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Visiting speaker will address women in STEM Veronica Kos STAFF WRITER Ω TRUSU’s Equity Committee is hosting their annual International Women’s Day event on March 8.

This year, Elizabeth Croft, associate dean of education and professional development for the faculty of applied science at UBC, will be speaking about the issues and barriers that women face in the science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields.

Sierra Rae, TRUSU women's representative, said this year's particular focus on STEM fields came from wanting to stress how these fields are still overwhelmingly dominated by men.

“STEM fields are an important and growing part of our economy, working towards gender equality will open up a whole range of possibilities and jobs for women.”

Some women at TRU working in the sciences could personally relate. Cynthia Ross Friedman addressed the issue of finding the balance between equal treatment versus the same treatment.

“One of the biggest problems is when women say ‘there is no issue, we are treated the same.’ We’re not the same. I am not a man, I am a woman. There are things that I do that are feminine and that should not be considered a weakness.”

Friedman said that having true

equality for women in STEM fields is a complicated issue that goes beyond hiring more women or viewing them as being the same as their male colleagues.

“It’s about finding the differences in an equal way and perceiving them as strengths on their own,” she said.

Naowarat Cheeptham also believes the issues behind gender equality are complicated, stating that the problems arise from deeply-rooted cultural beliefs and practices that start the day we are born. Having experienced issues regarding gender bias here in Canada and abroad, Cheeptham said the world has a long way to go in order to solve these issues.

“It’s more complicated than blanketing the problem as just a gender issue. As women, we know we have social and gender role expectations from society, which affects how we are perceived,” she said.

Cheeptham said that one of the issues that stems from these social expectations is a women’s appearance.

“Women are judged on how they dress, [and] perceived to be less intelligent when they take more time on their physical appearance.

This is a double standard men don’t even have to think about.”

Cheeptham said that women don’t need to conform to these stereotypes, and that, “I don’t have

to change and be more like a man in order to be respected.”

Cheeptham also addressed the dramatic drop that occurs in the amount of females in the workplace compared to the high number of female students.

“There are issues in workplace dynamic and workplace culture.

For reduction of mistreatment within organizations we need to have a clear policy. The leadership within needs to be the one to set the tone and state that these kinds of mistreatments will not be tolerated,” she said.

Both professors stressed the importance of having female role models in the STEM community for future generations to look up to.

“The more awareness that we have, the more we are given the ability to tackle these issues skillfully, which is necessary in order to create change,” Cheeptham said.

As for advice, both professors encouraged female students to reach out to women in the STEM fields.

“Have confidence. Be aware of these issues. There will be hardship, but be confident in who you are and use your passion to shine through. Don’t conform,” Cheeptham said.

Elizabeth Croft will speak in the TRUSU Lecture Hall at 5 p.m. on March 8.

UBC's Elizabeth Croft will speak at TRU on March 8. (UBC)

Webinar series on indigenization continues Latest Towards Indigenizing Higher Ed webinar focused on changing current ways of learning Wade Tomko CONTRIBUTING EDITOR Ω In mid-February, TRU hosted its second of four webinars in Towards Indigenizing Higher Ed, a storytelling series on the indigenization of higher education. Like the first event, the latest webinar included a panel of storytellers who discussed the topic of indigenization amongst themselves as well as with the audience.

This session in particular focused on methods of indigenizing current curriculums, with four of the five storytellers being either education or social work faculty.

Before the discussion began, TRU’s executive director of Aboriginal education, Paul Michel, briefly noted that a standard education isn’t the only path to knowledge.

“We have to stop walking by our knowledge holders and labelling them something else,” Michel said.

“Just because someone doesn’t have a PhD degree, doesn’t mean they aren’t holders of some very wise knowledge.”

What Michel said would set the tone for the rest of the Webinar, as the Storytellers told of their own experiences in looking for new ways of educating their students.

Ginny Ratsoy, a lecturer within the faculty of arts and creator of the Introduction to Indigenous Literatures Canada course, spoke

first. Ratsoy, a former grade school teacher from Ontario, explained that the best way to incorporate indigenization into a curriculum is by localizing it and including methods of teaching relevant to the location.

“In the Introduction to Indigenous Literatures course, I attempt to employ indigenous pedagogies as much as possible,” Ratsoy said. “For example, I localized the curriculum by including a field trip to the Secwepemc cultural centre, inviting guest writers whenever possible and I always include on the syllabus a book by Shirley Sterling, My Name is Seepeetza, which is based on her former experiences as a student of the former Kamloops Indian Residential school.”

For Ratsoy, localizing the lessons within her courses allows her students to be “unified around a common space.” Unifying pupils through storytelling is an excellent way to foster a respect for the local community, Ratsoy said.

“I’ve learnt that places matter to students, matters to all of us in fact and that connecting students wherever they are from to this place can be a productive way of fostering collaboration, learning and respect,” Ratsoy said. “The importance of the locale, as a place, is important in many aboriginal belief systems.”

This importance of storytelling was echoed by faculty of education

lecturer Patrick Walton as well.

For Walton, part of the indigenization process is creating new stories. Aboriginal students shouldn’t have to feel like the stories of their people are all history, he said.

“I’m in the present, I’m a

contemporary person, don’t put me in the past, I don’t belong there,” Walton said. “There is a belongingness that should be in the curriculum. When looking at the curriculum I look at contemporariness, uniqueness and belongingness.”

Following sessions in the

Towards Indigenizing Higher Ed will run on March 1 and March 15, starting at 11 a.m.

The livestream and recordings of previous sessions can be found at towards-indigenizing.trubox.ca.

You can also sign up for a newsletter for session updates and recaps.

Schedule information from towards-indigenizing.trubox.ca

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Ever thought about running? TRUSU calls for election candidates Sean Brady EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Ω Ever thought about running for student office? The Thompson Rivers University Student Union has called for nominations for the 2017 General Election, where 19 positions will be up for grabs.

The available positions are divided into three groups: executive, constituency representatives and committee representatives (formerly directors-at-large).

At the executive level, students can run for president, vice-president equity, VP external, VP internal and new this year, VP services.

Constituency representatives (formerly known as advocacy representatives) include the

Aboriginal students’ rep, graduate students’ rep, international students’ rep, LGBTQ+ rep, visible minorities rep and women’s rep.

Finally, there are two positions for each of the committee representative positions, including campaigns committee reps, entertainment committee reps, services committee reps and student caucus steering committee reps.

With 19 positions available, it’s difficult to track candidates’ plans for their position, so often students run together as a slate, with common goals and stances on the issues facing students. In the 2015 election, the Your Vote=Your Voice slate swept the election, taking all of the 13 positions available.

In last year’s election, however, things changed. Two competing

slates, TRYOU and the Student Advocacy Coalition, managed to split the available positions seven/ six.

Nominations are open until March 10, with all eligible candidates meeting that night. On March 13, the campaign period officially begins and on March 15, the union will hold an all-candidates forum where students can see what the candidates are made of.

Finally, election polling will take over two days, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. on March 22 and 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on March 23.

More information on each position available is posted on the TRUSU website. Anyone interested in throwing their hat into the ring can visit the TRUSU front desk for a nomination package.

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Kamloops’ Coldest Night is warming up Kamloops community members walk to raise awareness and help end homelessness Jennifer Will ARTS EDITOR Ω The sixth annual Kamloops Coldest Night of the Year took place on Saturday Feb. 25 and is Canada's unofficial walk for homelessness.

The event was hosted by New Life Community Kamloops at Riverside Park and had more than 250 registered participants.

Carol Paulsen, the event director for Kamloops’ Coldest Night of the Year, said that this nationwide event starts an important conversation about homelessness.

“It’s a cross-Canada event that over 100 charities in Canada are involved in. The goal is to raise money for organizations that really work with the homeless, the destitute, the poor people of our cities,” Paulsen said.

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important for Kamloops because of the support it provides to members of the community who might be down on their luck.

“They always need funds, so this is a really good time of year to be putting in a little bit extra,” Paulsen said.

The event reveals the challenges that many people experiencing homelessness may face during Canada’s freezing winters.

The funds raised from the event and the days surrounding go back to New Life Community Kamloops to help people in town. New Life accommodates those in need with amenities such as health services, residential programs and outreach centres.

“All the money that we raise goes into the New Life Community services and all of the stuff that they do,” Paulsen said.

Since the event started in 2011, it

Participants warming up before the sixth annual Kamloops Coldest Night walk. (Jennifer Will/The Omega)

has raised over $12 million nationwide in communities across Canada.

“This year has been amazing, we’ve actually had a really, really

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good community response. We’ve almost reached our goal of $50,000, which we’ve never done,” Paulsen said.

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This family-friendly walking fundraiser raises money for the homeless in over 100 participating communities across Canada.

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Conservative leadership race: meet the candidates It's a bit of a crowded field, but some candidates are rising to the top – so who's who?

Aidan Grether CONTRIBUTOR Ω While many people aren’t yet following the campaigns of the coming provincial election, there may be even fewer who are following the race for the Conservative Party leadership election, also taking place in May. No matter your political leanings, the leadership race will have an impact on your life.

As the NDP and Green parties both lost footing last election, the next race is likely to be hotly contested between Justin Trudeau and the Conservative nominee. So who’s running?

There are fourteen candidates vying for leadership, leaving a crowded field, but four people are demanding attention. A poll published on Feb. 23 by IPSOS showed that Kevin O’Leary is leading the race with 20.9 per cent vote share. Kellie Leitch

took 16.2 per cent, followed closely by Maxime Bernier with 15.3 per cent. Erin O’Toole’s voting interest comes in lower with only 4.1 per cent of the party leaning his way, but he has won the endorsement of several Conservative MPs and former MPs. First, the big name: Kevin O’Leary. Fans of Dragons’ Den and Shark Tank will no doubt recognize the business magnate and entrepreneur who threw his hat into the ring for Tory leadership just over a month ago. Running on an anti-government platform of Canadian job creation, low (to no) taxation and a powerful business-oriented market, some people view him as Canada’s Donald Trump.

O’Leary has gained a lot of traction in his campaign through that comparison, as well as the fact that he’s running primarily self-funded.

Maxime Bernier is an Ontario MP who worked in Stephen

Harper’s cabinet from 2006 to 2008 and 2011 to 2015, and now is a critic in Rona Ambrose’s official opposition Conservative party. Bernier’s colleagues in parliament have referred to him as “the Albertan from Quebec” because of his pro-business, libertarian rhetoric. In December 2015 during an interview with Huffington Post Canada, Bernier defined his platform as a "more decentralized federalism, a smaller government less involved in Canadians' day-to-day lives, as well as more personal freedoms,” also saying that Harper likely lost the election because voters “rejected the perception of the personality of the prime minister, but they did not reject the program of the party: lower taxes, respect for the Constitution, promises not to run deficits.”

Bernier has recently come out stating that he will implement a 15 per cent flat tax across the nation, something many people

– conservatives and others alike – have voiced their support for. The National Post reported that May through September of last year, Bernier received more donations than any other candidate. He raised $370,000 from nearly 2,000 donors over the time period.

Kellie Leitch is relative youngster in the race at 46 years old, and she has only sat in the House of Commons since 2011.

Before that, she was an orthopedic surgeon. Her platform takes a hard-right “Canadian Values” stance that addresses some Canadians’ discontent with the economy and rate of immigration. Leitch garnered international attention and criticism when she took a strong stance against immigration, and has since gained more support than her competitors. In an interview with CBC, she compared herself to U.S. President Donald Trump, saying “I am talking about screening immigrants.

I am talking about building pipelines. I am talking about making sure Canadians have jobs, so yeah, some of the ideas and language are the same [as Trump].”

Erin O’Toole, an MP from Ontario, is as qualified as Bernier and boasts military service to supplement his resumé. In an interview with CBC, O’Toole said of his platform that "we need to reconnect with more Canadians, we need to show Canadians that government can and must be more than sunny ways slogans and photo ops. We need to build on the strengths and successes of our past while actively seeking opportunities to win back the trust of Canadians.”

O’Toole has been endorsed by just under 40 MPs, ex-MPs, and others across the nation. When asked who she was supporting in the election, Kamloops MP Cathy McCleod expressed her support for O’Toole.

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Country duo Bees and Bare Bones to play The Den Abby Wale and Madison Olds will play at The Den on March 16. (Marcela Arévalo/Ω)

Jennifer Will ARTS EDITOR Ω Madison Olds and Abby Wale started Bees and the Bare Bones in August 2016. The group made their music debut at the Big Valley Jamboree in Camrose, Alta. and formed just in time to make the submission cut or the 2016 Chevy Tailgate contest.

“There was something called the Chevy Tailgate contest, and it was across Canada amongst four country festivals. We submitted last minute [and] we wrote a song called Mad Love.

We didn’t anticipate making it to the second round, let alone win the whole contest. We were very surprised. We went to Nashville to record a song called fool which is now on CMT,” Olds said.

Since writing that first song Mad Love, Olds says their writing style has matured a lot.

“Mad love is a hate song

described as a love song. We are basically bashing the same guy, but we make it sound super cute and innocent,” Olds said.

The duo has now released one professionally recorded song, called Fool, that aired as a bonus track on CMT. Olds said that they are working towards including a bit of indie folk into their sound going forward.

“We started out doing a lot of country, which we love. So, we’ve written a lot of outlaw bad chick kind of stuff,” Olds said.

“We are storytelling, so we are trying to tell a little bit of what’s going on in our lives,” Olds said.

Now the they have won the Tailgate contest, the band is working towards spreading their music around town to the people of Kamloops.

“We just want to play for Kamloops. We are so grateful for all the voting and work people did to get us to Nashville. We really want to sew back in and play as many events as we possibly can

because we are so proud to be from here,” Olds said.

The musical duo is now focusing their efforts on making community connections in Kamloops and creating more of their own original songs.

“Now we are working towards playing as many shows as possible and writing an album,” Olds said.

Olds and Wale will be playing with their band next at The Den here on campus.

“Stuart McCallum, Jared

Wilman and Alex Ward are playing with us in the band.

They are such talented musicians,” Olds said.

The live music performance will take place on campus from 7:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. on March 16.

“We are just super excited to play the show, and we love TRU,” Olds said.

Tickets are available at eventbrite.ca or by email at beesandthebarebones@gmail. com and are $15 each.

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The meeting’s sole motion will propose a change to the term limitations for the newspaper’s Editor-in-Chief position.

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Congratulations 2017 TRU Grunert Scholarship Nominees

Thompson Rivers University launched the Alvin & Lydia Grunert Scholarship to recognize and foster academic achievement – eight scholarships valued at $5,000 each, offered to the student with the highest Fall/Winter GPA from each faculty and school and one athlete.

Each Winter term, the 10 students from each faculty, school, and athletics with the highest Fall GPAs will be nominated for the scholarship. Each May, the students with the highest combined Fall and Winter GPAs will each be offered one of eight Grunert scholarships for use in the 2017 Fall term.

Just over 1,000 top TRU students met the scholarship’s stringent minimum criteria. Of those, only the top 10 from each area were selected, for a total of 70 nominations, as listed below.

This elite group’s average Fall GPA was 4.20.

The following continuing students held the 10 highest GPAs* in their faculty last term Wolfpack CIS Athletics Michelle Bos Gabrielle Dagasso Douglas Groenendijk Cole Keddie Rachel Lobay Julia Niemczewska Breena Rusnell Sasha Sirianni Jagdeesh Uppal Emily Vilac

Faculty of Arts Hannah Allen Devan Burke Shannon Cooper Julianna Facchinelli Samantha Horner Brittany Langereis Raelene Mahon Madison Morgan Madelaine Morton Mariah Wichmann

Faculty of Adventure, Culinary Arts and Tourism Max Beertema Luke Doyle Jasper Edge Fauve Garson-Stewart Madisson Montgomery Liam Ortiz Vivek Punwani Tuva Cecilie Rodningsand Kirkerud Viktoria Sigurdardottir Erik Stevenson

Faculty of Science Travis Bellmore Sara Ediger Tanna Lauriente Rachel Lobay Robyn McArthur Emily Morgan Jonathan Naslund Jennifer Petersen Morgan Powell Kelton Whiteaker

Faculty of Education and Social Work Danielle Choptian Emily Chretien Ashley Coleman Hannah Collins Kathleen Cruz Thomas Giroday Lianne Heales Erica Howes Robyn Malner Sara Spada

School of Nursing Jenna Alphenaar Michael Cundari Kathryn Danilkiewicz Simblejeet Kaur Amy Kerfoot Alexander Si-Swires Mary Smith Lindsay Stadnik Chloe Sylvain Lucas Warner School of Business and Economics Kennedy Aberdeen Branden Blackmore Patrick Griffiths Amy Jantz Marta Kornas Carter Lindsay Olatundun Makinde Lucas Treadwell Logan Williams Katelyn Zubak

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Western Canada Theatre announces its 2017-18 season What to expect and what to get excited for this upcoming year in theatre

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Western Canada Theatre announced the upcoming shows that will mark the company’s 42nd season. This season will focus on mostly Canadian stories that deal with self-reflection, celebration and renewal. The 2017-18 season consists of six new Canadian works and two world premieres.

The Best Brothers Sep. 14 to 23, 2017 at the Pavilion Theatre This edgy and caring modern comedy is a story of family, about a woman who dies after an accident at a gay pride parade. This tragic event leaves her two middle-aged sons to deal with her funeral arrangements and personal life. The boys deal with their mother’s death, sibling rivalry and are forced the face the idea of finally growing up. The show was written by Daniel MacIvor and produced in association with Theatre NorthWest in Prince George.

Million Dollar Quartet Oct. 12 to 21, 2017 at the Sagebrush Theatre Taking inspirations from legends like Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Carl Perkins. The show takes place in 1956 on a warm December day in Memphis, Tennessee based on the legends of early rock and roll. This Broadway hit musical united Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins and Jerry Lee Lewis for a unique Sun Records studio recording session. This production includes classic songs like “Hound Dog,” “Blue Suede Shoes,” “Folsom Prison Blues” and “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On.” The Million Dollar Quartet was based on the book by Colin Escott and Floyd Mutrux.

A Christmas Carol Nov. 30 to Dec. 12, 2017 at the Sagebrush Theatre The classic tale by Charles Dickens tells a tale of greed, ghosts and lessons learned.

Taking place on Christmas Eve in London, the greedy and miserable Ebenezer Scrooge is forced to see the error of his ways. He is visited by three ghosts who represent the past, present and future. Adapted by James MacDonald, this theatrical version will offer WCT audience members a twist on the classic story.

The Birds and the Bees Jan. 25 to Feb. 3, 2018 at the Sagebrush Theatre A feisty romantic comedy about beekeeping and turkey farming. The show promotes messages of family and the importance of relationships with

grown children. This suggestive show is about finding your true love, no matter your age.

The play was written by Mark Crawford and produced in association with Thousand Islands Playhouse.

GLORY Feb. 22 to March 3, 2018 at the Sagebrush Theatre By local playwright Tracey Power, comes an inspirational play based on Canada’s national sport of hockey. Based on the true story of Preston Rivulettes hockey team who won 300 games, and were seen as virtually unbeatable. Based in the 1930’s the team was also battling the Great Depression, prejudice and their own personal struggles as women. The show is full of tunes ripped right out of the 30’s and the lip-biting tension of a hockey game. The show was produced in association with Calgary’s Alberta Theatre Projects.

Western Canada Theatre artistic director James MacDonald at the season announcement. (Marcela Arévalo/Ω)

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Children of God March 29 to April 7, 2018 at the Sagebrush Theatre Based on the Oji-Cree family, whose kids were taken to a Northern Ontario residential school. Following the kid’s mother Rita, along with her children Julia and Tom. This story of redemption contrasts ancient traditions and the reality that many families in this situation faced. It celebrates resilience and the cultural spirit of Indigenous people.

This musical was written and directed by Corey Payette. It is an Urban Ink production and produced in association with the Citadel Theatre. In collaboration with NAC English Theatre, Raven Theatre and The Cultch in Vancouver.

Armstrong's War April 12 to 21, 2018 at the Pavilion Theatre Based on Michael a 21-yearold Canadian war veteran who fought in the Afghan conflict and Halley a 12-year-old girl recently paralyzed in a tragic car accident. The two meet in a hospital room and form an unlikely companionship, helping each other find joy in life again.

Armstrong’s War was written by the two-time Governor General’s Award winning B.C. native, Colleen Murphy.

1) Louise Burns* - Young Mopes (Light Organ) 2) Century Palm* - Meet You (Deranged) 3) Gord Downie* - Secret Path (Arts and Crafts) 4) The Evaporators* - Ogopogo Punk (Mint) 5) DIANA* - Familiar Touch (Culvert) 6) JW-Jones* - High Temperature (Solid Blues) 7) Anita Eccleston** - More Trumpet (Independent) 8) Austra* - Future Politics (Domino) 9) Solaris* - Bells of Kindness (Independent) 10) Ginger Ale and the Monowhales* - Bang (Independent) 11) Manitoba Hal* - Live in Ghent (Independent) 12) Church of Trees* - Primitive Creatures (Independent) 13) Monkeyjunk* - Time to Roll (Stony Plain) 14) Monomyth* - Happy Pop Family (Mint) 15) Rykka* - Beatitudes (Cordova Bay) 16) Heather Bambrick* - You'll Never Know (Independent) 17) John Clinch** - No Bad News! (Independent) 18) Johann Johannsson - Arrival OST (Deutsch Grammophon) 19) Kaiser Chiefs - Stay Together (Fiction) 20) Flypaper Orchestra* - Boulevard of Broken Dreams (Flypaper) 21) Shhh* - Be Quite! (Independent) 22) Jim Meyer* - Watercolour (Independent) 23) Lonely Parade* - No Shade (Sleepwalk) 24) Dead Horse One - Season of Mist (RPUT) 25) Heat* - Overnight (The Hand) 26) Wilfred N and the Grown Men* - Passing Through Time (Zonik) 27) All But 6ix* - Like a River (Independent) 28) Parallels* - Metropolis (Marigold) 29) Rebecca Loebe - Blink (Black Wolf ) 30) Shinobi Ninja - Bless Up (Independent)

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Academy Awards recap A shock-filled ending to an otherwise mundane awards show Jonathan Malloy CONTRIBUTOR Ω

Photo (and front) Marcela Arévalo/Ω

Coming soon: The Liar Actors Workshop Theatre’s upcoming production offers comic relief Jennifer Will ARTS EDITOR Ω TRU’s Actors Workshop Theatre is back at it again with its third production of the season.

The Liar is a period piece set in Paris adapted by David Ives from Pierre Corneille’s Le Menteur.

The play is directed by Robin Nichol, a theatre professor at the university.

Jeff Daniels a second-year theatre student at TRU plays the servant Cliton in this production.

Daniels said that play will take the audience back to the year 1643 to follow a newcomer named Dorante.

“There is this guy Dorante that just got to town and he’s looking for some fun, he gets his fun by telling lies. He hires me, Cliton,

who can only tell the truth,” Daniels said.

The characters all get themselves into to some strange and tricky situations. When Dorante meets two women named Clarice and Lucrece. He them ends up falling in love with Clarice but mistakes her name for Lucrece, leading up to a series of complicated lies.

“It’s really just a wild ride of the consequences that come with lying to everyone,” Daniels said.

Daniels says that his character helps to aid these comedic situations, that may otherwise be considered dramatic and complex circumstances.

“My character is very sassy.

Cliton has a lot of attitude because he can only tell the truth.

He lacks a filter, so he’ll just say any old joke that comes to mind,”

Daniels said.

The contrast of characters that lie through their teeth and characters that can only tell the truth turn relationships screwy.

“The show is a farce. It’s a comedy and so it’s really big and basic comedy,” Daniels said.

Daniels said that this show is sure to be a hit with students and other audience members in need of a good laugh.

“It’s just a good time. If you come see the show, it will be nothing but fun and laughs.

There is no heavy hard-hitting message you need to get. It’s just a good way to have fun and relax,” Daniels said.

The show will run from March 2 to 4 and March 9 to 11. Tickets are $14 each and can be purchased at the box office in Old Main or by calling 250-377-6100.

Poor Warren Beatty. It must be said that exactly zero people expected La La Land’s win to be the result of a mix-up. It feels unjust that the creators of Moonlight, such a powerful and needed film, were unable to fully revel in the fact that they had won for best picture. People gathering on the stage led the moment to feel awkward and unprofessional beyond anything seen in decades of the show being on air. It should also be noted that Moonlight deserves all the praise it has received between this and the Independent Spirit Awards held Saturday afternoon.

Aside from the slip up, this year’s Oscars felt unnecessarily long and drawn out. While host Jimmy Kimmel provided some decent laughs, mostly stemming from how sad he made Matt Damon look, his lack of charisma and presence on stage left a massive hole of entertainment from the show. Also the segment featuring a group of tourists who were secretly brought into the venue was a truly a test of the patience of viewers as the group was paraded in the front row to the slightly pissed off looks from celebrities. It was unnecessary and poorly executed, which is something that could be said

Jordan Peele's directorial debut shows a lot of promise Jonathan Malloy

Netflix flick I Don’t Feel at Home in This World Anymore reviewed Jonathan Malloy CONTRIBUTOR Ω Three questions: What exactly does it mean to be a good person?

Why does everyone seem to be a jerk nowadays? How has it taken this long for Melanie Lynskey to show her badass chops?

Macon Blair’s directorial debut poses these questions and deftly manages to be both hilarious and disgustingly bloody without skipping a beat.

Lynskey plays Ruth Kimke, a nurse who likes her Coors, does her job, and hates dogs pooping on her lawn. This is her daily routine before she finds her home broken into and her quiet life upended.

Through amateur vigilantism and a weak backbone she seeks retribution for her disruption aided by her neighbour Tony (Elijah Wood) whose rat tail and penchant for ninja stars looks to make her

journey more peculiar than you could ever hope for.

It is in the awkward stumbles where the story and characters truly get to flesh out into their own beasts, making empathizing for even the worst characters possible by their uniqueness. Lynskey is truly fantastic as the introverted Ruth, characterized by her need for people to just get along with each other and make the world a better place. It is admirable that the film sides with her likeness, along with dipping into genre touchstones every now and then to crank up the tension in blood curdling ways.

The ability for the director to switch between genres with such capability is reminiscent of Blair’s longtime collaborator and friend Jeremy Saulnier (the director behind last year’s spectacular Green Room) in which characters lives can be cut off at the drop of a shell casing. Yet, Blair’s respect

for the characters and lighter handling of the tone balance more with a bloody comedy rather than an all-out thriller. It is fun getting to know the intricacies of these characters as they head further into dangerous territory.

As compelling as each of the characters are, the pacing does suffer with a middle portion of the film, feeling slightly inconsequential but still lending to great character development. With such strong character work, writing and solid directing it comes as no surprise that it is backed by a fantastic soundtrack that, oddly enough, bounces from melancholic country to synth-pulsing vibrations that seem to further reflect the boundless eccentricities found in Ruth and Tony. The year 2017 is proving to be a continuation of the growing tend of smarter, better, more human genre films that hopefully keeps turning out such pleasures to watch.

for more than one of the night’s events.

But with the odd tone the show had, it was the winners who stole the stage. In particular, Viola Davis’ heartfelt speech was more lively than anything else in the night as was the acceptance speech from Moonlight writers Tarell Alvin McCraney and Barry Jenkins who took to making sure that people of all sexualities and skin colours could one day achieve such a rewarding honour.

Also Mark Rylance can wear any hat he should ever want and pull it off with pizzaz.

And while many of the winners took the time to thank those in the industry, there was definitely political tension in the air. From The Salesman winning best foreign picture and having the first female Iranian Astronaut accept the honour for Asghar Farhadi, with an equally moving speech, to the best short documentary White Helmets who tackled the Syrian War, refugees and the muslim ban all in the span of a well-constructed 30-second slot. And while the President who shall not be named was clearly a focal point for several jokes, I do find it disheartening that no one truly stood up and tackled the pretty boy for his increasingly alarming activity. But with an ending like that, it really is hard to look back on anything else.

CONTRIBUTOR Ω It’s rare to see such a commanding voice in a directorial debut, but Jordan Peele’s psychological, racially charged horror film provides exactly that: a new and exciting voice carrying a worthwhile message. And let’s be upfront about this: people can be pretty racist, and not always in such obvious ways but in the small interactions between individuals. From changing how you would normally dress someone to the deeper meanings in the words you say, the clandestine racism felt today is just as harsh as it was 50 years ago.

Peele and his cast work to dismantle these truths under a harshly funny and scary tone reminiscent of Sam Raimi’s Evil Dead films, but instead of Deadites, the terror comes from a rich white community.

Following Chris (Daniel Kaluuya), who is black, and his girlfriend Rose (Allison Williams), who is white, as they travel to her parents house for the weekend the festivities soon take a sinister turn full of hypnosis, dead animals and an auction… yup it goes there. Tackling the fears a modern black man faces, from political correctness to the police, the script from Peele works as a

rumination on his own dread and makes it digestible for the average movie goer.

While the political themes of the film do stand to make it courageous compared to most films widely released, it doesn’t take away from the craft that goes into the horror part of the movie. Ramping from a quiet unsettling to a full-blown fever pitch of insanity, it stands that the film stays with such a small focus.

Chris’ plight is immediate and the script really works to empathize his situation while questioning why this had to happen in the first place.

The Ermitage family itself ups the creep factor by being so welcoming at first while having a dark undercurrent of something maligned.

Coupled with the excellent sound design and music choice the filmmakers really command the audience into a stupor of fear.

The film does suffer a few shortcomings though, several jump-scares come across as both funny and scary without really setting in on its tone, leaving several moments that could have been executed better. Yet these qualms do nothing to bring down an impressive beginning to Peele’s career as a film director. While he proved hilarious with his line of sketch comedy, I believe his work as director will prove even more exciting.

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Iegorov named first team all-star after team's season ends with two losses to Dinos Sean Brady EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Ω The WolfPack men’s basketball team’s season is over, following back-to-back losses to the University of Calgary Dinos in Calgary. Notably, this means that Volodymyr Iegorov’s time with the WolfPack has come to an end.

Iegorov was the leader of the ‘Pack in a number of ways. With a team-leading 653 minutes on the court this season, Iegorov took 303 shots, landing 129 of them, with a field goal percentage of 42.6. Among all CIS teams, Iegorov finished 9th overall in minutes, 6th overall

in freethrow percentage (with 84.9), 8th overall in rebounds (with 182) and 12th overall in field goals.

Aside from his statistical achievements on the court, Iegorov also earned multiple Canada West honours in the past few months. On November 28, Iegorov was named the league’s third star after he put up a combined 42 points in two games against UBCO. On February 21 he was named a second star for his efforts against the Brandon University Bobcats in Manitoba, putting up 41 points.

Finally, on Monday, February 27, Iegorov was named a Canada West first team all-star for 2016-17.

Volodymyr Iegorov earned a number of Canada West honours and made a big impact in his time with the WolfPack.

On Monday, he was named a Canada West first team all-star. (TRU Athletics)

WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL 13 – 11 – 0

MEN’S VOLLEYBALL 2 – 22 – 0

Next game: March 3, Vancouver

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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL 2 – 18 – 0

MEN’S BASKETBALL 8 – 12 – 0

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ELECTION NOTICE POLLING WILL TAKE PLACE ON: Wednesday, March 22, 8:00AM-8:00PM Thursday, March 23, 8:00AM-4:00PM in the TRUSU Lecture Hall Nominations open February 27, 2017 at 9:00AM for the positions of: • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

President Vice President Equity Vice President External Vice President Finance Vice President Internal Aboriginal Representative Graduate Students’ Representative International Students’ Representative LGBTQ Representative Visible Minorities’ Representative Women’s Representative Campaigns Committee Representatives (2) Entertainment Committee Representatives (2) Services Committee Representatives (2) Student Caucus Steering Committee Representatives (2)

Nominations close March 10, 2017 at 4:00PM To nominate yourself for election to the Board of Directors for 2017/18 you must pick up a nomination package at the Members’ Services Desk in the Students’ Union Building and submit the completed nomination package before 4:00PM on March 10. Nomination packages will be available starting February 27 at 9:00AM. The all candidates forum will take place on March 15 at 6:00PM in the Students’ Union Building. The campaign period begins at 9:00AM on March 13 and runs until 4:00PM on March 23.

If you have questions regarding the TRUSU General Election please contact the Electoral Committee at elections@trusu.ca, 250.828.5289, or visit trusu.ca

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