Score: UFV 1 COTR 3

Men’s Volleyball Game/Date: UFV vs. College of the Rockies / Friday, Feb. 7 Score: UFV 0 COTR 3 Game/Date: UFV vs. College of the Rockies / Saturday, Feb. 8 Score: UFV 0 COTR 3

Men’s Basketball //

The Cascades end regular season with a 13-7 record NIC JACKSON This weekend the UFV men’s basketball team hosted the University of Regina Cougars on Friday, Jan. 7 and Saturday, Jan. 8. The pair of games were UFV’s last two of the regular season. Before starting the weekend, the Cascades held a nine-game winning streak.

Friday’s game saw the Cascades off to a quick start. The Cascades were able to find six points before the Cougars put a point up on the board. This came when the Cougars’ Shaquille Harris was awarded a free throw, after being fouled

by Cascades’ Matt Cooley. The Cougars, however, were eventually able to catch up to the Cascades and by the time the quarter had ended, UFV only held one point more than their visitors.

After starting the second quarter 15-14 for the Cascades, both teams continued to battle to be on top. Although each team held the lead several times, both the Cascades and the Cougars would eventually score a total of 21 points in the quarter. The Cascades finished the half again with a one point lead, 36-35.

When the third quarter began, the match still seemed to be even; however, roughly halfway into the quarter, the

Cougars began to take advantage of all the Cascades’ mistakes. By the time the final buzzer of the quarter had sounded, the Cascades were trailing, 67-50. Though the two teams showed great effort in the last quarter of the night, the Cascades’ 17-point deficit was too much for them to overcome. The game ended with a score of 87-70 for the Cougars.

Although the Cougars had ended the Cascades’ winning streak the following night, the Cascades came out on Saturday determined to win.

Although they had a strong performance in the first half of the game, they trailed by two points. At the end of the third quarter, however, the Cascades were able to take over the lead, with a score of 59-57.

In the final quarter, the Cascades continued to have an outstanding offensive and defensive game. Out-scoring the Cougars in the final quarter, 26-17, the Cascades won their final game of the season, 85-74.

With the win against the Cougars over the weekend, the Cascades finished the regular season with a 13-7 record. This has awarded UFV the sixth place position in the Canada West division. Next Friday, the Cascades will start playoffs at home against the Winnipeg Wesmen.

Slapshots //

SPORTS

Women’s Basketball //

Women’s basketball continues win streak The Cascades head into playoffs with an 11game winning streak NIC JACKSON UFV’s women’s basketball team returned home this weekend for their last two games of the regular season, after playing four consecutive games on the road. Coming off a nine-game winning streak, the Cascades hosted the University of Regina Cougars for two games, on Friday and Saturday.

Friday’s game was a battle for the Cascades. Luckily for them, the Cascades’ Taylor Claggett, Deanna Tuchscherer, and Jessica Parker were all able to score in the double digits, with 20, 14, and 13 points respectively.

By the time the first quarter of Friday’s game had ended, the Cascades held a one-point lead, at 20-19. The Cascades, however, did not hold the lead for much longer. Halfway through the quarter, the Cougars held a three-point lead. The Cascades quickly won the points back, finishing the half up by four, with a score of 30-26.

Much like the other two quarters, the third was a battle between the two teams.

The Cascades continued to trail behind the Cougars, but by the time the quarter had ended, the Cascades would tie up the game, 43-43. This came when Cascades’ Alexis Worrell drained a basket from outside the three-point line.

With less than a minute and a half left in the final quar-

ter, Claggett was fouled, and awarded two free throws. At the time of the fouls, the Cascades trailed 60-57; however, Claggett’s successful attempts from the free-throw line brought the Cascades to within one point of their competitors.

With only 26 seconds left on the clock, the Cascades’ Tuchscherer drained an inside shot, bringing the Cascades to the lead, by one point. Following Tuchscherer’s basket, Parker was able to score another for the Cascades with only five seconds left, solidifying the Cascades’ 10th straight win.

Much like the previous night, Saturday saw the Cascades add another win to their record.

The Cascades’ strong performance in the opening quarter saw them take a 13-point lead, 28-15, and although the home team would go on to get outscored in each following quarter, they were able to hold on to the lead, with nine points over the Cougars. By the time the game had ended, the score was 74-65, for the Cascades.

With the two wins over the weekend, the Cascades end their season on an 11-game winning streak. With all 20 games played, they finished with a 16-4 record. Heading into playoffs, the Cascades are set to host the Thompson Rivers University Wolfpack. The first game of playoffs is set for 6 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 14.

What happens at Vail The ski-lift line at Vail Ski Resort in Colorado on the morning of Feb. 7, 2020 was absolutely insane. The next morning, even worse. Head to the skiing subreddit to get a good look. Some refer to the ski line as the “lift line apocalypse” after the 17-inch snow dump. I wouldn’t be surprised if the line was at least one

kilometre long.

To make matters worse, a day-pass lift ticket at Vail is $209. And that’s 209 American dollars, which is equal to about 278 Canadian dollars. Many of these people probably only got to do one run in the entire day. Money well spent.

The moral of the story here is to avoid

massive ski mountains and definitely avoid them on the weekend. Hit up Manning Park or Sasquatch Mountain for your skiing needs this reading break.

They’re nearby and have much cheaper day passes.

Carissa Wiens

Who is the greatest MMA fighter?

The sport of MMA is less than 40 years old; however, we have seen its rapid growth from the days of single discipline fighters (wrestlers, boxers) all the way to athletes with a variety of skills. Since the beginning people have wondered who the greatest of all time is. The most common names mentioned are the UFC’s Georges St-Pierre, Jon Jones, and Anderson Silva.

For the purists of the sport who see one positive drug test as a disqualification from a conversation of the top athletes, St-Pierre completely wins the debate.

He’s the most well-rounded fighter, has

never tested positive for performance enhancing drugs, and retired from the sport after winning 13 straight fights and being a world champion in two different weight divisions.

For those compelled to disregard the question of drug tests in general, Jon Jones would likely win. Jones separates himself from others with multiple world champions defeated, the record for title fight victories (14), and other than a loss by disqualification, he is undefeated in mixed martial arts.

Anderson Silva has a play in this ar-

gument also. The top fighter of the late 2000s, Silva’s middleweight championship run included 10 title defences, a 16-fight unbeaten streak that stands to this day as the longest in UFC history, and a myriad of career highlights.

Whether you like any of these fighters or not, there isn’t a conversation about the greatest fight in MMA that won’t mention these three names.

Alex Jesus

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STUDY BREAK Crossword //

Made by Carissa Wiens

ACROSS

DOWN

5. “Storm _ _ _ _ 51.”

1. A semirigid form of liquid.

6. Do this before rinsing and repeating.

2. Hit with this for the home run.

8. A type of tree with coarsely toothed leaves that tremble in the wind.

3. A simple white one of these is a great casual look.

9. Mill Lake is definitely one of these, not a lake.

4. Edward. Also Bella.

7. Bernie Sanders has very _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ views.

10. A helpful tool for branding a business.

11. A hairy area on the torso.

12. To be hip, drink your water out of this.

13. Pretty Little _ _ _ _ _ _ _.

LAST ISSUE’S

ANSWERS: Across: 1. Houston 2. Acne 3. Age 6. Aqua 7. Chic 8. Tablet 11. Lime

Down: 1. Headache 4. Erupt 5. Pupil 9. Army 10. Emu 12. Mud

Snakes and Lizards

Horoscopes //

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Your weekly life predictions as told by Ang the Great

Illustration by Elyssa English

Aries — Mar 21 to Apr 19 You are a fiercely independent person, but when you love, you love hard. You end up devoting your entire life to a relationship, and losing yourself in the process. Return to your independent self and don’t let a relationship change you.

Leo — Jul 23 to Aug 22 You love being in love, and you love to show off this love to the world. This need for drama causes both excitement and anxiety in your life, and you may consider dialing it back a bit and keeping your next relationship on the down-low until things are certain.

Sagittarius — Nov 22 to Dec 21 You are a free spirit and don’t like to be tied down to just one place or one person.

However, someone will come into your life who will help you appreciate the present moment, and who will feed your spirit like never before.

Taurus — Apr 20 to May 20 You need stability and security when it comes to a partner, and you strive for a long-term monogamous relationship in order to feel at ease. Look for a compatible partner who also values loyalty, faithfulness, and commitment.

Virgo —Aug 23 to Sep 22 You are a perfectionist, which makes it hard for you to find someone who checks all the right boxes. Give someone you may not have considered before a chance this week, and you may be pleasantly surprised what you find.

Capricorn — Dec 22 to Jan 19 You have a strict plan for your life, and have already mapped out exactly what you need and are looking for in a relationship. This is wonderful, but don’t be afraid to get into a relationship that is not super-serious; sometimes you just need to have a little fun.

Gemini — May 21 to Jun 20 You love the sweet honeymoon phase of a budding relationship, but are uninterested in going further. You often string along many people at once because you can’t decide on just one partner. Do what you need to do to explore your options but make sure no one gets hurt in the process.

Libra — Sep 23 to Oct 22 Know your worth and don’t settle for anything less than someone who treats you like royalty.

You are worth being loved extravagantly and passionately, so hold off until you find someone who knows you are not an easy catch, and will not fumble once they have you.

Aquarius — Jan 20 to Feb 18 You will experience a spiritual awakening this week, and your mind will be opened to an indescribable light and positive energy that will radiate off of you unto others. Be ready for this life-changing experience.

Cancer —Jun 21 to Jul 22 You are tender-hearted, sensitive, and deeply in touch with your emotions. This can sometimes cause insecurity, as you need constant reassurance and affection. Look for a nurturing, trustworthy partner who understands your needs, yet doesn’t feed your clinginess.

Scorpio — Oct 23 to Nov 21 You are known to form intense, passionate bonds with people very quickly, and you can go from hot to cold in an instant, as you are often ruled by your emotions instead of logic.

Take time to fall in love slowly, mindfully, and with someone who will respect you for who you are.

Pisces — Feb 19 to Mar 20 You are prone to fantasies of being swept off your feet in a perfect, all-encompassing romance that will finally complete you. Don’t be ruled by your imagination but try to see people as they truly are. You may find this storybook relationship, but be patient to choose someone who is worthy of your affections.

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1917 is a different type of horror film PAVI AULAKH 1917 tells the story of two British soldiers who must race along enemy lines to deliver an urgent message, which, if not delivered, will result in the death of 1,600 men. Despite this simple plot, it’s one of the most critically acclaimed films of 2019.

The format in which this film was shot is a technical masterpiece. Comprised of only a handful of cuts, the film is edited to look like one continuous take. It isn’t the first film to follow this format, with Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) winning best picture at the Academy Awards in 2015 and Alfred Hitchcock’s Rope being the first continuous-take film in 1948.

1917 is something of a slow burn, not an action film with movie stars jumping off helicopters. There’s a feeling of constant danger where the main character’s journey could end with a single bullet. There’s no doubt that 1917 is one of the greatest World War I films of all time. Starring Dean-Charles Chapman from Game of Thrones, and George Mackay, who previously starred in Captain Fantastic, the entire cast put on Oscarworthy performances.

Every moment of this film feels like you’re watching a video game because of the one-take method. Director Sam Mendes admitted he was proud of his five-minute-long continuoustake scene from the beginning of his last film, Spectre, and he knew he had to shoot an entire

movie with the one-take format. The sheer amount of work that must’ve gone into this is a feat that must be admired.

Everything from the set to the acting is truly believable and unforgettable and leads to a deeper appreciation of veterans service.

The French front setting is what one would imagine the setting of a nuclear war to be.

The cinematography team had to use flares as the sole source of lighting for the eeriest scene in the film, and they built toy models of the set to coordinate the set, lighting, and actors, before actually filming. Cinematographer Roger Deakins won this year’s Academy Award for best cinematography, adding onto his Oscar in 2018 for Blade Runner 2049.

There were certain moments which lagged, but given the format it’s to be expected. There’s a particular scene where one of the soldiers is sitting in a bus chatting with other fellow soldiers for a few minutes, which could be seen as relevant. But there were a couple scenes that just didn’t fit into the story whatsoever and were obviously thrown into the storyline to extend the running time, like the soldiers sitting on the bus drinking whiskey and Lance Corporal Schofield playing with a baby. However, these are only minor nitpicks of a film that swept the Academy Awards this year.

The storyline is based on stories that director Sam Mendes’s grandfather used to tell him as a child. Perhaps this firsthand experience from the director’s

grandfather contributed to the atmosphere of the film, since it feels so realistic. Real-life tactics the Germans used back in World War I are depicted, with booby traps being set and telephone cords being cut to limit the enemy’s communication.

There’s one specific scene where the Germans cut down apple trees and gunned down farm animals to diminish the British army’s food supply. A scene like Schofield accidentally putting his hand through a corpse’s chest adds to the realism of the Great War. While watching the film, you can’t help but wonder about the point of the violence, or what they were fighting for. In one scene when Schofield kills a boy his own age, they looked like they could’ve been brothers. When Richard Madden’s character learns of the death of his baby brother, watching him try to stay strong while grieving his loss is heartbreaking, as is the moment we find out that Schofield stays in the trenches rather than going on leave just to have to say goodbye to his family all over again.

In my opinion, 1917 is a mustwatch for anyone who appreciates war films. It’s one of my favourite war films of all time and will be remembered for generations. Please do yourself a favour and check it out rather than the latest generic blockbuster. Having won numerous Academy Awards, this film transcends time and is the perfect example for other war films to strive toward.

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CIVL Station Manager Aaron Levy pays tribute to the 27-yearold genesis of The Cascade today, in operation since 1993.

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PARTIALLY-BALD SASQUATCH

Meatloaf - “I'd Do Anything For Love”

This song was the centrepiece of YTV video jockey Tarzan Dan's 1993 hits compilation, OOIOO the Hit List, along with other Nijimusi classics from TBTBT, Joey Lawrence (of TV's Blossom), Nice Apple and DJ Ray, who famously This Time Nice Apple is sang Mr. Lover, and was “nevAuto-Cathecting er ever ever” gonna be let go.

But I won't do that.

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Björk - “Big Time Sensuality”

Have you seen Birds of Prey? I haven't, but I understand this Icelandic chanteuse is covStorc ered lovingly for the film, and II it begs the following context: music videos were never the The Bobby Tenderloin same after this one graced the Universe screens of North Americans The Bobby Tenderloin Uni- and hipsters the world over, verse way back in 1993.

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State Champion Send Flowers

The Breeders - “Cannonball”

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Destroyer Have We Met

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High Parade The Ocean

In 2004 I saw this: Kim Deal, Breeders singer and now former Pixies bassist and singer, playing live, from like 1015 rows of people back, at Coachella in Indio, California, as direct support for a little-known experimental arthouse rock band named after a Talking Heads song called Radiohead. Wow.

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Sting - “If I Ever Lose My Faith”

This song is emblematic of one decade and one decade only: the 1980s. So with that being Explosions In The Sky so clearly and undeniably the case, it's curious that this song The Wilderness should have been released in the year of our Lord 1993, a Twist time that was decidedly not Distancing part of the 1980s. Weird.

Bob Sumner Wasted Love Songs

The cult of personality: Gwyneth Paltrow edition KRYSTINA SPRACKLIN They call themselves “goopers.” The Goop Lab with Gwyneth Paltrow is a Netflix series that features actress Gwyneth Paltrow and her team, the aforementioned goopers, participating in trials that range from energy healing, to mushroom psychedelics, to vaginal masturbation, and even to psychic healing. This show would likely appeal to proponents of MLMs (multi-level marketing), anti-vaxxers, and anyone fascinated by cults.

The topics covered become increasingly controversial, the sort of reactionary content that will unfold on Twitter threads and Reddit forums. If there’s one key takeaway from her Netflix docuseries, it’s that Paltrow is a clever businesswoman who isn’t afraid to muddy her name in headlines, so long as her company, Goop, is the forefront of discussion. Since its conception in 2008, Goop has expanded into a $250-million industry.

With the magical effects of editing and the ability to manipulate a narrative of the healing properties of alternative medicine, The Goop Lab still fails to dissuade skeptics, but begs the questions: why is pseudoscience so prevalent today? Why are so many antivaxxers also proponents of alternative medicine?

Each episode contains testimonials from patients who participated in trials, workshops, or treatments with an alternative medical practitioner. The patients are often presented

as people who were initially skeptical of the pseudo-medicine, only to have their minds changed by the end. One of the patients in “The Energy Experience,” the most offending episode I endured, found that the first session with a chiropractor in which no physical contact occurred still helped alleviate the pain in his back caused by cancer.

Halfway through the episode, when discussing an absurd concept of how our body extends two feet out from our physical body into the interdimensional realm, this quote appears on screen: “‘The body and mind are not separate, and we cannot treat one without the other.’ — Dr. Candace Pert, PhD” Anyone who’s ever spoken to their general physician about a mental illness has likely received a similar remark, as studies recognize a correlation between exercise and improved mental health. This doesn’t mean that therapy and medication should be discarded in place of exercise, but that it’s another useful tool for treating the disease. However, the late Pert was a neuroscientist and pharmacologist who was developing separate drug treatments for dementia and AIDS up until her death — for Paltrow to misconstrue her quote by suggesting that our energy is a living entity within us that can be healed by a chiropractor is pretty tasteless.

This is where holistic medicine has room to burgeon. Terminally ill patients, chronically ill people, or anyone who’s had a poor experience with a doctor in a busy clinic might explore

other remedies when their interactions with modern medicine are less than satisfactory, regardless of the lack of scientific research behind it. Anxiety toward unpronounceable ingredients and misunderstanding of chemical elements also creates distrust when it comes to using pharmaceuticals or vaccines. This paranoia surrounding modern medicine instead gives praise to digestible information that forgoes scientific merit in order to appeal to your average Joe. Afterall, it’s more cost-effective to get certified at a yoga retreat and spend a weekend in Jamaica drinking psychedelic tea than it is to spend eight years studying in med school.

Paltrow attempts to give herself a pat on the back with an advisory that states: “The following series is designed to entertain and inform — not provide medical advice. You should always consult your doctor when it comes to your personal health, or before you start any treatment.” This seems more like an effort to avoid another lawsuit than a sincere caution, as episodes follow a formulaic show of Paltrow remarking slight skepticism and doubt about the healing merits before the goopers take part in the treatments and regale the life-changing effects of them. Oscar-Emmy-Globe winner Paltrow never stumbles in her performance, yet I’m still unconvinced. The Goop Lab takes medical information out of context or omits it altogether; be prepared to have Google on hand if you choose to brave this new series.

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Kesha raises the bar with High Road Kesha’s new album, High Road, was released on Jan. 31, marking her return to dance-pop along with bold notes of country and trap. This amalgamation of seemingly contrasting styles comes together to make a cohesive and strong album with tracks just as infectious as any of the singer’s earlier party-pop pieces.

This album follows Rainbow, dropped in 2017 after a turbulent legal battle between Kesha and her longtime producer Lukasz (Dr. Luke) Gottwald, whom Kes-

I’m not trying to prove anything to anyone.”

There’s a healthy dose of highenergy tunes along with the occasional slowed-down ballad on High Road. But while the album is a sizable 15 songs long, listeners will be hard-pressed to find one that’s not a catchy hit in its own way. Although some songs are weaker than others, they’re all effective and well-executed — anthems, if you will.

Not only that, the album is bursting with experimentation and creativity. Tracks grace listeners with whispers, yelling, drawn-out notes, off-key pitches,

ha sued for sexual assault. While Rainbow was ripe with ballads and meditations on forgiveness and healing, High Road is an ode to Kesha’s earlier career. It’s an explosive celebration of freedom and sexuality that demonstrates the singer’s ability to grow as a person and as an artist.

In a Wall Street Journal interview, Kesha explained: “I want High Road to be my defiant statement that I can still make happy music, I can still make pop music, and I can still be happy, and at the same time have the juxtaposition of the really emotional and intense — it’s not that the vulnerability isn’t there, but I really believe that High Road is the first record I’ve put out where I feel like

and demonstrations of Kesha’s impressive vocal range. It even showcases the singer’s rapping talent, which was never seen in Rainbow. Similar to “Dinosaur,” a track from her debut album Animal, her rap style is sing-songy, at times approaching cheerleading but somehow imbued with even more sass.

High Road is a major success in what it was meant to do: capture Kesha’s defiance, goofiness, and tenderness all in a reclamation of her party animal persona. In “My Own Dance” she challenges expectations for the album in lyrics like: “‘You're the party girl, you're the tragedy’ / But the funny thing's I'm fucking everything.”

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contrasted with the silly “Cowboy Blues” lyrics that are sung in one long breath: “Do you ever lie in bed with your three cats / And get obsessed with some boy you met / One time, three years ago in Nashville? / And you can't remember his last name.”

These two songs, musically, are also a great example of Kesha’s adaptability. “My Own Dance” has strong, consistent drum beats paired with twangy electric guitar while “Cowboy Blues” is a country acoustic bop with minimal instrumentals. Despite the odds, the album manages to effortlessly marry these two styles together in a way that works.

Furthermore, although Kesha has established she’s a strong woman in Rainbow, on High Road she isn’t afraid to be vulnerable and to show that one doesn’t have to be strong all the time. She breaks down in “Father Daughter Dance” about her experience growing up without a father: “I don't even know if I wanna have kids / I don't wanna fuck 'em up the way you did / And sometimes I wonder, if I'd had a dad / Would he have protected me from all the bad shit?”

Kesha doesn’t shy away from sexuality either. In “Kinky” she unapologetically sings about a healthy polyamorous relationship that’s open to getting freaky with a third partner of any gender: “Baby, you're my lover / We can go find some others / As long as it's not a secret / We can keep it kinky.” “BFF” is another track that helps normalize LGBTQ+ relationships, featuring singing by Kesha’s close friend, Wrabel, who’s a gay man.

The lyrics, sung by both singers, explicitly state: “Neither of our boyfriends are even invited.”

High Road is a breathtaking combination of Kesha’s pop roots with a mature, raw message. It’s experimentation at its best, taking on a risky combination of country, pop, and trap that manages to be executed masterfully.

The result is a dynamic album with powerhouse tracks that cover anything a fan, new or old, could ask for.

Rewind //

We’ll always have Lavender Country MIKAELA COLLINS

Country is a genre built on love songs, but fans probably know that there’s a particular kind of love that gets sung about: the straight kind.

There are popular, openly gay artists such as Lil Nas X, Orville Peck, and Brandi Carlile, but the industry still isn’t always welcoming or fair to queer singers, and the successful ones rarely put out songs that are explicitly about gay romance. Orville Peck and Trixie Mattel are notable exceptions who do sing about queer love, but there are few current country artists singing about queer issues. Thankfully, Lavender Country exists.

Released by a group of the same name in 1973, the album is widely considered the first gay country record.

Lavender Country’s ballads and protest songs are departures from honky-tonk and bluegrass, and are backed by just fiddles, guitars, and a piano. Lead singer Patrick Haggerty’s reedy, tender vocals are backed by fiddler Eve Morris’s richer vibrato.

It features tracks like “Cryin’ These Cocksucking Tears,” about the pain of being used for intimacy by straight men; “Straight White Patterns,” critiquing gender roles and white culture; and “Back in the Closet Again,” lamenting the failure of the civil rights movement to include the queer community.

Lavender Country wouldn’t be produced today despite the fact that queer representation is on the upswing in most mainstream media, including country music. The inclusion of queer artists and subject matter in the mainstream is good, but it also means that their work is being filtered for consumption by a general audience. In music,

this means that the amount of space queer artists are given to explore complex issues is dubious, especially in country. It may be easier than ever for artists to say they’re gay, but it doesn’t seem to be easier for them to talk about it. However, Lavender Country was released by Gay Community Social Services of Seattle with just 1,000 copies printed: commercial appeal was not a concern, and it’s a better album for it.

Lavender Country stands alone as a country album about queer political issues, and it also confronts the emotional baggage that can come with being queer. Almost every song on Lavender Country is underpinned by the tension between society’s expectations of men, masculinity, and seeking gay intimacy.

And this tension still exists today; in a recent interview with Haggerty, drag queen and country artist Trixie Mattel called “I Can’t Shake the Stranger Out of You” (originally “I Can’t Fuck the Stranger Out of You,” according to Haggerty) “extremely relevant.”

Lavender Country is specifically a gay country album, and that frankness makes the album’s two songs about acceptance, “Come Out Singing” and “Lavender Country,” far more meaningful than more generic country come-as-you-ares like Kacey Musgraves’ “Follow Your Arrow” and Rascal Flatts’ “Love Who You Love,” which wash their hands of what queerness may actually look like when it challenges gender, class, and religious norms.

By showing us what queer country music was before it was supposed to exist, Lavender Country shows us what it could be — and should have room to be — today.

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• Woof Woof Wednesday @ UFV (Chilliwack) Building A Atrium, 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

• Open Mic Night @ Trading Post Brewery and Tasting Room, 6:30 – 9:30 p.m.

• Live Music @ S+L Abbotsford, 6:00 – 9:00 p.m.

• Meditation Exploration @ Tractorgrease Cafe, 7:00 – 8:00 p.m.

• Careers Exploration & Life Planning Workshop @ UFV (Chilliwack) A1202, 4:30 – 7:00 p.m.

• ALP Module: Expanding the scope of Bio-energy. Sustainable energy for a greener future @ UFV (Abbotsford) Evered Hall, 5:00 – 6:30 p.m.

• PHILUFV Pub Night Fundraiser @ Townhall Abbotsford, 7:30 – 10:30 p.m.

• Pro Life Tabling event @ UFV (Abbotsford) Cafeteria, 5:00 – 7:30 p.m.

• Forum: “When your partner abuses you” @ UFV (Abbotsford) B101, 2:30 – 4:15 p.m.

• Geeks Who Drink Trivia Night @ Trading Post Brewery and Tasting Room, 6:30 – 9:30 p.m.

• Neil Osborne @ Tractorgrease Cafe, 7:00 – 10:00 p.m.

• Pro Life Tabling event @ UFV (Abbotsford) cafeteria, 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

• Live music @ Trading Post Brewery and Tasting Room, 7:00 – 10:00 p.m.

• Open Mic @ Tractorgrease Cafe, 7:00 – 11:00 p.m.

• Dr. Saeed Rahman: Global Climate Change and the Emergence of Multi-Level Governance @ UFV (Abbotsford) B140, 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

• Art-making for newcomers to Canada @ The Reach, 1:00 – 4:00 p.m.

• Neil Osborne @ Tractorgrease Cafe, 7:00 – 10:00 p.m.

• Live Band Karaoke @ Trading Post Brewery and Tasting Room, 7:00 – 10:00 p.m.

• Spread the Love Post-Valentine’s Kitchen Party @ The Railyard, 7:00 – 11:00 p.m.

• The Last Hurrah: One Last Show @ The Stage, 7:00 p.m. – 12:00 a.m.

• Extra-Ordinary @ The Reach, 12:00 – 5:00 p.m.

• Project: Life Switch @ Tractorgrease Cafe, 1:00 – 5:00 p.m.

• Miniatures Paint Night @ Boardwalk Cafe and Games, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.

• Roots and Blues Night @ Tractorgrease Cafe, 7:00 – 10:00 p.m.

• Family Day (No classes) • Paws for a Break @ UFV (TTC), 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

• “We are Hockey” Closing Event @ Sikh Heritage Museum, 1:00 – 4:00 p.m.

• Educators Journey Towards Reconciliation @ UFV (Abbotsford) G124, 9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

• Live music @ Trading Post Fort Langley Eatery, 6:00 – 9:00 p.m.

• Live music @ Trading Post Abbotsford Eatery, 6:00 – 9:00 p.m.

• Educators Journey Towards Reconciliation @ UFV (Abbotsford) G124, 9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

• Woof Woof Wednesday @ UFV (Chilliwack) Building A Atrium, 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

• Open Mic Night @ Trading Post Brewery and Tasting Room, 6:30 – 9:30 p.m.

• Live music @ S+L Abbotsford, 6:00 – 9:00 p.m.

• Rewire Your Brain for Change @ Tractorgrease Cafe, 7:00 – 8:15 p.m.

• Indigenize the Curriculum @ UFV (Abbotsford) K171, 9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

• Geeks Who Drink Trivia Night @ Trading Post Brewery and Tasting Room, 6:30 – 9:30 p.m.

• College Pension Plan Approaching Retirement Workshop @ UFV (Abbotsford) B121, 9:00 – 11:00 a.m.

• Indigenize the Curriculum @ UFV (Abbotsford) K171, 9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

• Drag Queen Music Bingo @ The Stage, 7:00 p.m. – 12:00 a.m.

• Live music @ Trading Post Brewery and Tasting Room, 7:00 – 10:00 p.m.

• Open Mic @ Tractorgrease Cafe, 7:00 – 11:00 p.m.

• Art-making for newcomers to Canada @ The Reach, 1:00 – 4:00 p.m.

• 5th Annual Hero’s Gala @ The Stage, 6:00 p.m. – 12:00 a.m.

• Cult + Craft presents Ghostbusters @ Ravens Brewing, 7:00 – 10:00 p.m.

• Master of Justice: A tribute to Metallica @ Captain’s Cabin Pub, 9:00 p.m. – 1:00 a.m.

• Youth Open Stage @ The Railyard, 6:30 – 9:00 p.m.

• Personal Protection: Escape to Safety Workshop @ UFV (Abbotsford) Evered Hall, 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.